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Cisco Aironet 5-dBi Diversity Omnidirectional Antenna (AIR-ANT2452V-R)
Mounting on a Vertical Surface
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
Cisco Aironet 5-dBi Diversity Omnidirectional Antenna (AIR-ANT2452V-R)
This document outlines the specifications for the Cisco Aironet 5-dBi Diversity Omnidirectional Antenna (AIR-ANT2452V-R) and provides instructions for mounting it. The antenna operates in the 2.4 GHz frequency range and is designed for indoor use.
The following information is provided in this document.
•Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
Technical Specifications
Antenna type
Diversity Omnidirectional
Operating frequency range
2400 MHz - 2500 MHz
< 2:1
5 dBi
Linear, Vertical
Elevation Plane Beamwidth
27 degrees
Azimuth Plane Beamwidth
360 degrees
11 in. (27.24 cm)
5 in. (12.7 cm)
1 in. (2.54 cm)
Cable length and type
Plenum Rated
36 in.
RP-TNC plug
Operating temperature
-22 to 167 F
(-30 C to +75 C)
Azimuth and Elevation Radiation Patterns
Azimuth and Elevation Radiation Patterns
System Requirements
This antenna is designed for indoor use with any 2.4-GHz Cisco Aironet radio device that uses a RP-TNC connector.
Safety Precautions
Translated versions of the following safety warnings are provided in the Safety Warnings for Cisco Aironet Antennas, which is available at http://www.cisco.com.
Warning Installation of this antenna near power lines is dangerous. For your safety, follow the installation directions.
Each year hundreds of people are killed or injured when attempting to install an antenna. In many of these cases, the victim was aware of the danger of electrocution but did not take adequate steps to avoid the hazard.
For your safety, and to help you achieve a good installation, please read and follow these safety precautions. They may save your life!
1. If you are installing an antenna for the first time, for your own safety as well as others, seek professional assistance. Your Cisco sales representative can explain which mounting method to use for the size and type antenna you are about to install.
2. Select your installation site with safety as well as performance in mind. Remember: electric power lines and phone lines look alike. For your safety, assume that any overhead line can kill you.
3. Call your electric power company. Tell them your plans and ask them to come look at your proposed installation. This is a small inconvenience considering your life is at stake.
4. Plan your installation carefully and completely before you begin. Successful raising of a mast or tower is largely a matter of coordination. Each person should be assigned a specific task, and should know what to do and when to do it. One person should be in charge of the operation to issue instructions and watch for signs of trouble.
5. When installing your antenna, remember:
a. Do not use a metal ladder.
b. Do not work on a wet or windy day.
c. Do dress properly—shoes with rubber soles and heels, rubber gloves, long sleeved shirt or jacket.
6. If the assembly starts to drop, get away from it and let it fall. Remember, the antenna, mast, cable, and metal guy wires are all excellent conductors of electrical current. Even the slightest touch of any of these parts to a power line completes an electrical path through the antenna and the installer: You!
7. If any part of the antenna system should come in contact with a power line, don't touch it or try to remove it yourself. Call your local power company. They will remove it safely.
8. If an accident occurs with the power lines, call for qualified emergency help immediately.
Installation Notes
Antennas transmit and receive radio signals which are susceptible to RF obstructions and common sources of interference that can reduce throughput and range of the device to which they are connected. Follow these guidelines to ensure the best possible performance:
•Install the antenna vertically and mount it as high as possible.
•Keep the antenna away from metal obstructions such as heating and air-conditioning ducts, large ceiling trusses, building superstructures, and major power cabling runs. If necessary, use a rigid conduit to lower the antenna away from these obstructions.
•The density of the materials used in a building's construction determines the number of walls the signal can pass through and still maintain adequate signal strength. Consider the following before choosing the location for your antenna:
–Signals penetrate paper and vinyl walls with little change to signal strength.
–Signals penetrate only one or two solid and pre-cast concrete walls without degrading signal strength.
–Signals penetrate three or four concrete and wood block walls without degrading signal strength.
–Signals penetrate five or six walls constructed of drywall or wood without degrading signal strength.
–Signals will likely reflect off a thick metal wall and may not penetrate it at all.
–Signals will likely reflect off a chain link fence or wire mesh spaced between 1 and 1 1/2 in. (2.5 and 3.8 cm). The fence acts as a harmonic reflector that blocks the signal.
•Install the antenna away from microwave ovens and 2-GHz cordless phones. These products can cause signal interference because they operate in the same frequency range as the device to which your antenna is connected.
Choosing a Mounting Location
The antenna should be mounted clear of any obstructions to the sides of the radiating elements. Generally, the higher an antenna is above the floor, the better it performs. If possible, find a mounting place directly above your wireless device to ensure the lead-in cable can be as short as possible.
Installing the Antenna
You can install the antenna on any flat vertical surface or on a pole. All hardware for mounting the antenna on a wall is provided. If you intend to install your antenna on another surface, you must provide the appropriate hardware.
Tools and Equipment Required
A mounting installation kit is included with the antenna and consists of the following hardware:
•Antenna bracket
•One 1/4 -20 cap screw
•One flat washer
•One screen mesh washer
•One spherical washer
•One wing bolt
•Mounting bracket
•Wall bracket
•Four #8 x ¾ in. screws
You may need the following tools and equipment, which are not provided.
•A #2 Phillips screwdriver
•A drill and drill bit
•A pencil
•Two hose clamps
Mounting on a Vertical Surface
Follow these steps to mount your antenna on a vertical surface.
Step 1 Attach the antenna bracket to the antenna using the 1/4 - 20 cap screw and flat washer provided (Figure 1).
Figure 1 Antenna Bracket
Step 2 With the screen mesh washer between the two brackets, attach the antenna bracket to the mounting bracket using the spherical washer and wing bolt provided (Figure 2).
Figure 2 Antenna Bracket Attached to Mounting Bracket
Step 3 Determine the mounting location for the antenna.
Step 4 Attach the wall bracket to the wall using the two screws provided (Figure 3).
Figure 3 Wall Mounting
Step 5 Slide the mounting bracket onto the wall bracket and secure it in place (optional) with the two screws provided (Figure 4).
Figure 4 Attaching Mounting Bracket to Wall Bracket
Once the antenna is secured on the wall, you can adjust the azimuth and elevation.
Step 6 To adjust the azimuth and elevation, loosen the bolt that attaches the antenna bracket to the mounting bracket (Figure 5). Azimuth can be adjusted ±90 degrees. Elevation can be adjusted +15 degrees and -35 degrees.
Figure 5 Azimuth and Elevation Adjustment
Mounting on a Mast
The antenna can be mounted on a mast rather than on a wall using two 1/2 inch-wide hose clamps (not provided).
To mount the antenna on a mast, follow these steps:
Step 1 Follow Step 1 and Step 2 from "Mounting on a Vertical Surface".
Step 2 Position the antenna, mounting bracket, and hose clamps on the mast.
Step 3 Tighten the hose clamps until the antenna is secure on the mast.
Once the antenna is secured on the mast, you can adjust the azimuth and elevation.
Step 4 To adjust the azimuth and elevation, loosen the bolt that attaches the antenna bracket to the mounting bracket (Figure 5). Azimuth can be adjusted ±90 degrees. Elevation can be adjusted +15 degrees and -35 degrees.
Suggested Cable
Cisco recommends a high-quality, low-loss cable for use with the antenna.
Note Coaxial cable loses efficiency as the frequency increases, resulting in signal loss. The cable should be kept as short as possible because cable length also determines the amount of signal loss (the longer the run, the greater the loss).
Each antenna terminates with a RP-TNC plug after a short, 3-ft (0.91-m) cable. The mating connector to the antenna is an appropriate RP-TNC jack. The connector on the opposite end will vary according to the type of equipment used.
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
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Quotable Quotes from Scientists and other Folks on the Dangers of
Genetically Engineered Foods and Crops
"The perception that everything is totally straightforward and safe is
utterly naive. I don't think we fully understand the dimensions of what
we're getting into."
Professor Philip James (author of the "James" report on the structure and
functions of the proposed UK Food Standards Agency to oversee national food
safety standards), Director of the Rowett Research Institute, Aberdeen, on
genetically engineered food.
Rowett Research Institute
The Foods Standards Agency
Covered up US study shows damage to rats from BST
"Well, I agree with you in the sense that when you use these methods you
don't know what part of the chromosome that the new gene is being
introduced into and that is, you know, what I would say is a drawback to
the technology."
Professor Bevan Mosely, former head of the Institute of Food Research,
Reading, and a current member of the United Kingdom's Advisory Committee on
Novel Foods and Processes (ACNFP) responsible for reviewing the safety of
genetically modified foods, in a response to the question - "So how can we
know that something isn't really going to go horrendously wrong?" - put to
him by Charles Colett of Radio Wey Valley, Hampshire, United Kingdom,
February 1998.
"But we realize that with any new and powerful technology with unknown, and
to some degree unknowable - by definition - effects, then there necessarily
will be an appropriate level at least, and maybe even more than that, of
public debate and public interest."
Bob Shapiro, Chief Executive of Monsanto, admitting that the effects of
genetic engineering are unknown and "to some degree" unknowable (SWF News
interview, San Francisco, 27 October 1998).
"The genetic modification of food is intrinsically dangerous. It involves
making irreversible changes in a random manner to a complex level of life
about which little is known. It is inevitable that this hit-and-miss
approach will lead to disasters. It must disrupt the natural intelligence
of the plant or animal to which it is applied, and lead to health-damaging
Dr Geoffrey Clements, leader of the Natural Law Party, UK.
Tryptophan toxicity incident - $2 billion in claims for deaths and disease
"An ecosystem, you can always intervene and change something in it, but
there's no way of knowing
what all the downstream effects will be or how it might affect the
environment. We have such a miserably poor understanding of how the
organism develops from its DNA that I would be surprised if we don't get
one rude shock after another."
Professor Richard Lewontin, Professor of Genetics, Harvard University
"GM crops really do carry theoretical dangers that could be ironed out,
given time, but will not because the companies that develop them cannot
afford to wait.
it is entirely unsurprising that GM crops could be toxic. Most domestic
crops have poisonous relatives (potatoes and tomatoes belonging to the
nightshade family, Solanaceae) or are descended from poisonous ancestors
(potatoes, tomatoes, parsnips etc). The modern crops may still contain the
genes that make the toxins: not lost, but merely dampened down. Most genes
are pleiotropic - they have many different and often unrelated effects.
Many genes affect the function of other genes.
Thus an alien gene parachuted by genetic engineering into the genome of a
potato or a tomato could well reawaken the ancient genes of toxicity. Now
and again we should expect this. We can test to see if this has happened
but we cannot do this in one generation. Genes combine through sexual
reproduction; a gene that has no effect in one combination may make itself
felt in another. We would need to breed a GM crop for many crosses before
we plumb the possibilities of any freshly introduced gene. How long would
this take? How long can a company wait for returns on its investment? The
pressure to cut corners is constant and inevitable"
Colin Tudge, Research Fellow, London School of Economics
"[Most scientists] warn that it is likely to be impossible to enforce
[labelling] laws once many [GM] food products enter food processing
systems... I don't think many scientists would oppose labelling of
something clearly
modified, but the problem arises in the use of overseas ingredients which
may have been modified."
Sir John Scott, President of the Royal Society, New Zealand.
"We don't know what genetic abnormalities might be incorporated into the
genome [the individual's DNA]. I'm more worried about humans than about the
environment, to be honest. One of the problems is that because it's a
long-term thing, you need to do long-term experiments."
Gordon McVie, head of the Cancer Research Campaign.
"I see worries in the fact that we have the power to manipulate genes in
ways that would be improbable or impossible through conventional evolution.
We shouldn't be complacent in thinking that we can predict the results."
Colin Blakemore, Waynflete professor of physiology at Oxford University and
President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.
"If it is left to me, I would certainly not eat it. We are putting new
things into food which have not been eaten before. The effects on the
immune system are not easily predictable and I challenge anyone who will
say that the effects are predictable."
Professor Arpad Pusztai, of the Food, Gut, and Microbial Interactions
Group, Rowett Research Institute, on the health risks associated with
genetically engineered food.
And on the ability of the regulatory system to cope with prospect of the
arrival of large numbers of GM crops:
"Once the floodgate was opened, it's almost impossible. A committee cannot
deal with it."
No faith in GM approvals system
"The fact is, it is virtually impossible to even conceive of a testing
procedure to assess the health effects of genetically engineered foods when
introduced into the food chain, nor is there any valid nutritional or
public interest reason for their introduction."
Professor Richard Lacey, microbiologist, medical doctor, and Professor of
Food Safety at Leeds University, world famous for his accurate prediction
of the dangers of " Mad cow disease". Professor Lacey has spoken out
strongly against the introduction of genetically engineered foods, because
of 'the essentially unlimited health risks'
And additionally with reference to the BSE crisis,
"We know to our cost that an organism which was utterly unknown to science
30 years ago, the prion, is capable of jumping from species to species, and
changing its own physical characteristics each time it crosses the barrier.
This shows that it is impossible to forsee what dangers lie in store... If
we continue to create new life forms artificially, we lay ourselves open to
the possibility of similar unimaginable dangers."
New Scientist - BSE's hidden horror
"Over the last fifteen years, I and other scientists have put the FDA on
notice about the potential dangers of genetically engineered foods. Instead
of responsible regulation we have seen bureaucratic bungling and
obfuscation that have left public health and the environment at risk."
Dr. Philip Regal, Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior at the
University of Minnesota and an internationally recognised plant expert, on
the decision (May 1998) by concerned scientists and consumers to sue the US
Federal Department of Agriculture (FDA) for failing to protect public
health and provide consumers with relevant information about GM foods:
Details of FDA lawsuit launched May 1998
More information on the work of Professor Regal
"The FDA has placed the interest of a handful of biotechnology companies
ahead of their responsibility to protect public health. By failing to
require testing and labelling of genetically engineered foods, the agency
has made consumers unknowing guinea pigs for potentially harmful,
unregulated food substances."
Andrew Kimbrell, Executive Director of the International Center for
Technology Assessment (CTA), commenting on the same FDA court action.
International Center for Technology Assessment
Andrew Kimbrell interview on the hazards of human and animal cloning
"Monsanto should not have to vouchsafe the safety of biotech food. Our
interest is in selling as much of it as possible. Assuring its safety is
the F.D.A's [Food and Drug Administration] job."
Phil Angell, Monsanto's director of corporate communications, in an
interview with the New York Times Sunday Magazine
"[The release of novel GM rape plants] may pose unique risks to human
health and the environment, which could include toxicity and allergenicity
to humans, gene transfer to other oilseed rape crops, and effects on other
UK junior environment minister Angela Eagle's warning to MPs, which was
reported in Farmers Weekly 23rd January 1998 as being in conflict with the
Government's own advisory committees on GMOs.
GM OSR cross pollination found up to 2.5 km away - Scottish Crop Research
"There are a lot of people in Europe in favour of biotechnology, who are
prepared to take risks, but a considerable number are resistant and see no
benefits. Many people see biotech taking us into the realm of unknown
dangers. ...This is a Pandora's box and a lot of people wonder whether it's
worth opening it."
George Gaskell, professor of social psychology at the London School of
"If it's safe, then prove it."
Editorial headline on genetically engineered foods, New Scientist 4th
January 1997
Media cover up on gmo cancer threat
"Information provided to governments and food suppliers by the
biotechnology industry is not fully representative of the technical
limitations of genetic engineering, and therefore does not give a complete
picture of the potential dangers in its use."
"Once released into the environment, unlike a BSE epidemic or chemical
spill, genetic mistakes cannot be contained, recalled or cleaned up, but
will be passed on to all future generations indefinitely".
Dr Michael Antoniou, senior lecturer in molecular pathology from London,
biotechnology advisor to the farming and food industries, and chief
biotechnology advisor to the Natural Law Party
Dr Antoniou on Genetic Engineering
NLP wins vital soyabean genetics case against major Dutch retailers
Dr Antoniou on GM crops
"The process of genetic engineering always involves the risk of altering
the genetics and cellular functioning of a food organism in unanticipated
ways. These unanticipated alterations can result in GE foods being
allergenic, toxic, or reduced in nutritional value".
Professor John Fagan, award-winning Geneticist, Maharishi University of
Management, Iowa, USA.
Dr Fagan on the dangers of genetically modified food
"Millions of ordinary people are very worried about genetically modified
foods and I am one of them....With genetically modified foods I believe we
have reached the thin edge of the wedge, we are messing with the building
blocks of life and it's scary."
Malcom Walker, Chairman and Chief Executive of Iceland Foods, 26th December
Iceland Foods ban GMOs
French supermarket boycotts suppliers who do not label GM foods
"The huge arrogance of the companies developing GMO crops and their
determination to destroy the line of accountability which links the
developer to the product is breath-taking. When something goes wrong, as it
inevitably will, there will be a great benefit to those who have taken a
stance against genetically modified organisms."
Jonathan Porritt, patron of The Soil Association
Illegal GM soya beans planted in Brazil
US imports illegal GM maize into Europe
Mistake leads to unauthorised release on GM oilseed rape in Swedish trials
Monsanto sends genetically modified sugar beet to Dutch sugar refinery by
Biotech company releases unapproved genetically modified plant material
into Canadian environment
"There are still hungry people in Ethiopia, but they are hungry because
they have no money, no longer because there is no food to buy ....we
strongly resent the abuse of our poverty to sway the interests of the
European public."
Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher of the Institute of Sustainable Development
in Addis Ababa, in response to a comment in late 1997 by a British
scientist who claimed that those who want GMOs banned are undermining the
position of starving people in Ethiopia.
"Monsanto claims in its letter to me that there is no difference between
ordinary soya beans and what it calls round-up soya beans, and therefore
that they should not be segregated. I maintain that members of the public
who notice what is going on simply do not believe that, and will
increasingly demand to know what is in the food they eat - roundup or
otherwise... the Government and the EU should resist the power of the giant
food companies in the United States, which are effectively dictating what
we must eat, without giving any convincing estimates of the long-term
Colin Pickthall, Member of Parliament for West Lancashire, speaking in the
House of Commons, 13th December 1996
Canadian Government report on toxic effects of BST
Canadian government scientists claim BST approval coercion
BST background
Milk composition of cows fed on gm soya changes
Leaked document on biotechnology industry public relations strategy
"At the moment, as is so often the case with technology, we seem to spend
most of our time establishing what is technically possible, and then a
little time trying to establish whether or not it is something we should be
doing in the first place."
HRH the Prince of Wales on genetically engineered food 19th September 1996
Royal support for genetic food withdrawal
"rBGH poses an even greater risk to human health than ever considered. The
FDA and Monsanto have a lot to answer for. Given the cancer risks, and
other health concerns, why is rBGH milk still on the market?"
Samuel Epstein, M.D., Professor of Environmental Medicine at the University
of Illinois School of Public Health and Chairman of the Cancer Prevention
Coalition, author of report which concludes that milk from cows in the US
injected with recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) increases risks of
breast and colon cancers in humans.
BST (rBGH) cancer link
BST background
genetically engineered Bovine Growth Hormone scandal
"Probably the greatest threat from genetically altered crops is the
insertion of modified virus and insect virus genes into crops. It has been
shown in the laboratory that genetic recombination will create highly
virulent new viruses from such constructions. Certainly the widely used
cauliflower mosaic virus is a potentially dangerous gene. It is a
pararetrovirus meaning that it multiplies by making DNA from RNA messages.
It is very similar to the Hepatitis B virus and related to HIV."
Dr. Joseph Cummins, professor emeritus in genetics from the university of
The use of Cauliflower Mosaic Virus, Joseph Cummins.
"...the allergic potential of these newly introduced microbial proteins is
uncertain, unpredictable and untestable,..."
Warning from The New England Journal of Medicine in 1996 against the use of
micro-organisms rather than food plants as gene donors
"Such intervention must not be confused with previous intrusions upon the
natural order of living organisms; animal and plant breeding, for example;
or the artificial induction of mutations, as with X-rays. All such earlier
procedures worked within single or closely related species. The hub of the
new technology is to move genes back and forth, not only across species
lines, but across any boundaries that now divide living organisms.The
results will be essentially new organisms. Self-perpetuating and hence
permanent. Once created, they cannot be recalled.
Up to now living organisms have evolved very slowly, and new forms have had
plenty of time to settle in. Now whole proteins will be transposed
overnight into wholly new associations, with consequences no one can
foretell, either for the host organism or their neighbors. It is all too
big and is happening too fast. So this, the central problem, remains almost
unconsidered. It presents probably the largest ethical problem that science
has ever had to face. Our morality up to now has been to go ahead without
restriction to learn all that we can about nature. Restructuring nature was
not part of the bargain. For going ahead in this direction may be not only
unwise but dangerous. Potentially, it could breed new animal and plant
diseases, new sources of cancer, novel epidemics."
Dr. George Wald, the professor emeritus in biology from Harvard and Nobel
laureate in medicine
BST link to prostate cancer
"It's never been easy to safely introduce genes into cells .It has
involved attaching genes to viruses with possible harmful side effects.
Getting the gene - once it's in the cell - into the right place, then
finally getting it to behave itself - to produce the right amount of
material in the cell, to produce it at the right time during a person's
lifetime, in developmental stages and then making absolutely sure that the
gene, because it's not in its usual place, doesn't interfere with any other
genes that are near to it - we haven't really made much progress in any of
these phases yet."
Professor Weatherall, Regis Professor of Medicine at Oxford University
speaking on BBC Radio 4 Medicine Now, 27 August 1996 on the experimental
nature of genetic engineering
Medical problems and fatalities with genetically engineered insulin
"My worry is that other advances in science may result in other means of
mass destruction, maybe more readily available even than nuclear weapons.
Genetic engineering is quite a possible area, because of these dreadful
developments that are taking place there."
Joseph Rotblat, the British physicist who won the 1995 Nobel Prize after
years of battling against nuclear weapons
Viral risk from GMOs
"Gene technology is driven by bad science. It may well ruin our food
supply, destroy biodiversity and unleash pandemics of antibiotic resistant
infectious diseases."
Dr Mae-Wan Ho, head of the Bio-Electrodynamics laboratory at the Open
University in Milton Keynes, UK
"The Unholy Alliance" by Dr Mae-Wan Ho
"We do not believe that such companies or gene technologies will help our
farmers to produce the food that is needed in the 21st century. On the
contrary, we think it will destroy the diversity, the local knowledge and
the sustainable agricultural systems that our farmers have developed for
millennia and that it will thus undermine our capacity to feed ourselves."
Statement by 24 leading African agriculturalists and environmental
scientists representing their countries at the UN in response to claims by
Monsanto that GM crops will help feed the world's growing population.
"History has many records of crimes against humanity, which were also
justified by dominant commercial interests and governments of the day.
Despite protests from citizens, social justice for the common good was
eroded in favour of private profits. Today, patenting of life forms and the
genetic engineering which it stimulates, is being justified on the grounds
that it will benefit society, especially the poor, by providing better and
more food and medicine. But in fact, by monopolising the 'raw' biological
materials, the development of other options is deliberately blocked.
Farmers therefore, become totally dependent on the corporations for seeds".
Prof. Wangari Mathai of the Green Belt Movement Kenya
"We were the experts. We didn't have many of the answers ... Rather than
explain that to a general public it was thought better to give the
impression that we had everything under control, which we didn't and which
we never have."
Jim Hope, a scientist at the Neuropathogenics Unit, Edinburgh, on the
earlier BSE crisis.
Scientists warned of BSE human health risks eight years before CJD link
established, BBC report - February 1998
"There is still no positive proof of a causal relation between the use of
thalidomide during pregnancy and malformations in the new-born."
Frank Getman, President Merrill Company, Feb 2nd 1961
"As hon. Members have said, some of the new [genetically engineered] wonder
drugs have been accepted, and I think rightly so. There is some comfort in
the regulatory process for medicine which, I admit, is not in place for
food and agriculture."
Jeff Rooker, Minister of State for Food Safety, House of Commons, July 30 1998
Eminent Scientists Comment
on the Dangers of Genetically Engineered Foods
* Professor Richard Lacey, microbiologist, medical doctor, and Professor
of Food Safety at Leeds University has become one of the best-known figures
of food science since his prediction of the BSE (mad cow disease) crisis
made more than seven years ago. Recently Professor Lacey has spoken out
strongly against the introduction of genetically engineered foods, because
of 'the essentially unlimited health risks' -- "The fact is, it is
virtually impossible to even conceive of a testing procedure to assess the
health effects of genetically engineered foods when introduced into the
food chain, nor is there any valid nutritional or public interest reason
for their introduction." * Professor Mae Wan-Ho, of the UK Open
University Department of Biology says, "Genetic engineering bypasses
conventional breeding by using artificially constructed parasitic genetic
elements, including viruses, as vectors to carry and smuggle genes into
cells. Once inside cells, these vectors slot themselves into the host
genome. The insertion of foreign genes into the host genome has long been
known to have many harmful and fatal effects including cancer of the
organism." * Professor Dennis Parke of University of Surrey School of
Biological Sciences, a former chief advisor on food safety to Unilever
Corporation and British advisor to the US FDA on safety aspects of
biotechnology writes: "In 1983, hundreds of people in Spain died after
consuming adulterated rapeseed oil. This adulterated rapeseed oil was not
toxic to rats". Dr Parke warns that current testing procedures for
genetically altered foods including rodent tests are not proving safety for
humans. He has suggested a moratorium on the release of genetically
engineered organisms, foods, and medicines. * Dr Peter Wills, theoretical
biologist at Auckland University writes: "Genes encode proteins involved in
the control of virtually all biological processes. By transferring genes
across species barriers which have existed for aeons between species like
humans and sheep we risk breaching natural thresholds against unexpected
biological processes. For example, an incorrectly folded form of an
ordinary cellular protein can under certain circumstances be replicative
and give rise to infectious neurological disease". * Dr Joseph Cummins,
Professor Emeritus of Genetics at the University of Western Ontario warns:
"Probably the greatest threat from genetically altered crops is the
insertion of modified virus and insect virus genes into crops. It has been
shown in the laboratory that genetic recombination will create highly
virulent new viruses from such constructions. Certainly the widely used
cauliflower mosaic virus is a potentially dangerous gene. It is a
pararetrovirus meaning that it multiplies by making DNA from RNA messages.
It is very similar to the Hepatitis B virus and related to HIV. Modified
viruses could cause famine by destroying crops or cause human and animal
diseases of tremendous power." * Dr John Fagan, an award winning
molecular biologist and cancer researcher, Professor of Microbiology at
Maharishi University of Management, has renounced $3 million in US
government research grants to publicise the dangers of misuse of
biotechnology. He advocates a science-based precautionary approach
requiring the labelling of all novel foods. He says "without labelling it
will be very difficult for scientists to trace the source of new illness
caused by genetically engineered food". * The British Retail Consortium
which represents over 90% of food retailers in the UK has issued a policy
statement calling for clear labelling of foods produced using genetic
engineering: "Retailers in the UK and Europe as a whole are clear that the
preservation of consumer choice is paramount, and that substantial work
over several years on product ingredient traceability should not be
compromised". The Consortium has decided to boycott suppliers of raw
ingredients who cannot guarantee that natural foods are kept separate from
those produced using genetic engineering. * Dr Norman Ellstrand,
Professor of Genetics at the University of California, is one of the
world's leading authorities in genetic engineering. He comments on the
economic implications for farmers of gene exchange between crops and weedy
relatives. "We see this as a multi-million dollar problem. In Europe, there
is already a big problem with gene flow between wild beet and cultivated
beet. Oil-seed rape also has close relatives and is going to cause problems
in the future. One would expect that the kind of genes that are now being
engineered are going to be the ones that have a higher potentiality for
causing trouble". * Dr Michael Antoniou, Senior Lecturer in Molecular
Pathology at a London teaching hospital says, "The generation of
genetically engineered plants and animals involves the random integration
of artificial combinations of genetic material from unrelated species into
the DNA of the host organism. This procedure results in disruption of the
genetic blueprint of the organism with totally unpredictable consequences.
The unexpected production of toxic substances has now been observed in
genetically engineered bacteria, yeast, plants, and animals with the
problem remaining undetected until a major health hazard has arisen.
Moreover, genetically engineered food or enzymatic food processing agents
may produce an immediate effect or it could take years for full toxicity to
come to light."
* Dr Erwin Chargoff, eminent biochemist who is often referred to as the
father of molecular biology, warned that all innovation does not result in
"progress." He once referred to genetic engineering as "a molecular
Auschwitz" and warned that the technology of genetic engineering poses a
greater threat to the world than the advent of nuclear technology. "I have
the feeling that science has transgressed a barrier that should have
remained inviolate," he wrote in his autobiography, Heraclitean Fire.
"Noting the 'awesome irreversibility' of genetic engineering experiments
being planned, Chargoff warned that, "...you cannot recall a new form of
life...It will survive you and your children and your children's children.
An irreversible attack on the biosphere is something so unheard of, so
unthinkable to previous generations, that I could only wish that mine had
not been guilty of it."
Thanks to Dr. John Fagan for forwarding the following
quotes from the late Dr. George Wald.
Dr. George Wald
* Nobel Laureate in Medicine (or Physiology) 1967
* Higgins Professor of Biology, Harvard University.
"Recombinant DNA technology [genetic engineering] faces our society with
problems unprecedented not only in the history of science, but of life on
the Earth. It places in human hands the capacity to redesign living
organisms, the products of some three billion years of evolution."
" Such intervention must not be confused with previous intrusions upon the
natural order of living organisms; animal and plant breeding, for example;
or the artificial induction of mutations, as with X-rays. All such earlier
procedures worked within single or closely related species. The nub of the
new technology is to move genes back and forth, not only across species
lines, but across any boundaries that now divide living organisms. The
results will be essentially new organisms, self-perpetuating and hence
permanent. Once created, they cannot be recalled."
"Up to now, living organisms have evolved very slowly, and new forms have
had plenty of time to settle in. Now whole proteins will be transposed
overnight into wholly new associations, with consequences no one can
foretell, either for the host organism, or their neighbors."
"It is all too big and is happening too fast. So this, the central problem,
remains almost unconsidered. It presents probably the largest ethical
problem that science has ever had to face. Our morality up to now has been
to ho ahead without restriction to learn all that we can about nature.
Restructuring nature was not part of the bargain. For going ahead in this
direction may be not only unwise, but dangerous. Potentially, it could
breed new animal and plant diseases, new sources of cancer, novel
From: 'The Case Against Genetic Engineering' by Georege Walt, in The
Recombinatnt DNA Debate, Jackson and Stich, eds. P. 127-128. (Reprinted
from The Sciences, Sept./Oct. 1976 issue)
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Constellation - Northern Europe: Celebrity Constellation Cruise Review by derekjp47
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Constellation - Northern Europe
Destination: Baltic Sea
Embarkation: Dover
We arrived in Dover a day early to allow for the time adjustment and to avoid any possible flight issues, which needs to be considered when long distances to take a cruise. We stayed at the Castle Guest House (http://castle-guesthouse.co.uk/#), a delightful B&B owned and operated by Liz & Rod. We traveled to and from Dover from London with Steve Knibbs Dover Airport transfers (email@example.com), which proved to be very reliable and we very much enjoyed his service and conversations. We also More spent the better part of our day touring Dover and had a great time, especially at the castle.
Boarding the Constellation was a breeze. We arrived at the ship at 10:30, after just ten minutes in the terminal and we were on board. Celebrity seems to have this process down to perfection.
The ship is in immaculate condition, with everything extremely clean and polished. Having been on many Celebrity ships in the past, they seem to keep their ships in top condition. We had a balcony room on deck seven mid-ship, which was quite comfortable and adequate. Having traveled with our friends before, we get rooms on the opposite sides so we can take advantage of each others balcony for viewing opportunities and evening get togethers.
The food on board was simply the best we have ever had on any cruise, it was outstanding, along with the service. You have a choice of five entrees at each meal, and it was a hard decision on which to choose, quite often we would have to get an extra selection for the four of us to sample, and the same for the desserts. We did go to the Oceanliners specialty restaurant one night, and I would highly recommend it, the food and service were outstanding.
Entertainment on the ship was also very good. We attended the shows every night and very much enjoyed them. Nick, the Cruise Director was the best that we have experienced, we could all use a shot of his enthusiasm.
The ports of call were the main reason we selected this cruise. However, we were a little disappointed that Celebrity changed the itinerary about two months before our cruise, and reduced our port times considerably, this is our only complaint. As an example, Gdansk was added to the itinerary and we only had about six hours in port, and the city is an hours drive away, it just didn't do it justice.
I'm not going to elaborate on every port, but each one was wonderful, especially Stockholm and St. Petersburg. Don't miss the sail into Stockholm, the three hours up the fjord is prettier than the inside passage to Alaska. We made our own arrangements in each port except Gdansk, were we took a ship's tour because of the time constraints and the distance. The trip to Berlin had some issues, as you can see below, in addition it is a very long and tiring day, and is not for the weary traveler.
In St. Petersburg we used Red October for a two day tour, and it was an outstanding two days, the highlight of our trip and one that we will remember forever. We had a great tour guide, whose English was impeccable and we were also joined by three other delightful couples who we connected with through Cruise Critic before the cruise. Red October's store is also a great place for souvenirs and gifts.
While our experiences of making our own shore arrangements have served us quite well over the years of travel and cruising, just a word to the wise, you can encounter problems. We initially booked a tour of Berlin for the four of us through Berlin Stadtfuehrungen Sightseeing Tours, however after connecting with others through Cruise Critic, who also booked with the same company, we cancelled our tour several months in advance to join with the other group. After arriving in Berlin following a 2-1/2 hour bus ride, the tour company then advised me that they did not accept my cancellation, despite my four e-mails to them, of which I showed them copies. They then held our group hostage and would not return us to the ship until I paid additional funds. This put a damper on what should have been a terrific day. We're now protesting the charges through our credit card company. Be careful who you book with, unfortunately their are company's who lack integrity.
The debarkation process at the end was as good as the boarding process. We were off the ship by 7:00, luggage was easy to find, and we were quickly on our way to London for more fun.
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Gardeners keen to try new varieties of potatoes flocked to a fair at Urchfont Village Hall on Saturday.
Visitor numbers were down by almost half on last year, but the organisers, Urchfont Gardening Club, were pleased with how the event went.
Pennard Plants, from Somerset, brought 78 varieties of seeds and tubers as about 140 visitors arrived from Urchfont, Pewsey, East-erton, Market Lavington and Upavon.
Club chairman Peter Cook said: "The other fairs this company goes to have also had fewer people. We put it down to the weather. It was a dry day, but I think people aren't in the gardening mood.
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Teen singer Lorde is keeping it real by sharing a decidedly unglamorous picture of herself with fans. On Monday, the 17-year-old Royals singer posted an Instagram picture showing her with no makeup. The caption: "in bed in paris with my acne cream on." In the photo, the Grammy-winning singer has her hair pulled back in a bun and blemish-treatment cream is clearly visible on her chin and cheeks. Last month, there was speculation that the New Zealand-born pop star really wasn't 17, but rather a grown-up pretending to be a teenager. When Vanity Fair asked Lorde about the rumours last month, she quipped, "Hi, I'm Ella and I'm actually 45."
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Pop star Bruno Mars and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres joined forces to pull off a prank on an unsuspecting nurse. On Wednesday's appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Mars showed up early and requested a nurse for unspecified throat issues. When the nurse showed up, Mars took instructions via a hidden earpiece on what to say and do. Obviously, the instructions were nonsensical, and included Mars telling the nurse that, "What hurts the most is when I go 'beep, beep, beep' like a truck backing up." Somehow, Mars was able to keep a straight face throughout the prank and the nurse laughed at her own bewildered response when he told her about the gag.
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Stop the presses: Taylor Swift got a haircut. The country singer returned to the U.S. yesterday following her U.K. concert tour and fans were immediately talking about her new shorter hairstyle. On a video posted to Instagram on Monday, Swift is shown getting her hair chopped while seated in a crowded room of fans. You can also hear Swift's voice saying, "This is how many people are watching me get a haircut right now… We don't do anything without an audience, do we?" Swift also posted a picture of her new look on her Facebook page with the comment, "London, I could never thank you enough. See you next time! PS: short hair, don't care."
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Don't bother looking for artwork featuring Justin Bieber at the Indianapolis International Airport. The facility recently hired local artist Tre Reising to create an art display to liven up one of the airport concourses. An airport official said they expected a display showcasing the worlds of hip hop music and art. Instead, Reising used multicolour letters to spell out the word "Belieber," which of course has become the Canadian pop star's social-media tagline. An airport official says plans to feature the display in the concourse have been shelved, but Reising will still receive his prearranged fee of $500 (U.S.).
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You don't have to receive a golden statue at the Oscars to go home a winner. All the nominees and A-listers at the annual awards fete will receive a "Everybody Wins at the Oscars" gift bag from the L.A. marketing company Distinctive Assets, with each bag estimated to be worth more than $55,000 (U.S.). So what's inside the bag that makes it so valuable? The contents include a walking tour of Japan (valued at $15,000), Halo brand natural pet food ($6142.89), Hydroxycut weight-loss products ($38.96), a bottle of Aviv vodka ($30) and Rouge brand maple syrup ($250).
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Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau plans on taking a hiatus from the cartoon strip in the near future. On Tuesday, Trudeau announced that he will stop writing and drawing the irreverent daily strip in order to devote more energy to Alpha House, an Amazon web series that he created last year. "The comics were once an enormously influential part of the cultural conversation," said Trudeau, "but now it's streaming video that's a leading edge. We all have to adapt." Available on Amazon's Instant Video service, Alpha House follows the fictional misadventures of four U.S. congressmen sharing a house in Washington, D.C.
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It's no coincidence that so many of today's leading companies also enjoy reputations as great places to work — just look at Google, Apple, Zappos, Whole Foods and McDonald's, to name a few.
After all, they realize the quality of their product is only as good as the quality of their people; therefore, they invest just as much time, money and effort in their recruitment programs as they do in their marketing campaigns.
For leading employers today, that investment comes in the form of talent pipelining. Talent pipelining means building a database of qualified, relevant candidates in anticipation of future hiring needs. A well-built pipeline ensures that employers are never without relevant, qualified candidates — whether they are ready to hire right now or a year from now — so they never have to start at square one when it comes to hiring.
Talent pipelining: Enabling employers to do more with less
Ten years ago, when employers had hiring needs, they would probably put an ad in the local newspaper, post a job on the internet, visit a career fair or perhaps ask for employee referrals. Then, they would simply wait around, hoping for applications to come in.
Today, this reactive approach is no longer sufficient. The recruitment landscape has drastically changed. Human resources departments and staffing organizations have the unenviable challenge to deliver high quality candidates using as few resources as possible. That's where talent pipelining comes in. Consider the following:
- Recruitment is — and always has been — an ongoing effort. Talent pipelining is about attracting and engaging the best people at all times — not just when a position becomes available. Continuous engagement helps you maintain a pool of potential candidates who have already shown interest in your company. As positions become available, you already have applicants ready and waiting, keeping you ahead of the game with your search.
- Companies can no longer hide their employment brands. Today's job seekers are more resourceful than ever: They know what they want from prospective employers (great benefits, flexible work options, career development opportunities, for instance) and they know how to find them. In addition to searching job boards and getting personal referrals, the smartest candidates also utilize the internet and social and professional networking sites to research prospective companies and find out what it's like to work there. If they don't like what they hear about a company — and they will hear about it — they will run the other way.
- Candidates want to be wanted. The most in-demand candidates want to be treated as such. They want employers to show as much interest in them as they show in the employer, so keeping in touch with candidates is crucial to winning them over. Think about it: If two companies are competing for the same candidates, the organization that has already built a relationship with those candidates will have the advantage when it comes to getting those candidates in the door. The war for talent is real and is heating up quickly. Building a talent pipeline keeps valuable candidates from slipping through the cracks, and gives employers an edge over competitors who do not put forth the same effort to engage candidates.
- The competition for top talent will only intensify as the job market opens up. Research shows that employees tend to leave organizations following times of economic or organizational change, and today is no exception. While employers are faced with the challenge to retain their highest performers right now, they also have the opportunity to capture talent from their competitors. Employers who make the effort to build their pipeline with these passive job seekers will be top of mind when those candidates are ready to make the leap.
- Recruitment resources are still lean. Talent pipelining enables employers to save overall time and costs associated with hiring. Consider how many times an immediate and frantic need to hire has led to a regrettable hiring mistake. Or how much money goes down the drain in lost productivity when hard-to-fill positions remain open. Talent pipelining also eliminates precious productivity time lost to sorting through irrelevant applications and screen candidates.
Taking it to the next level: Five essential steps to creating an effective talent pipeline
Of course, it's one thing to understand the need to build a talent pipeline. Actually building that pipeline, however, is entirely different — and often what gives employers the most difficulty. While specific strategies for building one's talent pipeline will vary by company and industry, the following five steps provide the foundation for any successful strategy.
- Think like a name-brand company. Major brands like Coca-Cola do not wait for sales to drop to increase their marketing efforts. They advertise year-round, through good economic times and bad, because they realize that staying top-of-mind with consumers means they will be the first brand consumers remember when they are ready to buy again. Smart employers approach recruiting the same way, constantly working to build their talent pipeline, so that they already have interested, qualified candidates ready to apply when they are ready to hire.
- Get buy-in, from bottom to top. In order to create an effective talent pipeline, everyone involved in the hiring process needs to understand and believe in the value of building it. As with any business strategy, talent pipelining requires commitment and buy-in at all levels.
- Take inventory. How often do you ask yourself, "From which sources do we get the most applicants? Which areas of the country? Which of these applicants have turned into successful hires? What skills to these hires have in common?" It is crucial that you take the time to evaluate your current process now to ensure you're focusing your time and money where it's most effective. And with the amount of data available today, it's easier than ever to pinpoint exactly what is (or isn't) working about your current recruitment process — and make changes accordingly.
- Create goals. Once you've evaluated your current process, you have a starting point from which to set measurable, quantifiable goals. Center your goals around getting a certain percentage of applications from your online job postings, careers website, or Facebook page or employee referrals. Then create another goal to hire a certain percentage of candidates from the talent pipeline you've built. Set another goal to retain those hires for one, two or five years. Keep adjusting your goals and keep measuring them. There's no better way to get tangible evidence that your efforts are effective, and you'll eventually see bottom line results.
- Engage. Constantly. It is not enough to simply collect resumes and connect with candidates, but to keep them engaged as well. And with the popularity of social media and mobile technologies, the opportunities for engagement are limitless. For example, many employers now use blogs social networking sites to post content that educates job seekers about the culture and builds brand awareness. Employers are increasingly utilizing mobile technologies, such as notifying candidates via text alerts about upcoming career fairs or available opportunities. It is also essential to recruit current employees to refer candidates and act as brand ambassadors. Whatever the method used, the goal is to keep candidates interested, informed and excited about opportunities with your organization.
A recent CareerBuilder survey indicated that finding the right talent to fill open positions is one of the greatest hiring challenges employers face today. As the economy recovers and hiring needs increase, this challenge will only grow. The amount of time and energy organizations put into building their talent pipelines now will have a direct impact on the success of the organization overall for years to come.


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Ghost & Spice Announces Its 2012-2013 Season: HAROLD & MAUDE, ABSURD PERSON SINGULAR and More
Ghost & Spice Productions kicks off its upcoming season in September, which will feature two full-length plays and a series of one-acts that will feature an array of directors, and will be its eleventh and final season.
BY Colin Higgins
Sept. 28, 29; Oct. 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13 at 8pm; Oct 7 at 2pm
Common Ground Theatre, 4815B Hillsborough Rd., Durham NC, 27705
When a death-obsessed teen meets a lively septuagenarian at a funeral, both of their lives are changed forever. Director Rachel Klem promises audiences will see "us stretch our technical wings by staging the five mock suicides, as well as focus on strong relationships and top-notch acting."
The cast of Harold and Maude features company members Lenore Field, Jordan Smith, Melissa Lozoff and Rus Hames, as well as guest artists Ishai Buchbinder and John Murphy.
Jan. 11, 12, 18, 19 at 8pm; Jan 13 and 20 at 3pm and 6pm
Common Ground Theatre, 4815B Hillsborough Rd., Durham, NC 27705
Four one-act plays will be offered, each showcasing the directorial efforts of both new and experienced directors. "We want to open the channel of dialogue about the art of stage direction in the community," says Managing Director Rachel Klem. Each night will feature two one-act plays.
BY Alan Ayckbourn
April 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20 at 8pm; April 7 at 2pm
Common Ground Theatre, 4815B Hillsborough Rd., Durham, NC 27705
Ghost & Spice rounds out its eleventh and final season with an appropriate study of "despair mixed with hilarity." This production of the comic and tragic story of three couples meeting on successive Christmas Eves will feature company members Jeff Alguire, Rachel Klem and Amanda Hahn, and will be directed by Jordan Smith.
With its "small but mighty" approach to theatre, Ghost & Spice Productions puts special emphasis on high standards of acting and directing while minimizing production costs. Its rich storytelling brings audiences varied, engaging and affordable professional theatre.


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The 14th Annual Walk to the Hill for Civil Legal Aid
is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 30 beginning at 11 a.m. at the
Statehouse's Great Hall.
Join fellow Massachusetts Bar Association members at this annual
event and advocate for increased funding for legal services
throughout the commonwealth. Following the speaking program,
attorneys will visit their legislators and ask them to increase
funding for the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation line
item (MLAC, 0321-1600) by $3.5 million to $15.5 million in the FY14
budget. MLAC is the largest funder of civil legal aid in
Increased funding is critical to restore service levels and
prevent further cuts to civil legal aid programs, which have been
struggling to meet demand due to a 78 percent decrease in revenue
since FY08 from the Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts (IOLTA)
program, the other major funding source for civil legal aid.
The event is sponsored by the Equal Justice Coalition,
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Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Wright, Robert A. Author's Email Address email@example.com URN etd-11092004-102719 Title The Loss of Parental Contact: Prevalence and Consequences Experienced Past and Present Degree Master of Arts (M.A.) Department Psychology Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title George H. Noell Committee Chair Kristin Gansle Committee Member Mary L. Kelley Committee Member Keywords
- abandonment
- divorce
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- predictors of consequences
Date of Defense 2004-11-02 Availability unrestricted AbstractThe loss of a parent is a difficult and potentially very upsetting event for a child. Along with the loss of parental contact and the emotional toll, the death, divorce, abandonment, or imprisonment of a parent can also disrupt many on-going facets of a child's life, including school, social relationships, athletics, and other interests. Despite the potentially devastating nature of parental loss, relatively little is known about the frequency of parental loss or the consequences of this loss. This study examined the prevalence of parental loss and the consequences experienced in both the short and long term. Two separate interview protocols were used in this study. The first, a brief screening interview to identify individuals who lost contact with a parent during the school years (ages 5-17). The second interview was developed as a more detailed follow-up interview for those individuals who reported having lost a parent between the ages of 5 and 17 years. The survey inquired about six domains including demographic information, consequences of the loss, time window necessary to return to normal functioning, common supports provided to the children leading up to the loss, and supports following the loss of a parent. The prevalence rate assessed by the initial survey showed 12.9% of the participants experienced parental loss between 5-18 years of age. The results show that parental loss is associated with emotional, academic, social and family dynamic consequences. Predictors were determined for the consequences of parental loss and are discussed further in the document. The duration of the consequences can last up to several years following the loss of parental contact. Files
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Key representatives of the FAIR INTERNET campaign, which represent over 500,000 musicians, singers, actors and dancers in Europe, gathered on Dec. 5th for their yearly event in Brussels to take stock of the Commission's draft Directive on Copyright with European Commission officials, Members of the European Parliament and Member States' representatives.
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Balagan Theatre made three major announcements during a packed Season Preview Party at the Moore Theatre on Monday, June 10: Nirvanov as the fifth show in the 2013-2014 mainstage season, a star-studded trio of leading ladies in Carrie: The Musical, and a newly created New Works Program, whose Summer Series debuts July 6.
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Nirvanov is a glam-grunge rock musical that combines Anton Chekhov's Ivanov with the tortured last days of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, who like Ivanov committed suicide in the midst of a debilitating battle with depression. With book and lyrics by David Lee and music by Nandi Johannes and David Lee, Nirvanov examines Cobain's final days in 1990s Seattle, as well as his fascination with 1940s Hollywood legend Frances Farmer. Balagan will produce Nirvanov in spring 2014; location is still to be determined.
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Carrie is a co-production with Seattle Theatre Group, performed at the Moore Theatre and directed by Balagan Artistic Director and Broadway actor Louis Hobson. Carrie features a book by Lawrence D. Cohen (screenwriter of the classic film), music by Academy Award winner Michael Gore (Fame, Terms of Endearment), and lyrics by Academy Award winner Dean Pitchford (Fame, Footloose).
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PUPILS at Dulverton Middle School have been busy helping with the first stages of a five-month restoration of the organ at St Mary's Church in Brompton Regis.
The Year 6 pupils were invited to find out more about the workings of the instrument as it was dismantled.
Thanks to donations from local people and a £6,500 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the £27,500 needed was raised four months before the scheduled start of the work.
The children were able to play the keys and handle the pipes (see photo below).
They visited the church with head teacher Jerry Wheedon over two days as part of their community curriculum, helping them to find out more about social, church and musical history.
They will now be making their own wind instruments as part of a design and technology challenge.
William Reese, the church's part-time organist, is helping to restore the organ, which was built in 1872 by Victorian practitioner T C Lewis.
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- 3/4 pound large peeled and deveined frozen shrimp (about 24), thawed
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest, plus 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- Coarse salt and ground pepper
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- 2 large hearts romaine lettuce, leaves separated
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. In a medium bowl, combine shrimp, half the garlic, lemon zest, and 1 tablespoon oil. Season with salt and pepper and toss to coat. In another medium bowl, toss bread with 1 tablespoon oil and season with salt and pepper. Thread shrimp and bread onto eight 8-inch wooden or metal skewers. Transfer skewers to a rimmed baking sheet and bake until shrimp is opaque throughout and croutons are golden, 7 minutes.
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mishitofu15 JAN, 2012Our family LOVES this recipe! We add some chili flakes for a little extra kick. I use the caesar dressing all the time as well.Reply
Sojo1619 DEC, 2011I've made this one a few times now and really like it. I don't bother putting the shrimp on skewers. I do add anchovy paste to the dressing, and I use a raw egg yolk. Tastes authentic, lots of croutons.Reply
Alcea21 JUL, 2011My family thought this was an excellent recipe! I used the 26-30 size shrimp, and used anchovy paste in the dressing. We grilled it on a medium heat charcoal grill. There is a lot of room to individualize the salad, by adding whatever fresh vegetables you have available around the edge of the plate. I added wedged fresh tomatoes, and a side of marinated cucumber salad. Serve with a well chilled Sauvignon Blanc or Pinot Gris wine!Reply


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IN his 43 years as guitarist with Jethro Tull, Martin Barre's playing has defined the sound of the band and shaped its success.
Now 67, Barre says his love affair with the guitar is stronger than ever.
A flautist and saxophonist to boot, his guitar work has reaped him accolades, from a Grammy Award for the album Crest of a Knave to the UK's '20th best solo ever' for his finger-work on Aqualung.
On Friday, August 29, the guitar legend is gracing the Square & Compass stage at Ashill, between Taunton and Ilminster, with a concert which will have a distinctly bluesy flavour and Barre reinventing the Tull classics.
Martin spoke to the County Gazette while en route to Germany for a festival slot.
His career on strings began aged 14 on a Gibson ES330 Sunburst, but today he says a PRS (Paul Reed Smith) is his instrument of choice.
"It's a nice guitar because it has an acoustic as well as an electric side, so it has lots of interesting sound coming out of it.
"I also play the mandolin, the bazouki, the bass clarinet . . . I just think once you can play one instrument it's a lot easier to pick up another."
To amplify the Barre coup at the Square & Compass, the Ashill date is also the first on the Martin Barre Band UK tour, mixing Tull classics with new material.
He says: "There's a lot more going on in these UK shows. We'll have some little surprises.
"It all gels together with the old Tull songs I'm more or less re-inventing in the rock-blues style we like to play in to make them more mine.
"Then we're doing some classic Bobby Parker, Robert Johnson and Willie Dixon, which we're reinventing.
"Theirs was a really simple way of playing, and the songs still speak for themselves."
It's clear that the flame of passion for his craft still burns bright in Barre.
"As a guitarist I've really always loved Hendrix, Gary Moore, Joe Bonamassa, Robben Ford – not particularly for the music they played, but because it all centred around the guitar.
"I like to think we approach music in the same way. I really like the power and energy you can generate."
Tickets cost £18 in advance to see the Martin Barre Band on 01823-480467, by dropping into Black Cat Records in Taunton or visiting www.mojopromo.co.uk Alternatively, you can pay £22 on the door, which opens at 8pm, in time for the start at 9pm.


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A PENTAGON report on Chinese military modernisation reveals growing American concern over China's ability to threaten Taiwan and throw its power around East Asia and confront other US allies.
Apprehension within the US military that China is gearing up to confront Japan is also highlighted, with the report demanding an explanation for Beijing's naval, air and missile build-up.
China's purchases of Russian weapons, its positioning of up to 790 short-range ballistic missiles opposite Taiwan and its nuclear weapons modernisation is also in the report.
It warned that advances in nuclear missiles are spurring a debate among some high-ranking Chinese strategists over whether Beijing should change its "no first use" doctrine that bars using nuclear weapons except in response to a nuclear attack.
The report says that China's military build-up remains primarily focused on Taiwan.
But the report also outlines Chinese military ambitions that go beyond, saying that "China has the greatest potential to compete militarily with the United States".
China's defence budget is expanding apace with the new investments. Beijing officially projects a growth in defence spending of 14.5 per cent this year to about $US35 billion ($A46.5 billion).
But the report, citing the US Defence Intelligence Agency, puts the actual funding at twice or triple that amount or up to $US105 billion when all military-related spending is tallied.
"They are very worried the Chinese are posturing for a maritime confrontation with Japan," said James Mulvenon, deputy director of a Washington intelligence research company.
But analysts also expressed doubt that China's efforts posed an immediate threat to the US Navy in the Pacific.
Soon after it took office in 2001, the Bush Administration began to question China's military upgrades. But after the September 11 attacks, the threat from China became a lower priority. This year's report reflects the Administration's renewed concern, said Ted Galen Carpenter, the vice-president for defence and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute, and the author of the book America's Coming War With China.
"It's a resumption of what we saw in the first months of the Administration," Carpenter said. "We are seeing a return to that focus. China is the most likely strategic competitor for this country."
This year's report offers new details on aircraft carrier developments and essentially concludes that China's intentions remain an open question, arguing that the Chinese could be preparing a carrier bought from Russia as an operational vessel or as China has asserted as a recreational casino.
Previous Pentagon reports also have been equivocal about China's intention to field missiles capable of striking ships at sea. This year's report says that "one area of apparent investment" involves ballistic missiles with guidance systems that allow them to "strike surface ships on the high seas".
The Pentagon report reflects growing concern that other allies have not focused on the potential threat from China or the possibility of a military confrontation with Japan, an analyst said.
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