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Centre for Virus Research
Lab head: Professor Anthony Cunningham
Location: The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead Hospital
An Australian centre for HIV and Hepatitis Vilrology research, Westmead Millennium Institute, and one of the premier HIV reasearch laboratories in Australia.
Investigating HIV Driven Interferon Stimulated Genes in Macrophages
Primary supervisor: Anthony Cunningham
Research Background
The main target cell for HIV is the CD4 T-lymphocyte in which HIV explosively replicates resulting in rapid cell death. However HIV is also able to replicate other cells of the immune system. In macrophages a non-cytopathic infection occurs and these cells remain long lived. Macrophages therefore serve as a viral reservoir and act to constantly reseed the immune system of infected individuals with fresh virus. When cells come into contact with a foreign antigen they secrete antiviral molecules called interferons (IFN) which help to protect them and bystander cells from viral infection by inducing the expression of hundreds of IFN stimulated genes (ISG). These genes act to restrict viral replication via a wide array of mechanisms and the functions of many of them remains unknown. We have recently shown that HIV is able to directly induce a small subset of these ISGs in macrophages while at the same time blocking interferon induction.
Research Aim
To determine the effects of ISGs on HIV replication in macrophages.
Research Plan
We believe that the subset of HIV driven ISGs in macrophages will fall into two groups; those that act to restrict HIV replication and those that enhance it. In the first group we have already identified viperin and shown that this protein was able to restrict HIV replication. We predict that the transcription factor IFN regulatory factor 1 (IRF1) will fall into the second group of genes as that it may enhance HIV replication as the HIV promoter contains an IRF1 binding site.
We will initially check that the proteins encoded by these ISGs are also up regulated by HIV infection. Next, to investigate which of these two groups each HIV stimulated ISG falls into we will silence their expression via siRNA gene knock down and assess the effects on HIV replication kinetics. siRNA knock down will be confirmed at the gene level by quantitative (QPCR) and protein level by western blot and flow cytometry. In order to determine if IRF1 up-regulation by HIV is important for macrophage infection we will investigate the replication kinetics of a mutant HIV virus which has the IRF1 binding site deleted compared to a wild type virus.
This project will provide a comprehensive education in isolation of macrophages from human blood; the use of quantitative PCR (QPCR) in determining changes in gene expression levels; western blot and flow cytometry to determine protein expression levels.
Discipline: Infectious diseases and Immunology
Co-supervisors: NAJLA NASR
Keywords: HIV infection, immunobiology, Macrophages


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I'm reviewing for a test tomorrow and two of the questions on the review had me a little stumped. Lim Sq. Rt.(x+5) - Sq. Rt (5) all divided by X-->0 X I was able to rationalize and ended up with (X)/ x ((sq. rt.(x+5))+ sq. rt.(5)) which gives me 1/ sq. rt.(5)+ sq. rt.(5...
Chem/ Calculating Lattice Energy, Vapor Pressure
How do you calculate lattice energy? I have to place the following in order of decreasing magnitude of lattice energy, but I don't know how to do it. KF MgS RbI Is there a formula or some simple way of knowing which has the greatest energy? 2. I also have the same question...
Calculate the amount of grams of carbon dioxide formed from 100 g of octane. The molar mass of octane is 114.33 g/mole. The molar mass of carbon dioxide is 44.0095 g/mole/ 2 C8H18 + 25 O2 ---> 16 CO2 + 18 H20 How do I go about doing this problem? How much would the approach...
Determine the end value of n in a hydrogen atom transition, if the electron starts in n=4 and the atom emits a photo of light with a wavelength of 486 nm. *The answer given is 2, but I don't know how they got there.
A sprinkler on a golf green is set to spray water over a distance of 20 meters and to rotate through an angle of 160°. Find the area of the region that can be irrigated with the sprinkler. (Round your answer to two decimal places.) I really have no idea how to go about ...
A modern penny weighs 2.5 g but contains only .063 g of copper. How many copper atoms are present in a modern penny? Thanks in advance for any help you can give!
1. Write an essay that compares and contrasts the ways in which China and Japan responded to the West and describes how each nations decision to respond to the West affected its domestic and foreign affairs in the years that followed.
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Faizal Hamdoon hopes to make next Paralympic team
Faizal Hamdoon, 24, stood by the track at Kinston High School on Thursday ready to run.
His light build and muscular arms diminished the fact he has a prosthetic right leg.
Hamdoon, who came to Kinston to get a new running leg, is training to compete in the 2016 Paralympic Games.
While he�s won numerous awards, it hasn�t been an easy road to run.
The Raleigh resident has a rare birth defect, melorheostosis, that caused the bones in his leg to be deformed. There are only 400 known cases around the world.
His parents left Sri Lanka with their two sons and came to the U.S. to get medical treatment for him. He said it was a �culture shock.�
He endured 11 surgeries, an amputation below the knee in 2005, and further amputation above the knee in 2008.
�I did go through some trauma,� Hamdoon said, �Especially when I went through my first amputation in �05 when I was 15.�
He said he became depressed.
�But then I also realized, you know, God has created me for a reason,� Hamdoon said. �I do have a purpose.�
Despite the difficulties, Hamdoon wrestled in high school, competed on a swim team and earned the Eagle Scout award, but didn�t run in high school.
He started participating in track in 2012.
Family tragedy hit him in 2008. His father�s tea-importing business folded and, shortly after, his father died from a malignant brain tumor.
�My mother�s been the rock of the family, pushing us,� he said.
His mother, Razia Hamdoon, did not have immigration status to work. But as an attorney, she was well-versed in the law and fought for herself, then her eldest son, to be able to work in the United States.
With his mother�s fortitude and faith behind him, Hamdoon earned a degree in business management at N.C. State University.
In 2012, he was sponsored to attend a Para-triathlon training camp in Pensacola, Fla.
�The journey has been been a wonderful, tremendous rough-sea journey,� Hamdoon said.
Calling himself �Forrest Gump,� Hamdoon rigorously trains at least three times a week under a personal track coach from NCSU.
�I usually go to the gym for about two (or) three hours, myself, and then I hit up with Coach,� he said. �I mean, that�s how dedicated I am because I know there�s guys out there that are already sponsored. I�m not sponsored.�
After that, he swims. He also attends college and works a part-time job.
After receiving a prosthetic leg with a socket that just didn�t fit right against his own leg, Hamdoon heard about EastPoint Prosthetics and Orthotics in Kinston and is working with Brent Wright, a prosthetist, to get a new, well-fitting prosthesis.
�The socket for him was a real challenge to create,� Wright said, �based on his ability to put so much force on the prosthesis when he is running.�
The test prosthesis, custom-made for Hamdoon, allowed him to compete in the 2014 Desert Challenge Games where he placed fourth in the 100-meter race and first in the heats.
He competed against 20 seasoned athletes, seven of which were Paralympians.
Hamdoon also placed third, winning a bronze, in the 100-meter race at the Endeavor Games last weekend.
EastPoint is also creating a new prosthetic for daily wear when he�s not racing.
�It wouldn�t be feasible to use one of these prothesis,� EastPoint President Paul Sugg said, pointing to Hamdoon�s running leg, �because they have so much spring to them.�
Currently, he is training for the U.S. Paralympics-endorsed track meets, which include the UCO Endeavor Games in Edmond, Okla. June 6-8 and the 2014 U.S. Paralympics Track & Field National Championships in San Mateo, Calif., June 20-22.
He is trying to raise money to compete in the national events that could help him attain his dream that he�s had since 2012.
�It�s a high goal,� he said. �And I always try to attain my goals.�
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"After all the wind and storm, what's going on with the high-speed train?" read the prophetic message posted Saturday evening on the Chinese microblog Sina Weibo. "It's crawling slower than a snail. I hope nothing happens to it."
They were a few short sentences, typed by a young girl with the online handle Smm Miao. But five days later, the torrent that followed them was still flooding the Internet, and lapping at the feet of government bureaucrats, censors and the state-controlled media.
The train the girl saw, on a track outside Wenzhou in coastal Zhejiang province, was rammed from behind minutes later, killing 39 people and injuring 192. Since then, China's two major Twitter-like microblogs – called weibos here – have posted 26 million messages on the tragedy, including some that have forced embarrassed officials to reverse themselves. The messages are a potent amalgam of contempt for railway authorities, suspicion of government explanations and shoe-leather journalism by citizens and professionals alike.
The swift and comprehensive messages about the train accident stood this week in stark contrast to the stonewalling of the Railways Ministry, already stained by a bribery scandal. And they are a humbling example for the Communist Party news outlets and state television, whose blinkered coverage of rescued babies only belatedly gave way to careful reports on the public's discontent.
While the blogs have outed wrongdoers and broken news before, this week's performance may signal the arrival of weibos as a social force to be reckoned with, even in the face of government efforts to rein in the Internet's influence.
The government censors assigned to monitor public opinion have let most, though hardly all, of the weibo posts stream onto the Web unimpeded. But many experts say they are riding a tiger. For the very nature of weibo posts, which spread faster than censors can react, makes weibos beyond easy control. And their mushrooming popularity makes controlling them a delicate matter.
Saturday's train disaster is a telling example – an event that resonated with China's growing middle class, computer-savvy, able to afford travel by high-speed rail, already deeply skeptical of official propaganda.
There is no clearer sign of the rising influence of microblogs than their impact on government itself.
Last weekend, Wenzhou bureaucrats ordered local lawyers not to accept cases from families of victims without their permission. After weibos exposed them, they withdrew the order and apologized.
Railway workers had quickly buried the first car of the oncoming train at the site of the accident. On Monday, after an online outcry charging a cover-up, they unearthed it and took it to Wenzhou for analysis. China Daily, the state-controlled English-language newspaper, noted that they had met the request of "many netizens."
"I call it the microblogging revolution," Zhan Jiang, a professor of international journalism and communications at Beijing Foreign Studies University, said in an interview Thursday. "In the last year, microbloggers, especially Sina and Tencent, have played more and more a major role in coverage, especially breaking news."
The few newspapers and magazines here that consistently push back at censors with investigative journalism are not just printing the results of their digging into the train wreck but posting them on weibos for millions to see. So were hundreds of more traditional state-controlled news outlets.
Even the Communist Party organ People's Daily maintains a weibo. But the field is dominated by two players. Sina Holdings Ltd.'s Sina Weibo (pronounced SEE-nah WAY-bo) counts 140 million users, generally better-educated and more interested in current events than those at competitors. Tencent Inc.'s weibo hosts 200 million generally younger users who are more interested in socializing.
In some ways, the Chinese weibos replicate their Western counterparts: They limit posts to 140 characters (although in Chinese, where many characters are words by themselves, much more can be said). Posts can be retweeted, too, although in China, tweeting is called knitting, because the word "weibo" sounds like the word for scarf.
There are also differences. Bloggers can comment on others' posts, turning a message into a conversation. Users also can include photographs and other files with their posts, to telling effect: Thursday, fact-checking bloggers posted photos of Premier Wen Jiabao's recent official activities to counter his assertion at a Wenzhou news conference that illness had kept him from visiting the disaster site earlier.
While Western social networks such as Twitter and Facebook are blocked here, their Chinese counterparts thrive, largely because their owners consent to government monitoring and censorship – and, perhaps, because the government fears the reaction should it shut them down. The outpouring over the rail tragedy appears to have enjoyed at least some official approval; many analysts believe the government sees microblogs as a virtual steam valve through which citizens can safely vent complaints.
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This sums it up. This is why I think the majority of the people are disappointed. I read a tweet from Matt Austin last night that basically said the same thing. "Gary told us he wasn't leaving"This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I can understand the change of heart. Gary would have been nuts to not take the Wisc job. It just should have been handled in a better way.
I hope that this doesn't ruin the progress that has been made in the USU football program. It's sure be a nice ride the past few years. I hope that the next coach can continue on, and stay a little longer.


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Nike Free OG "Tokyo"
Nothing hits quite like an OG silhouette.
Updates are great and all, but nothing hits like an OG silhouette. Nike dug into their archives to reintroduce the Free OG; after a slew of colorways, the "City Pack" presents the Nike Free in a Tokyo-inspired colorway.
The Frees boast a black perforated suede upper, with hits of radiant pink mesh around the ankle collar. For added pop, the kicks are finished off with an achromatized black/volt green midsole, channeling the juxtaposition of the bustling city with its noted surrounding gardens.
The Nke Free OG "Tokyo" is set to arrive globally at Nike retailers and online via Nike.com on June 14.
Yo! Adrian is big in Japan, just ask around.
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The political battle for who will be San Francisco's next mayor spilled out onto the streets on Tuesday, and became more than a little physical.
Campaign staffers for state. Sen. Leland Yee and Mayor Ed Lee came close to blows on Tuesday afternoon outside Yee's campaign office, where a former campaign worker was set to accuse Lee's campaign of paying Bayview residents to campaign for the mayor, according to the San Francisco Examiner.
The "chaotic and ugly" scene culminated when reporters, called out to Yee's Van Ness Avenue office to hear from the former campaign worker who was allegedly one of the Bayview residents paid $150 to hang campaign signs for Lee, witnessed two members of Lee's campaign staff disrupt the event, calling out Yee for "flat-out lies." Yee staffers shouted over the Lee staffers during reporters' questioning, and a terse standoff ensued.
The anonymous campaign worker never appeared at the event, and was holed up later at a safe house "fearful for his life," according to Yee's campaign.
Police were called, but no report was filed.


text: I have a Colt 9mm AM2000. They only made this gun from 1991-1993. I have the original cardboard box, the original plastic box, two original clips with the Colt easy clip loader. It also comes with all original paperwork and cleaning brush along with the plastic bag the gun was shipped in. This will soon be a collectors item as they were only made for three years. It's not for the serious shooter that wants to take it to the range every weekend. I would rate the gun 9 out of 10. It has been shot very little and well taken care of. I can send pic's to anyone interested. I've seen this gun on Gunbroker going for $650.00 I'm selling mine for $450.00 No shipping, Face to Face. I'm in the Southwest Florida area. Nokomis to North Port. Thanks, Bob


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Simple Anglo-Indian Recipes by Bridget White-Kumar. Authentic Recipes of Colonial Anglo-Indian Cuisine - Lip smacking recipes of popular and traditional Anglo-Indian Food. Old forgotten dishes now revived to suit present day tastes and palates.
All the recipes and Photographs on this Site are old Family Recipes and tried and tested by the Author. Please feel free to try out these old recipes, and relish them, but desist from copying and using on other sites without the prior permission of Bridget White-Kumar. Any infringement would amount to Plagarism and infringement of Copy Right punishable by Law
Friday, October 26, 2007
Serves 6 Preparation time 45 minutes
6 Hard boiled eggs shelled
2 onions chopped
2 teaspoons chilly powder
½ teaspoon turmeric powder
2 teaspoons ginger garlic paste
1 teaspoon cumin powder
½ cup tomato puree
2 pieces cinnamon
2 table spoons vinegar
1 teaspoon sugar
Salt to taste
3 tablespoons oil
Heat oil in a pan and sauté the onions till golden brown. Add the ginger garlic paste and cinnamon fry for some time. Add the chilly powder, cumin powder, turmeric powder, sugar and tomato puree and fry till the oil separates from the masala. Now add the vinegar and a little water and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer till the gravy is sufficiently thick. Cut the boiled eggs into halves and carefully drop into the gravy. Simmer for a few minutes. Take out the egg halves and place on a serving dish. Pour the thick gravy over the eggs and shake the dish so that all the eggs are covered with the gravy. Serve hot.
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I've been using Debian and Ubuntu for about half a year and just few days ago decided to try Mint (Daryna KDE CE). It installed alright, and I was quite impressed with its KDE style and speed. But then I edited /etc/apt/sources.list (changed the Ubuntu repository addresses to suit my country, all other parameters left the same -- even for those addresses, and I know they exist in that repo because I have Kubuntu on another partition). Then I made
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What I did not like was that OO lost all its Mint'y design and became Ubunt'ish, and worse -- it now has a color scheme, independant from the system, Win95-like, although in Tools-Options-General - Appearance everything is set to Automatic. I used a special tone for text background instead of white as it reduces stress on eyes, and I can't get it anymore in OO.
Was it wrong to make the update the way I did? Is there a way to fix the color & style problem in OO?


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PlayStation Network revenue doubles, may actually start turning profit in 2011.
It's been a rough time for the PlayStation Network, arriving to the whole online revolution 6 years behind Microsoft's successful Xbox Live platform and with barely any implementation of what we'd now consider essential features like achievements or a storefront that's not a nightmare to use. But in the past 4 years it's grown massively and now boasts over 50 million registered accounts and a list of features on par with its more senior rival.
Of course as with any platform it's far from perfect, in many ways it still falls far short of what XBL offers and that's probably always going to be the case in one way or another. However, Sony gave PSN one big, risky, exceedingly expensive advantage that they'd hoped would tip the balance in their favor. They made every aspect of it free to use. Online multiplayer, matchmakeing, voice chat, the lot. The plan was that there'd be so many users flocking to the PSN that Sony would be able to offset the maintenance cost through DLC sales alone without having to charge a subscription fee. While it all sounds wonderfully pleasant and Utopian, the question is did it work? Uh……well….kinda, but it took its damm time about it.
The past year saw a host of new features added to the PSN such as Facebook integration, digital comic books and support from several major video distribution services, all free of charge. As Sony would hope, this in turn lead to DLC sales being on track to double that of the previous fiscal year come early 2011, bringing the total revenue to around £560 million. This will mark the first time that the PSN has actually made Sony more money that it cost to keep the service free.
It might sound like good news but it compares poorly in performance to Microsoft's XBL strategy, one that's reportedly netted over £400 million in PROFIT this year alone. Still, Sony Computer Entertainment president Kaz Hirai remains optimistic, he estimates that the exponential growth will continue and eventually bring revenues to over £2 billion in 2012. Erm yeah……perhaps a little TOO optimistic there Kaz.
It's unlikely we'll see PSN switch to a subscription based model this generation but don't be surprised if Sony start rolling out a few extra revenue streams here and there to help subsidise the service a bit better. We've already seen them make their first push in that direction earlier this year with the new "PlayStation Plus" subscription service that gives users some nice discounts and exclusive demos.


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Basketball consumes Dave Williams' life.
He's coached at the junior college, club and high school levels, and along the way he has always been blessed to have the support and presence of his father — the Rev. Paul Williams.
Until this year.
Williams, 80, has been declining in health after having a limb amputated. It got to the point where hospice was called in recently, and he hasn't made it to a single game this year as his son helped guide the Desert Vista boys basketball team to its first state semifinal appearance since 2008.
"It's different," Williams said. "He's been heading down this road for a while, but he is hanging in there."
It seemed to really hit Williams hard on Tuesday when the Thunder defeated Gilbert in the quarterfinals. In the moments after the postgame celebration, he was reflective, reticent and watery-eyed as he looked around Wells Fargo Arena.
Knowing the situation, it appeared he was almost looking for his father and receiving a simple approving nod that all sons look for from the man that they respect the most.
It never came, but he knew the Rev. Williams, a south Phoenix resident, would have been proud.
"I think about him sometimes and what he did for me," Williams said Tuesday. "I get emotional sometimes because he does everything for us."
While Williams kept it from his Thunder players all year, he couldn't hold it in anymore and let everyone know before the second-round playoff game against Mesa Mountain View.
All the players went out and played their best game in Williams' two years as coach and dismantled the Toros 69-37. They followed it with a nice 53-50 win over Gilbert, before falling 49-46 to top-seeded Corona del Sol on Thursday night in the semifinals.
"We were notified before the Mountain View game and that gave us some emotional firepower because we love Coach Dave," senior forward Danny Powell said. "Every player has disagreements with coaches at times, but we are like a family and love each other. We are going to fight for each other."
Junior guard John Marshall had similar sentiments after the win over Gilbert.
"His dad is struggling and before each game we do a prayer for his dad," junior guard John Marshall said. "We are playing for him, and doing it for him."
Williams, 52, has turned the Thunder around in his two seasons at the helm, winning 43 games, after a two-year blip that totaled 19 wins in Doug Harris' final years.
He did it with the help of Powell, off to Eastern Washington, and Jeff Lowery, who will stay local at Grand Canyon.
While there is still some quality talent coming back — Connor MacDougall is a sophomore, Kyle Pitman is a junior — Williams will be tested in the years to come.
But nothing like he has been this year.
"It's been tough," Williams said. "He has been such a big influence on me and my life. We've known it was going to come to this, but it doesn't make it any easier."
Williams will always have basketball, even now that the season is over as the offseason cranks up after a little bit of a break.
"It's a little window where I can think about something else," Williams said after the loss to Corona. "Basketball has been one of things to get me through all of this. He always tells me, give your best shot and do what you can do. I walk out of here feeling like a king because I know I got every drop out these kids."
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The subject of Castle's father has always been one of those weird, dangling plot threads that fans of this show have always known would come knocking one day. It's never been something the show has focused on with much scrutiny, save but to suggest that Castle's pop probably has some kind of shadowy past, considering that nobody seems to really know who he is. But outside of occasional mentions and tacit connections to cases Castle has become involved in, the dad storyline always seemed like the sort of thing that would get explained eventually, but not anytime soon. That was, of course, until last week.
The kidnapping of Alexis in last week's episode raised a lot of questions as to whether or not she was actually an inadvertent victim. While it sounded perfectly plausible that her Egyptian friend would make a prime target, given the friend's father's wealth and stature, there was something off about the whole endeavor, and not just because somehow, for some reason, the girls had been whisked away to a safehouse in Paris, of all places.
"Hunt" didn't waste much time acknowledging those inconsistencies, and in fact revealed very quickly what many of you in the comments last week suspected: Alexis was the target all along.
After a deal was made to have the girls returned in exchange for ransom money, the FBI was able to wire into a camera feed to see the exchange go down in Paris. They weren't there because of various diplomatic complications, but they could watch as the Egyptian girl's uncle dropped the money, and she was freed. Unfortunately, there was no sign of Alexis.
Castle was understandably distraught. The kidnappers didn't contact him, nor did they make any overtures toward indicating they might want to let her go. With the FBI of no immediate help and the investigation in New York seemingly at a standstill, Castle did the only thing an exceptionally wealthy, marginally trained father would do: He flew to Paris to get his goddamn daughter back.
We knew this was coming. Last week's preview signaled that Castle was about to go fully Liam Neeson all over Paris to find Alexis, but we also heard that Castle's father would somehow be involved in all of this. The worry I had going into this episode was that the Castle's Dad storyline was going to be awkwardly inserted into what was otherwise proving to be a pretty good little self-contained story arc. I am pleased to report that at no point did any of this become awkward, or frankly anything but entertaining.
And that's the key word when summing up a good "serious" episode of Castle ; it's got to be entertaining. My problem with the show's sometimes overly serious story arcs is that oftentimes I don't have a whole lot of fun watching them. The "Target"/"Hunt" story, however, was never anything but entertaining. Even in its darkest, most troubling moments, the episodes retained all the good qualities of a proper thriller, keeping the pace just below breakneck, constantly diverting our attention with potential red herrings and other flummoxing details, and pulling off just enough exciting action to make us forget that we were watching a serialized TV drama with a somewhat-limited budget. Even when I knew the Castle's Dad reveal was coming, I was too transfixed on what was happening from scene to scene to worry about it. And then the reveal did happen, and all I could do was throw my hands up and say, "Sure! Yes! Why the hell not?"
Because honestly, why not have James Brolin play Castle's deep-cover CIA operative father? That's a fantastic casting choice, and one that paid dividends last night. Before we arrived at Brolin, Castle spent much of the early episode wandering around Paris with an off-the-books French operative who'd agreed to help him. But by the time the episode reached the halfway mark, Castle was already double-crossed, left to be taken by the men who had Alexis—or so we thought. Suddenly, gunshots rang out, and the meeting point was littered with bodies in a matter of seconds. And up strolls Brolin, carrying a ludicrously massive rifle and that winning James Brolin smirk that I'd forgotten I even missed.
It was a surprisingly deft introduction of the character, and his continued presence throughout the episode was more than welcome. Brolin simultaneously got to be a badass and have a tender moment with Nathan Fillion that rang truer than such a scene probably ought've. I mean, just about any other grown man meeting his absentee father for the first time might've had a more enraged reaction to the realization that he's been around all these years, watching (or, perhaps stalking) his family while never making contact. But considering the stakes, the situation, and the fact that Castle's dad is a frigging spy, I think Castle just kind of going with it for the sake of getting Alexis back made sense. And it made for a great scene between the two as they briefly caught up. I know I wasn't the only one who let out an uncontrollable "D'AWWWW" as Brolin told his son about the time he showed up just long enough to give Castle his first spy novel—
Casino Royale
, of course—when he was ten years old. If I was the only one, then screw you all. You're heartless. All of you.
If I have any beef with how the "Target"/"Hunt" story came to a close, it had to do with the relatively unremarkable villain at the center of it all. A former KGB operative (played by the usually great Nestor Sorano) had it out for Brolin, as Brolin had killed his wife decades earlier during a mission. So the whole thing was all about revenge, using Alexis (and, eventually, Castle) as bait to try to lure Brolin out so that Mr. KGB Man could extract his vengeance. That's all well and good, except that Sorano doesn't even arrive on camera until there were maybe 20 minutes left in the episode, and his few lines of dialogue don't do much to engender much feeling toward him one way or the other. He was just kind of a nasty dude who apparently had ample resources at his disposal. Thankfully, the dispatching of this character, as well as the final chase out of captivity, made for a an entertaining climax with a relatively sweet ending.
I doubt we'll see too much of Brolin again for a while, as his character seems built in such a way as to put him in prime position to make very specific guest appearances when/if necessary, but not much else. Still, I like that we finally have an answer to the Castle's Dad question, and it's one that's juuuust open-ended enough to allow James Brolin to stroll in again whenever he likes. I will never, ever complain about the possibility of more James Brolin in things, so congratulations Castle writers, you pulled this one off beautifully.
– Beckett and the home team didn't have a whole lot to do this week, but I did very much enjoy Stana Katic's sudden rage burst at the dead kidnapper's ex-girlfriend, who was stonewalling the investigation. That was some really good bad-cop business, right there.
– I like that the writers randomly decided to introduce a French version of the Whistler character from Sneakers as a way to find Alexis's location from last week's Skype call.
– So, will Sarah return? I mean, her and Alexis were kind of besties, right? Or is she just going to be one of those random friend characters we never see again?
– Dear Castle writers: If you wanted to maybe write a storyline where Castle has a half-brother he doesn't know about, and that brother is played by Josh Brolin, I'd be super okay with that. Just putting it out there.


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Margit Maria Ruecker of St. Augustine died peacefully at her home on April 30, 2002. She was born in Gablonz, Northern Bohamia, a town famous for the production of custom jewelry. After World War II, the family came to Germany and joined in the rebuilding of the custom jewelry industry in a new town named Neu Gablonz. She immigrated to the United States in 1964 and married that same year.
She was a certified English/German interpreter, had worked in the custom jewelry export business and held several positions in administration and office management. After a productive career she moved with her husband from New Jersey to St. Augustine in 2000 to spend their retirement years in Sunny Florida.
Memorial services will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 20, 2002 at Craig Funeral Home. Flowers are gratefully declined. Those wishing may make a contribution in her memory to the Community Hospice of Northeast Florida 4266 Sunbeam Road, Jacksonville, Fla. 32257.
She was preceded in death by her sister Monika and her parents Walter and Julie.
She is survived by her husband of 38 years Peter and several nieces and nephews.
Special thanks to the staff of Mayo Clinic and the Community Hospice of Northeast Florida for their loving care and support in her courageous fight against breast cancer.
Craig Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of the arrangements.
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DAYTON, Ohio—The Dayton Dragons know better than to think baseball is solely responsible for the record sellout streak that is now theirs.
"It's like, 'Oh, and there's a baseball game going on, too,' " is how team president Bob Murphy, the boss for the Midwest League franchise since the stadium was a parking lot, likes to describe the feeling at Fifth Third Field.
During inning breaks, an energetic troupe called the Green Team performs skits with mascots named Heater and Gem (a nod to the city's "Gem City" nickname) to the delight of screaming children and impressed adults.
Fans consider themselves lucky to have tickets, period, and luckier still on a night when the baby race or tricycle race is taking place. Or to be on hand when the costumed character known as Roof Man rains t-shirts upon the crowd from atop the two-tiered structure.
Groundwork for all of this was laid in the 1990s by civic leaders who thought Dayton needed something to awaken a sleepy downtown in the summer and keep local sports fans engaged between University of Dayton basketball seasons. Naysayers, including a couple of prominent newspaper columnists, contended a minor league team stood little chance in the giant shadow cast by the Cincinnati Reds, who played their games less than an hour from Dayton's south suburbs.
Such concerns seem sillier than ever in light of what happened on July 9, when the Dragons, midway through their 12th season and by this point a true family entertainment juggernaut, broke the North American professional sports record of 814 consecutive sellouts established by the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers from 1977-1995.
The next Dragons game that isn't a sellout will be the bigger story. It will be the first.
Uncommonly Loyal
More than six million fans have passed through the gates since the Dragons debuted in 2000 as the Reds' low Class A affiliate. The players don't particularly care why.
"It's always exciting playing in front of this crowd," said Drew Hayes, a 23-year-old relief pitcher from Tennessee who converted his first 14 save chances this season. "All of us are fortunate to be playing in this environment."
The stadium offers 7,230 fixed seats, plus three lawn areas that are often packed but don't count toward a sellout. A season-ticket waiting list, which the team says numbers about 8,000, would seem to guarantee future success despite a sluggish economy, job losses and companies abandoning the region.
"It's sold out no matter what," marveled first-year Dragons manager Delino DeShields, a 13-year major league veteran who in 2010 saw nothing like this as manager at Rookie-level Billings in the Pioneer League.
"It's like Wrigley Field," DeShields said.
And it looks just as good today, if not better, than the day it opened.
"One thing they've done a fantastic job with has been the upkeep of that stadium," said Mike Vander Woude, the Dragons' lead broadcaster for their first eight seasons. "They didn't wait until something was broken and beyond repair before it got fixed."
Fan loyalty was tested last season when the Dragons shattered a Midwest League record by losing 24 consecutive home games. Nobody knew for sure, but it was believed to be the longest such stretch of futility at any level of baseball since at least the early 1950s.
As the losing streak grew, rather than stay away in protest, some fans made an extra effort to be there in hopes of seeing it end, which it finally did in late August.
Baseball does have its place in the equation. While the ultimate prize of a Midwest League championship has eluded them, the Dragons have made the playoffs five times and given fans plenty of future big leaguers to watch. Shortstop Zack Cozart recently became the 50th former Dragon to wear a big league uniform, joining the likes of Joey Votto, Jay Bruce, Adam Dunn, Drew Stubbs, Austin Kearns, Homer Bailey and Johnny Cueto.
Strong At The Top
Front-office stability is often not the hallmark of minor league operations, but the good ones bank on it.
Murphy, vice president Eric Deutsch and general manager Gary Mayse—the only area native among the three—were installed by Mandalay Baseball Entertainment more than a year before the team's first game.
Customer service has been a particular focus. The Dragons treat their season-ticket holders like gold—checking in if tickets go unused and offering them first crack at other events the stadium hosts, such as concerts and boxing shows. And they extend some of the same privileges to those on the waiting list.
"We wanted (the list) to have value," Murphy said.
From the beginning, Murphy said the Dragons decided their policy would be to treat fans as they would want to be treated if the roles were reversed. Deutsch, who accompanied Murphy to Dayton from Triple-A Las Vegas, where they also helped run a minor league hockey team, said another key has been matching fans with the right ticket plans.
Deutsch likes to tell the story of a call he received in 2000 from a fan seeking to buy three 70-game season tickets. He said he talked the man into purchasing 17-game plans instead because he didn't want him "to open a drawer at the end of the season and have unused tickets."
Smaller plans have kept tickets moving and, ultimately, exposed more fans to the product, the Dragons say. Even a five-game plan, introduced recently, has been a hit.
The Record Falls
With an average crowd of 8,400 since they first took the field, the Dragons consistently rank in the top 10 in attendance across minor league baseball. They are leading Class A teams for the 12th consecutive season.
But what's more impressive, selling out 814 NBA games over 18 years, as the Trail Blazers did, or 815 low Class A minor league baseball games over 111/2?
DeShields, an NBA fan who grew up playing point guard and idolizing Magic Johnson (a Dragons part owner), says it's been his experience that minor league teams work harder at the game-day experience.
"I think it's much more difficult to do it here," said DeShields, who knew the streak was a big deal when he looked up from his desk recently to find a New York Times columnist in his office.
On the night the record became theirs, the Dragons painted "815" and their "D" logo in front of each dugout and halted their game with the South Bend Silver Hawks after five innings to release streamers and balloons and show a tribute video on the scoreboard. As fans and Dragons executives high-fived, players and coaches tipped their caps to fans as an "815" sign on the outfield wall was unveiled.
Cheering from his seat in the second deck was Dayton resident Mike Belcher, who showed up for the inaugural game on April 27, 2000 and has missed six since.
Talk about loyalty. Belcher did not miss a game until a blood clot in his leg landed him in the hospital in 2003. He was absent for four others while out of town celebrating his mother's 60th birthday. But he listened on the Internet—from the Virgin Islands.
"This city's love affair with the team," Murphy said, "is really something special."
Sean McClelland writes for'¨ the Dayton Daily News


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Mike James wasn't in the mood to make the Raptors' run for a record interesting.
The Raptors point guard made sure the team tied a record for most consecutive games with a three-pointer -- 594, by the Miami Heat -- when he drained a three for Toronto's first field goal of the game with 8:23 left in the first quarter against the Denver Nuggets last night.
James, who entered the night in 11th on the Raptors' three-point list during the streak, made two more from long range before the first quarter was over, delighting his wife and two daughters, who were sitting courtside.
The Raptors can break the record tomorrow against the Indiana Pacers.
"That's an accomplishment," Raptors swingman Morris Peterson, the three-point leader during the streak, said before the game. "We've got a lot of guys on this team that can shoot the ball and work hard. We come every day and work on our three-point shooting and it's good to know it's paying off."
While the record is more quirky than anything, Raptors coach Sam Mitchell chided a reporter for bringing it up before the game.
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Understanding the causes of high unemployment requires first understanding the structure of labor markets. This is an historical agenda, since it is only over time that there is significant variation in the institutions structuring labor market outcomes. This paper therefore adopts a long view on the operation of labor markets in order to provide a context for discussions of the sources and solutions to Europe's current unemployment problem. It characterizes the operation of labor markets since the second half of the 19th century. It pursues comparisons with market structure and performance in the interwar years and concludes with implications for today.
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While there is much talk about curbing climate change by persuading people to live closer to work and to hop on buses, regional planners say most people still will drive a lot.
Consequently, the San Diego Association of Governments, the region's primary planning agency, is advocating a giant shift from petroleum-based vehicle fuels to electricity, ethanol, compressed natural gas and biodiesel fuel.
SANDAG planners, in a draft report delivered to the agency's transportation committee Friday, proposed setting a bold goal of replacing 20 percent of the gasoline and diesel bought in San Diego County with alternative fuels and electricity by 2020. But a local supplier of ethanol and other emerging fuels expressed strong skepticism that the goal will be reached.
Now gasoline and diesel make up nearly 100 percent of fuels sold in the region.
According to the report, the region's drivers annually buy 1.3 billion gallons of gas and 200 million gallons of diesel. There are about 800 service stations in the county.
The report is set to be refined and delivered to SANDAG's board of directors in September.
Susan Freedman, senior energy planner for SANDAG, stressed that the fuel component is just one of several climate-change strategies that will include ramping up public transportation and building communities that place houses next to transit and jobs. But given that San Diego County cities have little room for new development and are expected to grow slowly, the fuels strategy has the potential to yield the most gains in greenhouse gas emission reductions over the next decade.
The state is in the process of developing specific greenhouse gas reduction targets for each region of the state, including San Diego County, as California as a whole aims to comply with a state mandate to trim emissions 30 percent by 2020, or get back down to 1990 levels.
Mike Lewis, general manager of Pearson Fuels, which operates the only three alternative-fuel service stations in San Diego County, said the proposed SANDAG goal of switching 20 percent of fuel purchases to alternative sources by 2020 is hugely ambitious.
"If you look back on recent history, there is no shortage of lofty goals," Lewis said by telephone Monday afternoon. "It's absolutely doable, though, in my opinion, I think it is unlikely to happen, because it requires political will within the region and beyond the region to make it happen."
What's needed, Lewis said, is a big boost in gasoline taxes that haven't risen for nearly two decades. Even at today's relatively high prices, gas is still less expensive than most other fuels, he said.
For years, Pearson Fuels in San Diego was the only alternative-fuels station in the area. In recent months, the firm opened stations in Carlsbad and Oceanside. And last week it opened one in Perris in Riverside County.
The SANDAG report calls for capitalizing on existing government incentives to develop fueling stations throughout the county. That way, people who buy electric vehicles as they become available or flex-fuel vehicles that can run on a mixture of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline, won't have trouble finding places to fuel up or recharge.
Freedman said it is crucial to have places to fill up or people will feel uncomfortable making investments in such vehicles.
And, to set the stage for the transformation to alternative fuels, the report recommends that public agencies throughout the county make a wholesale switch away from gasoline for their vehicle fleets.
"It's hard to ask your constituents to make this leap if you are not out there trying it, seeing if it works," Freedman said.
Some agencies have mostly petroleum-powered fleets. But some, such as the North County Transit District, already have made moves away from gasoline and diesel.
Tom Kelleher, a spokesman for the district, said 90 of the agency's 144 public buses run on compressed natural gas.
Freedman said SANDAG is hopeful that agencies will get an opportunity to purchase fleets of electric vehicles next year, as Nissan plans to roll out a new electric vehicle next year that can go 100 miles on a single charge.
It generally takes four to eight hours to charge a car, she said, but new technology is expected to cut that to less than a half hour.
Freedman said the five-seat electric sedan will be about the size of a Toyota Corolla or Honda Civic, she said.
Then, in 2012, Nissan plans to roll out the vehicles for public consumption. Freedman said San Diego County is one of five markets across the nation targeted for the introduction.
In preparation for that rollout, Nissan, San Diego Gas & Electric Co. and SANDAG have applied for a $100 million federal stimulus grant to set up 500 electric charging stations at transit centers, park-and-ride lots and shopping malls.
"This will be a real jump-start if we get that big award," she said.
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Peace Of Mind is the ambitious new recording from master saxophonist Hayes Greenfield. Greenfield, in addition to being a player of monstrous technical ability, also has a penchant for pushing the artistic envelope, both as a composer and an arranger. Peace Of Mind is basically a contemporary, straight-ahead jazz album, heavy on the blues and with a dab of both Eastern and American Indian influences thrown in for good measure.
The core band consists of Greenfield on alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, the seldom-heard sopranino saxophone (a horn that is smaller and higher in pitch than the soprano) and vocals, David Beckman and Tricia Woods on piano, Cameron Brown and Tom Hubbard on bass and Mark Johnson on drums. He's also gets help from a dozen other vocalists (featured on the tune "The Pied Piper"). Only two tunes on the album features vocals. The first, the aforementioned "Pied Piper," uses the vocal ensemble for various background harmonizing, percussive vocals sounds, Indian-like chants and to sing the main melody of the chorus. It's an adventurous tune for a jazz album and exhibits a certain earthy, organic quality that is difficult to describe, but which I found to be quite pleasant. The other vocal tune is the ballad "That's All I Have To Do" on which Greenfield sings the lead vocal, and it's his only misstep on this otherwise fine recording. It's not that there is anything wrong with his voice, but there is nothing especially exciting about it either. His vocals on this song are unremarkable at best, and some might even call it boring. He hits all the right notes, but his tone is thin and devoid of any real emotional content or passion.
But when it comes to playing the saxophone, he has few peers. This CD of ten tracks (all written by Greenfield), opens with the high-energy modal tune "Homage To Pharaoh," a tune that truly showcases his extraordinary control of the alto sax. "Pied Piper" is the second track, followed by the lovely "Caravan Of Dreams" in which he treats us to the gorgeous sound of his sopranino sax, an instrument that is notoriously difficult to play well even for the most consummate professional, yet Greenfield makes it sound easy. The next two tunes, "My Eileen" and "Tea For Three" (a ballad and a gentle waltz, respectively), show that Greenfield & Co. can both romance and swing as hard as any band around.
Track 6, the previously discussed "That's All I Have To Do," is followed by "Girls & Pearls," a beautiful track that is driven by the exquisite piano playing of either Berkman or Woods (unfortunately, the liner notes don't specify which). It's played with a laid-back, almost chamber jazz kind of feel. It serves as a great segue into "Fast Feet," a giddy tune played at a blistering pace that borders on being a 'free' piece, but that has enough structure that one could argue that it's actually a bop tune. The next tune, the aptly named "Peace Of Mind," also expresses a great sense of freedom, even though it is a ballad. The fact that it's played rubato (meaning without a strict rhythm) gives it an aura of light and space that is quite enchanting. The album closes with "Blues For Now," a burning blues number with the band pulling out all the stops.
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Online Master's Degree in Digital Media a First in Latin America
The University of Guadalajara's Digital Journalism Center, launched by Knight International Journalism Fellow James Breiner, is now offering the first online master's degree in digital media in Latin America.
"This new degree is particularly important because students can access the training they need from anywhere," said Rosalía Orozco, director of the Digital Journalism Center. The Spanish-language program emphasizes advanced training in new media skills and coverage of important social issues such as poverty, education and the environment, said Orozco, who was appointed to lead the center when Breiner's fellowship ended last year.
Since the center opened in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 2008, 665 journalists and other media professionals from more than 25 countries have enrolled in its "blended" programs that combine online and in-person training. The new master's curriculum, designed by Breiner and an academic committee of the university, concentrates on entrepreneurial journalism – teaching students how to launch and run a digital media organization. It includes courses on creating marketing and business plans to sustain a robust digital news operation.
"Most journalists in Latin America chafe at the limitations and censorship imposed in many countries," Breiner said. "Independent, online media can offer an alternative, and cover topics often neglected by mainstream media – everything from human rights and indigenous cultures to local business, women's issues, as well as engaging in watchdog investigative journalism."
Knight Fellows work on projects that are designed to have lasting impact. With a five year commitment from the university, a new director and new online graduate program, the Digital Journalism Center is now a thriving organization on its own.
The center is accepting applications for the master's degree program now. Classes are scheduled to begin in March.


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Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has promised to come out fighting after his party's disastrous showing in the local and national elections last week.
Clegg has vowed to fight the Conservatives' proposed plans to revamp the National Health Service and has come up with pledge to improve the latter.
"Whatever changes our coalition partners are intending to implement, I can promise that the least the country can expect of the NHS is that all hospital surfaces will be given a thoroughly good polish.
Anytime I have gone into NHS hospitals over the last few months, the first thing I have noticed is the dowdiness of many of the surfaces.
They have appeared sticky and dusty, if not downright dirty and that is simply not acceptable.
I have personally ordered 5,000 tins of Pledge for immediate dispatch to the larger English hospitals.
Even if waiting times aren't improving and operations are being cancelled due to insufficient staffing levels, at least patients won't feel that they need to wash their hands every time they touch a table or chair".


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My husband and I just returned from our honeymoon in Greanada and I wanted to post a review of our experience.
We stayed at the Calabash hotel and I had a wonderful time, with exception of one incident (which I will discuss later). The hotel staff were very friendly, the service was wonderful and the food....OMG was outrageous. Breakfast was made to order and served every morning on our balcony. There was afternoon tea and then canapes were delivered to the room each night at 6pm. Dinners were fabulous and there was no reason to leave the hotel to try any other restaurants. Although, I have heard there are many nice restaurants on Grenada we didn't venture out. I had everything from Mahi-Mahi to Lamb chops and was never disappointed with my meal.
I truly enjoyed all aspects of the Calabash, the rooms were spacious and very clean. The grounds were nice. I had heard on this board that the beach wasn't that nice due to sea grass and I will agree that the beach is not as nice as Grand Anse beach but it is a lot more private and seculded, which I prefer. We spent nine nights at the Calabash and I would say on a crowded day, there was maybe 25 people on the beach. Also, the locals tend to stay at the other end of the beach from the hotel. We were able to snorkel right from the beach and saw some nice fish.
Unfortunately for us, we didn't leave the hotel area often. We were trying to relax and prepare for our move to Europe in two weeks so we didn't do to many tours and sad to say we didn't even go into St. Georges. This is very unlike us. We did, however, take a rainforest walk with Sunsation Tours to the Seven Sisters waterfalls which was definitely worth the $70US. The falls were refreshing and we were the only group there. My husband did a lot of wreck diving and enjoyed it a lot. He is used to diving in NY so he thought the visibility was wonderful. The Calabash has a dive shop on site so if you are a diver that is a plus.
The incident as mentioned above - Our honeymoon went wonderfully and I honestly thought the only negative thing I would have to say about the whole trip was being stung by a jelly fish - which hurt like h_ll!! But unfortunately on our second to last night we were at dinner at the hotel and two masked men came up from the beach and stole our camera off our table and ran off with it. That wouldn't have been to bad had one of them not had a gun which was waved at us so that his buddy could make off with the loot. I don't care about the camera it was the act of it that bothered me the most and the feeling of being unsafe from that point forward. Also, now we don't have any pictures from our honeymoon. We are happy that nobody was hurt and realized things could have been worse. Also, I have to give praise to the hotel because they credited our account for the cost of the camera and then some. My main reason for posting about the robbery is to remind travellers not to let your guard down just because you are in paradise and to be aware of your surrondings.
Otherwise our vacation was great, the hotel, the other guests, the food and the one tour we did was absolutely wonderful. I wish that I could say that I would go back, but right now, I can't.
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My husband and I just returned from our honeymoon in Greanada and I wanted to post a review of our experience.
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what a terrible thing to happen, especially on your honeymoon. No photos and a frightening experience. I hope you are viewing this incident in the same way that you wrote your report- concentrate on the good things that happened on your honeymoon.Good luck with your move.
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Thanks for the nice trip report. I'm sorry to hear about your camera being stolen but I wanted to say that I admire your attitude.
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I, too, am sorry that your honeymoon was marred by this terrible incident. I've been purse-snatched twice here in the U.S., but I've never been threatened with a gun. How frightening for you. I hope the Grenadian authorities took this incident seriously. Did you file a police report? And, if you did, did the police seem concerned?
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I to am sorry for you but you seem to have some wonderful memories and they have not been ruined by the bandits. I feel bad cause I love that Island. I have chosen a cruise simply because it is on the itinerary for the day. I am glad the hotel treated you nicely.
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My mom had her digital camera stolen in Italy and she was more upset about the lost photos than the camera...but there was no gun, she didn't know it was stolen until it was gone.
From what you've described, it doesn't sound like you could have done anything different - no? If you hadn't been sitting there at the table (at the hotel restaurant??) you could say you should have watched your stuff or something but it sounds like this was totally unavoidable.
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Thank you all for your responses. I am happy to report that the Grenadan Police took our complaint very seriously and took statements from many hotel guests that were in the dining room.
I am even happier to report that I received an email today stating that the police have recovered our camera. I have to wait until the supervisor comes on duty to see how and when we can recover it. I am so excited!! I truly believed that we would never see the camera and mainly the pictures again.
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Police have said they currently have no theories as to who was behind a series of overnight security alerts at GAA grounds across Northern Ireland.
They said investigations are continuing and issued a warning to the public not to touch any suspicious objects but to immediately contact police.
Searches were carried out at clubs in Coalisland, Dungannon, Armagh and every club in Londonderry. Nothing was found during the searches.
A suspect device found in Randalstown was declared a hoax.
The searches followed the discovery of a pipe bomb at a GAA club near Banbridge, Co Down, yesterday after a telephone warning.
Sinn Fein councillor Dessie Ward said the pipe bomb left at the gates of Ballela GAC outside Banbridge may have been linked to damage caused to a nearby Orange hall over a week ago.
"There was an attack on a nearby Orange hall only last week and it has been suggested that this attack may be in response to this. Whatever the motivation behind all such attacks, it is still wrong and should be condemned. I think this is a timely reminder that there are those in our society who are intent on dragging us back-ways but they won't win."
A police spokeswoman said: "The security alert in Randalstown and other parts of the Province has ended," adding that: "Nothing untoward was found."
Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 084 5600 8000.
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Septic Arthritis
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Septic Arthritis
Septic arthritis also known as acute infectious arthritis and is a condition where bacteria or other microorganisms attack the joints thereby causing an infection and subsequent inflammation. Typically, these infections are seen in the joints that are more prone to physical damage or injury such as the hand, leg, and feet. However, larger weight bearing joints like the hips, buttocks, and knees have an elevated risk of acquiring septic arthritis.
There are an ample of infectious bacteria that can cause septic arthritis such as haemophilus, streptococcus, gonococcus, and staphylococcus. Most of the time, these infectious bacteria will start the infection on other body parts and will then gradually spread to the joints, just like with gonorrhea and tuberculosis infections. Septic arthritis can likewise be seen in bone infections and skin infections such as cellulites that occurs near the joints. Having an injury to the joint, a skin trauma, or puncture wound, can allow the infectious bacteria to enter and invade the joint space and start an infection.
Symptoms of Septic Arthritis
Among the most typical symptoms of septic arthritis are often seen in the infected joint, as the affected joint area will appear to be swollen, painful, red, and sensitive to the touch. Moving or applying pressure to the infected joint will be extremely painful. Septic arthritis infections are likewise accompanied by digestive issues and a fever, as this type of arthritis can occur regardless of a person's age or gender. Although the pain is mostly isolated to the infected joint, it is not uncommon for the pain to extend to nearby joints as well. Aside from the pain and swelling, people with this joint condition will find it disabling and debilitating.
People who have acquired an STD or sexually transmitted disease are more prone to acquire a septic arthritis infection. Trauma to the skin, a puncture wound, or any other form of injury that breaks the skin surface including medical procedures such as surgeries are likewise at risk since infectious bacteria can enter and attack the joint. People with poor or impaired immune systems, especially those that have HIV or those on a medication for their immune system have a much higher risk factor. In addition, people that have certain illnesses such as diabetes or rheumatoid arthritis are also at risk of acquiring septic arthritis.
Treatment Options
Treatments are available for septic arthritis which usually involves using antibiotics. For more severe cases, the infected joint will need to be splinted and cast, but this will only be done if it's really necessary. Preventing the joint from moving temporarily will greatly help the joint to heal properly. A medical professional is needed to properly assess and diagnose the condition of the infection. Blood test and cultures, fluid test found in the joints, and X-rays are essential to complete the diagnosis.
Joint infections are not easy to manage and most often will require more time to treat or cure it. It is fairly common to take months for a complete recovery in the infection. If the joint infection is not properly treated, it is more likely that the joint will be permanently unusable or damaged. In larger weight bearing joints such as the hip or knees, the possibility of a surgery for a joint replacement will be essential and necessary if septic arthritis is left untreated.
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Amulet necklace, West Africa, 1880-1920
Medicines are carried in this animal horn. It is worn around the neck to protect from illness and ill fortune. The animal claw and nut threaded on the leather have a powerful effect. Amulets have long been worn in most cultures worldwide to protect the wearer from danger, disease and harm.
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Freestate Soccer Alliance started as an out -growth of Bowie Soccer Alliance in the early 80s with a handful of teams. Today, we have over 30 boys and girls' teams from ages U-9 through U-19 that compete in various leagues in Region 1 and Maryland. The club is based in Bowie, Maryland east […]
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- Jun 22, 2013ECNL Playoffs: Midatlantic region scoreboard for all age groups
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- May 19, 2013Freestate Soccer Alliance and Waldorf Soccer Club join to create Maryland United F.C.
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March 19-25, 2000 Issue | Posted 3/19/00 at 1:00 PM
Oregon Court: Accidental Abortion Not a Wrongful Death
ASSOCIATED PRESS, March 2 — Oregon's wrongful death law cannot be used to collect damages for the death of a baby who was mistakenly aborted, the Oregon Court of Appeals ruled, reported AP.
Citing a 19th-century dictionary definition stating that "person" is a term "applied to infants from their birth," the 10-member panel unanimously ruled that a 16-week-old unborn child "was not considered a 'person' under the law that permits civil damages to be sought for deaths caused by wrongful acts," AP said.
The case involves a 1997 incident in which Oregon resident Mary LaDu underwent a hysterectomy because doctors believed she had a pelvic tumor. The pelvic mass turned out to be a 16-week-old fetus, prompting LaDu to sue Portland's Oregon Clinic for $500,000 in damages for the loss of the baby.
LaDu's attorney said they will appeal the decision to the state's Supreme Court.
'Life of the Mother' Exception Is Bogus, Doctors Say
AMERICAN LIFE LEAGUE, Feb. 29 — American Life League's medical advisors and many other doctors across the country agree that the "life of the mother" exception found in abortion discussions is "bogus."
The league this month began circulating a statement concerning this position to a select number of doctors around the country. Already, more than 100 physicians have signed the statement — including former abortionists Bernard Nathanson and Beverly McMillan — and it is anticipated that hundreds more will sign in the coming weeks.
The statement reads, "I agree that there is never a situation in the law or in the ethical practice of medicine where a preborn child's life need be intentionally destroyed by procured abortion for the purpose of saving the life of the mother. A physician must do everything possible to save the lives of both of his patients, mother and child. He must never intend the death of either."
Teen Charged In Assisted Suicide
ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 29 — A 16-year-old who watched his troubled girlfriend shoot herself to death as part of an apparent suicide pact has become the first person charged under Maryland's new law designed to check assisted suicide, the AP reported.
Kristen Riggin, a spokeswoman for the state's attorney's office, said the boy provided the .38-caliber handgun that Jennifer Garvey, 15, used to kill herself on Oct. 18. The gun had been stolen from the boy's stepfather, Riggin said.
Oregon is the only state that allows assisted suicides. Maryland's law, which took effect Oct. 1, was aimed at preventing the practice. Under the law, anyone who provides the physical means to another person to end his or her life faces up to a year in prison and a $10,000 fine.
Jennifer, who was being treated for depression, went through with the suicide pact. Her family and friends believe that the boy held sway over the impressionable girl, reported the AP.
Teacher Challenges Union Dues for Abortion
ASSOCIATED PRESS, March 3 — A Massachusetts teacher is challenging his union dues, saying it helps support abortion on demand, AP said.
The teacher, Gerard O'Brien, is Catholic and pro-life. He won the first step in his challenge earlier this month when the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination called for a full hearing on the question, said AP.
O'Brien filed the complaint in 1995 when hee was suspended for five days for not paying the required fee.
He said union affiliates, including the National Education Association, back abortion and does not want his union dues to pay to promote abortion.
Some pro-life teachers have formed the Ohio-based Teachers Saving Children, a pro-life group that works to counter the pro-abortion bias in the teacher' s unions.
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As much of the world turns its attention to Brazil for World Cup 2014, we're looking at the iconic wildlife of the teams facing off. Our Round 1 match-up pits Chile's guanaco, a favorite species observed on our Patagonia tours, against Australia's iconic kangaroo.
Chile: Guanaco
Described by Charles Darwin as "an elegant animal, with a long, slender neck and fine legs," the guanaco is the largest wild member of the camelid family in South America. Four subspecies of guanaco have been described in the past, based on differences in skull measurements, coat coloration and body size. However, genetic studies recognize only two subspecies, Lama guanicoe guanicoe and the more northerly Lama guanicoe cacsilensis.
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Several native groups of Andes and southern region of South America used to consider guanacos as a chief source of protein.
A guanaco spits when it gets angry or hurt.
A guanaco has llamas and alpacas as its domestic descendants and is closely related to camels and vicunas.
Guanaco has a specially acclimatized heart and blood cells which help it fight with the atmosphere at high altitude where air does not have sufficient amount of oxygen.
A teaspoon blood of a guanaco contains nearly 68 million red blood cells, which is four times the number of red blood cells present in human blood.
Guanacos have eyes on the sides of their heads that allow them to look all around for threats.
Australia: Kangaroo
An iconic symbol of the Australian outback, the red kangaroo is the largest living marsupial, and one of the most abundant and striking of all kangaroos. And while many recognize the red kangaroo, grey kangaroos are actually the most commonly seen species when you're in-country.
Where the Kangaroos Roam
Red Kangaroos are adapted to the big open plains covering the dry interior.
Eastern and Western Grey Kangaroos prefer moister forests and scrublands of eastern, southern and south western Australia, but their habitat also overlaps with the Red Kangaroos.
Common Wallaroos can be found throughout inland Australia. Their preferred habitat is stone country and rocky outcrops.
Rock wallabies are more extreme. They live in piles of boulders, on rocky hills and even in cliff faces.
Tree kangaroos are adapted to living in trees (sort of, they are still clumsy). They live in the rainforests of northern Queensland (and further north in Papua New Guinea).
Who do you think wins? Leave your vote for favorite "team" in the comments below!