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Vertebrate animals possess multiple anti-pathogen defenses. Individual mechanisms usually are differentiated into those that are immunologically adaptive vs. more "primitive" anti-pathogen phenomena described as innate responses. Here I frame defenses used by bacteria against bacteriophages as analogous to these animal immune functions. Included are numerous anti-phage defenses in addition to the adaptive immunity associated with CRISPR/cas systems. As these other anti-pathogen mechanisms are non-adaptive they can be described as making up an innate bacterial immunity. This exercise was undertaken in light of the recent excitement over the discovery that CRISPR/cas systems can serve, as noted, as a form of bacterial adaptive immunity. The broader goal, however, is to gain novel insight into bacterial defenses against phages by fitting these mechanisms into considerations of how multicellular organisms also defend themselves against pathogens. This commentary can be viewed in addition as a bid toward integrating these numerous bacterial anti-phage defenses into a more unified immunology.
Nathan1 suggests that we can "view immunology as the host's participation in the competition between genomes" (p. 173). With bacteria these competing genomes include those associated with bacteriophages as well as the semi-autonomous DNA of plasmids. In this commentary I consider parallels between mechanisms of phage resistance displayed by bacteria2,3 and pathogen resistance provided by animal immune systems. The larger goal, toward which this commentary represents only a beginning, is a better integration of considerations of bacterial defenses against phages with study of the myriad defenses all species possess against microbial antagonists. It should be noted in addition that phages, like pathogens in general, possess numerous mechanisms by which they resist or otherwise overcome these defenses. Nonetheless, for the sake of concentrating on the bacterial rather than the phage perspective in this commentary, these phage counter-strategies will not be addressed.
Traditionally, as well as didactically, animal immune-system components have been distinguished into those that are adaptive—a.k.a., specific, acquired, or anticipatory—and those that are not. The latter, also described as innate,4 are both more evolutionarily primitive than adaptive functions and are the predominant immunity of invertebrate animals as well as of plants.5-7 This non-adaptive immunity, often serving even for vertebrate animals as a "first line of host defense,"8 includes a variety of mechanisms that do not change in their specificity over the course of the expressing organism's lifespan, except in terms of changes in gene expression, cell proliferation (or loss), or as a consequence of organism maturation. Innate immunity, in other words, consists of "hard-wired responses" that change in their specificity only as a consequence of undirected germ-line modification.9 Such relatively fixed protective functions can be of greater utility if they recognize patterns associated with a diversity of potential invaders, that is, if they are relatively non-specific.4
Immune functions can be further differentiated into mechanisms that act extracellularly, including at the level of cell membranes, or alternatively intracellularly. Examples of the former include general blocks that exist on pathogen penetration into bodies including the barriers associated with mucous or the acidity of gastric juices, i.e., "anatomic and physiologic barriers" (p. S24).4 An additional aspect of innate immunity is detection of injury,4 a phenomenon also associated with bacteria including in the form of what is known as a phage shock response, which in part is stimulated over the course of filamentous phage adsorption;10 see also Raivio.11
Resistance to pathogens also can result from an absence of factors necessary for pathogens to carry out their life cycles. This can be an absence of surface receptors necessary for viral adsorption or instead difficulty interacting with intracellular molecules that differ among potential host organisms, molecules that can be functionally but not necessarily structurally equivalent. For example, this can be in terms of phage modification of the promoter specificity of a bacterium's RNA polymerase. More strictly defined, however, innate immunity involves the recognition of general patterns seen among pathogens but not self. This perception is effected by fixed-specificity pattern recognition receptors along with functions that serve to disrupt invading pathogens once they have been recognized. Toll-like receptors in animals,4,12 for example, recognize patterns associated with would-be pathogens, such as their lipopolysaccharide or the flagellin making up bacterial flagella, as so too does animal-secreted lysozyme.13 Other pattern-recognition mechanisms—mediated by nucleotide oligomerization domain-like receptors which detect various pathogen patterns such as flagellin as well as mediating the adjuvant activity of alum—instead act intracellularly.4,9 Analogs to these mechanisms, as listed in Table 1 and as I discuss below, exist in bacteria as phage defenses. Indeed, as Raivio notes (p. 557),14 "'innate' mechanisms of immunity against foreign DNA have long been known (i.e., restriction-modification systems, disguise or alteration of bacteriophage receptors on the cell surface)."
Resistance to pathogens also can stem from a lack of specific factors required for pathogen infection, and such mechanisms can contribute to racial or species resistance, which also can be described as a racial or species immunity.11 The most common anti-phage defenses by bacteria similarly do not involve a binding of phage-produced molecules by bacteria-produced molecules. These defenses therefore are not pattern recognizing as considered in the previous paragraph. Such phage resistance includes, in particular, deficiencies in those molecules that otherwise can be found on bacterial surfaces—such as outer membrane proteins or various motifs associated with lipopolysaccharide—to which phages bind in the course of adsorption, i.e., as discussed in Hyman and Abedon2 as well as Labrie et al.3 The result, in absence of these receptor molecules, is an adsorption resistance by bacteria to phages.
Such envelope-level receptors, as well as various intracellularly located host molecules—such as the NusA protein, the E. coli version of which but not the Salmonella version facilitates antitermination in phage λ15—are primary determinants of phage host range.2 In addition, even bacteria that otherwise are susceptible to a given phage often can mutate to phage resistance by either modifying or eliminating phage-required bacterial factors such as surface receptors.2,3 Organisms in general are similarly innately resistant to most pathogens because of specialization by the latter to the unique molecules associated with specific hosts.16 The result is a relative narrowness particularly of phage host ranges that occurs seemingly even in the absence of active bacterial anti-phage defenses.2
Like multicellular organisms, bacteria also can display the equivalent of anatomical and physiological barriers to pathogen penetration (encounter blocks) such as extracellular polymeric substances, including capsules. These barriers may be effective, however, only against those pathogens that do not possess barrier-surmounting adaptations, such as the capsule-degrading depolymerase enzymes produced by some phages.2,3,17 The existence of these phage enzymes potentially gives rise to a frequency-dependent selection for rare bacterial adsorption defenses, which in turn may serve as an at least partial explanation for why the chemical structure of bacterial capsules can be highly diverse.18
Pattern recognition, by contrast, involves binding of disruptive self molecules to non-self molecular targets. To be effective, a similarly destructive targeting of self-molecules must be prevented. Strategies for reducing self-targeting come in numerous forms. One means involves a differential masking of patterns that otherwise are associated with both self and non-self. An example of this strategy, as associated with animals, is seen with the alternative complement pathway: Complement factor C3b can bind to both self and non-self surfaces, potentially initiating destructive cascades, but the binding is actively disrupted by self tissues. The result is a "reverse recognition" of non-self patterns, "It detects markers on host cells and activates on anything that lacks similar markers" (p. 116).7 Alternatively, natural killer cells target in part an absence of class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules, which can be downregulated in tumors as well as by cells infected by certain viruses. Such downregulation occurs for the sake of evading cytotoxic T lymphocytes which, contrasting natural killer cells, target cells that display MHC class I. The result is natural killer cell "recognition of absence of self,"19 so-called "missing self."4 Microbial DNA also can be recognized by animals due to an absence of methylation of 'CpG motifs' (or 'CpG oligodeoxynucleotides',20 that take the form of RRCGYY). These motifs otherwise (p. 123) "are underrepresented in mammalian DNA."21 MHC class I, and CpG motif methylation as well as complement-disrupting molecules, in other words, can be viewed as self-indicating molecular "tags."
In bacteria a comparable differential-masking function is provided by the common and diverse restriction-modification systems: Recognizable patterns, called restriction enzyme recognition sequences, are found in both host and non-host DNA, such as the palindromic GAATTC of the restriction enzyme, EcoRI. Only non-host DNA is targeted for cleavage however, due to an absence of host factors on that DNA, which are methyl groups supplied by modification enzymes. Indeed, flipping the idea of restriction-modification being driven primarily by the existence of recognition sequences, which of course provides the utility of restriction endonucleases to genetic engineering, it is possible to view this use of recognition sequences instead as a means of limiting the number of targets that must be tagged as self by modification enzymes, i.e., just as presumably is the case for CpG motif methylation described above. In particular, all potential self targets of these systems require self modification to keep them from being recognized as "missing self." Too many potential targets, as would occur given too-short recognition sequences (e.g., two nucleotides long), thus could be both metabolically costly and risky in terms of self being inadvertently left untagged. Alternatively, too few potential targets, resulting from too-long recognition sequences (e.g., ten nucleotides long), can increase the likelihood that foreign DNA will be inadvertently modified prior to its restriction or otherwise evade recognition altogether.22,23 Correctly balanced, restriction-modification thus can serve as a relatively metabolically inexpensive general killing mechanism, one that is capable of recognizing patterns potentially associated with a great diversity of targets but which nonetheless is mostly limited in its action to targeting non-self DNA.
Complement factors in animals as well as antibodies can tag pathogens or substances for subsequent elimination, as mediated ultimately via innate immune functions such as phagocytosis. Analogous tagging of phages for subsequent destruction seems to occur in conjunction with the phage growth limitation systems of Streptomyces coelicolor.24 Here, phage infection of one cell results in phages that can be destroyed by clonally related bacteria. In particular, a phage burst is allowed by the first infection but not upon subsequent phage infection of related cells. Unrelated cells, ones not carrying the equivalent growth limitation system, by contrast can support productive phage infections by these same 'second round' phages. The mechanism by which subsequent phage infections are blocked by the phage growth limitation system may be viewed as a bacterial equivalent to opsonization,12 i.e., the marking of organisms and materials for elimination from the body environment. This phage growth limitation system thus requires at least two cells to function, the tagging cell which ultimately dies and the second cell which inactivates the resulting phages and ultimately lives.
More generally, bacterial abortive infection systems—which can be likened to the apoptosis seen in multicellular organisms25—require more than one cell to be ecologically useful. The first cell expresses the anti-phage defense but then dies either explicitly because of that defense or instead because phage functions were not blocked early enough to save the cell. The mechanism may be evolutionarily selected, however, only if a second or more cell, also carrying the abortive infection system allele or alleles, then benefit from the sacrifice of the first cell.2,3 Cellular sacrifice more generally is common in the functioning of animal immunity, such as is seen with the short life spans of neutrophilic leukocytes26 or the natural killer- and cytotoxic T lymphocyte-mediated elimination of virus-infected as well as cancerous cells from bodies.
Specific immunity is a characteristic particularly of vertebrate animals and can be described as "induced, highly specific, anticipatory and clonal," which contrasts with the "nonanticipatory, nonclonal and less specific" nature of innate immunity (p. 13).27 "Induced" refers to how specific immunity develops and changes over the course of an animal's life span. "Anticipatory" means an ability to recognize more patterns than an organism's lineage is likely to ever see, "…enough receptors in store to cover the entire universe of epitopes, so that for every conceivable epitope there is at least one corresponding receptor" (p. 499).28 The term "clonal," in turn, refers to a subtle genotypic diversification, within clonally derived multicellular bodies, of this excess pattern-recognition capacity. Indeed, specific immunity involves a modification of the genetic endowment of a multi-celled entity's immunological ensemble. "Highly specific" describes the potential for adaptive immunity to generate immune responses that are tailored to relatively unique non-self targets. This is rather than the more broadly acting, "less specific" mechanisms that are associated with non-specific, that is, innate immunity.
For bacteria, such "highly specific" immunity is exemplified by CRISPR/cas systems.2,3 Their functioning—where CRISPR stands for Clustered Regularly InterSpaced Short Palindromic Repeats—also involves a modification of the genetic endowment of an organism, a process known as adaptation. This adaptation is the product of a molecular mechanism that effects the acquisition of what are known as spacer sequences, DNA sequence that corresponds to proto-spacer sequences associated with parasitic DNA. Mechanisms that serve to deliver this foreign DNA to CRISPR loci may be viewed as analogous in their action to antigen presentation in animals, which contributes to the development of adaptive immunity by making degraded but still potentially recognizable motifs available to helper T lymphocytes. Thus, just as antigen-presenting cells can deliver antigens in the context of MHC proteins to T lymphocytes,12 so too might various mechanisms provide phage DNA to CRISPR systems. This delivery associated with CRISPR adaptation, though, occurs intracellularly vs. the intercellular antigen presentation seen in animals. Note that prior to this DNA presentation, the phage-infected bacterium must survive, and that survival in at least some instances could be due to the action of bacterial innate phage-resistance functions, though alternatively could instead be associated with phage infections that for various reasons are not metabolically active.29
Additional, though more general parallels between bacterial and animal immunity also exist. Immunological layering, for example, is seen in multicellular organisms: "Each phylogenetically new defense mechanism does not replace an evolutionary older one, but supplements it, resulting in a layered structure" (p. 18).27 The resulting multiple resistance mechanisms mean that fewer pathogens may be able to evade immune system detection. So too, and presumably for the similar reasons, individual bacteria can possess multiple phage-resistance mechanisms3 that potentially complement each other. The resulting layering of anti-phage resistance mechanisms can include extracellular blocks, envelope-level resistance mechanisms, various intracellular blocks on both phage infection and phage-mediated killing of bacteria (restriction-modification and CRISPR/Cas systems), and, lastly, abortive infection mechanisms. Included among this layering of multiple resistance mechanisms is a redundant display of similar resistance mechanisms such as the encoding of several restriction-modification systems22 or instead multiple loci of CRISPR arrays per bacterial genome.30 These together may serve to increase the likelihood that a bacterial lineage survives phage exposure.
Bacterial mechanisms of phage resistance tend to be individually fallible, either with otherwise sensitive phages occasionally bypassing specific functions, such as restriction-modification or abortive infection systems, or instead with phages evading bacterial defenses via "escape" or host-range mutations. Abortive infection systems, because they do not protect the viability of individual bacteria even when functioning properly, in fact inherently leave bacteria susceptible to phage-mediated killing. The result is that bacterial populations, in spite of phage resistance mechanisms, often can be overwhelmed given exposure especially to large numbers of phages. This might be viewed equivalently to how most animal pathogens have associated infectious doses, with exposure to lower than infectious doses leading to control by innate immune mechanisms while larger doses potentially overwhelm these same systems.
Only those bacteria that have mutated to phage resistance may survive exposure to phages to which their parent population would be sensitive. Mutations, such as to genes specifying surface molecules, often result in bacterial loss of function, however.2 For those bacteria possessing CRISPR/cas systems, and therefore adaptive immunity, survival instead may be achieved without such mutational loss. Indeed, an important utility of adaptive immunity, in vertebrate animals, is the achievement of a pathogen-mitigating genetic diversification that is highly targeted within the expressing organism's genome. Achieving resistance to pathogens through targeted genomic modification presumably is less costly, on average, than resistance that stems instead from genome-wide random mutation.
The parallels between bacteria and multicellular organisms go further than just in terms of their collective need to resist pathogens as competing genomes. Bacteria, in particular, also can exist in a quasi multicellular forms, i.e., as biofilms.17 These biofilms and their constituent microcolonies, like multicellular organisms, however can constitute larger target sizes for acquisition by parasitic or pathogenic organisms. Resulting infections also can give rise to situations where exploitation in one location can lead to exploitation in other locations of the same collection of clonally related cells, such as focal infections in animals or, for bacteria, phage penetration into biofilms or microcolonies.17 It is likely that for clonal organisms to take up multicellular or colonial lifestyles, given this perhaps inherent potential for increased vulnerability to existing pathogens, they must first display greater levels of resistance or immunity than can be required for the success of smaller as well as more-dispersed single-celled organisms. Bacterial microcolonies thus might serve as models for the study of evolutionary transitions from a unicellular to more colonial or multicellular existence, including in terms of the development of strategies of anti-pathogen immunity.
Thank you to Luciano Marraffini, Paul Hyman, Bob Blasdel, Peter Fineran and two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments.
Previously published online: www.landesbioscience.com/journals/bacteriophage/article/18609
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Hey everyone! It's been 2 weeks since my husband and I have started our Weight Loss Journey for this year. I have not been tempted to stop at a drive-thru or grab unhealthy snacks while out shopping and my husband has done very well at staying away from all types of soda. We have been drinking a lot more water and have started to include a daily vitamin as well.
I think my body is wondering where all the crappy food is because I've been feeling different. I thought I would be feeling better as far as fatigue and energy but still experience those. I know it's going to take time and it's well worth the wait. I'm sick of being fat and not being able to do a lot of things.
I really wanted to start exercising this week because I know it goes hand in hand but damn how does anyone find time to do that? I really would like to know. After a long day and I start to get a moment I realize it's time for the kiddos to go to bed and by that time I'm exhausted. I used to exercise at night and just may have to do that again. I wish it wasn't so darn cold outside right now so we could walk as a family around the block or something.
During the week I have been tempted to step on the scale before weigh-in day but didn't cave in. I think I like it better weighing in one day a week versus jumping on the scale all the time like I have done in previous years lol. Seems like more of a surprise that way.
I felt that I had a good week but haven't noticed any clothing getting loser or feeling any lighter so I wasn't sure how this week was going to turn out. Our progress this week was….
I lost 3 lbs and so did my hubby. =) So my total weight loss to date is 9 lbs and my hubbies 6 lbs. I really thought that I would have lost more being a bigger person but I'll take that 3 lb loss. Since it has been 2 weeks we also did body measurements. My husband really only has a small tummy to work on where I have everything to work on. =( So far he has lost 2 1/2 inches and that was all from his waist and I lost a total of 2 inches combined. For some reason I gained an inch around my waist imagine that lol. Go figure! Maybe I measured wrong the first week?
I'm feeling very confident about our changes this year and can't wait to share our continued success and struggles every step of the way.
Thanks for stopping by and hope you come back next week to see our progress.


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New Delhi, Jan 1: Delhi Government's ambitious odd-even scheme to curb pollution in the national capital which was rolled out today garnered mixed response from the commuters with some of them lauding it for the "futuristic approach" and a few dubbing it "impractical".
"It is definitely difficult to begin with. Someone who has driven down to office for few years can't easily get used to travelling by metro or public buses instantly. But considering the congestion and increasing pollution, I believe this is a futuristic approach which was urgently needed at the moment," said Gyanatosh Jha, a marketing professional.
Rafeeq, a taxi driver, said that his passengers were happy to see less traffic. "The tourists are at ease today. Otherwise they always criticise the traffic system and long jams in Delhi. I have been driving taxi for 15 years and congestion has been a major problem.
I believe it is good step by the government," he said. Advocating exemption for medical professionals under the scheme, a doctor said, "I have two cars which are both odd so that means I work just half a week or I take cabs. Now I cannot predict emergency, the most essential service as far as Delhi is concerned is the medical force and we are not exempted under the scheme."
"I think the idea is good but I will request the Chief Minister to relook at the modalities. A lot of us are in intensive care practice and they should look at it sensitively," he added.


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So if you've read Rated R Cocktails before you know classic cocktails are not my bag. Sure I love a Negroni, a French 75, a Rob Roy, and a hipster juice, but Tiki is my bag. It's only because I love my longtime Twitter and Mixoloseum buddy Dagreb from Nihil Utopia that I participate in this month's MxMo. I do love Martini's but this month we're making "Not A Martini".
Okay so confessional time, I love gin. Gin sadly does not last around here because I tend to drink it straight with a lime twist. My Alcoholism aside I also love Martini's, but I won't be happy without olives. To me a martini needs olives, and all the twists in the world won't replace them, though that doesn't mean I want you to add olive juice. Read this: If I come in to your bar and order a martini I'd like one or more olives in the damn drink. That being said I like vermouth to though you'd never know it by reading the site. The next time I order a martini with an olive and someone gives me a twist instead I'm going to snap their damn suspenders and shave their moustache. Seriously if you don't have olives give me a pickle or something salty, but take your lemon peel and shove it in a Sazerac.
This month however we're making NOT a Martini. So immediately I grabbed my banana…My Giffard Banana, cheeky monkey. I didn't want it to just be banana and gin though so I thought to add some Benedictine and Elemakule Bitters to bring the spice. Benedictine cause Good Lord knows I need that monk juice, and Elemakule because well, Bitterman's is the shit. Also the name may or may not mean Horny Monkey in Hawaiian. You don't know! You statistically don't speak Hawaiian.
Mane'o Keke Martini
2 ½ oz Beefeater Gin (or if your a Gin Addict like me 2 oz of Plymouth Navy Strength)
½ oz Giffard Banana de Bresil
½ oz Dolin Dry Vermouth
¼ oz Benedictine
dash Bitterman's Elemakule Bitters
Place your spoon all the way to the bottom of your tin, add just enough ice to go slightly above the liquid line. Stir using your wrist only, holding your arm straight for 35 to 45 seconds. Strain into a chilled coupe and garnish with a lime peel. Use a channel knife to get a long strip then twirl both ends into a tight coil over the drink before draping over.
Nose of fresh lime, juniper, bruleed banana, and gentian. The gin and banana are having a sexy party chasing each other around the drink. Occasionally they take a break to let Benedictine, and Dolin dry vermouth have a Pillow fight. The bitters keep things spicy and mysterious like a girl who can type with her toes. All in all this drink is great if you like to have fun with your mouth…cheeky monkey.
Well I hope you've enjoyed our little entry. I'm not a classic cocktail maestro like some of my friends, but I like this drink. Also seek out the Giffard, because nothing else will come even close. Giffard makes simply the best when it comes to liqueurs, and you'll be glad you spent the extra money. Anything less WILL ruin this drink. Giffard isn't paying me for this, but they are welcome to send me free stuff anytime they like. Also if they could make an equally divine pineapple liqueur that would be awesome. Drunkenly Yours….
"You get Hammered America" – JFL


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If it gets real hairy, soldiers can also be found in the central hub location the universe revolves around. The resistance headquarters is located deep in the bowels of the city's wretched sewer system. From there it's possible to stock up on ammo, weapons, and people and venture back into missions. It's also possible to retreat, at any time, back to the hub, provided you've found a sewer access point in the level (note that retreating and reentering a level effectively restarts said level).
The hub isn't just for stocking up on fighting mechanisms and not dying. The structure of Liberty is also a bit different from other games. At any given time there will be a number of missions open to the player. Take one and you might see a helicopter on a pad. A passing hobo you saved from an agonizing death might mention it usually patrols the docks, if you managed to save him, of course. Take the dock mission without blasting the chopper in that other one and it will come back to haunt you, in a very hard, very horrible way. EA says all missions are connected in similar ways. It's possible to beat any without exploiting advantages in the others, but it will make your experience that much different and that much better if you do. Remember also that each mission is the equivalent of an approachable map, not a singleplayer level as is the case with most shooters. Once in, you can go about reaching the end anyway you know how. The reach is the cool part.
Even though right now it looks like each and every mission will revolve around raising that all important flag of victory, a variety of mission specific objectives that can only be completed by the player character should spice things up. If they don't, random, dynamic battles between enemy and friendly forces not necessarily in your control will. Or, you can just take in some pleasantness from the cutscenes that come after missions. The whole games plays out from summer to winter -- from heat to rain to snow. New York will be a devastated pile of rubble by the end of it. So yeah, it shouldn't be too repetitive.
Of the three versions, the PC port is clearly looking the best, but that's just because of the higher resolution graphics. But, it's with the PlayStation 2 version that I was most impressed. IO has done a masterful job with taking the fundamentals of Hitman technology and applying them here. Environments are enormous, sport near total draw distance, and come very highly detailed. Characters are crisp, plentiful, and have the always cool ragdoll physics applied to them. It's quantity and quality. Top it off with thick billows of smoke, dense explosions, and some soft, but rich lighting and the whole is quite pleasing to the eye, certainly something I didn't expect to see on Sony's billion dollar baby. While more aesthetically predictable, the Xbox and PC versions naturally look a bit better, sporting higher res everything and even more decals (bullet holes and whatnot). A seeming lack of advanced kinds of normal-mapping and pixel shading is a bit depressing, but it's not a sore spot.
The largest fault I see at present is a grievous, total and complete omission of online and link-up/LAN multiplayer. In fact, the PC version sports no multiplayer component whatsoever! And, while the PS2 can boast a pittance of modes, this game is begging, crying, screaming for support. Even two-player online DM, where one man controls one team and another man controls another team would be great. Perhaps both would be in a race to capture the same flag from the same group of AI baddies? It has such potential in this department, I'm just miffed that it's not delivering, especially when competing titles, like Arush's Devastation, do deliver.
Regardless, Freedom is looking pretty tasty at present. It's no Rainbow, but then nor does it presume to be. People looking for stylish, technologically impressive shooters with a bit more depth attached to them should keep their eyes open for the information we'll be dishing out on this one in the near future.


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The familiar optical illusion that makes a pencil look broken when half-dipped in water just took a new twist. A new experiment shows that when light bends at an interface (such as between water and air), the light's photons take a sideways shift depending on their polarization—something scientists didn't even suspect until a few years ago.
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Urban Abandonments: 7 Deserted Wonders of the (Post)Modern World
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The difference between Ska, Reggae and Rocksteady
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AlterNet: DrugReporter: Pot Growers Are New Target in "War on Terror":
Under Bush, terror has become a justification for any and every abuse of power.
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Uses for these durable Spheres are limited only by ones imagination. Healing, meditation, photography, canopy research, leisure and game watching are just some of the things you could do.
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Hilly Kristal, a Rock Midwife, Is Dead at 75 – New York Times:
Hilly Kristal, who founded CBGB, the Bowery bar that became the cradle of punk and art-rock in New York in the 1970s and served as the inspiration for musician-friendly rock dives throughout the world, died in Manhattan on Tuesday. He was 75.
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Cover your boo-boo with one of these rough and rugged Tattoo Bandages to trick people into thinking you're tough!
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Hip-hop now faces a generation that takes gangsta rap as just another mundane marker in the cultural scenery. "It's collapsing because they can no longer fool the white kids," says Nickels. "There's only so much redundancy anyone can take."
Big Brother Is Watching: Is Warner Bros. Filming Audiences In An Attempt To Stop Piracy? – Consumerist:
Time Warner/Warner Bros had contracted a security company to film movie theater audiences around the country during the opening weekend of its movies in an effort to prevent piracy."
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Threat Level – Wired Blogs:
The ACLU report says at least 37 agencies and cities, big and small, from Los Angeles to Clovis
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Cult group started a home unlike all others
In the 1970s, cultists dropped out and tuned in to a guru called Father Yod.
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who speaks for the first time about the Roswell UFO crash and how he
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Aug. 16 (Bloomberg) — A small South Carolina parts supplier collected about $20.5 million over six years from the Pentagon for fraudulent shipping costs, including $998,798 for sending two 19-cent washers to an Army base in Texas, U.S. officials said.
The company also billed and was paid $455,009 to ship three machine screws costing $1.31 each to Marines in Habbaniyah, Iraq, and $293,451 to ship an 89-cent split washer to Patrick Air Force Base in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Pentagon records show.
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Happy 25th Birthday, compact disc! – Engadget:
a copy of ABBA's The Visitors. Nonetheless, this first widely-produced optical disc format would end up changing our lives forever, ushering in the era of lossless copies, easy music sharing, and an unwanted little friend we've come to know as DRM
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Bush has borrowed more than all previous 42 Presidents. Combined.:
According to the Treasury Department, from 1776-2000, the first 224 years of U.S. history, 42 U.S. presidents borrowed a combined $1.01 trillion from foreign governments and financial institutions, but in the past four years alone, the Bush administration borrowed $1.05 trillion.
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Big Media losing grip thanks to the Internet and America's political divide:
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Encourage people to take a taxi home with Frankfurt Taxi Services after having a few drinks, rather than get behind the wheel of their own car.
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Airline passenger had monkey under his hat
A man was questioned by US border authorities after he smuggled a monkey onto an aeroplane by hiding the animal under his hat.
On a flight from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to New York's LaGuardia airport, people around the man noticed that a marmoset – a fist-sized animal which normally lives in forest and eats fruit and insects – had emerged from underneath his hat and was perching on her ponytail, according to Alison Russell, a Spirit Airlines spokeswoman.
The man's journey had begun in Lima, Peru.
"Other passengers asked the man if he knew he had a monkey on him," Russell said. The monkey spent the remainder of the flight in the man's seat and behaved well, said Ms Russell.
She did not know how the monkey escaped detection in Lima and during the man's several-hour layover in Fort Lauderdale.
Port Authority police, said the passenger wa
Apple event tomorrow at 10:00AM PDT / 1:00PM EDT, set your alarmsPosted by: | Comments
It's been a solid two months since our last run-in with Apple: WWDC 2007, the last big press gathering before the iPhone launch. So here we are, late summer heading quickly into fall, ready to take on whatever new Mac products Apple's prepping to announce tomorrow at its intimate Town Hall meeting in Cupertino. Turn on and tune in at your local time (see listings below) for our usual wall to wall live event coverage. See you there!
Go here and bookmark this page, it's where the action happens Tuesday morning.
7:00AM – Hawaii
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Could black holes be portals to other universes? – space – 27 April 2007 – New Scientist Space:
Wormhole study abstract
The objects scientists think are black holes could instead be wormholes leading to other universes, a new study says. If so, it would help resolve a quantum conundrum known as the black hole information paradox, but critics say it would also raise new problems, such as how the wormholes would form in the first place.
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August 4, 2007
China tells living Buddhas to obtain permission before they reincarnate
Jane Macartney in Beijing
Tibet's living Buddhas have been banned from reincarnation without permission from China's atheist leaders. The ban is included in new rules intended to assert Beijing's authority over Tibet's restive and deeply Buddhist people.
"The so-called reincarnated living Buddha without government approval is illegal and invalid,†according to the order, which comes into effect on September 1.
The 14-part regulation issued by the State Administration for Religious Affairs is aimed at limiting the influen
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Senator pushes for expansion of "V-chip" video censorship technology:
The Democratic Senator for Arkansas — Mark Pryor is his name — wants to expand on the "V-chip" video content blocking program, and create a tracking system that could enable parents to censor content on platforms including TV, DVD, and the internet. A new bill proposed by Senator Pryor calls for the FCC to look into ways of blocking "indecent and objectionable programming, as determined by the parent" on basically all platforms capable of displaying images. As always, the devil is in the details: how exactly the FCC is going to figure out a method for precisely tracking obscenities on a "platform blind" basis remains to be seen, and the issue of classification of content is always sure to cause controversy. What politicos like Pryor always seem to miss is the fact that parental filters are already in place, albeit in messy meatspace form.
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ABC News: Does Stiff Pot Policy Give Meth Free Ride?:
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Critics Contend the Government Is Fighting Pot at the Expense of Battling Meth
A Drug Enforcement Administration agent hands a freshly-pulled marijuana plant off to another law enforcement officer as they work to clear a patch of the weed near Entiant, Wash., Sept. 20, 2005. (Elaine Thompson/ AP Photo )
By RUSSELL GOLDMAN
Aug. 1, 2007
Since the Marijuana Tax Act — the first anti-marijuana federal law — was signed by President Roosevelt 70 years ago Thursday, the debate over the drug's effects, dangers and criminalization has raged unabated.
The Bush administration has made marijuana its prime target in the war on drugs, spending billions of dollars on education camp


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Sabrina Freifeld Rachel Revitch Sarah Henao Luke Dunphy Cam Tucker Gloria Psychoanalytic personality - Adler's Birth Order Youngest child of the Dunphy family Psychoanalytic Personality Tends to be an "air head" The "baby" of the family, and usually looks for attention Superiority Complex Luke Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - Level 4 Modern Family Personalities -Luke is at this level because
he has all of his physiological,
security , love and belonging,
and esteem needs.
-Too young to be self-actualized.
-Has great self-esteem
-Doesn't have that special sense of
purpose yet. Superiority complex is a psychological defense mechanism in which a person's feelings of superiority counter or conceal his or her feelings of inferiority.
Cam believes that he is better than everyone else
In this example, he is rude to the princess because he always stayed in character when he was a clown
"I'm sort of like Costco. I'm big, I'm not fancy and I dare you to not like me. "
With anything dealing with the arts, acting, or Broadway, Cam thinks that he knows best Luke Big 5 Traits - High and Low High - Openness He tends to be very open with everything, and doesn't hold back Low - Conscientiousness Luke is not organized, and is always all over the place Background He is really open-minded and doesn't judge anyone Mockumentary
Explores the many different types of a modern family through the stories of a gay couple, and their daughter Lily, a straight couple, and their three kids, Haley, Alex, and Luke, and a multicultural couple, and their son Manny.
These three types of families are being taped by a Dutch documentary crew
Using them for an upcoming reality-based television series due to air in The Netherlands. Gay Cam Tucker Multicultural Gloria Pritchett Luke Dunphy Youngest Child Luke Dunphy Always distracted and shows signs of ADD -Lucas 'Luke' Dunphy is Claire and Phil's youngest and most rambunctious child
-At times he can be a trouble maker
-He is very innocent and does not always understand the repercussions of his actions
-In almost every episode he does many questionable actions
such as getting his head stuck in the banister and jumping
on the trampoline wearing only underwear and a box on his head
-Shows signs of ADD when he is repeatedly distracted in most espisodes Was formerly a classically trained clown named Fizbo
Also was the center for the Fighting Illinois and is really into sports, which improves the bond with Mitchel's dad
Is an experienced drummer for a rock band
Was a stay at home dad, but got a job as the music teacher at Luke and Manny's school once Lily went to kindergarten Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Esteem Need: Need to be unique individual with self-respect and to enjoy general esteem from others
Constantly wants to be unique and does so in an overzealous manner
He does things this way because he thinks it will make people like him if he's always so over the top
Indirectly shows that he cares about what people think of him
Cam: My dream for him is that one day, he'll be on the Supreme Court.
Mitchell: Why Cam?
Cam: So at parties I can tell people my partner is one of the Supremes. Esteem Need Big 5 High: Neuroticism Neuroticism is when an individual tends to experience emotional instability, anxiety, moodiness, irritability, and sadness
Cam is generally bubbly, but is always very emotionally unstable
Very emotional and cries when just a little upset
Often feels betrayed by Mitchel
Forgot to send out invitations, wasn't invited to a flash mob
Always says "How could you Mitchell?!" Low: Conscientious Common features are thoughtfulness, impulse control, and goal-directed behaviors
Cam seems to act on impulse
Locks Lily in car and tries to smash through window
Seemingly doesn't have any goals
"I can't pressure Mitchell. But I really, really, really just want him to get a job so I can go back to being a stay-at-home dad slash trophy wife." Cam Tucker is the life partner of Mitchel Pritchett for 8 years
Together, they adopt a child named Lily
Mitchel's father does not approve of their relationship
Has a great relationship with his mother, although Mitchel is uncomfortable with her because she seems to feel him up Loves everything that has to do with theater and once cried for an entire flight from New York to Los Angeles (which is at least a five hour flight) because he was unable to get tickets to see Billy Elliot on Broadway. Phil [about Luke]: He's one of those kids you get him a gift and all he wants to do is play with the box. hi IN CONCLUSION Cam- Neuroticism-he is known for being the super stereotypical flamoboyant, dramatic, gay guy who gets his feelings hurt easily
His constant changing of mood is what makes him so interesting for the audience Luke- Youngest Child (Adler)- Luke really is the baby out of all the major characters. His personality is mostly based off of his crazy antics which are due to him being an airhead
Gloria is a Colombian native from a small village.
Age: Mid forties
Loving spouse to her husband Jay despite the age difference between them ( Hes older)
Has a voluptuous figure and overall beauty
Sassy & fierce personality, Gloria is one feisty mamma.
Very traditional, Follows all her Latin customs
Has a very thick Colombian accent which leads to her bad pronunciation of English words Gloria Pritchett Role: Housewife
Son: Manny
Grandson: Luke
Goal: Be a good mother to Manny & a good wife to Jay
Hang-ups: Misunderstood because of her accent
Examples- "ultimatum" as "old-tomato" and "earrings" as "hair-rings" Personality Disorder: Histrionic
Constantly seeking attention, excessive concern with physical appearance, seductive, excessively emotional, unstable mood
- Doesn't leave the house without looking hot and wears revealing clothing
-She gets very feisty and is quick to start up fights when someone insults her
-Shown by how she gets into a fight with Claire after their sons get into a fight at school
-She constantly screams and is kind of crazy
-Constantly seeking attention
-Excessively emotional
-Latinos in general Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs : Love & Belongings
- Very family oriented
- Very supportive of Manny and whatever he does
- Very affectionate towards her husband
- Loves having people over Big 5 traits:
High - Extroversion
-excitability, sociability, talkativeness, high amounts of emotional expressiveness
-She gets excited and loud very easily
-Shown at Manny's soccer game where she embarrassed him by aggressively cheering him on
-She shows her assertion by getting in fights
-Had a fight with Jay about whether or not Manny was allowed to go play football with his friends. He took him without her knowing because she would not say yes.
Low- Emotional Stability
-Gets angry very easily
-Doesn't react well to criticism
-Insulted Gloria-Extraversion - She is always talking and telling jokes and is definitely the loudest character on the show. She is energetic and outgoing which makes her character so entertaining to watch.
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Ko Olina Lagoons
This was our absolute favorite beach, and we didn't even mind traveling over a half an hour to get there, so worth it (Ko Olina exit off of Farrington Highway). The weather leeward was usually better than all other places on the island, so that was another driving force to get us there. Oh yeah and there was Tanioka's on the way, the most delicious food we ate on Oahu and we brought it to picnic at the lagoons. All beaches in Hawaii are public access, so it is fine to go into the Ko Olina resort and beach it up. Wave to the guards and follow the main road in the resort, watch the signs and turn off at one of the lagoons. It has four lagoons that are relatively quiet and great for calm swimming. The lagoons are open ocean but have rocks piled up to block the huge waves from coming through and it filters back out. The water is gorgeous turquoise and the sand is perfectly yellow. You can also sit on the grassy area if you prefer that. If you come early enough in the morning, especially on a weekday, you may have a whole lagoon to yourself like we did. We went to three of the four lagoons. The first day we went to 4 because I heard it was the best. I would say it has the biggest sandy area and the biggest parking lot (so it's your best chance on a weekend). Another day we came later and 4 was full, so we drove into check out 3 and it was full, and got lucky at the small parking lot of 2. Lagoon 2 had a different feel there were thatched umbrellas you could post up by for some shade, which was nice. Lagoon 3 also has a small lot but we checked it out one day, it's not too different from the others but it's right by a snack bar. All of the lagoons have restroom facilities and showers. There are fish in the water (they swim right up to you if you stand still, and many people snorkel here in the calm waters). There are some birds with great little personalities, we found a little crab one day, and for some reason I had a few ladybugs landed on me another day. Lucky I guess! This is also a beautiful place to watch a sunset. As it is snowing here in NY today I really miss this truly amazing beach.
Electric Beach aka Kahe Point
This is a really quiet beach across the street from a power plant (92-301 Farrington Highway, Kapolei, HI 96707). It supposedly makes the water warmer which attracts fish (and therefore great for snorkeling), but we didn't go in to find out. It's also a bit rocky here, but great sand. The beach is beautiful and peaceful, great for walking or sunbathing. We found a sea urchin on our stroll. This is a perfect sunset spot, nothing between you and the horizon.
Pokai Bay Beach
We only stopped here for a few minutes to check out a three terraced heiu. We stopped on the way back from visiting Ka'ena Point and the beach wasn't on the main road when reached the town of Waianae, so we headed towards the ocean and found it (85-037 Waianae Valley Rd Waianae, HI 96792 ). It's a beautiful spot for a heiu, great mountain views, and supposedly a calm place for swimming. It has a parking lot and was filled with locals so it must be a good spot. We spotted this pretty yellow bird when walking back to the car. Would have loved to give this beach some more time!
Ewa Beach
This is one beach I didn't research at all, on our last night we just stumbled upon it and waited for a sunset. We took Ewa Beach Road (in the town of Ewa Beach) all the way down and then followed our senses through a residential neighborhood until we found a beach access sign. We parked, smiled at the friendly man who lived there, and walked on in. We spread out a towel and read until the sunset, trying to live in the moment and not think about heading back home to NY. This was a really quiet seeming beach with a view of Waikiki and close enough to the airport to see all of the planes coming and going. I'm not sure about the water but the waves were steady and the sand was comfortable. The area of beach is a bit small, and there is a drop slightly steep off when you get closer to the water. It fit the bill perfectly for us, we were lucky to have found it.


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#1. Tests done by associations demonstrate that sanitary napkins are comprised of plastics, synthetic strands, and petrochemical added substances.
#2. Traditional sanitary napkins is said to be comprised of a likeness 4 plastic bags. Interestingly, menstrual containers are comprised of medical grade silicone.
#3. Other plastic chemicals, similar to BPS and BPA, have been found to have joins with coronary illness, disease, and known disrupt embryonic advancement.
#4. Your vagina needs to inhale and fibers present in sanitary pads confine air flow, along these lines adding to the warmth and stickiness.
#5. The moist environment made by wearing sanitary pads encourages the development of microbes and yeast.
#6. Since menstrual glasses sit close to the cervix inside your private parts, they don't make a damp harmful environment or bring about any rashes. Yes, NO RASHES!
#8. The synthetic which gives sanitary napkins that immaculate white shine is a fading specialist which can make dioxin, a harmful compound.
#10. A scientist likewise found that ordinary sanitary pads contain manufactured hues, polyester, adhesives, polyethylene (PET), polypropylene and propylene glycol (PEG) which would all be able to bring about hormone disturbance, growth, birth deformities, dryness and infertility.
#13. Wellbeing is by all account not the only hazard, a huge number of ladies utilizing sanitary napkins for quite a long time has made a harmful non-biodegradable waste issue so huge, India is not really ready to oversee it all.
#14. It's costly and is not getting any less expensive either. God disallow in case you're a substantial bleeder and gone through bundles in one cycle. Menstrual containers might be costly as well however in the event that you take great consideration of it, one glass can last you 10 years!
#17. No Leaks!
#18. Dissimilar to clean napkins and tampons which retain blood, menstrual glasses simply gather it, there by not denying your vagina of crucial sodden liquids.
#19. Simple transfer! You don't need to stress over rank garbage by any means, as the glass gets full, simply expel the container and pour the gathered blood in the pot and flush it.


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my girl cat. she's going to be 12 this year. i found her in a ditch, her mother had abandoned her, her eyes were barely opening, she must have been a week old. she could stand all four paws on the palm of my hand! i remember having to wet her eyes open when she would wake up and having to bottle feed her for almost 3 months, every three hours. i slept on the floor with her because i was afraid she would fall off the bed. she would sleep in the crook of my neck. the vet had no idea if she would survive, but she did!! i love her like my own child
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"Let's Metalise-2"
The Boss Mt-2 pedal. Now where shall i start? Ah yes. The rigerous Boss Mt-2 pedal is somewhat of a mystery. It comes in the standard box shaped...box and a 9v non-working battery (Makes great use if your trying to corrode someones body part with acid).The box comes with:
- The pedal
- The instruction manual
- The dead battery
Which is all well and dandy and whatnot, but the fact is... £82?!! i mean yeah its like made some sort of black brick and has so many knobs to turn and make loud distorted noises with; but i can do the same thing slamming a door into each of my family's faces. It is a completely useless price to give such a great overall pedal.
Now to the..."PROS"
The pedal is such lightyears away from the other, similar distortion pedals on the market. It's brother the ML-2 is rather similar in... well... everything. Goes to show how the fantastic minds of the BOSS corperation cannot come up with something even remotely unique to something else. The metal zone by far outstands the Metal core. It's one of those pedals where you can make it sound like everything else. But you can't make them sound like the metal-zone. It comes with so many features as well!The "tone" is fantastic, you can change from being in a pop punk band allt he way up to being in a death metal band with just one flick of a switch! Handy feature.
'"EQ"'The EQ sections can be banded into two main sectors.
- The Low and mid
- The Highs (with High-mid)
These EQ (Equaliser) sections are fantastic to play with. Exceptional in the sense that it just boosts each one.
But im not really getting the feel of the Bass frequencies. They're there, but not punchy enough. Its about as punchy as a pacifist homosexual. So not punchy then. The Treble however works incredibly well and gives the sharp edge all the other distortion pedals i've tried needs,
"'Ease of Use"'
..In a nutshell..
Is so simple to use as well! Tap on...tap off. Goes into a lovely, clear, clean section. Then when the battery runs out, unscrew the pedal with the black screw, flip it open, change the battery and start all over again!"'Cons"'
_"'Ah the bad stuff, this is easiest. Because i like being critical.'"_
There are more bad sides than good sides im afraid.Wheres the charger gone? Oh right it didn't come with one. So now you have shed your bank out to pay for 10 9V batteries which eat away at the energy like a fat man eats away on cake. The battery will run out within an hour. I had to resort to using my amp's Roland Power supply and buy a new power supply for my amp, just to play it without screaming or throwing something at someone somewhere. And then the noise I mean it is just the most irritable thing i have ever heard. You switch it on and it sounds like a battalion of wasps are flying around the room. You can't even hear the guitar. Then when you try and twist all the knobs to fix it, you end up with something sounding as bland as David Attenborough on describing how a plant does its "Business". Then when you try and turn up the distortion, all that does is increase the Treble. Which you have up anyway. Your ears will be ringing for days!
The price is just un acceptable. For a piece of derelict scrap shoved into a wired system that sheds out noise. This is the most expensive thing i have ever had to over-pay. It's not even worth a quarter of it.You know i'd love to say this was a good pedal. I really would. But If i could say one thing about it and one thing alone. It would be to go spend your money on a screaming orangutang. What a miserable piece of guitar kit.
3/10*Jackson Reynolds,
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Amsterdam to Cologne
Two famous cities in The Netherlands and Germany are the first and last stops on this fascinating Bike and Boat holiday. Starting from Amsterdam, first you will bike through the flat, peaceful countryside of Holland, with its' famous windmills along the way. The route takes you along the winding river Vecht with its' impressive mansions along the banks and charming farms. You will visit a real Dutch cheese farm, where cheese is still produced according to traditional method. We also bike through National Park de Hoge Veluwe with its abundant scenic beauty. You will enjoy the gorgeous river scenery of the rivers IJssel and Rhine, first in the Netherlands and later in Germany. We follow the Rhine valley upstream, first wide and flat along farmland and meadows, later through industrial areas where we learn about the important history of the river. We also visit the charming old city of Dusseldorf and the tour ends in Cologne with its' magnificent cathedral. Apart from the beautiful landscape, you will see cultural and architectural highlights, art treasures, and you will enjoy regional culinary specialities.
Saturday: Amsterdam – Ouderkerk a/d Amstel – Uithoorn – 12 miles (20 km)
When you arrive on board the ship in Amsterdam at 4 p.m. you can put your luggage away in your cabin and then enjoy a cup of coffee or tea. It is also a good moment to become acquainted with the guide, skipper and crew and of course your fellow passengers. In the evening there will be enough time for a canal trip and city walk through the center of Amsterdam. During dinner aboard the ship, the program for the next day and the global planning of the week are discussed.
Sunday: Amsterdam – Breukelen – Wijk bij Duurstede – 25 miles (40 km)
As you have breakfast this morning, the barge will sail from Amsterdam to Breukelen. You start biking from Breukelen (New York's Brooklyn!) along the meandering river Vecht. On the way we visit a real Dutch cheese farm, where cheese is still produced according to traditional method. Here we can learn about the cheese making process and sample some of the product. Then we continue to Utrecht, one of the oldest cities in the Netherlands with a beautiful cathedral. Today's tour ends in Wijk bij Duurstede, an old settlement built along the river Lek.
Monday: Wijk bij Duurstede – Arnhem – 31 miles (50 km)
This morning as you eat breakfast, the barge will sail to the city of Wageningen. Once you arrive, you start biking along the river Nederrijn, enjoying the beautiful river landscape. Later in the day, you bike through National Park de Hoge Veluwe with its abundant natural beauty. Your bike tour ends today in Arnhem, famous for it's role in the Second World War.
Tuesday: Arnem – Pannerden – Rees – 25 miles (40 km)
Again the ship will sail during breakfast and transport us to Pannerden. Before we hit the German border we pass the old town of Doornenburg, with a wonderfully maintained medieval stronghold. This fairy tale castle was the scene for many a movie. From Doornenburg we take the right bank of the Rhine and pass the border at Lobith, a village every schoolchild knows. At Tolkamer the Dutch used to impose tolls on incoming ships. On the way to our destination of Rees, you bike past Emmerich, a bigger town with a lovely boulevard along the Rhine. You may also stop at Kalkar, a beautiful town known for the failure of the German Nuclear Energy program in the 70s. A completely finished nuclear processing plant has never been put into use due to massive protest. It has recently been reopened as an attraction park! We will end in Rees, a town with impressive remains of fortification.
Wednesday – Rees – Wesel – Ruhrort, 25 miles (40 km)
We sail during breakfast and get off at Wesel. Today our tour focuses on the Ruhr area where Germany and probably Europe's largest industries are housed. With a surface of 4600 square kilometers, very rich in coal, a vast productive landscape emerges out of steel plants, textile industries, and chemical industrial plants. Cities like Essen, Duisburg, Oberhaussen and Dortmund are glued together through a maze of highways, railways and waterways. Once very prosperous, this area was a target in 1923 when Belgium and French troops tried to enforce WWI payments of Prussia. During WWII the area was again targeted mercilessly. It is hard to imagine that you can cycle here, but you can! The German government put a lot of effort in redeveloping the area after the closing down of many factories. In the afternoon we visit the enormous landscape park of Duisburg-Nord, where we get to see huge former industrial plants and more detailed explanation and information about this area. It may not be always "typically" scenic, but it is an impressive landscape indeed and not to be missed when one visits the Rhine. We will find the barge in Ruhrort.
Thursday: Ruhrort – Düsseldorf – 26 miles (42 km)
Today we leave the Ruhr-area behind us and we head for Krefeld. In the 18th century Krefeld grew thanks to the textile industry. Velvet, silk and brocade were sold to emperors and kings from all over the world. There is still the statue of a silk weaver in the town square. The weavers worked in small houses that simultaneously served as a factory and house. In Krefeld, one can still see some of these houses. Our destination is the fascinating city of Düsseldorf. You will be amazed to what an international city this is, with almost one-fifth of the population being foreigners. In the evening there will be time to visit the Alstadt, where you can try their famous local dark beer, Altbier.
Friday: Düsseldorf – Zons – Cologne – 19 miles (30 km)
Today you will start cycling in the direction of Cologne. You will bike a short route close to the Rhine, so that we arrive in Cologne in the afternoon, leaving you some time to look around. Cologne is the oldest of the bigger German cities, founded by the Romans. It got it's city rights 50 years after Christ as a gift from the Roman empress Agrippa. Later Cologne became one the most important centers of the Holy Roman Empire. Two of the most famous landmarks of the city are the Cathedral and the railway bridge over the Rhine. In 1248 they started with the construction of the cathedral and only finished it in 1880! The city was almost completely destroyed in 1944-1945. The city hall however, dating from 1330, is beautifully restored.
Saturday: Tour concludes after breakfast. Departure before 10:00 a.m.
Note: The following week's tour will have the reverse itinerary; starting in Cologne and ending in Amsterdam. The itinerary is reversed with the order of the sights changed slightly. Please look at the Cologne to Amsterdam Route if you are interested in the reverse itinerary.
The barge embarks from the Oosterdok (next to the science center "Nemo"), near the Central Railway Station in Amsterdam. Departure time on Saturday is at 4 p.m. (note that on August 13 the meeting time is 2 p.m.). If you want you can bring your luggage in advance, from 12 Noon onwards. A map, detailed instructions, and the name of your boat will be provided after your final payment is received.
The cook prepares all meals: a substantial breakfast and a three-course dinner of very good quality. A packed lunch may be prepared after breakfast. Tea and coffee will be ready when you arrive on board in the afternoon. There is a bar on the boat with beer, wine and soft drinks at reasonable prices. If you have special meal requirements, we ask you to mention this when booking. In the case of a gluten-free diet there is an additional charge of $60 per week.
Check out our Tour Calendar under "Bike and Barge Tours"
8 days/ 7 nights
- – 7 nights on board the ship (sheets, blankets and two towels)
- – 7 breakfasts, 7 packed lunches and 7 dinners
- – Coffee and tea on board
- – 24-speed bicycle, including helmet, water bottle, pannier, lock, and bike insurance
- – Tour guidance (multilingual)
- – Ferry fees
- – Reservation fee
A well maintained, comfortable 24-speed hybrid bicycle is available free of charge for each participant. Men and women's models are available in sizes appropriate to your height. The bikes come with helmets, grip shifters, hand brakes, carrier bag, lock, repair kit, water bottle holders, water bottle, and bike insurance! If you prefer to bring your own bike you are welcome to do so at a discount of $85 per person. Electric bikes can be rented for this tour ($115.00 p.p.). We advise you only to rent an electric bike if you have first tried one at home. They are heavier than regular bikes and therefore can be difficult to maneuver.
This tour is rated "easy" for its flat terrain and low mileage. All distances are approximate. The above planned itinerary is subject to change due to changing wind and weather conditions and other unforeseen circumstances having to do with mooring requirements, etc. A good basic physical fitness means more fun during your bike vacation.
– Airfare
– Drinks (other than coffee or tea)
– Transfer between airport and barge
– Gratuity for the guide
– Trip cancellation insurance
– Admission fees to the various museums or places of interest (about € 15 per person)
WiFi is available on a limited basis on board, only in the lounge and on deck. Up to 50 MB is free, for more than 50 MB there's a surcharge.
Average daytime temperatures in April and May are 50-60, June, July, and August 60-75, September and October 55-70. Average rainfall is 10 days per month.


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President Barack Obama nomimated North Carolina mayor Anthony Foxx to become his new transportation secretary today.
Foxx, 41, has been mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, since 2009 where he oversaw a number of transportation projects.
Foxx got a test run at the national spotlight when his city played host to the Democratic National Convention in 2012. The mayor spoke at the convention, calling Obama "a man who pulled our economy back from the brink."
"This is a president who plans to give every child an opportunity to succeed," Foxx said. "This is a leader who believes all Americans should have a fair shot to go as far their talents can take them."
Foxx is credited with improving the transportation system in Charlotte including adding a third runway at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport and breaking ground on the Charlotte Streetcar Project, a plan to to bring modern electric tram service to the city.
"I know Anthony's experience will make him an outstanding transportation secretary," Obama said at an announcement ceremony in the White House East Room.
"He's going to be extraordinary effective."
If confirmed, Foxx would replace outgoing Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, the administration's only Republican.
The nomination of Foxx, an African-American, will likely ease some criticism Obama has received over not having enough diversity in his cabinet. The president also nominated two women to this administration last month.
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His poems first appeared in the Summer 1958 and October 1959 issues of Delta.[5] The publication of his poem Metamorphosis in the Times Literary Supplement in January 1960 brought his work to a wider audience.[6] His first collection Once Bitten Twice Bitten was published by Scorpion Press in 1961. Influences on his work include: W. H. Auden, John Ashbery, and Wallace Stevens.. He went through distinct poetic stages, from the epigrams and satires of his early works Once Bitten Twice Bitten, to the elegiac mode of his later ones; The Cost of Seriousness and English Subtitles. In a recorded conversation with his friend Clive James he stated that the "glory of present-day English writing in America, in Australia and in Britain, is what is left over of the old regular metrical pattern and how that can be adapted to the new sense that the main element, the main fixture of poetry is no longer the foot (you know, the iambus or the trochee) but the cadence. It seems that what is very important is to get the best of the old authority, the best of the old discipline along with the best of the new freedom of expression."
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It's common for entrepreneurs who have never met to come up with the exact same startup at the exact same time.
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"The first time [I met GroupMe cofounder Jared Hecht] was three days before GroupMe launched. Jared asked what I was doing and I showed it to him. I saw his face," recalls Fast Society cofounder Matt Rosenberg.
Entrepreneurs usually don't copy each other on purpose. Oftentimes, founders think their idea is original. Instead, they've merely connected dots and come up with an obvious solution to a common problem.
Many of today's startups fall into one of seven idea buckets. If you've launched a company in any of these areas, you'll need to have a truly interesting twist to fend off the competition and get investors excited.
One or two winners will emerge in each space. But based on sheer odds, the winner probably won't be you.


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This collection of articles written by industry experts in animal health and animal behaviour will give you information that can help you care for your pet. Pet owners should not rely on this information to diagnose or treat their pets and should seek advice from qualified medical professionals.
Caring For Your Bird
Whilst there have been many advances in the nutritional requirements for pets such as cats and dogs in the last 20 years, advances in pet bird requirements have been relatively minimal. It is not commonly understood by most pet bird owners that seed alone is not always a sufficient source of nutrition to maintain a healthy bird. Seeds are invariably deficient in calcium, sodium, vitamins A, D3, K, B12, C, choline and the essential amino acid lysine. Seeds are also deficient in many other vitamins and minerals and combined with insufficient
greens birds can suffer from many nutritional related disorders. As many as 60% of birds taken to vets require treatment for a nutrition related illness. In addition to normal requirements, there are times when birds need extra nutrition such as during early growth, laying, moulting or feeding their young. In the wild, birds must eat whatever food is available and birds that we know as seed eating birds will also eat nuts, grasses, insects, leaves, roots, bark, fruit, vegetables and scraps left by humans. The availability of certain food types will also vary depending on seasonal changes and migration patterns, therefore ensuring that birds receive a diverse diet.
Importance of Good Nutrition for Your Bird
Once a bird is kept as a pet, it is totally reliant on you for a balanced and varied diet. It is for this reason that Bird Munchies Gourmet Blend has been developed. The seeds used in Bird Munchies Gourmet Blend have been chosen for your bird's enjoyment as well as their nutritional value. The red and green seeds are de-hulled oats that have been coated with supplements to provide essential vitamins and minerals. Nuts and dried fruit are also included for variety along with shell grit to aid digestion and provide additional calcium. Seeds such as wheat and sorghum (a round brownish/red seed) have intentionally been left out of the blend as most birds do not eat them and they are therefore wasted.
In addition to a balanced diet of Bird Munchies Gourmet Blend, you can provide greater variety and interest for your bird by adding some fresh foods. Birds have individual tastes and so it will take time to find the fresh food your bird prefers. Eating habits change slowly so the food they refuse at first may become their favourite later.
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Feeding your bird is important for it to remain happy and most of all healthy. Foods to try on your pet birds include:
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Corn on the cob (not dried)
Cooked egg
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Various fruits
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Cooked beef or chicken
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Treats from your local supermarket are a cheap and entertaining way to provide additional nutrition. Cuttlefish bones, calcium or tonic blocks and Bird Munchies seed blocks all provide extra nutrition while the effort required pulling them apart keeps your bird occupied and active. Never feed your bird from your mouth. Our normal bacterial flora contains many organisms that are pathogenic (disease causing) for birds. Cage cleanliness is very important as birds will often go to the floor to eat left overs they have dropped and can ingest their own droppings accidentally.
Not all foods are safe for birds to eat, amongst these are raw almonds, raw potato, avocados, rhubarb leaves, tobacco and many indoor plants. Note also, that some safe plants may be toxic if they have been treated with sprays or fertilisers. It's always a good idea to check all possible plants your bird may come in contact with.
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i still think its such an amazing photograph. my father is still taking pictures but it losing the quality of mood as digital camera and ink jet print took over... love kodak film and kodak colour print from 70s-80s..and love the time and location of my childhood with happy family.;)) its my inspiration of life and work..always..
thanks to my japanese dad so called "camera from neck tribe"!
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With the Royal Bank of Scotland showing a profit of £826million for the first quarter compared with a £1.4billion loss for the same time last year, Chairman Sir Phillip Hampton is suggesting that it's possible the banking institution could be ready for sale by the middle of 2014 if not sooner.
This is by far the strongest signal that the government is preparing to sell the 81% tax-payers state in the bailed-out bank.
But the stock market was hardly impressed with the talk as RBS shares had the largest drop in the FTSE 100, dropping 5.5per cent to 289p, a level that represents a £19billion loss on the £45billion poured into the bank by the taxpayer during 2008 and 2009.
The ultimate decision to sell rests with the Treasury and would take place over a number of years.
Despite some critics, Hampton remains optimistic issuing a video message in which he reiterated his belief that drawing up a prospectus for shareholders could take place from the middle of 2014.
A prospectus is a financial document that details the bank's financial performance and would have to be presented for shareholder's review before the stake could be sold.
Stephen Hester, who became Chief Executive Officer during the banking crisis, was uncharacteristically optimistic.
The real issue however may not be as much about whether the bank is ready to sell the stake, but more about the price.
Due to the failing economy and tough regulations, bank shares are no longer as valuable as they once were. This means that some shares may have to be taken at a loss. And although the bank was back in profit overall, there were still huge downfalls in specific areas.
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