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Korte Stadium, home to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's soccer and track and field programs, was constructed in the early 1990s. Oates Associates provided original site design and construction services for the track and field event area that included a soccer infield. The site serves as a venue for high school, collegiate, national amateur and international athletic events. The facility also served as the track and field venue for the St. Louis 1994 Olympic Festival.
Oates Associates designed the reconstruction of the soccer field inside the track facility at Korte Stadium. Work included the removal of the existing grass soccer field and construction of a synthetic turf soccer field, which is made of recycled thermoplastic. Work also included storm drainage, concrete curb, and asphalt paving for a field throwing / jumping area.
Driving the decision to replace the natural grass infield was the benefits of the synthetic surface. The life of the turf is estimated between 15 to 20 years and the synthetic surface allows for the potential of year round use of the field. Previously, the use of the field was limited to 80 to 100 days per year. Furthermore, maintenance costs are substantially lower.
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Assuring Space Support Despite ASATsssuring Space Support Despite ASATs
by Robert Butterworth
January 1, 2008
A year ago, China destroyed one of its own satellites in a test of an anti-satellite system (ASAT). This test prompted sharp commentary and numerous recommendations on how to react. A year later the direction of the U.S. response remains shrouded in the mists of classified programs and secret information. Nevertheless, the public defense budget offers some glimpses of priorities at the highest level. Creation of a major force program and increased funding for situational awareness activities were the main priorities expressed in the FY 2008 defense appropriations bill (see http://www.marshall.org/article.php?id=566 for more details).
In a new Policy Outlook, Dr. Robert Butterworth, President of Aries Analytics and a Fellow at the George Marshall Institute, summarizes the responses available to the U.S. and concludes that providing supplemental capability to meet surging needs and to replace lost or failed sensors ranks as a foremost priority amongst those options.
He goes on to outline how this supplemental capability might be provided. Each of the options will require trade-offs between cost, capability, and speed of response. Butterworth argues: Within each option there are competing priorities; in pursuit of rapid augmentation, for example, one can find demands for new industrial practices, common aero vehicles, reusable upper stages, and new launch site developments. But if priorities are set by military needs, surely an initial operational capability takes precedence.
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Cedar Walk Family & Cosmetic Dentistry is a dental clinic in Charlotte. Working at the office are two dentists. Dr. Prashant Rao, DDS received his dental doctorate from the New York University College of Dentistry. Dr. Yelena Brikina, DDS received hers from the SUNY Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine. Together, the two perform general dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, restorative dentistry, implant dentistry, and orthodontics. Services provided include cleanings, teeth whitening, and root canals.
Charlotte, NC(704) 542-9923
Charlotte Center for Cosmetic Dentistry, based in Charlotte, delivers dental care to patients from all parts of the city and the surrounding areas. The clinic comprises two dentists, Patrick J. Broome, DMD and Dr. Kassie Hsu, DDS. Dr. Broome is an experienced dental care provider who trains other dental professionals. He was a clinical instructor at the Southeast Regional Training Center for the Biolase WaterlaseMD laser system. Together, Dr. Broome and Dr. Hsu devote most of their practice to cosmetic dentistry.
Charlotte, NC(704) 310-5268
Based in Charlotte, the dental practice Christopher K. Anene, DMD & Associates, PA provides an array of dental care options to patients from the city and nearby municipalities. Services include bonding, cosmetic fillings, veneers, teeth whitening, sealants, root canal therapy, and cosmetic contouring.
Charlotte, NC(704) 831-6344
Clark Pediatric Dentistry is a Charlotte dental office owned by Dr. Jason Clark. Dr. Clark, who also serves as the practice's only dentist, received his dental degree from UNC Chapel Hill. After practicing adult dentistry for two years, he completed a pediatric dental residency at the University of Rochester. Now he is a Board Certified Pediatric Dentist and a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry.
Charlotte, NC(704) 543-3766
Demetri G. Pourlos, DDS, in Charlotte, provides general dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, and pediatric dentistry services. Dr. Pourlos graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill's dental doctoral program in 1984, and he has since completed advanced dentistry courses at the Center for Advanced Studies.
Charlotte, NC(980) 215-9503
Dentistry of the Carolinas has served Charlotte patients for nearly 25 years and operates many dental clinics throughout the state, including Gastonia, Monroe, Spring Lake, and Statesville. Dentistry of the Carolinas' practitioners are qualified to perform preventative care, restorative dentistry, and cosmetic dentistry procedures. Services vary by location, but among the offices in the Charlotte area, some offer orthodontic care or perform dental surgery.
Charlotte, NC(704) 537-1990
Derek C. Barnes, DMD, based in Charlotte, provides a range of dental care services. Derek C. Barnes, DMD, FICOI, PA, the firm's sole practicing dentist, earned his Doctor of Dental Medicine degree from the Medical University of South Carolina. He is a member of the American Dental Association, the Academy of General Dentistry, and the Dental Organization for Conscious Sedation. Dr. Barnes specializes in adult and pediatric dentistry, including routine dental hygiene work. A range of cosmetic dentistry options is available as well, including Invisalign and teeth whitening.
Charlotte, NC(704) 849-6700
Dr. Richard W. Van Gurp is a Charlotte-based dental clinic with patients from in and around the city. The firm's owner and sole dental practitioner, Dr. Gurp, has been practicing restorative, general, and cosmetic dentistry for more than 25 years. Dr. Gurp is trained and experienced in pediatric dentistry with children as young as six years old.
Charlotte, NC(704) 209-9606
Dr. Robert H. Lloyd is a Charlotte dental practitioner who received his dental degree from UNC-Chapel Hill's School of Dentistry in 1990. Since then, Dr. Lloyd has kept astride of the field's latest techniques and technologies via continuing education classes. General, implant, restorative, and cosmetic dentistry services are available. Dr. Lloyd uses intraoral cameras, rotary endodontics, and other technologies in service of his patients.
Charlotte, NC(704) 540-5076
Charlotte Metro area people in need of dental care services can turn to Myers Park Dental Care, a local provider of general dentistry and cosmetic dentistry services. Working at the dental clinic are two trained and experienced dentists, Dr. Herbert Vu, DDS and Dr. Shane Lu, DDS. Dr. Vu, the office's founder, offers cosmetic dentistry, wisdom teeth removal, orthodontics, and root canals. He is also qualified to correct sleep apnea.
Charlotte, NC(704) 376-1696
Premier Dentistry is a Ballantyne dental clinic serving patients from throughout Charlotte. The office's sole dental practitioner, Kevin Jalali DDS PLLC, has lived locally for more than 15 years. He earned a B.S. in Biology and Chemistry at UNC Chapel Hill and his DDS from the UNC School of Dentistry. Dr. Jalali can perform cleanings and routine exams, root canals, teeth whitening, and tooth extractions, among other general dentistry and cosmetic dentistry procedures.
Charlotte, NC(704) 419-8168
Promenade Center for Dentistry provides dental services to Charlotte Patients as well as people from surrounding communities, including Matthews, Waxhaw, and Indian Trail. Same-day emergency appointments are available. Leading a team of qualified dental hygienists and dental assistants is Dr. Duc Tang, DDS, FAGD, who received his dental degree from UNC Chapel Hill. Dr. Tang can perform general, cosmetic, and implant dentistry. He is a member of the American Dental Association, and he belongs to the North Carolina Dental Society as well as the Academy of General Dentistry.
Charlotte, NC(704) 321-0980
SmileCharlotte is a Charlotte provider of dental care. Dr. Scott Menaker, DDS, FAGD and Dr. Tricia Rodney, DDS are members of the American Dental Association. Theyprovide pediatric dental care, as well as pain management and transparent orthodontics services. The clinic's focus is cosmetic dentistry.
Charlotte, NC(704) 377-2503
SouthEnd Dentistry, based in Charlotte since 2009, provides people with adult and pediatric dental care. Dr. Bradford Picot, the dental clinic's sole dentist, is a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill's Dental Surgery program. The readers of Elevate Lifestyle Magazine named him as a Top Dentist in Charlotte and as a Best Dentist in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. Dr. Picot's approach as a dental surgeon is to treat tooth and periodontal diseases very conservatively, preserving as much of the original tissue as possible.
Charlotte, NC(704) 335-8266
SouthPark Pediatric Dentistry is a Charlotte dental office providing dental care to children from the city and surrounding municipalities. The dentists, Dr. Charles Cooke and Dr. Oscar Mvula, are experienced dentists who exclusively treat children, from infants to teenagers. They are members of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and the North Carolina Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. Dr. Charles F. Cangemi, JR, DDS, MS is the clinic's anesthesiologist. He has extensive training and experience performing anesthesiology for a bevy of dental surgeries and other surgical procedures. Additionally, Dr. Cangemi is a Diplomate of the National Board of Anesthesiology.
Charlotte, NC(704) 749-5700
Vann Family Dental, a multi-lingual dental clinic located in Charlotte, provides dental care to residents of the city and nearby municipalities. Dr. Yakeika Vann, the practice's owner and sole dentist, earned her DDS from the Meharry Medical College. She belongs to the American Dental Association and the North Carolina Dental Society. Because Dr. Vann is an experienced practitioner of pediatric dentistry, parents of dentist-averse children should consider turning to Vann Family Dental.
Charlotte, NC(980) 819-8040
Walton S. Peery DDS is a dental office that has, since 1978, been working on behalf of patients from all parts of the larger Charlotte community. At the helm is Dr. Walton S. Peery, DDS, who earned his dental doctorate from Emory University. Dr. Peery performs laser dentistry and other dental services in the realms of general dentistry and restorative dentistry. Dr. Peery is a member of the North Carolina Dental Society and the American Dental Association, who has participated in the latter organization's Give Kids a Smile program, a nonprofit effort to provide pediatric dental services to underserved children.
Charlotte, NC(704) 365-4142
Founded two decades ago, William Linger DDS, MAGD is a dental clinic led by Charlotte dentist and dental surgeon William Linger. Dr. Linger is a graduate of West Virginia University's dental program and was named a Master Dentist by the Academy of General Dentistry. Dr. Linger performs sedation dentistry as well as regular dental checkups and a range of specialized dental services, including dental surgery and periodontal treatment.
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12:02am 6th January 2013
Visitor numbers to Weymouth's Sea Life Tower have been "disappointing", according to operators Merlin Entertainments.
The expensive attraction that costs £3.5 million to create officially opened just before the Olympics in June.
The tower and its rotating platform take you up 173 feet where you can see right out over the bay.
It's costs £8 on the day but tickets are a little cheaper online and the ride lasts 10 minutes.
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Today I received several emails from Google to their Google Grantees announcing this new policy: Google Grantees may now use AdWords Express. The full text of the email is below:
We're very excited to announce that AdWords Express is now available to our Google Grantees for local online advertising in the US, UK, Canada and Australia. AdWords Express is designed for simple, low maintenance campaign setup and management. AdWords Express helps potential customers find your website or Google+ Local page, and gives you a quick and straightforward way to connect your nonprofit with the relevant users.
Is AdWords Express the right fit for my nonprofit organization?
If you don't have the time to manage your Google Grants AdWords account and you are a nonprofit serving in your local area, then AdWords Express may be the right fit for you. AdWords Express allow you to reach relevant users within a 15-mile to 40-mile radius around your nonprofit. Benefits of using AdWords Express includes:
* Create an online ad quickly and easily.
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* Minimal ongoing management necessary. AdWords Express runs and automatically optimizes your ads for you.
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Important: You must create your Adwords Express account through your existing Google Grants AdWords account login/password in order to receive free advertising through Google Grants. DO NOT submit any billing/credit card information as you will be responsible for all costs incurred.
* Please note that your Google Grants account and AdWords Express account will share the same $10k a month budget even though they are both managed separately.
The Google Grants Team
My Thoughts on the Announcement
This doesn't get Grantees any more budget. It doesn't give them any more options. It's just a way to utilize the account with even less interaction (which is saying something when Google only requires Grantees to log in once/month to be "actively managing" the account).
The only benefit I see here is for highly local non-profits that are running their Grants accounts themselves and are exceedingly strapped for time. Outside of that group I don't see a huge benefit here.


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Sustainability is an integral component in MISC's operations, from the way we conduct our business, manage our employees, reduce impact on the environment, deliver sustainable returns to our investors and shareholders, strive to exceed the expectations of our customers, as well as create a positive impact for the local communities.
Our Sustainability Pillars
Our strategy is to focus on providing the best service and experience to all our customers through stringent health and safety standards, operational responsiveness, and tailored solutions in order to exceed customer expectations.
We strive to constantly create value and deliver sustainable returns to our shareholders and investors, through the strengthening of our core businesses and capitalising on growth opportunities in the future.
In line with our mission to promote individual and team excellence, we are committed towards improving employee competency and skill levels, as well developing leadership capabilities so that they are able to successfully tackle business challenges head on.
Our approach towards mitigating our environmental impact has been captured in our mission, one of which is 'to care for the environment and operate responsibly'. Operating in a responsible manner and minimising impact on the environment is key to the way business is managed here at MISC.
In support of our mission 'to create a positive difference to the lives of communities', our primary focus in on value creation through the provision of education and career opportunities through our maritime academy, ALAM, and also through the various community outreach programmes carried out.
We have established sound internal controls to complement business policies and uphold good governance practices. This is fundamental towards not only winning the confidence of investors, but are also prerequisites to achieving our objectives of enhancing and protecting long-term shareholder value.
Sustainability Updates
MISC Releases Its 2016 Sustainability Report
11 August 2017
AET selects LNG dual fuel option for newbuild Aframaxes
20 April 2017
3 April 2017
MISC Berhad Celebrates the Naming and Delivery of its Second MOSS-Type LNG Carrier, Seri Cenderawasih
17 March 2017
20 January 2017
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Sustainability Report
2016download pdf
Sustainability Report
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Candidates who are interested in taking admission in MCA/M.Tech must have the information regarding VITMEE Application Form. These application forms are especially for the candidates who want to do post graduation in engineering/computer application.
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Our 4-room summer house was entirely renovated in 2007. It is situated on a small private beach by one of the biggest lake in Québec: Lac Saint-Jean. Perfect for the whole family: swimming, fishing, boating and "pedalboating" available! A quiet little paradise surrounded by a rich nature, especially in autumn, only 16km away from the friendly town of Saint-Félicien and its many services and attractions. You won't want to miss our world-wide famous "Zoo de la Boréalie"!
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For the fall of 2009, we hope to find a quiet place near the ocean, especially in the Algarve region (Portugal), but the exchange doesn't have to be simultaneous. We speak French, Spanish and English. We can't wait to hear from you!
The Saguenay, Lac Saint-Jean region is a must for tourists who are eager to explore and find out more about theo heart of the province of Quebec. Whatever season you choose to travel, here you'll find long sandy beaches- Lac Saint-Jean is often called a "mer intérieure", local festivals, great food- especially our famous "tourtière" and fresh blueberry pie- and above all, people who really enjoy welcoming and speaking with tourists.
Travelling is one of my passions, and being a 55 year old retired woman allows me to treat myself more than ever! I've been in France and Spain a couple of times, but never yet in Portugal, although some friends of mine spent a wonderful time there. Why Algarve (or South of Spain)? Easy to guess I suppose: because I love to see, hear and feel the ocean! On the other hand, while having a "pied-à-terre" there, I would love to travel within the country and hopefully have a chance to go to Madère.
I would probably share that experience with my 24 year-old daughter or a good friend. We are outgoing, careful and respectful people. We enjoy doing sport, cycling, walking, swimming, and...shopping! :)
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Without trying to get too philosophical and telling you what it all means, we can at least give a try at the Web-related stuff. Whenever someone loads a page from your Web server, he or she is getting the text on the page as well as the HTML commands you've embedded there. Each of those commands (such as <IMG SRC=²something.gif²>) can cause another object, stored in a separate file (such as a GIF file), to also be fetched from the server and displayed in the visitor's browser.
So, if your home page has six graphics associated with it, your server's log files actually register seven "hits" when the page is loaded: one for the page plus one for each graphic. When the Web began and people started boasting about how many hits they were getting, it quickly became obvious that you could get dozens or even hundreds of hits with a single gigantic home page.
That's where the concept of "page views" or "HTML page requests" came from. Each is simply the request to load a single HTML page, no matter what else is on it. Many log analysis programs can be asked to provide separate counts for page views automatically, or you can ignore all graphic and multimedia files and get approximately the same result. If you use a great deal of Java or ActiveX, you'd have to take that into account too, though JavaScript is inline as part of the HTML file and doesn't cause extra hits.
A "visit" is what happens when someone comes to your site and requests one, a dozen, or a hundred pages. The definition of a visit is somewhat arbitrary, because you have to define everything carefully: Is a single IP address a "someone," or a proxy server that feeds 50 people?
You can be more precise with cookies, but not everyone is happy with cookies because of privacy issues. And if "someone" requests pages constantly for 2 hours, then stops for 15 minutes and makes requests for another hour, is that two visits or one long one? That's why many sites have standardized on page views as a basic measurement.
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- Nine year old boy saved a doctor's life and went ahead to demonstrate his mastery of first aid under life and death circumstances
- The boy, feeling proud of his accomplishment, dashed to deliver the good news to his family, but they thought he was kidding and ignored him
- Then the doctor himself came in and confirmed to the family the boy's heroic act. What happened next was more than heart-warming
Under ordinary circumstances, it's the medic that saves people's lives. But that was not the case when Corne Kruger from Empangeni, Cape Town, went to visit Dr Philani Shamase.
Kruger, a nine year old white boy, presumably with little or no knowledge in first aid, practically saved Dr Shamase, a 23 year old paramedic who works at Mounties Ambulance and Emergency Services, when he accidentally swallowed a litchi seed and started chocking.
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The young boy had reportedly gone to visit Dr Shamase in a control room and shared with him some litchi that he had been given by his grandparents.
"I gave him some litchis while he was on phone. But he was distracted and accidentally swallowed litchi seed and started chocking.I knew he was chocking because he was grabbing his throat and his face was turning red," says young Kruger, adding that he acted on his natural instinct.
The boy says he acted quickly by delivering three blows on the paramedic's back, consequently dislodging the litchi seed.
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He reportedly gave him another litchi, thinking everything was now fine, and he choked again. This time, Kruger says, he hit him hard on the back with a fist.
Overwhelmed with joy and confidence, Kruger dashed to his family to deliver the good news. But they ignored him.
The family only believed Kruger's heroic act after Dr Shamase came in and confirmed what the young boy had done.
"I swallowed litchi seed while I was on phone and I don't really know what happened next. But Corne stepped in and rescued me," Dr Shamase told the doubtful family.
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The Trailside community consists of four villages, each with unique styles, features, and ski access. Several layouts are available, ranging from one- to four-bedroom units. Expansive views of Ascutney and Ludlow Village can be seen from many of these units, a spectacular sight at night. As you wind up the Mountain, you suddenly realize how truly high up you are. These split-level units are located along the popular Sachem Trail, at the base of the Glades chairlift.
This mountainous setting provides a more spacious feel with room to roam. In the winter you have the convenient trail access without having to fight the crowds. In the summer months, enjoy the cool mountain breezes as you sit on your deck and take in the views. Village amenities include an outdoor swimming pool, tennis courts, and summer picnic area.
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I think for me I had come to a point in my life where I felt like I should be ashamed whenever I felt offended. For awhile I had this sense of guilt whenever I would share my offense with my husband, or even a close friend. But when I realized holding in these feelings brought about depression in me, It wasn't easy, and sometimes I still second guess if how I'm handling the offense is honoring God, and even the person who offended me. Especially if I am transparent about the ... View the Post
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A couple of weeks ago I was praying for God to send His angels to protect our family, specifically for Him to protect my children. I remember sitting there writing in my journal and I was so focused on what I was writing. Whenever I journal the peace of God always comes rushing over me. I love how prayer does that. I can take anything to God, and I do. , even the parts that are not so beautiful and the parts I am fully ashamed of, but He knows. If I can't tell Him everything, then who would I ... View the Post
For When there is a Void in Your Life
I am definitely in a season where the days are long. My mornings typically start at around 5:30am and my kiddos go to bed at 9:30pm. My motivation typically wanes at around 5:30pm when I am reminded I need to make dinner. Didn't I just make a meal? Didn't I just clean the kitchen? Didn't I just do laundry? Laundry didn't come into the picture until AFTER Adam and Eve sinned...think about that for a minute. My life for awhile had been organized chaos. Laundry basket after ... View the Post


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Community groups are used to helping others - but now it's time for them to get some help.
Dorset Community Action's running a special workshop in Weymouth today. (20 June)
The free event in Chickerell will tell volunteers how to promote their group as well as giving them advice on fundraising.
Hannah Solloway of DCA explains that it should be a great opportunity to network informally with others. 'We hope that people will come along to share issues and concerns, and learn from each other. We will also be outlining the support available from Dorset Community Action, which covers topics like choosing a formal structure for your organisation, developing a fundraising strategy, and the roles of trustees. Our service ranges from providing free factsheets and telephone advice, to low cost training courses and bespoke training and consultancy services.'
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Travel with the man whose long, rawboned, sticky fingers and stark length of arm will lead you down to the vermiculous grottoes of the demon sea, to stand beneath the subworld's lurid sky and battle monsters who seem the spiritual distillations of human evil itself! We invite you to the very gates of Hell and beyond - come if you dare!
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Picaresque and macabre, not quite a classic
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Highly Imaginative Dark Fantasy
Imaginative, Macabre, Humorous
There are MANY memorable moments in these Nifft stories and that's what exactly makes his adventures the classics that they are. Shea fills these luscious stories with myriad macabre creatures, odd but charming characters and an occasional wry sense of humor that doesn't undermine the seriousness of the danger.
It's rare to find good fantasy stories that feature so many elements of horror and I've found this to be the BEST series of stories of its kind. The only other fantasy horror stories that I have found to be on its level are the Kane stories by Karl Edward Wagner.
John Morgan did a fine job with this reading. He stressed words properly at the right times for the best effect and added subtle nuances that made the drama very realistic. He not only maintained the proper tone throughout but clearly understood the material and really helped to bring the book to life. A splendid job indeed! Looking forward to more of this man's work.
It made me laugh many times, but most of all it created the most fascinating visuals in my mind that were as stark as those in any movie I've ever seen. Shea has an uncanny ability to evoke sophisticated creatures with strange behavior patterns that are incredibly realistic with all of the unique nuances of a person with a strange personality whom you might have met.
Shea also has a wickedly clever sense of humor and imbues in his characters with charming personalities. He is very adept at knowing when to inject this humor and when to let the dangers play out in a serious manner so that the humor never 'winks' at you but is often simply a result of dire predicaments that are as funny as they are frightening.
It's an exhilarating experience to go on these adventures with Nifft and it's a series that I wish would never end.
Michael Shea is one of the MOST underrated writers of our time. He stories are like a wonderful merging of Jack Vance, H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith with a dash of Robert E. Howard. This man will be considered a legend in the future when many more people have discovered his work, but he's living right now and needs all the encouragement he can get to continue writing these fantastic tales that will thrill, horrify and delight generations to come. I urge anyone interested in dark, gloriously sophisticated fantasy imbued with clever humor to PLEASE seek out this man's work and give it your attention. You won't be sorry.
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Campbell Newman is now the highest paid premier in Australia after a massive pay hike.
PREMIER Campbell Newman says he'll give money to charity, as he does every year, but refused to say whether he would donate all of his $67,000 raise.
Mr Newman is the highest paid premier in Australia following the raise for state MPs, which triggered an outcry and led to union protests today.
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"We had an independent process that everyone signed off on, and the process delivered an outcome," Mr Newman said in defending the rises.
Rallies are being held throughout Queensland to protest against what unions say are hypocritical pay rises.
The state's public sector union, Together, has labelled April 1 "We Won't Be Fooled Day" and is holding rallies in Townsville, Bundaberg, Cairns, Mackay and Brisbane.
The biggest protest was planned for outside Parliament House this afternoon.
"We are letting politicians of all stripes know we won't be taken for fools," Together said in a statement.
"The Government can't give themselves mega pay increases while stripping away public servants' wages and conditions via its so-called 'modernisation' of awards, which are not modern, not flexible, just unreasonable."
The Queensland Independent Remuneration Tribunal last week gave senior politicians massive pay rises, including a $67,000 top-up to Mr Newman's salary, putting him on almost $380,000 a year.
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text: "The idea with real world games was to build an advertising model that is deeply tied to the way the game itself works… so it doesn't break the flow of the game. It doesn't feel like something is grafted on. That's what we're trying to do and it will provide a compliment to in-app purchase. In app-purchase will be the majority of the revenue, but it does take some of the pressure off of us to squeeze hard on the purchase side which would be detrimental to the game."Hanke's statement comes not long after news that Pokemon GO had established a tie-in deal with McDonald's restaurants in Japan, making 3,000 of them appear as in-game Gyms. This could be a sign that Niantic is considering the possibility of phasing out microtransactions in favour of a sponsor-based model, though only time will tell if this turns out to be the case.


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Wringford Down Hotel
Family owned Wringford Down is a child friendly hotel based in gorgeous Cornwall nestling in a beautiful and unspoilt valley in sight of the sea. We offer families B&B or self-catering.
Our aim is to make life as easy as possible for families with young children. We provide cots, highchairs, sterilises and other useful equipment. All rooms have baby listening.
We have a large Play Barn stacked with toys and an indoor heated swimming pool and paddling pool. We run a Nursery and Holiday Clubs. Please log on for further details.
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About a hundred years ago (well, in 1985, actually), a reincarnation of the legendary 1960s rock group, Jefferson Airplane – by then known as Jefferson Starship – released an album titled, Knee-deep in the Hoopla.
AMI Extends Alabama Power's Outage System Effectiveness in Historic Storm
Alabama Power: Automation, Dedication & Determination
Derl Rhoades, Network Operations & Translation, Team Leader, Alabama Power Company
Alabama Power Company had been preparing for severe weather to hit the state long before the morning of April 27, 2011.
Critical Factors for Updating Legacy Systems: The Case for Alabama Power
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Robert Shively, CEO, Metadigm Services; Reginald Murchison, Manager of Metering Services, Alabama Power
Alabama Power Company – a Southern Company subsidiary – recently worked with Metadigm Services to design quality best practices and engineered solutions from pre- to post-AMI deployment.
Wanda Reder, Past President, IEEE Power & Energy Society and Vice President, S&C Electric Company
As another year is starting, the Smart Grid continues to open up new opportunities for innovation in what has historically been a very traditional and relatively slow-moving industry.
Pritesh Gandhi, CEO of Ambient Devices and Ahmad Faruqui, Principal at The Brattle Group
It's a well-known fact in today's society, information equals power. Without information, the ability to make educated decisions about what to do and when to do it is hindered.
Mike Harris, Chief Executive Officer Zonoff, Inc.
For utilities, the electric meter is the gateway to the customer, both figuratively and literally.
An Interview with Dr. Russell Lefevre, IEEE Fellow; With Jon Brock, EnVision 2030 Contributing Editor
This is the first installment of our 3-part interview with Dr. Russell Lefevre, a widely recognized IEEE Smart Grid technical expert and chair of the IEEE Steering Committee on Electric Vehicles.
Charles H. Drinnan, President, eWAM Associates & Senior Market Analyst, InfoNetrix LLC
As the scope of Smart Grid evolves, some are wondering what the role of GIS will be. GIS will define and maintain more accurate, complete network models and be an integral part of new Outage Management (OMS) and Advanced Distribution Management Systems (ADMS).
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This article reviews such deliberations as they are currently unfolding in Ontario where the ubiquitous Green Energy and Green Economy Act ("Green Energy Act") of 2009 mandated Smart Grid investments by distributors and transmitters.
William T. (Tim) Shaw, PhD, CISSP / CIEH / CPT
In previous columns, we've discussed various security technologies and strategies for protecting industrial automation systems against cyber attack.
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Transparency is the watchword today, and the utility sector is no stranger to the changing ways of today's increasingly wired world – in a good way.
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5856 Krotik Court, Atwater CA, 95301 (Land Lot)
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1 acre building site on cul de sac, CCR's require minimum 2,500 sq.ft. home, close to town but more rural location.
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1 acre building site on cul de sac, CCR's require minimum 2,500 sq.ft. home, close to town but more rural location.
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Changing the Burning Man Netherlands Event Membership
[updated information April 2017]
The Event Membership was created with the start of Burning Man Netherlands as a foundation in 2016. It's intention was not only to create funds for our year-round Art & Civic Involvement programmes, but foremost to protect the quality of the Burning Man core principles and ethos, the legal status of our events and protection from ticket scalpers.
The Event Membership hasn't been without critique from within the Burning Man community and outside, and many of the expressed concerns were legit. But at that time, Burning Man Project and Burning Man Netherlands together believed it was the best solution to a challenging dilemma: to protect the quality and legitimacy of the Burning Man principles at our (Dutch) events.
Event Members receive newsletters and personal invites to get the first chance to buy tickets to our events. Without guarantee though, since we have more members than available tickets for most events. These Event Member benefits last until December 2017.
From Event Member to Friend of Burning Man Netherlands
Right now we are working on a new profile/community platform, where everybody can register (free of charge) – comparable with Burning Man or AfrikaBurn.
That means that with that new platform, the Event Membership program will be closed and changed into 'Friends of Burning Man Netherlands'. As a friend you can donate to the BM NL Foundation to help carry out our mission and benefit the Art Fund. You will receive the quarterly newsletter as well. All gifts are appreciated from 5 euros and up. Burning Man Netherlands is a non-profit organization and it is fully run by volunteers, but it also has annual organizational costs, such as office expenses, insurance, financial and legal advisory fees. Event memberships will NOT automatically transfer to being a 'Friend'. Everyone needs to (re-)register themselves if they want to become a friend. We will tell you more on this when we launch this new platform.
No one gains exclusive access to events or ticket sales anymore (former Event members nor Friends), since ticket sales will be opened up to everyone after the Event Memberships end in December 2017.


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Randy Travis Reaches Another Important Milestone in His Recovery
It was a simple gesture, but a huge milestone for Randy Travis. They've been coming slowly, but steadily for the Country Music Hall of Famer. Wife Mary recently shared the latest.
During an interview with CNN, Mary recalled driving home to Tennessee one day. "We were coming out of Memphis and overhead was a sign, 'Nashville' and he was over in the passenger seat and went, 'woo hoo' and he pointed up and he said, 'Nashville,'" she says. "I just sat over there in the driver's seat and cried because I knew then that he read that sign, and he recognized the word, and then he said it. That's a huge thing. Huge for us."
Additionally, Travis is able to listen to his own music again — something he couldn't bear to do early on. One song in particular has become his anthem, a song he's not famous for but has performed many times. "Amazing Grace" describes their journey, Mary says. Travis sang the song at his induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame last October, and again during a concert to recognize his music earlier this year.
Watch Randy Travis Sing "Amazing Grace"
"Music is his soul," Mary Travis says, adding that they don't worry about a second stroke. This summer will mark four years since a virus led to heart troubles and eventually a stroke. She's recounted many times how doctors urged her to pull the plug, and the couple has been candid about his recovery and rehabilitation since then.
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ATM skimming is a serious threat to consumers all over the world, as criminals look to defraud both customers and financial institutions alike. A new malware strain, called Skimer, turns an entire ATM into a skimming device without additional hardware requirements.
Skimer ATM Malware Makes A Return
It is not the first time Skimer ATM malware makes the rounds, as this malware was discovered back in 2009. In fact, it was the first malicious piece of software to openly attack ATMs around the world, allowing criminals to bypass physical skimming and withdraw cash from the machines as well as steal payment card information.
Kaspersky Labs issued a warning on this revised version of Skimer, which still follows the same modus operandi as so many years ago. The security firm has spotted the malware on a bank cash machine not too long ago, and experts have found evidence this malware was planted there in a dormant state. The developers decided to activate the malware at a later date, to use one of two dozen different commands.
One of the biggest challenges for criminals is to ensure devices are infected with Skimer in the first place, as they need to obtain physical access to the devices themselves. A hacking attempt on the bank's internal infrastructure is an alternative solution to deploy the malware in the system, where it can sit unnoticed for an extended period.
What this nasty type of malware does is infect the core of the ATM responsible for interacting with the banking infrastructure, credit cards, and cash processing. As a result of this modus operandi, entire bank ATMs are turned into skimmers on the software side of things, and no longer require assailants to install deep insert skimmers or similar devices.
Criminals can obtain all sorts of information through the Skimer malware, including sensitive payment card information, bank account numbers, and PIN codes. Moreover, they also gain access to the entire cash processing unit, which allows them to virtually clean out the whole cash supply without much resistance.
So far, Kaspersky Labs has noticed that skimming the card details is the most favourable approach for criminals, as making a direct withdrawal immediately draws attention to a malicious attack. After instaling Skimer, the thieves can activate this malware by inserting a plastic card with certain records on the magnetic strip. This allows the malware to execute hardcoded commands or request commands from its creators.
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Juan Manuel Toro
I am currently an ICREA Research Professor (and on my spare time, I am also coordinating the Master in Brain and Cognition). I studied Psychology at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, and then moved to the Universitat de Barcelona for a Ph.D. After graduating, I spent three years as a postdoc with Jacques Mehler at the LCD lab at SISSA. My research is focused on how humans acquire and process language. Besides studying this issue with adults and infants, I also approach it from a comparative perspective, doing studies with animals. For example, some time ago, we showed rats can extract prosodic information present in speech in a similar way human infants do (a study that recently was named as one of the five best Ig Nobel prize-winning scientific papers). More recently, we demonstrated that animals outperform humans in a rule learning task, very likely because non-human species lack linguistic representations that constrain pattern extraction in human adults and infants.
To have a better idea of our current work, this article presents a general summary:
Toro, J.M. (2016) Something old, something new: Combining mechanisms during language acquisition. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 25, 130-134.
Some selected publications:
Toro, J.M., Nespor, M., & Gervain, J. (2016). Frequency-based organization of speech sequences in a non-human animal. Cognition, 146, 1-7.
de la Mora, D., & Toro, J.M. (2013). Rule learning over consonants and vowels in a non-human animal. Cognition, 126, 307-312.
Toro, J.M. Nespor, M., Mehler, J., & Bonatti, L. (2008). Finding words and rules in a speech stream: functional differences between vowels and consonants. Psychological Science, 19, 137-144.
Pons, F., & Toro, J.M. (2010). Structural generalizations over consonants and vowels in 11-month-old infants. Cognition, 116, 361-367.
Toro, J.M., Sinnett, S., & Soto-Faraco, S. (2005). Speech segmentation by statistical learning depends on attention. Cognition, 97, B25-B34.
Toro, J.M., & Trobalón, J.B. (2005). Statistical computations over a speech stream in a rodent. Perception & Psychophysics. 67, 867-875.
Toro, J.M., Trobalón, J.B., Sebastián-Gallés, N. (2003). The use of prosodic cues in language discrimination tasks by rats. Animal Cognition, 6, 131-136.
If you want to check some citation metrics, please visit my ResearcherID. Alternatively, here is my profile in Google Scholar.
Current funding for our research comes from different sources. The main ones are:
Project: Biological origins of linguistic constraints (312519 - BioCon). European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant. 2013-2018. PI: Juan Manuel Toro.
Project: Shaping pattern detection by linguistic representations (PSI2013-44992-P). Ministerio de Economía. 2014-2016. PI: Juan Manuel Toro.
Project: Computational limits in the extraction of linguistic structures (PSI2010-20029). Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. 2011-2014. PI: Juan Manuel Toro.
Project: Grup de Recerca en Neurociència Cognitiva (GRNC; SGR-1210). Generalitat de Cataluña, AGAUR. 2014-2016. PI: Albert Costa.
Project: Bilinguismo y cerebro (BRAINGLOT; CSD2007-00012). Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. Consolider Ingenio program. 2008-2013. PI: Núria Sebastián-Gallés.
Our studies have received some honors and awards, including:
Premio Extraordinario de Doctorado. Universitat de Barcelona.
Ig Nobel on Linguistics.
Cambio magazine "50 personajes de Colombia".
Mención de Honor (Categoría de Ciencias Físicas, Exactas y Naturales), Fundación Alejandro Angel Escobar.
Besides the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, I have also had the opportunity to work on other great labs:
Language, Cognition and Development Lab. SISSA/ISAS (Trieste, Italy), with Jacques Mehler.
Primate Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory. Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, U.S.A), with Marc Hauser.
Center for Language Sciences. University of Rochester (Rochester, NY, U.S.A), with Richard Aslin.
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience. University College of London (London, UK), with Uta Frith.
I have been invited to review for:
Applied Psycholinguistics
Attention, Perception & Psychophysics
Behavior Research Methods
Behavioural Processes
Bilingualism: Language and Cognition
Biology Letters
Current Biology
Current Directions in Psychological Science
Developmental Science
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Journal of Comparative Psychology
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition
Journal of Memory and Language
Journal of Phonetics
Language and Cognitive Processes
Language and Speech
Language Learning & Development
PLoS One
Psychonomic Bulletin and Review
Revista Latinoamericana de Psicología
Trends in Neurosciences
And for these funding agencies:
Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANS; France)
Agencia Nacional de Evaluación y Prospectiva (ANEP; Spain)
European Research Council
Ministerio de Economía (Spain)
Also, I do editorial work for:
Journal of Language Evolution: Associate Editor
Revista Colombiana de Psicología: Scientific Committee
Frontiers in Language Sciences: Review Editor


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Hello! I'm trying to figure out the best strategy for getting to CDG on Sunday 25 September from Caen. Our flight departs CDG at 14:10, So I would figure on arriving at CDG four hours early, by 10:00. We have a rental car for exploring Normandy, but I was thinking of dropping it off in Caen the night before, and taking the train to the airport. A bad plan? I took a stab at the train schedules online, but could not find the info I needed. If Caen is not the best place to start from, we can choose another city. Any help you can give is much appreciated.
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Caen is fine -just about two hours from Paris Saint Lazare station - then take RER to Gare du Nord and train to airport.
But it could be a nice drive too - go via places such as Les Andylys or Giverny or Auvers-sur-Oise right to an airport hotel and car retrun. Or return the car in say Pontoise or any city near the airport possible and take the train to Paris and then CDG.
For train info check www.voyages-sncf.com; www.seat61.com; www.budgeteuropetravel.com and www.ricksteves.com.
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Drive back to CDG.
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I agree - the drive is easy- CDG is well out Paris itself and though autoroutes around it can be very busy you do not need to take them - the train transfer in Paris is not a snap - you have to walk from Saint-Lazare to RER E a bit then at Magenta (Gare du Nord) quite a hike to get to the RER to CDG.
enjoy the drive thru a nice part of Normandy for much of it - Rouen would also make a sweet stop for a few hours.
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I would drive, it's about 2hr 45 mins but plan a bit more for traffic, which should not be very heavy on Sunday.
Taking the train to Paris then swtiching stations to get out to CDG will take longer. Taking a taxi from Gare St. Lazare to CDG negates any savings you might make from turning the car in Saturday evening.
If you want to get to CDG by 10:00 am, I would leave Caen at 7:00 am.
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I would drop the car in Caen the night before and take the train to Paris and stay there. But one of my cardinal rules of travel in France is never to be more than a taxi ride away from my departure airline on my day of travel. In all likelihood you'll have to return the car by about 6 pm, so that would give you plenty of time to get into Paris and spend a nice evening. And it would save you having to get from the car rental place in Caen back to your hotel and getting up at the crack of dawn the next morning to do the reverse.
And, oddly, on the morning of September 25, on the SNCF site, all the trains are showing as "non ouvert," though they normally would be available as of now, which leads me to believe they are perhaps planning trackwork on that day. And that could make sense, as that is a line that has recently had a fair bit of work, and Sunday is a day when trackwork is often undertaken.
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Are all trains cancelled on those days or are there bus substitutions around the work area? Can't fathom having no transport from Caen towards Paris.
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I didn't say they were canceled. I didn't say there definitely was track work. I said they were showing as "non ouvert," which could mean any number of things. In any event, it's obviously too early to know for sure. You can go look up anticipated track work on lines all over the country on the SNCF site. If there's more information available at this time, it will be there.
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But IME there will be some way by train and perhaps en route bus substitution but strikes can also pop up -I agree with StCirq's cardinal rule about being in your departure city the night before your flight- strikes or threat of them have been too common recently in France
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There was, last time I checked, one bus showing between Caen and Paris, but way too late for the OP to use to catch a flight out from CDG at 14:10. But keep checking. It will change.
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Thanks so much for all your thoughtful responses. It is definitely making more sense to drive to or near CDG that night. I will plan accordingly! Thanks again!
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I'd say it depends on where you are picking up the rental car. If in Paris, then return it there, the night before. If in Caen, then I'd do it there, and train in to Paris the night before.
Depending upon the number in your party, a taxi from St. Lazare to CDG is 50 euro. I'd consider staying at a place near Lazare on your last night, and cab to CDG in the morning.
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50 euro is about what 4 folks would pay via RER to CDG and have the hassle of changing trains in the busy Gare du Nord multi-level station.
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If in Paris, then return it there, the night before. If in Caen, then I'd do it there, and train in to Paris the night before.>
Car rentals - big agencies like Avis, Europcar, etc charge more for returning to their other agencies always? Just curious and if so how much? I have no idea - have not rented a car in Europe since the horse and buggy days.
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While it is true that recent advances in human genetics research have radically advanced our understanding of the nature and consequences of human genetic diversity, the extent of the challenges remaining to uncover the many secrets still closely guarded within our variable genomes has also become clear. However thanks to pioneering research involving international collaborative efforts such as the Human Genome Project [1] and a series of technological breakthroughs, we now have both a route map of the human genome and at least some insight into the myriad ways in which our individual genomes vary, within and between human populations, and in relation to other species.
As our ability to sequence DNA and genotype different classes of genetic marker have advanced, researchers have sought to understand genetic variation at a nucleotide level. Research efforts such as the International HapMap Project (www.hapmap.org) have provided fundamental insights into the remarkable diversity that exists and the underlying allelic architecture within populations. Such work has ushered in the era of the SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism), superseding highly polymorphic markers such as variable number tandem repeats by virtue of the ability to perform high throughput genotyping for hundreds of thousands of common informative SNP markers across the genome and so making approaches such as genome-wide association studies a feasible option in efforts to understand the genetic contribution to common multifactorial traits [2, 3].
In this issue of Briefings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics, Kalliope Panoutsopoulou and Eleftheria Zeggini give a historical overview of the key developments which have led to the recent successes of genome-wide association studies in complex diseases such as type 2 diabetes, building on earlier work using linkage analysis and candidate gene association studies. They also highlight the challenges remaining, as to date we are only explaining a small minority of the postulated attributable genetic risk in such diseases, even with the powerful tools currently available. This has led to calls for ever larger sample sizes, to increase study power to detect the many common variants associated with modest effect sizes believed to be responsible for a significant proportion of the genetic risk in complex traits [4].
Rare variants are also likely to play critical role in common disease, and recent advances in next-generation or ultra-high throughput sequencing look set to further revolutionise our understanding of the extent of genetic variation and its role in human disease. Collaborative research efforts such as the 1000 genomes project (www.1000genomes.org) will provide a taste of the future in this field, while the many different technological approaches under development to further reduce cost and increase throughput, will likely ensure that current genotyping efforts using microarray platforms become superseded by resequencing in the near future. The remarkable progress in this field is reviewed here by Kalim Mir, highlighting the applications, challenges and future direction of work in this area.
Technological advances have also played a critical role in our appreciation of the extent and nature of structural genomic variation. Techniques such as comparative genome hybridisation using microarrays have allowed the detection of progressively smaller structural variants, highlighting how common such variation is within 'normal' human populations and its role in disease [5, 6]. Copy number variation has been shown to play a critical role in a diverse range of conditions, from learning disability to Parkinson's disease and HIV-1 infection [7]. Laura Winchester, Christopher Yau and Ioannis Ragoussis highlight the importance of copy number variation and the currently available methods for detection, describing in detail analysis of SNP genotyping data to detect copy number events.
The complexities of genetic variation are still being unravelled at many different levels. Many insights have been gained from intensive research at particular genomic loci such as the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) at chromosome 6p21. A historical overview of the research which has defined the remarkable genomic landscape spanned by the MHC is given by Claire Vandiedonck and myself in this issue, highlighting the extreme polymorphism found in this region and the very strong associations with susceptibility to autoimmune, infectious and inflammatory diseases. Research into meiotic recombination and the coinheritance of genetic markers within the MHC has been instrumental in the development of key concepts such as linkage disequilibrium and haplotypic structure, while the MHC was the first substantial genomic region to be resequenced.
Despite intensive effort, the basis of observed associations of genetic markers in the MHC and elsewhere in the genome with disease remains in most cases unknown. To resolve this further will require intensive efforts in fine mapping and functional studies are required to more clearly understand the consequences of possessing specific genetic variants, for example at a structural level in terms of the encoded protein or for gene regulation [8]. Work in this area is revealing a highly complex scenario, overlaid by epistatic and epigenetic mechanisms, such that we begin to see how environmental and genetic factors may be interacting to result in a particular phenotype. Our appreciation of the many different control mechanisms operating to regulate gene expression continues to grow, and assessment of the functional consequences of specific genetic variants will be require careful context-specific analysis in relation to a particular cell or tissue type, and environmental stimulus.
The implications of the current 'genetic revolution' in our understanding of human genetic diversity will likely have dramatic consequences for personalised health care, our understanding of disease pathogenesis and drug development. However the applications of current genetic approaches go far beyond medicine, providing radical new insights into human origins and society as illustrated by the paper by Qasim Ayub and Chris Tyler-Smith in this issue relating to genetic variation in South Asian populations. This work highlights the many different forces which have shaped the observed contemporary patterns of genetic diversity in this remarkable region of the world, relating to geography, language, religious and historical factors. Current genetic advances have informed a growing number of diverse academic disciplines; it is important that in turn, human geneticists appreciate and integrate the novel insights which work in such subjects can provide, so that we can develop a full appreciation of the remarkable diversity of our variable genomes and its consequences for health and disease.
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