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By the second page of this 'cat-on-the-prowl' look at the global playground of the contemporary art world, Sarah Thornton is name-dropping Tom Wolfe. She states that the travelling circus of collectors, dealers, artists, curators, critics, publicists and journalists – along with the flying hordes of canapé- and champagne-hunting hangers-on who have helped turn the international art scene into a hip new party circuit – are all part of what Wolfe would call a 'statusphere'. But Seven Days in the Art World is way off being another The Painted Word. This is partly because whilst Wolfe merrily skewered the cosy world of avant-garde contemporary art in the Seventies, sticking his sharp quill into the reputations of artists like Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning before ruthlessly savaging the 'Cultureburg' art policing methods of the most prominent American critics, Thornton's book is less confrontational. It's more of an open love letter to the gatekeepers of the New Art Establishment.


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(Reuters) – Zac Blair made a late eagle and birdied the last hole to join a three-way tie for the lead in the weather-interrupted first round of the Barbasol Championship in Auburn/Opelika, Alabama on Thursday.
Blair was tied with fellow Americans Martin Flores and Cameron Tringale on six-under-par 65, far from the limelight cast on the players competing at the British Open this week at Royal Birkdale.
An afternoon thunderstorm halted play for nearly two hours in Alabama with 27 players yet to complete the first round because of failing light at Grand National.
The leading trio are all looking for their first victories on the PGA Tour.
Blair, who began the round at the 10th, eagled the par-five fifth hole and then with light fading he rolled in a 17-foot birdie putt on his last hole to complete a bogey-free round.
Flores reeled off six birdies and had no bogeys in his 65.
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Thirteen people gathered around a kitchen table to share their ideas of starting a Greek Orthodox Church in the Lake Norman area on September 20th of 2004. At the time, there were two other Greek Orthodox Churches in the Charlotte area, but the 30-60 minute drive made it a challenge to actively participate in the life of the Church. It was at this first casual meeting that a decision was made to form an official committee to pursue the possibility of bringing Orthodoxy to the Lake Norman area.
After procuring a census report the team reconvened on October 4, 2004. The census report indicated that there were a number of families of Greek and Russian descent in the area. The team canvassed the phone book and personally called over 100 families to determine whether there was enough interest to begin the formation of a Church. These calls indicated that many families were not attending church at all due to the distance to the Charlotte Churches. Approximately 55 of these families showed significant interest in the idea of forming a church in this area. This provided the encouragement needed for the committee to move forward.
Fr. Demetrios Kangelaris (Presiding Priest of Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Winston Salem, NC and Vicar of the NE Conference of the Atlanta Metropolis) provided invaluable guidance in the preparation to make a formal request of the Metropolis to form a Church in our area. Representatives of the team met with His Eminence, Metropolitan Alexios, and his Chancellor, Fr. George Tsahakis on January 21, 2005. Metropolitan Alexios enthusiastically embraced the idea. He provided the approval that had been sought and appointed a Parish Council. The name of the Church, St. Luke, was officially bestowed on June 11, 2005.
After securing the donation of a temporary facility, the first Liturgy was celebrated on August 20, 2005. Families gathered at this location for nearly two years. Initially, Divine Liturgy was celebrated on Saturday evenings and His Eminence assigned various Priests each week as their schedules and other duties permitted.
Encouraged by the robust participation in the burgeoning life of St. Luke, early in 2006, the team petitioned His Eminence for Sunday Liturgies in order to take the next step in their journey. The humble parish was blessed to receive the assignment of an interim full-time, retired priest to celebrate Sunday Liturgies, begin Bible studies, and perform the Sacraments. Several catechumens were brought into the faith during this time as families joined together in Orthodoxy.
By May, 2007 having outgrown the original facilities, the families of St. Luke collectively moved to a larger facility, our current location on Talbert Pointe Road. The front 10,000 square feet of this building became our new home. Liturgies were celebrated in a simple and open area which today has been beautifully redecorated and serves as our Social Hall.
Witnessing the joyful growth in families and faith of St. Luke over those two and a half years, Metropolitan Alexios blessed our small community with the assignment of a full time priest in March, 2008.
Nearly four years after the first Liturgy, in December 2009, with great appreciation given to the original, appointed Parish Council, the first ever elected St. Luke Parish Council members were sworn in.
Building requirements set forth by the Town of Mooresville Fire Marshall in March 2010 created an urgent need and a significant catalyst to expand our spatial needs. The dedicated and faithful families of St. Luke collectively donned painting clothes, wielded carpentry tools, and worked exhaustively to create the beautiful Sanctuary you see today in an unused storage area of the same building. We now occupy over 21,000 square feet of this facility. The expansion allowed St. Luke to install the current Iconostasion generously donated to us by St. Nektarios Greek Orthodox Church in Charlotte.
St. Luke is currently home to over 90 families, representing a diverse set of Orthodox cultures and inter-faith marriages. During Divine Liturgy, we recite the Lord's Prayer in Greek, Slavonic, Arabic, Spanish, and English. While our church is under the jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, people from all cultural, ethnic, and religious backgrounds are welcome to attend our services and be a part of our growing family.
Without the vision, determination, dedication, love, and support of the original thirteen, and all those who have lovingly and faithfully taken up the banner of St. Luke, we would not have grown in both size and faith to where we are today. We are eternally grateful to everyone's guidance, trust, and persistence! Above all, we thank God for bringing us all together to build this amazing legacy for our children and all who follow us.
Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 10/28/2020
The Holy Protection of the Theotokos; Holy Martyrs Terrence and Eunice; Our Righteous Father Steven the Sabbaite; Arsenios and Athanasios of Androusa in Messenia, Patriarchs of Constantinople; Angelis, Manuel, George, & Nicholas, New Martyrs of Crete; Rostislav, the Great Illumined Duke of Moravia
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Every exploration in Srinagar must start from Downtown, the old Srinagar. For this area has been a witness to the most beautiful as well as the most turbulent time of Kashmir. The land which is now predominantly Islamic lacked monotheism until the early 1360s. Around 1365, Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani, also known as Shah-e-Hamdan came to Kashmir from Iran and preached the teachings of Islam in the region. Today's Kashmir has a lot of influence from the teachings of Shah-e-Hamdan. Our first spot was the Shah-e-Hamdan mosque in Srinagar.
The saint visited Kashmir thrice between 1365 and 1383. There were several saints who came to Kashmir before him but he was the only one who used the theories of brotherhood and love to preach and didn't force anyone to embrace Islam.
Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani convinced the Buddhist and Hindu people of Kashmir to accept Islam. It is believed that he converted around 35,000 to Islam with peace.
Situated on the banks of river Jhelum, it is considered to be one of the oldest mosques of Kashmir. It was built by Sultan Sikander in the fond memory of the saint and the shrine has withstood three devastating fires. The most recent one was in 1731 AD which was later reconstructed by Abul Barkat Khan.
The ceiling inside the mosque is intricately carved with the traditional Kashmiri technique known as Khatamband. In this technique, blocks of wood (walnut or deodar) are interlocked with each other in a geometrical pattern without the help of any nail.
There has been a lot of emphasis on art while making this mosque. Here the ceiling is crafted with papier mâché and one can feel the profound Islamic beauty here.
A strange yet calming peace surrounds the mosque and one can sit here for hours at a stretch.
Apart from the liberal use of wood, one can notice the dominance of green colour which is considered holy in Islam.
Along with the teachings of Islam, Shah-e-Hamdan brought with him many skilled masters who taught various trades and crafts to the Kashmiris.
This man sells fritters just outside the shrine and they are delicious. When you go to Srinagar next, do try the lotus stem fritters.
Text and images by Supriya Aggarwal
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OREANDA-NEWS. August 25, 2016. Hampton Roads based TowneBank (NASDAQ:TOWN) announced today that its Board of Directors on August 24, 2016 declared its third-quarter shareholder cash dividend of \\$0.13 per common share payable on October 12, 2016 to shareholders of record on September 30, 2016.
The amount and declaration of future cash dividends are subject to Board of Directors' approval in addition to regulatory restrictions.
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As one of the top community banks in Virginia and North Carolina, TowneBank operates 38 banking offices serving Chesapeake, Chesterfield County, Glen Allen, Hampton, James City County, Mechanicsville, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Richmond, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg, and York County in Virginia, along with Moyock, Grandy, Camden County, Southern Shores, Corolla and Nags Head in North Carolina. Towne also offers a full range of financial services through its controlled divisions and subsidiaries that include Towne Investment Group, Towne Insurance Agency, TFA Benefits, TowneBank Mortgage, TowneBank Commercial Mortgage, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Towne Realty, Towne 1031 Exchange, LLC, and Beach Properties of Hilton Head. Local decision-making is a hallmark of its hometown banking strategy that is delivered through the leadership of each group's President and Board of Directors. With total assets of \\$7.94 billion as of June 30, 2016, TowneBank is one of the largest banks headquartered in Virginia.


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There is no doubt that you will find many types of games and the concept of the event will surprise you. Last time when I made the search to find any event which would be based on the subject related to the wildlife I found many option to make the start. I was confused to see the results but I went for the one which was on the top of the list.
The game which I went for the play was Tigers Eye which is really the best one whichever I had went for. This one is featured with five reels and forty line of pay which is designed and managed by the microgaming which gives the option of betting up to five coins through each line. The meaning of this one is clear that the more you bet the more you will get the chance to win.
Theme of this one is based on the concept of wildlife of animal and you will love the properties and value of this world while going through it. RTP of this one is good which is about 97% and will get the feature of free spins too. Graphics of this one is crystal clear and you will love the colour combinations which are used to make it much attractive. You will get the chance of hitting the symbols which are also said to be wild and scatter one.
The max win can be made by hitting the wild one which is the logo of the Tiger's Eye and you will get the returns in terms of art glass, jewellery and many more. You will lose in charms of light of the event. You will love the presentation because the icons of the animals are designed very funny. You will love this one if you are the lover of wildlife.


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FAQ – Frequently asked questions
What is the Procedure?
Once we have completed a quick check-in, where you get your safety helmet, radio equipment and sign our liability waiver, we take you to our waterfront training ground, right behind our store. Here, we have ample of room to train you before your Segway Tour in great surroundings – no traffic, no disturbances, no people staring – just us, you and the machine!
Our guests usually have the Segway technique down within a few minutes – it is that easy!
Depart on your chosen Segway Sightseeing Cruise with your guide. Now imagine yourself cruising on a state-of-the-art-machine through the beautiful streets of Copenhagen with the wind in your hair, having a great time!
You will end your Segway Cruise experience back at our store where a complimentary, organic refreshment awaits you. Not only that but you will also receive a little fun Segway souvenir….
Many of our guests hang out afterwards and enjoy the sea-side view. Feel free to do so as well!
Ensure everyone in your group is over 135 cm tall and weighs between 35-125 kg. Kids have to be over 12 years of age to ride on public roads - with a legal guardian having signed for them. Families/ groups with kids under the age of 12: We can tailor-make a private tour that doesn't go in the traffic. It is a really great route!
We require that you are able to stand for the duration of your chosen tour and can step up and down from the Segway with ease.
If you are pregnant or have any mobility issues, incl. knee or foot problems, you can not participate on our Segway tours. However, we can arrange a rickshaw option for the ones who are unable to ride a Segway. The rickshaw will follow along the tour and you will also get a radio to hear live commentary from our guide. That way the group will stay together!
A Segway is a self balancing transportation device that allows you to freely move around where ever you want to go. It uses a gyroscope to detect the movement of your body. When you lean forward it goes forward, when you lean backwards it reverses. The Segway slows you down if you are going too fast and it will hold your balance perfectly as long as the tires have traction. You should never jump or do tricks on a Segway.
Segway Cruise only uses the latest Segway models and we are owned by the Segway Distributor in Denmark.
Is it difficult to cruise on a Segway?
No, to put it simply! You will get individual training prior to tour start and most of our guests are ready to go within a few minutes! No pressure - all our guides are patient and will ensure you feel safe and comfortable before heading out. Furthermore, please note that our tours start exclusively in a non-traffic zone.
Another important point to note: Our spacious training ground gives you a solid opportunity to practice before we set off on your Segway Cruise Tour.
As the only authorized Segway tour operator in the whole country we always have the latest machines for your comfort and safety!
AGE RESTRICTIONS FOR KIDS TO CRUISE on a Segway?
To join our our public tours the child must weigh at least just around 35 kg whilst fulfilling our minimum height requirement of 135 cm.
If you have kids in your group who you do not want to take into any traffic at all then for a small fee during 2020 we are happy to plan a route that does not enter traffic at all and only for you and your family /group.
Another option is that we can always arrange for a Rickshaw to follow alongside one of our Segway tours if you have kids that cannot be on a Segway at all (or if any elderly would like to come out too). It is a great option to stay together. Please note we need at least 48 hour notice to make a Rickshaw arrangement.
ANY weather RESTRICTIONS?
Our Segway tours are completed in almost any kind of weather. If it starts to rain on the tour – or before – you will be offered a complimentary rain-poncho. However, please bring your own rain protective gear to make your Segway Cruise Tour as comfortable as possible. We will never complete a tour in dangerous weather such as: Snow, ice, heavy wind or cloudbursts. We reserve the right to cancel your booked tour under any weather conditions that we deem dangerous for our guests. You will of course get the option to re-book your tour or get a full refund in these cases - please also see our T&C for further info.
Please always dress according to the weather forecast and wear comfortable, flat shoes.
Always check the weather before arrival and dress accordingly. In the winter months we highly recommend extra warm clothes and gloves.
How long before a 'departure' can i book?
During our high-season months (May-Oct) you can book tours up to 1 HR from the starting time online. Always recommended to call in advance. We can receive your booking over the phone up to 30 min before start-time if we have available spaces on your preferred tour. Please note you need to take account for the fact that you need to arrive at our shop 15 minutes before tour start.
In low season months: JAN, FEB, MAR & then NOV, DEC, we do need you to pre-book your tour online at all times.
what are the languages of the guided tours?
All our Copenhagen Sightseeing Tours which can be booked online are all conducted in English. If you would like to book with a Danish speaking guide then contact us for availability.
We also have weekly tours conducted in German - click on "BOOK NOW" and see the departure timings.
Please contact us if you want a private tour in another language.
All our guides are proficient to speak a min. of 2 languages - for example Russian, Chinese, French and Spanish.
HOW TO Find us?
Our address is LANGELINIE ALLE 58, 2100 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK.
If you are arriving by:
Use LANGELINIE ALLE 58, 2100 COPENHAGEN. This address will take you to the backside of our store. Just walk through the big arch on the ground-level and there we are!
From the city center we are just a 5 min car ride away.
On the backside we have lots of paid parking in the Green Zone (click here to see prices!).
Closest station is Oesterport station, which is a 10-12 min walk from us, i.e. to Langelinie Alle 58. If you don't feel like walking then you can also grab bus #27 from the station. Get off at India Kaj (right before a roundabout) and then walk for 3-5 min to our store.
If you are coming by bus – then did you hear the one about the woman and her baby? A woman gets on a bus with her baby. The bus driver says: 'Ugh, that's the ugliest baby I've ever seen!' The woman walks to the rear of the bus and sits down, fuming. She says to a man next to her: 'The driver just insulted me!' The man says: 'You go up there and tell him off. Go on, I'll hold your monkey for you.'
If you are on cruise ship with a stop in Copenhagen, we are right at your door step on Langelinie Pier #50 ready to take you on a Segway tour and back to your cruise. We are right next to "MARINA LOUNGE".
If your cruise arrives at the Ocean Quay terminal, we offer a FREE* (see below) pick up service to Langelinie Alle 58 – please book as normal on our booking page and preferably give us a heads up on firstname.lastname@example.com or call +45 31 63 63 80. Just be sure to keep your taxi receipt and hand it to us!
For our tourists in other City locations, do note that we offer a FREE* (see below) taxi ride to our store. Kindly remember to hand us the receipt so we can subtract the allocated amount to your booking! Just proceed to book on our booking site as normal and the taxi we take care of when you arrive and hand us the receipt.
* Max 50 DKK per person and only one discount service per booking. Example: 3 persons under one booking = max 150 DKK off the taxi receipt – not inclusive of any tips and waiting time. 150DKK is the usual taxi price from the city center to Segway Cruise (excl. tips & any waiting time). Taxi offer only applicable when booking made directly via this website. Cannot be combined with any other discount offer/code or gift-card holders.
Call if in doubt.
Yes, we accept Copenhagen card
With the Copenhagen Card you are entitled to a 15% discount on all our Segway Tours - except private tours. To get the Copenhagen Card discount, use the following code when booking: Cphcard. Please remember to bring your card to confirm your eligibility to receive the discount once you get to the store. Thank you.
Kindly note that you cannot take advantage of our taxi offer should you be using the 15% discount.


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Reader comment on item: Europe is Finished, Predicts Mark Steyn
Submitted by Dave (Israel), Nov 8, 2009 at 19:03
the real problem with the muslim society is they dont want to see the other sides point of view
its either their way or no way
they dont allow themselves to be a part of another cultrue while we keep trying to see things from their perspective
thats why they are growing in strength and numbers
we try to become a part of their world while they just keep preacing ours is wrong
the day is not far now when they will try to take over the education and even change the rules of our countries to their liking
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Create a Custom Cookbook. Create a cookbook using family recipes, traditions, photos and memories each Thursday, through June 1 from 9-10:30 a.m. at the Vienna Community Center, 120 Cherry St., S.E. Diane King, former editor-in-chief for Pillsbury Cookbooks, will teach how to research, design and publish a cookbook. The cost for all four sessions is $30 for town residents and $37.50 for out-of-town participants and includes a take-home cookbook of recipe favorites shared by class members. Call Vienna Parks and Recreation at 703-255-6360 or visit www.viennava.gov.
Personal Safety for Women a four-part class, continues May 22 and 24 from 7-10 p.m. at the Vienna Community Center, 120 Cherry St., S.E. Officer Virginia Palmore of the Vienna Police Department will teach basic crime prevention and risk reduction measures, plus physical self-defense techniques to help women be more confident in an attack situation. Fee is $5 for town residents, $7.50 for nonresidents, with a $15 materials fee. Call 703-255-6360.
DVD Storyboard Class will teach how to turn family photos into a slide show with music and family voices. Join computer specialist Steve Lemon on Thursday, May 18 from 1-3 p.m. as he scans heirloom photos into his computer, color corrects and restores, and sorts them into sequence. Class is at the Vienna Community Center, 120 Cherry St., S.E. Cost is $5 for town residents, $8 for nonresidents. Call 703-255-6360.
The Vajrayogini Buddhist Center continues to hold classes on Buddhist philosophy and meditation at Unity of Fairfax, 2854 Hunter Mill Road, Oakton, on Tuesdays from 7-8:30 p.m. The topic for Tuesday, May 23 is "Spiritual Tools for Daily Living," and will cover how to apply Buddhist thought to the challenges and stresses of daily life. Beginners to Buddhism and meditation are welcome. Suggested $10 donation.
A free T'ai Chi Beginners Practice is held every Saturday morning from 8-9 a.m., outdoors, at McLean Central Park, behind the Dolley Madison Library on Ingleside Avenue. This practice runs through Oct. 28. The practice is open to all. Any comfortable, casual clothing and footwear are fine. Visit www.TaiChiCenter.com or call Warren at 703-759-9141.
"Recipes for Health," a three-part series about healthy eating and living, will be held June 2, 9 and 16 from 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. at the Vienna Community Center, 120 Cherry St., S.E. Participants will share recipes and samples of their favorite dishes, see recipe demonstrations and discuss health iving ideas. The program is free, but registration is required. Call 703-255-6360 or visit www.viennava.gov.
"Why Good Wills Go Bad" will be a free presentation on Monday, June 12 from 10-11:30 a.m. at the Vienna Community Center, 120 Cherry St., S.E. Attorney David G. Hoffman will discuss Virginia will law, organizing assets, when to change a will, talking to an executor, reducing probate, will copies, do-it-yourself tax plans and more. No advanced registration is required. Call 703-255-6360 or visit www.viennava.gov.
Foster Family Training. Northern Virginia Family Service offers summertime training for prospective foster families. NVFS foster and respite families receive: intensive training, certification, continuing education, child/parent matching, ongoing assistance and 24-hour support from professional social workers, financial reimbursement, help locating support services for foster/respite children, foster/respite parent support groups, and family activities. Call Ginny Snaider at 703-219-2184, e-mail email@example.com, or go to www.nvfs.org for more information or to join the next training class.
Adult English as a Second Language (ESL) Classes. Offered by Hogar Hispano of Catholic Charities at 24 locations in Northern Virginia. The cost is $40 per semester, textbook included. Call 703-534-9805, ext. 222, or visit www.ccda.net for schedule.
Personalized Internet Training. Learn how to use the Web, work with e-mail, or use the library databases. At Great Falls Public Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls. Call for an appointment, 703-757-8560. Adults.
Personalized Internet Training. Learn to use the Web or increase skills. At Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library, 7584 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church. Call for an appointment, 703-790-8088. Adults.
Leadership Fairfax Inc. (LFI), a nonprofit organization, is seeking candidates for its two leadership programs; the Leadership Fairfax Signature program and the Emerging Leaders Institute program. The programs are open to individuals who live or work in Northern Virginia. LFI selects participants each year from the business, government, education and nonprofit sectors of the Northern Virginia area. The application deadline for the Leadership Fairfax Signature Program is June 15. The application deadline for the Emerging Leaders Institute is July 15, 2006. Applications are available on www.leadershipfairfax.org or by calling the LFI office at 703-752-7555.


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So, recently I did one of the most terrifying and interesting things in my life. And in a few weeks, you can too. It was at the incomparably excellent Lawfest, from which the enduring lesson was the power of letting go, just a little bit. I was milling around after one of the early sessions, and it started a bit like this.
Steve: So, would you do something for me?
Me: [Non committally] Mmm-huh [sounds a bit like a yes, but may just be a groan]
Steve: Okay, great. Thanks. Just remember this – don't panic. Relax. And enjoy it.
Me: Well…
Steve: [Exeunt]
A few minutes later, Steve is about to step up onto a stage, and on his way there this happens:
Steve: In one minute I'm going to ask you to come on stage to do a stand-up comedy routine about your surname. You can prepare now.
And sure enough Steve gets up on stage, tells the audience later he is going to be giving classes in how to do stand-up comedy, tells the audience 'we'll' be joined in a minute by yours truly, and launches into rather more than a minute of stand-up on his own surname. Pointers! I think as I desparately try to think of what I might say. All those moments in the 1970s when life seemed a bit like a non-stop Grange Hill episode and I was subject to day after day of really appallingly bad comments about my somewhat unusual surname. And I am fighting off the memories of some rather poignant conversations with my newly teenage daughter afflicted my surname and the stupidity of teenage boys in the era of the internet. I have not yet burdened her with the knowledge that as far as we can tell teenagekind didn't actually discover certain sexaul acts and their American soubriquets – until the late 1980s, or that her grandparents were incredibly short sighted to give me a first name that when shortened and added to the surname is most aptly characterised as a sort of Benny Hill pornstar name.
It's quite a good name for a professor, I suppose, she says wistfully when what she really wants to say is, Can I have mum's name?
Anyway, as I am picking my way through this, I hear what appears to be a local darts compere hollering, So welcome to the stage, Ricchhhaarrrdddd Moooooooorrrrrrr-headdddddddd. I make my way on stage, noticing, comfortingly, that I probably won't throw up.
The audience are whooping and clapping, they know to be nice and suddenly I see that this is, in fact, incredibly exciting. I had to get on stage, deal with a heckler (WTAF, but it turns out it relaxes the nerves slightly, gives me a moment to pause) and then think of things to say which might be, vaguely, in some way, funny, there and then, from the jumbled assortment of stories that had been assembling in my head. Assembling in my head without any shape or story or punchlines or any of that stuff. It was utterly terrifying too, even though the audience had been worked into a situation where they desperately wanted me to succeed, you could feel them literally willing me to be funny, and occasionally they laughed (nervous tension I think) and I started to talk a bit and string a few things together. It was incredibly disjointed but I noticed my brain was firing on all cylinders, desparately looking for ways of joining the last sentence to the next one, whilst being acutely aware of the audience (friendly, perplexed) and the possibility of me saying things which were well, frankly, inappropriate. And then I got off stage and no one died not even me, not quite and I thought: Next time, I'll be ready. And for the next two hours I found myself writing a routine in my head, reliving deliciously awful bits of my life I'd forgotten about. Writing bits of a routine: incoherent, but less so than before. Next time, it was going to be great: the innocently awful 1970s meets postmillenial decay – my parents didn't want me to be a lawyer. They wanted me to be a joke pornstar. And look what happened...
So, if this sounds like something you might like to try now's your chance. Steve Cross runs these kinds of events for academics, inspired by Lawfest, now he's trying one with lawyers. He provides training and there's a chance to practice and then there's the night itself. The atmosphere will be friendly and supportive yet still terrifying – a kind of GoApe for the mind, if you will. No ropes, but a net of sorts… You can sign up to do the stand-up or you can just buy a ticket and come and watch. All the details are below.
I really recommend you give it a try. If I can be forgiven a moment of utter cheesiness, I felt totally alive, (mis)firing on all cylinders, scratching around with a mind making connections between the disparate bits of my life, oddly loved (temporarily, irrationally, not really) by a group of near strangers, and experiencing a moment of profound but futile empathy for my poor daughter. I guarantee you'll see yourself in a different way, for at least five minutes, and probably longer…. And if you don't want to try this time, you can still come along, and next time you'll fancy giving it a go. I guarantee it, or my name's not Buck Quickie.
Details are here. All profit goes to the National Youth Arts Trust, who work to make the arts accessible to kids from disadvantaged backgrounds


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We are extremely excited to announce a 3 year sponsorship of the Monmouthshire Wheelers Cycling Club from January 2014 onwards.
Monmouthshire Wheelers was formed by an enthusiastic group of social cyclists who wanted to take advantage of the wonderful scenery and routes around South East Wales. Now, only in its second year, the club has grown from a small group to over 70 members and growing every week.
David Busson, Account Director, said "We felt the Monmouthshire Wheelers vision for growth and enjoyment through social cycling is perfectly aligned with our own ethos and company values". "By supporting the club in a number of ways, we can not only raise our own profile, but secure the club's future going forward".
Club members will be encouraged to wear club kit that will display the company logo. As part of the ongoing support, The Stand People will also be providing display materials used for events throughout the year such as sportives, festivals and social activities.
Craig Coleman, club Chairman, commented "We look forward to a mutually beneficial arrangement with The Stand People over the next 3 years. As one of the fastest growing clubs in South Wales, with a focus on inclusion, the financial commitment will help ensure we continue to grow a sustainable cycling club for years to come."
Sunday morning club rides are the highlight of the week, and are are designed to offer members of varying abilities the chance to ride in a group environment which is safer and often more enjoyable. Club rides are between 40 and 50 miles and always include the all-important half way pit stop for coffee and cake.
If you would like more information about the club or becoming a member, please visit http://www.monmouthshirewheelers.cc


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Feature Article: How To Find A Packaging Supplier For Small Quantities
Posted in: Wine Packaging Design
I look forward to reading packaging articles written by JoAnn Hines – she always has something of interest to say. Here's an excerpt of an article she recently wrote that applies equally to the wine industry.
This will probably be one of the hardest tasks you have associated with getting your product to market. Many packaging manufacturers simply don't handle small quantities so it's important to find a supplier that works with minimum quantity or small quantity orders at the very beginning. Fortunately there are now many resources available to someone starting the process of packaging their product.
First you need to decide the absolute minimum quantity you can order. Chances are you may end up ordering more but what you don't want is a lot of excess packaging that you paid for and can't use or packaging that ends up not being what you were expecting. Your packaging will evolve too so don't be concerned if you can get exactly what you want the first time.
Start by asking your existing resources or vendors who they know and who they use or recommend as a packaging supplier. Believe it or not sometimes you can find the name of the packaging manufacture on existing packaging too. See what you like then try to find out who made it and give them a call.
Keep it simple to begin with. I know you have visualized fantastic or exotic package designs and as your business grows you will be able to order custom packaging for your products. But in the beginning you may need to decide to keep it relatively simple and use what is readily available.
Today there are many great options available in small quantities. Suppliers have finally recognized that there are many small business clients out there too.
Before you spend a lot of time and development creating a package you can't afford or can make you need to determine what's available at the right price and in the right quantities. I know your product is fantastic, but you still may need to start out on a smaller scale than you envision.
Lastly don't overlook current suppliers. They have existing relationship lean on them to help you find appropriate resources. Designers, graphic artists, product producers all have sources. You may be able to open a door to a relationship even if your quantities aren't quite large enough. Don't wait however till you have a product then end up in a bind to get a package made. This process should start at the very beginning.
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"At this point, I don't think I really could have a boundary [between professional and personal life]. It's not about a forty-hour work week, and being able to accomplish everything in forty hours; I get that. It's about constantly thinking about the product, thinking about the customers we have and the customers we want, where we're going to go and what the next steps are. I just can't turn it off: I dream about it, I think about it every minute, and there is no separation. Maybe that's unhealthy and a bad thing, but at this point if no one is fanatically excited and obsessed with the product we're trying to create than the founders then I don't think it can work at this stage."
– Alex Martin
Alex Martin is the CEO & Co-Founder of AC Global Risk, a company that creates solutions to transform how companies & governments vet, screen and assess internal and external human-based risk. Alex started out at the Naval Academy and served in the Marine Corps for seven years as a Infantry & Ground Reconnaissance Officer. After his transition from the Marines he founded Skye Maritime - maritime security services to commercial shipping - as well as the Kenya Team Leader for the non-profit, Nuru International. Alex is currently a Major in the Marine Corps Reserves.
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'Puss in Boots' Has Many Lives Overseas
While Twilight Breaking Dawn, The Muppet Movie, Hugo and Arthur Christmas and Happy Feet Two were entertaining movie audiences in the U.S., Paramount/DreamWorks' feisty feline Puss In Boots performed quite well overseas, landing in the No. 2 spot (after Twilight) with $23 million from a total of 2,740 venues in 26 markets. The grand total for the 3D Shrek spinoff is now $89.2 million. The film will open in 16 more territories this week including the U.K., Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Brazil and Venezuela.
Here is a quick look at how some of the other animated titles performed both stateside and overseas this weekend:
International Box Office
|Happy Feet Two
|$16.3 million (weekend), $34 million (cume)
|Arthur Christmas
|$11.4 million (weekend), $18.2 million (cume)
|The Adventures of Tintin
|$10.6 million (weekend), $221.6 million (cume)
U.S. Box Office
|The Muppets
|$11.2 million (weekend), $56.4 million (cume)
|$7.6 million (weekend), $25.1 million (cume)
|Arthur Christmas
|$7.4 million (weekend), $25.2 million (cume)
|Happy Feet Too
|$6 million (weekend), $51.7 million (cume)
|Puss In Boots
|$3 million (weekend), $139.5 million (cume)


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Earlier this year Jeff Halper explained the hold of the Israel lobby when he said that Barney Frank has told him that he is against the settlement project but that he can't go public against it unless "you bring me the names of 5000 Jews in my district that support you… If you can't do that…. I'm not going to commit political suicide for the sake of the Palestinians… "
Let's be clear about the significance of this statement. Barney Frank is in one of the most liberal districts in the country. It went for Obama 63-35, Barney won by even a larger margin. There are lots of Jews in that district, and if you came out against abortion or gay rights, that would be political suicide. But coming out against the settlements would also be political suicide, because liberal claims notwithstanding, the American Jewish community is generally to the right of Atilla the Hun on settlements and Jerusalem and it demands solidarity with Israel's actions. So when you ask whether AIPAC is representative of American Jewry, the answer is sadly, Yes! (No wonder Frank has equivocated on criticism of some settlers' actions.)
More evidence of the lobby's power inside the Jewish community (thanks to Khelil for bringing this to my attention) is the rise of Sean Bielat, a Tea Party candidate, who is giving Barney Frank the toughest race he's had in years. Politico reports that Frank has taken a $200,000 campaign loan. Barney Frank is surely going to be reelected, but the man who won by 68-25 last time round leads by only 49 percent to 37 percent this time, with many on the fence.
And though Frank has supported Israel's blockade of Gaza, the right clearly sees Israel issues as the wedge. The Weekly Standard has been promoting Bielat; and tonight the ubiquitous Bill Kristol is holding a fundraiser for Bielat in Newton, the heart of the Jewish community outside Boston.
Click on the sub-heading "Israel" at Bielat's website and you find an old school neo-con and militant promoter of the "clash of civilizations" theory. He has only 7 headings under "Views" and Israel is one of the 7 and his site has a lot to say:
The 100 year-old war of the Arabs against Jewish sovereignty in the Middle East is not the cause of the 1,400 year-old war of Islam against Western Civilization. Some believe the Arab-authored narrative that Israel is the "cause" of Middle East unrest as opposed to being a nation affected by it. Some also choose to ignore the fact that, like Israel, the United States, as the current leader of Western civilization, is under attack by Muslim jihadists. Israel and the United States are fighting the same war and are on the same side. Israel is on the frontier, and the United States is farther back, but we're in this battle for freedom and security together.
…We may soon have to accept the unpleasant realization that the Palestinian leadership does not really want to co-exist peacefully with Israel and that no amount of Israeli concessions will change this. Recent history has shown that Israeli concessions have led not to reciprocal gestures but to increased Palestinian demands and more violence. Perhaps the root cause of the conflict between the Arabs and the Jews is, in fact, not that the Palestinians don't have a state but that the Jews do.
And on and on. Why does a person like this gain any traction in a liberal district? Because of the conservatism of the Jewish community on an issue of religious nationalism.


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text: One of the most photographed rocks in Arkansas, Hawksbill Crag (otherwise known as Whitaker Point), is a landmark of the Buffalo River and a favorite hike among many. I will be adding this spot to my list to visit often, as I am sure that it will look very different every season. The hike is a moderate difficulty walk for about 4 miles round trip (according to my gps) Here is the gps map, it is an interactive google map. The trail to the crag is not what I would call an easy walk, but most anyone should have no real problems getting there. The trail is well marked, and there is a lot to see here. There is a large waterfall ( that i will be going back to photograph) in the spring. Looking forward to my next visit.[nggallery id=5]


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At the 2005 Customer Conference Encompix introduced its latest partner, SofTech, Inc. SofTech's Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution ProductCenter centralizes and improves the management of product data and optimizes product lifecycle processes at the lowest cost by fostering innovation, extended enterprise collaboration, product quality improvements, and compressed time-to-market cycles.
Its key PLM components include: document management; design integration to applications such as SolidWorks, Inventor, AutoCAD and Pro/ENGINEER; engineering BOM management; management of business processes such as the engineering change process through workflow services; and integration with other enterprise systems.
The ProductCenter workflow functionality provides a graphical workflow viewer/editor and workflow reports.
Encompix and SofTech engineers are currently working toward a standard integration between the two applications to support engineering, change management, project management, work flow, and document management activities.
Encompix is very excited about this new relationship and invites any company or customer who has a need to improve their overall engineering management and workflow management to consider the SofTech solutions.
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Encompix () has filled the manufacturing software requirements of Engineer-to-Order companies since 1992. The company name reflects the commitment to developing business application solutions that encompass the complex areas of project-based and job-based manufacturing. Encompix provides ETO manufacturers with a competitive advantage by improving bottom line results.
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A newly-formed Canada-headquartered solar energy company has signed a Letter of Intent with the Guyana government to supply clean electricity, the Chief Executive Officer of Greenheart Tree Energy, Esmonde Klass. "We were given a letter of interest from Minister (of Public Works David) Patterson and now we are waiting for the bidding process," he told Demerara Waves Online News. Klass ...Read More »
Daily Archives: January 17, 2016
Fire fighters avert blaze at Bank of Guyana
Fire fighters and staff members of the Bank of Guyana averted what could have possibly been a major fire at the country's Central Bank. The minor incident occurred at about 9:30 Saturday night. Governor of the Bank of Guyana, Dr. Gobind Ganga told Demerara Waves Online News that fumes emitted after an electric wire got into contact with an air ...Read More »
Man previously jailed for wounding now wanted for murder
A man, who was recently released from prison after serving a jail sentence for wounding, is now wanted for allegedly murdering a man early Sunday morning. "The suspect has not yet been arrested. He was recently released from prison where he had served a sentence on a charge of wounding," police said. His identity was not released. Guyana Police Force ...Read More »
Top PPP Berbice leaders knew Ramotar was not vote-getter- Ramkarran
Former long-serving People's Progressive Party (PPP) executive member, Ralph Ramkarran said at least two leading members in Berbice had pledged to support him for the presidential candidacy at a secret ballot because that they had already predicted that Donald Ramotar would not have been a vote-getter. Ramkarran recalled that back in 2010, "two influential local leaders in the PPP's heartland ...Read More »


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TTP Plc, a leading independent technology and product development company, and Camena Bioscience, a developer of pioneering technology that profiles small molecules, such as metabolites, nutrients or medicines in liquid samples, announced today that they are collaborating to develop an instrument to monitor the health of cell cultures.
TTP plc and Camena Bioscience partner to create novel metabolite analyser
The new instrument will be used in biologic medicine manufacturing, and will be developed by TTP as part of a new project led by Camena Bioscience and co-funded by Innovate UK, the UK's innovation agency, with GSK plc and The Centre for Process Innovation as further project partners.
TTP will integrate Camena Bioscience's proprietary small-molecule detection technology into a new instrument that will allow researchers to monitor metabolite levels in cell cultures more easily. The resulting better understanding of the condition of the cell culture, which is crucial for consistent synthesis of high-quality biologic products, promises to substantially improve the efficiency and cost of biologic medicine manufacturing.
Camena Bioscience won the Innovate UK funding for the consortium to commercialise a proprietary small-molecule detection technology, and TTP was chosen to lead on the design and development of an analytical reader and housing for the biosensors. Leveraging TTP's 30-year track record in life science instrument development, the partnership aims to deliver a desktop analytical instrument that is versatile, yet easy to use and compact, to create a powerful new tool for bioprocess development labs globally.
Jana Voigt, COO of Camena Bioscience, explained the potential applications: "Existing technologies only permit the monitoring of a few types of small molecules in cell culture, or typically require large, complex and expensive lab equipment. Camena Bioscience's sensor technology will extend the range of small molecules that can be monitored in cell culture, allow for simultaneous detection of multiple metabolites, and ensure that the new instrument provides rapid and accurate results from small samples of the culture medium."
Stuart Lowe, Life Science Consultant at TTP, commented on the announcement: "In recent years the Life Science Group at TTP has been driving innovation in the bioprocessing market. Camena Bioscience has an exciting and timely new technology – their instrument vision is complementary to much of the work that TTP has been undertaking in Desktop Biology, with the goal of democratising analysis through increased simplicity and smaller system footprint. We look forward to working with the consortium Camena Bioscience has built to capitalise on their sensor technology."
About TTP plc https://www.ttp.com/
TTP's core business is in new technology and product development, specialising in fast track engineering, from design to manufacture. Founded in 1987, TTP Group employs over 400 engineering and technical staff at their Cambridge, UK campus.
About Camena Bioscience https://www.camenabio.com/
Camena Bioscience is the developer of pioneering technology that profiles small molecules, such as metabolites, nutrients or medicines in liquid samples. The company's aim is to enable a new generation of small molecule analysis that improves the understanding of biological processes and how they can be manipulated for biological manufacturing. Camena Bioscience is based in Cambridge, UK and Pasadena, USA.
TTP is an independent technology company where scientists and engineers collaborate to invent, design and develop new products and technologies. Working across a wide spectrum of industries including health, telecoms, industrials and consumer, TTP creates breakthrough solutions that bring strong commercial value to clients and the benefits of technology to all.


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The two biggest U.S. bond insurers, MBIA and Ambac Financial Group, told CNBC that they don't need a government-led bailout despite billions of dollars of losses from subprime-related debt.
"We believe the company is well positioned to weather this storm," MBIA Chief Financial Officer Charles Chaplin said before testifying at House hearing on the problems facing the bond insurers.
Ambac CEO Michael Callen, in a separate interview before he testified, told CNBC that the "whole issue is the asset quality of some mortgage-backed securities" and there's "no question of Ambac being able to pay claims."
Both bond insurers are facing possible ratings downgrades because of their exposure to risky subprime debt. The triple A ratings are crucial to their ability to get new business, which traditionally has been insuring municipal bonds.
On Thursday, Moody's Investors Service downgraded the triple A rating of a smaller bond insurer, Financial Guaranty Insurance, saying it does not have enough capital in reserve to cover a potential spike in claims.
Lawmakers and regulators are concerned that a collapse of the bond insurers--which back the funding for building hospitals, schools and more--could inflict further pain on banks suffering from the mortgage meltdown and lead to higher taxes for homeowners.
"We need to prevent a similar situation from happening again in the future," Rep. Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa., chairman of the House Financial Services subcommittee on capital markets, said at a hearing. A solution may be for Congress to create a new federal insurance corporation for bonds, modeled on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., he suggested.
But New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer said more immediate action was needed. New York regulators are working with bond insurers and banks on a plan to infuse billions of dollars of new capital into the insurers. MBIA last week raised $1 billion in a stock offering. (See Spitzer's comments in the video).
On Tuesday, billionaire investor Warren Buffett said he would help out the bond insurance industry by offering a second level of insurance on as much as $800 billion in municipal bonds.
Spitzer also endorsed Buffett's idea of splitting off the bond insurers' municipal business from their other business lines to protect municipal policyholders from problems--a notion that New York state Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo is considering.
Dinallo has been working with banks on rescue plans for several of the bond insurers, which guarantee $2.4 trillion of debt.
Dinallo told reporters it was within the state of New York's power to force bond insurers to restructure to separate their municipal bond business from their riskier operations.
He said such a move would be an "extraordinary" measure and that the first step would be for the bond insurers to present a plan to state regulators to separate into two operating
The state could step in if the plans were not acceptable, Dinallo said. "There are also legal abilities of the state to put a company into what's called a rehabilitation or a runoff or some form of bankruptcy," he said.
The role of Wall Street credit-rating agencies in the debacle was criticized by both lawmakers and bond industry officials.


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A recent tweet that drew attention to the fact that the problem of recycling old solar panels had been solved led me to delve into the subject of recycling renewable energy bits and pieces when they reach of life. The process is well established and there is no real problem as to how to handle scrap solar, but there is a growing problem with volumes. The process of recycling is labour intensive, as the module components are sealed together and must virtually be broken apart before further processing into re-useable material. Japan, for instance, expects the volume to rise to a peak of 800 000 t annually in the period 2030-2040.
A bit of internet surfing reveals that there is a market for scrapped solar panels that still work, where second hand solar panels can be purchased individually or in bulk lots, and I am sure that there are plenty of buyers willing to take the chance, which is probably the same as buying a 20 year old car. The logic behind this is that panels which have reached the limit of 80% of their initial performance could still have several years of life in them.
I was rather incensed at a suggestion made in one of the articles that decommissioned PV panels that had reached the end of their economic life could be sold cheaply to Africa, which would welcome this largesse with open arms. "Panels working at 50% efficiency can still be used to power a few appliances" was the claim.
This overlooks the fact that these panels would eventually fail completely and have to be recycled anyway. Africa of course, has few recycling facilities and disposal laws for decommissioned PV plant so it is simply a case of moving electronic waste out of the country of origin, and dumping into Africa, which seems to be seen as a bottomless pit able to absorb all the scrap and obsolete technologies from the rest of the world.
This is representative of a rather patrician attitude towards Africa, that someone else has the right to make Africa's decisions for us. Africa seems to be the dumping ground not only for obsolete technologies, but the sponge to absorb surplus production of older technologies as well as a convenient testing ground for technology avoided by the rest of the world.
This patrician view is supported by recent reports that the EU refused to support a program to advance mechanised farming in Africa, and also predictably rejected a program to promote the use of GMOs in Africa, the idea being that African agriculture should be based on the pastoral model. Who gives them the right to take such a decision? Both of these programs would increase food production and increase the living standard for many Africans.
We have a history of getting saddled with failed technologies from first world countries. I can think of the telephone switching system which never worked properly in its country of origin, and was imported together with all the tooling for local manufacture, and had to be modified, by local engineers, to get it to work properly. There are other instance of obsolete technology being dumped on us because we are Africa, the dark continent, and should make do with second best or all the junk discarded by the rest of the world. The huge shortage of electricity in Africa seems to have created the attitude that this provides a field day for everybody's ideas to be tried out, and a huge opportunity for any type of system to be deployed.
One could almost sympathise with calls for decolonisation and Africanisation of science and technology, if we are constantly being held back by the rest of the world, and being fed with goods and ideas that accord with this view of Africa as a second rate continent. SA was and still is a ground breaker in many energy fields, including nuclear, where there are two pebble bed reactor systems going into the licencing phase, and we do not need to accept the visions of other people who will not ultimately have to live with the reality created by their ideas.
Making decisions for Africa seems to be the prerogative of every non-African country, especially in the energy field, where we are currently bombarded with attempts to push the energy program in favour of this technology or the other. Part this comes from countries providing assistance in the energy development processes. We have in the past few years seen teams from Germany, Denmark and a host of other countries assisting with a variety of different programmes. One could be cynical and suggest that results of these efforts have a bias towards the products manufactured in the countries concerned and are aimed at boosting a flagging local market, and extending the lifetime of older technologies.
In addition we are flooded by advice from international companies. Recently the head of an international manufacturer claimed that the ideal solution for this country would be to base the power fleet on gas. And we are all familiar with the pressure from the nuclear industry, as well as other technology providers, all claiming that their system is ideal for our situation.
On top of this we have the environmental groups, with claim that South Africa should implement their vision of 100% renewable energy and reject all other forms. Because Africa represents a green field energy situation, is there any reason why it should become the testing ground for ideologically based programs? It is interesting that most of the proponents do not and will not in future live in Africa.
The only technology not being promoted is the indigenous one, i.e. coal and in this area we are being attacked from within, as our own environmental policy is based on decisions taken and tragets set by a UN group. It is refreshing to see that the president of the US intends removing that country from their agreements and doing things their own way. One wonders what would happen to our policy on CO2 emissions if the targets set in the agreement were to change substantially? Would we go our own way or still cling blindly to what we are told is right. SA is responsible for 4% of the global CO2 emissions and yet we are trying to emulate Europe? When other countries are building more and more coal fired stations we, who have a massive resource are moving away from coal. What will we ultimately achieve on a global scale by accepting an idea dumped on us by first world organisations?
Maybe we should heed the call of the Minister of Public Enterprises at a recent conference, that the South African energy sector needs to "leverage the latest technologies" and to " facilitate transfer of skills" to enable local manufacture. To advance we need the latest appropriate technology for the African continent that would enable us to exploit our resources to the maximum, and should reject any attempt to palm off obsolete systems and untried ideas and concepts on us. We are not the world's junkyard.
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Bradley Wiggins abandons Tour of Britain with stomach bug
The Tour de France champ will concentrate on his preparation for the world championships
LONDON (AFP) — Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins will miss the rest of the Tour of Britain after being forced to pull out of Friday's sixth stage with an illness.
Wiggins, who won the Tour de France in July and the Olympic time trial last month, was absent from the start line as stage six, from Welshpool to Caerphilly, got under way.
"Unfortunately, Bradley Wiggins was unable to start stage 6 of the Tour of Britain today after picking up a stomach bug," Team Sky announced via Twitter.
The 32-year-old was 41st overall after stage 5, 12 minutes and three seconds behind race leader Leigh Howard (Orica-GreenEdge).
"I'm sorry to have to pull out of the Tour," Wiggins said. "I've loved the last six days, meeting so many people around the country and enjoying those crowds along the roads.
"It's been a great experience, but this bug sadly means I'll now miss the climax this weekend.
"I'm sorry I can't continue and would like to thank all those fans, of all ages, for the support. Those fans have really inspired us this week and this summer."
Wiggins will concentrate on recovering to take his place in Great Britain's team for the road world championships, which take place in Holland next week. He was on Friday named to the nine-man team for the September 23 road race.