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This Orléans white wine vinegar is produced using the traditional Orléans method, which is the meeting between French terroir, air and time. We added to our recipe a special preparation to propose with fish.
The unique process of the traditional Orléans method :
The transformation of the wine into vinegar is made by a natural surface fermentation, with neither brewing nor addition of ferments. The wine, sheltered from light, in "vaisseaux" which are 240 liters oak barrels, will slowly turn into vinegar at a constant 30°c temperature.
To produce a good vinegar, we need a good wine. So our winemakers are part of the French vineyards. Most of them are from the Loire Valley for the white wines and from Bordeaux for the red ones.
A good vinegar is the encounter between our know-how and our French terroirs.


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(Wellington, 04.01.09)
I lived in Wellington for seven years.
It's a vibrant, sociable place, with a beautiful harbour, funky cafes and a jealously-guarded reputation as a small city with many of the benefits of big city lifestyles. I always enjoyed the proximity of wilderness and the rugged coastlines. Hop in the car and in ten minutes you can be atop a windswept hill, in the midst of a bush-clad reserve or hunting for polished glass on wave-lapped stony beaches, often without another soul around.
It's a perfect place to have a night out on the town with friends, starting down Lambton Quay or the Terrace where most people work and ending up in the late-night bars and pubs of Courtenay Place. There are great cinemas including the splendidly refurbished Embassy, which hosted the famed Lord of the Rings and King Kong premieres. (For a report on the latter, see my Scoop article from 2005).
Wellington boasts the national museum, Te Papa, which often hosts interesting travelling exhibitions (although admittedly it is quite an eyesore from the outside). Wellington is well organised too: the buses run more frequently than in (much larger) Auckland, and the construction of the Stadium next to the train and bus stations means that getting to and from major sporting events is a breeze.
In January I paid my first visit to the capital since I departed for England in early 2007. It was very enjoyable to catch up with friends, revisit old haunts and enjoy the summer sunshine. Returning to Wellington after two years living in a city of seven million people reminded me how compact and uncrowded New Zealand cities are. I'd forgotten the glimmer of amusement that always struck me when attempting to cross Lambton Quay at lunchtime: there's invariably no need to reduce one's pace to avoid oncoming traffic because there simply isn't very much of it. And if the pedestrian traffic on Lambton Quay gets your goat there's a simple solution: just cross to the other ('harbour') side, because there's generally hardly anyone walking there. This also works if you're being rather un-Wellington-y and trying to avoid running into people that you know on the way back to the office at lunchtime.
Savouring the refreshing Wellington breezes - hell, who am I kidding, the gusting, balance-affecting, patience-trying gales - I was reminded of a particular song from the 1990s. Specifically, the year in question was 1993, the year in which the Mutton Birds released Salty, their second album. The Mutton Birds, led by tunesmith Don McGlashan, kept alive the dream that there could be more than one guitar pop band in New Zealand aside from Crowded House. They played snappy singles and moody album tracks alike adorned with blissful harmonies and a keen sense of the internal workings of a great song.
The lead single from Salty, 'The Heater', was a bleak yet intriguing glimpse into a paranoiac worldview... and despite the dire state of New Zealand radio programming at the time, it still topped the charts. Perhaps the Mutton Birds could save New Zealand from soulless manufactured pop music and the dreary mediocrity of grunge? Just briefly, all was right in the world.
The diversity of the music on Salty contributed significantly to its successes. The Heater was followed by the awesome Byrdsian jangle-pop of 'In My Room', while 'Anchor Me' remains a popular song to this day. The more outre album tracks like Queens English impressed with their inventiveness. Even the three songs written by Mutton Birds bassist Alan Gregg added to the feel of the album, rather than undermined its overall sense of quality.
Gregg, a former member of New Zealand indie bands Dribbling Darts of Love and Sneaky Feelings, specialised in quirky numbers that in other contexts could be mistaken for joke songs - the sort of material that the Beatles allowed Ringo Starr to sing, once an album, both for a bit of light relief and to allow them to slip out the back of the recording studio for a crafty Woodbine. To be fair, Gregg's song 'There's A Limit', sung by McGlashan, fits in perfectly well with the rest of the album. Its mean-spiritedness is couched in a seductive melody, and it contains the memorable couplet:
You can charm the birds out of the trees
Till the cows come home
But my patience is sure put to the test
When I return and in return for trying to help out
Find someone else is shitting in my nest
Another Gregg composition, 'Esther', is more straightforwardly a silly throwaway number, with an endearingly daft chorus rhyming 'Esther' with 'best of':
Esther I've known you for ages
And I've watched you through all the changes
Esther, we used to be the best of friends
But now we're becoming strangers
But it's the other Alan Gregg composition on Salty that was bumped way up the batting order. His song 'Wellington' appeared as track 4, with its bouncy optimism lightening the mood after the moody 'You Will Return' and setting the scene for the lovely choruses of 'In My Room'. It fitted into the mould of the consciously domestic focus of some of the songs on the Mutton Birds' debut album, particularly the classic 'Dominion Road'. Back in 1993 when New Zealand music was barely on the radar on radio and TV, explicitly parochial songs like 'Wellington' were somehow frowned upon. The assumption was that New Zealand bands' generally futile attempts to conquer the American or British charts shouldn't be 'undermined' by songs with local references. Which is one way to produce boring identikit copies of American bands, although in defence of the concept it didn't seem to do Silverchair much harm in Australia.
'Wellington' is so enjoyable to listen to, it merits a blow-by-blow account. Think of it as liveblogging, assuming you can describe the act of blogging about listening to a song recorded a decade and a half ago as a 'live' experience.
(Alan Gregg)
0:00 Nice gallumphing intro there. No nonsense, no messing about, no fiddly chords. A good sensible 25 seconds with only a few acoustic flourishes to dilute the honest stodge.
0:25 Cut to the chase - "I wish I was in Wellington, the weather's not so good / The wind it cuts right through you and it rains more than it should". Commendable candidness up front there, Mr Gregg. Because he's right, you know. The weather in Wellington is quite crappy. But wait!
0:38 "But I'd be there tomorrow, if I only could / Oh I wish I was in Wellington". Ah, he was softening us up there with his tale of meteorological woe, only to floor us with his heart-warming loyalty! God bless you, Alan Gregg.
0:51 Big chorus! Rhyming 'bureaucracy' with 'along Lambton Quay'! What more could you ask for in a song lauding the qualities of medium-sized conurbations? Nothing, that's what.
1:17 Ah now we're discovering hitherto undiscovered depths to the lyrical content. For now it is revealed that this isn't a love song to the fair capital city, but rather this is a narrative disguise to the real message behind the song, which is to a woman living in Wellington; a lament to a long-distance relationship:
It just isn't practical, you down in the capital
And me at the other end of the island
The problem is the gap - between us on the map
And there's no easy way to reconcile it
Hmm, rhyming 'practical' with 'capital', eh? Well, I suppose we can let him get away with that one. 'Gap' and 'map' we're fine with, and he scores major points for deploying the word 'reconcile' in a pop song. Readers of a sensitive disposition or who are from Christchurch may be alarmed that the above lyric leads me to infer that Mr Gregg is writing from the perspective of someone living in Auckland. (This is akin to heresy in some circles).
1:42 Take it to the bridge! Again, no frippery here. You can buy these bridges in packs of six from Mitre 10.
2:01 Ah, he returns to safer territory, praising the nightlife in the capital. What about the girl, Alan? Forgotten her already?
I wish I was in Wellington, the cafes and the bars
The music and the theatre, and the old Cable Car
And you can walk everywhere 'cause nowhere's very far
Oh I wish I was in Wellington
Oh I wish...
If you listen closely you can hear the point where Don McGlashan is so moved by the sentiments endorsed therein that he joins in to trill the 'and you can walk everywhere' line. It's true, you know. Don't just take Don McGlashan's word for it.
2:30 Quick Beatles rhythm fill! The spirit of George Harrison fills the room to kick off the last verse. Mind you, George Harrison once said that visiting New Zealand in 1964 reminded him of visiting the 15th century, so what would he know?
2:31 Big finish! Nice McGlashan b.vox there. It was his band, you know.
Oh I wish I was in Wellington, the wind it cuts right through
I wish I was in Wellington, there's so much more to do
I wish I was in Wellington, and you wish I was too
Oh I wish I was in Wellington, 'cause then I'd be with you
Oh I wish I was in Wellington, 'cause then I'd be with you...
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This study will examine the safety of a new genetically engineered antibody called hLL2
(epratuzumab) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). It will also evaluate
whether hLL2 can lessen overall disease activity in SLE or kidney damage in patients with
lupus nephritis.
Patients 18 years of age and older with mild to moderately active SLE may be eligible for
this study. Candidates will be screened with blood and urine tests, a chest X-ray,
electrocardiogram (EKG), tuberculin skin test, and screening tests for certain cancers.
All participants will receive weekly infusions of hLL2 for 4 weeks. The drug is given
through a catheter (small plastic tube) placed through a needle in an arm vein. Each
infusion takes about 2 hours, after which the patient is observed in the clinic for 1 to 2
hours before being discharged from the clinic.
The first 3 patients in the study will receive the lowest of three different doses used in
the study. If this dose is well tolerated, the next 5 patients will receive a higher dose.
If the second dose is tolerated, the last 5 patients will be given the highest dose. If any
serious problems are encountered at a dose, patients in the next group will receive either
the same or lower dose before being advanced to the next level. Patients in the first group
will continue taking prednisone at their regular dose. All other patients will have their
prednisone tapered gradually, if their condition permits. Patients who have a disease flare
may have their prednisone increased for up to 2 weeks, followed by a gradual taper. If the
flare is severe or does not respond to the increased prednisone, the patient will be taken
off the study and treated to control the disease.
Patients will be evaluated at various intervals for up to 8 weeks after the last dose.
Several of the screening tests will be repeated throughout the study. No more than 500 ml
of blood-the equivalent of a single blood donation-will be collected during a 2-month
period. Participants may also be asked to undergo the following optional procedures before
starting treatment, 1 week after the last dose and 8 weeks after the last treatment dose:
- Bone marrow aspiration - to collect cells from the bone marrow. The hip area is
anesthetized and a special needle is used to draw bone marrow from the hipbone.
- Tonsil biopsy - The area to be biopsied is numbed with a local anesthetic and small
pieces of tissue will be removed with a special type of forceps. (The procedure may be
done under general anesthetic.)
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the abdomen - The patient lies on a table within a
metal cylinder (the MRI scanner) for about 30 to 40 minutes while images are obtained
with the use of a strong magnetic field and radio waves.
This is a pilot study to evaluate the safety and tolerance of hLL2 (epratuzumab), a
humanized anti-CD22 monoclonal antibody, in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
B-lymphocytes play a major role in initiating and maintaining the underlying
immunopathological mechanisms of SLE. In addition to producing autoantibodies, they also
serve as antigen presenting cells and are able to disrupt peripheral T lymphocyte tolerance.
Furthermore, B lymphocyte depletion ameliorates disease activity in animal models of SLE.
Therefore, targeted depletion of B-lymphocytes may be of therapeutic benefit in human SLE.
hLL2 (epratuzumab) is a humanized monoclonal antibody that binds to CD22, a surface antigen
expressed exclusively on B-lymphocytes. Clinical studies in patients with B cell lymphomas
have shown that epratuzumab is safe and well tolerated across a wide range of doses.
Although the exact mechanism is unknown, indirect evidence suggests that the antibody is
depleting target B lymphocytes. Epratuzumab is made available by Immunomedics, Inc., and
will be used under an investigator (NIH)-initiated IND.
In this open-label, Phase I study, up to 20 patients with moderately active SLE may be
enrolled. Patients will be treated with weekly infusions of hLL2 in one of three different
dosing groups [(240 mg/m(2), 360 mg/m(2), 480 mg/m(2)] for 4 weeks, and followed for 8
weeks after the last dose.
The primary objective is to determine the safety and tolerability of hLL2 in patients with
SLE. In addition to safety data, clinical and laboratory data will also be collected for
preliminary evaluation of the effectiveness of hLL2 in SLE and to assess the effect of hLL2
on B and T lymphocytes in the lymphoid organs and the peripheral blood. If the treatment is
safe and there is preliminary evidence of efficacy, this regimen could be used in controlled
trials in the future.
Patients must be at least 18 years of age at entry.
Patients must give written informed consent prior to entry in the protocol.
Patients must fulfill at least 4 criteria for SLE as defined by the American College of
Patients with active lupus not requiring immediate immunosuppressive therapy other than
oral prednisone less than or equal to 0.3 mg/kg/day (or its equivalent) are eligible.
Active lupus is defined by any of these three (a-c) sets of criteria:
a. Chronic proliferative glomerulonephritis with partial or no response to at least 6
months of adequate immunosuppressive therapy (with pulse methylprednisolone,
cyclophosphamide, azathioprine, cyclosporine, mycophenolate mofetil or high dose daily
corticosteriods), and
i. less than 50% increase in creatinine compared from lowest level during treatment
ii. proteinuria less than or equal to 1.5 times the baseline before treatment
iii less than or equal to 2+ cellular casts in the urinary sediment (on a scale of 0-4),
b. Newly diagnosed proliferative glomerulonephritis with
i. a biopsy showing crescents and/or necrosis in less than 25% of the glomeruli and
minimal or no interstitial fibrosis
ii. proteinuria less than or equal to 3.5 gm/day and albumin greater than or equal to 3.0
iii. creatinine less than or equal to 1.5 mg/dL,
c. Patients with moderately active extra-renal lupus defined as a SLEDAI score between
Patients who have renal and extrarenal disease will be included in the study if they
fulfill any of the above inclusion criteria. Their SLEDAI score will be determined based
on the extrarenal features of their disease (non-renal SLEDAI).
Patients must have serum dsDNA level greater than 2 times the upper limit of normal or IgG
anticardiolipin antibody levels greater than or equal to 20 GPL.
Patients must have stable doses of prednisone less than or equal to 0.3 mg/kg/day (or its
equivalent) for at least 2 weeks before the first treatment.
Pregnant or lactating women are not eligible.
Women of childbearing potential and fertile men who are not practicing or who are
unwilling to practice birth control during and for a period of three months after the
completion of the study are excluded from the study.
Patients who have had any therapy with human or murine antibodies or any experimental
therapy within 3 months are not eligible.
Patients who have had therapy with cyclophosphamide, pulse methylprednisolone or IVIg
within 4 weeks or azathioprine, mycophenolate mofetil, cyclosporine or methotrexate within
2 weeks of first study treatment are not eligible.
Patients who have an initiation or a change in the dose of an ACE-inhibitor within 2 weeks
of first study treatment are not eligible.
Patients must not have an allergy to murine or human antibodies.
Patients with serum creatinine greater than 2.5 mg/dL are excluded.
Patients with 24 hour proteinuria greater than 5.5 gm/day are excluded.
Patients who have active severe CNS lupus (encephalopathy, cerebrovascular accident,
transverse myelitis, severe depression, psychosis) are not eligible.
Patient who have a history of thrombosis or recurrent 2nd trimester abortions (3 or more)
and elevated levels of anti-cardiolipin antibodies or lupus anticoagulant unless the
patient is on anticoagulation are not eligible.
Patients who have a history of malignancy with the exception of basal cell carcinoma of
the skin are not eligible.
Patients who have a serious active infection are not eligible.
Patients who have active hepatitis B, hepatitis C or HIV infection are not eligible.
Patients who have a CD4+ lymphocyte count less than 200 are not eligible.
Patients with WBC less than 2000 or ANC less than 1500 or Hgb less than 8.0 or platelets
less than 50,000/microliters or transaminases greater than 2 times the upper limit of
normal or alkaline phosphatase greater than 2 times the upper limit of normal are not
Patients must not have a significant concurrent medical condition that, in the opinion of
the principal investigator, could affect the patient's ability to tolerate or complete the
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Fire and Ice
by Barbara Eaglesham
Who doesn't love diamonds? They're rare, and forever. They sparkle. They symbolize love.
But…what if they weren't rare? What if they were made in a laboratory using extremely high pressure, and instead of being 3 billion years old, they were made last week? Would they still be as desirable?
Synthetic diamonds are being created in laboratories. And some are being sold as gems. But the vast majority of "created" diamonds will never wind up on a hand or an earlobe. They are being grown with a different purpose in mind: science and technology.
Scientists have been taking advantage of the unique properties of diamonds and experimenting with them in some surprising ways. Someday soon, you may be wearing sunglasses coated with diamond, and looking into a diamond-coated monitor screen that is attached to a computer whose memory is stored on diamond instead of silicon. The sunglasses will be scratch-proof, the screen brighter, the computer more powerful. And they won't cost a bundle, either!
Molecule of the Year
What makes diamond so special that Science magazine named it "Molecule of the Year" in 1990? For one thing, it is the hardest known substance—it can scratch anything and nothing else can scratch it.
German mineralogist Friedrich Mohs devised a scale in the 1800s to rate the hardness of minerals. On this scale, diamond is a 10; at the other extreme is graphite with a rating of less than one. Diamond conducts heat and sound better than any other substance, making the Backstreet Boys sound even better when heard through new, high-tech speakers with diamond membranes. Diamond doesn't conduct electricity well, so it can be used as an insulator. Thin diamond films are often used to protect delicate components in electrical equipment. Diamond is also optically clear and chemically inert at room temperature (it won't break down in the presence of any known chemical). These properties make diamond attractive as a tool for studying the behavior of various substances under very high pressures, and in a host of other applications scientists are only just beginning to dream up.
Carbon Copy
In 1772, the French chemist Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, dressed in his customary powdered wig and embroidered coat, sealed a diamond in a jar with oxygen. Using a thick glass lens, he focused the sun's heat on the diamond, and then watched as it glowed and burned until it…disappeared! The only thing left was carbon dioxide gas. This experiment proved that diamond is made of pure carbon. Graphite, which fills our pencils, is also made of pure carbon. How can diamond and graphite be made of the same element? One is the hardest mineral known, and the other is so soft that it can be rubbed onto paper.
The answer lies 150 to 200 km below the Earth's surface, in its mantle. Diamonds formed here a few billion years ago under a pressure of 50,000 atmospheres and at temperatures near 1,300 degrees C. Under these conditions, carbon atoms crystallizing out of the molten soup were forced into a densely packed arrangement. Each carbon atom was stable (unchanging) at this elevated temperature and pressure, and bonded to four other carbon atoms as a tetrahedron. The tetrahedrons interconnected to form solid crystals.
If the pressure had dropped during crystallization, the carbon atoms would have happily flattened into the lower energy atomic arrangement of graphite. (Graphite's carbons bond strongly to three others to form flat "chicken-wire" sheets that are in turn weakly bonded together in stacks. This is why we can write with graphite—rubbing your pencil tip across paper tears some of these weak bonds.)
When diamond traveled to the surface of the Earth, it did so explosively, in formations called kimberlite, carrot-shaped dry volcanoes originating in the mantle. Because the pressure on the diamonds in the mantle was released almost instantly, they were frozen in their higher energy state.
The Big Squeeze
Since Lavoisier's experiment, scientists have been searching for ways to convert graphite to diamond. The feat was finally accomplished by General Electric scientist Tracy Hall. He had developed a chamber called the "Belt Apparatus" because a belt runs around its outside to help contain the more than a million pounds per square inch (more than 69,000 kg per square cm) pressure the device is capable of withstanding.
On a wintry morning in 1954, after running his device at 70,000 atmospheres of pressure and 1,600 degrees C, he cracked open the chamber. "My eyes had caught the sparkling from dozens of tiny octahedral crystals…and I knew that diamond had been made by Man!" he wrote in a memoir. He scratched some sapphire with them, burned them in oxygen, and ran several other tests to prove his success. More than 150 tons of industrial diamonds—not to mention blue diamonds for some of the scientists' wives and green stones that were made into pins for the scientists themselves—have been manufactured in the "Belt."
Just to prove that anything rich in carbon can be turned into diamond, another scientist at GE, Bob Wentorf, squeezed crunchy peanut butter (crunchy was his personal favorite), roofing tar, wood, and moth flakes into diamonds.
Since that fateful day, the science of diamond creation has exploded like kimberlite volcanic pipes. Today, its synthesis is modeled not only after nature's earthly diamonds: Another method mimics how diamonds formed in space. (Yes, space! One scientist estimates that there are a million trillion trillion trillion carats of diamond dust scattered around the Milky Way!)
Flawless diamonds can form in a vacuum, even with the pressure near zero, when carbon is heated to high enough temperatures that it forms a gas of single atoms. Crystallization into diamond is accomplished by controlling the conditions in the reaction vessel during cooling. Very large diamonds, even purer than nature's, have been made by this process, called chemical vapor deposition, or CVD.
In the laboratory of Yogesh Vohra at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, diamonds containing microcircuits are being synthesized. "Designer diamond anvils" are created when two of these are placed, tip to tip, in a high-pressure chamber. Various materials can then be squeezed between the diamonds at megabar (a megabar is one million times the Earth's atmospheric pressure at sea level) pressures, with the embedded microcircuits used to control temperature or take measurements. These are used to study how materials behave under very high pressures.
Speaking of chemistry, have you ever stopped to think about what the human body is made of? We are 23 percent carbon. A child weighing 80 pounds (36 kilograms) would have enough carbon to make 450 pencils or 41,400 carats of diamond. And how about this for gross: There is a company, LifeGem, which—for a high price—will make diamonds from the cremated remains of a loved one or a special pet. Diamonds really are forever.
- atmosphere:
- A unit of pressure equal to the air pressure at sea level.
- synthetic:
- Made by people rather than found in nature.
- synthesis:
- The combining of separate elements or substances to form a whole.
- tetrahedron:
- A solid formed by four faces.
- What are five characteristics of diamonds?
Answer: Answers will vary but could include that the diamond is the hardest known substance, it is an excellent conductor of heat and sound, it doesn't conduct electricity, it is optically clear, and it is chemically inert.
- In the future, labs may be able to manufacture inexpensive, perfect diamonds. How do you think this might affect the price of diamonds? What might be the benefits and drawbacks of inexpensive perfect diamonds? Write a few sentences to explain your answer.
Answer: Answers will vary. Students may believe that the creation of inexpensive, perfect diamonds would be beneficial because it would provide inexpensive diamonds for both scientific purposes and for consumers. They may believe that the drawback to inexpensive, manufactured diamonds would be that an entire mining industry would suffer.
- What are five characteristics of diamonds?
Answer: Answers will vary but could include that the diamond is the hardest known substance, it is an excellent conductor of heat and sound, it doesn't conduct electricity, it is optically clear, and it is chemically inert.
- In the future, labs may be able to manufacture inexpensive, perfect diamonds. How do you think this might affect the price of diamonds? What might be the benefits and drawbacks of inexpensive perfect diamonds? Write a few sentences to explain your answer.
Answer: Answers will vary. Students may believe that the creation of inexpensive, perfect diamonds would be beneficial because it would provide inexpensive diamonds for both scientific purposes and for consumers. They may believe that the drawback to inexpensive, manufactured diamonds would be that an entire mining industry would suffer.


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BERLIN- Somewhat lost amidst the highly successful seasons being turned in by Stephen Decatur's spring sports teams is the men's varsity tennis team, which won three more matches in the last week in impressive fashion to improve to 10-0 on the season including a 8-0 record in the Bayside Conference.
Lacrosse, baseball and softball typically garner the most attention around the Decatur campus each spring, but the men's varsity tennis team is quietly building a budding dynasty of sorts over on the courts. The team is undefeated thus far this year at 9-0, following a perfect season last year during which the Seahawks compiled an overall record of 17-0 including a 12-0 conference mark.
The Seahawks, led by new coach Steve Berquist, stayed on a roll this week, beating Wicomico, 7-0, to improve to 10-0 on the season. James Pack, Andrew Murrell, Vinny Varsalona, Jimmy Simons and Dakota Marchio won singles matches, while the doubles team of John Grimes and Logan Rodriguez and Matt Stocker and Kyle Rodriguez won their matches.
The 7-0 win was the second straight for the Decatur boys and one of several on the season for the Seahawks. Last Friday, Decatur beat Washington, 7-0, behind singles wins by Pack, Murrell, Varsalona, Simons, and Grimes. Decatur's doubles teams also enjoyed a big day with Logan Rodriguez-Dakota Marchio and Matt Stocker-Kyle Rodriguez picking up wins. Before that, the Seahawks earned another win last week, beating cross-town rival Worcester Prep as number-one singles player James Pack picked up a win.


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The AICPA's Eddy Parker Explains the Responsibilities and Specialized Knowledge of the Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) Credential Holder
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) is the regulatory and certification board for the Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) credential and provides access to specialized information, education, tools and support for prospective and current ABV credential holders. The Institute supports those with an Accredited in Business Valuation credential to enhance the quality of valuation services CPAs provide, promote and protect member interests with regulators and other third parties, and achieve public recognition for the ABV as the preferred valuation professional. Those who have earned the ABV credential have achieved yet another level of distinction, building on the rigorous education, experience and knowledge exemplified by the CPA. ABV credential holders further differentiate themselves as professionals because they are able to go beyond providing the core service of concluding a businesses' value to creating value for clients through the strategic application of this analysis.
The ABV credential is exclusively granted by the AICPA to qualified CPAs. To quality, a new ABV applicant must hold a valid and unrevoked CPA license or certificate issued by a legally constituted state authority, pass the ABV exam and attest to meeting the minimum business experience and education requirements.
Eddy Parker, CPA and Technical Manager, Forensic and Valuation Services, AICPA, recently spoke with AccountingCareersForDummies.com to discuss the responsibilities and specialized knowledge of the ABV certification holder. Mr. Parker also explains how client demand has made business valuation services the fastest growing niche area for CPAs and is based in North Carolina. Below is part one of a four-part interview series with the AICPA.
ACFD: When and why was the Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) credential established?
EP: The first ABV exam was held in 1997, with the first certificates issued in 1998. The credential was established to meet the growing needs of CPAs who were providing valuation services to their clients. As the fastest growing niche area for CPAs, they wanted to distinguish themselves and showcase their expertise to clients and potential clients. Proof of specialized knowledge often takes the form of additional credentials, as seen in other professions, such as medical and dental.
ACFD: What special knowledge does someone have who has earned this credential?
EP: CPAs who have earned the ABV credential understand and are able to apply valuation approaches and methods in accordance with accepted standards. They also apply their professional judgment to apply discounts and premiums to arrive at their conclusion of value.
ACFD: How do those who have earned the ABV credential contribute value in the workplace?
EP: The ABV credential can be earned only by CPAs – a profession that has an established reputation for integrity, objectivity and competence. The powerful combination of these two premier credentials enhances the practitioner's image as a knowledgeable, credible valuation expert and expands opportunities for referrals from other practitioners, strategic partners, attorneys and clients. CPAs with the ABV credential are uniquely qualified to provide additional value-added analysis on top of the core valuation, such as advising clients on how to improve their balance sheet and operating ratios, which results in increasing the value of the business.
To maintain the credential, ABVs must obtain at least 60 hours of specialized training every three years. This demonstrates a commitment to continuous learning, increasing their valuation skills, expertise and professional competency. There are approximately 3,000 ABV credential holders in the U.S.
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The Walker Art Center has pulled off the im-paw-ssible.
They amassed a crowd of more than 10,000 people last night at their Minneapolis museum with the sole purpose of watching cat videos. The event was the first-ever Cat Video Festival, held on the lawn of the museum, according to a press release. A screening of 70 short vignettes ensued, all starring felines. The evening culminated with the presentation of the prized Golden Kitty award, chosen by online voters. The award went to "Henri 2, Paw de Deux," a film noir-style story about a cat in the midst of an existential crisis. The furry black-and-white is at wit's end with his human owner — and the other cat that lives under his same roof.
(WATCH: Our Nominations for the Internet Cat Video Film Festival)
NewsFeed doesn't pretend to be clairvoyant (and Henri wouldn't give us any credit, anyway), but the Camus-like feline was also our top pick in our nominations for the Internet Cat Video Festival. He just perfectly embodies cats' moodiness and ennui. He claims he has so much to offer, yet he claims he gets so little attention.
The Cat Video Festival had no such problem, though, receiving more than 10,000 online nominations for cat videos. Awards were presented in the categories of Comedy, Drama, Foreign, Animated, Musical, Documentary, Art House, Honorable Mention, and Lifetime Achievement.
(MORE: A Brief History of Cats on YouTube)
Cat-video celebrities made an appearance:
.@IAMLILBUB, surrounded by adoring fans. #catvidfest instagr.am/p/O-IB9cIupS/—
Walker Art Center (@walkerartcenter) August 30, 2012
As did local celebrities like the Mayor of Minneapolis:
Cool cats are skipping Romney speech to see International Cat Film Festival @walkerartcenter #catvidfest—
Mayor R.T. Rybak (@MayorRTRybak) August 30, 2012
The IKEA in the Twin Cities noted a special affinity for the Japanese cat Maru:
I feel like I should throw my support behind Maru - for all he's done for boxes. #FlatPackCat #catvidfest—
IKEA Twin Cities (@IKEATwinCities) August 31, 2012
And just some ordinary attendees:
Some happy #catvidfest attendees. instagr.am/p/O-LuQjIutQ/—
Walker Art Center (@walkerartcenter) August 31, 2012
We also noticed at one point this morning, the Walker Art Center's website was cat friendly: there was a sketch of cat whiskers bouncing up and down the screen that would be enough to drive any cat crazy.
MORE: Killer Kitties: Study Proves They're Not as Innocent As They Look
MORE: Kitty Cams Reveal House Cats to Be Rapacious Killing Machines


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Forty Under 40
Alison Spitzer, 31
Vice president, Spitzer Management
Some might say Alison Spitzer, 31, was born on an easy road into the car business. But it was her own drive that propelled her to the national forefront as an industry force.
Though she concedes she has been "daddy's little girl" for most of her life — with "daddy" being mega auto dealer Alan Spitzer — Ms. Spitzer said she always has dreamed of working in international relations. She earned a master's degree in international communications from American University in Washington D.C., where she graduated with honors after studying in France, Italy, England and even Cuba.
International relations still might be in the cards for the future, according to Ms. Spitzer. In the meantime, she has made a splash in national relations, acting on behalf of U.S. auto dealers, including her father, who thought they were treated unfairly when General Motors and Chrysler took away dealerships in an effort to consolidate distribution networks.
With her dad, Ms. Spitzer helped dealers face down not only the automakers, but also the federal government backing the car giants. The two saved hundreds of dealerships nationwide in the process and since have written a book on the subject, called "Grand Theft Auto."
Along the way, her father says, Ms. Spitzer revamped the marketing strategies of his 16 dealerships, including drastically increasing their Internet marketing.
"She has gained the respect of seasoned veterans twice her age, not only within our organization, but with executives from the auto manufacturers as well," Mr. Spitzer said.
Ms. Spitzer says she doesn't know if she'll spend her entire career in the car industry. But she wanted business experience when she began working with her father in 2007 and figured, "If I was going to help any company grow, it would be my family's company," she said.
Aside from her career, Ms. Spitzer raises her 2-year-old daughter, Vera, and her baby son, Archer, with her husband, Jeremy Swartz. She might not be done advancing her motherhood career, either.
"I've always wanted to have four, and my husband would love to have four," said Ms. Spitzer, who is one of four siblings herself.
"But my mom stayed home and was able to completely focus on us. We'll see how it goes," she said. "I don't want my kids to look back and say, "My nanny raised me.'"


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Oct. 8, 2006
Head Coach Jerry Smith:
On the match:
"Anytime you have to enter into conference play, the toughness of the games escalates. Two years ago San Diego came in here, played the same type of game as was just played here and beat us 2-1. San Diego is a very good defensive team and they really concern themselves with defending us first, so we have to really continue to grind, and that's what we did today and ultimately got a break on the goal off the free kick on a good heads-up play by Jordan knocking it to Brit for the classic finish. Then, San Diego had to push forward, and when they did, we got that second goal. The hardest part of this type of game is getting that first goal, and it took us awhile to get it. San Diego is an outstanding defensive team and very organized and disciplined so that's why it took us so long to break it down."
On the sequence leading up to Klein's goal:
"San Diego plays a man-to-man defending style, so you tend to get more free-kick opportunities, and so we talked about the various ways that we could utilize those opportunities this week. One of the days we specifically trained on restarting the ball quickly and not doing some organized set play, and whatever the situation gives you, take advantage of it. Jordan and Brittany's experience and the team being well-prepared for free-kick situations really helped us."
Midfielder Brittany Klein:
On the team winning its conference opener:
"It gives us a lot of confidence as a team, we know we're capable of winning big games out there, so it will help us going ahead this season."
On her goal:
"It was a sharp angle, and when I shot it I was hoping it would hit that angle in the far corner. I was a little nervous about it not going in, but glad it did."
On having practiced the type of play that resulted in the first goal:
"We were aware that this kind of play was going to play a role in this game, so Jordan and I just made eye contact, and it worked for us."
Goalkeeper Meagan McCray:
On the defense's strong efforts this season:
"This feels great, I think it comes down to having a strong back four and defensive mids working real hard for us. It's a real team effort."
On making the save against Huston in the first minute:
"The ball came down the line real fast at the top of the box, so I thought I might as well come out, sprawl out, and hope the ball deflects off me, and it did. I pulled it back in the box with my feet and picked it up. You gotta make a play on the first ball that comes in."
On having a breakout season 13 matches in:
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2006-07: Served as an assistant captain...Played all 36 games...Was third on the team with 38 points scored with 15 goals and 23 assists...Tied for second on the team in assists...Finished the season ninth in Atlantic Hockey in points and assists...Registered his 100th career assist on November 10th against Holy Cross... skated in his 100th career game at Mercyhurst on February 10th...Tallied the 100th point of his career on February 23rd at Army...Had 12 multipoint games...Named to Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team. 2005-06: Played all 35 games...Scored 11 goals and added 27 assists for 38 total points, the third highest total of any Pioneer...Tied for second on the team in assists...Was tied for tenth in league in total points...Finished in a tie for eighth in AHA in assists...Voted second team All-Atlantic Hockey...Scored his 20th career goal on February 17th against American International...Tallied the 40th assist and 60th point of his career on February 25th against Holy Cross...Had one multi-goal game, November 27th against RIT....Tallied eight multipoint games, including two four point nights...Named to Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team. 2004-05: Skated in all 35 games for the Pioneers as a rookie...Was third on the team in total points with 25...Scored 9 goals and added 16 assists...Played in the first game of his collegiate career on 10/8 at Vermont...Recorded his first career point on a three-assist night on 10/16 vs Army...Named Atlantic Hockey Rookie of the Week on 10/18...Scored the first goal of his collegiate career on 10/24 at Bentley...Recorded his second three-assist night on 11/12 at Canisius... Named Atlantic Hockey Rookie of the Week for the second time on 11/15...Scored his 10th career point on 11/27 vs Robert Morris in the RPI Holiday Hockey Tournament...Skated in his 25th career game on 2/5 at Connecticut...Netted the 20th point of the season on 2/11 scoring two goals, including the game winner over Holy Cross... Named to Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team. Before Sacred Heart: Parent was the assistant captain of the Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League champions, Gladiateurs de St. Eustache. Parent represented the league at the Fred Page Cup as well as being named the Most Outstanding Player of the league's all-star game. Alexandre tallied 69 points on 20 goals and 49 assists in 49 regular season games. Personal: Born on April 10, 1984 to Johanne and Daniel. Alexandre has three brothers, Vincent, Maxime and Christian.


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Welcome to Fearless Formula Feeder Fridays, a weekly guest post feature that strives to build a supportive community of parents united through our common experiences, open minds, and frustration with the breast-vs-bottle bullying and bullcrap.
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New Catholic Dictionary – Saints Cyril and Methodius
Bishops, confessors (827–868 and 826–885), apostles of the Slavs, born Thessalonica. These two brothers renounced secular honors, entered a monastery on the Bosporus, and became priests. In 858 they went to Constantinople to teach. There they organized the Church and made numerous converts among the Khazars. In 863 they were sent on a mission to Moravia. Cyril invented an alphabet, called the Cyrillic, the basis of the Russian alphabet, and with the help of Methodius translated the necessary liturgical books and Gospels into Slavonic. They journeyed to Rome, were consecrated bishops, and there Cyril died. Methodius was appointed Archbishop of Moravia and Pannonia. He encountered countless difficulties with the German bishops who deposed and imprisoned him for three years. Reinstated by Pope John VIII, he devoted himself to evangelizing the Bohemians and Poles in northern Moravia. He died at Constantinople. Cyril and Methodius are usually represented facing each other, supporting a church between them, recalling that they were the founders of the Slavonic Church, also holding the letters of the Slavonic alphabet. Relics in the church of Saint Clement, Rome, and in the church of Saint Bruno, Moravia. Feast, Roman Calendar, 6 July.
- "Saints Cyril and Methodius". . CatholicSaints.Info. 16 September 2012. Web. 14 November 2019. <http://catholicsaints.info/new-catholic-dictionary-saints-cyril-and-methodius/>


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Online global research community provides networking, mentoring, resources and training for researchers in developing countries.
As a technophile, I have to ask, What doesn't the internet make easier? Case in point: the poor distribution of scientific mentors and one nonprofit's network-based solution.
AuthorAID is much like a social networking site, but with a greater purpose: to bring scientists into places where government or local institutions don't have the resources to support local researchers in this way.
Scientists from developing countries often are disadvantaged when it comes to publishing their work. According to Julie Walker of AuthorAID, which connects mentors with potential authors, "There are many barriers to publication for developing country researchers," including
* limited resources (large classes, lack of access to computers and the internet),
* limited staff for personal mentoring and support,
* language limitations (technical writing in a foreign language), and
* lack of writing-skills training (funds instead are directed toward core needs).
AuthorAID is an effort by the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications to overcome these barriers by harnessing the connectivity offered by the internet, allowing researchers and editors to meet and mentor scientists regardless of location.
"Volunteering to be an AuthorAID mentor is a perfect way for retiring editors to remain involved in editing and publishing and to keep in touch with their research areas," says Walker. The site has 481 registered volunteers. Many of them, be they mentors or editors, are drawn from such organizations as the Council for Science Editors and the International Foundation for Science. But this kind of volunteer work can be rewarding at any point in one's career.
Jackie Goodrich, a fourth-year graduate student in toxicology at the University of Michigan, has been a mentor with AuthorAID for about a year. She's worked with two students in East Africa, and they were at different points in their scientific careers. One was an early undergraduate or high school student with some simple questions about obtaining references. Her second interaction, with a research scientist with the government working on epidemiology studies and public health who has two papers at the peer-review stage, has been much more longstanding. "I have learned much about her specific areas of research during this process, as our areas of research do not overlap. Additionally, the editing experience has improved my own writing skills by forcing me to think about better ways to present data and information to a broader audience," Goodrich says. Her second mentee has obtained a bachelor's degree and hopes to attend graduate school.
AuthorAID started as a pilot program in 2007 and, after a three-year evaluation, was established on a permanent basis. The site's emphasis is on supporting scientists in the developing world, with partner institutions in Africa, Asia and Latin America and more than 2,800 registered users.
AuthorAID also provides online resources for those looking to teach or write about science and a forum in which members pose and answer questions. Walker says the online tools, mentoring and workshops conducted in multiple languages work together.
• Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
• The Norwegian Agency for Development Co-operation
• U.K. Department for International Development
• International Foundation for Science
• National University of Rwanda
• The Special Program for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases
"Workshops and training complement the online exchanges and help researchers to learn new skills and consolidate their existing knowledge," she says, "as well as providing an opportunity to work on revising their papers in a peer group."
Devendra Adhikari, a physics doctoral candidate and associate professor at Tribuhuvan University in Nepal, was grappling with suggested revisions from an Elsevier journal when he attended one of the AuthorAID workshops.
"I knew that if we do not agree with the reviewers, we can submit [a rebuttal] logically and politely," Adhikari says. After attending the workshop, Adhiakri wrote his response and published his paper with the journal.
Another volunteer with the service, Daniel Korbel, has a doctorate in infectious disease immunology and serves as a science adviser for the Wellcome Trust. He has taken two mentees under his wing, one from Nigeria studying in Romania and the other from Cameroon. According to Korbel, the decision to aim for an international journal can be a difficult one to make.
"My mentee's work was certainly good enough to at least give it a try … but, unfortunately, she was overruled," he explains. As a result, his mentee's lab in Romania decided that the difficulties involved in submitting internationally were not worth the payoff.
This series of events can become a vicious cycle in which labs that don't get much funding to do preliminary work don't feel confident about submitting the results for international publication, which can inhibit the lab's ability to get more funding. As Korbel puts it: "Both my mentees complained about the fact that they and their labs find it difficult to attract sufficient or any funding for their research, mainly because they are not viewed as internationally competitive."
Despite these frustrations, Korbel says he has found his participation rewarding. "I have a strong desire to support more junior researchers and the research-into-policy process in low- and middle-income countries, and I realized that the AuthorAID scheme would be a good way for me to contribute."
Although quantifying the value of the program can be challenging, speaking with volunteers and members made it clear that this type of international outreach is worth it for the participants.
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- Introduction
- Art to Zoo: Mr. Woodward's Gardens
- Cliff House
- Sutro Baths
- Splish! Splash! At the Chutes
- Moving Pictures
- The Midwinter Fair
- PPIE: The City That Knows How
- Chutes at the Beach
- Playland at the Beach
- Goodbye to All That
Amusing America is the premiere exhibition of the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society, co-sponsored by the San Francisco Public Library with support from the California State Library.
Amusing America is the story of participatory commercial amusements in American cities—San Francisco in particular—and how they changed the way Americans lived. From the Gilded Age of the 1880s to World War II, amusement parks, world's fairs, arcades, seaside resorts and dance pavilions brought Americans together from all walks of life to share in new forms of leisure and new social relationships.
This online exhibit is a fond look back at some of San Francisco's favorite entertainments and amusements.
Amusing America is curated by Ink Mendelsohn, San Francisco Museum and Historical Society.
The online exhibit was created by the San Francisco Public Library.
All images courtesy of the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library unless otherwise noted.
This project was supported in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Service and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.


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