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Researchers from Imperial College London (UK) have developed a protein that could curb activity of the Huntington's disease (HD) gene, huntingtin, showing promise for new treatments for the disease. In the study on mice, the engineered protein successfully targeted huntingtin and reduced activity for six months: significantly longer than previous studies.
The protein is an engineered zinc finger, which specifically targets mutant copies of huntingtin that cause the typical pathology and symptoms seen in HD. In the new study, published Molecular Degeneration, 12 mice with HD were injected with a single dose of the protein, resulting in repression of the gene for at least six months. Observations of the mice's brains demonstrated that 77% of mutant huntingtin gene expression was repressed three weeks post-treatment, with this decreasing to 61% after six weeks and 48% at 12 weeks. At 24 weeks, repression was measured at 23%, which the researchers suggest is still of therapeutic benefit.
In previous studies, the team was able to reduce gene activity for approximately two weeks, making this latest development particularly promising. By making small adjustments in the composition of the protein, the period of action was significantly increased. Additionally, the treated mice displayed no harmful side effects.
"We are extremely excited by our latest results, which show a lot of promise for treating Huntington's disease," commented senior author Mark Isalan (Imperial College London). "However, while these encouraging results in mice mean that the zinc finger looks like a good candidate to take forward to human trials, we still need to do a lot of work first to answer important questions around the safety of the intervention, whether repeat treatments are effective, whether there might be longer-term side effects, and whether we can extend and increase the benefits beyond six months."
Sources: Agustín-Pavón C, Mielcarek M, Garriga-Canut M, Isalan M. Deimmunization for gene therapy: host matching of synthetic zinc finger constructs enables long-term mutant Huntingtin repression in mice. Mol. Neurodegener. doi: 10.1186/s13024-016-0128-x (2016) (Epub ahead of print); www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_9-9-2016-13-13-26


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The Ben Affleck-looking action star isn't the only visual archetype that has made the leap from movies to videogames. We've also got the busty leading lady, the funky urban sidekick/pimp/arms dealer, and the colorfully coiffed anime star, among many others. The closer that gaming gets to the mainstream, the more it's bound to get infected by mainstream entertainment's least interesting qualities. In other words, generic, lowest-common-denominator heroes are inevitable in any art form that's made for profit.
That's the bad news. The good news is that there will always be game developers that make it a point to give us an alternative to that. Whenever there is a mainstream, there is a counter-culture, and gaming's counter-culture protagonists have never been more interesting.
Here's a quick list of some of my favorite atypical videogame mascots, none of whom look anything like Ben Affleck.
10) The Viewtiful Joe series
On the surface, Viewtiful Joe doesn't seem that different from a lot of mainstream anime/action stars. He's basically a super-deformed Power Ranger with a goatee and tight abs. It's only when you see him alongside more standard game characters in something like Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom that it becomes clear just how weird Joe is.
Combining big-head-little-body cuteness with Western superhero muscles and a pink scarf is not normal. Made up words like "Viewtiful" are also not normal, and Joe exclaims them on a regular basis. Although it's easy to trace the influences that went into creating Viewtiful Joe, it's pretty hard to think of another videogame character that looks or plays quite like him.
If Ben Affleck played Viewtiful Joe, he'd have gone from a bizarre tribute to both Western and Eastern geekdom to being just another random superhero. There is no way his adventures would have been as memorable as "Viewtiful Ben."
9) The LEGO series
The LEGO games get a lot of crap for being uninspired. That may be true now, but when LEGO Star Wars first hit the scene, it bucked a lot of trends. The game was released at a time when game adaptations of live-action properties were focusing more and more on realism. Then the LEGO series came along and turned that notion on its head.
Developers that are in love with the idea of making their games look "real" have to resort to creating lead characters that look like the primary demographic (Ben Affleck look-a-likes) in order to assure that their games will appeal to a wide audience. The LEGO games (and most Facebook games and Nintendo's Miis) prove that developers who are willing to forsake realism can go on to appeal to an even larger demographic: everyone with two eyes and a mouth.
8) The BioShock series
I guess the general consensus is that BioShock 2 isn't as great as BioShock. I could never get into either game myself, so I can't really say. That's not to say that I didn't want to like them. Upon first sight, I really thought I was going to love the game, and that has everything to do with the series' figurehead: the Big Daddy.
There was no reason to think that a game about gigantic deep-sea divers who live to protect creepy little girls would take off. Deep-sea divers are not what's "hot on the streets" right now, and they never were. Ken Levine and company could have just as easily made the Big Daddy with a more time-tested enemy design, like a zombie or a Nazi, if they wanted to assure some mainstream comprehension of their work.
Instead, they stayed true to their Delicatessen/City of Lost Children influences and created the Rapture and Big Daddy that we know and love today. Good show, 2K Boston! If you're going to rip off a movie, it might as well be something from Jeunet and Caro, sans Ben Affleck.
7) Scribblenauts
The star of Scribblenauts is a brilliant example of truly effective character design. He's simple and easy to relate with, but still has personality. Though it's likely that Scribblenauts would have gotten some critical acclaim regardless of how Maxwell looked, it's hard to imagine that the game would have gone on to be as famous and profitable as it has without such a memorable and likable lead character.
It's all in the accessorizing.
If Scribblenauts starred a "wacky" anthropomorphic animal, or a handsome leading man, or a generic anime protagonist, it would have had a much tougher time gaining people's trust. Before you play a game, you have to have some faith that you'll enjoy it. You have have to be curious about what it has to offer, while also feeling some immediate kinship with the game and its world.
Maxwell pulls all of that off, and he does it using just one thing: his rooster hat. It immediately tells us that he's weird, he's creative, and he's up for something different. He's the kind of little dude that most gamers want to be, and represents what a lot of us want our games to be.
Can you imagine Ben Affleck wearing a rooster hat? That might even be worse than Daredevil.
6) The Katamari series
Katamari Damacy is weird on every level. The way it looks, the way it sounds, the way it plays; everything. Given how drenched Katamari Damacy is with insanity, it's understandable that its protagonist, the Prince, actually looks somewhat normal in comparison to rest of the game. Compare him to other videogame characters, though, and he he's clearly doing something different.
The Prince lacks almost all of the features that are present in most "cute and cartoony" videogame characters: no funny sidekick, no catchphrases, and no arched eyebrows. He doesn't have eyebrows, let alone arched ones. He barely even has eyes. No Pixar movie, no fast-food chain mascot, and certainly no big-budget videogame character would ever dare look like the Prince. Someone like him might end up on some bizarre Japanese stationery at best, or as a "common enemy" in someone else's game at worst.
That's what makes the Prince different; unlike almost every other central character, he's totally unassuming. His games are never named after him. In fact, he's barely seen for the majority of his own games due to the size of the giant clump he's packing. Where most games make a point to constantly drive home the fact that their lead character is the most charismatic and personable creation ever, the Prince is lovable because he is truly an underdog.
That's the real reason I'm happy that Ben Affleck doesn't play the Prince. Big-chinned guys like him just can't believably play underdogs. As a big-chinned guy, I know this from experience. People automatically assume we're good at sports and can destroy planets with our bare hands. Affleck could maybe pull off the King of All Cosmos, but for the Prince, he's a no-go.
5) The Meat Boy and Bit.Trip series
These two characters are about two very different things, but from a design philosophy perspective, they are similar enough that I'm lumping them together (also, top ten lists are always more enticing than top eleven lists.)
On the surface, Meat Boy and Commander Video both appear to be throwbacks to the forced-minimalism era of gaming: a time when games simply couldn't give you characters that had more detail than two hands, two feet, a body, and a couple of eyes (or in Commander Video's case, one eye). The difference with these two is, the minimalism here isn't forced. The minimalism is part of their messages. Sometimes, these messages are obtuse and fuzzy; sometimes, they are crystal-clear. But at all times, they defy expectations of what a videogame mascot can mean.
Don't believe me? Do you think it's meaningless that Meat Boy is constantly expelling blood, and that Commander Video is always gushing rainbows? Then maybe it is for you. That's the beauty of using minimalism and abstraction to send your message. It's up to you, the player, to figure out exactly where the meaning is.
Would Ben Affleck work in the role of Meat Boy or Commander Video? Trust me, I'd love to find out. I'd love to play a game where Ben Affleck is constantly bleeding and/or shooting rainbows out of his ass. Sadly, though, that would probably get old fast, and wouldn't work to express anything other than goofy good times.
4) The Chibi-Robo series
Chibi-Robo is a lot like the Prince in that he barely demands your attention, and he lives to make others happy. And like Meat Boy and Commander Video, Chibi-Robo is almost completely featureless. He's got two eyes, a head, two arms, two legs, and a body. That's it. No face, no color; nothing. He's the very definition of un-design.
As for his adventure, it's a journey into the world of minutiae. It is the anti-blockbuster. Where most games work hard to give you an experience that's larger than life, Chibi-Robo takes you to all of the smallest things that life has to offer. Cleaning stains, washing dishes, and watering flowers; these are the big moments in Chibi-Robo's world. These are the moments that define Chibi-Robo. These are moments that could only work with a character like Chibi-Robo.
Can you imagine a little Ben Affleck running around your house, cleaning up stains and picking up after your pets, with no quips to quip, no Phantoms to fight, and no Armageddons to Armageddon? I don't think it's possible. If cast as Chibi-Robo, I don't think he could resist blowing up a giant meteor and/or mouthing off a few one-liners. A little Justin Bieber could maybe make it happen, but not Ben Affleck. He's just too alpha.
3) The Okami series
I've been playing videogames for a long time, and Okami and its upcoming sequel are the only two games I can think of that star non-verbal, four-legged animals. Sure, there are tons of games that star anthropomorphic animals, or have "realistic" animal sidekicks, but Okami and Okamiden are the only games I can think of that star animals who are totally incapable of talking, walking on their hind legs, or doing any of the things that people do.
I've always thought that casting a dog as its lead character is the main reason that Okami didn't sell that well. People may hear all about how great the game is, but when it comes time to put their money down, they just can't wrap their heads around playing a massive action/adventure game as a non-human. The concept is just too foreign. People even balked at a few wolf-moments in Twilight Princess. A full-on wolf game was just too much for people.
This is one entry on the list that might have done itself some good by getting in on some sweet Affleck action. There's no way in hell I would have preferred that the game star a handsome man like Affleck, but I bet it would have had a much easier time finding an audience (but only if he put some pants on.)
2) Retro Game Challenge
Retro Game Challenge is one of the only games that truly pays tribute to the gamer. While there are hundreds of movies about movies, and thousands of books about books, there are only a handful of videogames that are about videogames. Among those few, Retro Game Challenge sits close to the top of the list.
In the game, a guy in his late 30s named Arino relives his childhood by tasking his pre-adolescent self with playing a variety of fake videogames from the late '80s and early '90s. You play Arino's friend, but in reality, you're just playing yourself, hanging out with Arino in a virtual living room, and playing some awesome new videogames.
The game presumes that you, the player, love videogames more than other forms of entertainment. It's not such a strange thing to suppose. Why else would you spend your time and money on the game in first place? It also presumes that as a videogame fan, you like videogame fans. Logical, right?
Sadly, if the game's U.S. sales are any indication, the developers were wrong. In the United States, gamers aren't always so proud of the fact that they love videogames. There is an ongoing chase on the part of many gamers to find a game that's as legitimate and important as movies are, that closely resemble that more culturally accepted art form. Maybe that's because most gamers have been made fun of for at least a portion of their lives, just for being gamers. That kind of prolonged mockery can lead to internalized shame that doesn't go away overnight.
Personally, I love Arino. I love the gamer archetype, despite how many times I've been mocked for fitting into it. I think gamers deserve to be celebrated, more so than most athletes and movie stars do. That's why I'm probably in the minority when I say that I think that Arino is much more awesome than Ben Affleck. That said, I still would have bought Retro Game Challenge if it starred Ben Affleck. The games it contains are too fun to ignore. In fact, I'd probably like Ben Affleck more if I could associate him with something awesome like videogames, and not something not-awesome like Reindeer Games.
1) The Uncharted series (no, seriously -- hear me out)
In case you haven't noticed, I'm not a fan of most Hollywood hunks. I've always been this way. The first time I saw Star Wars, I thought to myself, "Jesus, that Han Solo guy is a real dick. Glad I'm not forced to hang out with him in real life." The first time I saw a James Bond movie, I thought, "Man, I hate guys like that, always pushing you around and making you feel small." As you might have guessed, my real-life experiences with "the popular kids" have not been so great. Of course, there are exceptions to that, but in general, the super-confident, super-good-looking, super-outgoing men of the world have not been easy for me to be around. They may be fun to watch in a movie, but hanging out with them in real life can really suck.
That's one of the reasons I don't like the fact that those "leading men" are taking over videogames. The other big reason is that they're just... boring. Seeing a good-looking, athletic guy climb a wall, beat up a bad guy, and get the girl is just so... expected. Of course he can beat up the bad guys! Of course he can get the girl! Just look at him! What can't he do?
It's much more interesting to see a regular guy, or a kid, or better yet, an irregular guy achieve the same goals. That's why I love Donut Drake.
In case you don't know, Donut Drake is the code name for a fat-guy mod created for Nathan Drake. Who's Nathan Drake, you ask? That's a matter of opinion. To me, Nathan Drake is the epitome of the dull, predictable, wanna-be Hollywood movie star that I don't want to see in a videogame. Everything about the character -- his look, his voice, his lines -- is all textbook Hollywood, by-the-numbers mediocrity made to appease the lowest common denominator in the Uncharted series.
Once Drake gets fat, that all changes.
Sure, his dialogue is still pretty sitcom-worthy (in a bad way), but there is something about a 400-pound guy hitting on two beautiful women that I can get behind. Just add a thick layer of blubber, and Drake stops being Brad Pitt and starts being Angus. He starts being relatable. He starts being likable. More importantly, he starts being exceptional.
It's a given that a good-looking athlete will get the girl, climb the brick wall, and take out the hordes of trained mercenaries. Seeing an action-movie star act out action-movie cliches is the antithesis of evocative. Seeing a 400-pound man do the same stunts (particularly the one about climbing the brick wall) is something else entirely. Even though I know it's fake, it's still amazing, inspiring, and exciting.
Yeah, I love Donut Drake. I want more videogame characters to be like him. I want more gamers to pay tribute to their imperfect selves, instead of dreaming of being the captain of the football team.
But will we ever get there?
It's nice that certain games' alpha males, like Solid Snake and Max Payne, have grown into more physically flawed, "human" characters, but that's just two guys out of the hundreds of dull-but-pretty male bimbos that current populate the majority of non-Nintendo AAA games (the difference between Nintendo's AAA games and everyone else's AAA games is worth noting, but that's probably best saved for another post). For the most part, it looks like the male-model game protagonist is here to stay.
How about you? Who do you prefer -- sexy and predictable regular Drake, or fat and amazing Donut Drake? Do you want to play a game that pays tribute to you, flaws and all, or a game that stars characters cast by the values and standards of a Hollywood talent agent?
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Boy that was a long week, where do we even begin?
The events in Charlottesville last weekend, spilled over into the following days, with the news cycle saturated with heated debates pulling at the already fragile fabric of society.
Preservation of heritage.
Freedom of speech.
Protection of self.
With the many sides, came the many arguments, revealing issues that run far deeper than that of confederate statues and flags.
This was then followed by a terrorist attack in Barcelona, where a van drove into the heavily populated area of Las Ramblas, killing a number of people and injuring several more. I woke up terribly frightened, with my girlfriend currently travelling around Europe; I was relieved to see she had not yet made it to Barcelona. In contrast, I was filled with a deep sadness, to see more lives devastatingly and aimlessly lost.
And as if that wasn't enough, Pauline Hanson decided it would be a good idea to wear a burqa into the Senate to make a wholly uneducated point. Senator Hanson turned a sacred, religious garment deeply rooted in Islamic tradition, into a cheap political stunt rife with xenophobia. Her feeble attempt to shock Australia did work, but not in the way she intended – as a parliament not often united on much, joined together in condemnation of Senator Hanson's reprehensible behaviour.
Factoring in other global events including mudslides in Sierra Leone claiming hundreds of lives and rising tensions in North Korea, you could be forgiven for simply being exhausted by the desolate outlook of our collective future.
I sure am.
Not only as a person of colour, but also as a global citizen, events that depict a breakdown in our collective consciousness drain my emotional faculties. It leaves me in momentary social limbo – devoid of hope and fearful of what the future holds.
To me it seems so simple; doing the right thing is always the right thing.
But the varying responses to these events and many more remind me that the paradox of humanity is our diversity. That is, we have the capability and faculty to act in any way we choose.
Choice in some strange way, is our greatest vice.
However, it is often in the most troubling of times that the true nature of humanity is challenged to rise to the occasion. For when we see injustice, we must call it out by name. The public disavowal of harmful ideologies and radicalism acts as a reminder to society that we are built upon foundations of collective trust and unity. That during testing times, we will not, and must not shy away from reassuring each other, no matter how immense or monumental the challenge.
"I would caution and counsel you with respect to be very, very careful of the offence you may do to the religious sensibilities of other Australians
"We have about 500,000 Australians in this country of the Islamic faith and the vast majority of them are law-abiding good Australians
"…to ridicule that community, to drive it into a corner, to mock its religious garments is an appalling thing to do."
– Attorney General Senator George Brandis
In the aftermath of these events, we have seen communities unite while individuals voice messages of love and hope, thereby allowing the world to continue to spin and for life to go on.
We are no strangers to moments like this.
Our collective history has been littered with periods of significant doubt and struggle, but on the other side, we have always emerged stronger and more united than before. Only by allowing the dust to settle can we truly see how far we have come, our strength measured by those of us that remain standing, defiantly refusing to make the mistakes of the past.
Yes, there are many sides to every issue, to every event, to every choice we make.
But not every side is right.
And humanity always has the choice; to decide which side of history it would like to be remembered on.
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Nalgene and Davis, CA Launch City-Wide Bottled Water Swapout
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Nalgene is working with the City of Davis, CA to reduce its carbon footprint, starting with reducing its use of bottled water. Nalgene plans to donate reusable water bottles to all city employees and community members and is using this momentum to create a community sustainability program.
Davis, CA was already headed down the ban-the-bottle road when fall 2007 it enacted a city-wide restriction of the purchase of single-serving plastic water bottles. Additional Nalgene bottles can be purchased, with proceeds going to fund the Davis Sustainability Program. Davis, CA is the first community in the Nalgene Community Sutainability Program, with additional communities to be announced this fall. Davis benefits from its location - between Sacramento and San Francisco, CA - as well as having a major university (UC Davis) located in the city. UC Davis is a member of the California Climate Action Registry, a group of organizations
Nalgene dumped Bisphenol A from its water bottles earlier this year. Cities interested in joining the Nalgene Community Sustainability Program can send an email to the program.
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So a few things happened in this last week. I'll go through them one by one.
We decided to get a proper coffee machine for the office. I like my coffee, although not more then two a day, (each one of the coffees I make is usually a triple espresso or something). I looked a round a good bit before about this and had decided on a Gaggia (They have such a crap website!). When I went across to House of Frasier, I found the Gaggia Classic (1 model higher then I was going to get one sale). I bought it and it's been working well since.
All the guys have started to move to California for a couple of weeks of consultancy work. Conor left this morning and Fergal will be leaving next weekend. I'm travelling out towards the end of June. I'm really looking forward to the weather and biking most evenings. Also, the place we are staying has a big pool , tennis and basketball courts and a gym. MUCH better then the dark bland place I was staying at last November!
Myself and Mel went out for our first 'proper' mountain bike ride yesterday. We cycled up to the top of Three Rock then down some fire roads. It was good to be biking along with her and she actually made it to the top of the mountain without stopping! (It's about 6-7 miles and about 1600 feet of climb. But there are a few reasonably steep sections) She took my bike and I rode Fergal's.


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General election 2017: The non-Brit's guide to the UK election
You may have heard that voters in the UK are going to the polls on 8 June to choose the entire national parliament - all 650 seats.
But for those who don't know what a Tory is and can't pronounce Plaid Cymru, here's a crash course in the UK's general election.
Why is there an election? Didn't Britain just get a new prime minister?
It's been a busy year in politics here.
Yes, there was an election in May 2015, where the Conservative Party defied expectations to edge a tiny majority in parliament - after having been in a coalition government with another smaller party.
Part of their election strategy was promising a referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union - even though the party officially wanted to stay in.
The British exit (or Brexit) referendum happened in June 2016, and the result was a surprise to many. Voters chose to leave the EU.
But the prime minister at the time, David Cameron, had campaigned to stay - so after his defeat, he decided it was time to surrender the top job.
Theresa May became the prime minister (more on that later), and repeatedly said the government would serve its five-year term.
Then, in April, she suddenly called a new election for just seven weeks' time.
Why? She said she needed a bigger majority to guarantee political stability in the Brexit negotiations with the EU.
Opponents, though, believe she was tempted by poor polling numbers for the main opposition party, Labour - and saw a political opportunity.
Ok. So who are the main parties and what are their differences?
Britain traditionally has two major parties: the Conservatives (who are nicknamed the Tories), and Labour (just Labour).
The Conservatives traditionally lean to the political right; Labour has its origins in the trade union movement, and leans left.
Those two titans are joined by the centrist Liberal Democrats, a once-strong party almost wiped out in the last election; the environmentally-aware Greens; and the pro-Brexit right-wing UK Independence Party (UKIP).
England accounts for 533 of the seats - it's got the biggest population in the UK by far.
In Scotland, the Scottish National Party (SNP) holds 56 of 59 seats - a dominant position it won in 2015 at Labour's expense. The nationalists want to hold on to that. Internationally, they're best known for campaigning for Scottish independence.
In Wales, Plaid Cymru - a Welsh term meaning the Party of Wales, and pronounced "PLIGHD KUM-ri"- has just three seats out of 40. And Northern Ireland accounts for another 18 seats.
|Comprehensive party guides
|Liberal Democrats
|UK Independence Party
|Green Party
|Scottish National Party
|Plaid Cymru
A tale of two leaders
The UK voting system for general elections is simple - whoever gets the most votes in their constituency wins the seat. No transfers, and no proportional representation.
That system tends to favour the big established parties over the smaller ones, and tactical voting is a big part of the process.
All of which means there's a sharp focus on not just the local candidates, but the party leaders who could be the prime minister.
Those leaders are Theresa May (Conservatives) and Jeremy Corbyn (Labour).
But both are unusual.
The Conservative leadership campaign was a political soap opera all by itself, with a dramatic drop-out on live TV, labelled by our political correspondent as "Richard III meets Scarface, with a bit of Godfather thrown in."
In the end, Theresa May was the only candidate left - and became Britain's new prime minister by default, without a vote.
On the other side, there's Mr Corbyn - a life-long socialist, whose election in 2015 as leader, aged 66, was one of the biggest upsets in British political history.
He reluctantly put his name down for the top job because none of his friends on Labour's socialist left wing wanted to do it. Bookies gave him odds of 200-1.
His election victory- fuelled by a grassroots movement of ordinary Labour members - split the party in two, and the party's MPs almost immediately attempted to depose him.
But his popular support has kept the bicycle-riding, left-leaning Labour leader in power - while his political opponents seek to capitalise on the party's perceived crisis.
Why it matters - it's all about Brexit
In a nutshell, the Conservatives are looking for a big majority in parliament for the Brexit negotiations, keeping things "strong and stable", as they put it. And put it again, and again.
When Theresa May called the election, polls showed she was likely to win a landslide - and cement her political power. But things move quickly in politics.
Since then, almost three million people have applied to vote - more than a million of whom are aged under 25. It's not clear how that might affect the outcome.
And opinion polls, for what they're worth, seem to suggest Labour has closed the gap.
Despite politicians from both sides focusing on security in the final days, neither the attack in Manchester last month or the London Bridge attack this week seems to have made much difference to the trend.
Recent polls have given The Conservatives a lead of anywhere between one and 12 points - and they are still widely seen as the most likely to win this election.
But if they end up losing seats in parliament, it's possible - if unlikely - that someone with completely different plans could be sitting at the negotiating table in Europe.
Then again, Labour says it will still push ahead with Brexit - so it's a question of how rather than if.
There's another possibility - one recent poll, splashed on the front page of the Times newspaper suggested the Tories could lose seats, resulting in a "hung parliament".
That's just a British term for no single party having an outright majority. That might be common in many nations that usually have coalition governments, but it's a little rarer in the UK.
I'm a foreigner who lives (or wants to live) in the UK. Might this affect me?
Almost certainly. Immigration is a big issue on the campaign trail.
The current Conservative government wants to reduce net migration - the difference between people entering the UK and people leaving - to "tens of thousands" a year (it's currently about +248,000 a year).
The Conservatives' manifesto says they want to double the Immigration Skills Charge - a levy of up to £1,000 ($1,300) they introduced in April, charging companies for every foreign worker they sponsor.
They've promised to increase the minimum income someone has to earn to come on a family visa, and "toughen" visa requirements for students.
And the party says it will triple the Immigration Health Surcharge - a levy foreigners have to pay to let them use the National Health Service (NHS) - from £200 to £600.
Labour acknowledges that Brexit means the free movement of people from Europe will end - but promises it won't "scapegoat migrants".
Instead of raising income thresholds for migrants, Labour plans to end them - but oblige people coming here to survive without falling back on public money. Its manifesto contains a pledge to "protect those already working here, whatever their ethnicity" and says it won't count international students in the main immigration numbers.
But at the same time, it says it will recruit an extra 500 border guards.
Both the Liberal Democrats and the Green party support free movement between the UK and the EU. The Lib Dems say they would allow "high-skilled immigration", and, like Labour and Plaid Cymru, take students out of the immigration statistics.
The Greens also say their immigration and asylum system would be "humane". And Plaid Cymru says it will introduce a new, Wales-specific visa.
Why the UK election isn't exciting Americans
But what about the other policies, like health and taxes?
The BBC's election team have put together a comprehensive guide where you can choose an issue and get a quick comparison, or find links to every manifesto in fill.
- Check our political team's guide to where parties stand, issue by issue.
- Health: A look at the NHS as a key issue
Got it. I'm a foreigner living in the UK - can I vote?
Not unless you already registered - the deadline was 22 May.
If you're not a UK citizen, you can't vote anyway - except for Irish nationals, or Commonwealth citizens living in the UK legally.
If you're from one of those countries and have registered before - in the local elections or the Brexit referendum, for example - you might be on the electoral roll, which you can check with your local authority.


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James Henderson is one of Britain's most respected travel writers and the author of The Cadogan Guide to the Caribbean and the Bahamas. Known to most of its users and readers as 'the Caribbean Bible', the Cadogan Guide (published by Globe Pequot in the United States) is soon to go into its sixth edition.
James Henderson is an award-winning travel writer and contributes to many of the major publications in the British National press. He writes regularly for the Financial Times and contributes to the Sunday Telegraph, The Times, The Independent, Harpers and Queen, travelintelligence.com and many other newspapers and magazines.
He recently launched DefinitiveCaribbean.com. 'There is so much which cannot be included in a guide book, for reasons of space and style,' comments James. 'You will find it on DefinitiveCaribbean. There are articles, restaurant and book reviews and hotel reports and of course we will keep you up to date with all the developments in the islands.'
Definitive Caribbean - a travel guide to the best the Caribbean has to offer
Wonderful sand, in a large bay remote on the south of the island, completely undeveloped, but a couple of restaurants not far away (walkable) where you can head for lunch in the heat of the day. Nude at the western end."
A fabulous strip of stunning white, sunset-facing sand running down to the south-western tip of the island between Crab Hill and Johnson's Point villages. It centres on Turner's Beach bar (the southern, Johnson's Point end) which is lively on weekends a…"
A glorious beach with soft, pink-tinged sand and startling turquoise water set in between limestone cliffs. A popular picnic spot with big waves, ideal for body-surfing and boogie-boarding. Note often strong undercurrents. There are two access points, …"
A small but wide beach, very private, and which is reached by a very rough road from East End. A north shore swell may produce an undertow here."
Stacks of boulders and excellent white sand. Good snorkelling nearby.You should take care when swimming off Devil's Bay in a northern swell, when the waves can be rough and there is a very strong undertow."
Lovely enclosed, west-facing bay, separated from Grand Anse by a small but steep headland and consequently much quieter and lower key, except when an occasional party-boat puts in. There is a bar and deckchairs are available for rent. With calm water th…"
Picture postcard perfection, white sands and drooping palms over turquoise seas, and a quaint, thatched-roof jetty. Ever popular, snack, gift and souvenir shops, changing facilities and watersports operators, including an excellent windsurfing outfit. C…"
Two miles of golden sand, unsafe for swimming, one of the main sites for turtle watching tours between March and August."
Grand Cayman's lesser known and far less populous little sister - which has even better diving, probably. Bloody Bay Wall starts in 20 feet and drops to 6000 in the blip of a depth sounder. It smothered with superb corals, plate corals like pagodas and b…"
If there is no absolute 'best dive site' but rather a best personal experience on a dive site, then a favourite of mine is Carriacou, where lobsters wiggled their antennae at me, the corals seem as bright as can be and barracuda shimmered in a circle aro…"
Bonaire is known for its slopes (rather than walls), and particularly its extremely colourful corals (clear water and bright sand reflect the light well). Well protected for many years, Bonaire is well set up and a satisfying destination. "
Grand Cayman is rightly known for its excellent wall diving all around the island, particularly off Seven Mile Beach in the west and off the North Sound, where on your return you will find the island's other keynote, Sting Ray City. "
The boulder-strewn drop-offs off Dominica's coastline are as steep below the waterline as above on the island's incredibly rough mountainous terrain. The rocky shoreline provides excellent housing for small fish and coral in the far south around Scott's …"
On the south-eastern spur of the Bahamian chain, Turks and Caicos Island's walls (and chimneys and cut-throughs) see big ocean-going fish as well as excellent corals. The colours are vibrant because of the clarity of the water and the bright white sand. "
The East end particularly, where nutrient-rich waters feed an excellent array of fish, including pelagics and rays, and corals, among them the largest brain coral in the world, which is the size of a small house. Advanced diving due to strong currents."
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The False Claims Act was originally passed during the Civil War at the request of President Lincoln, and was primarily directed to combat fraud by contractors selling supplies to the Union Army. Today, fraud by defense contractors is still a major focus of False Claims Act cases. However, in terms of government contracting, it is not limited to defense contractors. Generally, the False Claims Act covers fraud by any company doing business with any agency of the federal government. (State False Claims Acts in most states also cover contractors doing business with state and local governments.) The types of False Claims Act fraud in the area of government contracting can include failures to comply with contract specifications; failure to complete the project to government requirements and standards; obtaining defense contracts through false statements; misrepresenting the cost of a project or "underbidding" on contracts; overcharging or over-billing on a government project; omitting resources available to the company for a project; use of cheap or inferior products on the project; failure to pay prevailing wages; and bid rigging.
Government contractor fraud can come in many different forms, and the government relies heavily on whistleblowers to help expose new schemes and fraudulent actions. Qui tam whistleblowers are often the last line of defense when it comes to exposing contractor fraud, and helping those whistleblower clients expose that fraud is one of the most rewarding aspects of our practice. In each of the past five years, the federal government has recovered more than $100 million in qui tam cases against Department of Defense contractors.
When government programs designed to protect America, or provide services to the American taxpayers, are taken advantage of by unscrupulous businesses, qui tam whistleblowers are very important in bringing these schemes to light. Our whistleblower clients are often motivated by a strong sense of patriotism, and outrage at the theft of taxpayer dollars.
If you have information that a government contractor has collected money for a project through the use of false claims or false statements, or has failed to comply with the specifications laid out in the contract, you may be able to blow the whistle on this fraud and pursue a qui tam lawsuit. Typically, qui tam whistleblowers are rewarded for their integrity by being given a portion of the government's recovery. Under the federal False Claims Act, a successful qui tam whistleblower can receive a monetary award of between 15% and 30% of the total amount recovered by the government.
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The lead editors of the The Circuit, the student-run newspaper at the largest high school in the country, wage an all-out battle for the coveted top position of editor-in-chief. On the line is the chance to lead the paper's staff of 70 — not to mention a juicy spot on a resume to impress college admissions boards. Each candidate brings something special to the table — Giana's got a nose for news, Adam is an advertising monster, Alex has his finger on the pulse of the student body, and Amanda is a born leader. The one common element they all share is the unfettered drive to succeed — but only one can emerge victorious. Who will emerge to take their award-winning paper to new heights? Will their individual ambitions tear their friendships apart?
After a bittersweet victory, Amanda is now the "big cheese" - whether The Circuit staffers like it or not. And since Amanda's peers spent the summer avoiding her, it seems like they're leaning more towards "not." But Amanda, after taking their often harsh criticism to heart, is now determined to "kill 'em with kindness." She kicks off the year with a brand new look and an old-fashioned ice cream social to bring the staff together. She vows to lead the paper with grace and democracy. But while the other editors are carefully measuring "ice cream socials" on the lameness scale, Amanda takes aside Alex, her "best friend" and second-in-command, to make a pact. He reluctantly agrees to do what's best for the paper and never let their positions get in the way of their friendship. However, with each new issue, it's uncertain if either of them will be able to keep up their end of the bargain.
With Alex on-board as her "Number Two," Amanda assumes they're ready to be the new face of the paper. But their unified front cracks when Alex comes up with a banging football story that puts his 128-pound frame on the gridiron and sacks Amanda's plans for more serious stories. A misunderstanding between them causes a rift in the Amanda/Alex union, but, not sweating it, Alex looks past their problems and has his eye on a junior editor with all the right stuff! The courtship takes them to a Dave Matthews Band concert where he must decide how to balance his senior year with partying and the strictly business world of the paper under Amanda's regime.
It's deadline time at the paper, and reeling from a kick-ass concert and successful romance, a confident Alex is determined to prove he should have been chosen as top dog over Amanda. And judging by the amount of people who want him to edit their work instead of Amanda, he's not the only one who feels that way. Everything goes smoothly until Adam's quest to break the ad sales record leaves them with more pages than they can possibly fill up with stories — leaving their first deadline of the year in chaos.
Despite a renewed pact between Alex and Amanda, an explosive newspaper editors meeting reveals two warring cliques with Amanda and Alex the generals of opposing sides. When Amanda decides to take Dan's (Alex's best pal) humor column, the fragile peace between the two sides is shattered. As lingering bitterness about the editor-in-chief race bubbles to the surface, Amanda faces the possibility of mutiny among her staff.
With her class in the midst of a civil war, fearless teacher Mrs. Weiss adopts drastic measures to force the two sides to work together. A ceasefire is restored just in time for the next deadline, but there's no telling how long it'll last. Fortunately for everyone, Homecoming arrives to relieve some stress. Oh, yeah, and one of the staffers just might win Homecoming King! But not without some good old-fashioned smack-talk from the main competition, who is of course a popular football hero.
Giana's article on a teen genius shakes up the paper's status quo — some love him, some hate him, but competitiveness is as competitiveness does and everyone seems to be comparing themselves to him. Alex challenges Trevor, Dan, and Adam to compete against the superteen in various contests of strength and intellect. Meanwhile, in an effort to quell the underlying tension in class, Mrs. Weiss calls the editors in for a team-bonding retreat. To the surprise of many, Trevor steps up and emerges as a strong leader in his own right.
An entire semester of unspoken tension comes to a head as Alex and Amanda confront each other about their rocky relationship — on both professional and personal levels. Their uneasy truce has lasted this long, but some things you just can't keep inside forever. Will Alex finally tell Amanda what he's been holding back all this time, leaving Amanda to wonder if professional success is worth the cost of friendship? And what's to become of the paper if its top brass can't see eye to eye anymore?


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Entrepreneurs look out for opportunities where things could be done better. The entrepreneur then creates a product and/or business to serve this purpose better. This is why entrepreneurship is closely associated with "Startup" business skills and innovation. Entrepreneurs are often viewed as confident, comfortable with change and great working with others to create effective teams.
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Improving Housing and Living in a Resettlement Colony
Since the eviction of this group to Phum Andoung Resettlement, a colony far away from the city, families have lived in unhealthy conditions. There are no jobs and very few services. Surveys were conducted in collaboration with Local Authorities to find out how this situation could be reversed. The community started daily saving, assisted by UPDF and other networks, to be able to access income generation loans and housing loans. A comprehensive upgrading was planned with collaboration of local authorities. Roads will be improved and the problem of floods in rainy seasons will be addressed as the land is situated in a very low area. Trees will be planted; drainage, water supply and sanitation systems will have to be constructed to make the site livable. Since the renters moved to the site the municipality has provided land for 442 families, 20 common toilets and 6 wells. 101 families received a housing loan from UPDF and about 200 families are helped by other entities. The Municipality is looking for more land to settle more families that are waiting for a place to settle down. We visited a row houses pilot project assisted by UPDF (see photo). These units have 20m2 and cost US$ 1.000. Results should be discussed. Contact: Somsak Phonpakdee firstname.lastname@example.com


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Geranium sylvaticum(Wood Crane's-bill)
Carex viridula ssp brachyrryncha(Long-stalked Yellow-sedge)
Luzula multiflora ssp multiflora (Long-stalked Yellow-sedge)
Alchemilla monticola (Lady's-mantle)
Hieracium cravoniense (Hawkweed)
Geum x intermedia(Hybrid Geum)
Poa humilis (Speading Meadow-grass)
Alchemilla acultiloba(Lady's-mantle)
Meeting in the Bowlees car park just outside Middleton-in-Teesdale, the first stop was the quarry only a few metres away. Our leader Vincent Jones pointed us to Blysmus compressus (Flat Sedge), Carex viridula ssp brachyrhyncha (Long-bracted Yellow-sedge), both sub-species of Luzula multiflora (Heath Wood-rush) and the commonest of the Marsh Orchid hybrids in Teesdale: that between Dactylorhiza purpurella (Northern marsh-orchid) and Dactylorhiza fuschii (Common Spotted-orchid) the correct name for which is Dactylorhiza x venusta. Both parents were present in good numbers.
Of the plants less likely to be spotted or identified by the ordinary botanist, Mr Jones pointed out the main characteristics of three Hawkweeds growing in the quarry: Hieracium cravoniense with its long white hairs, Hieracium pellucidum which has black glands and Hieracium vulgata sect. vulgatum. Mr Jones also revealed that there appears to be a general rule that the flowering month depends on the number of stem leaves among Hawkweeds. The leafier the stem, the later in the year the plant will flower.
Other plants of interest were the beautiful, and in this area, ubiquitous, Geranium sylvaticum (Wood Crane's-bill), Poa humilis (Spreading Meadow-grass) with its compact flowering head and stolons - a species generally under recorded, Mr Jones pointed out. He asserted that we would all surely agree that it could not confused with Poa annua (Annual Meadow-grass) but I have to admit that I would have been one of those wrongly identifying this grass had we been without our leader's expertise.
Both in the quarry and in the car park itself were fine examples of the hybrid between Geum rivale (Water Avens) and Geum urbanum (Herb Bennet or Wood Avens) called Geum x intermedium. Again both parents were to be seen in the vicinity. In the quarry itself and lining the path to it were many fine looking Listera ovata (Twayblade) plants probably the commonest orchid species we saw there. Mr Jones also expanded on the characteristics of Euphrasia nemorosa (Eyebright) and promised to show us other species and hybrids during the two days.
The plants to be seen in the quarry were excellent but in spite of the optimistic weather forecast our day had started with light drizzle and several billion midges, all seemingly immune to chemical deterrents, were out in force.
Here we were introduced to another difficult group of apomictic plants: the Alchemilla group (Lady's mantles). The three commonest were described to us: Alchemilla xanthochlora, Alchemilla filicaulis ssp vestita and Alchemilla glabra after which we were shown two of the rarer species Alchemilla acutiloba and Alchemilla monticola. The sharp triangular outline of A. acutiloba with its largest teeth halfway along the side of the triangle contrasted with the more rounded, evenly toothed and glaucous leaves of A. monticola.


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You could read the show notes from The Malliard Report's many recorded podcasts as lots of people do but you'd be shortchanging yourself. For the best of what the show has to offer you really need to listen to the recorded shows as increasing numbers of people are doing. You'll get more information, more details and just more of everything you want to know.
From the far beyond to the close to home, Jim Malliard, the host of "The Malliard Report," entertains his audience with insightful interviews with a variety of interesting guests from all walks of life, including celebrities like Loyd Auerbach or New York Times Best Selling Author Jim Defelice.
Jim explores the back story, the hidden story, the things others host's are afraid to touch. From the secrets of the paranormal to Paula Dean to the Government Spying on us, no topic is too taboo for Jim to ignore. The Malliard Report brings it all to you. Full bore. Jim says Bring it on, bring it on, nothin' we can't handle.
There's the show and then there's the show notes which give brief details for those on the run who really don't have time to listen. But again, you are short changing yourself if you only read the show notes. Just listen to a few shows and you'll be convinced that the show is your best bet.
In 2014, The Malliard Report was downloaded over 135,000 times! Up from 56,600 in 2013. Listeners come from all walks of life and are from all across the world, but share the common interest of paranormal events and activities. We have an average of 110 live listeners across different networks during each show. The Malliard Report has not gone unnoticed by critics. It's ranked within the coveted top 4,000 shows on Stitcher and is closing in quickly on the top 100 of its category . Off the air, the interactions with fans doesn't stop there! Our social media reach expands to 60,000 people that fit the perfect avatar of a customer and fan.
What are you waiting for? The show notes are good but listening to the recorded live shows is even better. Set aside some time and pick a show. Gather your friends, have a listening party, ask questions, come up with your own theories, and share them on an upcoming show. Take a few minutes and I'm sure once you listen to a few shows you'll want to join our growing audience of dedicated and committed fans. We have the information that you've always wanted to know. We ask the questions others are afraid to ask and get the answers others are afraid to say. We are The Maillard Report. Listen today.
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A real rare item! Signed by Alan Thicke (deceased), Joanna Kerns, Kirk Cameron, Jeremy Miller & Tracey Gold. Autographed in-person 8x10 inch photo. Obtained after their reunion appearance on TV's The Today Show in NYC. This is 3rd party authenticated and will also include a COA with matching serial numbers from James Spence Authentication, Inc.
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Kennedy, Harmon and Minnock's excellent book "Ready, Set , Dominate" takes a knowledge-centred view of product development, inspired by practices of Toyota Motor Company and refined through application to a wide variety of industries across the globe.
"1. Knowledge is both the raw material and the output of product development,With the possible exception of numbers 5 and 9, which refer specifically to a design/manufacture context, these principles should be applicable in many other Knowledge Management initiatives (see for example the US Army KM principles).
2. Set-Based Knowledge is infinitely more valuable than Point-Based Knowledge (this means that generically applicable knowledge, for example "these combinations work in these circumstances" and often stored as trade-off curves, is more valuable than specific knowledge such as "this combination worked in this circumstance") ,
3. Knowledge must be visible to be used and managed,
4. The product development organization must be skilled at creating, capturing and using the knowledge,
5. The knowledge needed to be successful is a deep understanding of the interests of all the customers in the operational value stream, how decisions made in design affect them and how those design decisions interact with each other
6. The knowledge needed to be successful needs to be available before the decision, not afterwards,
7. The decisions should be delayed as long as possible to allow the maximum learning within time and budget,
8. Mechanisms must exist within the product development process to pull the reuse of existing knowledge and the creation of additional knowledge before the decision deadline,
9. That knowledge should enable and be systematically used to eliminate the weakest alternatives from the set of all feasible solutions allowing designs to converge to the optimum, and
10. The organization must manage the process of creating, capturing and using the product development knowledge with the same diligence given to other corporate assets".
However see the words of warning below from the authors.
"What is difficult is that some of the principles are opposite to today's practices and even seem counter-intuitive. Further, some roles in organizations may need to be created or modified for better knowledge management. And, as with any initiative, there is the need to lead the organizational change. As these principles and capabilities begin to fall in place, engineering productivity and schedule attainment increases rapidly".


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Running from Monday 23rd April to Sunday 29th April, the week is designed to raise awareness of people living with allergies.
This year, we will be focussing on travelling with an allergy and raising awareness of the issues faced by people with allergy when travelling.
Find out more from our news story found here.
During the week, we will also be highlighting advice on how to prepare for holidays, both abroad and in the UK if you have an allergy.
You can download our Travelling With Allergy poster here.
Check back here during the week to see our new travelling with allergy section, results from our recent flying with allergy survey and lots of advice on managing hay fever while travelling in the UK.
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Flying With Allergy Survey
Allergy UK carried out a survey among people living with allergy to tell us their experiences when flying. Find out the results here.
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