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- 4wd/awd
- Abs Brakes
- Adjustable Foot Pedals
- Air Conditioning
- Alloy Wheels
- Am/fm Radio
- Automatic Headlights
- Cargo Area Tiedowns
- Cassette Player
- Cd Player
- Child Safety Door Locks
- Cruise Control
- Deep Tinted Glass
- Driver Airbag
- Driver Multi-adjustable Power Seat
- Electrochromic Interior Rearview Mirror
- Electronic Brake Assistance
- Electronic Parking Aid
- Fog Lights
- Front Air Dam
- Front Power Lumbar Support
- Front Power Memory Seat
- Full Size Spare Tire
- Genuine Wood Trim
- Heated Exterior Mirror
- Interval Wipers
- Keyless Entry
- Leather Seat
- Leather Steering Wheel
- Passenger Airbag
- Passenger Multi-adjustable Power Seat
- Power Adjustable Exterior Mirror
- Power Door Locks
- Power Windows
- Rear Window Defogger
- Rear Wiper
- Running Boards
- Second Row Folding Seat
- Separate Driver/front Passenger Climate Controls
- Side Head Curtain Airbag
- Skid Plate
- Steering Wheel Mounted Controls
- Tachometer
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- Tilt Steering Column
- Tire Pressure Monitor
- Tow Hitch Receiver
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2004 Lincoln Aviator ReviewThis car review is specific to this model, not the actual vehicle for sale.
Offering value in the prestige market.
The Lincoln Aviator is the luxury division's mid-size sport-utility vehicle. Based on the Ford Explorer, the Aviator combines a rugged, truck-based platform with a smooth luxury car ride. Properly equipped, Aviator can tow up to 7,300 pounds, significantly more than most imported SUVs in its size class.
The Aviator's mission is to deliver the style of the Lincoln Navigator in a smaller, more manageable, and less expensive package. Aviator lists for about $8,700 less than Navigator. Aviator is also priced lower than most V8-powered luxury sport-utilities. Aviator costs less than a Lexus GX 470, Mercedes-Benz ML 500, Infiniti FX45, and less than the V8 versions of the Cadillac SRX and Volkswagen Touareg. Aviator is also priced just below the six-cylinder BMW X5 3.0.
All-new last year, the Lincoln Aviator returns for 2004 with more options to enhance safety. Electronic stability control, which Ford calls AdvanceTrac, together with a new system called Roll Stability Control, reduce the chance of skidding and to help drivers maintain handling control. A tire-pressure monitoring system is now standard. The voice-activated DVD navigation system has been improved and refined, and now comes with an in-dash six-disc CD changer.
Lincoln Aviator is available with a choice of rear-wheel drive ($39,940) or all-wheel-drive ($42,890). All models come with Ford's 4.6-liter V8 engine, rated at 302 horsepower and 300 pounds-feet of torque. All come with a five-speed automatic.
Most luxuries are standard: leather upholstery; six-way power front seats with two memory settings for the driver; AM/FM/CD/cassette audio with steering wheel-mounted controls; dual-zone electronic climate control plus auxiliary climate controls for the rear-seat passengers; heated power-adjustable side mirrors with built-in puddle lamps and turn-signal indicators; power-adjustable brake and accelerator pedals; and a back-up obstacle detection system.
The Premium Preferred Equipment Group ($2,465 with 2WD, $2,690 with 4WD) adds an audiophile stereo with six-disc CD changer, seven-spoke machined aluminum wheels, high-intensity-discharge headlamps, and heated and cooled driver and passenger seats. (Lincoln sometimes refers to this as the Ultimate Preferred Equipment Group.)
Safety features include anti-lock brakes with Brake Assist, dual-stage frontal air bags, Safety Canopy airbags for protection in side impacts and rollovers, front safety belts with pre-tensioners and load-limiting retractors, three-point lap and shoulder belts for all seating positions, childproof rear-door locks, and LATCH universal child safety seat latches. AdvanceTrac electronic stability control with Roll Stability Control is optional ($860) for Aviator 2WD models. The system will be available for Aviator AWD models late in the model year.
Other options include a power glass sunroof ($1,595), DVD-based navigation system with touch screen and in-dash six-disc CD changer ($2,495), rear-seat DVD entertainment ($1,295), roof rail crossbars ($60), Class III trailer package ($295), and chrome wheels ($795). A 40/20/40 split second-row bench seat can be substituted for the standard second-row bucket seats at no charge.
The Lincoln Aviator was deliberately designed to look like a 9/10ths-scale Lincoln Navigator. Aviator is more than a foot shorter than the Navigator, 4 inches narrower, and about 6-1/2 inches lower. Aviator seats six or seven, depending on the seating configuration ordered, while the Navigator has room for eight.
Like the Navigator, the Aviator sports a generous application of chrome trim, from the grille to the roof rack to the rear license plate holder. Aviator wears the same chrome-framed waterfall grille as the Navigator, though it looks somewhat less imposing in the Aviator's smaller size. The Aviator comes with truck-like running boards, which are a necessity for short-legged passengers.
The Aviator shares its basic structure with the Ford Explorer and Mercury Mountaineer, both of which were re-engineered for 2002. The Aviator is more than just a re-badged Explorer, however. For starters, the Aviator is slightly longer and wider than the Explorer. It uses the Explorer's independent rear suspension, a design more common on luxury cars than trucks, to improve ride quality and allow room underneath for the third seat to fold flat into the floor. The Aviator's suspension has been specially tuned, and lightweight components have been substituted, for improved on-pavement ride.
The Lincoln Aviator's interior is stunning, and every bit as elegant as a luxury sedan's. The two-tone leather in cream (Light Parchment) and charcoal gray (Espresso) with American walnut burl wood trim is quite attractive. The interior also comes in a two-tone Medium and Dark Ash.
The most distinctive touch in the interior is the pewter-colored satin-nickel finish used on the center dashboard and shifter surround. Another distinguishing feature is a small panel that pulls down to hide the audio system. It is finished in the same satin-nickel color. You won't forget what you are driving when you close it, as its cover spells out Lincoln. The clock in the center of the dash, with delicate gold hands and numbers, resembles an expensive watch. This clock design is becoming a signature feature in Lincolns.
The 1961 Lincoln Continental was the inspiration for the Aviator's symmetrical instrument panel. Switches and controls, either rectangular toggles or rotary dials, are backlit with white LED lighting. The steering wheel trimmed in wood and leather includes controls for audio and climate. Every surface throughout the Aviator is attractive to the eye and inviting to the touch.
Aviator comes standard with three rows of seats. The front bucket seats are comfortable and supportive.
In the second row, Aviator buyers have a choice, for which there is no difference in price. They can select a three-way split bench that seats three, or bucket seats for two. The bucket seats come with a hefty center console nearly identical to the one between the front bucket seats. Either way, the second-row seats fold and tumble forward for access to the third row.
The third-row bench sits low and is most suitable for children. It folds flat into the floor manually. Aviator has a two-piece liftgate like the Explorer, with a flip-up window positioned at the height of a shopping cart for loading groceries without lifting the entire hatch.
Driving Impression
The Lincoln Aviator offers a smooth, sophisticated ride. It isn't bouncy like most truck-based sport-utilities, a benefit of its sophisticated independent rear suspension. It rides more smoothly than the Mercury Mountaineer and Ford Explorer.
Ford's tried-and-true 4.6-liter V8 engine delivers plenty of power and makes it possible, with an optional package, to tow up to 7,300 pounds. Our only criticism, which is often the case with Ford engines, is that it roars at start up and under hard acceleration. Beyond those conditions, the Aviator delivered a relatively quiet ride.
Lincoln has made vast improvements in its steering systems, and the Aviator is a good example. Aviator's rack-and-pinion steering delivers a solid on-center feel. In contrast to previous Ford sport-utilities, most notably the Navigator, steering the Aviator was a relaxed experience, requiring few corrections to keep on course. The speed-sensitive steering assist makes low-speed parking lot maneuvers and tooling around the neighborhood effortless. Yet the Aviator feels stable at highway speeds. Steering transitions can be accomplished so seamlessly your passengers will hardly feel them.
Aviator is equipped with larger four-wheel disc brakes than Explorer or Mountaineer. The Lincoln also comes equipped with ABS (anti-lock brakes) and electronic brake-force distribution (EBD). Slam on the brakes and the Aviator comes to a predictable and uneventful stop. ABS lets the driver maintain steering control in a panic stop, while EBD balances the braking force between front and rear wheels dynamically to reduce stopping distances.
The optional AdvanceTrac electronic stability control system ($860) monitors the position of the Aviator's steering wheel, the speed the wheels and tires are turning, the rate at which the vehicle is turning (yaw), and how hard it is cornering (lateral acceleration). If AdvanceTrac decides that the Aviator isn't doing what the driver intends, the system applies the brakes at one or more wheels to correct the vehicle's path. An example of this would be entering a corner too fast, then hitting a patch of wet leaves halfway through the turn; the system would detect the front tires have lost grip and would compensate to try to keep the vehicle from sliding off the edge of the road. The driver need only keep her cool and continue steering (and looking) in the direction she wants to go.
Aviators with AdvanceTrac also feature Roll Stability Control, which uses a gyroscopic sensor to monitor body roll angle and roll rate (in other words, how much the Aviator is leaning in a turn). Roll Stability Control works with AdvanceTrac to determine if the possibility of a rollover might exist, and reduces engine power and/or applies the brakes to help regain stability. The enhanced system was initially added to 2WD models, but late-model AWD models with AdvanceTrac will also get Roll Stability Control.
Lincoln expects the majority of Aviators to be ordered with all-wheel drive. Two different all-wheel drive systems are used, depending on whether AdvanceTrac is also specified. Both systems are designed more for inclement weather than off-road driving. Neither requires action by the driver to engage. All-wheel-drive Aviators without AdvanceTrac use a permanently engaged system that normally sends 35 percent of the engine's torque to the front wheels and 65 percent to the rear. A viscous coupling between the front and rear axles engages when necessary for added traction.
Aviators with AdvanceTrac come with a more sophisticated electronic system that operates in rear-wheel drive most of the time, but can use a clutch pack to send up to 100 percent of the driving torque to the front wheels if conditions warrant. Since AdvanceTrac can also shift driving torque from one side of the vehicle to the other, Aviators with AWD and AdvanceTrac can theoretically keep rolling as long as one of the four wheels has traction.
The 2004 Lincoln Aviator offers the smoothness and sophistication of the big Lincoln Navigator in a smaller, more maneuverable and less expensive package. Yet Aviator gives up nothing in interior elegance and luxury.
Aviator seats six or seven people. It's smoother and more comfortable than the Ford Explorer and most other mid-size SUVs. Its V8 delivers good power. And the available combination of AdvanceTrac stability control and all-wheel drive provides excellent traction and control in icy conditions.
Model Lineup
Lincoln Aviator 2WD ($39,940); 4WD ($42,890).
Assembled In
St. Louis, Missouri.
Options As Tested
Premium Preferred Equipment Package ($2,690) includes heated and cooled front seats, high-intensity discharge (HID) headlamps, 6-disc in-dash CD changer, 17-inch machined aluminum wheels; Power glass sunroof ($1,595); Class III towing package ($295); Rear-seat DVD entertainment system ($1,295).
Model Tested
Lincoln Aviator AWD ($42,890).
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Utah Asks U.S. Supreme Court To Halt Same-Sex Marriages
Utah has officially asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt same-sex marriages, which were recently legalized in the state.
Utah took its fight against gay marriage to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, asking the high court to suspend same-sex unions that became legal when a judge struck down the state's voter-approved ban.
The heavily Mormon state wants the marriages to stop while it appeals a judge's decision, which said banning gay couples from marrying violates their right to equal treatment under the law.
In papers filed Tuesday with Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the state asked her to overturn court decisions to let the marriages go forward. Sotomayor handles emergency requests from Utah and other Rocky Mountain states. She can act by herself or get the rest of the court involved.
"Numerous same-sex marriages are now occurring every day in Utah," Utah lawyers complain in the filing. "Each one is an affront not only to the interests of the state and its citizens in being able to define marriage through ordinary democratic channels, but also to this court's unique role as final arbiter."
Utah repeatedly stressed that states have the authority to define marriage as between a man and woman. "That states have a powerful interest in controlling the definition of marriage within their borders is indisputable," Utah said in the filing.
How do you think will Justice Sotomayor will handle the state's request?
Just a thought, don't leave anything to chance, Utah Instincters! Get those marriages locked down now!
It's got to be obvious to the AG that he'll lose this based on the DOMA/Prop 8 precedent. But his constituency wouldn't allow him to do otherwise - he'd lose this year's election if he didn't defend it vigorously.. But it continues to be very disturbing that a protector of the people's rights is putting the will of the majority above protecting minority rights, as if the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution didn't exist. When I was in elementary school, I learned that democracy = majority rules + minority rights. I guess many folks in the U.S. have forgotten that.

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The hardest part of this dish is cutting the stalks on a large enough angle to make them big beautiful slices. It could have been that my stalks of rhubarb were on the smaller size in the thickness department or I just don't get how to cut diagonally. The diagonal cutting is for appearance more than anything. If you decided to throw appearance out the window, just spread the rhubarb evenly over the tart. Taste is what really matters anyways and this is a perfect dish for people who may be skeptical about rhubarb. The rhubarb is not overwhelming and the orange juice mellows it out at the same time. Serve it up with some vanilla ice cream and enjoy!!
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1 cup fresh orange juice (about 2-3 large oranges)
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice (about half a lime)
1/2 cup sugar
1 pound rhubarb stalks (6-8 medium stalks), thinly sliced diagonally (1/8 inch)
1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Stir together orange juice, lime juice, and sugar in a medium bowl. Add rhubarb and let stand, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes, while rolling out the puff pastry.
- Cut the pastry in half lengthwise, then roll out each piece into a 11-by 7-inch rectangle, on a lightly floured surface. Arrange the pastry rectangles side by side on a large ungreased baking sheet. Score a 1/2-inch border around each pastry rectangle (do not cut all the way through). Prick the pastry inside the border all over with a fork.
- Strain rhubarb mixture, reserving the liquid. Top 1 pastry rectangle (inside the border) with half the rhubarb, overlapping slices slightly. Repeat with the other pastry rectangle.
- Bake until the pastry is puffed and golden on the top and underside, about 25-30 minutes. Meanwhile, boil the reserved rhubarb liquid in a small saucepan, skimming foam off the top, until it has reduced to about a 1/4 cup, 15-20 minutes.
- Transfer tarts to a rack, brushing the rhubarb and pastry with the glaze.


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It was just two weeks ago that Charlie Manuel met with Jimmy Rollins about his failure to run out a groundball against the Marlins. So when the manager saw Rollins give less than full effort on a pop fly that was dropped by Mets pitcher Jon Niese in the sixth inning on Thursday, he took the next step. After the inning, Manuel pulled Rollins from the game, replacing him at shortstop with Michael Martinez. While Rollins reached first base on the play in question, he might have had a shot at second had he run at full speed.
"It's up to me to back up what I say," Manuel said.
The manager said he asked Rollins in the dugout if he thought he ran hard on the pop fly. Manuel did not go into detail on what Rollins' response was.
"My frustration grows any time I see anybody not hustle," Manuel said. "It grows if I see the other team not hustle."
Manuel did not say whether Rollins would be in the lineup tomorrow.
"That's between Jimmy and I," he said.
Manuel said he thought that he and Rollins were on the same page after the conversation in Milwaukee.
"The conversation that Jimmy and I had, I think we understand one another, and I hope the guys on our team understand me too," Manuel said.


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My dear friend, Charlotta, over at Space for Inspiration wrote us a little note about framed televisions mixed in with artwork and I agree, this is also a great idea! And yes, Charlotta, I did a little homework and found some great examples. Here you go!
The below two aren't framed, but they've done a great job bringing in some other dark frames that help the televisions to blend in more. They trick your eye into thinking the TV is just another piece of art.
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This is a great idea (if your walls can support it). The wall is actually cut out so that the TV sits flat against it with the rest of the art. There's no ugly obtrusion here, just a beautiful art wall!
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I actually got this one on a website that manufactures custom television frames. The mirror is made with a specific type of glass that hides the TV. But when you want to sit in your tub and watch TV (so not for me, tub time is for bubbles and silence!) just turn it on and the image appears through the mirror.
So clever. I also just really love this bathroom!
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The Manifesto
Absolute respect for innocent human life from the one-cell embryo stage until natural death is the keystone of justice. A truly just society affirms the fundamental moral equality of all human beings and provides the full protection of the law for all its members, regardless of sex, race, creed, age, size, wealth or physical or mental attainments. It bestows special protection on the weak and vulnerable and makes generous provision for those in need. It proclaims human duties as well as human rights. It cherishes virtue.
Why the ProLife Alliance?
The ProLife Alliance was born out of a growing conviction among large numbers of young voters, pro-life groups around the country and many other concerned citizens that many current policies are deeply harmful, not only to the individuals concerned, but to the common good of society. By seeking to safeguard the rights of all citizens in primary matters related to their welfare, the ProLife Alliance proves itself the most democratic of the political parties.
The first duty of the state is to protect its citizens. By refusing to proclaim and defend the right to life of all, the main political parties condemn to failure attempts to alleviate this country's social ills.
Not only do the main political Parties refuse to defend the right to life but also they falsely claim that MPs are allowed to vote according to conscience. In reality conscience has been consistently ignored. Over a dozen major attempts to amend the Abortion Act have been filibustered or denied any Government support. The lamentable Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 received a two-line Government whip. In recent months the Government has voted to extend embryo experimentation and allow the creation of cloned embryos. Pro-life MPs have been subjected to bullying, or have faced deselection, and pro-life Labour women candidates have been screened out through Emily's List.
The ProLife Alliance gives to the British electorate a chance to affirm the centrality of the pro-life cause.
The Programme of the ProLife Alliance
The ProLife Alliance is committed to making the United Kingdom a truly just society. It will therefore
Secure legislation which confers the full protection of the law on all human life from the one cell embryo stage until natural death.
Hence the ProLife Alliance will:
- repeal the Abortion Act 1967 and outlaw all abortion, except when the babys death is brought about indirectly, for example, as a side-effect of medical treatment for the mother
- repeal the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990, and outlaw cloning, embryo experiments and all reproductive technologies where more embryos are created than are immediately transferred to the mother's body
- outlaw voluntary, non-voluntary and involuntary euthanasia by omission or by direct act, including neonatal euthanasia and euthanasia of patients in a 'persistent vegetative state'
The ProLife Alliance is committed to:
1 Large-scale public funding of:
- pro-life pregnancy care services, including provision of accommodation for women made homeless by pregnancy, pregnant women with special needs and one-parent families
- post-abortion counselling
- hospices (capital and running costs) which provide terminal or palliative and respite care for adults, children and infants
2 Increasing maternity grants and child benefit, and tax allowances for married couples regardless of whether one spouse or both go out to work
minimum maternity and paternity leave
of pro-life education which upholds respect for all human life, and
affirms the dignity of parents and children
5 Support for agencies or institutions which promote:
- pro-life fertility awareness and control, and pro-life infertility treatment
medical and scientific research, especially into human infertility and
the use of adult stem cells to treat disease
- pro-life bioethics
funding and charitable status from agencies which promote anti-life
and anti-family values or policies
British overseas aid to any agency or government which promotes abortion,
euthanasia or sterilisation programmes, coercive contraception or other
violations of human rights (e.g. arbitrary imprisonment or deportation,
slavery, or sale of women or children)
British overseas aid to pro-life agencies and programmes
9 Ensuring effective curbs on violence and pornography in the media
Protecting Women
The ProLife Alliance affirms that readily available abortion leads to increased exploitation of women, not their 'liberation'. Women often find themselves under pressure to have an abortion because of the demands of partners, families, or society. Abortion violates the dignity and integrity of women, leaving a trail of anger, guilt, resentment, depression and loss of self-respect.
Readily available abortion encourages exactly that male irresponsibility which feminists rightly condemn. It enables men to avoid their duties towards their partners and children.
At the time of the 1967 Abortion Act much play was made of the prevalence of backstreet abortions and often grossly exaggerated figures were presented. The ProLife Alliance believes that in the truly just and caring society which we seek to create, abortion will cease to be an alternative which any decent person will want to consider and that, even if abortion is difficult to eliminate completely, this is no reason for legalising it. What is unjust does not cease to be unjust by becoming state-controlled.
Abortion is often recommended in cases of rape. The ProLife Alliance argues that abortion compounds violence with violence, that it is an indefensible response to a complex problem, and that abortion only deepens the trauma of the rape victim as well as taking the innocent life of her child.
Protecting the Very Young
Nobody has a right to bring about the death of an innocent human. Killing can never be part of a just policy of care.
Nearly 6 million preborn children have been killed under the 1967 Abortion Act 6 times the total British dead of the two World Wars. This is destruction of human life without parallel in our history. Gynaecologists openly admit that there is no restriction on the supply of abortion.
Since 1985 over 1,000,000 embryos have been manufactured in IVF laboratories. Of these, only some 60,000 survive as living children today. The rest have died, have been killed (300,000) or remain in deep freezers (250,000).
With no scientific foundation it is now asserted that pregnancy begins several days after fertilisation (i.e. that conception and fertilisation are not the same event). The authorities encourage further large-scale destruction of human life in its earliest stage by promoting post-coital 'contraception' - which is in fact early abortion since it can destroy a human life already begun.
In 1990, for the first time in our history, Parliament accepted the principle that human beings could be made the subject of destructive experimentation. Britain is the only country in Europe which has legislated to permit the creation of human life exclusively for destructive research. Government directives even allow the use of foetal ovarian tissue for research purposes. The pro-abortion lobby actively encourages use of foetal tissue and organs.
Human Cloning
Guidelines for embryo research have this year (January 2001) been made even more permissive: cloned and IVF embryos will be created and killed for their parts. It is widely feared that we will soon be facing the reality of full reproductive cloning.
Protecting the Young
Violence against the preborn easily spills over into violence against the newborn and beyond. Growing evidence suggests that abuse of born children is on the increase.
The ProLife Alliance will ensure that education on human sexuality and parenthood is given sensitively within a pro-life context, and that the prevailing contraceptive education is replaced with teaching of natural fertility awareness and control. The sex education programmes currently saturating the young people of this country will be subjected to Government scrutiny, so that no organisations profiting directly or indirectly from abortion will be allowed to promote themselves within schools, youth clubs or clinics.
Protecting the Family
Current tax laws and benefit systems do not enhance the family's role as the foundation of a healthy society. Hence the ProLife Alliance will use the tax and benefit system to encourage marriage and family life, as well as to give adequate support to those who, often with great courage, struggle as lone parents.
Many of the current responses to problems of infertility, such as gamete donation and surrogacy, undermine the dignity of human sexuality and motherhood, and threaten the integrity of family life. Gamete donation in particular has little regard for the rights of children and is cloaked in unhealthy secrecy.
Protecting the Disabled
The eugenic implications of abortion for foetal abnormality are of grave concern, especially in view of subtle pressures exerted on parents by many health professionals to agree to abortion, when the child is found to be disabled. Political parties which proclaim their commitment to equal opportunities for disabled adults are ignoring their duty to afford equal protection to disabled preborn human beings. Sadly, many of the latter are betrayed by the very organisations which should be protecting them. Society has adopted a double standard: on the one hand providing more support and protection for the born disabled than ever before; on the other devising ever more ruthless techniques for seeking out and destroying the preborn disabled.
Eugenic abortion exploits and encourages exactly those primitive prejudices and fears concerning disability which our society has done so much to overcome. It is bad medicine and a disincentive to the search for cures. Negative and defeatist, deeply insulting to the born disabled, eugenic abortion also causes severe trauma to the mother.
Neonatal euthanasia is already practised where feeding is withheld from newborn babies with the aim of causing death. Some individuals even propose that birth certificates should be issued several days after birth to enable doctors to 'weed out' any 'defective' children.
Protecting the Elderly and Infirm
The attacks on the weakest and most defenceless members of our society have extended to encompass those who, because of age or infirmity, are perceived to be a burden on others. The Bland judgment has sanctioned non-voluntary euthanasia for patients in a persistent vegetative state (PVS). In the recent case of the Conjoined Twins it was judged acceptable to deliberately end the life of the weaker twin, her life being valued less than that of her healthier sister.
The ProLife Alliance maintains that society cannot abdicate its responsibility to the elderly or infirm. The equality of all citizens is paramount in a just society and this implies adequate care for all, at whatever stage of life.
The modern tendency to measure the worth of citizens in terms of their ability to contribute to the economy is at best undemocratic and at worst yet another symptom of a growing utilitarian mentality.
Society must wake up to the reality of the demographic consequences of an anti-life culture. With many European birth-rates falling dangerously below replacement levels, we now face major economic and social problems associated with an ageing population.
Protecting Developing Countries
Much western aid to developing countries is ruthlessly anti-life. Over the last decade, with the connivance of all the parties, more than 100 million pounds of British taxpayers' money has been spent on promoting abortion and sterilisation in China, Bangladesh and elsewhere.
The ProLife Alliance deplores such 'aid' programmes: they do not provide solutions to poverty but merely export our 'culture of death' to countries struggling to develop their economies.
Peaceful and Non-Judgmental
The ProLife Alliance is committed to working within the democratic structures of our society. It repudiates all forms of violence, verbal or physical, and any action which is unduly provocative. It does not approve of aggressive picketing or harassment of individuals.
It will abide strictly by the provisions of the Representation of the People Act 1983 and the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.
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In seeking to outlaw anti-life injustice it wants only sufficient sanctions to protect the innocent. The ProLife Alliance will always promote positive pro-life alternatives to injustice.
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- 2001 sees the 34th anniversary of the Abortion Act. The Abortion Act 1967 has already claimed nearly six million preborn children's lives. These children have been put to death violently, unjustly and often painfully
- Doctors can abort any woman up to 24 weeks without restriction
- Millions of women have been violated. Post-abortion trauma is now a recognised women's disease
- As medicine has moved away from the age-old principles of Hippocrates it has become corrupted, with gynaecology and obstetrics being particularly brutalized
- Abortion is incompatible with the vocation of doctors and nurses, and causes psychological trauma to healthcare professionals
- Killing preborn children because of disability is especially barbaric. Since 1990 such prenatal killing is permitted right up to birth
- The IVF industry has commodified and trivialised human life
- Britain is unique in the world in permitting human embryos to be manufactured for the sole purpose of destructive experimentation
- Disrespect for life and the family has far-ranging consequences. One third of marriages end in divorce. One third of births occur outside marriage. Child abuse is on the increase
- The pro-euthanasia lobby presses ahead relentlessly targeting the elderly and the infirm. Already the courts have accepted non-voluntary euthanasia for PVS (persistent vegetative state) patients, and infanticide in the case of Mary Attard
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The biblical flood story (Genesis 6-9) has certainly taken a beating over the last two or three centuries. The problems began in earnest once geologists realized that a literal submersion of the entire earth in water is contradicted by clear scientific evidence.
Then, beginning in the nineteenth century, archaeologists found other flood stories from Israel's neighbors that looked a lot like Genesis and were much older. Maybe the biblical story is just a plagiarized version of these older stories?
The scientific issues were addressed on this blog several months ago in a series of posts. I am going to focus on the theological issues raised by the older flood stories from Mesopotamia.
The stories known to us as the Atrahasis Epic (introduced last week) and the Gilgamesh Epic both include stories of a cataclysmic flood. The similarities between these stories and the biblical story are well known, striking, and incontrovertible.
First, let's summarize Atrahasis. The version we have probably dates to about the seventeenth century BC, and it is a retelling of a story that is certainly older.
Part of this story recounts a flood. The gods had created humans to be their slave laborer. But they were becoming too noisy, and this disturbed the gods. The god Enlil decreed that humans should be destroyed in a flood. Atrahasis, through the help of the god Ea, escapes the wrath of Enlil by building a large boat in which to save humanity.
Some scholars argue that "noise" suggests rebellion against the gods for their forced labor. Humans failed to respect the distance the gods had put between them; they were not being what they were created to be. This notion of "obliterating boundaries" comes up in the biblical flood story but with important differences, which we will get to next week.
The Gilgamesh Epic is named after its main character Gilgamesh, a king of the Sumerian city of Uruk, a historical figure who ruled sometime between 2800 and 2500 BC.
The story itself "evolved" so to speak. The earliest copies of Gilgamesh are Sumerian and may be as old as the third millennium BC. Also, the earliest versions of this epic did not even include a flood story. That was added toward the end of the second millennium and was deliberately adopted from Atrahasis.
Adapting older stories is an important point for us to keep in mind as we think of the biblical flood story. The authors of Gilgamesh and Atrahasis (not to mention Enuma Elish) all transformed older Sumerian stories for their own time and purposes. This same pattern is at work in the biblical flood story. The biblical story is also a reworking of older, well-known themes for a fresh purpose.
Gilgamesh survives in twelve tablets, and the eleventh recounts the flood. After the death of his dear friend Enkidu, Gilgamesh takes a journey to find the secret of immortality. This quest leads him to track down the hero of this version of the flood story, Utnapishtim. Maybe he has the answer. Alas, Gilgamesh does not find the immortality he sought, but amid his conversations with Utnapishtim, the flood story is recounted to him in some detail.
There you have the basic outline of these two stories. Perhaps they may not seem to connect too closely with the biblical flood story. But combining the themes of Atrahasis/Gilgamesh and reading them side-by-side with Genesis is illuminating. The following summarizes the similarities:1
- a flood and building a huge boat by divine command;
- pitch seals the boat;
- the boat is built to precise dimensions (the biblical boat is much larger);
- clean and unclean animals come on board;
- a Noah figure and his family are saved (Gilgamesh includes some others);
- the boat comes to rest on a mountain;
- a raven and doves were sent out (Gilgamesh includes a swallow);
- animals will fear humans;
- the deity/deities smell the pleasing aroma of the sacrifices afterwards;
- a sign of an oath is given (lapis lazuli necklace for Gilgamesh).
These similarities suggest that the three stories are related in some way. As mentioned above, Gilgamesh seems to have a direct literary tie to Atrahasis. Some scholars also feel that the episode of the birds in Genesis 8:6-12 is dependent on Gilgamesh.
But for us, it is not necessary to ponder whether Genesis is dependent on these ancient Mesopotamian stories. The various flood stories simply share common ways of speaking about a horrible flood of some sort. It is a common scholarly view that either a severe local flood (around 2900 B.C.) or numerous local floods triggered these flood stories. Most biblical scholars understand these ancient stories as attempts to explain why such a thing could happen. The answer: the gods were angry.
The literary evidence from ancient Mesopotamia makes it very likely that Genesis 6-9 is Israel's version of a common and much older ancient Near Eastern flood story. The similarities are clear, but the theology of the biblical story goes off in fresh directions. We will begin looking at that next week.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 86 diseños de 16 diseñadores freelance.
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The Business & Technology Resource Group, Inc. (BTRG) is a full project lifecycle PeopleSoft and Oracle applications consulting company operating across North America.
Hey Designers, We've extended this contest another two days, which means more moony and more time for you.
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Our product is called "UpFront" and it is a "Help Menu" in HTML format for corporate intranets.
Ideally, we get back a logo for "UpFront" with the tagline of "Help Where and When You Need It"
After seeing the initial designs we've decided we don't like "?" marks. Lets see what you got.
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Our target audience are decision makers from businesses of varying technical backgrounds.
UpFront adds value to our InFlight product by driving down the need to offer support. IT departments can install UpFront to provide users with on-screen help without the need for constant training and answering support tickets.
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Our tool allows companies to add their own help content to a legacy web application.
We are calling the product "UpFront" because its contents appears in the top layer of the website "floating" in the upper right of your screen.
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At its core UpFront is a fully customizable, interactive, context-sensitive help system. Instead of having to access multiple help systems from different applications within SharePoint, (provided they're even available) UpFront provides the user with a single source of help.
UpFront is fully customizable by the client - allowing them to tailor help questions and answers to goals and objectives of the organization.
UpFront is interactive - scroll through the help text and relevant application content and buttons will highlight themselves on the screen to alert the user to areas of interest.
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We would like the logo to be bold and colorful as it will frequently be seen alongside the InFlight logo in almost every medium. As a customer, you can't use UpFront without InFlight. Therefore, UpFront will always be sold either alongside or in addition to InFlight. We're eager to see designs that are edgy and cool, but the best design will also play well with the existing InFlight logo, and its logo type in some way. Though not a requirement per se, we acknowledge a preference for at least seeing some ideas that use a similar style and color palette and font style.
Ideally, we get back a logo for "UpFront" as well as a logo for "UpFront" with the tagline of "Help Where and When You Need It"
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Nebraska basketball player Shavon Shields garnered Big Ten Player-of-the-Week honors Monday afternoon following his performance against Florida Gulf Coast last Friday.
The 6-foot-7 sophomore had a game-high 28 points on 8-of-13 shooting from the field and a perfect 12-of-12 from the foul line in the win over 2013 Sweet 16 qualifier FGCU. Shields, whose 28 points were the most by a Big Ten player last weekend, also led the Huskers in rebounds (six) and assists (35) while not committing a turnover in 35 minutes of action.
Monday's honor is the third of Shields' career, as he was a two-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week in 2012-13. He is the first Husker to earn the Big Ten Player of the Week since Andre Almeida last December.
Shields and the Huskers take on Western Illinois Tuesday night at 7 p.m.


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Gearing past Kara
Matticus has a recent post asking what you think minimum stats for post-kara — specifically for ZA — might be. Unfortunately his example hit two of my major peeves and I sidetracked. To answer his question, then, without the taint of my annoyances… this post.
The answer is: a lot less than people think. Remember, minimums. And unlike going INTO Kara, we've actually got an honest-to-god VALUE from Blizzard about ZA. If, of course, we're willing to do a bit of work.
Blizzard believes that ZA is challenging for people who are geared mostly from Kara. We know from past announcements that when they say this they believe players may be less than 100% geared from that source, but it still gives us a solid baseline.
"All" you need to do is walk through the gear that drops that's for that class/spec. (I recommend Kaliban for this, it saves a great deal of effort.) When there are two or more items for a slot, take the lesser of the two. (For example, Headdress of the High Potentate instead of T4.) Add second tier gems (ie, Nightseyes instead of either Shadow Draenites OR shadowsong amethysts). Hold off a minute on enchants, and add it up.
As a priest, you'll add the healing bonuses and the MP5 bonuses. If your priest is spirit oriented, add 10% of spirit to the healbonus — and another 15 for the innate character's spirit. For MP5, take the gear bonus, and add 18.75% of the gear's spirit (plus 28 for innate spirit).
I'm actually not going to add the numbers for you. Quite frankly, it's because you won't believe how low it is (relatively). Nonetheless – in the eyes of Blizzard, that's the baseline. Really good players COULD go in with a bit less, and it's quite possible to go there with more.
ZA is specifically intended as the place to go after Kara if you're not guilded for 25-man raids. If you're geared for SSC, you're overgeared for Zul.
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I think claiming that ZA is on par with places that drop T5 is consistent with Blizzard's statement. If you're killing Prince, and you can field a 25-man raid, you can be in SSC and TK (getting T5). Gruul and Mag aren't gear checks so much as they are raid competency/makeup checks.
It should be a challenge, no doubt, but once you're through Kara, each instance after will be a challenge as there's very little crafted/5-man gear (aside from a few of the new badge rewards) to help you push past the perceived gear gap… other than downing bosses in those instances. (and farming the ones you've cleared)
ZA helps by adding an alternative to SSC and TK to gearing up… As well as offering an alternative to farming Kara for months and months to gear up your guild.
It's probably similar to the release of ZG. When ZG first came out, my guild in blues and some greens rapidly (~2-3 weeks of resets or so) cleared all the bosses in it (as well as AQ20). Some of the most progressed guilds on the server (in T2 level epics) wiped just as much as we did on certain bosses (Ex: Jin'do – many assumed he was too difficult as a result). ZG was a great instance in that the fights were difficult, but the gear requirement level was set low enough for a fresh 60 to walk in and start making progress.
I make no claims about ZA difficulty as my guild dissolved and I've never gone there… But gear is rarely the impediment to guild progression provided you're not 'jumping' instances. 🙂 I argued for slower progress for my guild in the past making claims that the gear was what was stopping us. Thinking back, I'll bet I was wrong on every occasion.
In a 5-man, a geared healer can replace a good healer (or tank or dps or CC). In raiding, a smart player able to make snap decisions on their own in the interest of the raid as a whole, cannot be replaced by any amount of gear.
ZA is definatly not after kara party.
The animal bosses should be doable with a skilled kara geared or even less group tho.
However, Malacress and Zuljin require more gear and skill then kara has to offer. And with that, you will never ever make the timers with a kara geared group.
Think its more of a challenge for the t6 content people in the end, then for the people who got bored raiding after Karazhan.
*light t5 geared holy priest, who cleared zulaman several times with 2 timers*


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My marathon knitting is often fueled by movies or TV shows. The last few days I've been enjoying the following...
Meet Me In St. Louis
Ally McBeal (the season with Robert Downey Jr. and Christmas!)
New episodes of The Closer (yay!)
Still this.
Law & Order: UK
An Affair To Remember
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Holiday
A bit eclectic, but works for me!
Oh, and mom picked the Plucky MCN fingering in Flannel Shimmy (the gorgeous grey..one of my faves!!) for her gloves. Her and I both want to thank you for all the birthday wishes! She was thrilled and totally understanding of the lack of gift. Although she keeps saying that seems to equal two sets of gloves, but oh well.
Here are the lucky winners too! The following win a copy of my Dotty sock pattern:
Sarah JS
And the lucky Burst sock pattern winners:
mhardersen (that's you Molly!)
Please email me at irishgirlieknits AT gmail DOT com and include the name of the pattern you won! Congratulations!!
So for today's blogiversary giveaway, leave me a comment about what you do for your marathon knitting (e.g., what movies help you crank out that project?, music?, place? anything!) or something else you enjoy while you knit (e.g., I pick the spot on the couch at IrishDad's house closest to the fire and guaranteed to get a doggie on your lap at the same time!). The pattern will be Sweet Baby Kate because...Dear Baby Francis (the Uncle Frank baby booties) should be released this week!! Yay!
And for double the fun, go over to Zknitter's blog and enter her blogiversary contest. She's giving away one of my patterns (love you Zonda!! can you believe it has been 4 years since I was your secret pal and reading your blog inspired me to start mine?!?!) as well as other fun prizes!
Tomorrow includes a photo shoot, holiday baking, and starting Lil' Snowboarder's Christmas socks!! I can't believe Christmas is right around the corner!!
Happy happy Holidays!
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That's how I described my mood after having my picture taken with University of Kentucky men's basketball player Ramon Harris at Friday's DARE graduation. And I know I wasn't the only one.
"That's Harris! That's him right there!" I heard one DARE graduate shout in disbelief while standing about 10 feet in front of the senior Wildcat who graduated last weekend.
"I'll never wash my hand again," said another after getting a high-five.
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Percentage of students that graduated from the Construction Careers Center Charter High School in St. Louis, while only 72% graduate from local city schools. Ted Aadland, 2010 president of the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and Portland, Ore.-based Aadland Evans Constructors, recently called for greater support of skills-based education such as this, during the launch of a new construction-focused charter school in Albuquerque, N.M. He said student performance is higher at similar construction-focused high schools across the county that the association supports than at nearby public schools.
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Level of builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes in August. This total is one point less than the previous reading, taking the total to its third consecutive monthly decline and the lowest level since March 2009. According to NAHB Chief Economist David Crowe, this reflects builder frustration toward the effects that foreclosed property sales are having on the new-homes market, with 87% of respondents reporting that their market has been negatively impacted by foreclosures. Nevertheless, NAHB continues to project that modest job gains, historically low mortgage rates, and pent-up demand will ensure a better housing market in the second half of 2010 than in the first half.
Source: National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI)
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Percentage increase in the average pay for all employees in the construction industry in the 12 months ending in June, according to recent analysis by AGC of Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data on average hourly earnings (payroll divided by employee hours) in construction. Average pay for all employees in the industry increased 4.0% in 2007, 4.8% in 2008, and 1.9% in 2009.
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Percentage increase in national construction costs in the second quarter, as compared to the first quarter. According to a survey of 13 cities released recently by property and construction consultant Rider Levett Bucknall, most cities reported slight construction price inflation — with Los Angeles and San Francisco representing the greatest quarterly increases by close to 1.0%. Construction costs continued to decline in some markets, including Denver, Las Vegas, Portland, and Seattle, which reported deflation between 0.1% and 0.8%.
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English Literature 1660-1745
English 325
Autumn 2000
Jack Lynch
English 325 explores British culture in the first half of the "long" eighteenth century from the Restoration in 1660 through about 1745. We'll examine some of the literature, history, philosophy, art, and music of the age. Works will include Behn's
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Beggar's Opera
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Michelle Williams Is Just a Mother Raising Her Child
Celebmama Michelle Williams is just another woman raising a child. But in addition to all the worries that most parents have, the actress is stalked by the paparazzi. In a recent and raw Newsweek interview, the 28-year-old actress expressed her feelings about those behind the lens. She said:
"It burns a fire inside of me, the s––– that I've seen people do to get at me or my daughter," she says. "I won't forget it, and I won't support it. I don't want my daughter growing up feeling spied on or threatened."
After the death of Michelle's former fiancé, actor Heath Ledger, it seems the interest in their now three-year-old has only increased. The article continued:
She can't understand how many more pictures people need of her holding a coffee cup in one hand and Matilda in the other. Williams is especially enraged at female photographers, because she thinks women should be protective of mothers. She tried to give a particularly aggressive paparazzo career advice recently. "I said, 'You're better than this. Look at you! You're young, you're able-bodied, you have a brightness in your eyes. You're above this.' But you know what? She didn't go away."
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Apparently, they would send one of their birds with a "parasite" module.
What if?? Say the James Webb telescope has a problem after it's deployment, could this servicing vehicle observe the exterior, aid in a plan to repair, if it is equipped with an arm, maybe it could do a repair. Didn't one of Lockheed's satellites AEHF kick motors fail a couple years ago and had to rely on its Hall effect thruster to raise the apogee.
Based on the Orbital legacy Geostar Satellite Platform and our Cygnus Autonomous Rendezvous technology, together with the ATK heritage Hubble space telescope servicing devices and other prior work. The first of these new geosynchronous orbit servicing vehicles if the project proceeds as expected will commence operations following launch in early 2019.Details on this project including anchor customer agreements and the technical capabilities of our servicing systems will be announced later this year.
At present, there is not and we do not anticipate government contribution to the space initiative. That is a new commercial service that we are preparing to offer and while over the long-term, government satellites may benefit from it and make use of it, we don't expect government funding during the development phase of that project.
Dulles, Virginia and Luxembourg 12 April 2016 Orbital ATK, Inc. (NYSE: OA), a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, today announced that Intelsat, S.A. (NYSE: I), operator of the worlds first Globalized Network, has signed a contract to become the first customer for Orbital ATKs new satellite life extension service. [...] Under the agreement, Orbital ATK will manufacture, test and launch the first Commercial Servicing Vehicle (CSV), the Mission Extension Vehicle-1 (MEV-1), which incorporates flight-proven technologies the company has used in its commercial satellite and space logistics businesses. After successfully completing a series of in-orbit tests, the MEV-1 will begin its mission extension service for Intelsat in 2019.
I wonder if the MEV is small/light enough for launch on a Pegasus?EDIT: At 2,000kg it looks like they'd have to go to a third party launcher.
As another example in our Space Systems group, we announced in April, a five-year contract with Intelsat, the first customer for our in-space commercial satellite servicing system. This program is a great example of the new revenue opportunities created by our merger as we combine the Orbital legacy GEOStar satellite platform and Cygnus Autonomous Rendezvous technology with ATK Heritage Hubble telescope servicing devices and other prior work. If things proceed as planned, the first of an eventual fleet of up to five of these geosynchronous orbit servicing vehicles will commence operations following launch in early 2019, with four more such vehicles to follow in 2020 and 2021.


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Here's a little Coop fix for y'all!
I tried very hard to resist that frog costume but I just couldn't. Coop came to school for our Halloween parade and he was basically a celebrity. I can't tell you how much I love where I teach! Both of us are truly blessed that I am there with such wonderful people that love us.
I know I have been neglectful, but honestly, I will eventually get the hang of this new life. There are so many unknowns right now and so much new responsibility that sometimes its just overwhelming, ya know? Anywho, a few weeks ago someone had asked if I could post the directions to the stained glass apples that we make in September. I was good...I got out my camera and took pictures and had every intention of posting them right away but then life just got in the way. Here are how they turn out...
The order was super easy to complete online and it shipped really fast. I was so excited to have my little timer back, lol, it's the little things. Anyway, something was wrong with it. The screen was kind of wonky. I called the customer service and they said it was no problem and they would send out a new one. A few days later, I had the replacement and it works wonderfully!
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I have been asked if I am making anymore units and I am, it just is taking me a bit to get them together. My December unit is almost finished and from there, I will be working on a Winter unit, I believe. If there is anything you are desperate to see in those units, please let me know and I will try my best to accommodate.
In the mean time, here are some fall favorites from last year :0)
Hoppy Fall Y'all 2011
Here is my Fall unit...
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The ITF has also published a note outlining "Players' Rights and Responsibilities."
The one major change I've identified in the 2014 programme is section 4.6 which deals with the athlete biological passport (ABP).
4.6 ABP Testing:No word on who leads the "APMU", or who has been selected to be on the "Expert Panel".
4.6.1 The ITF will designate one or more person(s) to administer and manage the ABP Programme within and on behalf of the ITF (the "Athlete Passport Management Unit", or "APMU"). The ITF will also appoint suitably qualified, independent experts to form the Expert Panel for purposes of the ABP Programme.
4.6.2 The ITF will decide, in its sole discretion, which Players will be selected for ABP Testing. The ITF will also decide, consulting as appropriate with the Expert Panel (via the APMU), on the timing of such Testing. The ITF will also coordinate as necessary with other competent Anti-Doping Organisations carrying out ABP Testing in relation to any Player(s).
4.6.3 Samples that are intended to be part of the ABP Programme will be collected, transported and analysed in accordance with the International Standard for Testing, the International Standard for Laboratories, and the mandatory protocols set out in Annexes A to C of the ABP Guidelines.
4.6.4 The data arising from such analysis will be processed and reviewed in accordance with the ABP Guidelines to identify atypical values/profiles that warrant referral to a single expert from the Expert Panel, and thereafter (if appropriate) to a group of three experts from the Expert Panel, for consideration in accordance with Appendix D of the ABP Guidelines.
4.6.5 Where the three experts from the Expert Panel unanimously conclude that, subject to any explanation provided by the Player, the atypical value(s)/profile is inconsistent with a normal physiological condition or known pathology, and compatible with the use of a Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method, that finding (an "Adverse Passport Finding") shall be dealt with as set out in Article 7.4.


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Britain's best seaside hotels
A guide to the best seaside hotels in Britain, including the top places to stay for families, kids and couples, featuring infinity pools, sea views, excellent fish restaurants, impressive spas and charming rooms, in locations such as Cornwall, Brighton, Norfolk, Suffolk, Dorset, Isle of Wight and Jersey.
The ScarletMawgan Porth, England
Overlooking romantic Mawgan Porth beach, this scintillating eco hotel blurs the boundaries between inside and out, with glass walls, flat roofs covered in sea thrift and infinity pools that seem to reach to the sea. At its heart is its Ayurvedic spa, with pods suspended in the dark for deep relaxation. The Scarlet may be thoroughly green but there's no sense of a hair shirt approach: once inside this adult-only sanctuary, the feeling is one of soothing, sybaritic luxury. Read expert review
From £ 230 per night
The GallivantRye, East Sussex, England
With an appropriate beach shack look (bleached, driftwood style bar in the open, sunny Bistro and similar furnishings in the bedrooms) the Gallivant overlooks the golden sands of Camber. Its name ('to wander about, seeking pleasure') is appropriate: it started life as the Blue Dolphin Motel, when no doubt it saw its fair share of gallivants and their girls. Now it's an informal, affordable beachside hotel with a youthful air and plenty of local fish on the menu. Read expert review
From £ 135 per night
Lewinnick LodgeNewquay, Cornwall, England
Gob-smacking ocean views are the heart and soul of this cool property, perched on the edge of a cliff on rocky Pentire Head. Whether gazing out of picture windows, or supping prawns and Prosecco on the terrace, it's all about the sea and the sunsets and the amazing Cornish light. The coast path is on the doorstep with Fistral Beach, Pentire Head and the white dunes of Crantock sands also close by. The building is a sturdy block of Cornish stonework; a huge timber deck out-front seems to hang over the sea like the prow of a ship. Upstairs, moody midnight blue hallways contrast with the rooms' airy, pastel hues. Read expert review
From £ 90 per night
Blakeney HotelNorfolk, England
Loved by generations of the same families, The Blakeney stands in a prime position on the charming quayside in one of the Norfolk coast's prettiest villages, with wonderful views across the estuary and salt marshes to Blakeney Point. The family-owned hotel has recently had a top-to-toe refurbishment of its bedrooms and sitting rooms, which have pretty fabrics and are white, light and very comfortable. There are panoramic views from the restaurant, bar and terrace. Read expert review
From £ 170 per night
Salcombe Harbour Hotel & SpaSalcombe, Devon, England
A pebble's skim from the sea, this coastal south Devon hotel means you can doze at night listening to the bells of bobbing fishing boats and the swoosh of the waves - a rare treat in the UK. This 50-room luxury spa hotel has a magnificent view of Salcombe bay, with its twinkling seas, sandy beaches and pastel cottages. Now a chic retreat the hotel offers a luxury spa, a private cinema, a stylish restaurant, and outdoor terraces with panoramic bay views. As you'd expect from a coastal hotel, the menu is seafood-heavy, and the offerings are simple and classic. Read expert review
From £ 104 per night
Artist Residence BrightonBrighton, East Sussex, England
There's nowhere more fun, and more in the spirit of theatrical, artistic Brighton than this highly individual 23-room hotel at the top of Regency Square, where each bedroom is individually painted by an artist, and more works of art are dotted around the hotel. There are views of Brighton's seaside from the open-plan breakfast and reception room, a Cocktail Shack and the rustic but chic Set Restaurant for seasonal tasting menus. Read expert review
Escape Boutique B&BLlandudno, Wales
The first boutique hotel to come to Llandudno, this design-led property combines the aesthetics of a Wallpaper* photoshoot with the home-from-home welcome of a family-owned b&b. The owners have clearly invested time and energy in the property — it shows in the eclectic, personal touches. They have sourced vintage pieces from European design fairs and continue to refresh the rooms regularly. It offers a frisson of style for weekend escapers seeking privacy, and a stylish base for exploring local adrenaline and cultural attractions. Read expert review
The Atlantic HotelSt Brelade, Jersey, Channel Islands
It began life as an unforgiving Sixties building. Four decades on, after major refurbishment, the Atlantic now speaks more of Art Deco and ocean liners, with sophisticated all white reception rooms that are stylish, yet timeless, complemented by beautifully mannered staff who provide the traditional element in a hotel that stays fresh, but refuses to follow fashion. The same can be said for the Michelin-starred cooking of Mark Jordan, which takes its cue from the best produce that Jersey has to offer. Read expert review
Watergate BayNewquay, Cornwall, England
A traditional bucket-and-spade holiday hotel since the Seventies, today Watergate Bay, run by the present generation of the same family, does its job of appealing to all ages with great flair, with an easy going yet stylish vibe and fun for all the family. Its Extreme Academy for watersports makes the most of its location on one of Cornwall's best surfing beaches and easily justifies the hotel's moniker of 'Ski Resort on a Beach'. Read expert review
From £ 185 per night
Penally AbbeyTenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The house has an elevated position in the coastal village of Penally, one mile south of Tenby and with easy access to the Pembrokeshire Coast Path. The 11 bedrooms are lovely and have views over the sea. It's a pleasure to dine in the restaurant, with its candlelight and white linen tablecloths. The food is enjoyable and the menu might include dishes such as steamed clams or seared salmon fillet. Read expert review
From £ 145 per night
Romney Bay House HotelNew Romney, Kent, England
Hedda Hopper, the American actress and gossip columnist, commissioned Sir Clough Williams-Ellis to build this imposing mansion for her in the Twenties. The setting on a wide pebble beach between Romney Marsh and the sea is glorious and peaceful. Inside, it has attractive, homely bedrooms, a cosy bar, fire-lit sitting room, pretty conservatory dining room and top-floor 'lookout' with the feel of a beach hut and an old-fashioned telescope for scanning the horizon. On a clear day, you can see France. Read expert review
From £ 75 per night
The Idle RocksSaint Mawes, Cornwall, England
The hotel is set right on the miniscule harbour, with wonderful views from sunrise to sunset from the terrace and glass-walled restaurant/bar/sitting room that runs the entire length of the hotel. Staying at this stylish, laid-back waterfront inn in chic St Mawes is guaranteed to make you feel like a very cool model in a World of Interiors shoot. Skies and sea often look Mediterranean, and sitting in the bar over a perfectly executed Fizz, it can be hard to believe you are in England. Read expert review
From £ 200 per night
The Pier HotelHarwich, Essex, England
Designed to resemble a Venetian palazzo, The Pier was built in 1864 to accommodate passengers departing for the Continent. The original Ha'penny Pier is still charmingly intact and gives its name to the hotel's all-day ground floor bistro. Upstairs is the Harbourside Restaurant, a fine setting for elegant fish dishes. From six of the bedrooms you can soak up the view: the Orwell and Stour estuaries in the distance and tugs and fishing boats beetling about on the water at your feet. Read expert review
The Cary ArmsDevon, England
Set beneath the cliffs on the beach, The Cary Arms' location is nothing short of spectacular. Rooms are delightful, with retro red leather bed heads, pretty wardrobes and sticks of rock on snow white pillows. Best of all are six new beach huts for overnight stays: luxurious touches abound, including walk-in showers, non-mist bathroom mirrors, soft carpets, White Company toiletries, a Smeg minibar, coffee-maker and sun loungers on the terrace. Read expert review
From £ 92 per night
Ynyshir Restaurant and RoomsPowys, Wales
The location is very peaceful. Queen Victoria acquired the handsome white painted house as a hidden retreat. The undulating grounds are lovely and lead to the RSPB Ynys Hir Nature Reserve at the head of the Dovey estuary. Bedrooms are given the names of famous artists and are loosely themed. The Garden Suites are fabulous: great bedrooms by any standards with cosy sitting rooms and glamorous bathrooms. Read expert review
From £ 190 per night
Isle of Eriska HotelScotland
Island hotels have a magic all of their own and none more so than Eriska, connected to the mainland by a rumbly bridge but otherwise a world apart: all yours, with its seals and otters and dreamlike views. After a fine dinner in the turreted Scottish Baronial Big House, built in 1884, guests gather for an Eriska exclusive: badgers feeding from bread and milk on the terrace. There's plenty to do: golf, leisure centre and multi-purpose sports hall. Read expert review
From £ 266 per night
Hotel TresantonSaint Mawes, Cornwall, England
The all-white restaurant and the huge ship's deck of a terrace are just right for stylish summer dining, with simple but effective menus and excellent breakfasts. Otherwise, you can enjoy Sunday summer barbecues throughout July and August. There is no pool but no matter – instead, meet Pinuccia, the 8-ft resident yacht, which you can sail around Falmouth Bay to the end of September, with the help of the hotel's skipper. Read expert review
From £ 180 per night
Bodysgallen Hall and SpaLlandudno, Wales
The medieval core of a fine 16th-century mansion, the tower was built as a lookout for Conwy Castle. The higher you climb, the older its spiralling staircase becomes: Victorian at the bottom, 13th century at the top. The encircling view is enthralling. As you turn, first Conwy Castle, then Snowdonia, then the sea and Anglesey, then Great Orme, catching the golden light, and lastly Llandudno, with the promise of its marvellous 19th-century promenade, come into view. Read expert review
From £ 220 per night
The Reading RoomsMargate, Kent, England
A restored Georgian townhouse on genteel Hawley Square, a stone's throw from Margate's sandy beach, quirky Old Town and the Turner Contemporary. Three bedrooms span a floor each and, with lavish breakfasts enjoyed in the privacy of one's room, it's more boutique luxury hotel than typical beachside b&b. Floorboards are stripped, walls unevenly undressed of layers of multicoloured paint and plaster, antique chandeliers hang above old radiators painted slate grey, and wildflower posies sit on ornate fireplaces. Read expert review
From £ 160 per night
Greywalls Hotel & Chez RouxGullane, East Lothian, Scotland
Just outside the East Lothian golfing town of Gullane, overlooking the Firth of Forth and as close as you can get to the Muirfield championship course without actually sleeping on the greens. Edinburgh is only 30 minutes' drive away and there are plenty of long walks, sandy beaches and appealing coastal towns nearby if you are put off by putting. As well special golf packages, there are other distractions: tennis courts and croquet, fishing, clay pigeon shooting and bicycles by arrangement. Read expert review
From £ 72 per night
The MidlandMorecambe, Lancashire, England
An Art Deco masterpiece, the Midland's sleek white curve sits elegantly beside the shining expanse of Morecambe Bay. It offers magnificent views across the bay to the Lake District's high fells, particularly from the handsome restaurant with its stylish sweep of window walls. After a multi-million pound restoration, the hotel is now as dazzling as it was in its glamorous heyday. There are just 44 rooms (splash out on the sea view) and an atmosphere that's more boutique than grand hotel. Read expert review
From £ 130 per night
St Brides Spa HotelPembrokeshire, Wales
The seaside setting, tucked into the south-easternmost fringe of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, is charming, and the hotel itself is bright, breezy and contemporary, with a maritime motif. Make the most of the excellent spa, with soothing thermal suite, including an infinity pool, herbal rock sauna and a host of pampering treatments. The 34 bedrooms are divided into three categories – Good, Better and Best – and stylish colours evoke the seaside ambience. Read expert review
From £ 195 per night
The NareCornwall, England
Opened by Toby Ashworth's grandmother in 1988, The Nare was the county's first luxury establishment. Today, Toby continues to uphold her vision of traditional British hospitality, resulting in a hotel to which guests return year after year, drawn by the kindness, the offer of collection by car from their home, the location on stunning Carne Beach and the good food in the splendid dining room. Children are usually part of multi-generational gatherings. Dogs have their own menus. Read expert review
From £ 285 per night
Hell BayIsles of Scilly, Cornwall, England
California meets the Atlantic Ocean at this terrific hotel on tiny Bryher. It takes commitment to get there by ferry and jeep, but when you do you'll find nothing but grass, golden sand, a jumble of rocks and the vast ocean. There's also a pool, tennis court, play area, games and fitness rooms. Dishes such as Bryher crabs and Tresco beef are served in sunny weather on the terrace where you can drink in those astonishing views. Read expert review
From £ 135 per night
Burgh Island HotelDevon, England
A one-off. With its authentic Art Deco building and interiors and its determination to recreate a bygone era, this island hotel, reached by sea tractor at high tide, attracts people who love the idea of donning evening dress for dinner, every night, and recreating the past. In its heyday, many celebrities, including Noel Coward, frequented the hotel. Agatha Christie, who wrote two novels here, including And Then There Were None, based on the island, loved it too. Read expert review
From £ 320 per night
The Pig on the BeachStudland, Dorset, England
With its wacky profusion of turrets, gargoyles, stone casements and overlapping tiles on steep roofs, this enchanting 18th-century house will bring an instant smile and thoughts of Hansel and Gretel. As for the views, you'll be entranced, especially looking across fields and sea to Old Harry Rocks. It brims over with charm: the signature conservatory restaurant; walled kitchen garden; original features; quirkily different bedrooms; spa in a shepherd's hut and much more. For fun in the sun, look no further. Read expert review
From £ 185 per night
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The Little GlosterCowes, Isle of Wight, England
With a bar along one wall and kitchen open to view, the simple, glass encased L-shaped dining room of this fun-loving restaurant with rooms on a little bay near Cowes buzzes with life. Owner Ben Cooke no longer mans the stoves but has joined his wife Holly front of house, with no diminishment in the quality of the food: perhaps home-cured Gravadlax, smoked mackerel salad Niçoise and lobster in season, plus locally sourced meat dishes, including excellent steaks, for the less piscatorial. Read expert review
From £ 110 per night