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Annual to tree
Leaves generally compound, alternate, stipuled; leaflets generally entire
Inflorescence: generally raceme, spike, umbel or head; flowers sometime 12 in axils
Flowers generally bisexual, generally bilateral; hypanthium generally flat or cup-like; sepals generally 5, fused; petals generally 5, free, or the 2 lower ± fused; stamens 1many, often 10 with 9 filaments at least partly fused, 1 (uppermost) free; pistil 1, ovary superior, generally 1-chambered, ovules 1many, style, stigma 1
Fruit: legume, sometimes including a stalk-like base above receptacle, dehiscent, or indehiscent and breaking into 1-seeded segments, or indehiscent, 1-seeded, and achene-like
Seeds 1several, often ± reniform, generally hard, smooth
Genera in family: ± 650 genera, 18,000 species: worldwide; with grasses, requisite in agriculture and most natural ecosystems. Many cultivated, most importantly Arachis , peanut; Glycine , soybean; Phaseolus , beans; Medicago ; Trifolium ; and many orns
Reference: [Polhill & Raven (eds) 1981 Advances in legume systematics; Allen & Allen 1981 Leguminosae]
Family description and key to genera by Duane Isely.
Annual or perennial herb from crown, glabrous to hairy; hairs sometimes forked at base, branches parallel with leaf surface, sometimes very unequal
Stem 0 or prostrate to erect
Leaves odd-1-pinnate; leaflets generally jointed to midrib; stipules membranous, sometimes fused around stem at stem base
Inflorescence: raceme, axillary, sometimes head- or umbel-like; flowers 2many
Flower bilateral; calyx 5-lobed; banner outside wings in bud, keel blades with small protrusion at base locking into pit on adjacent wing; 9 filaments fused, 1 free; ovary (and fruit) generally sessile, style slender, stigma minute
Fruit generally 1- or ± 2-chambered, often mottled, generally becoming ± dry; placenta on upper suture
Seeds 2many, smooth, compressed, ± notched at attachment scar
Species in genus: > 2000 species: ± worldwide (380 in North America, 94 in CA including many rare taxa)
Etymology: (Greek: ankle-bone or dice, perhaps from rattling of seeds within fruit)
Reference: [Barneby 1964 Mem NY Bot Gard 20:11188; Isely 1986 Iowa State J Res 61:157289]
Very difficult; both flower and fruit needed for identification; many good species appear similar; some species complexes need study. Taxa near province boundaries may appear in > 1 key. Varieties keyed under species for simplicity; species with vars. so identified in key. Fr length includes beak and any stalk-like base unless fruit body specified.
Perennial, ± robust, ± glabrous
Stem decumbent or ascending, 13 dm
Leaf 515 cm; leaflets 721, 420 mm, ovate to ± round
Inflorescence: flowers 410, not crowded, spreading
Flower: calyx glabrous; corolla red-purple with white wing tips, or cream, or white drying cream, banner 1623 mm, recurved ± 85°, keel 1016.5 mm
Fruit spreading or pendent; body 2555 mm, 1020 mm wide, widely ± ovoid, bladdery, glabrous; stalk-like base 3.510 mm; chamber 1
Chromosomes: 2n=24
Ecology: Dry, open areas, often among sagebrush, pinyon
Elevation: 15003100 m.
Bioregional distribution: East of Sierra Nevada, n Desert Mountains
Distribution outside California: w&c Nevada


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Radical cystectomy (removal of the entire urinary bladder) is the definitive treatment for invasive bladder cancer. Superficial bladder cancer would only require transurethral resection of the tumor followed by intravesical chemotherapy.
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Faulty Towers the Dining Experience
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'Faulty Towers: the Dining Experience' returns for 2017. This review is from the 2012 run.
Farty Towels; Watery Fowls; Flowery Twats; the misspelling of Fawlty Towers's sign was a marvellous running gag. It was never spelt with a 'u', though, as it is in 'Faulty Towers the Dining Experience'. But despite being an unofficial tribute to John Cleese's legendary '70s sitcom, this interactive dinner-show – created by Australian company Interactive Theatre International –?captures the programme's spirit surprisingly well.
Having ordered our drinks at the pricey bar, Basil Faulty (with a 'u', remember) calls each dining group to be seated. My scruffy clothes didn't go down well with the neurotic host. 'Haven't you heard of a shirt and tie?' he asked, disgusted, before directing us to table seven.
Basil, Sybil and Manuel (Polly's 'got the night off', we're told) act as waiting staff, wandering between tables, interacting with guests, and performing longer set-pieces between courses which loosely recreate classic scenes from the series – pet rat, fire drill, goose-stepping etc. The trio are convincing impersonators, expertly nailing Cleese, Scales and Sachs's voices and mannerisms, and mingle seamlessly with the diners, making sure to involve each guest but never humiliate them.
What's disappointing is the lack of a through-line. The skits are hardly linked, meaning the evening doesn't build to much of a conclusion. The food, too, isn't exactly haute cuisine. The soup was tasty, but the chicken and vegetables main course was bland and cheap. But I guess that's faithful to the Towers 'experience'. Despite its flaws, this tribute show is exactly what it sets out to be; a good, solid, fun night out for fans of the sitcom. Just don't ask for more rolls; Manuel looked dizzy enough after one.
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Great fun and surprisingly good food! Definitely an "fawlty tower experience".. Basil was fabulous, but Sybil and Manuel was good too. It's a bit pricy so there should have been one drink included, but that's my only criticism..
All in all a great night..!
We had been deliberating over going to this event for several months and then we were lucky enough to attend the show for free, courtesy of Time Out and I'm so glad we did because the show is superb. We had several people on our table from overseas who hadn't actually seen the show and I cannot see how they could possibly have appreciated how talented the cast were or understood what was going on, they may even have put the poor service down to the hotel itself haha. The Amba Hotel is an incredible building and the Torquay Suite in particular is a beautiful room, full of character.
If you go prepared for an evening of comedy and mayhem then that is what you get, you need a good crowd with a sense of humour, willing to interact with the proceedings. I thought the food was very good far better than I'd expected and piping hot. The dessert was delicious. If you go expecting first class service then you're missing the point. This is Faulty Towers after all!
Food is terrible, show is thoroughly entertaining.
I should like to come to the F.T Dining experience on Sunday 30th June at 6pm as a surprise for my husband's 66th birthday. Have you got availability please and what will be the cost for two over 60 year olds (my husband and myself?) a husband and wife in their 40s; and two daughters of eleven years old? My mobile number is 07711981614? Please remember this is a surprise!! Many thanks. Glenda Powell
visited london to see our daughter ,while we were there booked 4 tickets for a tuesday night show A fantastic show from start to finish. We were on a table with other diners from abroad but it made for a great night as they did not know what to expect .The players were superb the sketches very funny. Have booked to see them at The Hostess Restaurant when they come to Mansfield in Oct . Geoff
Food = Average Experience = Incredible It really is an outstanding, immersive, hilarious show. Best night out in London right now.
Best night out in London I've had in ages. Hilarious! http://www.myhiddengems.co.uk/2013/01/fawlty-towers-dining-experience-london/
Really loved all the actors but the food was really cheap (like the real fawlty towers I guess). Leek and potato soup followed by a small chicken breast with mash that required a knife and fork. Pudding was a floppy mousse cake masquerading as a cheesecake. But would Basil have had the front to charge £30.00 for a bottle of sulphate rich Nobilo Sauvignon blanc (you can get six bottles at Tesco for the same price, that's a ridiculous mark-up). Christmas table decor would have been a really nice touch too..
Utterly brilliant. The service is appalling, the staff rude and incompetent as you would expect. The food is basic but fine (drinks are extortionate) and is really incidental to the show, which is superbly acted; it's difficult to tell the cast from the originals. After the show, had a chat with 'Basil' who said it's about 60% improvised on the night, which keeps things fresh. It worked well and we were of course delighted to see some goose-stepping and anti-German ranting, a loose rat and Manuel being beaten up. Absolutely hilarious and a top night out (unless you're German)!


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A predicate nominative or predicate noun completes a linking verb and renames the subject. It is a complement or completer because it completes the verb. Predicate nominatives complete only linking verbs. The linking verbs include the following: the helping verbs is, am, are, was, were, be, being, and been; the sense verbs look, taste, smell, feel, and sound; and verbs like become, seem, appear, grow, continue, stay, and turn.
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Bacteria pack their own demise
Numerous pathogens contain an 'internal time bomb', a deadly mechanism that can be used against them. After years of work, VIB researchers at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) were able to determine the structure and operating mechanism of the proteins involved. This clears the road for finding ways to set the clock on this internal time bomb and, hopefully, in the process developing a new class of antibiotics. The research was accepted for publication by top journal Molecular Cell, with congratulations from the editorial board.
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For years, Nathalie De Jonge, Remy Loris and their colleagues of the VIB Department of Molecular and Cellular Interactions at VUB, have applied their relentless dedication to the study of the precise structure and function of the toxin-antitoxin complex, a system that had not been the focus of much interest in the past. Only in the last couple of years the rest of the scientific world come to realize its importance and as a result the number of papers in this field has exploded.
All living creatures, people as well as bacteria, store their genetic information in the same way, i.e. in the DNA. Every human cell contains 46 neatly folded DNA strands that together measure two meters, while bacteria have to make do with around one millimetre of DNA. A piece of DNA containing the recipe for one characteristic, such as "how to make citric acid" or "how to make hair curl," is called a gene. Humans have several tens of thousands of genes.
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If your genetic information becomes damaged, you have a good chance of becoming ill or even dying. This is also true for bacteria, which over time developed a handy way of providing extra protection to important genes - the toxin-antitoxin (T-A) system. These T-A genes are tucked in near the genes to be protected. T-A genes contain instructions for both a toxin and its antitoxin. As long as the cell is producing both, all is well. However, if for some reason the piece of DNA where the T-A gene is located gets damaged or lost, the production of toxin and antitoxin comes to a halt and a time bomb starts ticking. Because the toxin is more stable than the antitoxin, it is broken down more slowly by the cell's clean-up mechanisms. Once the antitoxin is all gone, there is still enough toxin left to kill the bacterium. The upshot for the species is that bacteria that loses their T-A gene - and probably have sustained damage to the important genes just next to it - can no longer reproduce.
Our best-known intestinal residents, Escherichia coli bacteria, more commonly known as E.coli, have such a T-A system in five different locations in their DNA, while Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria even have them in 60 locations.
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The T-A mechanism has been known for a while, but nobody clearly understood the workings of the proteins carrying out the instructions of the T-A gene. The VIB researchers clarified in detail both the appearance of the toxin and antitoxin, the mechanism of their interaction and the forms they take while in action - a difficult feat to pull off, requiring the simultaneous use of a whole range of different technologies. One of the difficulties for instance lay in the fact that part of the antitoxin lacks a fixed structure. This formlessness keeps it from being brought into view.
Now that we finally know how the time bomb functions (or more exactly, one of the time bombs, as there are several closely related T-A systems), biomedical scientists can start looking for substances to start the time bomb of pathogens ticking, i.e. substances that imitate the toxin protein, block the antitoxin protein, or disrupt the interaction between the toxin and antitoxin. In time, a new class of antibiotics might come out of it - though Nature mostly has a countermove up its sleeve against any move scientists do.
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On May 29, Smithfield Foods announced that it has entered into a strategic combination with Shuanghui International Holdings Limited to create a leading, vertically integrated global pork enterprise.
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On May 29, Smithfield Foods announced that it has entered into a strategic combination with Shuanghui International Holdings Limited to create a leading, vertically integrated global pork enterprise.
As part of Shuanghui�s international platform, Smithfield�s best practices in large scale farming, food safety standards, environmental stewardship and animal welfare will set the global industry standard.
Shuanghui is the majority shareholder of China�s largest meat-processing enterprise and China�s international platform with access to even more resources to meet rapidly growing global demand for high-quality pork. Murphy-Brown has been an important part of Smithfield�s success and will be instrumental to the success of the combined company. Shuanghui is committed to continuing the long-term growth of Smithfield, and there will be no changes to our management team or our talented workforce as a result of the transaction.
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WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia (Reuters) - House Republican leaders on Friday said they would seek to pass a three-month extension of federal borrowing authority next week to buy time - on pain of losing their own paychecks - for the Democratic-controlled Senate to pass a budget plan that shrinks budget deficits.
The plan, hatched at a House Republican retreat, marks a new strategy from the party to break a budget deadlock by forcing the Senate to act first.
The Treasury needs congressional authorization to raise the current $16.4 trillion limit on U.S. debt sometime between mid-February and early March.
The Senate has not passed a formal budget resolution in nearly four years, while the House has passed budgets that have died in the Senate.
Under the planned legislation, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said if the Senate or the House fail to pass a budget by April 15, lawmakers' pay would be withheld.
"Next week, we will authorize a three-month temporary debt limit increase to give the Senate and House time to pass a budget," Cantor said in an emailed statement.
"If the Senate or House fails to pass a budget in that time, members of Congress will not be paid by the American people for failing to do their job. No budget, no pay," he said on the last day of a House Republican retreat in Williamsburg.
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said there should be no long-term increase in the federal debt limit until the Senate passes a budget, and House Republicans will try to force the Senate into action to cut spending.
"We are going to pursue strategies that will obligate the Senate to finally join the House in confronting the government's spending problem. The principle is simple: no budget, no pay," Boehner said in excerpts of his closing remarks to the retreat at a golf resort in Williamsburg.
Adam Jentleson, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, said the Senate would consider the increase if it was "clean."
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Congress has relied largely on stop-gap funding measures to keep government agencies and programs running.
A House Republican leadership aide said it was not currently anticipated that the three-month debt limit increase legislation would include spending cuts. Although Boehner has previously sought at least $1 in long-term spending cuts for every dollar of debt limit increase, the aide said that the reforms associated with requiring budgets from both chambers would meet the speaker's requirements.
Spending cuts would be demanded of any longer term debt limit increase, the aide said, and Congress would still have to continue dealing with two other fiscal deadlines, the March 1 launch of automatic spending cuts, and government funding legislation that is needed by March 27.
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Dr. J. Ligon Duncan, III, while continuing his role as senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Jackson, Miss., has been elected as a regular member of the faculty and appointed as the John E. Richards Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS) in Jackson beginning January 1st, 2012. Currently an adjunct member of the faculty, this election means Duncan will become a voting member of the faculty and will teach additional classes, cutting back on his national speaking engagements to do so.
Students at RTS/Jackson were excited after hearing this news and they are looking forward to sitting under Dr. Duncan's teaching as part of the regular curriculum of the Master of Divinity program.
"Ligon Duncan's recent appointment as the John E. Richards Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology, is a tremendous blessing of God to RTS," said Chancellor-elect Michael Milton, "but even more, to the larger church. Dr. Ligon Duncan is a pastor – scholar. Ligon models what we trust and pray the Lord will produce here at RTS. More than all that this means for our seminary and our students, it means that the church of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the 21st-century will receive pastors and missionaries and other gospel workers who have been grounded in the inerrant and infallible word of God with a passion for lost souls. Ligon Duncan's commitment to both the pulpit and the classroom exemplifies the vision of Reformed Theological Seminary. Our entire seminary community welcomes my dear friend of many years, Dr. Ligon Duncan, in the fellowship of the gospel."
Originally from South Carolina, Duncan graduated from Furman University, and then received an M.Div. from Covenant Theological Seminary. He studied systematic theology at the Free Church of Scotland College and then earned the Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
He served on the staff of The Covenant Presbyterian Church of St. Louis from 1984-1987, and supplied pulpits in churches of the Presbyterian Association of England, Church of Scotland, and Free Church of Scotland from 1987-1990. In 1990 he was ordained in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) and joined the faculty of RTS/Jackson, where he was chairman of the department of systematic theology, and the John R. Richardson professor of theology. He became the senior minister of First Presbyterian Church of Jackson, in 1996.
Duncan is an active churchman and has been involved in the courts of the PCA in various ways for many years. He was appointed to the general assembly's Committee on Psalmody, and has served on Committees of Commissioners for Covenant Seminary, MNA, and Bills and Overtures. He has been a member and chairman of the Credentials Committee of the Presbytery of the Mississippi Valley (1996-2002). He was the vice-chairman of the general assembly's Creation Study Committee (1998-2000), a member of the search committee for a coordinator of Reformed University Ministries, and currently is the chairman of the general assembly's Theological Examination Committee, and is also a member of the PCA's Strategic Planning Committee. Duncan was elected as moderator of the Presbytery of the Mississippi Valley in 2001. At the annual denominational meeting, held in June of 2004, he was elected the moderator of the General Assembly of the PCA (2004-2005) – the youngest minister to serve as moderator in the denomination's history.
Guy Richardson, president of RTS/Jackson, said, "This appointment is a great answer to our prayers! I have personally known Ligon and his family for many years, and so it is especially delightful for me to welcome him in this new capacity. Not only is he greatly respected worldwide for his academic scholarship, he is equally known for his warm (and wise!) pastoral leadership and his friendliness to both students and colleagues alike. We are most grateful that the First Presbyterian Church of Jackson would continue to partner with us by allowing Dr. Duncan to assume this new role to help train men and women to serve Christ and His Church worldwide!"
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WASHINGTON — The Office of Comptroller of the Currency has joined the public-private coalition that supports the second annual Protect Your Identity Week (PYIW), an initiative of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC) and the Council of Better Business Bureaus (BBB). The week-long initiative, October 17-24, 2009, brings focus to the PYIW national campaign's Web site and community events aimed at identity theft protection and education.
"Awareness and education are the first line of defense for assisting consumers in preventing and resolving identity theft problems," said Comptroller of the Currency John C. Dugan. "The OCC has a variety of web resources that help consumers to understand the risks as well as how to safeguard their personal information against theft. OCC's online materials also direct consumers to federal resources that help minimize the impact if they should fall victim to identity theft crimes."
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Opening the first full weekend of concerts for this year's Music in the Mountains, an abundance of Brahms and Schumann's "Spring" symphony seemed to set a Romantic tone. That's been changed.
The highly anticipated appearance of Alexander Kerr, new concertmaster of the Dallas Symphony, will not take place, at least this year. Kerr had been invited to perform the Brahms Double Concerto for violin and cello. According to Angie Beach, festival executive director, Kerr had to cancel because of a family medical emergency. That left a hole in the programming. Fortunately, Kerr's colleague and Rice University professor of cello, Desmond Hoebig, will perform Haydn's Second Cello Concerto.
Brahms fans, don't despair. Works by the great German composer of subterranean emotions will still fill the festival tent Friday and Saturday evenings.
The Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor will be the first work performed in the chamber concert Friday night. Music Director Guillermo Figueroa will join the Clavier Trio in this super-sized four-movement work. The second half of the program will feature two works by Uruguayan composer Miguel del Aguila, again featuring Figueroa on violin.
Written for violin and piano, "Silence" will feature the composer accompanying Figueroa in a world premiere. Then del Aguila's chamber work, "Salon Buenos Aires" will follow. Written for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, bass and piano, "Salon" bristles with beautiful chamber writing underscored with a lilting, Latin flavor. Listen to it on YouTube before the concert, and you'll hear even more. The romantic in you won't be disappointed.
On Saturday night, Conductor Figueroa will lead the festival orchestra in Carl Maria von Weber's Overture to "Oberon." Then he will solo in a new apparently combined work called "Insula Tropical" by Puerto Rican composer Ernesto Cordero.
It's a bit confusing because two years ago, Naxos brought out a recording of Cordero's Caribbean Concertos. On it, you'll hear the 1998 violin concerto "Concertino Tropical," a three-movement work with sections dedicated to or inspired by natural elements. The more recent "Insula" dates from 2009, and Cordero's "Concierto Festivo" from 2003 was written for guitar and orchestra.
In each, Cordero's tantalizing mix of classical and Caribbean musical styles is apparent. The CD was nominated for Best Classical Album in the 13th Latin Grammy Awards.
Festival programming confusion aside, it looks as if the two violin concertos have been merged into a hybrid. On Saturday night, you'll hear the first and final movements of "Tropical" with the middle sections from "Insula."
Saturday's concert will conclude with the big, intensely expressive Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor. Romantics rejoice.
Sunday night, Figueroa will conduct the Festival Orchestra in a lavish program now contrasting high Romanticism with the crystal clarity of Classicism – the Haydn cello concerto. Soloist Hoebig is professor of cello at Rice University and has been a principal of the Cleveland, Houston and Cincinnati symphonies. How lucky the festival is to have an able substitute for the original Brahms double concerto.
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UMass coach Derek Kellogg said sophomore guard Derrick Gordon was noticeably nervous when he told him he was gay over the phone last Sunday.
After Gordon delivered the news to his coach, Kellogg's response was quick and to the point.
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"I told him we loved him, and he's part of our family no matter what," Kellogg told USA TODAY Sports by phone Wednesday morning. "I said, 'We'll be here for you through everything.' "
Gordon became the first openly gay player in Division I men's college basketball on Wednesday, coming out to both ESPN and Outsports a week after sharing his story with his teammates.
"I'm proud of him for coming out, I think it's really courageous what he's doing," Kellogg said. "He's talking about saving people's lives. Who doesn't want a kid like that on their team?"
Kellogg said he doesn't expect Gordon's sexual orientation to be an issue with his teammates in the locker room.
"I think this kind of thing can unite us more than anything," Kellogg said. "And now it's out in the open so I think that helps make it more comfortable. ... He wanted to finally be himself. He didn't want to hide anymore. We support him 100%."
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I know it might be a little early, but apparently we were on the official scout list at the Porto game last night alongside Arsenal, Man U, Man City, Liverpool and Juventus.
Any ideas on who we would have been watching? I'd hazard a guess at Martins-Indi, Brahimi or Ruben Neves who became the youngest ever captain in the Champions League.
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It's October....
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This could eventually prove to be the most futile thread ever - I doubt anything's going to happen in January short a long-term injury to someone crucial like Adrian or Cresswell.
From this vantage point, it's only the two fullback spots that potentially may have any need of reinforcing before the summer.
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The only concern I had when summer transfer window ended was the rb spot as we had no cover for jenkinson but Tomkins has been doing a great job there when called upon. Barring any serious injury crisis for the first time in a transfer window for as long as I can remember I don't think anything would need doing. May be a good time to scout for young prospects and sign them up but certainly nothing for the first team squad.
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I'm not suggesting this should be a proper transfer "wish list" thread, I wanted to post the info that we had scouts at the game and couldn't find an appropriate thread for this sort of thing. Perhaps the title needs changing.
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I actually think that with over 2 months gone in the season its not entirely too early to start thinking about transfers. But the discussion will be tempered by the fact that we are doing well, our squad is fairly well stocked, and the general consensus is that the season has gone well so far.
I also think there has been a change in mentality in relation to some of the areas that we may have wanted to upgrade on previously. For example, between some of the league and international performances of Darren Randolph, I don't believe many are going to be clambering for us to sign a new back-up keeper. Equally, Carl Jenkinson appears to have upped his game considerably in the past weeks, and he seems to have re-settled. We have also seen that Lanzini has plenty to offer, and that he is at least an easy starter each week. The summer signings have generally done well.
Also, I think we need to see what a fully fit Carroll, and a returned Valencia and Song can do in this current set-up. All three have played a fairly limited role so far, and will be a major asset on their return.
As such, right now, there is very little I feel is necessary to improve the squad, and all players are highly worthy of their place. However, that could change between now and January.
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January?? Let's get the Easter egg displays out in the shops as well!
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Don't wish your life away, savour this moment we can enjoy January rumours then, obviously unless anything concrete happens before then, otherwise lets just enjoy now.
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We don't need anyone.
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signing dates:
Obiang 9/6/15
Payet 26/6/15
Randolph 1/7/15
Jenkinson 13/7/15
Lanzini 21/7/15
Ok we had Europe to contend with but all these important signings were made at least three weeks before our first Premiership game against Arsenal(Obiang 2 months). So if we are looking at new players I would suggest the ground work has already started.
We are looking ok at the moment but after jettisoning Morgan we have 1 space available.
If a player is available to improve the team lets get them in ready for 2/1/16 to ensure we take maximum points from Liverpool this season. When was the last time we did that?
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Re: January 2016 Transfer Rumours
In fairness to the OP, newspaper stories are starting to crop up again and we have a couple of players out of contract in summer 2016 - Joey O'Brien and James Collins.
That's in addition to several loans at ours, and a batch of our players figuring highly in statistical ratings - Payet, Kouyate, Lanzini and Reid most notably - so almost sure to attract attention.
Re: January 2016 Transfer Rumours
Don't shoot the messenger but there's this website called "KUMB" (apparently an abbreviation of "Knees Up Mother Brown") that today published a story strongly linking us to Pione Sisto.
No idea how reliable the site is though..
"Hammers not giving up on Pione Sisto"
Re: January 2016 Transfer Rumours
Ibrahimovic, six month loan with a view to buy in the summer... you heard it here first!
Re: January 2016 Transfer Rumours
Didn't David Gold come out and say that we physically can't buy anyone in January unless we're sell first?
Re: January 2016 Transfer Rumours
Well I for one would like a thread to keep up with and discuss the rumours doing the rounds.
With regards to Porto I reckon Aboubaker or Brahimi.
Re: January 2016 Transfer Rumours
Qualifications like that will depend purely on FFP. Now that Morgan has gone and wages have freed up, we'd be able to buy
Re: January 2016 Transfer Rumours
I am all for a transfer thread.., There are inevitably going to be rumors flying around about West ham transfer business, and many of us enjoy following. Undoubtedly, we've already put in the pre-work for any targets we are after.. Although I find it hard to believe that we spend money in January.
Despite our hot start, we would still be fighting above our weight if we are vying for a Europe spot...In that case it wouldn't hurt to bring in 1-2 high quality reinforcements with squad players going out the other way -- don't forget about Morgan leaving.
That said, I do think we have the strongest squad that I can remember us ever having, so I won't be upset with standing pat...
Re: January 2016 Transfer Rumours
Payet to Spurs I heard.
Re: January 2016 Transfer Rumours
AC to Sunderland making way for Zlatan!
Out of contract in June and coming to London!
New investors want Europe!
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Re: January 2016 Transfer Rumours
Only full game I've seen him in was Southampton's Europa league tie, but Sisto certainly seems like a baller.
I felt like applauding his highlights reel when it was doing the rounds a few months back, some pretty outrageous stuff on there.
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Jackie Rose looks back to a point in her life over 20 years ago when she met her soul mate. Given the opportunity to do it over again, she wouldn't change a thing — except where she picked him up.Now, she says, "I know better."After almost two decades of waiting, Rose was finally in a position to start her search for "the right one." She just bought her first home in Florida and had a budding career: it was time. Freud was cute, short and blond, and right from the start it was evident that he possessed an "old soul." 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Growing up in the midst of the John F. Kennedy craze, Rose's family named their dog Caroline, the cat JohnJohn, and with Jackie's name, the trio completed a furrier version of the Kennedy dynasty. Just after Lady passed away, though, the family moved into a condo where animals were not allowed. Here she waited out 15 years without an animal companion. By the time Freud, the yellow cocker spaniel, showed up, Rose was eager for the company of a dog. Her passion for animals seemed to grow as she got older, and though she would have loved to pursue a career as a vet, she felt she lacked some necessary skills. "I was one of those people who didn't really have great math or science skills, so I didn't see myself going into the world of veterinary medicine," said Rose.Instead, with a degree in psychology, Rose ventured down another avenue that, despite working with two-legged animals instead of four, turned out to have much in common with her current job. For 20 years, Rose helped people with addictions who found themselves vulnerable and in need of help. To Rose, some of these people and the animals she helps today share similar qualities. Still, Rose says she thinks animals possess an extraordinary skill. "I am especially intrigued by their ability to survive and how much love and joy they give unconditionally by just being." Rose said. "They bring so much to our lives as people, and they don't realize they're doing that. And they're not looking for anything, and they don't want anything in return. It is just part of their general makeup, it's just who they are." When Rose tried to volunteer at her local humane society in Florida, she was consistently met with no reply. But on a chance encounter on the Web while she was looking for more contact information for the shelter, Rose was funneled to the AnimalSheltering.org Web site. 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First it was the tellers. Now, call centers are under threat as financial services firms weigh new voice-activation technology to cut the cost of customer service.
USAA, GEICO Corp. and other financial firms are turning smartphones into virtual clerks. USAA in February became the first to let depositors use its mobile application via spoken commands. Now, Wells Fargo, U.S. Bancorp and ING Groep also are among about 50 firms working with Nuance Communications Inc. to use similar technology in mobile apps.
While banks have offered basic services over the phone for years, new programs seek to provide more complex interaction, similar to Apple's Siri talking digital assistant, also powered by Nuance's voice and artificial-intelligence software. Customers will eventually be able to ask, "Has my check cleared?" or "Am I on track to save for retirement?" using apps, instead of visiting a branch or dialing a call center.
The feature lessens the need for human interaction and could reduce the number of customer calls to banks by as much as 40 percent, said Richard Crone, chief executive officer of researcher Crone Consulting. By using voice-based apps to cut the number of call centers and workers to staff them, the financial-services industry could save $8 billion to $12 billion a year, he said.
"There's a business case around reducing call-center calls," said Dominic Venturo, payments chief innovation officer at U.S. Bancorp, which tested voice banking with hundreds of its own employees earlier this year.
While apps vary from bank to bank, a user can typically activate the tool with a button and then start asking questions. The software bases its response on a quick review of such information as the customer's account and banking history, providing answers with text or spoken word.
The overhaul of banking apps was prompted largely by Nuance's release in August 2012 of Nina — a Siri-like virtual assistant designed for mobile apps. Using artificial intelligence and a dictionary of thousands of banking-related phrases, Nina can simplify finding answers to complex financial queries on the go, said Robert Weideman, an executive vice president at Burlington, Mass.-based Nuance.
"We are seeing something very similar to mobile-check deposit — all of a sudden, everyone is doing it," Weideman said. Mobile deposits, which let customers snap photos of a check to submit it to their accounts, are used by 21 percent of Generation Y households — those born in the early 1980s to early 1990s — according to Raddon Financial Group.
The market for voice-recognition technologies will reach $113 billion in 2017, up from about $53 billion last year, BCC Research estimates. In two to three years, mobile will account for more than half of all industry customer-service interactions, up from less than 30 percent today, according to Crone. That's happening as more consumers bank using their phones. Some 48 percent of smartphone owners had used mobile banking in the previous 12 months, up from 42 percent in December 2011, a 2012 Federal Reserve Board survey showed.
Nuance, whose stock is down by a third this year, could use the growth. Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has taken a 19.2 percent stake in the voice-technology company and has named two directors to the board.
Protecting consumers' privacy and security will be key for increased adoption of mobile-banking apps, said Seth Schoen, a senior staff technologist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. With smartphones functioning as small computers that store sensitive information, identity thieves are increasingly trying to steal users' banking credentials, he said.
"When we are talking about banking, people are typically concerned about identity theft," Schoen said. "There's also a high-level concern that people's phones could be infected with malware. This could be used to steal people's banking credentials. They can use that to commit identity theft." People should also be wary about the security of the networks themselves, he said.
To make real headway, the technology will need to get better: The system relies on always-on connectivity, which isn't possible in areas with spotty wireless service. And many consumers may not feel comfortable talking to their phone in public.
"Am I likely to talk about my finances when I am in a group of strangers?" said Stessa Cohen, an analyst at Gartner Inc. "I think the answer is no. It might be like, you are watching TV, and you might use it. Or, if you are walking down the street, and you want to find the nearest ATM, you might use your voice."
And, as Siri users complained at its introduction, the apps may not always understand verbal commands perfectly, such as from a person speaking with a strong accent or in a noisy environment.
"Voice is on the devices, but it still isn't perfect," U.S. Bancorp's Venturo said.
Still, financial institutions are forging ahead, confident that customers won't mind speaking to a virtual bank teller. USAA, which provides banking and insurance services to millions of military families, earlier this year rolled out an iPhone app that can look up users' accounts and answer questions using voice commands.
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Wells Fargo, U.S. Bancorp and ING have also run tests, and may enable voice recognition in their apps in coming months. In the next year, 20 percent of all mobile-banking customers will use voice commands in their apps every month, Weideman said. That's up from less than 1 percent today, according to Crone Consulting.
The banks are betting the voice feature will reduce the number of simple questions their human representatives field. The apps can also help ease the process of filling out applications for customers. Instead of typing on a tiny phone screen to apply for credit cards, for example, users can speak to fill out forms. Consumers also could potentially use voice to sign up for new accounts and to make appointments, said Jim Smith, an executive vice president at Wells Fargo, which tested voice features with 3,000 employees earlier this year.
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Just cause: Goin' Farmville to fight MS
Imagine for a moment, dawn has just faded away. You're surrounded by 290 fellow cyclists, their friends, and their families. You slip your feet into your pedals, check your bike for last minute adjustments, tighten your helmet straps, and then, with the force of a spirit once unknown to you, set off on a 150-mile tour to Farmville and back through a maze of back country roads.
Now, imagine you're not doing this for some personal bragging rights. Your sponsors are your friends and business associates, and the only true reward is the hope of life you are giving to someone else, someone with multiple sclerosis, an incurable disease of the central nervous system that can cause symptoms including blindness and paralysis.
For those 290 riders, fighting the disease was at the forefront on June 12 and 13, as the Blue Ridge Chapter of the National MS Society held its semi-annual 150-mile bike tour, aptly named this time the Southern Culture MS 150 (it was largely sponsored by the eponymous West Main Street restaurant). A springtime fund-raising ride has been happening for more than a decade, this year bringing in $185,600 in donations.
At the end of the first day, you could see weariness in many, but good moods abounded in the warm evening on the Longwood University campus. With a lasagna dinner, dorm lodging, and an awards ceremony, it was almost college all over again for many of the older riders. In the end, it was fun and for a good cause. Now that's riding high.
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Joyce Carlson
Joyce Leland Carlson, 89, a lifelong resident of the Burdick and Lincolnville area, died Monday at Parkside Homes, Hillsboro.
He was born Oct. 14, 1923, southwest of Burdick to Oscar P. and Anna Marie (Anderson) Carlson.
He was a farmer and stockman all his life and a member of Burdick Methodist Church. He was a member of the Kansas Livestock Association for 50 years and served as a committee member. He also was a director of the Marion County Livestock Association. He was a school board member for three terms and served on the Tri-County Telephone board for 15 years.
He married Ruth Ann Meierhoff on Aug. 18, 1946. She survives at Parkside Homes. He also is survived by three sons, Ronnie, Duane, and Marcus, all of the Burdick and Lincolnville area; a daughter, Judy Ingalsbe of Valley Center, and 11 grandchildren.
A funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Burdick Methodist Church with Jay J. Beck officiating. Burial will follow at Burdick Methodist Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the church.
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It was a tough day on the Great Victorian Bike Ride today with the weather getting in the way of what should've been the highlight of this year's ride.
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I'm freezing cold, completely saturated, my fingers are numb, my shoes are full of water, and I'm not even at the halfway mark.
This was not how today was supposed to pan out...
Today will probably go down in history as one of 'those' days on the Great Vic - a day when the weather played havoc with things and spoilt what should've been a spectacular day.
It was already shaping up to be a challenging day with a very big hill climb and ten kilometers of riding on an unsealed road, but when the thunder started rolling around the Rosedale campsite just after seven this morning, the level of difficulty escalated somewhat.
By the time we'd reached the first rest stop, the rain had more or less set in.
The big hill climb wasn't too bad in the end, but the further we went the thicker the clouds became until at times it was like riding through a thick fog.
With most riders (including myself) not carrying adequate wet weather gear, we quickly became sodden and cold - especially during the occasional downhill patches.
The gravel section of today's route had many riders worried, especially those with very thin tyres, and it wasn't an easy stretch - the rain made it muddy and slippery, and clogged chains and cogs with dirt and grit.
By the time I reached the lunch stop I was thoroughly saturated and struggling with the icy temperatures - the prospect of the 33 kilometer down hill run into Traralgon was losing it's appeal due to the cold, and many people pulled out at that point with Bicycle Victoria putting on extra sag wagons to take people from the lunch stop to Traralgon.
I decided to ride on though, and was glad I did - not long after the lunch stop the temperature seemed to warm up considerably, and by the time I got to Traralgon the sun was just poking through the clouds.
While some riders clearly struggled with what happened, many others were thrilled to have completed the day - undoubtedly one of the most challenging days ever on a Great Victorian Bike Ride.
At dinner there was plenty of discussion around the day as you'd expect - there were anecdotal stories about some of the school kids bring taken to hospital with hypothermia, and plenty of disappointment in not being able to take in what should've been spectacular views from the Grand Ridge Road.
Still, there's no way of controlling the weather and as the Event Organiser Darren Allen told me this afternoon, you can put in all the planning in the world on this event and have it ruined by the weather.
It was a pity, but at least we've had three really good days of riding so far, and although the forecast is suggesting a bit more rain towards the end of the week, hopefully it won't be anything like what we experienced today.
Day five is a rest day in Traralgon, and I'm sure everyone will be looking forward to regaining some energy before we head off again on Thursday.
Next year's route has also been announced tonight - in 2013 the Great Vic will return to the Great Ocean Road with a ride from Mt Gambier to Geelong.
More details to come tomorrow.