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WARNING: Visitors should be aware that this website includes images and names of deceased people that may cause sadness or distress to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
All the Stories got into our Minds and Eyes
Warakurna: All the Stories Got into our Minds and Eyes is an exhibition featuring 40 unique paintings by artists from the Warakurna community, 300-kilometres west of Uluru. The paintings are the product of Warakurna Artists, a thriving art centre in the heart of the Ngaanyatjarra Lands.
The exhibition has come about through Warakurna peoples' desire to record their own stories in their own way.
Ngurrangka-latju nyinarra tjamuku kaparliku ngurrangka. Tjukurrpa ngaparrku-ngaparrku nintira nyuntulu-yan kulira nintirrinytjaku.
We are living in our grandfather's and grandmother's country. We are sharing our stories with you so that you can learn about them. (Eunice Yunurupa Porter 2011)
The people of Warakurna speak Ngaanyatjarra as their first language and refer to themselves by the term Yarnangu. Ngaanyatjarra is a Western Desert language. The Western Desert covers a broad area, which includes most of the interior of Western Australia, northern South Australia and the south-west corner of the Northern Territory. Western Desert artists are famous nationally and internationally for their acrylic paintings using traditional designs.
The translation of Tjukurrpa (Dreaming) designs to non-traditional surfaces began at the Northern Territory settlement of Papunya in 1971. Some of the descendants of that original painting group are living in Warakurna today, where artists have been experimenting with new ways of telling stories on canvas.
Produced in the last two years, the paintings in the Warakurna exhibition are more figurative in style than traditional Western Desert works. These paintings also tell a wider range of stories. The artists from Warakurna are now using their paintings to document their history - the coming of explorers, prospectors and missionaries, the building of roads, missile testing, the return to their homeland and the setting up of their own community.
Ngarnmanypalpi-latju nyinapayi purtingka. Tjamulu kaparlilu tjukurrpa nintipungkupayi palyaratjaku, turlku kanturatjaku, minyma nyanpirratjaku. Mission tayim-latju nyinarranytja. McDougall and Macaulaylu mirrka katipayi purtingka nyinarranyangka. Katipayi-tjananya missionkutu. Palunyalu-latju palyara kulipayi.
In the early days, we always lived in the bush. Grandfathers and grandmothers were teaching the Dreaming stories, teaching us to do the men's dances and the women's dances. In the mission time we were living there [at Warburton]. MacDougall and Macaulay [patrol officers] would bring food for people living in the bush and would take them into the mission. We are thinking about those things and doing these paintings. (Eunice Yunurupa Porter 2011)
The paintings also address what is happening in Warakurna today. They show people living on their land, taking part in land management burning and feral animal control, football matches, artefact making and the governance of the art centre and community.
Also featured in the exhibition is a selection of tjanpi (woven fibre) and purnu (carved wood) sculptures by artists from Warakurna. The tjanpi works are colourful and quirky, combining traditional materials, such as grass, with modern products such as steel wool and raffia. These works echo the stories, themes and objects that are represented in the paintings - people travelling in vehicles, on camels and by helicopter.
All of the paintings have been included in the Museum's permanent National Historical Collection where they will sit alongside signature early Papunya boards and important works from the Canning Stock Route collection. The majority of the paintings in the exhibition were donated to the Museum in 2011 by Wayne and Vicki McGeoch under the Commonwealth Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Peter Thorley Curator, ATSIP
Maama Kuurrku Wangka ('Father God's Word') and Turlku Pirninya ('Many Hymns'). The Ngaanyatjarra Bible and Hymn Book


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Alaska vs. Hawaii
Why is Seward's Folly the "real America" and the Aloha State not?
Throughout the Oct. 2 vice-presidential debate, Sarah Palin portrayed her Alaska roots as more authentically American than those of her opponent, Joe Biden, who hails from Delaware and Pennsylvania. "I think we need a little bit of reality from Wasilla Main Street there, brought to Washington, D.C.," Palin declared at one point.
So that people there can understand how the average working class family is viewing bureaucracy in the federal government and Congress and inaction of Congress. Just everyday working class Americans saying, you know, government, just get out of my way.
Palin complained about "East Coast politicians" who wouldn't let Alaska drill for oil at a time when ordinary Americans were paying sky-high prices at the pump. (Never mind that her running mate and fellow Westerner John McCain has long opposed oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.) "[A]s the nation's only Arctic state and being the governor of that state," Palin boasted, "Alaska feels and sees impacts of climate change more so than any other state. And we know that it's real." (Never mind that she said, in an Aug. 29 interview, "I'm not one though who would attribute it to being man-made," an assertion that contradicts the scientific consensus.) "I'm a Washington outsider," Palin observed, "and someone just not used to the way you guys [in Washington] operate." She didn't mean that as a compliment. To emphasize what she termed "my connection to the heartland of America," Palin peppered her responses with endless winks and "doggone its" and "you betchas."
Palin's frozen-north authenticity won over much of the dreaded media elite. On MSNBC, Howard Fineman called Palin "a wolverine attacking the pant leg of a passerby." David Gergen enthused on CNN, "[T]he Sarah Palin who showed up for the debate was the same spirited, authentic woman when she was announced." CNN analyst David Brooks said on PBS, "The key moment is the colloquial, is the 'gosh darn its,' the soccer mom, the hockey mom, the Joe Six-Pack, the Main Streeter. … I think it's authentic to her." In a National Review Online column reprinted on the CBS News Web site, John J. Pitney Jr. enthused, "She reminded people at the grassroots that she is one of them."
If Alaska is accepted as the Real America, Hawaii most assuredly is not. When Barack Obama took a few days off there in August to visit his elderly grandmother, Cokie Roberts complained on ABC News' This Week that it did not
make any sense whatsoever. I know his grandmother lives in Hawaii and I know Hawaii is a state, but it has the look of him going off to some sort of foreign, exotic place. He should be in Myrtle Beach, and, you know, if he's going to take a vacation at this time.
A campaign memo by Hillary Clinton strategist Mark Penn, acquired by Joshua Green of the Atlantic after Clinton's primary defeat, saw Obama's upbringing in Hawaii as indistinguishable from the time Obama spent in Indonesia as a child. Under the heading "Lack of American Roots," Penn wrote:
All those articles about his boyhood in Indonesia and his life in Hawaii are geared towards showing his background is diverse, multicultural, and putting that in a new light.
Save it for 2050.
It also exposes a very strong weakness for him—his roots to basic American values and culture are at best limited. I cannot imagine America electing a president during a time of war who is not at his center fundamentally American in his thinking and values.
Why is Alaska authentically American when Hawaii is not? At bottom, of course, it's a silly question. Both states, while disconnected geographically from the continental United States, are populated with people whose American-ness is beyond dispute. Every corner of each one of the 50 states is "authentically American." But Alaska leans Republican while Hawaii leans Democratic, and the GOP long ago intimidated the media into believing that only Republican strongholds represent the "real America." These Republican strongholds are usually sparsely populated, and I suppose the media's been sold on the idea that because the United States started out as an agrarian nation, rural areas are somehow more authentic than urban ones.
But if it's really true, as Palin said in the debate, that Americans are tired of "constantly looking backwards," then perhaps it's time we noticed that, as Rachael Larimore points out in Slate's "XX Factor" blog, 80 percent of the U.S. population lives in metropolitan areas. We city-dwellers make no claim to being more "authentically American" than Alaskans or the inhabitants of any of this country's many other big open spaces. But we are, by dispassionate numerical reckoning, more typical. And while most people probably don't think of Hawaii as an urban state, 70 percent of its 1.3 million inhabitants live in and around Honolulu, the state's biggest city. In Alaska, by contrast, only 42 percent of its 670,000 inhabitants live in and around Anchorage, that state's biggest city. So if either of the last two states admitted to the union has any claim to being more characteristic of the nation as a whole, it's Hawaii, not Alaska.
I'm not suggesting that Obama start prancing around obnoxiously declaring himself more authentically American than Sarah Palin. But I do wish the press would set aside its sepia-tinted glasses and consider this country as it is, and not as self-interestedly sentimental Republicans want us to think it is.

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Baltimore Blast News Release: Tuesday September 3rd, 2013
The 34th Season of Indoor Soccer Begins in Baltimore on November 23rd
Baltimore – The Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) released its 2013-14 home openers today, with the full 70-game schedule expected to be announced in the next two weeks. The action is slated to kick off on Friday, November 15th. The Baltimore Blast will open the season at Home against rival, Milwaukee Wave on Saturday November 23rd. The game will be played at the Baltimore Arena with a 7:35pm start time.
Opening night for North America's top professional indoor soccer league will be highlighted by the debut of the Pennsylvania Roar, who will host the Syracuse Silver Knights in their inaugural game at Santander Arena. On Saturday, November 16 a pair of MISL powers will renew their rivalry when the Milwaukee Wave visits the Missouri Comets at Independence Events Center.
Another MISL newcomer will play its inaugural game the second weekend of the season as the St. Louis Ambush will host the Roar at Family Arena on Friday, November 22, while the Silver Knights will also make their home debut that evening when they host their rival, the Rochester Lancers, at The Oncenter.
The Lancers will open their home slate the following night when they welcome the Silver Knights on the back end of the home-and-home series, and the defending champion Baltimore Blast will open their season that night when they host the Wave at The Baltimore Arena.
The Wave will be the final team to open their home schedule when they host the Blast at U.S. Cellular Arena on Saturday, December 7. Each of the seven MISL clubs will play 20 games in 2013-14, 10 home and 10 away, with the season slated to conclude on March 2.
The MISL Playoffs will begin with the semifinals March 7-9, featuring the No. 1 and No. 4 seeds and the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds meeting in home-and-home series' with a mini game to decide the series following the second game if needed. The championship will follow the same format on March 14-16. The higher seed will have the option to choose which game it hosts.
Nearly 400,000 fans attended MISL regular season games in 2012-13, marking the second consecutive season the league enjoyed a significant increase in attendance.
United Soccer Leagues acquired the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) in May, 2011 and began
operating North America's most storied and tradition-rich professional indoor soccer league for the
2011-12 season. The MISL represents the top level of professional indoor soccer in North America and
consists of seven franchises for 2013-14. The league roster includes franchises in Baltimore, Kansas City,
Milwaukee, Reading, Rochester, St. Louis and Syracuse.


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Q1 Chairman: Good morning, gentlemen.
Thank you for coming today. Could I just remind you that this
session is going to be televised, though I am sure that will not
affect your responses at all. Can I ask you to introduce yourselves,
please. I will not ask for opening statements because time is
of the essence in this and we have a fair number of questions
to get through, not all of which we will be able to get to. I
think you have had prior notice of them and we would welcome written
responses to any you are unable to answer orally today.
Councillor Chalke: I am Peter
Chalke and I am representing the Local Government Association.
I am presently leader of the Conservative Group on the LGA and
Deputy Chairman of the Local Government Association. Until recently,
I was Leader of Wiltshire County Council which has, I think, a
good record in emergency planning. I am also a past Chairman of
the Public Protection Executive of the LGA which has responsibility
in this area. I am joined by Tom Griffin, who is Chief Executive
of Suffolk Coastal District Council and an adviser to the LGA.
Our evidence that you have gives a background to the Local Government
Association. We represent nearly 500 local authorities in England
and Wales including the 178 principal authorities and fire and
civil defence authorities. I have always been a supporter of my
council's role in emergency planning; I believe we are one of
the better authorities working in partnership with the many agencies
in Wiltshire and this is well illustrated in the write-up, a copy
of which I will leave for you, of the Chippenham bomb incident
when a large part of the town was evacuated for two days to allow
clearance of a 1,000 pound wartime German bomb which was found
on the site of a new school. The account illustrates that close
co-operation with all agencies and the military forces in particular
to which I referred. I am aware that not all authorities can match
this performance and that there is a need for improvement and
training. I want a consistency of quality across the whole of
the country and the legislation we are talking about today can
start to ensure that this happens. There is no doubt that the
public are more aware in these times of heightened tension and
threat and are expecting greater response from the authorities
in case of something happening.
Mr Ward: I am Brian Ward, Chairman
of the Emergency Planning Society. Our submission was made on
behalf of all the members of the Emergency Planning Society. In
my other role, I am the Regional Emergency Planning Manager for
the North-East Fire and Rescue Services on the New Dimension Programme,
CBRN. One of the things that is importantand I will be
very brief, Chairmanis, following the events of 9/11, there
was very high active media interest in the state of preparedness
for the country and I worked very closely with Mr Grannatt from
the Cabinet Office in two aspects: (1) ensuring that the public
were protected and were assured of the capability and (2) there
was no opportunity for any terrorists to think that we were not.
I am very pleased to be here today. We have talked an awful lot
about the joined-up practice of contingency planning between central
government, the regions and local government which is ever so
Mr Griffin: I have nothing to
Q2 Chairman: When answering questions,
do not feel obliged to answer if it is clear that your point has
been made by one of your colleagues because that will give us
time to cover more ground. I am going to exercise Chairman's privilege
and ask the first question. Do you think that new legislation
to deal with emergencies is necessary and do you believe that
the draft Bill's definition of emergency is the correct one? Should
it, for example, be drawn narrowly or more widely or incorporate
a level of scale?
Councillor Chalke: We have conducted
a survey of all local authorities involved and 94% of the responses
are in favour of legislation. We believe the legislation will
drive up standards, it will end the piecemeal approach and improve
consistency across the country, and I think it is important that
all citizens of a country should enjoy the same level of protection
and assistance in the event of an incident. We believe that it
will facilitate qualitative assessment through self audit and
the other suggestions we have put forward and it will increase
significantly local authorities' pace, commitment, awareness and
workforce training.
Mr Ward: We, too, are in broad
agreement with the definition but what will be important are the
trigger points of the events. Perhaps Government should adapt
their own phrase from Dealing with Disasters regarding
the definition, and that is "an event being on such a scale
that the effects cannot be dealt with by the emergency services,
the local authorities or other organisations as part of their
normal day-to-day activities" to bring clarity of that definition.
Q3 Mr Bailey: Following on from what
you said, the Local Government Association submission states that
there should be a trigger level or threshold below which local
authorities would not be expected to be responding. How would
you define that trigger or threshold?
Councillor Chalke: We believe
there to be three trigger levels. First, a major incident, and
that has been well defined in the past and that is for the multi-agency
response which will be at the local level. There is the wider-scale
incident which will be a regional response and one can think of
accidents at nuclear power stations and things like that which
would cross boundaries. The level three will be as present
for emergency powers from the Government.
Mr Ward: I agree with that too.
Q4 Kali Mountford: Under regulations,
the statutory duty on local authorities includes a provision for
central government to direct what contingencies should be planned
for. Do you think this is preferable to the present system where
local authorities make their own judgments?
Mr Ward: I do not think that is
essential. There are circumstances where I believe central government
should direct the activities. Perhaps an example is CBRN, chemical,
biological, radiological nuclear events, where their expertise
should come in. Within local arrangements, I believe that local
authorities are well practised in the emergency planning activities
in which they may partake.
Mr Griffin: I think that is absolutely
right, local authorities should make their own judgments but there
will always be circumstances where Government have information
or it makes sense for Government to be able to require local authorities
as well as looking after their own arrangements to cover specific
risks or specific threats and, provided the system operates in
that way, the Local Government Association would have no difficulty
with that.
Q5 Chris Mole: The Bill, when enacted,
will be supplemented by a series of regulations. How far currently
are local authorities able to comment on regulations when they
are in draft and do you think there should be a statutory requirement
that the GLA and other local authorities should be consulted on
emergency regulations that are drafted under the Bill?
Councillor Chalke: I think we
have a lot to offer and we would hope that there would be full
consultation on this. Local authorities will be playing a very
important part in it and therefore we should be equal partners
and we should be consulted fully, but there is of course the role
for central government in the major incidents.
Mr Ward: The regulations are a
pivotal part of the process. They are complex and I think it is
very important that local authorities and all response organisations
have adequate time to consult on the regulations.
Mr Griffin: Regulations and any
guidance which is produced. Government are likely to produce both
regulations and guidance and, given that we are among the key
responders, I think it is fundamental that local authorities are
fully consulted.
Q6 Lord Archer of Sandwell: Taking
up the last answer, that rather presupposes that there will be
time for consultation. It is not wholly clear from the Bill which
regulations are going to be in place at the outset of all
this and presumably continue throughout and which regulations
will be made in response to a particular emergency under the Bill
but, if they are made in response to an emergency under the Bill,
there may not be much time for consultation.
Councillor Chalke: I would hope
that the risk assessment and the contingency plans Regulations
will be in place before the emergency and therefore we will have
done that work and we will have consulted on that. I hope that
there is time for that consultation because I think we are in
danger then of getting it wrong if we are not consulted on it.
Q7 Lord Archer of Sandwell: Almost
by definition, many of these situations will be unpredictable,
will they not?
Councillor Chalke: The risk assessment
will show that we have plans for most emergencies. Yes, obviously
if it is something we have not planned for, that is a shortcoming
on all sides and then we have to react. When we are talking about
consultation, we are really talking about consultation in the
process we are in at the moment.
Mr Ward: The benefit of the consultation
process is that our expertise is sought in giving advice on the
regulations but we require a reasonable period for the consultation
Mr Griffin: Clearly, obviously,
we will respond however tight the timescale is.
Q8 Mr Jones: In terms of the Bill
as it stands at the moment, what is it asking you to do differently
that you do not do now? Can I just also touch on an issue which
is in the Bill, trying to get consistency at local level. To what
extent is that actually going to be counterproductive in some
areas? For example, in Tyne & Wear, there are five local councils
that work very closely together on emergency planning. In the
pursuit of consistency across the country, could we not be breaking
up some very good local practice?
Councillor Chalke: I do not believe
that we should break up that local practice.
Q9 Mr Jones: Neither do I, but does
the Bill not suggest that that could happen?
Councillor Chalke: I think it
should facilitate that sort of working that has been going on
if it has been successful, but what the Bill does do is acknowledge
that the present arrangements are discretionary, piecemeal and
underfunded and the new strategy duties lead to more comprehensive
and consistent resilience. So, we do not want to destroy anything
that is working well but we do want to bring the others up to
the standard of the best.
Q10 Mr Jones: Does the Bill, as it
is outlined at the moment, not actually do that in terms of forcing
individual local authorities to take responsibility? I come back
to Tyne & Wear where five local authorities pool their responsibility
in terms of emergency planning.
Councillor Chalke: If you look
at two-tier areas, there is good co-operation there and that will
continue. I would hope that the Billand you may comment
on this obviouslywill reflect the good arrangements of
partnership between upper-tier authorities and the Local Government
Association will not want to do anything that went against that
good practice.
Mr Ward: Perhaps there may be
scope under the 1972 and 2000 Local Government Act to cover the
situation in Tyne & Wear where there is devolved responsibility
to the central unit, or perhaps there may be a situation where
it can be carried out on a consultancy basis, but certainly I
would advocate that good practice/excellent practice where it
exists, such as in Tyne & Wear, should continue. Referring
also to additional requirements that the Bill might impose, if
I may refer to our document, there is the promotion of business
continuity management, the greater emphasis on risk assessment
work, the actual prevention of these emergencies from occurring
and warning and informing the public. The only area where one
could really say that the latter is satisfactory is in certain
areas in the country of where flooding occurs and also where there
are top-tier industrial sites. Additionally, there is the participation
in the initiatives arising from the new regional tier of resilience.
All of these are new burdens.
Mr Griffin: I wonder if I could
perhaps go back to Mr Jones's specific point about Tyne &
Wear. There is no reason in principle why the imposition of an
obligation on all local authorities should necessarily result
in joint and collaborative arrangements ceasing. On the contrary,
if all local authorities have similar obligations, there is very
good reason why they should work together. I think that if either
the Bill or regulations do result or are framed in such a way
as to cut across those pre-existing arrangements, then that needs
to be changed because there is no reason in principle why it needs
to change. There is every reason why we should be encouraging
joint arrangements and good co-operation.
Mr Ward: I would like to endorse
that fully.
Q11 David Cairns: On the same matter,
when I was a local councillor, we paid lip service in glowing
terms to the importance of emergency planning and emergency planning
officers, but the reality in the day-to-day running of a council
when you are meeting budgets and running schools and everything
else is that it slips down the agenda very often. Is there anything
in this Bill or what particularly in this Bill do you think could
raise the status and the importance within local councils themselves
of the emergency planning staff and the emergency planning officers?
Secondly, on the additional requirements, do you think there is
an additional financial burden on local authorities as a result
of measures in this Bill? I know the answer to this question but,
who do you think should meet the cost of those additional burdens?
Councillor Chalke: I can only
speak for my own authority where we saw the benefits of a successful
emergency planning department and I only need to look at the recent
foot and mouth outbreak to see that with the problems that MAFF
had at the time, people were turning to our emergency planning
department for information and in fact the Chairman of the NFU
and I had a daily phone call to update on it. So, there are authorities
that put a priority on emergency planning because we understand
the necessity. The Bill starts to put a duty on local authorities
that they should produce that. I think that the public are actually
waiting and wanting to have the reassurance that, if there is
a terrorist attack or a major incident, their council are ready
to deal with it. On the funding issue, this is always a problem.
The Bill will put extra duties on to local government. Already
there is £19 million from central government in grants and
that is 50% in real terms of what it was ten years ago and local
authorities are putting a further £17 million on top. We
think that the £36 million should be the starting point and
then, with the extra duties and the agreement in 1997 when it
was agreed under the central local government concordat that any
extra duties would be funded by central government, we would hope
that it would be recognised that, in this time of threat, extra
resources should be made available to authorities to do that.
Mr Ward: May I speak from a planning
practitioner's point of view. As regards the two issues, yes,
the statutory duty would help inordinately to develop and to encompass
all the elements of emergency planning and to have the duty behind
us that all organisations are required to plan or required to
co-operate in this processand, as already alluded to, I
think for the public to see this occurring would be of great merit.
This means that the Government are treating the business we are
in with absolute seriousness and I think that is very important.
As regards the fundingand I am sure you would expect me
to comment on thiswe do think it is wholly inadequate.
I believe that the top up of £17 million from local authorities
should be completely and totally integrated. Why should there
be a grant from central government and then it be topped up? Should
we not be going from the baseline and asking, how much has this
important function actually cost us? Should we not be looking
at it from a baseline level and not topping it up from social
services or education budgets and putting that imposition on local
Q12 Lord Roper: The Government, in
its consultation document, expressed the wish to achieve consistency
of activity across the local response. I have two questions about
that. Does the concept of consistency base itself upon the assumption
that there is homogeneity of the range of risks and the degree
of risks across the whole country? Secondly, do you believe that
the measures contained in the draft Bill would create such a consistency
even if it were desirable in terms of resources, capabilities
and efficacy?
Councillor Chalke: There is obviously
not a similar risk across the whole country as, from Cornwall
to Tyne & Wear, you have rural areas and you have industrialised
areas. I suspect that the terrorist threat could be a common threat
over the country and that is the issue the public are worried
about at the moment. We believe that the Bill will drive up standards:
it will drive up capabilities and it will drive up the efficiency
of emergency planning departments. By introducing measures for
performance assessment, we will start to get some comparison and
some equality. I stress again that all those are dependent on
adequate resourcing.
Mr Griffin: I think what is more
important is that we have a consistency of standard and a consistency
of quality rather than homogeneity. I think homogeneity is greatly
to be resisted in this context. I come from an area with a couple
of nuclear power stations in it and I think that is a slightly
different set of risks from some parts. I think it is fair for
us to accept that there is not a consistency of quality and a
consistency, as Mr Cairns was saying earlier, of effort and priority
given to this issue across the country and I think the proposed
legislation will help that.
Mr Ward: That is what we would
welcome: the standards to achieve a consistency throughout the
country. Also, behind that, that there be performance indicators
and a rigorous system of audit to identify what the practitioners
are actually doing.
Q13 Lord Maginnis of Drumglas: Do
you believe that similar statutory duties should be placed upon
central government and the new regional tier, whatever that might
be? If so, what duties do you think would ensure an effective
working relationship between central government, the regional
tier and local responders in order to facilitate an effective
response to an emergency?
Councillor Chalke: Yes, we do
believe there should be statutory duties, especially on the regional
tier, but we are worried about the consistency of some government
departments and we believe that the duty should be placed on the
Government Offices in the Regions and that they should have statutory
duties. The duties we propose should be consistent with those
proposed for local responders, that is to assess, to plan and
to advise.
Mr Ward: I think the essence behind
all this is the Bill's proposal, and that is "to deliver
a single framework for civil protection within the United Kingdom".
Yes, the Society is convinced that both central and regional arms
of government should be subject to the statutory duties in order
that we have this single framework throughout the land.
Q14 Lord Maginnis of Drumglas: As
someone who has been fairly new to this, I get the sense that
local authorities would like to be encouraged to form amalgamations
rather than have something imposed from the top down on that particular
Councillor Chalke: I believe that
the nature of incidents potentially now will be greater than local
authority areas and that there needs to be a liaison and that
is why we are suggesting that the government office should be
the agency to liaise. We think the local discretion on delivery
of the service is vital and we stress that the government offices,
as an arm of Government, should have those duties.
Mr Ward: That is why the request
is that the lead government departments, together with the regional
resilience functions, are included in the category 1 status of
the Bill. As regards the role for regional government, yes, there
is the communication role between central government and the local
responders, but also the wider co-ordination role for events such
as those which has hit us in the past, for example the foot and
mouth and fuel crisis, where regional co-ordination is needed.
Perhaps a fine example of this is the Office of the Deputy Prime
Minster's New Dimension Project where there are regional teams
which have looked at the regional risks and are evaluating and
directing regional resources that would be used in response to
an incident, not just regionally, but also nationally throughout
the United Kingdom.
Mr Griffin: I think it is important
that we get this into perspective because I think Lord Maginnis's
point is worth just exploring a little further. We are not suggesting
that, in order to achieve effective resilience, willy-nilly there
has to be amalgamation of this function. Essentially, there has
to be a local response but there will be instances where, in order
to get good communication from central government to the local
responder and in certain wide-area emergencies, there needs to
be some form of co-ordination and to that extentand I would
go so far as to say to that extent onlythere needs to be
an involvement by the regional offices and I think it is important
not to get that out of perspective. If I can make one last point
about the question of an obligation on central government, there
are a number of central government agenciesa couple that
come immediately to mind are the Food Standards Agency and the
Health Protection Agencythat have a major role to play
in many emergencies and we would argue that any obligations imposed
on central government should go on those agencies as well.
Q15 Chris Mole: Is the problem with
this that we have a lack of regional government? There is no accountability
to local people at a regional level and it is okay to suggest
that we have a regional tier, but de facto that is operating
under the control, as you have said, of national government departments
at present. How can we look at ensuring that there is more accountability
to local people at a regional level and how does it work at the
Councillor Chalke: The accountability
is through the local authority and I am not personally a supporter
of regional assemblies, so I am not going down that route. We
believe that the government offices are best placed for that.
Q16 Chris Mole: But there is no accountability
Councillor Chalke: It is a liaison
role and it is a risk assessment and monitoring role. The actual
services will be delivered in most cases by the local authority
who are democratically accountable.
Mr Ward: If I may just amplify
from the practitioner's point of view. In all counties, there
are emergency planning officer forums attended by the emergency
planning officers who write and develop the plans and who carry
out the exercising and the testing of those plans. These offices
represent local authorities, the emergency services, the utilities
and a number of other response organisations. This is very much
at a practitioner's level. Above that in each country stands the
senior co-ordinating group made up of the chief officersthe
chief executive, chief constable and chief fire officer. It has
more of a strategic overview of the functions of emergency planning
within the county. The important part here will be the links between
these groups and regional government and also the responsibilities
of regional government, because we have well-established hard-working
tiers which will have a greater emphasis with a statutory duty,
I may add that with this regional role of co-ordination for events
that I have just described, I believe the formation of the regional
government will bring regional accountability.
Q17 Chris Mole: At present, under
the proposed structure of the Bill, am I right in saying that
there is no elected politician responsible at a regional level
for a whole raft of quite powerful measures that are contained
within the Bill?
Mr Ward: Yes.
Q18 Chris Mole: Could I ask a quick
question about military co-ordination at a regional and local
level. What do you think the Bill has to say in terms of co-ordinating
a military response in terms of planning? Would you like greater
roles for local authorities and indeed do you think there is a
regional approach that we should be adopting to co-ordinating
military activity?
Councillor Chalke: I think that
the military authorities should be involved in the regional resilience
forums and I speak from a county which probably has a greater
military presence than many others and I can say that the willingness
from the military to be involved is very much appreciated and
the incident that I have left an account of will show the enormous
amount of help we had from the military in that sort of position.
Yes, they have the facilities but we accept that it cannot be
expected at all times because they will have other priorities
sometimes that they have to pursue, but there is a willingness
from the military to be involved and I think we should encourage
Mr Ward: In my own area, we have
Catterick which has a very high military presence. There is a
role for the military in supporting the local authorities in a
wide range of areas but one must remember that, unlike the Fire
Service example, they are not a first responder. What they can
supply in terms of resources in longer-term types of incidents
is excellent, but we must realise that the first response is at
the local level. In the north east, I am pleased to say there
is a very high commitment for the military to be involved in our
planning arrangements.
Q19 Lord Lucas: Looking at the other
end of the scale, do you see scope for involvement by individuals
on the pattern maybe of the Lifeboat Service, people who participate
in training, have relevant skills and know in an emergency what
it is they are meant to do at a very local level?
Councillor Chalke: Many local
authorities are involving at a parish level, where they have them
of course, a number of volunteers who are very happy to come forward
and I think that there is good practice around and we would want
to encourage those volunteers to get properly trained in order
that they can help to respond.
Mr Ward: I think that the role
of the voluntary organisations is vitally important and, from
my own area, I have one particular allegiance with the WRVS who
are absolutely superb in providing an excellent service in the
back up to the emergency services. Yes, they have a very important
role but they do need the training. I know a lot of areas where
the local authority has taken on this task as a sub-group of its
emergency planning officers forum to indicate to them, quote "We
do value you and what training do we now need to give you to support
us in the various areas?" In a number of areas, we have volunteers'
plans to ensure that each of the primary responding agencies understands
which voluntary agency would back them up during an incident.


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We were all set to continue our celebration of the upcoming Doobie Brothers tour alongside Chicago, when disaster struck the group — as cancer-stricken long-time drummer Michael Hossack died. Hossack had been a member of the band during its seminal early-1970s hitmaking period (including the albums Toulouse Street, The Captain and Me and What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits) then returned to play on seven more Doobie releases between 1989's Cycles and 2004's Live at Wolf Trap, finally leaving the band in 2010 to continue his fight against the disease.
So, this second-edition of our Featured Artist series on the Doobie Brothers has also become something of a commemoration, fittingly begun with a look back at a key cut from that long-hoped-for reunion of the original 1970s-era members in '89. Hossack played on five of the cuts featured here …
"NEED A LITTLE TASTE OF LOVE" (CYCLES (1989): The Isley Brothers were early admirers of the Doobie Brothers, having covered "Listen To The Music" back in 1973. The Doobies returned the favor some 16 years later, tackling the Isley's own 1974 deep cut "Need A Little Taste of Love."
Played in the same key and with a similar shuffle, "Taste" could even be taken as a re-write of "Listen," as thus made it a natural song for them to cover, right down to the uplifting lyrics and chorus harmonies. One of the few real bright spots along with the single "The Doctor" on an otherwise disappointing comeback record Cycles, "Need A Little Taste of Love" at least affirmed that the original Doobie Brothers were still the same, good ol' Doobies when they had strong material to work with. — S. Victor Aaron
[SOMETHING ELSE! FEATURED ARTIST: In our first edition focusing on the Doobie Brothers, we dove into familiar favorites like "It Keeps You Runnin,'" "Jesus Is Just Alright," "What A Fool Believes" and others.]
"LISTEN TO THE MUSIC" (TOULOUSE STREET, 1972): This may not be the greatest song the Doobie Brothers ever recorded, but it is catchy and definitely deserved to be the hit single it came to be. Peaking at No. 11 on the national charts in the late summer of 1972, "Listen To The Music" introduced the San Jose, California group to the mainstream public, rendering them one of the best and most promising new acts of the year. The Doobie Brothers surely lived up to such a title, for well over a decade they were in regular rotation on the radio dial. Never to be forgotten, their records are constantly aired on classic rock stations.
Boasting a synchronized blend of styles, "Listen To The Music" touched based on the band's varied influences. Country, blues, folk, soul and rock and roll jog seamlessly through the tune. Wrapping these inspirations neatly together, the Doobie Brothers created a winning party anthem. The energy is positive, there's a nice little hippy vibe happening, the rhythms are upbeat and the lyrics are scripted of good cheer. A cool break also cements the track, and the band's full-throated harmonies even emit a bit of a gospel feel. Here on "Listen To The Music," the Doobie Brothers kind of sound like the younger cousins of Creedence Clearwater Revival, who ironically dismantled the year the record was released. — Beverly Paterson
"REAL LOVE," (ONE STEP CLOSER, 1980): Maybe Minute by Minute represented the only truly good ideas the middle configuration of the Doobies could muster. After all, this follow up, more often than not, sounded like a band that was completely out of gas. Still, there was this — maybe the best song on a half-hearted finale for the McDonald-era Doobies.
The previous project, of course, featured bigger hits but — for me — "Real Love" remains the most inexplicably perfect combining of McDonald's late-1970s amalgam of hit-making sounds with the Doobie Brothers. There were, again, these period-piece keyboard elements — a scronky opening signature, that plinky backing during the chorus — and an irresistible candy-coated hook, all cobbled together with McDonald's grease-popping soul singing. Sure, it couldn't have been any further away from their origins as a mellow-rocking country-cool boogie band, but there was (is) a listenable charm — undeniable, even if you liked the earlier edition — to sleek, R&B-flecked pop like this.
"Real Love" would go to No. 5 on the Billboard charts, but also mark the end of the band — outside of a similarly half-hearted farewell tour — until co-founders Tom Johnston and Patrick Simmons jump started everything again in the late 1980s. Meanwhile, McDonald essentially spent the next pair of decades rewriting this underrated gem — that is, until he decided to go back to the wellspring, and start covering Motown. — Nick DeRiso
"BLACK WATER" (WHAT ONCE WERE VICES ARE NOW HABITS, 1974): Back in their days as a hippie bar band, and a couple of years before Michael McDonald would destroy them, The Doobie Brothers were in top form with a song from the LP "What Once Were Vices Are Now Habits." Their first number one single, "Black Water," came from this 1974 album and it's a perfect synthesis of everything the Southern California band did well.
Starting with the acoustic guitars, to Tom Johnston's soulful lead vocal, to the rousing group harmonies at the finish line, Patrick Simmons' song didn't have a note out of place and was tailor made for 1970s rock radio. Lyrically, the track is similar to the moods that Creedence Clearwater Revival, another California group from the hippie era, so vividly created with their depictions of old rural America and the deep South. The tune opens, "Well, I built me a raft and she's ready for floatin' / Ol' Mississippi she's calling my name / Catfish are jumpin' / The paddle wheel thumpin' / Black water keeps rollin' on past just the same."
Even though he probably would have never accepted the gig maybe Simmons and company should have replaced Johnston with John Fogerty because CCR was already a thing of the past by the time the The Doobies' lead singer left for health reasons. I know I'm in a small minority when I say this but the composer of "Proud Mary" would have been a better fit. — Charlie Ricci, from www.Bloggerhythms.com
"NOBODY" (WORLD GONE CRAZY, 2010): Besides the presence of frontmen and main composers Tom Johnston and Patrick Simmons, this album also saw the return of the Ted Templeman — producer from the Doobies' 1971 self-titled debut through their initial split-up in 1982. There could hardly be a stronger signal that the Doobies wanted to get back to the things that made them great in the first place. That, and "Nobody" — a remake of the very first cut from their first album 39 years ago.
Templeman wasn't happy with the way the recording came out the first time around (actually, the whole record suffered from subpar production), so he persuaded the group to take another crack at Johnston's song. A great suggestion, as this time Templeman got the mixing right. The rich blend of acoustic and electric guitars, the strutting rhythm and those sumptuous backing vocals are there just like the hitmaking days. Johnston, as before, takes the lead vocal and all the years and health issues hadn't worn down his R&B pipes one iota.
In spite of the good effort, the rest of the album just doesn't quite do it for me; the newer songs don't hit the sweet spot like "Nobody" does. That doesn't mean that I'm not happy to see this band still alive and kickin' and making a record. They proved they can still recapture that old feeling, even if an old song is required to do it. — S. Victor Aaron
"CHINA GROVE" (THE CAPTAIN AND ME, 1973): With its chugging guitar groove and catchy roadhouse boogie piano work by session pianist Bill Payne, this was the song that put the Doobies on the map for a lot of people. There are hints of Moby Grape peppering the song. China Grove showed the band firing on all cylinders. Next to "Long Train Runnin,'" this is probably their best known song — and the one-two punch of the two songs are largely what made The Captain and Me such a solid album for the band and solidified Johnston's songwriting rep. — Perplexio, from DancingAboutArchitecture and The Review Revue
"MINUTE BY MINUTE," (MINUTE BY MINUTE, 1978): The intro of Michael McDonald playing chords up and down and up again on a Rhodes at the offbeat intervals is sweet soulful stuff. Then the song settles into a mid-tempo shuffle and McDonald's brawny baritone kicks in. There's a little synth interlude that sounds a little cheesy today, but that's not enough to disturb this groove; right after that the bridge takes the song to a higher key and McDonald's voice just soars in response.
I recall Larry Carlton covering this song around 1987, but found it lacking. That's because it's mainly instrumental and even though the melody is tight and righteous, it's Mike's lead vocals that makes the sale. Oh yeah, and that cool electric piano intro, too. — S. Victor Aaron
"PURSUIT ON 53rd STREET" (WHAT WERE ONCE VICES ARE NOW HABITS, 1974): That cover photo has long been one of my absolute favorites — the crowd crammed up against the front of the stage, the stage full of the band members, two drum kits and all of that chemical fog. What you can't see are the rows of amps anchoring the back line but, believe me, they were there. You can almost see the volume.
"Pursuit On 53rd St" is a fine example of the early, hard-rockin' era of the Doobies with its tight vocal harmonies, dual guitar lines, and chunky rhythm guitar. Yeah, this tune isn't really too far removed from "Without You" from the previous album. Still, it does illustrate just how malleable this band could be, bringing the sonic bite on one cut, and then shifting gears to "Black Water." Their erudite nature, quite common back then, is a rare commodity these days. — Mark Saleski
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The Kennel Club PRA rcd4 Register is updated at the beginning of each month
For pedigrees go to www.hooley-irish-setters.co.uk/search.html
DNA testing scheme for Irish Setters - PRA rcd4
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DNA Testing for PRA RCD4 is available
We advise that all breeding stock is tested before mating.
Following a meeting between Professor Ed Hall, Chairman of the Breed Health Committee, Dr Cathryn Mellersh. Canine Genetics Research Group Leader from AHT and Dr Jeff Sampson, Genetics consultant to the Kennel Club we have been advised by Ed Hall that in addition to the 7 dogs which have been identified with PRA rcd4 there are 3 more having "mid-onset" PRA and which do not have rcd1 or rcd4.
Any Irish Setter with suspected sight problems can have DNA testing free-of-charge if the sample sent to the AHT is accompanied by a certificate from a veterinary ophthalmologist confirming PRA (Progressive Retinal Atrophy).
To get your dog tested for PRA by an ophthalmologist you will need to see your vet first and ask for a referral to an eye specialist.
Joint Irish Setter Breed Clubs
Statement on the control of the rcd4 mutation in Irish Setters
The Joint Irish Setter Breed Clubs (JISBC) have drawn up the following guidelines for the control of the recently discovered rcd4 mutation which causes Late Onset Progressive Retinal Atrophy (LOPRA) in Irish Setters. Whilst it should be stressed that clinical signs of LOPRA usually appear after the age of 9 years, the JISBC still believe it to be a welfare issue, although it is noted that many dogs can cope with blindness.
Data from the Animal Health Trust so far suggest the prevalence of carriers of the rcd4 mutation (i.e. heterozygotes) in the breed is about 42% and therefore the proposed guidelines are considered appropriate at this time. The JISBC recognises the need to maintain genetic diversity within the breed and does not yet recommend a complete ban on breeding using carrier or affected dogs.
However, the principle of these guidelines is that no dogs should be produced that will develop PRA and become blind, and therefore all members of the JISBC agree that:
1. All caring and resonsible breeders will test their stock before planning a mating.
- Any rumour and supposition about a dog's genetic status should be ignored; DNA-testing should be undertaken.
- As DNA-testing is now available, 'hereditarily clear' dogs will be produced. However such dogs should still be tested before being used for breeding because of the potential difficulty in proving parentage.
- If the rcd4 status of any stud dog, or its semen, is unknown then the bitch to be mated must be tested and found CLEAR.
2. AFFECTED dogs (i.e. homozygous for the rcd4 mutation) should never be mated with other AFFECTED dogs as all progeny will be AFFECTED.
Thus the following are recommendations about potential matings that the JISBC consider acceptable at this time:
- CLEAR x CLEAR matings are encouraged.
- CLEAR x CARRIER* matings: progeny will, on average, be CLEAR (50%) or CARRIERS (50%) and should be DNA‑tested before breeding.
- CLEAR x AFFECTED* matings: all progeny will be CARRIERS.
* It is recommended that any use of AFFECTED and CARRIER stud-dogs is given serious, cautious consideration by both stud-dog owners and breeders before planning a mating.
Purchasers of any dogs produced by CLEAR x CARRIER and CLEAR x AFFECTED matings should be advised that these dogs will not develop PRA rcd-4, but should not be used for breeding unless tested.
All breeders should note that AFFECTED x CARRIER or CARRIER x CARRIER matings may produce some AFFECTED dogs.
- CARRIER x CARRIER matings will produce, on average, 25% AFFECTED progeny.
- AFFECTED x CARRIER matings will produce, on average, 50% AFFECTED progeny.
Purchasers of any dogs produced by such matings should be advised that some of these dogs may develop PRA rcd-4 and should not be used for breeding unless DNA-tested.
The JISBC will continue to monitor the prevalence of the rcd4 mutation within the breed. However it is aware that a further PRA mutation that causes blindness at an earlier age (so-called mid-onset PRA) may be present in the breed but has yet to be confirmed and characterised genetically. Thus control measures for rcd4 may need to be modified if this new form of PRA is prevalent, as the earlier onset of blindness clearly has an even greater welfare implication.
Signed on behalf of the following breed clubs, which endorse and support these recommendations
- Belfast & District Irish Setter Club
- The Irish Setter Association England
- The Irish Setter Breeders Club
- The Irish Setter Club of Scotland
- The Irish Setter Club of Wales
- The Midlands Irish Setter Society
- North-East of England Irish Setter Club
- The South of England Irish Setter Club
Professor E J Hall
Chairman, Irish Setter Breed Clubs Health Coordinator Group
29 February 2012
Statement from The Animal Health Trust
Progressive Retinal Atrophy in the Irish Setter
Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA) is a well-recognised inherited condition that many breeds of dog are predisposed to. The condition is characterised by bilateral degeneration of the retina which causes progressive vision loss that culminates in total blindness. There is no treatment for PRA, of which several genetically distinct forms are recognised, each caused by a different mutation in a specific gene. The various forms of PRA are typically breed-specific, with clinically affected dogs of the same breed usually sharing an identical mutation. Clinically affected dogs of different breeds, however, usually have different mutations, although PRA-mutations can be shared by several breeds.
A mutation for an early-onset form of PRA, known as rcd1, was identified in Irish Setters as long ago as 1993, and is well-documented to affect dogs from a few weeks of age. More recently dogs have been identified with a seemingly different form of PRA that affects dogs later in their lives and is known to be different from rcd1. This alternative form became known as "LOPRA" – for Late-Onset PRA. Unlike rcd1, where all dogs became affected at almost exactly the same age the age of onset of dogs with LOPRA varied, from a few years of age (2-3 yo) up to old age (10-11 yo). It was unclear whether these dogs all shared the same form of PRA or whether there were genetically distinct forms of PRA segregating in this breed.
Mutation Identified
In 2011 geneticists working in the Kennel Club Genetics Centre at the Animal Health Trust identified a recessive mutation that is associated with the development of LOPRA in the Gordon Setter. Owners of Gordon Setters with LOPRA report that their affected dogs develop night blindness in the first instance, which is indicative of a rod-cone degeneration, so we have termed this mutation rcd4 (for rod-cone degeneration 4) to distinguish it from other, previously described, forms of rod-cone degeneration.
Following our work with rcd4 in the Gordon Setter we have found some Irish Setters that have been diagnosed with PRA also carry two copies of the rcd4 mutation. As a result the AHT will make the rcd4 DNA test available to Irish Setters, from August 1st 2011. The DNA test we are offering examines the DNA from each dog being tested for the presence or absence of this precise mutation and is thus a 'mutation-based test' and not a 'linkage-based test'.
Other Forms of PRA
The research we have carried out to identify the rcd4 mutation has revealed that there are at least three forms of PRA segregating in the Irish Setter; rcd1, rcd4 and an additional, third form, that has yet to be identified. We know there is a third form of PRA because of the ten dogs with LOPRA, whose DNA we have been sent to analyse, only 7 have two copies of the rcd4 mutation. The remaining 3 dogs do not carry either the rcd1 or rcd4 mutations, meaning their PRA must be due to another, as yet unidentified, mutation. There is some evidence that this third form of PRA has, on average, an earlier age of onset than rcd4, but we need to examine more dogs before we can be confirm this.
The age at which dogs with the rcd4 mutation develop PRA seems to vary and we know about dogs as young as 4yo and as old as 10yo, that have been diagnosed with LOPRA, and that carry two copies of rcd4 mutation. But it is important to remember that the age at which a dog is diagnosed with PRA can vary according to circumstances, and is not necessarily the same age at which it started to develop PRA. For example, a dog whose PRA is detected at a routine eye examination will have an earlier age of diagnosis than a dog whose PRA was only detected once it started to lose its sight. It is also possible that the dogs that have developed PRA very early also carry the mutation for the third, unidentified, form of PRA (as well as rcd4) and it is this 'mid onset' mutation that has caused them to develop PRA at a relatively young age. More research will be required to understand the variability in age of onset more fully.
Our research indicates rcd4 is a common form of PRA among Irish Setters and the development of this test therefore enables breeders to slowly decrease the frequency of an important form of PRA in their lines. However, because we know that at least one other form of LOPRA exists within the breed, we cannot guarantee that any dog will not develop PRA, even if they are clear of the rcd4 mutation.
Rcd4 DNA Test
Breeders using the rcd4 DNA test will be sent results identifying their dog as belonging to one of three categories. In all cases the terms 'normal' and 'mutation' refer to the position in the DNA where the rcd4 mutation is located; it is not possible to learn anything about any other region of DNA from the rcd4 DNA test.
CLEAR: these dogs have two normal copies of DNA. Clear dogs will not develop PRA as a result of the rcd4 mutation, although we cannot exclude the possibility they might develop PRA due to other mutations they might carry that are not detected by this test.
CARRIER: these dogs have one copy of the mutation and one normal copy of DNA. These dogs will not develop PRA themselves as a result of the rcd4 but they will pass the mutation on to approximately 50% of their offspring. We cannot exclude the possibility that carriers might develop PRA due to other mutations they might carry that are not detected by this test.
GENETICALLY AFFECTED: these dogs have two copies of the rcd4 mutation and will almost certainly develop PRA during their lifetime. The average age of diagnosis for dogs with rcd4 is 10 yo, although there is considerable variation within the breed.
Our research has demonstrated that the frequency of the rcd4 mutation in Irish Setters is high and approximately 30-40% of dogs might be carriers. The mutation is recessive which means that all dogs can be bred from safely but carriers and genetically affected dogs should only be bred to DNA tested, clear dogs. About half the puppies from any litter that has a carrier parent will themselves be carriers and any dogs from such litters that will be used for breeding should themselves be DNA tested prior to breeding so appropriate mates can be selected. All puppies that have a genetically affected parent will be carriers.
It is advisable for all breeding dogs to have their eyes clinically examined by a veterinary ophthalmologist prior to breeding and throughout their lives so that any cases of PRA caused by additional mutations can be detected and that newly emerging conditions can be identified.
PRA rcd4 (LOPRA) Some questions answered
(please read this alongside the AHT announcement)
I have been asked a number of questions on this subject, and the following answers try to throw light on the current situation.
- What does it mean to be genetically affected but not yet clinically affected by PRA rcd4?
Unlike PRA rcd1 and CLAD, which can be seen in very young puppies, PRA rcd4 may not be visible to the owner or even to the vet or ophthalmologist until later in life. The dog is genetically affected from birth and a DNA test for PRA rcd4 will show this; however the clinical signs of deteriorating eyesight will not be present until sometime later in life and, in fact in a few cases, may never occur. The dog has the defective genes from birth although the clinical signs are not present and this must be understood when considering a breeding programme.
- Explain the meaning of "homozygous for PRA rcd4".
This is frequently referred to as having "two copies of the mutant gene" and thus being genetically affected.
In layman's terms this means that the defective gene is inherited from both parents.
If the defective gene is inherited from only one parent the dog will be a "carrier" of the condition which means the defective gene can be passed to the offspring but this dog will never have this condition. This is typical of a recessive mutant gene and most of us are familiar with it in PRA rcd1 and CLAD.
- Remind me what happens if an affected dog is mated to a clear.
AFFECTED to CLEAR >>>>>>>>>> 100% CARRIERS
AFFECTED to CARRIER >>>>>>>>> 50% AFFECTED; 50% CARRIERS
CARRIER to CLEAR >>>>>>>>>>>> 50% CARRIERS; 50% CLEAR
CARRIER to CARRIER >>>>>>>>>> 25% AFFECTED; 50% CARRIERS; 25% CLEAR
- How do we know there might be 30-40% of dogs in our breed that are carriers?
A random check was performed on a large number of DNA samples stored at the AHT and this provided the information. The large number of samples used by the AHT means that the proportion of carriers for that sample is likely to reflect the proportion throughout our breed.
- Will we be told the individual results from this test run?
No. The AHT have permission to use the samples stored for research purposes i.e. in the development of a new test, and to provide a statistical analysis of the results but not to provide individual dog's names or results.
The way forward is to test the dogs you own now, particularly your breeding stock, and to move forward from this.
The advice so far is to avoid producing genetically affected puppies – if you find you have an affected dog or a carrier with which you wish to breed only breed to a clear dog.
- What do we know about another form of LOPRA that exists in the breed?
We know there is a third form of PRA in the breed as 3 dogs have been clinically identified as having PRA but their DNA shows that they do not have PRA rcd1 or PRA rcd4. It probably occurs at a younger age then PRA rcd4. It may be the cause of blindness in the younger dogs that also have the PRA rcd4 mutation. Further research will be needed to find the mutation if more cases are found.
- How many dogs so far (July 2011) are homozygous for PRA rcd4?
We only know of 7, 6 of which have been named by their owners. I understand that there were very few in the research run but we have not been given further information on this. I do, however, have a personal story to tell as a result of this research run.
My experience has been with my old dog, Willow (Kirkavagh Karamita of Follidown), until now referred to in newsletters but not named because of the uncertainty involved in her condition at the time. During the research she was found to have two copies of (i.e. homozygous for) the PRA rcd-4 mutation and she was blind and she was 13 years old. This seemed to confirm the research programme but on examination by two highly respected ophthalmologists she was found not to have LOPRA. Her blindness was caused by typical problems of old age – some cataract and sclerosis of the lens. If she had lived longer she may have developed LOPRA but, very sadly, she died in April. ( Incidentally, she coped very well in her familiar environment with her blindness but did need extra help and consideration because of her condition.)
Most of you will have read about her already but it provides an important case study and a good reason not to panic if the DNA test shows your dog to be homozygous for PRA rcd-4. Your dog may never go blind despite having the genetic mutation.
If you have any further questions, please email me and I will try to help.
Gillian Townsend
ISAE Health Representative.
Email: townsendwaitrose [dot] com
A statement from the Irish Setter Breed Clubs Health Coordinators Committee concerning
Late Onset Progressive Retinal Atrophy (LOPRA)
Recently, DNA samples from Irish setters diagnosed with Late Onset Progressive Retinal Atrophy (LOPRA) have been submitted to the Animal Health Trust for genetic analysis. So far several dogs have been diagnosed with two copies of the rcd-4 mutation (i.e. homozygous). This means these dogs are clinically affected with a condition that has previously been described in Gordon setters.
The Animal Health Trust is hoping to release a DNA test for rcd-4 in Irish setters in the near future and when it is available the scale of the problem in the breed can be assessed and an appropriate strategy to eradicate the condition can begin. Until that time the Committee advises against panic and ill‑informed rumour.
Whilst the recognition of LOPRA in the breed is a serious and unwanted development, we should take heart that previous genetic problems (e.g. PRA rcd-1, CLAD) in the breed have been conquered by dedicated breeders implementing controlled breeding schemes, and there is no reason to doubt an eradication programme, when launched, will be successful.
Professor Ed Hall
Chairman, Irish Setter Breed Clubs Health Coordinators Committee
Irish Setter Breed Clubs Health Coordinators Committee
Late Onset Progressive Retinal Atrophy (LOPRA)
Following the discovery of Irish setters clinically affected with LOPRA in association with two copies of the rcd-4 gene (i.e. homozygous), so far the following six dogs (in alphabetical order) have been identified as affected.
- Joben Midnight Memories
- Joben Midnight Moments
- Konakakela Red Admiral at Ixia
- Millcroft the Moon's Shadow
- Starchelle Buddy Holly
- Wickenberry Capsicum
These names are being published with the permission of their owners/breeders in a spirit of openness in order to alert responsible owners and breeders and to prevent the propagation of unfounded rumours.
We await an announcement from the Animal Health Trust on when the rcd-4 test will be made available.
Professor Ed Hall
Chairman, Irish Setter Breed Clubs Health Coordinators Committee


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Category Archives: Print Design
Your Digital Footprint Poster
Poster design for the first in a series of three events sponsored by the UB Libraries and UBIT. I went with an infographic feel on this one. Clean lines and simple imagery to illustrate how people leave behind a trail … Continue reading
Delivery+ Stickers
We have a service here in the UB Libraries called Delivery+ that delivers books and other materials to the departments of faculty, staff and students (students can pick up their materials at the circulation desk). From a communication perspective I … Continue reading
Holiday Broadside featuring Robert Frost
Holiday Braodside I designed for the University at Buffalo Libraries Poetry Collection. The image is by J. J. Lankes. The interior features a poem, "Carpe Diem", by Robert Frost.
Allentown Pub Crawl 2013
So this is the 9th annual pub crawl we do every year. I did a quick design for the shirts I am printing.
Perceptions of Support Systems for Tenure Track Librarians
A poster presentation I did for two Librarians here at the UB Libraries. Pretty happy with the way it turned out. Never really done a lot of design work with charts and data before, so this was a nice change. … Continue reading
Hand tool not working in InDesign, Photoshop or Illustrator
Spent an hour (at least it felt like an hour) trying to figure out why the hand tool in InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator stopped working. Finally figured out it was the LastFM scrobbling app. For some reason my preferences screen … Continue reading
Against the Grain Ebook
Finally finished my first ebook for Against the Grain: The History of Buffalo's First Ward. Took me awhile as this was the first one I have tried to code. It was a little time consuming, but was well worth it. … Continue reading
Tim Bohen Speaking @ UB
Did a quick poster/flyer for Tim Bohen's speaking engagement at the University at Buffalo. He'll be speaking about Buffalo's First Ward and his book, Against the Grain, The History of Buffalo's First Ward.
48 Good Films Poster
Did a quick 32″ x 40″ poster design for the new 48 Good Films project here in the UB Libraries.


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What hasn't been going on lately? My mind has been swirling non stop with thoughts lately and to-do lists before baby girl Lily makes her arrival in July. Yes I said it!
We were SHOCKED. I guess you could say that deep down I thought we were having a girl. But I didn't know if that was my true inclination or it was just my deepest hope to have a baby girl. Either way, most people said oh its a boy, and I really started to expect that. Well once the gooey wand was on my belly, baby girl had her legs spread wide open and the Tech said, "Wanna know now?" And I said, "there's a penis in there isn't there!?" and she said, "No, 100% a girl. Never been so sure!"
Josh and I just stared at each other in complete awe. We've always made comments about having a little girl, that was Josh's hope, and we were tickled by the thought. Its no longer a thought, its really happening! Watch out Pinterest, Etsy DIY projects, and Nursery decorating!
So here goes why my mind is swirling. Regarding birth. Okay I know my first go round with Levi I was all Gimme the drugs, pump me up, make me feel no pain, wipe off my messy baby before handing him to me, no one look down there except the doctor, etc. etc. Well with that kind of attitude I had an experience that, lets just say this time around brought me awareness and knowledge-guilt and frustration. I didn't have an experience I felt joyous about, heck I barely could open my eyes during my emergency C-Section, didn't even kiss my baby before they took him away to the nursery, where he wasn't held for 3 hours until I awoke from the over-medicated sleep I involuntarily had. Long story short. I didn't have the experience I hoped for because I had NO CLUE what I was doing. I surrendered to the hospital. My doctor didn't think it was important to prepare me, I guess that's an individual's responsibility even if its your first time.
So here I am, researching, watching documentaries, asking questions, etc. Realizing that hey, my Birth Plan may not work out, but at least I know what I want in those situations and can make it clear to my Doctor. I'm swaying in the middle regarding doing a natural birth with a Midwife at a hospital, or with my Doctor, or receive pain meds. My fear about receiving pain meds is it can slow down labor, therefore putting me at risk for C-Section, and even chance me not being mentally there for yet another birth. I'm also attempting a VBAC so a Home Birth unfortunately (which is very, very, appealing to me) does not sit well with my Husband, as VBACS can be tricky and require medical attention in a blink of an eye.-But so can any delivery. Anywho, I am meeting with a Midwife to get information, get a feel for whether this is something that I can do, and if not I am highly considering getting a Doula to be with me at the hospital to help make sure my birth goes how I want it to (generally speaking). SO. I am a completely different woman than I was with Levi in regards to giving birth. Heck, save the Hep B shot, petroleum on my baby's eyes, and Vitamin K shot. I don't have STD's, so neither will my baby, and she's not being circumcised. Give me my messy baby and keep her messy as long as possible. Delay cutting her cord as long as possible. Let her stay with me, on me as long as possible. Don't mention giving her formula because I look sleepy. Don't wash her with Johnson & Johnson baby soap filled with chemicals to harm her already non existent immune system. Please and Thank you.
I also plan on nursing. I feel a little guilty about how uninformed/prepared I was for breastfeeding with Levi and I just gave up after exclusively pumping for 3 weeks minus the first 4 days he latched on great. I was in so much pain I couldn't even hold Levi -after being engorged- on my chest. But knowing the benefits a baby receives from it (especially long term) trumps any pain I may face-which I know will be manageable because I will be prepared!---My thoughts exactly when it comes to pain medication in a hospital. I find it so odd that you can't have this and that, over the counter meds, certain teas, fish etc while pregnant but BAM go into labor and you can have pitocin, epidurals, other meds, interventions, and ever MAJOR surgery. Hmm and your baby is not affected. Its disturbing that long term research has not been clarified- but what's been gathered definitely suggests a parallel to asthma, allergies, autism and more. Fear the needle?
I did read that a woman having a pain free labor/birth is equivalent to 20 bones breaking at once. EEEk!
Whew. You see? These are the kinds of thoughts I have all day. I just want to do what's best for my baby and I, and I am seeking out the best way to do so in a hospital. Tips, advice etc. from anyone, I LOVE hearing stories.
As of late...
I am 19 weeks and 2 days! Almost half way there, what!?
I am having trouble getting comfortable at night, I get charlie horses in my legs, my belly gets stretched the wrong way while I bend over and it hurts like hell! I keep forgetting I can't twist and wind freely anymore. My cravings are actually not as strong as they were. I'm really not craving much right now, just lots of water. I always feel thirsty. Lily is kicking away, not hard enough to where Josh can feel it, just me :) And I kind of love it that way-selfishly. Just me and her right now. :) I get out and walk whenever I can-gotta love the polar vortex Ohio has been graciously faced with. Not. Its the worst being pregnant and being cooped up inside all day. I am looking forward to having a baby shower-as I've been informed with a second baby and different sex, its OKAY to have one. Ha. Which is good, because we have a lot of the big stuff, now we just need smaller stuff-bottles, binkies, blankets, wraps, nursing accessories, etc etc. Little things, yet important. I am working on my registry now, which is fun. Its exciting this time around KNOWING what I need. Not just what looks cute and is a waste of money. And also knowing what I'm getting into (unless she is up all night, never dealt with that-please sleep like your brother Lily!) And when it comes to the nursery/shared bedroom with her brother, being able to actually paint/decorate budget conscious of course. With Levi we were in my MIL's house while waiting to close on our condo and nothing was ready. Its exciting to actually do the whole get the room ready process, I've never experienced that!
Levi and I have been keeping busy in his playroom which he loves. I HATE not having windows down there and using the fluorescent lighting, but as soon as it warms up, we can do a lot more outside. I would love to incorporate some Reggio Emilia activities for Levi this Summer, and really get him exploring and learning in nature. I can't wait to roam around with him.
Levi is taking his time in the language dept. I know by now his pace is slower, yet still consistent than a lot of toddlers his age. But he's getting there! He's still on the 2 word phrases, but picking up more and more and I know it will only be a matter of time before he is talking up a storm. He is doing great in his big boy bed, loving his books more and more, loving to practice counting, loves stomping around in the snow, and especially loves doing sprints from the kitchen to the front door lately. Can you tell I want/need Summer so we can get outside! Levi literally doesn't stop smiling when i buckle him in the stroller and its time for a walk, he loves it as much as I do!
Josh is still working his butt off. I'm pretty sure I won't see him until Monday, as his classes are being made up this weekend ALLLL day, then he has to work 12's after that. His last week of class is next week though. Thank you Jesus!!! Its been a long 6 months with practically 1.5 days off a week. And I mean leaving at 7 and coming home at midnight during the week (except Mon, Tues Wed-He's home at 3) then Thurs-Sun night is awful. I am so looking forward to him getting the job we are oh so praying for and having him home in the evenings for dinner and on the weekends to actually spend quality time as a family and have normalcy.
Despite everything swirling around in my head, we are truly blessed. We are blessed with doors opening up for our family, opportunities, a healthy family, and of course a healthy baby girl on the way. Its easy to ball up my thoughts and make them seem like they are so important, which they are, but just not enough to completely distract me from life and lose sleep over it. Everything will be okay and work itself out. Deep breath, Hope!


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Taitu Hotel
recommendation by susanna-alaitz
This is the oldest hotel in Addis Ababa. It was commissioned to be built by Empress Taitu in 1898. *
144 Bir per night for a twin room with shower. Staffs are friendly, location is good, the hotel is old, but for this price, it's okay.


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One of my good friends and someone that's come to represent fun times, Ty from Golden Saddle Cyclery, is getting ready to embark on the Tour Divide. For those who aren't aware, the Tour Divide is a solo bike race from Canada to Mexico along the great dividing range. The word "adventure" gets thrown around a lot these days, but I can assure you, this is a fucking adventure. If you haven't watched the documentary, Ride the Divide, I suggest you do so!
This is a life-changing ride, something that Ty has been preparing to undertake for over a year and I am stoked for him! Follow him on Instagram, wish him luck and be sure to ask him lots of questions. He loves questions.


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|Separate WCs
|2,690 sq. ft.
|Property type
|Minimum Stay
|7 - 14 nights
The house has a large living and dining room, a fully equipped kitchen with all amenities, 4 bedrooms (of which 2 on the ground floor) and 4 bathrooms (of which 2 on the ground floor and one in the poolhouse). Furthermore there is a guest toilet on the ground floor. On the first floor there is a large landing (study) and a terrace overlooking the South-facing garden, the swimming pool and the surrounding area. The beautiful 1800 m2 garden has a nice swimming pool with a large summer kitchen that is equipped with a BBQ, pizza-over, (dining-) bar, cooker, refrigerator and a WC and shower. The garden is surrounded by large trees and other vegetation, ensuring full privacy while the house has all safety measures necessary. Entrance is through a private gate that leads to the double carport. The house has a TV/DVD and Internet connection.
Just a short note to tell you how delighted we were with our stay at your lovely house in Valbonne. Our three weeks there this summer were fantastic.
The house was incredibly comfortable and well equipped.
Its location and easy acces made it perfect to discover and enjoy the entire region.
Having the village of Valbonne with its wonderful food markets so close by enable us to take full advantage of your beautiful " cuisine d' ete ".
It was also wonderful to have Mougins, Cannes and Nice so close.
We look forward to returning soon.
Family from Florida ( USA)
For the 3rd time my girlfriend and I returned to this romantic luxury villa in Valbonne. It's always beyond our expectations.This house feels like home right away. Opening terras doors from the living room or the balcony doors with view over the rose garden, you will be amazed by the beautiful flora , fauna and luxury swimmingpool with fully equiped outdoor Kitchen for your pool- cooking activities. ( even a Pizza-wood-oven!) This house has it all. The sun comes up in your bedroom and you'll enjoy it the whole day till the evening. You are close ( walking distance) to Valbonne village where we had Cappuchino's and Chocolat croissants every morning at the typical "Fairy-Tail" little square. Walking around the house, we even discovered a " petange-court" ( jeux des boules) on the garden side close to the master bedroom. We played this for hours with a bottle of real french wine on the table.
We would really recommend this great place! Upgrade you life and " geniet"
My husband and I stayed at this beautiful villa for 5 weeks during the summer. We had an amazing time with family and friends visiting us over the summer period. The house is even better than we had imagined. We drove up to the gates and entered this most private of properties. Once you are inside the gates the house is totally secluded and not overlooked at all. The house itself it beautifully decorated and much larger than we had expected. There are two bedrooms downstairs with bathrooms and two bedrooms upstairs which made it perfect for our friends visiting, we still had the privacy upstairs to feel like we were on our own. Everything was in great working order and the owners went out of their way for us to accommodate our young daughter making sure that we had a cot and highchair etc.
The villa is in a very quiet location but only a very nice 15/20 walk along a quiet road into Valbonne centre where there are numerous restaurants and bars. All the local people were very friendly.
We would not hesitate to recommend Villa Rose Garden and hope to definitely stay there again in the future.
The Brown family July-September 2011
Dit huis heeft alles wat je nodig hebt in een vakantie: rust, ruimte en comfort. Aan de hand van de foto's hadden wij ons een voorstelling van het huis gemaakt. Zoals het staat afgebeeld is het ook in werkelijkheid. Alles is goed verzorgd, een mooie tuin en een heerlijk zwembad.
Je bent vanaf deze plek overal dichtbij, winkels, strand en natuurlijk het gezellige Valbonne. We hebben nog nooit zo'n heerlijk huis gehuurd in deze omgeving. Alles klopte.
The villa is located at wallking distance (1 km) from the centre of the medieval village of Valbonne. The road where the house is situated, connects to the Route de Cannes, the road between Valbonne and Mougins (3 km.). The villa is located in a quiet residential and green neighbourhood. Nice International Airport is half an hour away by car. It takes also half an hour to drive to the beaches of Cannes, Antibes, Juan-les-Pins, Theoule and Mandelieu-La Napoule. There are five golf courses within 5 km distance and another 5 within 25 km from the house
Golf: The golf courses that are closest to the house are; Golf Opio Valbonne (Chateau de la Begude), Cannes-Mougins Golf Club, Royal Mougins Golf Club, Golfclub St Donat and Les Grandes Bastides. Within a distance of approx 25 km there are more courses such as in Mandelieu, the St Endriol Golf Club, in Grasse, in Cabris, in St Maxime, Valescure and Esterel (in St Raphael) and the Terre Blanche Golf Club.
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|Additional Nights
|Weekend Night
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1 Jul 2018 - 1 Sep 2018
14 night minimum stay
for 14 nights
Late summer
2 Sep 2018 - 6 Oct 2018
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
7 Oct 2018 - 3 Nov 2018
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
4 Nov 2018 - 23 Feb 2019
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
|No additional mandatory fees
|Refundable Damage Deposit
The refundable security deposit amounts to E. 1.000,=, covering possible damages.
Additionally there is a E. 175,= obligatory cleaning charge at the end of the rental period as well as an obligatory weekly house cleaning service including a change of bedlinnen (E. 15 per hour


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"at the heart of the community"
Having done so well to reach this season's Championship Play-Off final, "The Wasps" would be hugely disappointed by their display in the first leg at Glebe Park, Brechin. Once again, Alloa will need to come back in the 2nd leg from a 1-0 deficit from the 1st Leg. On the night the team had a lot of possesion but created little in front of goal and never really looked like scoring. The best chance of the evening for "The Wasps" fell to Kevin Cawley but he never took it cleanly and it was blocked and cleared to safety, soon after the home side scored the evening's only goal through Elliot Ford, his first goal for the club.
Iain Flannigan who was making his 100th first team appearance for "The Wasps" certainly had a strong penalty claim turned down when he was fouled inside the penalty box by two Brechin City defenders, the referee ignoring, and took no action.
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DEADLINE EXTENDED: Public Humanities Graduate Assistantship at the Chicago Humanities Festival
The Public Humanities Graduate Assistantship at the Chicago Humanities Festival (CHF) is a competitive 6-month opportunity awarded to an outstanding graduate student from Northwestern University. The assistantship provides each student with the following: working experience in the country's leading public humanities organization, access to world-renowned humanities scholars, interaction with Chicago's top cultural institutions, and a mentored team environment in which to build varied skills for future employment. Students are expected to make progress on their dissertation research and writing while working at CHF; the opportunity is designed to approximate typical assistantship time commitments and responsibilities.
Principal Responsibilities
- Work with Artistic Director Alison Cuddy and the rest of the program and production staff's team effort to propose, research and develop program ideas for CHF's Fallfest, Springfest, and year-round CHF Now events
- For assigned programs, manage presenter communications and logistics, including requesting program materials, generating web content, and arranging travel/lodging
- Organize participants and logistics for annual Fallfest graduate student seminars
- Assist in preparations for Humanities Without Walls, a three-week summer workshop designed to help humanities doctoral students explore careers outside the academy
- Student is expected to commit one quarter of academic year assistantship and one quarter of summer assistantship.
- Tuition scholarship will be paid in full for all assistantship quarters
- Student must be a PhD student in the humanities or humanistic social sciences within years 2 – 5 of their academic program
- Student must have achieved candidate status and be ABD, with exams passed and prospectus approved
- Student must have at least 2 remaining quarters of guaranteed funding from The Graduate School (please contact TGS with questions)
- Student must be available locally from March 1 – August 31, 2018
Who Should Apply
Doctoral students with an interest in exploring how humanists can contribute to public discourse
Students who are curious about the ways in which their doctoral training can be applied in a wide range of settings, including in seeing through CHF's Fallfest from conception from execution.
Students who are interested in learning what goes into programming and producing large multi-program events.
- Statement of purpose, providing an articulation as to why and how this opportunity would be essential to the applicant's professional and academic advancement (up to 350 words)
- Abstract or abbreviated description of dissertation topic (up to 200 words)
- CV or Resume
- Brief signed letter of support from advisor (dissertation/thesis director) saying, "I [Faculty Name] support [Student Name's] participation in the Public Humanities Graduate Assistantship at the Chicago Humanities Festival."
Applications should be sent via email as single PDF attachment to Associate Director of Graduate and Postdoctoral Professional Development, Mearah Quinn-Brauner by 5pm on February 19, 2018.
About the Chicago Humanities Festival
The Chicago Humanities Festival believes humanity thrive when people gather, connect, are inspired by others and open themselves to ideas that go beyond their individual experience. We celebrate the social life of ideas, through entertaining and smart programs, including our annual Fallfest, Springfest, and year-round CHF Now events.
Contact information:
500 N Dearborn St.
Ste 825
Chicago IL 60654
p. 312.661.1028