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Shelby County has the honor of being the final resting place of two of Kentucky's foremost pioneer frontiersmen, Gen. Benjamin Logan and Col. James Knox. They both lie in peaceful repose in the Logan family cemetery on a bluff overlooking Bullskin Creek on what was the Benjamin Logan farm. They played key roles in history, and our county needs your help to preserve their heritage.
Why was I marching on Aug. 24, in Washington, D.C.? The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place in 1963, five years before I was born. I grew up in a very small racist town Shelbyville, so I take civil rights to heart.
Being an African-American female, the 1963 civil rights March on Washington, DC left a bittersweet feeling. We still have to realize the dream. Some of the same issues and racism civil rights leaders marched for in 1963 still exist today.
The local newspaper has published wedding announcements longer than all of us have been alive. In my days with the newspaper from 1971-1998, I can remember publishing details about the bride's gown and flowers, the musical selections, and even a list of all the parties or showers that were held in honor of the happy couple.
However, an announcement from 1867 would have raised a few eyebrows: "...The bride, who our readers all know, is not mere 'skin and bones'…"
Who was the bride? Who wrote the article?
Everybody wants to "pound nails," but the Shelby County Habitat for Humanity also needs volunteers to serve on our committees. Strong committees ensure our affiliate can sustain long-term house building in Shelby County. Everyone has a talent, and your talents would be welcome to serve in some capacity on one of our committees.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, video evidence must warrant a book. It's a book the Obama administration recommended to members of Congress and the American people last week as the president and those in his circle made the plea for military strikes against the Syrian government in the wake of gas attacks they allegedly carried out on citizens of that country.
For the record, the Shelbyville-Shelby County Parks Board did all they could to make the women's gym a reality and keep it up and going. It bothers me that people do not ever give at least a little credit when credit is due.
For those that do not know the whole story of Curves and the FAC Women's Gym, this is what really took place. I as parks director, in 2012, was approached by an individual and told that the owner of Curves was planning to close it in December. The individual asked if we would take it over and move the equipment to the FAC.
When I was a little boy, my favorite book was The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein. Perhaps like most children, I was always saddened by the slow disappearance of the tree into the insatiable worldly desires of the young boy. The apples and branches and trunk all find their way into the black hole of the boy's ambition.
"I want money, a house, a boat." Take from my body, the tree says. I am told that the story is a parable for the selfless giving of a parent, a friend, a Christ, a God who is willing to sacrifice in the name of love and affection.
Despite The Sentinel News' reporting that the Shelby County Judicial Center employees have fallen out of grace with the Centenary United Methodist Church next door (Church: No more park," June 28), we believed the relationship was a good one. We were very grateful and appreciative of the church's generosity in offering convenient and safe reserved parking spots for full-time state employees. No such thought was given by the powers that be who supervised the planning of the new judicial center.
I wish to throw my support firmly behind Chuck Souder's article ("The Founders' Declaration of 'In-Dependence,'" June 28),pertaining to the American Founders' "dependence upon God" and the idea they taught Americans should be "grateful and accountable to God." Sometimes, atheists like to selectively quote the Founders, as if the Founders were atheists, which they were not. Souder has the strength of history on his side.
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Painter Ken Wiley, will invite visitors to share his journey during the past 50 years through his new exhibit "There & Here: Fifty Years."
The opening reception for the show of watercolor and acrylic paintings will be held Friday, Sept. 6 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Adirondack Artists Guild, 52 Main Street.
The show, though titled as a culmination of the artist's work over the past 50 years, will be a collection of recent works.
"Every painting I do I see a flaw or a way I could have improved it," Wiley said.
Through his continued study of classical Renaissance and impressionist painters, Wiley has developed a style based on shadows and light, composition, a study of line, shape color, and texture.
"By studying artists, we can emulate and reproduce the shapes in famous paintings but an artist can never recreate the color they put on the canvas," Wiley said.
His exhibit, which will run through Sept. 29, will be a collection of his favorite subjects: architecture, portraiture, animals, flowers and most anything that catches his eye.
"The subject matter isn't what is important, for instance I don't necessarily like flowers but I paint them because as an artist flowers are a source of immense color and pattern," Wiley said. "There is no right or wrong when it comes to art and any decent work is an inspiration to me."
It is this study of colors that he hopes will inspire a reaction.
"Painting is designed to hold and keep the eye," Wiley said. "Color and it's atmosphere hopefully cause an experience, it doesn't have to be physical or a feeling."
Wiley began his artistic career with a question: should he study history or art? The Brooklyn/New Jersey born and raised artist made the choice to be an artist.
"When it came down to it, I looked at history and knew I loved it but I didn't know if I would become stale to me in 30 years, so I thought making art would still be new to me and challenging for me," Wiley said.
After graduating with his masters degree, Wiley took a job at the North Country Community College (NCCC) as one of the first faculty members.
"When I came to interview for the position, the sun was shining and it was a clear day and of course there was snow everywhere, it looked so beautiful so I took the job and I've been here ever since," Wiley said.
At NCCC, Wiley taught an array of art courses, such as drawing, design, painting, photography, art appreciation, art history, sculpture courses and more.
"One opportunity I had at the community college that I couldn't have gotten if I had worked at, say, the university in Plattsburgh is I got to teach so many courses that at the time I had never studied, so I learned by figuring out how to illustrate the subjects to my students," Wiley said. "I learned more in the first years of teaching than I ever had learning on my own for nine years of my craft."
"It was a different course all the time," Wiley said. "So you never got tired of what you were doing."
One of the things Wiley said might surprise people who come to his show is that he is not an "Adirondack Artist." His subject matter, though it often consists of Adirondack images like local homes, objects that one might find in any Adirondack home or an outdoor scene, is a mix of places he has traveled to. He's painted a market place in Tanzania; a night scene at a modern looking gas station which jumped out to him like a futuristic space station with an air of science fiction; portraits painted in an Andy Warhol style such as "Dance Master," and most anything he sees that jumps out at him to be recreated.
There is a signature style in both his acrylic and water color pieces. Wiley said his watercolor paintings are more realistic in shapes and colors, but watercolors aren't a medium for abstract work. He said working with acrylic paints offers more freedom with the brush strokes.
"Ideally, the American Water Color society has said there has to be a transparency through the color and we can't use opaque colors. White in the paintings should be the white of the paper," Wiley said. "You can use acrylics to create more body, acrylics have their own techniques."
Through his explorations of art, his love of history, and his study for instructing art, Wiley has combined the three elements in his style reflective of artists from another time period.
"I wish I was born in the Renaissance era when all of the great masterpieces were made, I can't pin point my favorite but to me you get from all art a gamut," Wiley said.
Some of his favorite styles have been inspired by the work of Michael Angelo, Renaissance painter Pieter Brueghel, impressionist James Tissot, Pablo Picasso and Jackson Pollock.
"Unfortunately my interest in artistic styles stops at the '70's, after that time period I feel the artists try to do something close to 'anti-art' to be considered modern art," Wiley said. "I would say I am a traditionalist."
For more information about Wiley or to see examples of his work go to AdirondackArtistsGuild.com.

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Read a Statement Issued by Sacha Baron Cohen's Alter-Ego Dictator, General Aladeen, Regarding Kim Jong-Il
Kim Jong-Il "died as he lived, in three-inch lifts," according to Sacha Baron Cohen's alter ego.
Sacha Baron Cohen's alter ego (in the upcoming film The Dictator), North African tyrant General Aladeen, "released a statement following in the death of Kim Jong Il," or "K-Jo," who "died as he lived, in three-inch lifts." [HuffPo]


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Critic's Guide to Weekend TV: Homeland Finale, Comedy With Jimmy Fallon, and More!
Dec 16, 2011 9:44 AM EST
Let's cut to the must-see chase, which means jumping ahead to Sunday's big finales, starting with Showtime's Homeland, the series that topped my year-end Top 10 list (currently on display in TV Guide Magazine, soon to be posted, so stay tuned). Follo… Read more


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There was a snake charmer. And a silent disco. And "Surviror's photos" of those of us who managed to be still standing at 4am.*
And – not pictured – a belly dancer, bollywood dancers, traditional Indian dancers, a play, shisha, gambling tables, masseuses, mehndi artists, an acapella group, a jazz quartet, and two djs. And a crepe stall at two in the morning because, after all, it's not a party until there's pancakes.


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10 lovely little bronze coloured metal puffed heart charms.
Made from lightweight metal in a dark brass/bronze shade, these work well with vintage and aged charms on costume jewellery and as part as invitations and wedding favours.
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text: it's impossible for me not to laugh when i see someone trip and fall. it's kind of like watching clowns. it's amusing when there is a big crowd, but extremely awkward if it's just the two of you. i only type in lowercase because reaching over to the caps lock key or alternatively using the shift method is just too much effort. my doctor suggested that i may suffer from cluster headaches and i couldn't contain myself. i enjoy making inappropriate comments at the dinner table when my mom has company over. i want to know if animals can have abortions... if vets perform elective animal abortions. birds are either really cool or just ok. i want to attend an over-eater's anonymous meeting and shout "i'm cured". i have a fear of heights. i also have a fear of snakes. i pooped a little when watching snakes on a plane. why do monkeys throw poop? did homo sapiens throw poop at one point? i like to think what that evolution chart would look like. donnie was my favorite new kid on the block. he was the one accused of rape. i've never been successful at picking the right men. if madonna was not famous, i would probably think she was homeless and a very thin man.


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Chicago and its suburbs have been home to some of the largest and fastest-growing areas of the country, according to Census data released Thursday.
The Chicago metropolitan area increased by nearly 73,000 people from July 2007 to July 2008, making the population 9.6 million.
Chicago had the seventh-largest population increase in the country, according to the Census.
Cook County, home to Chicago, was the second-most populous county in the country, with 5.3 million residents.
Also in the Chicago area, Kendall County was the country's fourth-fastest-growing county from 2007 to 2008, increasing seven percent to 103,500 from 96,500.


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Looking for Fully Furnished Flat - November-ish (Hong Kong)
Hi, I'm looking to relocate to HK in the November timeframe and will be looking for an apartment in Hong Kong proper (Mid-Levels or other adjacent locations).
Ideally we would like to have:
1. Furnished apartment (as mentioned)
a. 2 bedroom or 1 bedroom + den type room
b. 1 or 1 1/2 baths
c. balcony or outside space
d. air conditioning
2. Close as possible to a metro line
3. Close to bus transport (alternative)
4. Close to an open food market and or grocery or bodega store(s)
5. Proximity to cafes and restaurants
6. Pet friendly (1 very small dog)
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Mudslides and flash floods that raged through Southern California mountains following heavy rains killed one man, damaged homes and cut off a foothill community, leaving rescuers clearing blocked roads and residents cleaning up.
About 2,500 people were stranded after thunderstorms caused mountain mudslides in Southern California, while one person was found dead in a flooded creek Sunday, authorities said.
Road crews using bulldozers cleared away rocks and mudslides Monday to reach over two thousand residents of a San Bernardino mountain resort area and around 500 kids and adults stranded at a church camp after torrential rain storms.
The mudslides and flooding were triggered by weekend thunderstorms that unleashed some five inches of rain in less than two hours in parts of San Bernardino County, east of Los Angeles, San Bernardino firefighter and public information officer Chris Prater said.
"We had a freak summer storm that brought a lot of rain in a very short amount of time," Prater said. "The ground cannot absorb that much water and you have these flash floods as a result."
Many residents in the popular Southern California mountain resort area had been forced to "shelter in place," particularly in Oak Glen, with a population of 1,500, and Forest Falls, with 1,000.
The muck from the mud and rain was so thick it submerged a van in Forest Falls. As many as 8 homes were "likely lost," according to San Bernardino Fire Capt. Jeff Britton.
Monsoonal moisture brought brief but fierce storms to mountain, desert and inland areas. In an around Palm Springs, knee-deep water flooded city streets and stranded vehicles.
All the water was desperately needed elsewhere in the state. In northern and central California, firefighters battled more than a dozen fires. Crews created a six-mile fire line to protect the town of Burney.
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"The book of my enemy has been remaindered," a poem by literary critic Clive James gloats fiendishly. To most of us, remaindering is synonymous with public failure, with producing "unbudgeable turkeys," as James calls them. But Chicagoans Brad Jonas and Marshall Smith want to do for remaindered books what Goodyear did for blimps. Give them a good name.
Four years ago, Jonas, of Powell's used-book stores, and Smith, who specializes in selling remainders, conceived the Chicago International Remainder and Overstock Book Exposition (CIROBE), a trade show dealing entirely in unsold and bargain books. Held this year in the Chicago Hilton & Towers, the show drew 1,800 book store owners who sampled day-old bread from 200 publishers.


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Feb 10, 2014
Blue Shadow Games hits us with a refreshed version of its atypical platformer in Naught 2
Calling Naught 2 a platformer probably does it at least a little bit of a disservice. The playing area looks and feels like a spelunker's dream, with deep, sizable and ever-roaming caves. The darkly rendered paths are anything but flat or straight in the way they curve and twist around. Black and light grey (with judicious dashes of other colors) make up the motif of the game, and they do a good job of highlighting the motion. With silhouettes being the basic design paradigm, the game is able to be foreboding without spooky.
Gameplay wise, the developer does a good job with eerie backstory, and the control mechanism can be selected from the option of either using virtual buttons or the accelerometer. Our protagonist, naught, is a cat-like being with upright mobility that, in his quest to escape the darkness, collects stuff and avoids dangerous things as he attempts to get from point A to point B.
Gravity, as a concept, is the backbone of the gameplay. the "ground" is a function of the accelerometer (if that is the control set used), in that rotating it causes Naught to treat the area closest to the ground as the source of the gravitational pull. It is pretty cool and strangely logical in practice, akin to watching how a wingless bug in a jar reacts to an inquisitive child flipping and rotating the jar. In the hands of a skilled player, obstacles become travelways.
As the leveled gameplay moves on, the ground structures become more intricate, as do the dangers. There are sliding and rotating bodies, lethal plants, bubbles, tentacles and more. Speed is exhilarating, but can be fatal. there are sections with a dearth of light, and the whole games comes together quite well.
It takes some of the better elements of the first iteration and improves on them. There is much of the same, but thankfully, it feels more refined, and the upfront pricing does help as well.


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It's the finale episode dancers! So many things happened watching the final 4 perform (I know, I missed that recap!). There were great duets (Taylor and Koine! Taylor and Lex!) and new revelations (Taylor and Lex are a couple?) and the dread that soon enough SYTYCD will be over. But it's not over yet, at least not for me because even though the episode aired almost a week ago, I'm just now pressing play…
Season 14
The Finale! Winner Revealed!
Random Stream of Consciousness Thoughts
- The opening number is one of those performances that would have been really cool to see live. The Top 10 are back, there are light-up stars that are promoting Macy's and it's definitely a hype-the-crowd kind of performance. My guess is Christopher Scott choreographed that routine. He likes those hoppy dance steps. But I'm wrong, it's Mandy Moore's handy work. (Song: "Dancing on the Ceiling" by Nick Wells).
- I'm going to miss how much all the dancers worship Cat when she comes out on stage.
- I love Cat's ring that encompasses almost her entire middle finger.
- Vanessa's wearing tule around her neck. Yup.
- I love Mary's outfit. That neckline is gorgeous.
- I liked how they tried to pretend that the 70's intro wasn't pre-recorded. How could Kiki and Koine really change that fast? Nice trick in having those audience members behind you waving those lights but I'm NOT fooled Cat. Not fooled.
- So glad Nigel picked the bird routine as his favorite! Every time that music swells it gets me EVERY! TIME! So good. And this time he gets the girl in the end because Lex and Taylor are a couple. So adorable. So swoon worthy. Can they just make a Broadway play with these two please?
- I don't care that "Mother!" by Ru Paul was the original performance. I love this routine. Glad Nigel is branching out and being the one promoting it. Glad to see it again. It's probably in my Top 5 performances of all time on SYTYCD.
- All right – I like Vanessa's neck tule when I see the whole dress together.
- "Nobody can be a better you than you." – Mia Michaels
- Damn, Mia Michaels can pull some crazy crazy things out of her dancers. This routine was filled with just so much power and emotion that I actually got teary eyed. Seriously this routine was brilliant. It was so intense and powerful and life-changing. I love hearing the raw and visceral screams from the dancers. (Song: "Hyper-Ballad (Paky Di Maio Remix)" by Paola Canestrelli) It might even beat out "Mother!"
- Travis Wall and Lex are like a power couple. Another great routine. Love the concept. Love the theatrics of it all, Lex and Travis did some crazy moves in there. Such great acting too from Lex. This was hauntingly beautiful. (Song: "Tear, Part 1" by Son Lux).
- The closet routine, another one of my favorites, was a lot smoother this time around. But I think it lost a little bit of its innocence as well. But Marko and Koine sobbing at the end of the routine made it all better. Especially when Marko admits Koine gave him a card beforehand.
- I love the way Gaby throws herself at Lex.
- Last week I would have said Taylor would win the show, but for some weird reason tonight feels like Lex's night. I think the final two will be Lex and Taylor with Lex taking home the gold.
- I actually kind of adored watching Vanessa dance with Robert. It was a little awkward, but also adorable. So really just like her.
- Love hearing Nigel talking about Diversity. Love seeing the Maya Angelou piece again, even if they did make a mistake at the end there…
- Love Cat chasing the dancers off the stage…
- …But then she calls the back on stage? Odd.
- WHAT? Taylor is in 3rd place? Wow. But I'm okay with it only because Lex is going to win.
- You can see it on Koine's face, she knows it's Lex. Right? Just say it's Lex, Cat…
- "Lex you deserve this more than anybody else." God, Koine you are the best.
- I can't believe Koine doesn't get a good-bye package.
Yay Lex Wins!
Final Thoughts: Lex definitely deserves to win. He performed death defying moves, showed off his personality and sass, and he is just an overall humble good guy. I'm glad he won, and I hope he and Taylor's love blossoms.
Thanks for sticking with me readers. My recaps aren't always on time, but….okay there's no but. That's it. Thanks for the love, laughter and dance SYTYCD see you next year *hopefully*. Until then dancers…


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Day 14: Thursday, January 17, 2002
Thursday, January 17, 2002
8:00 am Anvers Island and Palmer Station
Palmer Station Briefing
Antarctica Lecture "Penguins" with Dr. Bernard Stonehouse
At 7:00 am we lay off Palmer Station, on the southern coast of Anvers Island, in a picturesque
corner with early sunshine lighting the backdrop of mountains and glaciers. At 8:00 am
we moved through a group of isands toward the station. A party of six scientists and
administrators spent the morning aboard, reporting on the US Antarctic program and
biological and other scientific work of the station. The ms Ryndam sailed at 1:15 pm,
heading westward into a developing storm, and north toward Cape Horn.
The harbor at Palmer Station is protected from the violent west winds of the Drake Passage and the currents of the open sea. But as we look around we see low rocks and shoals everywhere! What a nightmare to navigate to the little peninsula that holds the Palmer Research Station.
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The cycle of poverty starts early for girls where it is known that between the ages of 15-24 they are at the highest risk of contracting the HIV virus. Born into poor families they are often not sent to school and the choices they have are marriage or menial labor. Adolescence is an especially vulnerable time as girls are often tempted by the profitability of selling their bodies. By the age of 20 many of these girls have children, no husbands and sometimes AIDS. Chikumbuso seeks to break this cycle and by bringing economic empowerment back into their lives.
Once these at risk youths are identified in the community we offer life skills classes that include tailoring, health education, financial and English literacy, and most importantly a community of older respected women. The widows act as mentors, helping these girls to see the potential of their lives. While they are in class they can leave their children in Chikumbuso's daycare center providing them with a safe place to play. Our biggest success story this year was the hiring of all of our single mothers in a local deli – they now have a stable income but most importantly a renewed sense of self.
In an effort to encompass the entire community, Chikumbuso has now reached out to 10 at risk young men to bring the same sense of empowerment into their lives.
STARY is in need of donations to help support the training center, the daycare facility, and our instructors. STARY also provides health cards for a year, daily lunches, and maintenance updates on the equipment.


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Ruth Dailey
maiden name Cross
wife of Benoni Dailey
Died Sept 20, 1865
Aged 65y 9m 20d
Spouse - Benoni H. Dailey who buried next to her
Parents - They have NOT been proved however I believed her father was Salomon Cross of White Pond area of Wood Co., WV.
Ruth is my 4th great grandmother thru her son David M. [Matteson] Dailey
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DNA DEPOT / Warehouse in St. Louis ships gene fragments to thousands of scientists worldwide
2001-04-22 04:00:00 PDT St. Louis -- At a low-slung warehouse near the airport here, a Bay Area biotech firm is storing 50 million clones in sub-zero freezers.
No, this isn't a case out of the "X-Files," because Incyte Genomics isn't storing the human clones of science fiction lore. Instead, the Palo Alto firm uses its St. Louis warehouse to store and ship tiny vials containing fragments of DNA -- which scientists call clones -- of nearly every gene ever discovered.
Incyte's little-known clone warehouse has become a central depot in the burgeoning genetics industry. The recently completed Human Genome Project deciphered the data stored in DNA. But in St. Louis, Incyte keeps actual fragments of DNA, which the company ships, via overnight delivery, to scientists around the world who are trying to figure out how genes influence health and disease.
"At some point in the drug discovery process you need a physical piece of the DNA to help you understand what the genes do," said David Smoller, 38, senior vice president and head of Incyte's St. Louis operation.
A similar collection of about 35 million DNA fragments is stored and shipped from a Huntsville, Ala., gene factory owned by Invitrogen Corp., a Carlsbad (San Diego County) company that supplies chemicals and research products to drug, biotech and academic scientists.
These competing commercial operations, along with a couple of small, academic gene warehouses in the United States and Europe, have sprouted during the past decade, partly as a result of previous gene discoveries, and partly to speed up the next round of research.
Roughly 25 years ago, when scientists began cutting and splicing DNA, it was easy for researchers to store gene fragments and supply them to fellow scientists who needed them for follow-up experiments. By the early 1990s, however, when federally funded research spurred more gene discoveries, the collegial system of sharing DNA samples became overloaded.
At that time, Smoller was studying fly genetics at Washington University in St. Louis when he realized there was a need to industrialize the process of finding, storing and shipping genes. In 1992, he co-founded a company called Genome Systems, which Incyte acquired in 1996 for about $8 million in stock.
"We started as a service to find genes, and in the process we discovered we had to keep storing stuff," Smoller said. Over time, the collection of gene fragments grew and grew as the St. Louis facility became a convenient place to store not just bits of human genes, but gene fragments from every organism -- from mice and rats to soy plants and bacteria.
The Huntsville gene warehouse had a similar history, beginning its corporate life in 1987 under the name Research Genetics and selling out to Invitrogen last year for $239 million in stock.
Today, these gene depots ship DNA fragments to thousands of scientists worldwide. The gene parts are often used to create DNA chips. These are slices of glass or silicon imprinted with microscopic bits of genes.
Think about DNA chips as a high-tech litmus paper in a genetic experiment. A researcher who wants to know whether a certain gene causes disease in a given cell might create a gene chip to test the proposition. To do this, the scientist would obtain fragments of the gene and deposit DNA bits onto a piece of glass about the size of a microscope slide.
Once the DNA chip is ready, the scientist would extract the active DNA from the diseased cell, and drop this genetic material onto the DNA chip. If the suspect gene is present, it will bind to the gene fragments on the chip. These connections are spotted by an instrument that works like a powerful microscope.
The presence or absence of connections tells the researcher whether the suspect gene is involved in the disease, and that information guides further drug research.
Joe DeRisi, a professor at the University of California at San Francisco and an expert on DNA chips, has ordered clones from Incyte and Invitrogen. "They're literally the only people who supply these clone sets on any large scale," he said.
Large scale is the operative term. DeRisi said researchers can use hundreds or thousands of different gene fragments when making a DNA chip, and it makes no sense for them to create or store their own gene bits when it's easier to order them from the commercial warehouses.
Incyte scientist Samuel LaBrie showed off the heart of the St. Louis operation, an office bay filled with 100 industrial freezers. Each freezer holds roughly half a million DNA clones, with each clone stored in a miniature plastic test tube. The cold helps extend the shelf life of the material. LaBrie said Incyte has a second, backup clone warehouse across town, in case an accident occurs at the main depot.
"This is the coin of the realm," LaBrie said. "We have to be careful."
Researchers order DNA clones through a Web site that lists a mind-numbing collection of offerings that would mean little to anyone outside the biotech industry. Once the orders arrive, however, shipping DNA clones is much like sending out books or groceries -- someone has to walk to the freezers, find the right DNA clones and prepare tiny extracts for shipment.
At Incyte, order fulfillment is directed by technician Amy Ganschinietz, who helps prepare about 300 DNA clones on a typical day. She starts by pulling the correct test tubes out of the freezers. Then, using a toothpick, she plucks a drop of the material from the storage dish and grows it up for shipment.
The growing process involves a biological trick. Incyte actually inserts its gene fragments into harmless bacteria. It is these gene-bearing bacteria that are stored in the freezers. When chilled, the bacteria don't grow. At the proper temperature, however, they multiply, creating more copies of the stored gene.
When the warmed bacteria has grown into a small glob, Ganschinietz inserts it into a plastic vial designed to travel in an overnight shipping pouch. The scientists at the receiving end extract the gene fragment from the bacteria in a process akin to boiling seawater until only the salt is left.
Smoller was coy about the finances of the gene warehouse. He said Incyte sells individual DNA clones for anything from $22 for an ordinary gene fragment to several thousand dollars for an important, full-length gene.
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Incumbent Village of Lewiston trustees Nick Conde and Daniel Gibson are running for re-election on June 21. Keith "Casey" Ahlas and Jamie Symmonds, two endorsed Democrats, will challenge the endorsed Republican candidates.
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Incumbent Nick Conde announces his intention to seek a second term as village trustee in the upcoming Lewiston election. Conde has served the Village of Lewiston for the past four years as trustee. Prior to that, he served 11 years on the Zoning Board of Appeals, three years as zoning officer and five years as a Recreation Board member. Conde promises to continue his work in the village for the next four years.
In his tenure as village trustee, Conde has used his expertise as a mechanical designer to work for the village. Conde served on the village renaissance Center Street streetscape improvement project and currently works alongside Trustee Dan Gibson in negotiating the village cable agreement with Time Warner Cable. Conde has worked diligently with the current board to bring all businesses into code and start a sensible enforcement process.
Conde and his wife, Debra, have a son, Nicholas, and have resided in Lewiston for 31 years. Conde vows to assure the village maintains the standards of a high quality of life and reasonable fiscal prudence. He is an endorsed Republican candidate.
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Incumbent Daniel Gibson has announced his intention to seek a second term as village trustee in the upcoming Lewiston election. Gibson has served the Village of Lewiston for the past two years as trustee and promises to continue his work in the village for the next four years.
In his time as village trustee, Gibson has worked closely with village stakeholders such as Artpark to secure funding for the improved lighting along South Fourth Street; enhanced village cleaning following concerts; and accelerated improvements on the plateau area. Gibson continues to search for ways to improve the efficiency of village government without drastic cuts in services or onerous tax increases.
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Keith "Casey" Ahlas has announced he is a candidate for the Village of Lewiston Board of Trustees in the election to be held Tuesday, June 21.
He was selected as a candidate during the recent caucus of Democrats from the village.
Ahlas has been a resident of the Village of Lewiston for 14 years. He lives with his wife, Michelle, and stepson, Brandon. Ahlas works as an analyst for Livingston International, one of North America's leading providers of customs brokerage services.
Ahlas has been active in the political process, working on campaigns and helping with petitions. He previously ran for the Lewiston Town Board.
"I am a concerned citizen, who, like so many of us, has become disenchanted with the political process and how things are run," Ahlas said. "I am running to make a difference."
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Ahlas, who is disabled, said, "With all of the progress being made with new businesses and more visitors, this is certainly an issue that affects me directly. I try to attend as many events as I can, and my wife and I enjoy frequenting the fine restaurants and businesses we have. But adequate parking is always a struggle."
Ahlas said he hopes to make a difference on the Village Board.
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Jamie Symmonds, a longtime business owner and community activist, has announced her candidacy to become a member of the Village of Lewiston Board of Trustees. The election is set for Tuesday, June 21.
Symmonds was selected as a candidate during a recent caucus of Democratic Party members from the Village of Lewiston. She is a lifelong resident of the village and, until recently, owned Angel to Apple Clothing & Shoe Boutique on Center Street. She now has a small business-consulting company specializing in marketing and promotions.
Symmonds' campaign agenda includes a focus on code enforcement, open government, business development that reflects smart growth with long-term planning, and a vision to see the community grow for the good of all residents.
"We must respect the past and all our rich history and work to protect our future," Symmonds said. "That can be accomplished by making sure that we maintain, monitor and enforce the codes set forth in the village codebook."
Symmonds also wants broader participation in village government.
"I believe in an open and transparent administration, and I will work to make sure that starts happening," she said. "I want to work for the residents and local businesses, making sure their voices are heard. Their opinions matter to me."
Symmonds wants a change in how the Village Board handles growth.
"I believe in business development and growth, but I don't believe that, currently, the village has been very diligent in making sure that all growth is part of our ultimate vision collectively, our codes or part of the master plan for the Village of Lewiston. There are several projects on the horizon that matter a great deal to, not only to me, but to all residents and business owners, and I want to be part of that process."
Symmonds said her experiences and relationships can help foster a spirit of cooperation in the village.
"I believe I have a vision and the ability to lead by example and problem-solve," she said. "This is evident by my years of experience as a social worker, business owner and continued involvement in our community. I believe I have a good working and personal relationship with several of the businesses and organizations in and around the village, and can work with them as a liaison with the Village Board. I want to serve all the people of our wonderful community."
Symmonds has a long record of service. She started the Black Friday initiative for small businesses in the village and served as chairwoman of the Christmas Walk for the past four years. She participated in and provided fashions for the Peach Queen fashion show.
Symmonds has also volunteered for numerous events and programs, including the Niagara River Region Chamber Gala, Smelt Festival, spring cleanup in the village, Mount St. Mary's Hospital Scavenger Hunt, and the Peach Festival parade (representing the Chamber of Commerce). She is an elected member of the chamber's executive board and a former Village of Lewiston Historic Preservation/Planning Board Member - appointed by former Mayor Richard Soluri.


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Red Dead Redemption 2 is missing its first release date. Rockstar Games revealed that the open-world western is now set to hit PS4 and Xbox One in spring of 2018 rather than fall of 2017, as was originally announced (still no word on a PC version) Rockstar explained that, since RDR2 will be its first game built solely for this generation of consoles, "some extra time is necessary to ensure that we can deliver the best experience" to fans.
So that stinks. But we do have these lovely new screenshots as a consolation prize.
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The coolness of night had descended over the Island of Keshi. The sun has blazed from overhead as it only could in the height of the Thunderese summer but now in its absence the land seemed to heave its own sigh of relief. Sitting in his Pagoda sipping sweet honeyed water the lord of Keshi was thoughtful. The world was about to change once again as it only could in times of greatest conflict. When much blood was shed and empires rolled the dice on their continued existence or their fall into history.
His eyes glanced upwards to the stars strewn across the night skies. How many victories had you seen and how many defeats. How many men upon the battlefield had looked into heaven and offered anything for a reprieve from the darkness that was threatening to overcome them ...Had you cared he pondered or had you just stayed as silent sentinels warding back the darkness
Without looking to his attendant Zaizen spoke "Summon my retainers to attend me" his voice was even and calm "Tell them it is time to talk of the future"
There was a rustle of silk as the kneeling retainer bowed before moving with speed into the night to rouse those summoned.
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The retainers of Lord Chosokabe who could be summoned arrived at a reasonable speed. Many of them had not yet slumbered, opting to enjoy the respite from the sweltering day the coolness provided. Or to enjoy the silence usually filled with the constant chirping of cicadas.
Hisakawa had managed to grab a bottle of sake on his way and began pouring a drink for each of his companions as they gathered around the pagoda
"You wish to speak of the future my lord? That is all the attendant could tell me but my assumption is you wish to speak of the coming war?" The samurai's voice was sombre, as if he had contemplated the weight of the words for many nights "at least, that is the only future event I can think of that would warrant our time and attention at this late hour".
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"Hai Hisakawa-San" Zaizen nodded lifting the Saki cup to his lips before taking a long draft from the bracing liquid, feeling it fill his insides with fire. There was a simple purity in Sake that both noble and commoner could not help but marvel at as in many ways it was the same with the Thunders.
"The Last time we fought the Sanctuary it was carnage on both sides, many lives were ended and yet we came to a bloody stalemate. We were thrown back time and time again our honor no match for the foul and alien might brought to bare against us" Lord Chosokabe trailed off as he remembered the scenes of carnage. The killing fields where the Katana and the matchlock were pitted against one another and where the only true victor had been the spectre of death who stalked the field.
"This cannot be allowed to happen again, this war must be as brief as it can be made. Though I do not think that either side will now back down until one stands as ultimate victor" The now empty Saki cup is placed on the table next to where the lord Sat "We must bring the Sanctuary to heel so that the Thunders can be healed and made whole again under the guardianship of the Samurai once more. This might not be a war fought with the will of heaven but it is a war that will create great Heros who will be venerated for generations to come...And those who walk into battle with the Icon of the Celestial Dragon and prove his resurgent majesty will go a long way to assuring the people that he is both alive and still watching over them "
"So with that in mind you have been asked here, all of you in order to grant me your aid" the cool green eyes look over each seated person in turn "How can we win this way and heal the bleeding, festering wounds that now infect it ?"
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The young samurai spoke up first, "Lord Chosokabe, I shall offer up my plans for the war effort and I hope it pleases the court". Finishing his sake and looking around at the rest of those gathered Hisakawa draws a notebook from his ever present bag and beings scrawling through it in the moonlight.
"According to my current plans, which seem to change often as we go off on our adventures, I should be sufficiently skilled to get Lord Snow's gift operational within a year or so. I have no knowledge of the technology currently so I believe that may even be an optimistic estimate". Shugi sighs deeply at the thought of the long year ahead "I'm afraid these things take time to learn and perhaps if we are lucky Sanctuary will fall before then, but that looks unlikely".
Flipping forward in his notebook and smoothing out his yukata Hisakawa then looks to Mirshuko. "If the war continues beyond that construction my intention was to focus my efforts on the medical field, something I assume that Mirshuko-sama would be interested in pursuing. Whether this is by training new medics to deploy or setting up hospitals to treat our soldiers we can decide at a later date."
Hisakawa considers the thunders way of life. There were rules for war. There was honour to be gained in war. The rules made medical aid difficult. "I know many thunderese wish to die with honour. But our enemy doesn't fight with honour" and with that Shugi spits in disgust "and experienced soldiers should not be wasted in screw rounds and mechanical insects, that is my feeling on that matter. I hope these plans bring you some joy my lord".
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"Hai Hisakawa-San" for a moment there was a flash of Pride in the Lords eyes as he listened to the report being offered by the man who had in so short a time become not just a Samurai but a man Zaizen had found he could respect for his wisdom. It was odd how people could change and that after all this time how one could still be surprised by their evolution into something Greater
"With that in mind" holding out his hand to his attended the man bows low before handing his lord a Rolled up scroll "I Chosokabe Zaizen, Lord of the Chosokabe and master of the Island of Keshi hereby install Hisakawa Shugi the Rank of Taisa, and captaincy of the skyship Fenikkusu ((Phoenix)). You will have my Authority to recruit any persons under my command to serve as the ships crew...I do not need to tell you how vital this endeavor might be for the coming war effort but I would trust no one with it more then you"
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Year after year, one thing remains true about the Final Four: It's as much a spectacle as it is a pair of basketball games fueled by teenagers and 20-somethings. And 2014 will be no different. Jerry's World, the North Texas stadium where both games will take place, may as well be a $1.3 billion advertisement for the Dallas Cowboys. But beyond all the drama and hype are the key head-to-heads that will dictate Saturday night's play. To understand how UConn can topple mighty Florida and whether or not Kentucky's freshmen can stand up to Wisconsin's experience, we must understand the critical matchups of each game.
UConn vs. Florida
Shabazz Napier vs. Scottie Wilbekin
Both are seniors, both are conference players of the year and both are the heartbeats of their respective teams. UConn's Napier is by far the better player, though, and it's his ability to constantly attack and make plays that Wilbekin will have to at least temporarily thwart. Napier is shooting 45 percent from 3 in the NCAA Tournament and 93 percent from the free throw line. The former McDonald's All-American is as relentless and fearless as he is talented -- you need only look to his game-winning shot against Florida a few months ago for proof.
Wilbekin, for his part, is a crafty, tough kid who has answered the call whenever Florida needs a big shot. He doesn't always do it in the prettiest way, but his body control in the lane and willingness to step up are precisely the attribiutes a senior point guard is supposed to display. Napier has a big quickness advantage, however, and he's terrific at defending ball screens despite his diminutive 6-foot-1 frame. If Wilbekin and the Gators are misfiring, Napier gives UConn a one-man fast-break as well: He pulls down 15 percent of opponents' missed shots, per ESPN.com.
DeAndre Daniels vs. Casey Prather/Michael Frazier II
We can talk about Florida's Patric Young and the UConn bigs, but it's been Daniels who has provided UConn coach Kevin Ollie with a tremendous offensive lift -- 55 percent 3-point shooting in the tournament -- and the versatility at 6-foot-9 to guard multiple positions. Prather, meanwhile, is one of Billy Donovan's classic slashing glue guys and premier athletes, and Frazier is the best shooter in the SEC and a potential Final Four Most Outstanding Player as a result. Daniels has the agility to guard either one, while Prather and perhaps SEC Sixth Man of the Year Dorian Finney-Smith will defend him. Daniels was able to post up against Michigan State and Iowa State while also stepping away from the basket to make big 3s, but Prather also possesses excellent length and quickness, and will be largely responsible for limiting the scoring opportunities of Daniels. If Wilbekin can win or even tie the matchup with Napier, Daniels against Prather could determine the outcome of this game.
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Kentucky's Young (pictured above) is one of those classic John Calipari freshmen who plays like a junior or senior. He has tremendous size for a shooting guard at 6-foot-6, and though he's not yet a great 3-point shooter, he's displayed a sound shooting stroke for much of the season while averaging 14 points. The Harrison twins have received plenty of fanfare this year, but Young is the better prospect and might be Kentucky's most important player not named Julius Randle. How he'll handle the size and discipline of Wisconsin, however, we don't yet know. The Badgers will counter him with junior Josh Gasser, a prototypical Bo Ryan wing who lacks elite quickness, but uses toughness and a high skill set to his advantage. Wisky has converted nearly 38 percent of its 3s in the tournament, and Gasser is a threat as both a shooter and a passer.
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This is perhaps the best matchup of the Final Four. The 6-foot-9 Randle, as we noted earlier this week, has been marvelous throughout Kentucky's run, more than living up to his billing as a premier prospect and potential top overall pick in the NBA Draft. The key for Randle is that Calipari has continually found ways to isolate him from 12 feet and in, where he can attack the basket and score or draw fouls in the paint. Meanwhile, Dekker, a wiry 6-foot-7, may be "just" a sophomore, but he's a potential first-round pick himself. He does everything well -- shoot, defend, rebound, screen -- and he can be the difference in this game because of it. But we don't know how Badgers coach Bo Ryan is going to guard Randle, nor do we know how Calipari will defend Kaminsky, whose made 62 percent of his 2s in the tournament. The 7-footer has been arguably the best player throughout March, averaging nearly 19 points per game and showing us an entire arsenal of offensive weaponry. He won't be able to handle Randle without fouling, and on the flip side, Randle will be exposed guarding the perimeter because of how well Kaminsky shoots the ball. The potential X-factor here is rising Wisky freshman Nigel Hayes, a smooth operator on the block who can really score.
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Talk about two coaches who could not be more different. Ryan has the championship Division III pedigree and recruits overlooked players that other Big Ten powers don't want. He has never once had a one-and-done player during his 13-year tenure in Madison. Calipari has had two Final Fours vacated at UMass and Memphis, and is coming off yet another top-ranked recruiting class headlined by a record six McDonald's All-Americans. And yet both coaches stress ball movement -- Ryan with the vaunted "swing offense" and Cal with the dribble-drive weave -- predicated off of unselfishness and players making "basketball plays." Kentucky will have the dramatic quickness and athleticism advantage, but Wisconsin will have the experience edge. How each coach exploits this will be incredibly important.
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Tunis, our port city, is the capital of Tunisia. Tunisia is located in Northern Africa and our visit aboard the Disney Magic marks our first visit to the continent. Tunisia is located between the countries of Algeria and Libya. The coast of Tunisia was settled in the 10th century B.C. by the Phoenicians. In the 6th century B.C. Carthage rose to power but was conquered by the Romans in the 2nd century B.C. Afterwards, it was held by Vandals and Byzantines for two centuries and in the 7th century it was conquered by Arabs. The region became known as Ifriqiya and the Berber population was converted to Islam. Successive Muslim dynasties ruled, interrupted by Berber rebellions. The reigns of the Aghlabids in the 9th century and of the Zirids (from 972), Berber followers of the Fatmids, were especially prosperous. When the Zirids angered the Fatimids in Cairo (1050) the latter ravaged Tunisia. The coasts were briefly held by the Normans of Sicily in the 12th century. In 1159, Tunisia was conquered by the Almohad caliphs of Morocco. The Almohads were succeeded by the Berber Hafsids under whom Tunisia prospered. In the last years of the Hafsids, Spain seized many of the coastal cities, but there were recovered for Islam by the Ottoman Turks. Under its Turkish governors, the beys, Tunisia attained virtual independence. In the late 16th century the coast became a pirate stronghold. The Hussein dynasty of beys, established in 1705, lasted until 1957.
We actually docked in La Goulette, not Tunis and our ship was greeted by several camels, their handlers and two bands playing music. Tunis was the only port where we booked a Disney Cruise Line tour. We had not found any private tour guides on Cruise Critic or Trip Advisor with good ratings so decided to stay with the safety of Disney. Our excursion, as I'd posted before our cruise in the blog, was a Jeep 4x4 excursion into Tunisia. All of the Jeeps were in fact Toyota Landcruisers or similar large engine SUVs…there wasn't a "Jeep" in the lot (thank goodness, since Jeeps aren't the most reliable vehicles). There were 8 vehicles, each with 5 to 6 guests in them. We traveled in a convoy fashion – always sticking together. Truth be told, we really only needed the 4x4 capability and high ground clearance for 1 spot in the whole trip and that was for a bridge that had either been washed out or was under construction. All other travel was on paved roads or graded gravel. Our first stop was in what appeared to be a "made for tourists" example of a Berber village. There were only a few people there and they seemed to be there only to play a little music, bake a little bread and "populate" the exhibit. I asked our Disney person on the trip if we were going to see a "real" town at some point. He said he didn't know. Hmmmm? We did enjoy the Berber bread with honey and olive oil and the spiced tea. The elaborate tiled bath area was also worth a look.
We got back in our SUVs and made our way to stop #2. On the way we passed a small pickup truck loaded down with beds – headboards, footboards and mattresses. We expected the truck to turn over at any time given its high center of gravity. We also passed a number of people riding their donkeys or leading one piled high with varying types of goods. I found the Tunisia countryside to be really interesting. There were olive trees everywhere. The landscape (minus the olive trees) reminded me of Arizona or even northern California with the hills and dry land.
Stop #2 turned out to be a real town. Our convoy of SUVs entered the small town square where there was a little market going on – simple things like sheets, blankets and various household items. We were lead to a high point in the town, past the local mosque, where we could take pictures. We also visited a typical house, which had few furnishings but seemed to be well made. Inside was a woman in traditional dress who wove/braided grass into various craft items. Most of the locals were dressed in this traditional manner; however, I was struck when I noticed a few women wearing Crocs – the rubber shoes that have become so popular in the U.S. The younger kids seemed to be wearing more Westernized clothes.
Soon it was time to get back in our SUVs and head to stop #3, which was some Roman ruins. These were pretty interesting but I knew they would pale in comparison to what we would see soon in Rome. We spent about 20 minutes at this third stop before moving onto our final stop nearby where we had lunch.
This last stop was at a restaurant/resort. We had a nice salad, bread, some type of grilled bird (we joked that it might have been crow), cous cous and fruit. It was a good meal. After about 45 minutes, we were on the road again for our 1 hour drive back to the port. All in all, we give this tour a thumbs up but it was a lot of driving.


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Mel Gibson laid in the grass with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday's "Late Show" for a hilarious new "Big Questions With Even Bigger Stars" segment, where the controversial star got candid about his past.
"Hey Mel-Mels, when you look back at your life, do you think you'll have any regrets?" Colbert asked as the two laid side-by-side staring up into the (fake) night sky.
"No," Gibson said after a moment's pause. "No, not one. [Because] they tend to come in clusters."
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It's clear that the 60-year-old star, whose working on rebuilding his image with his latest directorial effort Hacksaw Ridge, hasn't lost the comedic timing that made him one of the biggest leading men in Hollywood, years ago.
Colbert also asked Gibson what he would tell his younger self, if he could go back in time. And Gibson had a wealth of good advice.
"Don't be so caught up in the little things. Take advantage of all the gifts the world has to offer. Live every day to the fullest," Gibson shared. "I'd also tell myself -- my younger self -- to shut the f--k up."
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The famous Efteling attraction "Flying Dutchman" is currently undergoing a major maintenance program executed by blasting and painting contractor Muehlhan.
The Flying Dutchman is based on the story of "Willem van der Decken", captain of the "Den Hollander", a vessel from the fleet of the "Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie". Willem van der Decken defied rules, etiquette and the elements and got punished. His ship changed into a mysterious ghost ship that was doomed to sail the seven seas forever as the "Flying Dutchman".
The 420 meter long track lays partly under water and is therefore continuously under attack of corrosion. This corrosion is treated with Eurogrit aluminium silicate blastcleaning abrasive (coal slag blasting grit) type A3.
On 8 March 2014, the attractions will be reopened and will the Flying Dutchman sail again.
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Communication in Business.
Today, every business organisation needs a quality communication system to work effectively. Your business communication systems can be tailored to meet the specific design that you want. The phone systems are vital in ensuring interactions, confidentiality, and safety of the business information. You can inculcate automated attendance, intercom, and paging to your business communication system for effective message exchange. In respect to the phone system, you can integrate the application with your daily program features such as the calendar and CRM (Customer Relationship Management) software. Here's what to benefit from the phone call systems.
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The Care Calls are primarily meant to serve the customer. Your business needs a good customer call support system for the following reasons:
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b) The Group Calls
Commonly referred to as Conference Calls, Group Calls are very important in an organisation. The calls offer you the following advantages:
- Easy group use: Members of your business can be linked through the calls for an important business meeting.
- Cost Saving: Many Group Calls providers offer flexible and competitive flat rates that are free from hidden costs.
- Enhanced mobility- You can access the group calls from any online spot.
- Secure calls- The conference calls are usually secure and reliable.
c) Walkup Calls
Just like the other calls, Walkup Calls are meant to help your business stay on course. They are meant to allow members of your organisation be on alert of any developments in regard to the business needs. The phone calls help you achieve the following benefits:
- You can pass urgent business needs and information that is perceived as delicate and one that needs immediate address.
- Allows safe communication and convenience, especially in respect to the changes affecting the organisation.
- The Walkup Calls are interactive and engaging. They allow you to get up-close and interactive when discussing vital business details.
General Importance of Phone Communication Systems
Generally, your business stands to gain the following benefits from effective phone communication systems:
- Personal Response: Other than face to face conversations, the phone system allows you to get a fast and direct response from your team. The phone call systems usually have an inbuilt backup application that allows the caller to leave a message behind just in case the recipient is out of reach. This ensures the message is conveyed directly to the intended recipient.
- Effective Business Communication: Phone call communication allows you to get emotions pertaining to words spoken and to some extent, the body language. In the long run, you get the right business message.
- Safety and Confidentiality: Among business communication systems that are perceived as safe and confidential, phone systems top the list.
- Interactive Communications: Generally, the business phone communications offer you an interactive platform. The experience is more like face to face communication.
Overall, good business communication systems should be safe, confidential, effective, and interactive. Phone systems offer you these among many other benefits. Systems such as Walkup Calls, Group Calls, and Care Calls are very vital to the running of the business. They necessitate effective business conversations. They are vital in gathering market information and passing vital business details.


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From: Poetics of Wonder: Passage to Mogador by Alberto Ruy Sänchez, The Literal Magazine, http://www.literalmagazine.com
In 1975, the Mexican writer Alberto Ruy Sánchez was a graduate student living in Paris, where he and his wife Margarita de Orellana were pursuing doctoral studies. The fall semester ended, and with time on their hands but little money to spare, they decided to take a trip to Morocco, a place that fit their budget and offered a warm escape from the cold winter in France. At that time, Ruy Sánchez had no way of knowing that the journey to Morocco would become a rite of passage, an initiation into a culture that would forever change his life and his future literary career. Upon seeing the Sahara for the first time, his childhood memories of the Sonoran Desert came rushing back to him, and in his imagination he began to erect un puente de arena, a bridge of sand that united Morocco and his native Mexico. In the souk, the colorful ceramic plates and tiles reminded him of the Mexican Talavera pottery, and the Berber rugs and tapestries evoked the intricate textiles of the Chiapas. But of all the intense moments he experienced in Morocco, the one that would have the most profound impact on him was his visit to Essaouira, a walled city on the Atlantic coast whose ancient name was Mogador. From the moment he first laid eyes on Essouira, this city has continued to obsess and seduce him like an inaccessible woman who extends with her gaze the invitation to explore her labyrinthine streets and enter her secret gardens.
Soon after that first journey to Morocco, he began to construct a quintet of novels that take place in Mogador and explore the many facets of desire: Los nombres del aire (1987, The Names of the Air), En los labios del agua (1996), Los jardines secretos de Mogador: Voces de tierra (2001, The Secret Gardens of Mogador: Voices of the Earth, 2009), and La mano del fuego: Un Kama Sutra involuntario (2007, The Hand of Fire: An Involuntary Kama Sutra). Like the last finger of the Jamsa, a fifth book, Nueve veces el asombro: Nueve veces nueve las cosas que dicen de Mogador (2005), serves as a companion to the other four novels and offers the reader a "Poetics of Wonder," or a primer for approaching the inaccessible "city of desire."
Reposted with permission from: The Literal Magazine


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To really show off their incredible skills properly Wild Country decided that it would be fun to build a portable offwidth - the same width as Century Crack - to help to demonstrate the 'Wide Pony' technique (and much more) that they used on that ascent.
In this Friday Night Video where the boys show off and use the Crack Machine for the first time, tell their tales and let unsuspecting members of the public loose on it. Wild Country would like to thank Matt Heason at ShAFF - and the full Shaff festival is this weekend remember - and Rab and Sterling Ropes who sponsor Tom and Pete too, to Paul Diffley for the editing, and Highball Climbing who built the Crack Machine.
And remember, the video of the epic journey to Century and beyond, filmed by HotAches, will be available in Autumn 2012.


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As I looked to admire a huge valley oak tree, its spring green foliage aglow in the mid-day sun as it overhung the Sacramento River, my rod dipped like a witching stick and didn't budge in the deep, fast-flowing current.
As I looked to admire a huge valley oak tree, its spring green foliage aglow in the mid-day sun as it overhung the Sacramento River, my rod dipped like a witching stick and didn't budge in the deep, fast-flowing current.
"I think I'm snagged," I uttered in frustration.
"Oh really?" asked my guide, Tim Kutzkey. "Your snag just leaped out of the water behind the boat. You've hooked a monster-sized wild rainbow trout."
Turned out to be a 6-pounder and for that memorable day, some 40 years ago, I recall landing the five biggest trout of my life that totaled more than 25 pounds. All caught on a single day, 16-mile trip from Redding to Anderson River Park.
But here's the good news: The so-called Lower Sacramento River below Shasta Dam still is considered among the best tail water trout fisheries in the United States, and for good reasons.
Water that flows from Shasta is a constant 56 degrees and five distinct runs of salmon provide a tremendous food source for the fast-growing rainbows that average 14 to 16 inches and frequently measure greater than 20. On occasion, anglers catch trout as large as 6 pounds and ocean-run rainbows, known as steelhead, up to 9 pounds, that help rank this fishery in a class by itself.
Limits have been reduced appropriately, as well, with some areas allowing a zero take, while other areas permit a two-fish limit of these extremely colorful, acrobatic, hard-fighting wild trout. The Department of Fish and Wildlife does not release hatchery-reared fish, either, so the fishery must replenish and sustain itself.
The Fly Shop in Redding offers this tip: "Nymphing is the best method, by far."
While the largest trout generally are hooked from October to December, when rainbows gorge themselves of freshly laid salmon eggs, the spring months are best for hooking unbelievable numbers of trout.
Kirk Portocarrero of Northern California Fishing Guide Service of Redding said 40-fish days per angler aren't unusual this time of year and, in the late afternoon, it is possible to hook trout on a dry fly, when insect hatches occur. Of course, anglers also can choose to fish with nightcrawlers, crickets and lures such as Wee Wart, Hot Shot and Flatfish.
Stockton native Anthony Carruesco is an independent guide and fishes strictly with flies. In recent years, he has shared time between Alaska's Kulik Lodge and the Lower Sacramento, and operates from a two-person drift boat.
"Trout fishing is so good below Shasta Dam it simply isn't necessary for anglers who seek big, broad-shouldered trout to travel farther than to north state," Carruesco said. "The wild rainbows here are phenomenal, and the fact you can fish within sight of the famous Sundial Bridge is just a bonus."
I sampled the fishing on April 1 and, true to form, the trout were found at the Posse Grounds, where we launched and 6 miles down to the John F. Reginato memorial boat at Bonnieview Road. The river was flowing on the low side, about 2,300 cfs.
Reminiscent of four decades ago, we drifted right through the middle of Redding and past the picturesque River Bend Golf Course and enjoyed the solitude and grandeur of the river, with no end to wildlife sightings, from bald eagles and osprey to river otters and waterfowl.
Yes. It was a trip for the senses and a comfort to realize that some things don't change, including this incredible wild rainbow trout fishery.
Contact outdoors correspondent Peter Ottesen at email@example.com.


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