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Crowd gathered around viewing early helicopter with multiple tiers of rotating blades. Various VIPs attending the demonstration, including Argentine inventor of the helicopter, Raúl Pateras Pescara. View of people looking at helicopter. Tests in Issy France outside a large hangar shows helicopter rising from ground about six feet and then landing. Action is repeated. View of rotor blades, rotor columns and fuselage section of helicopter.
From captured German newsreels. The Columbus Monument in Barcelona, Spain. Spanish officers and dignitaries arrive at the monument. Falangist youth in uniform stand at the foot of the statue. Officers and uniformed Spanish Falangist youth lay a wreath on the Columbus Monument commemorating the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. The Falange youth perform a salute like a nazi salute after laying the wreath. A large crowd gathered around watches the event. Guards around the monument. The monument statue and column. The Spanish officers review a parade. Dignitaries greet the visiting officers.
Soccer match in Barcelona, Spain during World War 2. Nazi Flag with Swastika symbol waving in the breeze. Crowd gathers in stadium to watch the match. People at balcony watch match. Nazi flag hung from balcony. Players emerge onto the field and play the soccer match. Crowd cheers them. Soldiers stand jsut outside the playing field. Players stand aligned and give Nazi salute.
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The perfect intersection of bright fruit and savory earthiness, Sangiovese is the backbone variety in Tuscany. While it is best known as the chief component of Chianti, it reaches the height of its power and intensity in the complex, long-lived Brunello di Montalcino. Elsewhere throughout Italy, it can make inexpensive wines for daily consumption ranging from inoffensive to deliciously easy. On the French island of Corsica, under the name Nielluccio, it produces excellent bright and refreshing red and rosé wines with a personality of their own. Sangiovese has also enjoyed moderate popularity in California and Washington State over the last few decades.
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Sangiovese is a medium-bodied red with savory flavors of tart cherry, plum, tomato, fresh tobacco, anise, thyme, oregano, and dried earth. High-quality, well-aged examples will take on notes of smoke, clay pot, leather, gamey meat, potpourri, and dried fruits. Corsican Nielluccio is distinguished by a subtle perfume of dried flowers.
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A letter to Aarron
What can I say that I have not already? I love you! Happy Birthday! I know that I tell you every day that I love you, but I try to show it too. You are the love of my life. I sometimes wish that I met you sooner, but I know that if we had things would have been different. I guess we both needed the time to grow up so that we could be what the other needs and wants. I've only known you for about 3 years, but I feel as if I have known you forever and I would not change that for the world.
I have never been very good with the spoken word, so I am hoping in writing this out you will begin to understand just how much I really do love you. You are my life, my love, my best friend. I love that I can talk to you about anything and not get the feeling that I am being looked down on after the fact. I love that you can make me laugh every day. I think this is a big part of what helps us work, not only can make fun of the stupid things that either you or I do, but you see the best in me. I don't think that anyone else ever has. Even through my bouts of anxiety, you don't judge me. You try to help with it the best you can. I love you for that.
I know that we will have our disagreements, but I hope that this will only make us stronger. I know that as long as we continue to communicate things will be great for us. I am so lucky to have found you and I will cherish you forever.
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i used to install otrs2 on ubuntu but not very stable and compatible.
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Former U.S. Department of Transportation Undersecretary of Transporation for Policy Jeffrey Shane will become the new general counsel for the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Shane served in the DOT from 1979-1993, during which time he played a central role in the development of the U.S. Open Skies policy, then returned to the agency from 2002-2008. He has been a partner at Hogan Lovells since 2008. The International Aviation Law Institute interviewed Shane last spring as part of our "Conversations with Aviation Leaders" oral history project. Video of the interview can be viewed here, while a transcript of the interview is available in the most recent special edition of the Institute's journal, Issues in Aviation Law and Policy.


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Its so frustrating watching alleged news shows like Meet the Press when the moderator asks the wrong questions; its not just that show its almost every news show. Maybe its me, I have always thought of and seen things differently than most people, I guess thats what people mean when they say I have a unique 'voice.' Ok first question for the Chief of Staff, how can this be a short targeted mission? Assad is desperate and doesnt want to end up like Saddam so he will fight until the end. My guess is that Assad uses chemical weapons more and more. What is Obama's stance on future usage? We strike again? These people, including Hezbollah and Iran hate us; if I were them I'd use chemical weapons monthly and drag the U.S. into a never ending war. Why wasnt this asked? It seems there is no direct proven link that Assad gave the order or if one of his people did. Some even think the opposition used them. So we as a Country are getting into a war that has no end game and could go on for years.
Barack Obama has really messed this up; from ignoring the first chemical attack over a year ago, to a few weeks ago beating the drums of war, saying he doesnt need Congress to act, to sending Kerry out there comparing this Adolf Hitler. Making it seem like a strike was imminent to doing a complete U-turn and asking Congress for support. A Congress that has never given him support. I cant think of a worse position for a president to be in. The UK voted down military action, the American people are strongly against any action; and no one in the world has stood up and said they would help. If Congress votes no and Obama doesnt act he will be a lame duck for the rest of his presidency. If he does act and this continues for a long duration, or isnt effective he will also look bad. I dont get it, after ignoring Syria for 2 years why is he now in such a hurry? He should have just done it then come to the American people and explained what he did, we would have stood behind him. Rather, he is in a lose/lose situation.
At first I supported his plan, I thought when an American president says something he should follow through. Now I have changed my mind, we should not do anything. Peggy Noonan had a great column this week in The Wall Street Journal, she pointed out we dont have to have a strike in order to show the world we mean what we say. And we don't. If Obama wants to take action there are other ways of doing it, it doesnt have to be militarily. Someone on one of the Sunday shows said something about how we could 'think out of the box' as to what should be done. When you have Iran saying the use of chemical weapons is wrong, Iran, you know you pretty much have the worlds consensus that its wrong.
As I see it we dont have a clear mission, we dont have solid proof Assad gave the order and we have a Country saying no.
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I'm going to design a new spacecraft every week. Then I'll blog about it.
One reason for my starting this blog is a conversation I had with a former chief technology officer for a large government agency. No, not NASA. A different one. He asserted that his time at the agency had already addressed the remaining open problems in space technology, that there was nothing fundamentally new to be done. Only incrementalism remained. We agreed to disagree.
Another has to do with the two years I recently spent at NASA. I served as the agency's Chief Technologist from late 2011 until the end of 2013. From time to time I would encounter a similarly dreary perspective among some members of the world's space community. But, as I had hoped, I also found the opposite. There is a lot of enthusiasm out there for innovating in space. Many of us believe that the best days are ahead, that there are inventions to make, adventures to experience, and science to discover. NewSpace companies are popping up all over California. Some have their sights set on asteroids, mining them to create a self-sustaining space economy and space infrastructure, and some are going to image the Earth in unprecedented temporal and spatial detail. Some of my academic colleagues are setting out to explore space on their own: discovering new planets, understanding the Earth, and maybe heading to Mars in the next few years, all without waiting for the science community to catch up.
Space is possibility. As Carl Sagan said, "The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean. From this shore we have learned most of what we know. Recently we have waded our way out, maybe ankle deep, and the water seems inviting. Some part of our being knows this is where we came from. We long to return, and we can."
In fact, there are so many "open problems," so many completely new ideas that have never seen the light of day, that I'm confident I could blog about a new space system every week—each week a system that no one has seen before. In fact, I'll go so far as to blog a year's worth of these spacecraft a week. I'll do so to hint at the vastness of that cosmic ocean and the ships that might sail it.
There is an awful lot of incrementalism in the technology world, so much near-term thinking. We need that, sure. But there is so much that has not yet been said. I think someone needs to say it. Let me offer an even broader point. Humanity needs a grand vision for space exploration, one that we commit to. There are many such visions out there, but we only infrequently see the big questions addressed strategically. More common are modest tactical investments in near-term capabilities that address part of a large vision that is not fully articulated. I'm confident that there are creative solutions to some of the fundamental problems of space—access to orbit, how to live and even thrive beyond Earth, how to extend humanity across the cosmos. But we need to think big. I'll try to prove my point with these posts.
I'm not concerned about people adapting these ideas for their own creative purposes. In fact, I'd be flattered. I want these things to exist out there somewhere. Maybe I'll be the one to bring them into existence, or maybe it will be someone else. As an academic, I'm used to the idea that my work shows up elsewhere. Typically, people cite your work. Every now and then they don't, but that sort of thing would distress me only if I thought I was out of ideas. In fact, when I start complaining about not receiving credit, you'll know I've lost confidence in my ability to create new things.
But just to be clear about all that, I'm going to say that the technology concepts in these Spacecraft a Week posts are covered by a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). According to the Creative Commons website, this license means that you may copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format. You may transform and build upon the material. As the licensor, I cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms: you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
Why not commercial? After all, I'm just as much a believer in the power of self-interest to incentivize progress in things like space exploration as anyone. I'm OK with the idea that self-interested pursuits, such as making money from lunar exploration or asteroid mining, will hurry along the expansion of humanity into the solar system. It's simply that I don't think that using a license to cover my 52-or-so blog posts about spacecraft is going to hamstring the commercial space economy. There are enough commercial opportunities out there. Instead, what's at stake is the democratization of space. Use these ideas to help you extend your presence into the cosmos.


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On the heels of A-Rod and his cousin, now it appears Smiley is blaming his cousin as well, which completely contradicts what his agent said. Remember Jorge Arangure, former Post beat writer for the Orioles and playful nemesis of Barry Svrluga? Apparently he's now writing for ESPN The Magazine and calls Gonzalez/Alvarez's buscone his "trainer". Interesting. From everything I've read about buscones, they aren't what we in the US would traditionally think of when we hear "trainer". Anyway, according to Arangure, Smiley blames his cousin for thinking up the scheme and even says where the bonus money went.
"He's sad," Vizcaino said. "He did it because he thought if he didn't change his identity he would never sign."
When confronted by baseball's new investigative task force, Lugo admitted he and a cousin had concocted the scheme, according to Vizcaino.
Yet, according to Smiley's agent, Stanley King, the kid was shocked and remorseful and couldn't possibly have been behind the scheme.
"I don't know where the origins of this thing are. It seems to me this thing is much too complicated and involved for a 19- or 20-year-old from an impoverished neighborhood to pull off… He may have been duped as much as anyone."
Oh, but the best part? The trainer will likely recoup his "commission" while the Nats will likely not recoup their bonus money.
p.s. hmm… I see the Natosphere sidebar has gone up on the Nats Journal. Funny, I was among the group that coined the phrase and yet… I'm just gonna shrug it off rather than call it out. Better I keep standing alone, right?


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Advances in sequencing technology coupled with new integrative approaches to data analysis provide a potentially transformative opportunity to use pathogen genome data to advance our understanding of transmission. However, to maximize the insights such genetic data can provide, we need to understand more about how the microevolution of pathogens is observed at different scales of biological organization. Here, we examine the evolutionary processes in foot-and-mouth disease virus observed at different scales, ranging from the tissue, animal, herd and region. At each scale, we observe analogous processes of population expansion, mutation and selection resulting in the accumulation of mutations over increasing time scales. While the current data are limited, rates of nucleotide substitution appear to be faster over individual-to-individual transmission events compared with those observed at a within-individual scale suggesting that viral population bottlenecks between individuals facilitate the fixation of polymorphisms. Longer-term rates of nucleotide substitution were found to be equivalent in individual-to-individual transmission compared with herd-to-herd transmission indicating that viral diversification at the herd level is not retained at a regional scale.
1. Introduction
Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) is a non-enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA virus in the Aphthovirus genus of the family Picornaviridae. RNA viruses such as FMDV evolve rapidly owing to their large population size, high replication rate and the poor proof-reading ability of their RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. The mutation rates of RNA viruses are variously cited to be between 10−3 and 10−6 mutations per nucleotide per transcription cycle [1–4]. As a result, RNA viruses exist within their hosts as complex, heterogeneous populations, comprising non-identical genome sequences [5–7].
An integral part of any disease control strategy is the epidemiological reconstruction of virus transmission pathways, conducted by tracing the past movements of infected individuals and identifying transmission events between infected and susceptible individuals. Over the past decade, molecular and phylogenetic methods have been used increasingly for tracing and verifying FMDV transmission pathways [8–16]. These methods use genetic data, such as full or partial genome sequences, and take advantage of the virus's inherent capacity to evolve quickly to identify transmission pathways based on shared mutations. Global tracing of FMDV movements has been successfully achieved using VP1 sequences, which encode one of the three surface exposed capsid proteins of the virus [8,9,15]. However, at shorter 'epidemic' time scales, where the viral populations have not substantially diverged, VP1 sequencing cannot provide the required resolution. At this scale, complete genome sequencing has been proved to be a useful tool for transmission tracing [10–14,16].
Complete genome sequencing is typically performed on the whole viral sample and therefore only identifies the consensus sequence within the sample, masking the complex substructure of minority variants present. Thus, the level of resolution afforded by consensus sequencing cannot uncover all the processes underlying virus evolution at the intra- and inter-host scales. As a consequence, how variability is generated within the host and transmitted on to the next host is still poorly understood, and this impedes our ability to extract robust detailed epidemiological inferences from consensus sequence data. Although it is possible to study within-host diversity using Sanger methods by undertaking serial dilution, followed by cloning and then sequencing multiple clones [17], this is laborious and time consuming. Recent next generation sequencing (NGS) techniques provide the means for rapid and cost-effective dissection of viral evolutionary dynamics at an unprecedented level of detail [18–26]. The resolution and high throughput nature of NGS platforms have the potential to allow differentiation between samples at the inter- and intra-host scale of infection. NGS techniques have already been applied to compare 'longitudinal' samples of hepatitis C virus (HCV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection/transmission [27–30], as well as FMDV itself [25,26].
The evolution of FMDV can be observed at a number of distinct biological scales [31], for example the cell, tissue, host, herd, country, continent and inter-continental (figure 1a). Perhaps, the most commonly encountered scale is that of the individual host as it is at this scale that FMDV is detected and that the majority of data are available. However, virus samples are usually collected from a particular tissue from within an individual—for example from fluid or epithelium from vesicles on a single foot, from vesicles in/around the mouth or from oesophageal–pharyngeal scrapings (known as probang samples), and it is evident that these different populations can themselves become differentiated through drift or selection for tissue-specific tropisms. Each tissue within an animal is itself comprised cells, and it is already possible to examine micro-evolutionary processes occurring at the scale of individual cells [32,33].
There is an obvious sequence of scales moving up from that of the individual. FMDV is commonly managed at a herd scale. However, the majority of data at the herd scale comes from the scale below—the individual animal—as typically samples are only obtained from a single animal (often the animal with the oldest lesion) and used to represent the herd in molecular phylogenetic methods that generate herd-to-herd transmission trees during an epidemic [10–12]. Moving to larger scales from the herd, one might recognize a geographical region such as County, then a Country, a Continent and the world as a whole. The diversity of FMDV observed at any given scale can be related to that observed at the scale directly below, which is in turn a function of the scale below that: a county is a set of herds, a herd a set of animals, an animal a set of tissues and a tissue a set of cells. The smallest scale that we consider here is that of the cell as this is where all viral replication occurs and is therefore the building block for all higher scales.
The same fundamental processes operate as virus spreads between units within any given scale. First, there is population expansion, whereby virus enters a unit (be it a cell, tissue, animal or herd) and replicates from the founding inoculum. Second, a subset of this population is then transmitted on to a subsequent unit. Selection may take place during both the population expansion process (e.g. viruses that replicate fastest within the unit will be favoured) and during the transmission of virus to the next unit (e.g. viruses that can enter the unit earliest will be favoured). For example, FMDV enters and infects a cell, the viral population then expands within the cell (accumulating mutations) to the point of cell lysis and virions are released into the local environment. A sample of the progeny from the first cell then enters and infects a second cell. This sample may be small relative to the total virion output of the first cell reflecting a transmission bottleneck. Furthermore, the sample may or may not be a random sample of the amplified progeny as the result of the action of selection. This may then be repeated for multiple generations as cells repeatedly infect other cells within a tissue with mutations in the genome potentially becoming fixed or drifting in frequency over time. FMDV replication dynamics at the scale of single cells has not been studied empirically, although this would now be possible. The process has been modelled mathematically generating a number of possible predictions [34,35].
To date, there has been no direct comparison of the sequence data, diversity and substitution rates that are observed at each of these different scales, and we proceed by presenting an overview of the sequence data, comparable evolutionary metrics and summary statistics that can be observed at each of these different scales.
2. Methods
We now provide an overview of the sequence data and analysis techniques available at each of the scales considered for this analysis, specifically the tissue, animal and herd.
(a) Mutation spectrum
We use the mutation spectrum [25] to characterize the heterogeneity in a viral population from NGS sequence data. The spectrum is generated by grouping nucleotide sites in the FMDV genome into discrete bins based on their observed polymorphic frequencies, and then plotting the proportion of nucleotide sites in each polymorphic bin (y-axis) against the polymorphic (mismatch) frequency of the bin (x-axis) on a log–log plot. Polymorphic frequencies for each site are calculated with reference to the inoculum used, which makes the mutation spectrum unfolded. This spectrum provides a richer view of the diversity within a viral population, and enables comparison between populations.
(b) Mutation and substitution rate
We refer to the actual error rate of the polymerase as the mutation rate (mutations per nucleotide per transcription cycle). The rate of nucleotide substitution in a DNA sequence is defined as the number of nucleotide substitutions observed to occur per nucleotide site per unit time. Substitution rates for transmission chains were calculated using the software package Beast [36]. A variety of molecular clocks (strict, exponential relaxed) and population growth (constant, exponential) models were evaluated and compared, all of which used the HKY model (as used in previous FMDV analyses; [11]) of base substitution with the gamma model of site heterogeneity. Tip dates were assigned based on either the date the sample was taken during a real epidemic or the number of days that had passed since the start of the experiment to the sample date for the serial cow-to-cow infection studies.
(c) Tissue
For the tissue scale, we use sequence data from a study that used NGS technology to analyse the viral population within a foot lesion on a single animal [25]. Briefly, a single bovine host was inoculated with FMDV and 2 days post-inoculation, a sample was taken from an FMD epithelial lesion that developed on the front left foot.
(d) Animal
For the animal scale, we use the consensus sequences generated from samples taken at various points during the infection of a single animal, specifically animal number two in [26]; data available from the EBI SRA repository (http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/) accession number ERP001880 from 1 May 2013. Briefly, a calf was naturally challenged by direct contact with another infected calf. A total of nine samples were then collected from this second calf at a range of days post first contact (DPFC) from different tissues. The samples were processed and sequenced on an Illumina platform in the same way as the Tissue scale described earlier. Consensus sequences for each sample were then generated from the reads aligned to the reference genome. A genealogy of the samples within the animal can then be created based on statistical parsimony analysis of the consensus sequences using the software package TCS [37].
(e) Herd
For the herd scale, we use and compare sequence data from two types of dataset. First, serial cow-to-cow infection chains from controlled experiments from [38] where the consensus sequences from viral samples were generated using Sanger sequencing for each animal in two independent cow-to-cow infection chains, one consisting of four animal hosts and the other six; some animals had multiple consensus sequences generated from different samples taken at varying DPFC. Second, we use data from herd-to-herd transmission chains inferred from consensus sequence analysis from 2001 to 2007 FMD epidemics in Great Britain (GB). Briefly, information from consensus sequences was combined with dates of disease detection and lesion age to generate the most probably transmission trees between herds during the 2007 epidemic [12] and a cluster within the 2001 epidemic [11]. As above, TCS was used to generate genealogical relationships among sequences.
3. Results
(a) Tissue
The mutation spectrum of a lesion (figure 2) shows that the majority of nucleotides display low-frequency polymorphisms. However, higher-frequency mutations are observed, including a number at the consensus (100%) level. Wright et al. [25] used the presence of stop codons in the lesion sequence data to obtain an upper limit on the mutation rate of the virus under the hypothesis that such mutations are lethal, and were therefore generated in the last round of cellular replication. An upper bound of 7.8 × 10−4 mutations per nucleotide per transcription event was estimated (95% CI: 7.4–8.3 × 10−4) in line with previous estimates [2,39,40]. In related work, Cottam et al. [17] sequenced the capsid region of the FMDV genome of 26 clones created from the same cow epithelium viral sample and observed a mutation frequency of 2.79 × 10−4 mutations per nucleotide sequenced providing further insight into the population diversity that exists within a single lesion.
(b) Animal
There is substantial viral diversity within a single cow, even when examining tissue-specific consensus sequences (figure 3a). Distinct within-host lineages are evident, for example, the three feet samples all have different consensus sequences even though they were all obtained 6 DPFC; furthermore, all of the feet are also different to the probang sample taken on the same day. There are also consensus level mutations appearing in only a single sample, for example the probang sample on day 2 acquired two consensus level mutations at genome positions 1087 and 7355, which are not observed at the consensus level in any other sample. Overall, figure 3a highlights the complexity of the intra-host dynamics of FMDV evolution. An animal's consensus sequence can be generated by aligning the consensus sequences of all the individual samples and identifying the most common base at each nucleotide site. In this case, the consensus sequence of the animal itself contains only a single mutation from the original inoculum at genome position 2754. All the individual samples from this animal contain the 2754 mutation and are between 0 and 3 mutations away from the animal-level consensus. Therefore, as this mutation is shared across all tissues and time points within the animal, it will very likely be passed on to the next host, enabling reconstruction of transmission trees based on shared mutations.
As the underlying sequence dataset is generated by NGS approaches, it is also possible to monitor sub-consensus mutations at the within-host level by tracking the polymorphic frequency of a particular nucleotide through each of the samples. For example, figure 3b shows the mutation frequencies of bases 1087 and 7355 across all nine samples. These two mutations were observed at the consensus level in the probang sample after 2 days but not observed in any other sample—at the tissue-specific consensus level. These mutations do not simply disappear but are present in all other samples at sub-consensus levels, gradually decreasing in frequency over time (figure 3b).
(c) Herd
At the herd scale we compare two types of data: (i) serial cow-to-cow infection chains from controlled experiments and (ii) serial herd-to-herd infection chains from real FMD epidemics in the UK. Experimentally manipulated serial cow-to-cow infection chains are not herds because, although they are a set of animals, their transmission is restricted to a serial one-to-one sequence of transmission unlike the one-to-many relationship that can occur when an infected individual enters a susceptible herd. However, we use them here to investigate whether there is a difference between rates of evolution observed across cow-to-cow and herd-to-herd transmission events. Figure 4 displays the statistical parsimony trees depicting the genetic relationship between viruses from two cow-to-cow infection chains from the study of Juleff et al. [38] and two herd-to-herd infection chains from the studies of Cottam et al. [11,12] representing the GB 2001 and 2007 epidemics. We can compare rates of evolution observed at cow–cow and herd–herd transmission scales by comparing the distribution of the number of nucleotide changes per herd and per cow in their respective transmission chains. Figure 5 shows that the two distributions are not statistically distinguishable, with an average of 2.78 mutations between herds and 3.00 between cows (Wilcoxon rank sum test W = 106, p = 0.815). This suggests that there is little difference in the rate at which mutations accumulate as a result of herd-to-herd and cow-to-cow transmission events. Previous estimates of the substitutions per genome per herd-to-herd transmission range from 1.5 [10] to 4.3 [11] for the 2001 UK FMD epidemic.
Table 1 presents an overview of the substitution rates calculated using Beast [36] for the two cow-to-cow transmission chains, the herd-to-herd chain from the GB 2007 FMD epidemic, along with previously published estimates from herd-to-herd transmission chains from the GB 2001 FMD epidemic. The substitution rates for all the chains are very similar, with overlapping confidence intervals, again suggesting little difference between herd-to-herd and cow-to-cow transmission events.
We can compare the rates of evolution measured over the same time periods both within a cow and as virus is passed between cows. In both A and B cow-to-cow chains, a probang sample from animal number 2 was taken 32 DPFC. Figure 6 shows that as the virus is transmitted between animals, it appears to evolve faster compared with when the virus is confined to a single host, reaching the same number of consensus mutations but in approximately half the time. This suggests that cow-to-cow transmission events may be important in determining the substitution rate of the virus. This slower rate within a host could be due to the host immune system, with the within-host evolution rate slowing down over the course of infection due to a reduction in the volume of viral replication within the host over time. Alternatively, tight bottlenecks between hosts could result in a higher rate of substitutions observed in consensus level sequences. As the viral population in the infected animal is very diverse, there is a high probability that the virions transmitted to the next animal contain mutations, and the smaller the bottleneck, the higher the proportion of infections starting from mutated variants only.
4. Discussion
We have introduced a 'multi-scale' approach for observing viral evolution using sequence data enabling the viral diversity observed at any given scale to be related to that observed at the scale directly below. Irrespective of the scale being observed, the same fundamental processes operate—population expansion, transmission and selection—and we observe these processes at increasing temporal and spatial scales moving up from the single transcription event, which actually introduces the mutations into the genome, to tissue, individual, herd and regional scales. Through our analyses, we observed similar rates of evolution between herds and between individuals suggesting there is little difference between cow-to-cow and herd-to-herd transmission. However, we observed faster rates of evolution between hosts compared with within hosts, suggesting bottlenecks or the host immune system could be the important factors influencing the observed rate of substitution at the within-host level.
Faster rates of evolution between hosts could be explained by tight cow-to-cow transmission bottlenecks. Given the high probability that virions transmitted to the next cow contain mutations (due to the diverse viral population of the infected cow), a tight bottleneck could result in a higher proportion of infections starting from mutated virions only in the next cow. As a result, a higher fixation rate in consensus level sequences will be observed, as the virus moves from host to host. The host immune system could also be an important factor, with the within-host evolution rate slowing down over the course of infection owing to the host immune response reducing the volume of viral replication within the host over time.
Unlike experimentally manipulated cow-to-cow infection chains, real epidemics are rarely fully characterized. Less clinically obvious infections may be missed altogether, alternatively, control strategies such as rapid ring culling around premises infected with FMD can lead to infected herds being culled before detection, potentially leading to gaps in sequence transmission chains. Such missing herds can be thought of as epidemiological dark matter ('dark cows') that can be inferred from gaps in transmission chains. The development of statistical methods to estimate the number and even location of these unobserved infections remains a contemporary problem awaiting a fully satisfactory solution.
There are also difficulties with interpreting cow-to-cow infection chains. Figure 3 indicates significant variability at the within-cow level. Furthermore, Juleff et al. [38] noted that probang consensus sequences frequently contained ambiguities, complicating their interpretation. This could be due to the nature of such samples, which scrape the oesophageal–pharyngeal area, thus sampling from a potentially large tissue area and multiple numbers of lesions; whereas, feet samples are typically taken from a single lesion.
We see little difference between rates of substitution generated over cow-to-cow and herd-to-herd transmission events, in terms of number of nucleotide changes between units or substitution rates; however, we note the small number of datasets limits the statistical power of this inference. This could be a product of herd-to-herd transmission essentially being functionally equivalent to cow-to-cow transmission, that is to say, perhaps virus is not passaged extensively from cow-to-cow prior to transmission to a subsequent herd. Although cows do typically move in batches, it is relatively a small number that moves from farm-to-farm; Green et al. [41] calculated a mean batch size of three animals during the 2002–2005 period suggesting only a small sample of the viral diversity within a herd will be transmitted to the next via movements. To date, the sequence diversity of the UK epidemics at the within-herd level has not been reported, such data would enable further investigation of both within- and between-herd dynamics.
Differences between the within- and between-host evolutionary rates have previously been reported in both HCV [42] and HIV [43–45]. Gray et al. [42] reported higher evolutionary rates between hosts compared with within hosts for HCV, similar to our findings here. However, Gray et al. [42] also estimated evolutionary rates for different partitions of the HCV genome, and found substantially higher rates of evolution at within-host scale for the hyper-variable region HVR1. Future work on partitioning of the FMDV genome could lead to similar observations.
There is growing evidence that, over calendar time, HIV evolves considerably faster within individuals than it does at the between host epidemic level [43–45]. Lythgoe & Fraser [45] concluded that there is preferential transmission of ancestral virus through the cycling of virus through very long-lived memory CD4+ T cells, a process they termed 'store and retrieve'. Although we observe higher evolutionary rates between hosts compared with within hosts for FMDV, there are number of factors that could account for this difference, such as our relatively small dataset, the longer time scales of HIV, the mode of transmission and the role of long-lived memory cells in HIV transmission [45].
We have focussed on FMDV due to the availability of sequence data at a variety of scales, but similar ideas can be applied to other livestock viruses such as bluetongue and Schmallenberg viruses. Similar ideas are obviously extendable to human viruses such as hepatitis C (e.g. cell, organ, person and city) and plant viruses (e.g. cell, leaf (tissue), tree and orchard) such as the Plum pox virus L395 which is a serious viral disease of stone fruit, transmitted by aphids, which causes acidities and deformities in the fruit [46].
This work was supported by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, UK via a DTA PhD studentship (project BB/E018505/1), BBSRC standard grant (project BB/I014314/1), a SYSBIO postdoctoral grant (project BB/F005733/1), Department of Environment and Rural Affairs, UK (Defra project 2938), Epi-SEQ, a research project supported under the 2nd joint call for transnational research projects by EMIDA ERA-NET and the IAH's Institute Strategic Programme Grant for livestock viral diseases.
One contribution of 18 to a Discussion Meeting Issue 'Next-generation molecular and evolutionary epidemiology of infectious disease'.
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There is hardly a photo historian alive who is not in some way indebted to Beaumont Newhall. Newhall was the first curator of photography at the Museum of Modern Art, directed the George Eastman House in Rochester, N.Y., for 14 years, and nurtured many a young historian of photography in his years at the University of New Mexico.
Newhall is best known for a book that began as a catalog for ''Photography, 1839-1937,'' an exhibition he organized for the Museum of Modern Art in 1937. That book, titled ''The History of Photography,'' has sold over 100,000 copies and is now in its fifth edition; no library on photography is complete without it.
Newhall has spent his life studying, writing about, promoting the work of, and befriending photographers. But ''In Plain Sight,'' which contains 59 plates of Newhall's own photographs, comes as something of a surprise.
Repeated exposure to the images in ''In Plain Sight'' suggests that the history of photography acted as a filter on Newhall's lens. The images he made at Point Lobos look like Edward Weston's work; a Manhattan skyscraper resembles a Stieglitz; and more than one photograph made in Paris has the flavor of Atget. It's as if Newhall is trying to see through the eyes of these and other photographers.
What Newhall says in his introduction tends to support this notion. ''Over the years,'' he writes, ''photography has been to me what a journal is to a writer - a record of things seen and experienced, moments in the flow of time, documents of significance to me, experiments in seeing. It has been important to me, as a historian of photography, to understand photography by photographing.''
Seen in this light, ''In Plain Sight'' stands taller. How many drama critics write plays, for example? How many art critics exhibit regularly? Newhall, even if his viewfinder is occasionally under another's influence, has produced a book that is thoughtful and elegant and the better for the knowledge behind it.


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Lambert, who has been backed by chairman Randy Lerner ahead of Tuesday night's crucial showdown with Newcastle United, may include Dunne for the first time this season.
The Republic of Ireland international has not played since Euro 2012 after struggling with hip and groin injuries but has trained for the past two weeks and is in contention for a surprise return.
Villa have conceded more goals from set pieces than any other Premier League club this season and Dunne's leadership qualities and experience are viewed as crucial by Lambert.
Lerner is not expected to provide any transfer funds this month so Lambert will have to mastermind survival with his current squad.
Dunne, 33, who has had a series of operations this season to cure persistent injuries, is out of contract in the summer.
"If we were in mid-table I probably wouldn't contemplate bringing him back," said Lambert. "But he's been around the block and he's what we need, especially when the ball comes into the penalty area, going to compete and putting your head on the line.
"He's been out for over half a year and he's hardly trained so it's difficult just to throw him back in."
The pressure on Lambert will only intensify if Villa lose to Newcastle, who are a point above them.
Lambert's tenure hit its lowest point last week when his team were knocked out of both cup competitions by lower league opposition.
Lerner, Villa's American owner, issued a rare public statement to back his manager. In it he said: "The Villa board knew that with Paul we would begin to address the club's multi-year lack of competitive stability by reshaping the squad with seven new signings in the summer. It has been rewarding at times this season although frustrating as well, particularly recently.
"During January Paul and the board have discussed a variety of players although nothing has yet materialised, which I know also can be frustrating as fresh players always give at least a sense of progress and optimism. I would reiterate that Paul has achieved success at many levels of professional football and I believe, given support, he will continue to do so for us."


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Leah has had to listen to her mother's nagging for months. It's getting so much worse now that the holidays are approaching. Her mother seems bound and determined to find her a husband.
Leah, on the other hand, is determined to live life on her own terms. But it's that time crazy of the year, a time for menorahs and candles, latkes, big family gatherings, cute guys, bad blind dates, and old-fashioned holiday fun.
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The unemployment rate in Trinidad and Tobago fell from 4.7 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2012 to 3.7 per cent in the first quarter of 2013.
This is the lowest unemployment rate ever recorded in Trinidad and Tobago, the Central Statistical Office (CSO) said yesterday as it released the Labour Force bulletin for the first quarter of 2013. The information contained in this bulletin is based on data collected in the Continuous Sample Survey of Population conducted between January and March 2013, the CSO said.
From a gender perspective, the unemployment rate for women decreased from 6.6 per cent to 4.7 per cent, while the rate for men decreased from 4.6 per cent to 3.0 per cent.
The decline in the unemployment rate was reported in specific industries, including "financing, insurance, real estate and business services", "wholesale and retail trade, restaurants and hotels" and "transport, storage and communication".
The labour force of Trinidad and Tobago registered 635,100 people at the end of the first quarter of 2013. "This represented an increase of 5,400 or 0.8 per cent when compared to the fourth quarter [of] 2012. From a gender perspective, this increase in the labour force was reflected among males which rose by 0.1 per cent, and women which increased by 1.9 per cent when compared with the previous quarter," the CSO said.


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Sony has come out with a new trailer for their upcoming Twisted Metal title. Just a bit of info, this vehicle combat video game will be available exclusively for the PS3 on February 14, 2012. Watch the trailer after the jump.
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Originally Posted December 10, 2009
My son came to me asking me to clean his lollypop with water. So I did. But it reminded me of how not long ago he needed a lollypop cleaned and decided to do it himself instead of asking for help. The picture above is of the lollypop after being cleaned by Josiah with toilet paper. Not the best lollypop cleaning method.
When it happened I posted it on Facebook saying that it reminded me of how our lives end up sometimes when we try to clean things up ourselves instead of asking God to do it for us. We are human, and regardless of how hard we try, we can't achieve forgiveness ourselves and we can't cleanse our own souls. That's God's job. Sometimes there are just situations where we have to turn it over and say "God change me!" There are things that are just to big for us to handle on our own. We need God to take over and we need to work with Him to change those things.
If I spill mustard on my white shirt, I can do everything possible not to spill anymore. I can start eating plain hotdogs with no sauce. I can wear a bib. I can be very careful. But none of that will remove the mustard that is already there. In this aspect we can think of God's word as the super amazing stain remover! That not only will remove the stains we already have, but will be there to remove any future stains also. It's awesome when times are tough and we find ourselves not being super mom to know that we don't have to do it on our own.
Just as Josiah couldn't clean his own lollypop, we can't clean our own lives. Praise God He does it for us.
I will cleanse them from all the sin they have committed against me and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against me.
Jeremiah 33:8
if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear them from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14


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To remove a contact lens safely, stand in front of a mirror, look up, raise the upper eyelid, pull down the lower eyelid, and use your index finger and thumb pads to squeeze and pull the contact away, says Cooper Vision. Always remove lenses slowly and carefully.
Use your non-dominant hand to raise the top eyelid while your dominant hand does the rest. Use lubricant or rewetting drops if your eyes are dry. Pull the lens toward the bottom eyelid to help it lift, says Cooper Vision. Once removed, put the contact lens in the palm of your other hand.


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Revision as of 12:12, 15 July 2008 by Neil.hauge.oracle.com (Talk | contribs) (→Dali Feature Backlog)
Dali Feature Backlog
(as of Dali 2.0 release)
Deferred from 2.0
- Entity Generation extensibility 175177 (Help Wanted)
More Spec support
- Support Callbacks 198985 (Low Priority)
- Multiple Persistent Unit support (Non-overlapping – classes must be listed in persistence.xml) 194833 (3.0?)
- Java Class file support 197069 (2.1)
- Cross project references
Usability/Integration (take further advantage of Eclipse integration)
- Quick Fixes (lower priority)
- Java UI indicator to show where XML is overriding Java annotations 194673(lower priority)
- ORM XML element/attribute value completion 188940 (Medium)
Other Major Enhancement Requests
- Support for EclipseLink provider specific annotations and mapping file (2.1)
More Spec support
- Enhance Validation (many enhancements associated with this in bugzilla) (medium-high priority)
- Conflicting mapping annotations - Basic and One to One on same attribute; resource model validation
- Enhance inheritance support (change strategies mid hierarchy) 141528 (eclipselink related - lower priority)
- Additional Query support (2.2?)
Usability/Integration (take further advantage of Eclipse integration)
- Tabbed Properties integration (not currently possible, but still fighting the good fight)
- Participate in Java Refactoring 136333 (higher priority)
- Enhance Entity Gen (look for contributions)
- Type configuration (some support now by editing platform def files)
- Add relationship management code (add/remove)
- Detect existing entities when generating new entities from schema 146451 (helpwanted)
- Many others
- Autosync between project and persistence.xml 141421 (medium priority)
- Multi-select "Make Entity" support 182849 (low priority)
- Action to move annotation metadata to XML Mapping File metadata for a given attribute?, type, package, or project. (3.0?)
- Add JDBC driver library checkbox to new project creation, similar to (higher priority)
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I just started this group after talking with a food blogger who belongs to a few food promotion groups on Facebook. I searched for similar in the craft markets and found none. So, I am starting one. Our main goal will be to promote each others posts and build relationships. It will switch to private or invite only after we begin.https://www.facebook.com/groups/crafterspromotion/
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Endemol revamps management structure
TV program producer puts Ynon Kreiz in hot seatLONDON -- Endemol CEO Ynon Kreiz is to take direct operational responsibility for the day-to-day running of the company as part of a management revamp.
The changes at the producer of such shows as "Wipeout," "Deal or No Deal" and "Big Brother" also sees current COO Marco Bassetti shifted to the nonexecutive role of president of Endemol Group.
Under the new structure, Kreiz is responsible for the management of Endemol's 26 global operating companies, which report directly to him.
In his new role, Bassetti oversees senior client relationships and leads special projects, managing the implementation of the company's growth strategy in what the group describes as a "nonexecutive advisory role" reporting to Kreiz.
In other changes, global head of programming Paul Roemer has been upped to the Endemol management board as chief creative officer, managing Endemol's creative teams around the world across all programming genres barring sport, which will now fall under the remit of chief commercial officer Tom Toumazis.
Toumazis adds participation TV, branded entertainment, consumer products and marketing to his distribution portfolio and will work with Endemol Sport's co-heads Lawrence Duffy and Gregg Oldfield, as well as with Paul Johnson, global head of marketing and brand partnerships, and Dennis Janzen, global head of participation TV. Toumazis will continue to oversee Endemol and Southern Star's merged distribution business, headed by recently appointed CEO Cathy Payne.
Kreiz, who took over as chairman and CEO of private equity-backed Endemol, said the new lineup delivers a more efficient management structure.
"These promotions underline the leading roles that Marco, Paul and Tom are playing in Endemol's commercial and creative strategy," he said. "In today's climate it is more important than ever to have the most effective management structure in place, and we couldn't ask for more highly skilled and experienced executives at the forefront of our business."
Endemol is jointly owned by Goldman Sachs, Mediaset and John de Mol's Cyrte Investments.


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Saturday, April 5, 2014
Low Fructose/Gluten-Free Oat-Banana Pancakes
Recently I was diagnosed with Fructose Malabsorption (also called Dietary Fructose Intolerance). I had not been feeling well for years but assumed it was due to female-related issues. Well, I had mixed emotions getting this diagnosis. Part of me was relieved to know what was wrong and glad that I could feel better by "simply" changing my diet. The other part of me was devastated. I have always liked to cook and bake and it seemed like all of my favorite items to cook with (flour, sugar, onion, garlic, tomatoes, apples, pears, etc., etc., etc.) were either off-limits or needed to be greatly limited. I had no idea so many different foods contained fructose or fructans. This diagnosis also greatly limits the pre-packaged foods/processed foods that I can have because so many things have high-fructose corn syrup, honey, lots of sugar, or other no-no ingredients. BUMMER.
Well, I've been on the search for recipes that are low-fructose friendly and let me tell you it's not that easy. I have found quite a few recipes but a lot of them sound very unappealing to me. I've also tried some that I thought sounded good and did not turn out at all. So...I thought as I found good recipes, I would share them here. This will help me keep track of the good ones and may also help someone else out there facing this same struggle. *Note: apparently everyone with fructose malabsorption has different tolerance levels for certain foods. So not everything I use will be tolerable for everyone else.
I really wanted pancakes today but since my go-to pancake recipe consists of wheat flour (contains fructans) and sugar (which is made up of 1 part glucose and 1 part fructose so is tolerable for some in small amounts only) I needed to find an alternative. I ended up finding this recipe for Banana-Oat Blender Pancakes from Mountain Mama Cooks. It sounded pretty good but I ended up needing to make some substitutions since I can't have honey and only had regular skim milk to work with (luckily I am not lactose intolerant!!). I also wanted to make sure the pancakes were sweet enough so that's why I made some of the substitutions I did.
Here's my Recipe for Low Fructose/Gluten-Free Oat-Banana Pancakes
1 1/2 cup oats
1/2 cup oat flour
1 1/4 cup milk
2 small ripe bananas (that's what I had)
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 1/2 Tablespoon real maple syrup
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 large egg
Butter for griddle
1) Place all ingredients (except the egg and butter) in a blender and mix until smooth (what a great idea from Mountain Mama Cooks!) Add egg and pulse a few times until mixed in.
2) Heat griddle to medium heat. Melt some butter on the griddle. Scoop the batter onto the griddle and heat the pancakes until they are golden brown on each side.
3) Serve hot with real maple syrup.
These really were pretty good. They tasted a lot like banana bread. Paul and Alexa even liked them and this says a lot!
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Hi Sasha,
As we all know... science has a way of working its self out over time.
Science is well-known for adjusting & refining its self... as more and more information is gathered.
Although many historical texts are quite reliable, sometimes history can also be very vague... and even incorrect (or slightly changed). So it is at least possible, Sasha, that your DNA is where the truth lies... and that the historical record is what became slightly corrupted.
Or... your other theory of descending from a different Gedimin descendant might be true.
There are probably a dozen possibilities. I guess we are still at the cutting-edge of this new science... and we will all have to continue to wait & see how all of the details finally come together in the end!
In the mean time... it sure is exciting to have a front row seat -- as we all watch the research come together!
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it would be nice if the Big-Y test... would be made possible for him. perhaps I will just have to wait and hope.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 2, 2009
Peter Michaud, NH Division of Historical Resources
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Shelly Angers, N.H. Department of Cultural Resources
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New Hampshire property added to the National Register for Historic Places
The New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources is proud to announce Hillsborough's Union Chapel has been honored by the United States Secretary of the Interior with placement on the National Register for Historic Places.
Administered by the National Park Service, which is part of the U.S. Department of the Interior, the National Register of Historic Places is the nation's official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation and is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate and protect our historic and archeological resources.
Built in 1886-87 by the Ladies Aid Society, a group formed four years earlier for the purpose of providing a gathering space and chapel for Hillsborough's lower village, Union Chapel is a wonderful example of vernacular Victorian building combining the Stick and Queen Anne styles. Built at a total cost of $2,081.38, the chapel was used for religious services, community suppers, and Ladies Aid Society Meetings where members conducted business, socialized, took up handiwork, and planned fundraisers for local charities and the building's maintenance.
Today the Ladies Aid Society continues to serve the community of Hillsborough, allowing use of Union Chapel for community programs, non-denominational services in the summer, and the planning of a variety of fundraisers for the building's maintenance and for the benefit of local charities including the local nursing home, food pantry, and donations for neighbors and children in need.
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Our dog bite lawyers can help you if you were injured in a Portage dog bite attack. These attacks often result in serious injuries, including lacerations, puncture wounds, nerve damage, and broken bones. Dog bite victims incur hospital and medical expenses for their treatment and often need plastic surgery for scars and disfigurements caused by a bite.
We have obtained significant settlements and verdicts for our clients injured in these dog bite attacks. Compensation is paid for pain and suffering, disfigurement, medical expenses, and lost wages. We can help you or someone you care about win the best settlement for your case.
Many cities and counties have ordinances regarding dogs and the responsibilities of dog owners. An owner or keeper of a dog who violates any of these ordinances can be held liable for damages in a civil lawsuit to a dog bite victim. The ordinances can be used to prove a case in addition to other Michigan dog bite laws.
Portage Dog Bite Laws
In Portage, there are laws that apply to dog owners. These can be found in the Portage City Ordinances. Specifically, they are as follows:
Sec. 10-35. Running at large.
(a) No person shall permit any vicious dog of which he is the owner, caretaker or custodian to be unconfined unless securely muzzled and led by a leash. A dog shall be deemed vicious if it has bitten a person or domestic animal without molestation, or if it is a dog which, by its actions, gives indication that it is liable to bite a person or domestic animal without molestation.
(b) No person owning, possessing or having charge of a dog shall permit such dog to be at large at anytime in the city in violation of state law.
(Min. Bk. 1969, p. 456, Vol. 2, 4-15-1969; Code 1967, § 2 1/2-14; Code 1983, § 610.06(d)(1), (3); Ord. No. 0013, 10-17-2000)
Sec. 10-36. Noisy animals; nuisance animals; confinement of animals exposed to rabies.
(a) No person shall own, harbor or keep a dog which, by loud, frequent or habitual barking, yelping or howling, causes annoyance to the people in the neighborhood.
(b) No person shall own, harbor or keep a dog that has been bitten by an animal known to have been or reasonably suspected of having been afflicted with rabies at the time such dog was bitten, unless such dog has been surrendered to the dog warden, held for observation and released only when satisfactory proof exists that the dog does not have rabies.
(c) No person shall own, harbor or keep a dog, either licensed or unlicensed, that, by the destruction of property or trespassing on the property of others, becomes a nuisance in the vicinity where kept.
(Min. Bk. 1969, p. 456, Vol. 2, 4-15-1969; Code 1967, § 2 1/2-15; Code 1983, § 610.06(e))
Cross references: Noise generally, § 24-91 et seq.
Sec. 10-37. Confinement of biting dogs.
A dog that bites a person or animal shall be securely confined by the owner, keeper, custodian or person in charge thereof in an appropriate building or enclosure for a minimum of ten days following the biting. If such owner, keeper, custodian or person in charge fails to securely confine the dog for such period of time, a police officer may take possession and custody of such dog and confine it at the county dog pound or another appropriate shelter until the expiration of such ten-day period or until satisfactory evidence exists that the dog is not suffering from rabies. The dog shall be kept at the expense of the owner, keeper, custodian or person in charge thereof. A dog running loose after biting a person or animal, whose owner or keeper or custodian cannot be determined, shall be kept and confined for ten days at the county dog pound or other appropriate shelter in accordance with this article and thereafter disposed of in accordance therewith or with such regulations as are in effect at the county dog pound.
(Min. Bk. 1969, p. 456, Vol. 2, 4-15-1969; Code 1967, § 2 1/2-20; Code 1983, § 610.06(g))
State law references: Dogs attacking or biting persons, MCL 287.286a, 287.288, 287.351, MSA 12.537, 12.539, 12.544.
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Mondale, Ferraro seek votes in 11th-hour campaigning
Walter Mondale, telling his supporters ''don't despair, don't give up'' in the face of discouraging polls, called on blacks Sunday to vote in record numbers to end the Reagan administration's unjust social policies. Standing in the pulpit of a black Baptist church, he accused President Reagan of slashing social programs in ways that were ''vicious'' and ''cruel.''
Meanwhile in Chicago, Geraldine Ferraro said the Democrats may be ''devastated'' by up to 40 points in some states, but she predicted they will still eke out enough victories to patch together an Electoral College win. She scheduled stops Sunday at Michigan State University, a community college in Warwick, R.I., and a school in Waterbury, Conn. - the town where John F. Kennedy wound up his 1960 presidential campaign.


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I was wondering if anyone can help me with a problem i'm having. Yesterday, I tried to split my Dell Dimension 5150 HDD using partition magic 8. Just under half way and it stops, saying it can't proceed - I restarted my computer only to find the dreaded Stop blue screen with the codes:
0x00000024 (0x00190203, 0x86B2F150, 0xC0000102, 0x00000000)
After reading many articles I have tried numerous ways to solve this problem:
Booting in Safe mode,
Using XP reinstall/recovery CD (after pressing install on the XP disk, via the terms and conditions, it states that I have to enter a partition or reformat the Disk) - using chkdsk i get the message 'The volume appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems',
I have run all the Dell tests and diagnostics which state the hard disk is fine,
The HDD is a western digital 1600 - I have run their own diagnostics which state the drive is ok,
I have also run several programs such as testdisk and partition recovery all to no avail.
I've reached a point now where I am willing to admit defeat and format the HDD, but there is some files I want from my hard disk. Is there anyway to do this; unfortuantly i only have to one drive in my computer - but i would be willing to purchase another if its possible to transfer the files on my problematic disk.
Any help would be superb
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