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SHANGHAI/PARIS (Reuters) - Chinese state TV said on Monday that Danone (DANO.PA) had bribed hospital staff to give its milk powder to new-born babies, allegations that the French food group said it was shocked by and would investigate immediately.
China Central Television (CCTV) cited an unidentified former Dumex sales manager as saying the company had paid medical staff at a city hospital in Tianjin to promote its products.
Milk powder is a highly sensitive topic in China after a scandal in 2008 when melamine added to baby milk killed at least six children and left thousands ill.
This damaged the reputation of local firms and boosted international brands' market share.
Chinese authorities have been cracking down in recent months on graft in various industries, with foreign companies such as British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK.L) and Germany's Bayer (BAYGn.DE) in regulators' sights. Autos, telecommunications and banks may come next, regulators have suggested.
Local and foreign-owned milk powder firms, including Danone, were fined a record amount in August for price fixing.
The former Dumex sales manager, cited by CCTV, said that that company gave several hundred thousand yuan in "gifts" to the hospital every year.
CCTV said the man had a document detailing payments to doctors, with their bank card details and amounts paid.
The document, which CCTV said it had seen, showed staff at the hospital had received about 300,000 yuan ($49,000) in total each month from Dumex, with individual payments ranging from several hundred yuan to about 10,000 yuan.
"Dumex China pays great attention to and is extremely shocked by the CCTV report... We will immediately launch an investigation," Dumex said in a statement passed on by a Danone SA spokeswoman in Paris on Monday.
"Dumex Baby Food Co strictly adheres to Chinese laws and regulations," she said.
Corruption in China's healthcare industry is widespread, fuelled in part by low base salaries for doctors at the country's 13,500 public hospitals.
International guidelines, used in China, say doctors should promote breastfeeding unless there are medical reasons not to.
Mothers, meanwhile, were discouraged from breastfeeding, according to the CCTV report, which also quoted a nurse at the hospital as saying that formula-milk makers had been bribing them to recommend their products to mothers.
China is an important market for Danone's baby-nutrition division, which accounted for 20 percent of overall revenues in 2012. Danone praised "a very strong performance" in China in its annual results statement, citing the success of "a complete revamp of the Dumex range".
Danone had a 9.2 percent share by retail value of China's $12.4 billion formula milk market in 2012, according to data from market research firm Euromonitor.
($1=6.12 yuan)
Reporting by Adam Jourdan in Shanghai and Lionel Laurent in Paris; Additional reporting by Shanghai newsroom and Christian Plumb in Paris; Editing by Louise Ireland


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Waste Management aims to turn trash into energy
By any measure, Waste Management is a giant in the U.S. garbage collection and recycling business, but its future may lie in a different service: turning trash into energy.
That helps explain why the Houston company recently has been boosting investments in technologies that can convert much of what goes in the landfill into fuels, electricity and other energy products.
While those investments are still relatively small for a firm that collected $12.5 billion in revenue last year and 100 million tons of trash, they highlight a shift in the way the country's biggest garbage hauler views its business as well as waste itself.
"In my mind, it's pretty simple why we're doing it: If we don't figure it out, somebody is, and they'll take the waste away from us. If we lose the waste, we've certainly lost the business," said Carl Rush, vice president of the company's organic growth group, the chief vehicle for its energy investments.
The shift in thinking comes at a time when U.S. landfill collections are hitting a plateau as Americans recycle more, consumer products makers reduce packaging and many large corporations adopt "zero waste" goals.
Demand for renewable energy and fuels also is increasing, in response both to regulations requiring them and to public concerns about the nation's reliance on fossil fuels and their environmental impact.
The confluence of trends has pushed Waste Management's leaders to take a hard look at where the company is headed, and has brought a slow and sometimes reluctant culture change to a business that had been set in its ways.
"Five years ago it would have been, 'just put it in a hole and don't worry about it,' " Rush said. Today, company officials try to avoid even using the term trash. Instead, it's "materials" or "resources," he said.
"It's remarkable to me to see the change that's taken place just in the mind-set of the people in this company."
Waste Management's energy portfolio can be divided into two broad categories, existing and emerging.
In the first, the company operates 17 waste-to-energy plants that incinerate garbage to generate electricity. It also collects methane gas from 129 landfills and turns it into electricity, which it sends to the grid for public use.
Combined, those projects produce enough energy to power 1.1 million homes - more than the U.S. solar industry. And the company has a goal to double that by 2020.
The emerging side, however, is where Rush and his team are placing their focus. Their goal is to identify and invest in technologies that can convert more materials in the waste stream into energy resources - and they've placed many bets in the last few years. Among them:
Terrabon, a Houston firm that has developed an acid fermentation process that converts organic waste into a gasoline nearly identical to its petroleum-based counterpart.
Agilyx, an Oregon firm that makes a crude oil substitute from waste plastics.
Enerkem, a Canadian company that can make ethanol from municipal solid waste and wood chips.
Waste Management also has its own pilot plant in Oklahoma that converts landfill gas to diesel fuel for its trash collection trucks. And it's in a joint venture with Linde in an Altamont, Calif., plant that turns landfill gas into liquefied natural gas and powers 1,000 garbage trucks there.
The list goes on. The company now has a portfolio of nearly 30 acquisitions, joint ventures and investment projects at various stages of development. Rush won't disclose the actual amount Waste Management has spent on the projects, but he said typical outlays have been $5 million to $10 million each.
Most of the technologies aren't yet contributing to the bottom line. But several should start production within the next two years, he said. As they grow, the goal will be to integrate them into Waste Management sites and capture more revenue. "That's sort of the next phase," Rush said.
But some analysts are getting antsy to see a return on the investments. "I'm not seeing any benefit from it probably for three to five years," said Michael E. Hoffman, who follows the company for Memphis, Tenn.-based Wunderlich Securities. "That's a long time for investors."
While he agrees with the longer-term strategy of extracting more value from landfills, he believes the company should have kept the investments quiet until they were closer to commercialization.
Amol Deshpande, a partner at Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, said that may be sooner than many people think.
Kleiner Perkins has partnered with Waste Management on several waste-to-energy projects, and commends the trash hauler for picking up on trends that are gaining momentum around the world and within the investment community.
"It's what any very good, forward-looking management team would do," he said. "It's about being prepared for where the industry is eventually going."

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GOP senators prod Brown to run
Defeated Sen. Scott Brown's GOP colleagues are already recruiting him to run for John Kerry's Senate seat.
Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.) personally implored Brown this month to run again. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), a mentor who serves with Brown on the Armed Services Committee, will soon make a similar pitch. And retiring Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) has asked him about a possible return, saying Brown's moderate voice and record of bipartisanship are sorely needed in the gridlocked chamber.
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"I didn't get a definite answer," Coats said Friday. "He said, 'Well, thanks for the advice.'"
President Barack Obama's official nomination of Kerry as secretary of state triggered a flurry of speculation and behind-the-scenes jockeying over who might replace the senior senator from Massachusetts, who's almost certain to receive a smooth confirmation from his fellow senators.
A poll this week showed Brown would beat top Bay State Democrats including Gov. Deval Patrick and Brown's 2010 special election foe, Attorney General Martha Coakley, if the election were held today. Patrick has already said he will not run.
The Democratic primary could be a free-for-all. Reps. Michael Capuano, Stephen Lynch and Ed Markey are all believed to be mulling a run, though Markey — the dean of the Massachusetts delegation — may be the only one who makes a serious bid, sources said. Lynch is against abortion, which could complicate his chances.
Others floated include actor and Massachusetts native Ben Affleck and lesser-known names like state Sen. Ben Downing and former Taunton City Councilor Dave Simas, who worked as a policy adviser in the Obama White House.
"Congressman Capuano is looking forward to spending the holidays with his family and talking with them about his future," said his district director, Jon Lenicheck. "Sen. John Kerry has served the commonwealth with great distinction and the congressman knows he will be an excellent secretary of state."
Kennedy allies have been talking up Ted Kennedy Jr. as a possible successor; his father served alongside Kerry from 1985 until his death in 2009. The younger Kennedy was on hand for the failed Senate vote earlier this month of the United Nations disability treaty, a cause championed by Kerry. But Kennedy Jr., a lawyer and investment banker, currently lives in Connecticut and would have to move.


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RI Hospital: Standardized road test results differ from older adults' natural driving
If you're thinking that little old lady driving 35 miles per hour in the passing lane shouldn't be behind the wheel, you may be right. Studies at Rhode Island Hospital, and elsewhere, have shown that our driving abilities decline with age, and for those with cognitive issues such as dementia, it can be even worse.
A standardized road test – much like the one teenagers take to receive their learner's permit and driver's license – is often used to measure an individual's performance, including those of older adults. But researchers at the Rhode Island Hospital's Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Disorders Center went a step further, installing cameras in the personal vehicles of test subjects for two weeks, and then comparing their performance to the standardized test. The study is published in the November 2012 issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
"Many older people don't like to drive far from their homes, they like to stay in their comfort zone," said lead author Jennifer Davis, Ph.D., of the department of psychiatry at Rhode Island Hospital. "They don't drive many miles, and they often avoid driving at night. Taking them out of that comfort zone and placing them in an environment of formal test-taking – one which carries with it potentially life-altering consequences (loss of their driver's license)—may lead to significant anxiety, which in itself could impair their driving abilities."
Davis and her colleagues worked with an independent driving instructor who completed the standardized tests with 103 older adults, some healthy and some with mild cognitive impairment. The researchers then observed the drivers in their natural driving state – in their own vehicles going about their daily routines. The driving instructor compared the videos to each participant's test results and found that the majority of the drivers fared better when driving their own vehicles.
Not surprisingly, the individuals with cognitive impairment had more errors on both the road test and naturalistic driving compared to cognitively healthy older adults. However, the cognitively impaired participants had a greater number of more severe errors on the standardized test than in their natural driving, suggesting that the standardized test may be more cognitively demanding than natural driving.
"It's natural to worry about older adults behind the wheel, even more so if they appear to have memory or cognitive issues, or have been formally diagnosed as such," Davis said. "But many of the people in our study drove safely.
"Receiving a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease shouldn't result in an automatic revocation of an individual's driver's license," she said. "Rather, it should emphasize the importance of monitoring an older person's driving, so that he or she can safely maintain their mobility and independence for as long as possible."
Researchers note that this is the first study to compare standardized driving tests with natural driving, and requires further study.


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Also, the first lady said the Military Spouse Employment Partnership has committed to employing 20,000 military spouses by 2014. Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, helped launch the partnership at the Chamber of Commerce last summer. The partnership includes nearly 100 employers, including Microsoft, Home Depot and Citi, as well as franchises like UPS, Guidant Financial and Data Doctors.
Today's announcement follows Mrs. Obama's Oct. 19 announcement on Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., that the American Logistics Association and its 270 affiliate employers have committed to hiring 25,000 veterans and military spouses by 2013. The commitments are in response to the president's challenge last summer for the private sector to hire 100,000 veterans by 2013 as part of the Joining Forces campaign the first lady and Dr. Biden created to focus support on military families.
Also today, the first lady announced the launch of the Veterans Job Bank, an open online resource supported by nearly a dozen technology and job search companies, including Simply Hired, Monster and others, to help veterans and military spouses search job openings from committed employers based on their location and skills. The Job Bank is designed with an easy-to-use approach that enticed companies like Guidant Financial and Data Doctors to quickly tag their postings, now part of more than 550,000 jobs available to veterans and military spouses, according to a White House news release.
"When we think about what we're announcing today -- 100,000 new jobs committed and 550,000 searchable jobs online -- those aren't just numbers," Mrs. Obama said. "There are millions of Americans all across this country who are working hard every day to find new ways to honor military families' service.
"All of this is adding up, and thanks to the IFA and MSEP, they're part of the wave of support forming that stretches across this country," she added.
Obama said the hiring initiatives would not stop even as employers pledge above the president's challenge.
"To the veterans and spouses who might not feel these efforts in your own lives just yet, those of you who might be wondering if this wave will ever reach you, I want you to know today that I won't stop, and all of the people joining me here today won't stop," she said. "We will keep working until this wave of support reaches every single veteran and every single military family in this nation.
Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue said the Hiring Our Heroes initiative is working closely with Joining Forces to ensure that veterans and military spouses have employment opportunities.
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Angram- So sorry to hear about little Audrey. Poor thing. I hope the tubes in the end will help her ear infections. Boy did she learn all kinds of things in just a months time. Watch your mouth mamma:)
Neffi- Oh, I think glasses is SO cute on LO's!!!! I know your frusteration, we only want the best for our LO's.
Gracies She now only wakedfavorite thing right now is to squat. Its the cutest thing ever!!! To see her little butt sticking out to keep balance. She'll squat for 45 mins while playing with something. The girl can laugh so hard and so loud its so funny. DH and I will get her laughing and she will pee her pants (I can smell it). We had Gracie eating some table foods until I gave her cheerios, puffs and yogurt melts. Now I cant get her to eat anything else!!!!! She wont eat anything that is squishy, she only likes crunchy things and things that dont make her hands messy.
We had an issue of her waking every 10 mins for months so the Dr told me to let her cry and not go in there. Its going well, the longest she has cried so far is about 25 mins. I still rock her to sleep at night though. She now only wakes about 4 times, one night she slept through the night. Hoping this works.
Gracie is still not walking, still just taking 2-3 steps. She cruises all over the house, on the walls, furniture, anything that she can touch with just one hand she will cruise it. Its hard to get things done at this stage. I used to be able to sit her in the kitchen floor with toys and do dishes, coke or whatever, not anymore!!!! Now, I dont know what to do with her?
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The paving is the second phase of the project. One lane will be closed, with flaggers directing traffic. DOT said in a press release that motorists should expect moderate to significant travel delays and should seek alternate routes when possible.
The first phase of the project involved recycling the existing asphalt. It caused minimal traffic delays, DOT said.
Work is expected to be completed by mid-September.
Motorists are reminded that fines are doubled for speeding in a work zone. In accordance with the Work Zone Safety Act of 2005, convictions of two or more speeding violations in a work zone could result in the suspension of an individual's driver's license.
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Is the Guy You're With a Keeper?
In two hours, Jason and I will determine whether we'll stay together or split up. We enter the office of Bill Doherty, Ph.D., director of the Minnesota Couples on the Brink Project at the University of Minnesota in St. Paul, and perch nervously on opposite ends of the couch. Doherty, a soft-spoken man with gray hair, thanks us for coming and then cuts right to the chase: "Why are you two considering a divorce?"
Doherty isn't your typical marriage counselor. He's the pioneer of a new kind of therapy called discernment counseling. Its groundbreaking premise: help couples decide in just one to five sessions whether to stay together. "Traditional therapy assumes that you want to work on your relationship, but about a third of couples find themselves on the fence," Doherty says. "They're reluctant to break up, but they're not sure they want to fix things, either, so they're stuck in limbo." Discernment counseling forces the issue—key for us, because, like so many couples, we're guilty of letting our relationship roll forward without ever actually deciding this is what we want. And the therapy works at warp speed. In less than half a day, Jason and I will determine if we're going to commit to each other or if we'd rather call it quits.
Doherty starts with a joint session where Jason and I share our backstory: After meeting at work 12 years ago, we went back and forth between being friends and being more. Once we coupled up, we hemmed and hawed over whether to move in together, then over whether to marry and have kids. By my mid-30s, my aging egg supply decided for us: We shelved the birth control. A year later, we were engaged and expecting a child, neither of us quite sure how we'd gotten there.
Once I was pregnant, I tell Doherty, Jason started hitting the bars every other night, and I morphed into a nag: "Why are you acting like a frat boy? When are you going to grow up?" These confrontations highlighted our growing divide—I'd be left in tears while he stormed back to the bar. I felt abandoned, I explain to Doherty, and envisioned giving birth alone.
Jason was there for the birth of our daughter, but the night he brought me home from the hospital, he insisted on going out for a drink. When we got married a few weeks later, I told myself it was the right thing to do; we had a child now. But my heart, which had been incrementally closing off to him, wasn't in it. In the months that followed the ceremony, I began to funnel all of my attention into our daughter, leaving my husband alone on the sidelines, confused and angry.
Doherty asks Jason to leave the room so he can talk to me alone. "A lot of couples fall into this trap of sliding into marriage," Doherty says. "It's not the same as really thinking it over and coming to a decision." He gently points out that a lot of my unhappiness has to do with my not being really "in" our marriage. Yes, Jason's partying was out of line, but why didn't I ever tell him how close I was to leaving him? Doherty asks. The answer is uncomfortably clear: I didn't speak up because I had one foot out the door.
While I was pregnant, I thought, Hey, we're not married. I can leave if I want to. I thought I'd created an escape hatch. But really, I'd fashioned a trap: I felt that his partying was his problem, not ours, and therefore it wasn't my place to tell him to fix it. Even after we married, I didn't consider us a unit forever—we tied the knot because that was the next logical step. But now I see that not fully committing to Jason is what's really hurting us.
Doherty tells me I need to decide: Do I want to be with Jason? I think back to the man I first met. A guy who on our first date whipped out a photo album and introduced me to his entire family, a guy who would regularly pluck construction cones off the street and use them to announce to the block that he loved me. Do I want to be his wife? I realize that, yes, I do. And for the first time, I'm 100 percent invested. But does Jason feel the same?
Once my one-on-one session is done, it's Jason's turn. Then we're both called in for a wrap-up. "First of all, I'd like to apologize for my behavior during your pregnancy," Jason says. "It was selfish." He's going to make an effort to curb his drinking, so he can be the partner I need. After he's done talking, I apologize to him for not speaking up sooner about how unhappy I was. I vow to stop nagging him and instead tell him what I want: "I'd really like you to stay home tonight." Jason and I both decide to go all in and do whatever it takes to make our marriage work.
Doherty agrees that this is the right decision. "You've got a lot going for you," he says. "It's amazing how much this one issue—commitment or lack of it—can hurt a relationship. People think it's all about love, but love isn't enough if you aren't truly in it together."
Jason and I leave Doherty's office holding hands. But our work isn't over: For the next six months, we see a counselor regularly to help us rebuild and strengthen our bond. It's a work in progress, but just taking divorce off the table has helped. After all, if you're on the fence, it's hard to put your heart in it and try. To do that, you have to make a choice. Then commit.
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A spokesman for New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez says she and her husband were not injured when a small private airplane carrying them to Santa Fe landed without its gears down.
Martinez spokesman Scott Darnell said in a statement that the Republican governor and her husband, Chuck Franco, were aboard a single-engine plane Wednesday night when the aircraft was forced to make a hard landing.
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A brilliant weekend from being met at the airport on Wednesday meant thorough 5* service from GPA. Can't fault the traveling with GPA and would so so again, definitely recommended. A fabulous weekend, many thanks!
Many thanks Kenneth for an absolutely fantastic time over the Monaco weekend. You totally delivered! Short of giving us orange boiler suits and brooms, you couldn't have put us closer to the action or in a more perfect spot for qualifying and the race. And the Red Bull pit, Energy Centre and JBT yacht experience was a day like no other. So perfect was it all, that I started to wonder if you even controlled the weather.
As usual FANTASTIC!!!! Brilliant race, lots of action, lovely guest company, champagne and strawberries in one of the most iconic places in the world! - Monaco 2010,11,12,13,14
GPA have been outstanding and we cannot thank you guys enough for the hospitality. We've made new friends and it truly has been a trip of a lifetime, THANK YOU! :-)
We have just returned from Singapore with GPA and Kenny McLeod and we had the best few days you can imagine. From the minute we got into the Emirates car to go to the airport the arrangements were superb. We had a top class hotel, amazing hospitality suite with views of 6 corners for the practices, qualifying and final race. We met some stunning people who were such fun to be with and shared our love of the whole F1 experience. We had many hilarious moments, shared laughter and of course the seriously tense race moments. We couldn't fault any part of the trip and anyone considering going to a Grand Prix must talk to Kenny first before going anywhere else. Simply the best - 2012, 2013 Singapore & Monaco
Thanks Ken, Singapore for the past 4 years with you and now Monaco too - love what you do and I know you love what you do! Keep it up, see you in Singapore! - 2013, 12. 11, 10, 09, 08 Singapore, Monaco, Silverstone
Monaco in 2006, 2008 & 2009 - WOW! We had a truly amazing time every time. The Fairmont Monte Carlo is simply sensational to stay in and to watch from. We're so impressed we've also done Singapore in 2009 & 2010....and we'll be back again for more in 2011 Kenneth! I've no hesitation in recommending your company to others thinking of attending a Grand Prix, you do it all so perfectly. - 2013,12,11,10,09,08,07,06 Monaco, Singapore
Monaco in 2008 & 2009 from the Fairmont, Silverstone hospitality with celebrities and Singapore for a week with the best views I can think of - I keep coming back for more because GPA know how to look after their customers well, see you again in 2011! - Monaco & Singapore 2008,09,10,11,12
This was a once-in-a-lifetime surprise trip for my husbands birthday. I was so pleased to see his excitement as to how close we were to the cars and how we were treated as true VIP's. It was a truly fantastic & exciting experience. Thank you GPA for making it possible. - Monaco 2010
Thanks Kenny, really appreciate you taking care of Polly & me during the Grand Prix this year, next time we'll get in with McLaren or Red Bull yeah? - Silverstone 2010
Hi Kenny, wanted to write and say what a great time we've had with you at the past Monaco Grand Prix, our group really appreciated everything - especially reuniting us with the lost bag at Nice Airport. Looking forward to seeing you again later this year at the Monaco GP, can't wait for the season to start! - Monaco & Silverstone 2009,10 & 11
Very impressed by whole package and would highly recommend. Fairmont Hotel a top spot to view and be entertained. Didn't know if being at a "slow" corner was the right thing, but now I am absolutely certain - what a spectacular place to watch from, thanks so much for your amazing organising skills, don't know how you manage to make it all look so easy! - Monaco 2009
"I just wanted to thank you for organising our trip to Nice and Monaco last weekend. Anne and I enjoyed the trip and the GP experience very much, and had huge respect for the thoroughness of your organisation and attention to detail, I hope you and your team had a good time amongst all the stress of being the organiser." - Monaco 2008
"On Thursday morning we were enjoying what must be the best view in Formula 1 from the roof of the Cafe de Paris. Having an audience with DC at the end of the day was the icing on the cake. We thought that the Thursday would be a hard act to follow but the balcony view and hospitality over the race weekend were superb." - Monaco 2007
"I just wanted to say again how much both Johan and I were impressed with GPAs arrangements for the Monaco Grand Prix. Everything worked to perfection on travel logistics, excellent choice of hotel with hair pin curve view and superb viewing from the balcony. I had high expectations but you and GPA exceeded them. I will certainly be recommending you to all my friends with an interest in F1 racing." - Monaco 2006
Had such a great time in Monaco with you I did wonder how you'd manage to beat that....but you managed it with an amazing time in Singapore. The track walk, the pit lane visit and best of all, that amazing view! Loved the delicious food and whilst not a clubber myself, young Paul had a blast at the GPA table on the 75th floor - thanks Kenny, we'll see you again. - Monaco & Singapore 2005 & 2010
"The balcony, view, catering and service were all top class, and my guests and I thoroughly enjoyed the 2 days with GPA; I'm sure that F1 Racing Magazine will be looking to continue this relationship in future years, and I would have no hesitation in recommending GPA to anyone looking to get a real taste of what the Monaco Grand Prix is all about!" - Monaco 2005
"Didn't know if I was doing the right thing booking this but for sure this has been the best experience I've had at any Grand Prix - I had tears in my eyes as the cars passed by at Loews Hairpin. I've been to so many sporting events but I have to say that your organisation is significantly better than anything I've experienced, and so friendly too - I will be back!" - Monaco 2004 & 2006
Hey Kenny - Elaine and I wanted to email to let you know we were SO impressed with everything you organised for the Monaco Grand Prix - remind me again how we ended up at the McLaren team party? I know it was at Coulthard's hotel but that seems beyond even you! You really should consider doing this professionally, I've never had so much fun ...... you're like that shampoo that Schumacher uses, really worth it... - Monaco 2003
Monaco GP. This magical event is held in the month of May each year and is so popular with F1 racing fans all over the world! The Monaco Grand Prix still remains one of the most exciting spectacles on the F1 calendar.
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Cairns Airport
3 June, 2019
Millions across the world watched her run into medal contention with a gutsy display in Hyde Park in 2012, that ultimately fell ten seconds short of the Olympic bronze medal and an additional two seconds away from gold. After a disappointing DNF in Rio four years later, Sarah found herself at a sporting cross road, as many elite athletes do.
"The transition from life as a professional athlete to no longer being a professional athlete is a really challenging one and a couple of years ago, I was definitely faced with that choice 'Do I move on or do I give this new thing a try?' And if I am giving it a try, it is not because I am scared of what comes next after sport. It is because I choose to do it and out of love for the sport and a desire to keep competing."
That 'thing' Sarah was talking about is IRONMAN racing.
"When I retired right after the Rio Olympics, I would have had a good career by any standards. So the foray into long course racing just feels like a bonus. It is almost like a second career in some ways and I feel fortunate that I have been able to do it well."
"I felt tremendous pressure as an ITU athlete especially at the Olympic Games because there is so much that goes into it and so many external expectations. Whereas the focus on IRONMAN has been far more personal and anything from this point on, is just the cherry on top of a pretty solid career."
Sarah watched other ITU athletes before her make the transition to IRONMAN and some managed it well and some didn't, so she was well aware it was a trip into the unknown. But one she was happy to make.
"The only way you know you are going to be any good at IRONMAN is by doing IRONMAN. I really loved ITU and I didn't know if I would love the training and racing for long course in the same way. But I have been pleasantly surprised to find out that it is a totally different set of challenges and a set of challenges that I have really enjoyed. What is exciting about triathlon is that we have so many different possibilities for racing and we are very fortunate to be able to do the same sport but in a very different formats," she said.
Never one to miss an opportunity to race on the big stage Sarah decided her IRONMAN debut would the IRONMAN European Championship in Frankfurt.
"There were times in that first race in Frankfurt where I was thinking 'What have I got myself into?' My longest bike until then was maybe 140-150km, so as I am riding I am thinking I am four hours into this bike and I still have to run a marathon after this. And at that point I had never run more than 32km."
"It was the longest bike of my life and the longest run of my life and putting them together was just one of the craziest and most exciting things. You are just laughing at yourself for having bitten off this huge challenge, but it just tells you what the human body is capable of. It is pretty cool," she recalled.
Although a distant second to IRONMAN superstar Daniela Ryf, Frankfurt was the introduction she needed and three months later she lined up at the IRONMAN World Championship finishing a stunning fourth on debut.
"Kona is the world's biggest triathlon party and it totally exceeded my expectations in terms of how much love for triathlon can be present in one event. That is what makes it special you have a whole bunch of people there who are dedicated to the sport and you have a small town in Hawaii completely overrun with triathletes. There are very few experiences like it. That and the London Olympics, where they were six people deep and you couldn't hear yourself think because of the noise. Those two experiences are very similar. You can't think because you are so overwhelmed with noise, activity and excitement."
"The biggest lesson I learned from 2018 is that I can finish an IRONMAN and I can do it pretty well. Last year I raced very conservatively because it was all very new and uncertain so this year, I would like to push myself a little bit harder. I also learned the importance of nutrition and pacing in the heat of Kona. Every race brings new experience and a new appreciation for the distance."
With her 2019 Kona qualification a major priority, Sarah has some serious business to conduct in only her third IRONMAN, but she is also aware of the enormous fringe benefits of racing in Cairns and Tropical North Queensland.
"There is some good competition, it is a beautiful place and I really enjoy championship races. I find them fun, I find them exciting and because this is a championship race it was a good incentive to come down," she said.
"If you are going to race an IRONMAN it is certainly is nice to do it in some place beautiful. I drove the bike course the other day and the opportunity to ride your bike on that course without any cars is going to be something pretty special. My challenge will be focusing on the bike and not looking at the scenery."
"Frankfurt was similar to Cairns in that it was a four lap run course and it makes it so much more enjoyable if you are running a marathon and have that crowd support. It makes a massive difference and I am really looking forward to it," she said.


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Duth Aireagail: The Countryside of the Oratory
Duarrigle Castle was erected in 1806 by Thomas Justice, and incorporates remains of a towerhouse built by the O'Keeffes in the sixteenth century. Its remains stand by the edge of a steep cliff over the river Blackwater and are approached from the north west thruogh an imposing castellated entrance, guarded by a large gate lodge. Duarrigle castle consists of a two bay two storey block, and a three bay three storey block, linked by a tall round castellated turrett. The doorway is in the forst bay of the three storey block and lit by a fanlight in the shape of an ogee arch. A set of limestone steps with curved wrought iron railings leads to the entrance. The mullioned double windows with hood mouldings also have ogee heads and finely moulded limestone surrounds. A plaque in the east wall reads: "Thomas Holmes Justice Castelum Duaragil reparavit AD 1806". Near the castle is a high wall with a castellated arch. Another curved, wall contains a cellar type room with a vaulted ceiling.
In older days is was one of the castles of the O'Keeffes, who also owned Dromagh and Dromsicane nearby, and they appear to have built it in the sixteenth century. In 1576 it was owned by Art O'Keeffe, chief of the clan, who was succeeded by Art Oge (died 1610): Manus (died 1636) and then Daniel. The latter lost the lands in 1654: recovered them on the Restoration, but unfortunately died before he could take them over. The lands were finally confiscated after 1692, and eventually disposed of by the Hollow Sword Blade Company. Abraham Dickson was the purchaser and in 1712 he left it to his grand-nephew Hugh Dickson (Bishop of Cloyne). By 1728 they were owned by Henry Bishop of Cloyne who made them over to James Maule. After that they passed to Henry Wrixon who gave a lease to Thomas Justice.
The castle and lands passed to Henry Chimmery Justice of Gurrane House, Derrinagree, who lived in and worked as a barrister in Dublin, and who died there in 1859. He left the castle to his sister Ellen ( Mrs Wallis) and she in time passed it on to her daughters, Mrs Moriarty and Mrs Crofts.
Eventually it passed to the Land Commission, who sold it to a daughter of the O'Callaghans of Kanturk. She had married a Greek and rejoiced in the name of Madame Halikiopolo. She died about 1950 but not before she had got a happy reputation for noteworthy tea parties. No other use could be found for the house so it was sold in 1955 to the Houlihans, who dismantled the castle roof and moved into the gate lodge.
Also referred to as: Dhuarigle Castle, Duarrigle Castle, Duarigle Castle
In Irish it's name is Dubh-aireagal, meaning black habitation or oratory
You can see the walls of Duarrigle Castle on Google Maps below, amongst the woods overlooking the Blackwater:
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Access / contact: The castle is on private property. We don't currently have contact details for people wishing to visit the castle (please send it to us if you have details)
Getting There:
- Starting in the Square, Millstreet, go west for 200m (towards the church)
- Turn right at the bottom of the hill for the train station
- continue straight for 6km until you cross the River Blackwater
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2014 Outdoor: Earned a bronze medal in the triple jump and finished fifth in the long jump at the 2014 America East Outdoor Track and Field Championships… Placed third in the triple jump with a career-best leap of 14.52m (47'7.75) to claim the seventh-best jump in Retriever program history… Posted his best jump in the long jump competition at the conference meet at Vermont with a leap of 6.82m (22'4.5").
2013-14 Indoor: Won a silver medal in the triple jump and placed fifth in the long jump at the 2014 America East Indoor Track and Field Championships… Set a new career-best in the triple jump with a leap of 14.40m (47'3") at the conference meet in New York to move into a tie for sixth in the UMBC record book… Also recorded a career-best in long jump with a leap of 6.90m (22'7.75") to move up into a tie for fifth in the school records.
2013 Outdoor: Finished in a tied for 14th in the long jump at the 2013 America East Championships… Recorded a season-best leap of 6.30m (20'8.00") while placing seventh in the event at the Big Dawg Invitational at UMBC Stadium.
2012-13 Indoor: Finished eighth in the 60m dash after posting a season-best time of 7.10 in the prelims at the 2013 America East Indoor Championships… Also placed 11th in the long jump competition at the conference meet… Posted his best leap in the long jump event, 6.75m (22'1.75), at the Terrapin Invitational.
2011 Outdoor: Set a top personal performance time of 11.66 in the 100m dash at the MSU Legacy... Finished 12th overall, 6.33m (20'9.25), in the long jump at the America East Championships.
2010-11 Indoor: Finished fourth overall, 6.72m (22'0.75"), in the long jump at the NYRR Saturday Night at the Armory event... Finished sixth overall, 7.18, in the 60m dash at the 10th Annual Gulden Relays.
Background: Earned the Most Valubale Player award at the 2010 Potomac Valley Athletic Competition in 2010… Earned the Most Outstanding Player honor at the 2010 Draper Invitational…Helped lead his team to a third place finish in the conference in 2009… Earned First-Team All-PVAC for soccer in 2009.
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IPL franchise Mumbai Indians is among the world's 150 most valuable sports team brands according to a list topped by English football giants Manchester United, which has a brand value of $852 millions.
In the assessment of brand values of all major sports teams worldwide done by a London-based brand valuation firm, the Mukesh Ambani-owned team found the 146th position with a brand value worth $48 millions, followed by Chennai Super Kings at $45 millions.
The firm, Brand Finance plc, had compiled the list of the world's 250 most valuable sports teams, including football clubs and teams from the NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB and the Indian Premier League as on June 1 last year.
The inaugural IPL champions, Rajasthan Royals ($27 millions), have the least brand value among the other teams in the competition.
Despite cricket being one of the the world's biggest sport, the total value of IPL teams is just $321 million, the research claimed.
As per the average team brand value for different sports, the cricket event has $35 million brand value.


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Swim Start/Transition:
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Town Square 50 South Main
St. George, UT 84770
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Spectators will have access to the swim venue at Sand Hollow State Park from SR9 and SR7.
The access from SR9 will be closed between 7 AM and 11 AM. The SR7 (Southern Parkway) will remain open throughout the event. SR7 can be accessed in Washington from 300 East, and Washington Dam Road.
Spectator parking will be able to park in Sand Hallow, please expect delays if you choose to park there.
There will not be parking at 3150 as in years past.
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Lecture: Petrushka
Stefan Karpe speaks about the story and music of Stravinsky´s Petrushka, which The Royal Academic Orchestra performs in the Grand Auditorium of the University Main Building and in Gottsunda Centre on 26 October.
The Royal Academic Orchestra: Petrushka
The Royal Academic Orchestra performs Stravinsky´s Petrushka in Gottsunda Center and the University Main Building.
School holiday fun - plant a Christmas bulb
Start a bulb and make it blossom at Christmas. Plant it in a pot, create and decorate a cone which will provide darkness that will encourage the bulb to blossom. Suitable for ages 6 to 15, the Tropical Greenhouse.
Philosophy tea – Arundhati Roy
This autumn Professor Peter Wallensteen and Lecturer Daniel Ogden will continue their popular Philosophy Tea talks
Museum Day in the rainforest
Explore plants from the South. On Museum Day, the theme is FLAVOUR and all museums in Uppsala offer free entrance.
Philosophy tea – Immanuel Kant
This autumn Professor Peter Wallensteen and Lecturer Daniel Ogden will continue their popular Philosophy Tea talks.
An air of Christmas in the Orangery
Take a break from your Christmas preparations! Enjoy bulbs in bloom, Christmas lights and lovely scents. Get inspired by flower arrangements, admire the creativity of the childrens' decorations, or buy an Amaryllis for your home.
Chamber music at Musicum
Members of the Royal Academic Orchestra play chamber music accompanied by the pianists Anna Christensson and Andreas Kreuger.
Christmas tunes with the Royal Academic Orchestra
The Royal Academic Orchestra invites you to a Christmas concert with sing-along and a beautiful classical Christmas repertoire, which includes music by Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker and music known from TV and movies.
A New Year at the Tropical Greenhouse
Forget winter for a while in the green, light and warm environment of the Tropical Greenhouse. Take a stroll through the rainforest or charge your batteries by the banana tree and meditate to the song of frogs.
Volunteer in Linnaeus' meadows
Help us to tidy up Carl Linnaeus' meadows efter the winter. We clear the meadows from branches, rake them, light fires and learn more about 18th century farming. There are hot dogs and soft drinks for all helpers. Don't miss out on a great opportunity to experience Swedish spring in a vibrant historical environment!
The Linnaean garden season begins 2020
Meet spring in the Linnaean Gardens of Uppsala. Enjoy the seasonal flowers, explore Carl Linnaeus' homes in town and in the country and have a "fika" or lunch in the garden cafés.
The Hammarby Day
Family day at Linnaeus' Hammarby. Learn about beehives and make homes for pollinating insects.
Many of the plants that are considered Linnaean relicts and part of the genetic material he used for his research blossom at this time of year at Linnaeus' Hammarby. See this year's art exhibition, and join a guided tour of the manor house in English at 12.30.
A Linnaean Garden Party 2020
Time travel to the 18th century, hear the rustle of silk skirts, see silver shoe buckles glisten, and sample artisan foods. Meet scientists, experiment, and learn more about Linnaean science. Guided tour in English at 11.30 and 14.30.


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Welcome to the West Texas A&M University Teaching Excellence Center (TEC). The TEC was established in 2009 as a resource to support teaching and learning across the University campus through workshops, seminars, discussion and review of quality materials. The Center will also provide consulting services and peer observation opportunities for enhancing teaching. Currently, the TEC will provide materials virtually through this website. We hope that the Teaching Excellence Center will provide support and encourage your efforts to support the student centered mission of West Texas A&M University.
The mission of the TEC is to promote effective teaching and engaged learning through support of faculty as they strive to provide valuable learning experiences for our students. Our goals include supporting faculty needs through workshops, materials, seminars, small group discussions, and consultations as needed by departments, programs or on an individual basis.
Fall 2019 Faculty Development
This year's Fall Faculty Development program will take place on Wednesday, August 21, from 9-11am in the Alumni Banquet Facility. The topic is "The WT Classroom: Resources, Options, and Stormcellars."
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Department of Revenue News Release
July 15, 2010Springfield and Poplar Bluff License Offices Awarded Using Competitive Bidding Process
JEFFERSON CITY - One local motor vehicle and license office will remain under the guidance of its current agent while another office will have new management. The winning proposals for both offices were chosen as part of a reformed, competitive bidding process for all of Missouri's local license offices.
Alternative Opportunities, Inc. will continue to be the agent for the Springfield License Office, which is located in Room 252 of the Landers State Office Building at 149 Park Central Sq. The Springfield not-for-profit corporation provides a variety of services for youth, veterans and the physically challenged, and it has been the office agent since August of 2009.
The winning bid for the Springfield office was one of three initially submitted, and two of the bidders did not respond to additional requests for information during the bidding process. The contract with the state is good for one year, and the state has the right to renew the contract for three additional one-year periods. According to figures from Fiscal Year 2009, an estimated 66,477 transactions were conducted at the office during FY 2009, and $228,180 in contract agent processing fees were generated.
The Poplar Bluff License Office has been awarded to a new agent, the Three Rivers Endowment Trust. The trust will benefit Three Rivers Community College. The winning bid was one of two submitted, and the new office will be located at 2218 N. Westwood Blvd. An estimated 74,382 transactions were conducted at the office in FY 2009, and the office generated $251,810 in agent fees.
Bidders have the option of returning a portion of an office's revenues to the state. Alternative Opportunities' winning bid for the Springfield office included a 6 percent ($13,690) annual return to the state, and the Three Rivers Endowment Trust's bid included a 5 percent ($12,590) return. More than $1 million is estimated to be returned to the state in the first full year of operations from the 183 license offices statewide.
The Springfield and Poplar Bluff License Offices were two of 10 offices initially awarded in 2009 that are being re-bid at the request of the Missouri Department of Revenue because of incomplete information provided by the winning bidder during the first round of bidding. Six of the 10 offices have been re-awarded.
Details about changes in office operations, if any, will be announced by the agents.
Although Gov. Jay Nixon authorized the Department of Revenue to implement the new bidding system in January of 2009, it didn't become part of state law until legislation was signed by the Governor in July of 2009. The new law was overwhelmingly approved by both Republican and Democratic members of the Missouri Legislature.
Alana M. Barragán-Scott, director of the Department of Revenue, noted the overall success of the bidding process.
"The open competition for the license offices has resulted in new management ideas and better financial returns from the offices," she said. "Incumbent agents and new competitors have presented business plans, and all these actions benefit the citizens who conduct business at these offices."
All local license offices provide services that are overseen by the Department of Revenue, but each office is operated by an independent contractor. Transactions that are conducted at these offices include the issuance and renewal of driver licenses, issuance of titles for motor vehicles, and the issuance and renewal of registration for motor vehicles, boats and outboard motors.
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The Sony Vaio VGN-NW270F/S is a stylish, spacious laptop for high-definition fans with low budgets. For a reasonable $699 at Best Buy, the Vaio NW270 outclasses the majority of its mainstream competition by including a Blu-ray drive. Blu-ray movies look crisp and sharp on its wide-screen 15.5-inch display, and they even sound respectable using the Vaio NW270's integrated speakers. Our only real disappointment is with the laptop's battery life; we'd like to see Sony do what Toshiba does with its Satellite E105-S1802 and include a long-running eight-cell battery that sits flush with the system.
Aside from the BD-ROM drive, the rest of the NW270's configuration follows the standard mainstream recipe of the day: Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB of memory, and integrated Intel graphics driving Windows 7 Home Premium. It's thin and light for its size, making it worth considering for a primary, do-it-all laptop, but the best usage scenario for the Sony Vaio VGN-NW270F/S is as a smaller, cheaper alternative to a 17- or 18-inch desktop replacement.
Calling a laptop stylish can be an insult because it could mean it's overdesigned to the point where it interferes with its functionality. The Vaio NW270 boasts a unique look and feel but remains comfortable and easy to use. The plastic chassis is textured, with a grooved pattern looks like a fine wood grain, almost bamboolike in appearance. The textured plastic covers the lid as well as the keyboard deck. This model is silver; you can also fine the same configuration in white, pink, and brown.
The touch pad, too, is textured, but in its case, it's a grid of raised dots. The feel is an acquired taste. For the first hour we had the NW270, the touch pad felt too rough, as if we were moving the cursor by dragging a finger over a piece of fine-grit sandpaper. After a short time, we began to like the feel it provides–the polar opposite of the overly glossy touch pads found on HP Pavilions–and found it to be very responsive. The touch pad also features wide vertical and horizontal scroll regions along its right and bottom edges, respectively. The mouse buttons border on being clacky, but they're far from egregious offenders in this regard.
The keyboard mimics the look of Apple's MacBook, with white, Chiclet-style keys. The keys are widely spaced and create a very comfortable typing experience, with good travel with nary a key shortened. Unlike the 15.6-inch HP Pavilion dv6-1375dx, which crams in a separate number pad to the right of the keyboard, Sony wisely leaves it off on the Vaio NW270. As a result, the keyboard is centered beneath the display and feels very roomy.
Despite its obvious entertainment appeal, the Vaio NW270 doesn't feature a strip of media control keys; you'll need to use the F keys to pause, fast forward, rewind, and control the volume. In addition to the power button, only three other buttons reside above the keyboard: a mute button, a handy Web button opens your default browser, and a third that turns the display off and on.
The 15.5-inch screen features a cinematic 16:9 aspect ratio and a 1,366×768-pixel native resolution, making it a perfect fit for 720p HD video. Despite the presence of a Blu-ray drive, it's not a full 1080p display. The screen has a glossy coating to spiff up the appearance of movies and photos, and while it does help make colors pop and movement look smoother, it might be the least-glossy glossy screen we've seen, so glare and reflections are not a problem. Also not a problem: the integrated speakers, which reach a respectable level and max volume, even if we've heard better.
You'll find a useful assortment of ports and connections on the NW270. HDMI is featured, for outputting video to an HDTV, as is VGA for connecting to older computer monitors. FireWire (i.Link in Sony's parlance) makes the cut, joining a trio of USB 2.0 ports. Rounding out the expansion options are a multiformat media card reader and an ExpressCard/34 slot (not that we can recall the last time we ran across an ExpressCard/34 device).
The NW270's highlight feature is its optical drive. It's capable of playing Blu-ray discs and reading and writing DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray support typically shows up on larger, pricier laptops, though it has started to trickle down the price ladder. To wit, the 17.3-inch HP Pavilion dv7-3065dx features a Blu-ray drive and costs $729.
On CNET Labs application benchmarks, the Vaio NW270 is well-matched among the current crop of mainstream laptops. It does so at $699, which is at the low-end of the price scale for laptops featuring a Core 2 Duo T6600 processor or an equivalent chip. It uses 800MHz DDR2 memory, slower than the 1,066MHz memory found in competing laptops, but its performance scores show that the difference in memory doesn't add up to any discernible impact. In fact, the NW270 posted the best scores (by the narrowest of margins) on CNET Labs' Photoshop and iTunes tests.


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- Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and fat. Drain and set aside, reserving about ½ cup of the pasta water.
- Meanwhile, heat 2 teaspoons of olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add garlic and sauté for 1-2 minutes, until fragrant. Add zucchini and sauté until slightly golden, 3-4 minutes.
- Turn the heat down to low, and add the drained pasta and the spinach to the skillet. Toss with the zucchini until evenly distributed and the spinach is slightly wilted. Add some of the reserved pasta water if the mixture seems dry.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
The Full Wiki -- another valuable tool for genealogists
Each article in The Full Wiki is linked to a series of interactive maps, mapping every location mentioned in every article, with links to surrounding areas and articles. Just for starts, try the "History of Western civilization: Reference" article. This site looks like a meta-Wikipedia. Rather than go directly to Wikipedia, you may wish to do your search in The Full Wiki. The site gives you all of the information in Wikipedia, but organizes it into a format that leads to more related information.
The one limitation, which will probably be corrected by use, is that many of the articles and links do not presently show up in a Google search, since Google partly uses the number of times a site has been accessed to do its searches.
Sometimes I think there cannot be even one more innovative or new Website, it is just impossible and then another, and another site comes along to prove me wrong.
Remember, this is a Wiki site, not a search engine. So someone has to have written an article about the subject you are searching. It is not a cure all for finding individuals, but it is an extension of the hugely useful reference material in Wikipedia.
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First, it's not a wiki site. Readers can't change the information. It allows you to search other Wiki sites.ReplyDelete
Or, at least, it allow you to search those sites from an unstated number of days previous. It's not being constantly updated. It's not even being daily, weekly, or monthly updated.
Assuming all entries are from the same date (which could be an incorrect assumption) The current edition is from somewhere between November 24 and December 10th 2009. (An amazingly long period of time one piece of vandalism remained on one of my personal favorite entries.)
So over a month old, possibly over two months old.
This makes all the content found at TheFullWiki suspect. Did it take a picture of an entry at the worst possible time, preserving some graffiti for who knows how long?
I'd rather search the sites directly so I know I have the current information.
Hello John and James!ReplyDelete
I'm Luke Metcalfe, the founder of The Full Wiki.
Thank you for the review, James. I'm glad you enjoyed our maps and collection of sources.
A small point: We're not claim it is yet the largest collection. It's a work in progress.
John, I'll address your points on your blog.


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Singer Exodus finally appeared at 77 DOGS after a longtime of no show at Miracle Centre.
It should be remembered that Miracle Centre raised Exodus and is one of the people Pastor Kayanja considers as children.
At 77 DOGS, Exodus showed up and was overpowered by the annointing of the evening. He was overwhelmed to be in God's presence.
Could he be back for serious gospel music this time round?
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Over the week, a video of Salvado's standup performance went viral. It was one of his most creative jokes to-date about different airlines and their themes.
On one of the jokes about Rwanda Air, genocide was mentioned as one of the topics air hostesses can't miss.
Now Rwandans have picked that up and taken offence. They have given Salvado an ultimatum to apologize. But he is not about to allow.
On his Twitter profile, he says those offended are missing the humour. The Rwandans insist the 1994 Genocide against the tutsi is not something to joke about.
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A MAN has died after being shot by police during a "pre-planned policing operation" near the M62 motorway in Huddersfield.
Father-of-two Mohammed Yassar Yaqub, 27, died after a police operation on an exit slip road of the motorway at Ainley Top, just north of Huddersfield.
Mr Yaqub's family issued a statement through solicitors, in which they said they were "in shock" and "distraught".
Relatives at his home in a cul-de-sac in the Crosland Moor area of the town, said they did not wish to speak.
The statement said: "Mr Yaqub's family are in shock and are distraught. They would ask the media to respect their privacy at this difficult time.
"The family are aware that the incident that led to the death of Mr Yaqub is currently being investigated by the Independent Police Complains Commission and they do not wish to make any further comment at this stage."
But flowers were taken to the house and a number of relatives arrived, some embracing as they went into the property.
Armed police arrived at Mr Yaqub's home in Rudding Street in a number of vehicles, apparently to search the property.
VIDEO: Armed police gather outside house of man shot dead on motorway
Officers with guns could be seen at the front and back of the property as a large number of relatives left the house.
More police went inside and at least five police vehicles were parked in surrounding streets, including a dog van.
At the scene of the shooting, a silver Audi with bullet holes in its windscreen was surrounded by other vehicles at the bottom of the off-slip of the westbound carriageway of the M62 on Tuesday morning as police and forensic teams continued their investigation.
West Yorkshire Police said the operation was not terror-related and that a car had also been stopped in the Chain Bar area of Bradford at around the same time.
Police said the incident is NOT linked to another shooting on Christmas Day in Bradford
The force said its operation "related to information received about criminal possession of a firearm, as a result of which vehicles were stopped at two separate locations".
People living near the scene of the shooting, which happened at junction 24 at around 6pm on Monday, described the frightening sight of officers "swarming" around a group of vehicles after the incident.
Shahnaz Malik's house is the closest to the scene and overlooks the slip road from the village of Ainley Top.
The 54-year-old said she was not aware straight away that there had been a shooting, first thinking it was a major accident.
She said: "We do have accidents and we hear sirens. It just seems like there were too many last night."
Ms Malik said that once she realised something out of the ordinary was under way, she looked over her back fence and saw large numbers of police vehicles and officers.
"There was like a swarm," she said. "There was a lot. It was dark as well."
She said: "It was surreal. It was like time had stood still, so many police buzzing around.
"It all happened so quickly. I was just stood there freezing cold."
Asked why she had looked out in the first place, she said: "It just didn't feel right. I thought it must be a major accident.
"I didn't know what I was looking at, to be honest. It was like time had stood still but, obviously, all this movement was going on. I didn't even occur to me there might have been a shooting."
Ms Malik said Ainley Top was a tight-knit community and the shooting has shocked people living in the area.
"It's quite frightening. It's a little village and we all sort of know who's who."
She added: "It's absolutely horrendous. This is a major incident. Somebody has been shot and killed. You hear about this on the news."
Five people were arrested across the two vehicle stops - three in Huddersfield and two in Bradford.
Several of those arrested needed hospital treatment for injuries "not related to firearm discharge" but no police officers were hurt, a force spokesman said.
The force said it had informed the Independent Police Complaints Commission and was "fully co-operating" with the watchdog's investigators.
The statement from Mr Yaqub's family said they were "fully aware" that the incident which led to his death was the subject of an investigation by the IPCC.
The pressure group Just Yorkshire called for a "full and thorough investigation" of the incidents that led to the shooting.
Chairman Nadeem Murtuja said: "There is a great deal of disquiet in the community about the death of Mr Yaqub and it is crucial that both his family and the Huddersfield community are kept informed about the conduct of the investigation and the events that led to the fatal shooting.
"In the light of a breach in trust and confidence between the region's ethnic minority communities and West Yorkshire Police, it is important that the IPCC thoroughly investigates West Yorkshire Police and its use of proportionate force and its control procedures."
The eastbound carriageway of the M62 is open at junction 24 but all other slip roads remain closed while the investigation continues.
A police spokesman said: "During a pre-planned policing operation near to the M62 in Huddersfield a police firearm was discharged and a man has died.
"An immediate referral has been made to the Independent Police Complaints Commission who are in attendance in West Yorkshire and West Yorkshire Police are fully co-operating with their investigation."
Witnesses reported seeing "five or six" police cars, a Mercedes E Class and a Jaguar at the scene.
Local councillor Gemma Wilson said she was driving home from the cinema when she saw at least five or six police cars go past.
She said: "The police cars were used as a barricade to stop people getting on to the motorway.
"The initial speculation was it was a crash and I assumed it was some sort of massive pile-up."
An IPCC spokesman said: "An IPCC independent investigation is under way following the death of a man during a pre -planned police incident in Huddersfield. The IPCC understands that the man was shot by a West Yorkshire Police firearms officer shortly after 6pm on Monday 2 January close to Junction 24 of the M62 motorway.
"IPCC investigators remain at the scene and are attending post-incident procedures in order to gather evidence during the early stages of this investigation. The man's family has been informed."


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BALTIMORE – A short-handed UMBC men's tennis team played an outstanding match and defeated a strong James Madison squad, 6-1, at 40 West Racquet Club on Saturday evening.
"I am really proud of our guys- we were a man down with two others not at 100 percent and we embraced the 'next man up' approach," head coach Rob Hubbard said. "Everyone came prepared, and, as a result, the men were able to secure a victory over a very strong James Madison squad.
The Retrievers improved to 4-3 on the season, while JMU slipped to 2-3. UMBC sophomore Justin Carter (Randallstown, Md.), who competes at No. 1 singles and doubles, did not compete due to illness.
The doubles point came down to the No. 2 match after the teams split at Nos. 1 (JMU) and 3 (UMBC). Junior Daniel Gray (Bowie, Md./The Bullis School) and sophomore Alex Drean (Bayonne, France) prevailed, 8-4, to give the Retrievers a 1-0 lead.
UMBC extended the advantage to 3-0 as sophomore Melker Svard (Gothenburg, Sweden) cruised past Robert Stirling, 6-2, 6-1 at No. 2 singles and Gray edged Brett Moorhead, 6-3, 7-6 at the No. 4 position.
After the Dukes won at No. 1 singles, sophomore Eliott Loubatie (Paris, France) rallied from a 7-6 first set loss and clinched the match with a 6-7, 7-6, 6-1 triumph over Miljan Ruzic.
Freshman Biyik Akinshemoyin (Laurel, Md./Resevoir) and junior Kamal Patel (Germantown, Md./Seneca Valley) won at Nos. 6 and 5 singles respectively to finalize the score.
"The guys came out strong in the doubles and never looked back," Hubbard said. "All six starters were on top of their game (tonight).
"We are attracting a nice fan base too and that support really helped also during the course of the match."
UMBC returns to action on Feb. 28 when they host Bucknell University.