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Sunday, May 29, 2011
Civility In Progress
I'm not expecting miracles, even though they've been known to happen. But what bothers me is this: with all that's happening in Tucson, what's going in Washington? Or maybe the question is, what will happen? I'll withhold any further commentary for now.
But next January, as we mark the one-year milestone of the shooting rampage and mourn the dead, I hope I do not have to lament a stalled-out effort and look upon a Washington that hasn't learned anything.
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- Suzanne. said...
I don't think you quite understand, my dear Christopher. The very existence of "The National Institute for Civil Discourse", formed "in Tucson in the aftermath of the January 8th shootings" is a huge huge HUGE INSULT to the people of Tucson, as well as to the nation, whose plain ordinary discourse had absolutely NOTHING to do with the acts of a court-certified insane madman. The very formation of such an institute is itself a condescending dastardly incivility. I not only hope it never "comes together", but I hope it disbands altogether. There is no need for it.
- Christopher said...
My Dearest Suzanne,
While I agree that uncivil discourse DID NOT put a gun in the madman's hands, why would this institute be an insult to the people of Tucson?
I think of Romans 8:28 and Genesis 50:20, which say that GOD will use the worst of times to achieve HIS goals. Satan may be messing things up in the world, but GOD continues to work within all of us to fight this spiritual battle. Why not let GOD use us?
Yes, again, I realize incivility in politics DID NOT CAUSE the January shootings. But if something laudable and noble comes out of it, why should we be working against it... especially when this group is barely starting its work?
We can let GOD use us, or we can turn up our noses and call it pandering to liberals. I'd rather be serving GOD.
Be Blessed!
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The Connecticut SHPO (pronounced "Shippo") is a state agency, within the Department of Community and Economic Development, and our most important partner. The SHPO is responsible for overseeing the governmental program of historic preservation for Connecticut's citizens and administers a range of federal and state programs that identify, register and protect the buildings, sites, structures, districts, and objects that comprise Connecticut's cultural heritage.
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Why it is so easy to mess up your credit score
It takes a lot of hard work, effort, and time to build up a good credit score. But, wrecking your score can happen in the blink of an eye.
Think about it like the story of Sisyphus. He's the ancient Greek guy who was sentenced by the gods to roll a huge rock up a steep hill and every time he got near the top… the rock got away from him and rolled all the way back down to the bottom of the hill.
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As time goes on (and you work hard to get that rock back up the hill), those negative entries have less and less of an effect. After two or three years of on time payments and good credit habits, you will almost be back where you were before (almost, but not quite).
Late and missed credit card payments are not the only ways to "drop the rock". Here are some others:
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Unless you are being charged high annual fees, there's really no reason to close an old account in good standing. (If there are old fees and negative remarks on the account, they will not disappear when you close the account. In fact, closing the account may put your delinquent account back on the creditor's radar and encourage them to send it to collection.)
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As they have done with ritual devotion every Dec. 8 for 20 years, admirers of John Lennon will find ways to pass by the Dakota tomorrow and perhaps linger for a moment. Lennon lived in that stately building at the corner of 72nd Street and Central Park West (his widow, Yoko Ono, still does), and it was in its entranceway that he was shot to death on Dec. 8, 1980, as he returned from a recording session at nearly 11 p.m.
Within an hour of the shooting, radio and television had spread the word that Lennon had been murdered, and hundreds of his dazed fans gathered at the building to try to come to terms with what had happened. By 1 a.m., about 1,000 people had arrived.
For the rest of that week -- the shooting was on a Monday -- West 72nd Street outside the Dakota was clogged with mourners who knew Lennon only through his work but were driven to stand in the cold, singing Lennon and Beatles songs to the accompaniment of portable radios and tape players. It wasn't until Ms. Ono called for a silent vigil in Central Park (and around the world), the following Sunday that the crowd finally dispersed.
In the 20 years since his death, Lennon has become one of popular culture's battlegrounds, like Elvis Presley before him or, for that matter, like anyone of sufficient historical interest to attract not only serious biographers, but hagiographers and revisionists as well. It almost seems as though Lennon anticipated this. During his life -- that is, during the tightly packed 18 years of his life when he was famous -- Lennon created and cultivated a public persona that was so well defined and copiously documented that it resists attempts to make him into either a saint or, as the revisionists have it, a dysfunctional layabout.
He began work on this persona in the early Beatles years, when he established a niche within the group for literate lyrics and cutting humor that was evident both at news conferences and in his books, ''In His Own Write'' in 1964 and ''A Spaniard in the Works'' in 1965 (and the posthumous ''Skywriting by Word of Mouth,'' 1986). Later, his literary flair and sense of the absurd animated songs like ''Strawberry Fields Forever'' and ''I Am the Walrus,'' in which arcane wordplay was matched by musical experimentation.
His writing colleagues, Paul McCartney and George Harrison, each had distinctive compositional personalities, but only Lennon could have written songs that were off the edge in exactly that way.
But there were other undercurrents in Lennon's middle-period Beatles songs. ''In My Life,'' one of the best tracks on the ''Rubber Soul'' album, was overtly autobiographical, and ''The Word,'' on the same disc, introduced a utopian philosophy that would find clearer expression two years later in ''All You Need Is Love'' and a few years after that in ''Imagine.'' That twin focus -- autobiography and utopianism -- characterized virtually all of his post-Beatles work as well, and it helped define who he was, or at least who he wanted us to believe he was.
Just about the last thing he wanted was for anyone to make him out as a saint. That much is clear from the lengthy confessional interviews he gave between 1969 and 1980. Two of the most comprehensive have just been reissued in book form as ''Lennon Remembers'' (Verso), a 1970 interview with Jann S. Wenner, for Rolling Stone, and ''All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview With John Lennon and Yoko Ono'' (St. Martin's Press), a 1980 interview with David Sheff for Playboy.
In these conversations and others, he is hardly evasive about his personal difficulties: between typically wide-ranging discussions of his projects and views, political and otherwise, he acknowledges his failings as a father and husband, his temper and a tendency toward violence, his periods of drug addiction and even his doubts about the value of his music.
His autobiographical songs were not particularly self-aggrandizing either. The entire 1970 ''Plastic Ono Band'' album, recorded after a few weeks of Dr. Arthur Janov's ''primal scream'' therapy, is alternately insecure and assertive.
It begins with a plaintive, angry meditation on parental abandonment (''Mother''), touches directly or obliquely on other personal demons (including heroin addiction, something he had already addressed more directly in the chilling ''Cold Turkey'') and concludes (but for the codalike ''My Mummy's Dead'') with ''God,'' a repudiation of a long litany of deities and heroes ending with the Beatles. As harsh, direct and disturbing as the album is, it is in many ways Lennon's most consistently gripping solo recording.
He lightened up thereafter, but his insecurities remained under the microscope in songs like ''How?,'' ''Jealous Guy,'' ''Scared,'' ''I'm Losing You'' and ''I Don't Want to Face It.'' That isn't to say that he couldn't be aggressive. In the annals of musical poison-pen letters, his excoriation of his former songwriting partner as a lightweight musically and otherwise in ''How Do You Sleep?,'' his former manager, Allen Klein, in ''Steel and Glass,'' and the political establishment in ''Gimme Some Truth'' share the top rung with Bob Dylan's ''Positively Fourth Street.''
Yet for all his personal rumination, Lennon understood the power of his position completely. He had transcended his job as a pop singer and songwriter -- an entertainer, as the job was more conventionally defined -- and had become a spokesman and motivating force for his generation. Fame had given him a forum for ideas about life and the world that he began developing in his mid-20's, and he used it for all it was worth.
It was not lost on him that some of his utopian notions were naive. He said as much in ''Imagine,'' but added that if he was a dreamer, others were, too, and -- slipping quickly back into the utopian voice -- if enough dreamers banded together the world could be changed. Often he wedded his big dreams to an amusingly practical opportunism. When he and Ms. Ono spent their honeymoon staging a weeklong ''Bed-In for Peace'' in Amsterdam in March 1969 (with a reprise in Montreal two months later), he told reporters that his marriage was bound to make headlines anyway, so why not turn the occasion into what he called ''an advertisement for peace''?
He had a point: if nothing else, the bed-ins got people talking. Granted, when he missed, he missed wide: Lennon expressed some embarrassment about the instantly cliched ''Power to the People,'' and the topical political songs on ''Some Time in New York City'' -- Lennon's songwriting-as-journalism experiment -- proved wholly disposable.
But there was also a moment when his voice -- and the sense of humor that he and Ms. Ono brought to their events -- caught the spirit of the time. Lennon was particularly proud, for example, that ''Give Peace a Chance,'' recorded at the Montreal bed-in, became the anthem of the big peace protests that gave focus to the American public's opposition to the Vietnam War.
Lennon was also keenly aware that the spotlight made him vulnerable. He discovered as much during the Beatles' 1966 American tour, when his comments about the relative popularity of the Beatles and Christianity led to record burnings in the South and death threats from the Ku Klux Klan. He recognized a more insidious threat as well: that fans could be dangerous.
In film a clip from the 1971 ''Imagine'' recording sessions, included in the 1988 documentary ''Imagine: John Lennon,'' he confronts an unkempt fan who had been camping on his property in the belief that if he could look in Lennon's eyes he would discover some grand universal truth. Lennon sets him straight and offers him lunch, and it seems harmless. But in light of his murder by a former fan who believed that Lennon had sold out to the establishment during his five years out of the public spotlight, the scene is chilling.
Lennon's vulnerability took a different form after his murder, as dozens of biographers sought new angles from which to show a life that, with the exception of a five-year retirement from 1975 to 1980, was lived loudly and in public. A handful of Lennon retainers (and a former girlfriend who had started out as a retainer) published memoirs in which he was depicted with varying degrees of sympathy, but mostly as weak-willed and dominated by Ms. Ono.
Other writers magnified the insecurities Lennon disclosed in songs and interviews. Those thematic currents converged in 1988, when Albert Goldman took both a scalpel and a cudgel to him in ''The Lives of John Lennon,'' in which Lennon is portrayed as a semi-comatose, possibly psychotic wastrel.
Virtually no one took ''Lives'' seriously when it was published. For one thing, it was so full of errors on easily verifiable matters like song titles and dates that readers could not be confident about the grander allegations. The evidence at hand undercut Goldman's portrait as well.
Stacks of songwriting work tapes and elaborate musical parody recordings had already turned up on the bootleg market (some later finding legitimate release in the 1998 ''Lennon Anthology'' boxed set), and published photograph collections from the late 1970's, like Nishi F. Saimaru's ''John Lennon Family Album,'' all belied Goldman's assertion that Lennon did little more than stare blankly at a television screen during his last five years.
There have been seriously researched, responsibly balanced books as well, of course. Ray Coleman, a British journalist who knew Lennon in the Beatles years, drew on letters and other materials provided by both Ms. Ono and Lennon's first wife, Cynthia, for his 768-page ''Lennon'' in 1985 (reissued in 1992 by HarperCollins). And there are specialized studies like Jon Wiener's ''Come Together: John Lennon in His Time'' (University of Illinois Press, 1984), an examination Lennon's political involvements, and its recently published companion volume, ''Gimme Some Truth: The John Lennon F.B.I. Files'' (University of California Press, 1999), which shows the degree to which the government kept tabs on Lennon during the Nixon era (and the degree to which it resisted releasing its files).
There are even sociological analyses of Lennon's life and death, one of which, ''The Mourning of John Lennon'' (University of California Press, 1999) by Anthony Elliott, takes a sharply critical look at the revisionist biographies and memoirs.
But Lennon needs no special pleading. Given his penchant for public gesture -- holding bed-ins, planting acorns for peace, making a media event of returning his Member of the British Empire medal, staging avant-garde art and film exhibitions, not to mention filming and recording virtually everything he did -- one can regard Lennon's life as another of his creative projects, both as controlled and as random as his ''White Album'' tape collage, ''Revolution 9.''
So even if, against all odds, the revisionist view were proved correct and aspects of Lennon's biography were shown to be a myth, composed by Lennon and maintained by Ms. Ono, what of it? The essentials are undeniable: you can come from a suburb of a moribund industrial city, develop a talent that captures the imagination of the world, use your success to raise issues of transcendent importance and make a lasting mark on the culture. Apart from this one's tragic ending, 20 years ago tomorrow, myths don't get better than that.


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In the scorched landscapes of California, a little-noted provision of the Republican tax overhaul has property owners worried about being burned twice: Once by the wildfires that have destroyed thousands of homes, and then again by being denied a tax write-off for their losses. But there is much confusion about the legislation's actual effects. Here are answers to some of the vexing questions.
How does current tax law treat losses in a wildfire?
As things stand now, taxpayers who suffer what are called casualty losses that exceed 10 percent of their adjusted gross income can deduct the excess amount, to the extent that it is not covered by insurance. The Internal Revenue Service says casualty losses can include those from "natural disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and earthquakes," as well as "losses from fires, accidents, thefts or vandalism."
The deduction helps soften the blow for people who are uninsured or underinsured, and many homeowners' policies do not cover the full value of their property, according to Michael Simkovic, a professor of law and accounting at the University of Southern California. Taxpayers nationwide deducted $1.6 billion in 2015 for losses from natural disasters, the I.R.S. calculates, and much of that was in California: the state's Department of Finance reports that in 2015, nearly 100,000 federal returns filed in California claimed casualty loss deductions totaling about $700 million.
What would change under the Republican tax plans?
Both versions of the tax legislation now moving through Congress would take away the deduction for personal losses in wildfires. The House bill would eliminate the casualty loss deduction entirely; the Senate version would retain it only for losses in "federally declared disasters," and wildfires have hardly ever been so declared.
Does that mean victims of this year's wildfires would be out of luck?
No. The new tax law would not take effect until 2018. People whose homes were destroyed in 2017 would still be covered by the old law. They would, however, have to tally their uninsured losses and claim them on their 2017 return — the one they must file by April 15, 2018, unless they get an extension.
However, damage that occurs on or after Jan. 1 would fall under the new law, and would not be deductible — though there could be some exceptions if the House version of the legislation is approved.
Is the change meant to target California, a solidly blue state?
Democrats have complained that these provisions are especially unfair to California, which is more prone to wildfires and earthquakes than most other states. But losses from hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and mudslides would not be deductible either, so the effects would be felt in many red states as well.
Congress can pass special legislation to provide tax relief for victims of particular disasters, as they did after this year's major hurricanes, waiving the 10 percent threshold for casualty loss deductions and allowing early withdrawals from 401(k) retirement accounts without the usual tax penalty. Some Republican lawmakers have said they would approve a similar plan for victims of the California wildfires.
Even so, Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic lawmakers have said the repeal of the casualty loss deduction would make it much more difficult for Californians to bounce back from the state's inevitable disasters.


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Renate Wiener Chasman (January 10, 1932 – October 17, 1977)[1] was a physicist.
She was born Renate Wiener to German Jewish parents in Berlin. Her father, Hans Wiener, was a founder of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. In 1938, the Wiener family fled Nazi Germany through the Netherlands to Sweden, where Wiener grew up and attended school in Stockholm.[1]
Wiener and her sister Edith went to Israel to attend Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Wiener graduated in 1955 with a M.Sc in physics with minors in chemistry and mathematics. She earned her PhD in experimental physics in 1959. Her doctoral thesis demonstrated that a pseudoscalar component was not involved in parity nonconversation in beta decay.[1]
Chien-Shiung Wu was doing similar work and invited Wiener to work at Columbia University as a research associate. There she met Wu's graduate student Chellis Chasman and together they investigated beta decay. They married in 1962.[1]
In 1962, the Chasmans went to Yale University to work with David Allan Bromley in nuclear spectroscopy. Chasman joined Brookhaven National Laboratory in 1963. Beginning in the Department of Physics at Brookhaven, she transferred in 1965 to the Accelerator Department.[2]
In the following years, she facilitated important contributions to the development of particle accelerators, redesigning the alternating-gradient proton synchrotron (AGS). Together with George Kenneth Green, she is known for the invention of the Chasman-Green lattice for synchrotron storage rings.
She died in 1977 from melanoma.[2] The Brookhaven National Lab has a scholarship named after Chasman.[3]
- ^ a b c d Chasman, Deborah & Courant, Ernest D. (1993). "Renate Wiener Chasman". In Grinstein, Louise S.; Rose, Rose K. & Rafailovich, Miriam H. (eds.). Women in Chemistry and Physics: A Biobibliographic Sourcebook. Greenwood Press. pp. 94–100.
- ^ a b Marilyn Ogilvie; Joy Harvey, eds. (2000). "Chasman, Renate Wiener (1932-1977)". The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science. New York: Routledge. pp. 247–248.
- ^ "Renate W. Chasman award". Brookhaven National Lab. Retrieved 2 November 2013.


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text: I usually sleep deeply, and can go to sleep in 10-15 minutes, even during stressful times. People I have lived or traveled with sometimes have asked me how I do it. Having a genetic health problem that causes chronic fatigue probably plays a large part, but I also intentionally abandon the outside world and focus on the inside world, as I fall asleep. The feeling is similar to diving into a swimming pool — letting go of the land and committing to the water — come what may. Going deeply into concentration/jhana meditation also feels similar to me, though dreaming feels more about letting the mind construct whatever it wishes, and meditation feels more about applying attention and piercing through the muddiness/murkiness of the mind. Sweet dreams.


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Subject: Olympic Seminar for Teachers of the German Olympic Academy
Date: October 17, 2011
"It is already one month ago that we came back from Greece and we are still living on the wonderful time in Olympia.
The Olympic Seminar for Teachers of the German Olympic Academy from the 3rd to 11th September with teachers from all over Germany attracted a very positive response on location as well as in the post processing.
The wonderful ambience of the International Olympic Academy and your hospitality contributed to the success of our event particularly and we do not want to miss the opportunity to thank you very much for the possibility to hold our Olympic Seminar on the premises of the International Olympic Academy."
Extract from the e-mail of the Estonian Olympic Academy to the IOA
Subject: Seminar of the Estonian Olympic Academy
Date: September 27, 2011
"My pleasure is to thank you on behalf of the Estonian Olympic Academy for the kind opportunity to organize the Seminar on Olympic Education in the campus of the IOA, Ancient Olympia. Using the words of the participants, the magical atmosphere of the International Olympic Academy was felt in the lecture room and in discussions and helped to make our Seminar very enthusiastic and fruitful. We are extremely happy for such kind opportunity."
Extract from the e-mail message from the Finnish Olympic Committee to the IOA
Subject: NOC of Finland at Olympia, September 2011 / Thank you!
Date: September 26, 2011
"We would like to express our warmest gratitude for you for all the help and support in organizing our trip to IOA, and also for the unforgettable time at the Academy.
The group of teachers all have the Olympic flame burning in their hearts now, and the message will be delivered further to the Finnish schools and to the society.
We wish you a very sunny start of the Autumn, and hope to return soon to the beautiful and peaceful premises of the Academy."


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I tried Sloganizer just a while ago, after seeing several other bloggers use it. Now, I noticed the message that the Sloganizer often does not handle long sentences well, and that was true. My first couple of attempts were way off the mark. But trial #4 was exactly what I was looking for:
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Fifteen Unique Startups and Entrepreneurs - TiE ScaleUp Demo Day 2018 Recap (Slideshow)
The TiE ScaleUp program is one of Boston's premier accelerators for startups that are looking to take their business to the next level. As their name suggests, when the companies graduate from the program, they are in "scale up" mode and ready to take on whatever market or industry they are looking to be a part of.
CIC Boston welcomed the Boston tech fans, angel investors, and the press to fourth TiE ScaleUp Demo Day. The event was filled with guests ready to hear the pitches from companies working in (among other industries) VR, education, and video marketing.
Both TiE-Boston President Praveen Tailam and TiE Boston Program Director Simone LaPray spoke of the history behind TiE-Boston and how the ScaleUp accelerator is continuing to thrive.
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text: Twitter LinkedIn Google Facebook DCREC names officers, committee co-chairs for 2019 by Released The Defined Contribution Real Estate Council (DCREC) has named its new officers and committee co-chairs for 2019. The new officer appointments are as follows: Michael O'Connor, managing director at Clarion Partners, has been named co-president along with Allan Swaringen; Lennine Occhino, partner at Mayer Brown, and Brian Velky, managing director at Situs, have been appointed co-secretary; and, Anne-Marie Vandenberg, president and COO at RREEF Property Trust, has been named co-treasurer, along with Sara Shean. The following were named committee co-chairs: Best Practices: Tim Bolla, vice president property management at Bentall Kennedy, serving with Laurie Tillinghast; Membership: Mark Earley, CEO at Hines Securities, with Bradley Scafe; PR & Marketing: Kevin Ryan, managing director at Barings, serving with Kurt Walten; Research & Content: Justin Rindos, senior vice president at Partners Group, and Brian Lambert, vice president at AEW Capital Management; and, Strategic Alliance: Rob Collins, managing director at Partners Group, serving with Ian Matthew. Officer appointments are for a period of two years and committee leadership appointments are for a period of one year. All were effective Jan. 1, 2019. "The past year again saw strong interest on the part of plan sponsors in adding real estate investment options to their defined contribution plans," says Swaringen, DCREC's co-president. "We look forward to working with our new team of leaders as we continue to educate the community on the benefits of this asset class and to support the ongoing development of new products to meet the needs of DC plan participants saving for retirement."


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From Marrakesh through the winding Atlas Mountains into the desert plains of the Sahara and to the biblical town of Errachidia, bustling with markets, sweet mint tea cafes and friendly school children waiting to meet you! This is a delightful mix of Arabic culture in a North African terrain - ideal for French or English speakers looking for a truly fascinating cultural experience to remember.
You'll assist in non-government schools and other learning centres, as well as a special needs school, located in Errachidia where you'll get a true Moroccan experience. The students come from different walks of life and backgrounds, but many of the students are from poor, agricultural background. Thus, the opportunity you provide for them to learn English is very valuable, because these children don't have the advantages that children in the more touristy cities have to learn from native English speakers. You can make a huge difference here!
Start Dates
All year round (except during Ramadan) - you choose your start and finish dates!
Minimum stay 1 week and up to 12 weeks, subject to visa requirements
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►Accommodation ►Meeting you at the Airport ►Food ►Transfer to your accommodation ►Full pre-departure support ►Local in-country support and backup ►24-hr emergency support.
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Transport to and from your project, Flights, Insurance, Cost of Visas (if a visa is required, but we'll provide necessary documents and assistance), Return transfer to airport.
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All our projects are open to all nationalities.
Anyone aged 18 -40+
The project is based in the city of Errachidia, which is situated in the ZIZ valley, in between the mountains of High Atlas and the dessert sand hills in South West Morocco. The landscape is dominated by red coloured mountains, rocks and fields of stones. In the middle of this dry environment you can find oases of palm trees which produce delicious dates.
TEACHING ENGLISH: Overall the level of English is low, with the majority speaking Arabic and tribal languages. English is their third or fourth language (after French). However, English is becoming more and more important to Morocco due to increased international trade and tourism.
TEACHING FRENCH: As Morocco is an old French Colony, French is officially the second language after Arabic. Most government work and business and other activities are conducted in Arabic and French and printed in both languages. However as Arabic is still the main language you find the less educated people, or the people who don't deal with tourists, or those who live in remoter areas outside the main cities, will struggle with French. French teachers are always extremely welcomed! Particularly in rural cities such as Errachidia where the project is based. If you're studying French this is a great place to come and practice it. As a westerner the local people and children in the streets and at the markets will always try speaking in French with you first.
You'll work in a school in Errachidia and your role will be to assist the children to learn English or French.
The school that you'll assist in is for students between the ages of 8 and 20 years old. The schools usually have around 70 students. Overall the level of English is low, with the majority speaking Arabic and tribal languages. English is their third or fourth language (after French.) However, English is becoming more and more important to Morocco due to increased international trade and tourism.
None of the schools have state-of-the-art equipment, but they do all have electricity! You'll work as an assistant in the language lessons, teaching English or French. The school really needs volunteers and the students will benefit greatly from your help!
You'll walk or cycle to school, which shouldn't be more than 2km away from your accommodation.
During Ramadan all cafes and many activities are closed and placements are not available during this period. However, you can use the time to go travelling and exploring around the country. The dates for Ramadan are as follows:
- Tuesday, the 9th of July and will continue for 30 days until Wednesday, the 7th of August, 2013
There are 5 school terms in the academic year which generally run as follows:
- Term 1: Around 6 September to 14 October, followed by AUTUMN HOLIDAYS
- Term 2: Around 10 November to 20 December (Harvesting Feast 19th to 20th Nov), followed by CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
- Term 3: Around 4 January to 19 February, followed by WINTER HOLIDAYS
- Term 4: Around 7 March to 23 April, followed by SPRING HOLIDAYS
- Term 5: Around 9 May to 1 July, followed by SUMMER HOLIDAYS
- An exciting, never-to-be-forgotten adventure into the diverse culture in Morocco and Northern Africa.
- The enormous satisfaction of helping disadvantaged children and knowing that you made a difference to them.
- New skills, more confidence, a greater understanding of a different culture, invaluable personal and professional development.
- An entry on your CV or résumé that will put you head and shoulders above most others in the job market.
- And best of all ... an unforgettable experience!
Errachidia is most likely like nowhere you've ever seen before (unless of course you've been somewhere similar!) It's almost as if you've stepped back to biblical times. Entrancing markets, colourful and hypnotic and not a western store in sight and that includes 7/11, Starbucks and MacDonalds – yes it's true!
Errachidia is an Islamic country and the city itself is traditionally Islamic. The people are exceptionally friendly and open and though you'll be expected to cover your body in your dress, it is liberal enough that non-Islam visitors are not expected to cover their heads. Alcohol is prohibited in Morocco and whilst westerners can find alcohol and drink it in hotels, we suggest you try and get into your mint tea instead! Travellers volunteers are urged to abide by the rules of the culture and to not expect a party placement here!
MINT TEA: there is nothing quite as delicious as the local tea speciality when travelling, whether Chai in India, Green in Japan or Mint in Morocco it will always taste better than you can ever transport home, or quite believe. For entertainment Moroccans drink this in coffee shops with exquisite Moroccan teapots and shot glasses. The mint leaves are mixed with a healthy handful of sugar lumps and heated by stove, poured back and forth a few times and then downed. A lovely ceremony!
The region of Errachidia is a cultural and linguistic mosaic. Every tribe, every valley, every village has its own unique characteristics, identifiable by its music, architectural features and its customs. Ethnic diversity is considerable with many races and colours in evidence: the Chorfas Alaouites, natives of the Arabic peninsula mixed with the Berber tribe of Ait Morghad (from the region of Goulmima), the Ait Izdeg (the area around Rich) and the Ait Atta (around Aoufous).
Errachidia is a simple city, with many cafés, mosques, some hotels and restaurants, internet cafés, shops and a few swimming pools. People move around the city by bicycle, motorcycle or 'petit taxi's'. In summer in daytime the streets are quiet and everybody stays in the houses. The quiet of the day is a contrast to the liveliness of the evenings. In the evenings everybody, man, women, youth and children go outside. Many of them stay at the 'rond point', a field of grass in the middle of a roundabout. The palm trees around the roundabout make the place a little bit cooler than the rest of the city!
You need just a good grasp of conversational English or French to do this project. Don't worry about not having special qualifications. The whole idea of Travellers is to provide any help possible, whether it is merely enabling children to hear pronunciation and natural grammar to help inspire the kids to speak conversationally with you and each other. Other works will include providing additional help with other academic subjects or showing them how to use a computer – in fact anything you can offer is very much appreciated and don't worry - everyone knows you're not a qualified teacher (unless you are one, in which case great!). The emphasis is on much-needed language development, additional learning and cultural contact. It gives your pupils valuable experience. You'll also make school more fun for them!
Don't worry about not having special qualifications. The whole idea of Travellers is to provide any help possible, whether it is merely enabling children to hear English pronunciation from native English speakers, or providing additional help with other academic subjects or showing them how to use a computer - anything you can offer is very much appreciated and everyone knows you're not a qualified teacher. The emphasis is on much-needed language development, additional learning and cultural contact. It gives your pupils valuable experience.
We provide you with a Teaching Guide and Suggestions which will help you plan lessons and advise on inexpensive resources to take with you. Children are always fascinated with volunteers and want to learn as much as possible about you. They love to hear stories about you, your family and where you are from so it is ideal to take pictures, maps, magazine articles and photos of your family and friends with you. You can also use these as excellent resources for a lesson to promote discussion and interest.
When you arrive in Morocco you will fly into Marrakesh where you will be met at the airport and taken by taxi to a traditional guesthouse in the city of Marrakesh for your first night. The following morning you will travel down to Errachidia by bus. The journey is long (10 hours!) but it is a stunning journey in which you can watch unfold out of your window Morocco's intense and changing landscapes. The journey to Errachidia will take you through the amazing Atlas Mountains and hours of winding mountain roads which emerge dramatically into the desert plains of the Sahara on the other side. A landscape trip in which to begin your experience!
You'll either stay in a house with other volunteers, in a privately run hostel, or with a host family, depending on your own preferences and availability at the time you're there. All of the accommodation is usually between 10 and 30 minutes from your Project (depending on whether you'd like to walk, ride a bike or take a taxi!)
Accommodation with host families means that Travellers volunteers get to eat, sleep, work, socialise and generally live like a Moroccan! Many of our volunteers remain friends with their host families long after they leave Morocco and in some cases they return to the country later especially to visit their family.
Whichever accommodation you choose, you're sure to enjoy a great stay in Morocco!
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The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that a church like Westboro Baptist has the right to stage anti-gay protests at funerals to promote its claim that God somehow hates America for tolerating homosexuality.
The court said the hateful speech was protected by the first amendment.
8 Justices were in support of allowing the group to protest, while one judge, Samuel Alito dissented, saying:
"Our profound national commitment to free and open debate is not a license for the vicious verbal assault that occurred in this case," he wrote.
The group, Westboro Baptist, a fringe church with about 70 members led by a nutcase pastor named Fred Phelps picketed a marine's funeral who was killed in Iraq, carrying signs that said "God Hates You," "You Are Going To Hell," and "Thank God for Dead Soldiers."
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote:
"Westboro's funeral picketing is certainly hurtful and its contribution to public discourse may be negligible," he wrote.
"But Westboro addressed matters of public import on public property in a peaceful manner in full compliance with the guidance of local officials," Roberts said.
Even though church members may inflict pain at their protests, their speakers may not be punished, he said.
"As a nation we have chosen a different course — to protect even hurtful speech on public issues to ensure that we do not stifle public debate," Roberts said."
The marine's father successfully sued the church for $5 million, but the verdict was overturned by an appeals court on free speech grounds.
Now the U.S. supreme court has settled the issue once and for all. Hate Speech is allowed at funerals.


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Thinking through the words we use in our political monologs
I initially wrote the text that follows as a background reading for participants in a group discussion, that was held under the aegis of a socially active community organization that I have become involved with. And I decided, even as I was writing it that I would include a version of this here in my blog too, and in its Social Networking and Business 2 directory page. This short note does, after all, address critically important communications challenges that we face societally – and not just in the United States and even if I explicitly focus on American political discourse here. And this does play out online and through interactive social media as much as it does through television and other central broadcast model communications channels.
And with that noted, I offer:
… some rough notes and first draft thoughts towards forming more meaningful political dialogs.
My goal here is to provoke questions, and even dialog – not to suggest definitive answers. In a democracy, it is the questions and the questioning, and the search for meaning that counts. And that is particularly true when those questions can be arrived at through discussion and debate and as a collaborative search for truth.
• My focus here is on a crucially important set of words that we use, and that others around us use, but with everyone seeming to talk past each other where that really counts.
H.L. Menken is known for many things, among which I would prominently include one of his more cogent observations, that: "Americans and British are two peoples divided by a common language." And Oscar Wilde, quite similarly observed that "We really have everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language." I make note here of both, as Menken was American and Wilde was British. So they might not have used the same words in precisely the same way. But they were able to come to agreement that they could and did miscommunicate when addressing audiences across the Atlantic – and if not all of the time, at least with notable frequency. And they both knew that to be less than entirely for the good.
This predicament has if anything, become a more pressing challenge within the United States, and as a trend that traces back at least as far as the immediate aftermath of Richard Nixon's being forced out of office in 1974 (see Watergate scandal.) Quite simply, the leadership of the Republican Party of that time, realized that the only way they could stage a return to national power and leadership, was to take control of the political conversation. And the most effective way for them to achieve that was to in effect redefine what certain key politically charged words mean, in the ongoing political debate. This is when the word "liberal" was first reframed as a pejorative when applied to the political left and to Democrats, by those of the political right and Republicans, and by their pundits and editorialists.
That was the first move down what actually has proven itself to be a slippery slope. And as those on the right and news and opinion makers who sided with them, began to change the meaning of terms like "liberal" that Democrats had always used as a positive in identifying their own more constructive goals and approaches, the inevitable happened. Words like "conservative" began to take on new and toxically different meanings too. And those on the left and on the right politically, still sought to use "their own" words and labels in what they thought of as their traditional ways and according to their traditional meanings. But their political opponents took to systematically, and I add automatically using those same sounding words in radically divergent ways. And we have reached a point where very few of the politically meaningful words that any of us use, hold common meaning or anything like it across the chasm-like political divide that separates us.
And our lack of ability to talk with each other: our growing inability to do better than to talk past each other and at closest approach at each other, was made inevitable by our growing language differences. And that has made the depth and width of the chasm that divides us, immense. And this leads me to my questions, which I would hope others would challenge and add to and change – as part of a talking-with and a true dialog.
• What do words like liberal and progressive mean when used by a Democrat and by a Republican?
• What do words like conservative and ultra-conservative mean when used by Republicans and Democrats?
• How much of the gap between those perspectives, is captured by the simple observation that partisans on both sides use their own terms to express their hope and the terms of their opponents to express their fears?
• Where do their actual underlying hopes and fears mesh in underlying if unexpressed agreement, and where are they at odds? This is a question of where a common ground might be found to at least attempt to close some of this communications gap.
• And most importantly, what are your questions here? This is the one question of this entire set of them that is most important for people of good will in general to ask, and of themselves and of others – and regardless of their starting points politically.
I would suggest starting with some basic What questions, and then add in How questions, such as questions about the role of the internet and of online social media in all of this. And another How area of questioning and discussion is in how the lines have been blurred between news reporting on the one hand, and editorializing and opinion on the other. And as a third possibility, the partisan polarization of news channels enters in here too, where way too many of us have come to live in echo chambers where we are only exposed to what is essentially our own preconceived opinion, limiting our opportunity to even get to hear anything from across the divide. And once again, what would you ask to further this conversation? What would your insights and opinions add to the list of issues that need shared discussion here?
Ultimately, democracy can only work as a shared experience, and as one that includes and allows for the inclusion of those who disagree too. Democracy can only work where genuine dialog can take place and with a benefit of doubt offered that presumes at least good will and good intent on all sides, and perhaps particularly at moments of deepest disagreement. This is not easy, but ultimately real conversation: real dialog never is easy and certainly on the more impactful and important issues that we collectively face.
I initially began writing this as a thought piece for starting a discussion in a group that I have become involved with. The one opinion that all of us share in that group, is a desire to better know and understand the issues and perspectives that we all face in this complex and change-driven period. When I offered my first initial draft of this note, as a possible starting point for discussion, one of the responses that I received was a request for dictionary definitions. I finish it by suggesting that it is up to us and to others of good will, and of all political persuasions, to arrive at new more widely understood and agreed to definitions for our key political words of identity and inclusion: new shared definitions that we can turn to as a means of speaking with each other again.
That, with a few more hyperlinks added, is the text of the document that I prepared for a May 23, 2016 event (which I reorganize here with contextual starting and concluding text for inclusion in this blog, on April 23, 2016.) I am already thinking in terms of adding at least one follow-up posting and of possibly making this the start of a short posting series. I will decide that during and after the May 23 event itself, and with any next installment set to go live prior to the Democratic and Republican Party National Conventions where they will formally select their presidential candidates for the upcoming November, 2016 US elections.
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Diy Home Improvement Ideas For Beginners to Master Diy Projecs Basics
Diy home improvement projects save you money and give you the satisfaction of doing it your way. The diy home improvement ideas for beginners we have here will help you master the basics of diy home improvement projects.
DIY or do it yourself is a goal-oriented hobby initiated and completed by individuals or small groups. The basic premise is that if a person learns reasonably fast and knows how to apply basic skills to projects, then the person doesn't have to hire other people to do the work for him.
In recent years, DIY home improvement has made impact in television and in the hearts of interested homemakers and professionals. The idea of improving the looks of your home using your own basic talent appeals to a lot of people. If you wish to begin your own journey in DIY home improvement, certain things have to be taken into consideration so that you can increase your success rate in any DIY home improvement projects.
Diy Home Improvement Ideas For Beginners to Master Diy Projecs Basics
1. Skill
The acquisition of skill in DIY is self-paced, and depends largely on your enthusiasm for the task at hand. Enthusiasm translates to willingness- the willingness to finish tasks and the willingness to learn. If you're just beginning with DIY, stick to small, doable projects that you know would be fun for you. Sustaining interest is also one key problem, so if you're improving your house with your own two hands, make sure that the part of the house that you wish to alter won't make you miserable after a few days.
2. Knowledge
Certain things cannot simply be assumed- and this includes electrical systems and cabinet designs. Read all that you can about what you want to do. Limit yourself to doable ones. Making a table is doable, but replacing your living room's large chandelier on your own isn't. Learn, have fun and then go to the next task. This is the formula to successful DIY home improvement projects.
3. Time
Let's face it. DIY home improvement projects need a lot of time. If you can't find time for the project, then postpone your attempt first. You can reschedule next summer or during the holiday season. This would minimize clutter in your house and cut down waste materials due to expiration dates.
4. Finances
The aim is to save money and enjoy the DIY project. However, there are some DIY projects that require a lot of money. Never sacrifice the integrity and safety of your house by buying substandard yet cheap materials. It doesn't matter if you save or not. Example, if your roof fails due to thin braces and support trusses then you would be spending a lot more in repairing the damage.
5. Help
Sometimes, doing it alone can be difficult. Try to find people of similar interests and start collecting 'tried and tested" formulas for DIY home improvement. On the World Wide Web, there are small yet reliable organizations that gives out DIY home improvement tips, through collaborations with companies that supply the materials to DIY enthusiasts.
6. Creativity
Creativity will sustain your early attempts, and would push you to do better in future DIY home improvement projects. Being creative also means being able to go past boundaries in craftsmanship and design. You can customize if you want, being creative is a much prized quality for any DIY enthusiasts.
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"Something There Is That Doesn't Love a Wall"
A Need to Tear Down the Silos
Gale Buchanan is an agricultural expert, and he's worried. According to him, walls are going up at a time when communication and cooperation are imperative for agriculture and science. In a recent, thought-provoking essay, he refers to a time "back then" when visionaries recognized a need for the agricultural community to work together. The formation of CAST is an example he uses to highlight the way ag/science groups combined forces to meet urgent challenges as they tore down their insular silos. In the 1970s CAST members began working to find multidisciplinary, multi-institutional perspectives, and those efforts continue today.
However, the overall trend now is different. As Buchanan, the former USDA Chief Scientist and Under Secretary, says, "I see many scientific societies and disciplines, institutions, and individuals committed to rebuilding the silos -- higher and stronger. It seems we exist within silos in our lives, politics, organizations, and professional societies while at the same time needing to develop comprehensive, integrated solutions to complex problems."
Dr. Buchanan is Dean and Director Emeritus at the University of Georgia, and he spends much of his time and effort promoting common sense solutions to the crucial challenges facing agriculture today. The full text of his two-page essay, Agricultural Science and Technology: Then and Now, is available at the CAST website (click here).


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MENTONE, Ind. -- When family and friends filled the stands to watch a 10-u softball game in Mentone Friday evening, the match up was about much more than competition.
It was also about remembering and honoring Alivia Stahl, 9, and her twin brothers, Xzavier and Mason Ingle.
The siblings were killed in October 2018. A driver hit them as they crossed a state highway in Fulton County to board their school bus, which had its stop arm out and lights on.
Alivia would have played on the softball team this season. So this year the Ingles sponsored the team.
"It's nice because it's more than just a jersey, like, it's very personal to these girls, they miss her a lot," said her mother, Brittany Ingle.
The girls wore Alivia's favorite color, purple, with jerseys that said "M.A.X. Strong," standing for the siblings initials. The game started with a moment of silence and the mentioning of Alivia and her number, along with her brothers. The field was adorned with two banners. One was in memory of Alivia and another read "Never again, never forgotten" with all of the kids on it.
"M.A.X. Strong is everywhere, we're still remembering my kids, it's amazing and it was so nice to see the kids wearing 'M.A.X. Strong'. It's a really great feeling. I really plan on doing it like every year I can't wait to do the t-ball team," Ingle said.
Brittany and Shane Ingle also plan to sponsor a t-ball team, as it would have been their sons' first season.
But as the season kicks off, it's doing so with a new law signed by the governor.
The Ingle's testified at the statehouse for Senate Bill 2, pushing for stop arm cameras on school buses and tougher penalties for school bus traffic violations.
"It's amazing to have this law, I mean, this was our whole purpose, we didn't want any family to suffer the life sentence that my husband and I and my daughter will have to face for the rest of our lives. And if this law will help save other children, because those children getting on the buses are our future. And I mean, if we can save them and save grandparents or parents the heartache then that's even more meaningful to this bill," Ingle said.


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After Louie's diagnosis of ASD I heard nothing for around 4 – 5 months. There wasn't any contact from outside agencies or any other help. His pre-school were amazing and held a meeting to set targets inviting various professionals. Nobody came. To say I was upset was putting it mildly. I was struggling with Louie's behaviour at home especially with a new-born baby. It felt as though everyone thought I would know what to do because of my teaching background. However raising a child and teaching a child were two completely different worlds. Simple tasks such as getting Louie dressed were taking me around an hour each morning and would be on par with a wrestling match. Louie's language was developing but still not enough at this point to convey what he wanted or how he was feeling. And so I did what most parents do when they feel their child is not receiving what they need and are entitled to. I kicked up a storm!
Before long Louie was receiving one to one at school and we were receiving weekly home visits focusing on behaviour techniques. The educational psychologist, Jo, was amazing and Louie loved her. We both looked forward to her weekly visits. She taught me a lot over her visits and is still a great source of help. Here are 5 strategies that were so simple yet so affective:
"You choose"
Due to Louie's meltdowns each time he needed dressing, Jo told me I was to pick two different jumpers and ask "Louie which one would you like to wear; the shark jumper or the dinosaur jumper?" I sighed inwardly, this woman didn't have a clue. There was no chance it would work. The next morning it was time to get dressed and so I said the above. Louie looked at me confused by this change of tact. He then pointed at the shark jumper and let me dress him without any meltdown! Now I realise I had given him some control and let him make his own choice. This is what he wanted all along. I now apply this method whenever I feel Louie is struggling with decision making or things are getting out of control. For example at the ice cream parlour on holiday there were around 50 different flavours on show, I recognised the signs of a meltdown brewing and quickly stepped in with a choice, "Louie would you like chocolate or strawberry?" and there it was simple as that, sat with a strawberry ice cream living the dream!
Amazingly Louie had actually been implementing this for a while of his own accord. For Christmas he had received a Buzz Light Year back pack. Quickly this became like a comfort blanket and was constantly attached to his back full of toy trains. I had read about weighted vests that help autistic children feel calmer and more focused. Louie had simply created his own modified one. The weight across the shoulders creates a deep pressure sensory input that can then help with sensory difficulties.
Weighted Blankets
As the backpack idea seemed to be working so well, I started looking at weighted blankets. Louie's sleep was always a challenge so I welcomed any help in this area. I discussed the blankets with Jo next time she came. She said before I went ordering one to try something more simple. Carry out my usual bedtime routine; bath, milk, story, bed, but this time tuck Louie in tight with the duvet. I didn't know how Louie would react to this. I made it a funny situation for him by singing a silly rhyme "snug as a bug, snug as a bug" He smiled and seemed happy and content. I sat on the stairs waiting for the inevitable footsteps out of bed. Nothing. I spied at him around the door after around 20 minutes…he was sleeping! Louie settles for bed pretty well now, thanks to Elvis Presley. However when he is feeling maybe a little anxious he asks me to do "the snug as a bug."
First and Then
As part of Jo's visits we played lots of games with Louie. This was to encourage turn taking, sharing, patience, as well as many other things. Each time Jo used the terms "First" and "Then" with a visual picture board to show the order of he games. She encouraged me to use the language in day to day routines. By giving Louie an idea of what was coming next he was able to process and prepare himself. This made him a lot calmer especially when leaving the house. Eventually I had a visual board developed and a visual timetable and this has worked wonders.
Toilet Trouble
Louie has been toilet trained since he was around 20 months and was a quick learner. However when we moved home he was anxious to use the new toilet. We thought this would pass but it got progressively worse. He would stand to pee but had never sat to do his numbers twos. Eventually I had to take him to see the doctor because there was now an impaction and he was in a terrible state. I spoke to Jo and she explained that Louie may need something under his feet to make him feel secure and grounded. After some prescribed laxatives and persuasion, Louie sat on the toilet with an up turned crate to rest his feet on. Relief all around, literally in Louie's case!
These 5 simple strategies have helped me greatly. I recommend anybody with similar scenarios as Louie's to give them a try. Of course all children are different and some of the suggestions Jo gave just didn't suit Louie and so we went back to the drawing board and tried another. I would be interested in any techniques other parents use and the impact they have had on your lives.


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Chloride channel myotonia: exon 8 hot-spot for dominant-negative interactions.
Publication Type:Journal article
Publication Sub Type:Article
Authors:Fialho D, Schorge S, Pucovska U, Davies NP, Labrum R, Haworth A, Stanley E, Sud R, Wakeling W, Davis MB, Kullmann DM, Hanna MG
Publication date:12/2007
Pagination:3265, 3274
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Myotonia congenita (MC) is the commonest genetic skeletal muscle ion channelopathy. It is caused by mutations in CLCN1 on chromosome 7q35, which alter the function of the major skeletal muscle voltage-gated chloride channel. Dominant and recessive forms of the disease exist. We have undertaken a clinical, genetic and molecular expression study based upon a large cohort of over 300 UK patients. In an initial cohort of 22 families, we sequenced the DNA of the entire coding region of CLCN1 and identified 11 novel and 11 known mutations allowing us to undertake a detailed genotype-phenotype correlation study. Generalized muscle hypertrophy, transient weakness and depressed tendon reflexes occurred more frequently in recessive than dominant MC. Mild cold exacerbation and significant muscle pain were equally common features in dominant and recessive cases. Dominant MC occurred in eight families. We noted that four newly identified dominant mutations clustered in exon 8, which codes for a highly conserved region of predicted interaction between the CLC-1 monomers. Expressed in Xenopus oocytes these mutations showed clear evidence of a dominant-negative effect. Based upon the analysis of mutations in this initial cohort as well as a review of published CLCN1 mutations, we devised an exon hierarchy analysis strategy for genetic screening. We applied this strategy to a second cohort of 303 UK cases with a suspected diagnosis of MC. In 23 individuals, we found two mutations and in 86 individuals we identified a single mutation. Interestingly, 40 of the cases with a single mutation had dominant exon 8 mutations. In total 48 individuals (from 34 families) in cohort 1 and 2 were found to harbour dominant mutations (37% of mutation positive individuals, 30% of mutation positive families). In total, we have identified 23 new disease causing mutations in MC, confirming the high degree of genetic heterogeneity associated with this disease. The DNA-based strategy we have devised achieved a genetic diagnosis in 36% of individuals referred to our centre. Based on these results, we propose that exon 8 of CLCN1 is a hot-spot for dominant mutations. Our molecular expression studies of the new exon 8 mutations indicate that this region of the chloride channel has an important role in dominant negative interactions between the two chloride channel monomers. Accurate genetic counselling in MC should be based not only upon clinical features and the inheritance pattern but also on molecular genetic analysis and ideally functional expression data.
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