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A crossbreed is an organism with purebred parents of two different breeds, varieties, or populations. Crossbreeding, sometimes called "designer crossbreeding", is the process of breeding such an organism, often with the intention to create offspring that share the traits of both parent lineages, or producing an organism with hybrid vigor. While crossbreeding is used to maintain health and viability of organisms, irresponsible crossbreeding can also produce organisms of inferior quality or dilute a purebred gene pool to the point of extinction of a given breed of organism.
A domestic animal of unknown ancestry, where the breed status of only one parent or grandparent is known, may also be called a crossbreed though the term "mixed breed" is technically more accurate. Outcrossing is a type of crossbreeding used within a purebred breed to increase the genetic diversity within the breed, particularly when there is a need to avoid inbreeding.
In animal breeding, crossbreeds are crosses within a single species, while hybrids are crosses between different species. In plant breeding terminology, the term crossbreed is uncommon. No universal term is used to distinguish hybridization or crossing within a population from those between populations, or even those between species.
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Nanosponges in Action
Engineers at the University of California have invented a new way to clean the blood of toxins from bacteria and venom. Video courtesy of the Jacobs School Communications Team.
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Robert E. Gray, co-founder and longtime chief executive of women's clothier St. John Knits, died Tuesday at his Orange County home after a long illness. He was 86.
Gray and his wife, Marie, started the company in a San Fernando Valley garage in 1962 on a romantic whim. Marie Hermann, a model who used the surname St. John professionally, wanted to raise money for a Hawaiian honeymoon, the story goes. She persuaded her fiance, Gray, who was an apparel salesman, to show a sample of a dress she designed and knit to a store buyer, thinking she might sell 20. Gray returned with orders for almost 200.
"I absolutely collapsed," Marie Gray said Thursday. "He had a vision, and I must say his vision was broader than mine."
The couple married later that year, having almost accidentally launched a business that would grow into a global luxury brand.
Gray was born in Minnesota in 1925, but moved early in life to Southern California, where his father worked on movie special effects and his mother was a homemaker.
Gray earned a bachelor's degree at USC and intended to go to law school until a summer job with a friend's father lured him into the apparel business, his wife said.
The couple's fledgling enterprise did $92,000 in sales its first year, and by the early 1970s annual sales topped $1 million. In 1972, the Grays moved the company from Los Angeles to Irvine.
"We did every aspect of the work," Robert Gray recalled in a 2000 interview with The Times. "I used to be the shipping clerk, while she ran the factories; I did the selling, she did the designing. It was very easy for us to be very hands-on.
"I could certainly over the years be accused of overmanaging," he said. "But that's just the way I've managed the business."
The knit suits, dresses and sportswear meticulously made from the wool of Australian sheep were noted for their quality and Chanel-like timelessness. They were worn by lawyers, businesswomen and top movers and shakers, such as Hillary Rodham Clinton and
The company's annual warehouse sale in Orange County drew women by the hundreds, some camping out overnight for the chance to restock their closets at 70% off.
In 1989, the Grays sold a controlling interest in the firm to German luxury brand Escada AG. In 1993, Escada took it public, with Robert Gray remaining as chairman and chief executive.
In 1999, the Grays and Vestar Capital Partners, a private equity firm, bought up all the shares and took the company private again, with Vestar holding the controlling interest.
When Gray retired in 2002, St. John had grown from a two-person enterprise to an international label with 4,800 employees and $365 million in annual sales.
Marie Gray and the couple's daughter,
— who had worked at the firm since she was 12, rising to become co-president and creative director and serving as the line's longtime model — ended their day-to-day roles in 2005.
"I'm very proud of the people he touched," Marie Gray said. "And of the company he built and the family he loved."
Besides his wife and daughter, Gray is survived by two sons from a previous marriage, Michael and Guy Gray; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services will be private.


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3G Signals Make You Sick, But Smarter
from the not-quite-cancer dept
As the wireless industry is trying to convince people to upgrade to 3G systems, the last thing they need is the widespread belief that the new phones lead to more health problems. Having finally gotten past the point where most people believe mobile phones cause cancer, a new report is coming out saying that 3G cellular signals are causing headaches and nausea. Of course, they're saying that the effect comes from the base station, and not the phone itself - which would suggest that there should be a hell of a lot more headaches and nausea over vast patches of territory where 3G is currently in place. The article also doesn't say whether or not distance from the base station made a difference. At the same time, the report isn't all bad, since it also claims that those in range of the 3G base station found themselves to have better memory and faster response times. So, it makes you sick, but makes you smarter? Tradeoffs... tradeoffs. With such odd findings, I would imagine that many more tests need to be done, which are likely to show that the results of this test mean absolutely nothing. Still, from a PR standpoint, the various wireless carriers probably want to be prepared to respond to questions and complaints (and probably lawsuits) from those who will suddenly start blaming their headaches and nausea on the local 3G tower.


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House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), addressing the cameras after his weekly meeting with House Republicans, was his usual, courtly self Wednesday morning -- until Nancy Cordes of CBS News found her way under his tanned skin.
�Mr. Speaker, most major conservative groups have put out statements blasting this deal,� she said of the compromise that House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., reached Tuesday night with Senate Democrats.
Boehner interrupted her. �You mean the groups that came out and opposed it before they ever saw it?� he asked.
�Yes, those groups,� she said.
Boehner raised his voice. �They -- they�re using our members and they�re using the American people for their own goals,� he said. �This is ridiculous!�
Yes, it is. And the fact that Republicans finally realize it means that Ryan�s budget compromise can be called a success, even if it accomplishes little else.
Much is wrong with the deal to fund the government for the next 21 months. It does nothing to address Medicare and Social Security, which are the long-term problems threatening the nation�s finances. It doesn�t change the inefficient and illogical tax code. It doesn�t extend unemployment benefits, and it doesn�t even fully replace the automatic spending cuts known as sequestration, which is what negotiators had set out to do in the first place. Essentially, lawmakers reached agreement by jettisoning everything consequential.
And yet Ryan achieved something monumental: He persuaded his fellow conservatives to compromise, even though they are under pressure to oppose the pact from powerful groups such as Club for Growth, Heritage Action and Americans for Prosperity that oust Republicans in primaries if they are insufficiently doctrinaire. (The Washington Post report Wednesday that conservative lawmakers fired a staffer who had been working with outside groups to build opposition to Ryan�s agreement.)
This should give the public, and the markets, a modicum of reassurance that Washington can still handle the simple task of keeping the government running. And this first-time willingness among conservatives to buck the ideological purity police is a small ray of hope that their bravery will repeat itself on other occasions.
�I�m one of the most conservative of the caucus, and I�m leaning yes on this,� Rep. John Fleming, R-La., told reporters in a Capitol basement corridor after leaving the House Republicans� meeting. �I�m not sure that the outside groups are going to be able to influence us away from what really is a good step in the right direction.�
Fleming, among the tea party faithful in the House, said he didn�t hear �any major objections� among colleagues. �We�ve actually found a compromise that does not assault the values of either side,� he said.
Certainly, not all of the sans-culottes in the Republican-led House were pacified. �It�s an incredibly small baby step. I�m likely to vote against it,� announced Rep. Matt Salmon, R-Ariz. �We did nothing on Social Security and Medicare.�
Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan., likewise, called it a �typical� Washington deal, saying, �It�s going to increase the deficit, it�s going to raise taxes and fees and it�s not going to address the long-term overspending problem in Washington.�
But the agreement returns discretionary spending to 2007 levels in 2015, it gives at least lip service to reducing entitlement spending, and it softens the worst effects of the sequester cuts. Above all, it�s going to restore a sense that Congress can handle the most basic functions of writing budgets and paying bills. That�s not saying much, yet it�s a significant improvement on the way things have been done in recent years.
�We�ve got to find a way to make this divided government work,� Ryan said Wednesday morning, standing with Boehner and other House GOP leaders. �We understand in this divided government, we�re not going to get everything we want.�
The conclusion would seem obvious. But for Ryan, a profile in intransigence the last several years, this was a major change. And some of the most ardent conservatives were swayed by the former vice presidential nominee.
Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, said Ryan told the Republicans �a great story about what we are trying to accomplish on behalf of the American people ... making sure the American people understand that we have adults in Washington who can deal with big problems.�
Rep. Charlie Dent, R-Pa., said that with their compromise, Republicans �are showing the American people we have the capacity for governance.�
But what about the obsession with repealing Obamacare above all else?
�Not even mentioned,� said Rep. Buck McKeon, R-Calif.
Such reasonableness almost certainly will not last. But let�s savor the moment.
Follow Dana Milbank on Twitter, @Milbank.
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Dana Milbank: Republicans buck the purity police
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), addressing the cameras after his weekly meeting with House Republicans, was his usual, courtly self Wednesday morning -- until Nancy Cordes of CBS News found her way under his tanned skin.


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Windows Phone seemingly turns a corner with every new application, small operating system update, and new Nokia Lumia. It's turning so many corners it's running in circles.
2013 was nothing less than a blockbuster success for Windows Phone, which went from industry also-ran to the undisputed third mobile ecosystem, and is poised to challenge iPhone for the number two spot. You didn't think it could get this good? That's OK, neither did I.


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Another indication a settlement is unlikely in Crewcut Charlie Weis' medical malpractice lawsuit against Massachusetts General physicians Charles Ferguson and Richard Hodin, accused of botching Weis' gastric-bypass operation in 2002.
Weis told Michael Rothstein of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette on Saturday that the new trial is scheduled to begin July 16, just weeks before the Notre Dame coach gathers his troops for fall drills.
"It just had to be on my vacation," Weis said. "So it wouldn't be disruptive."


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We need to return the United States of America to its founding Christian principles, including freedom of speech! And we need to restore the American dream of prosperity! We need a president that fears God and speaks the TRUTH, not a bunch of lies! And we need a president that is willing and able to improve our economy, not a president that gives away hard working, taxpayers money!
America needs you. Please go for it.
Americans will not make the mistake of not voting for you again. Sarah would do a good job and would pull in the woman vote. You are the only one that can save America. Start early so you have time to work for the vote.
We need someone who will bring dignity back into the White House and who will be respected by his peers. Mitt Romney is that guy. The way things are now, we are being laughed at by the other countries who have us under their magnifying glasses. Mitt Romney has the ability to turn the economy around so that everyone wins, and is able to put together a team of professionals such as Marco Rubio to finally deal with the serious immigration issues facing the country.
I voted for him the last time. I also think his wife would make a great first lady. He is a caring, honest, knowledgeable businessman. I watched his whole campaign. I think he was not given the right advise on several appearances. However, if he changed his staff, he should run again. And he has got to be more aggressive.
Conservatives in AMERICA have work to do -- (1) pushing each state to protect our voting rights with VOTER ID before the 2014 elections! (2) Educate to remove fear and lies out of the Immigration issue, for all immigrants eligible to vote, especially with the Hispanic vote -- we are all on the same side with our values and family based beliefs -- we need to unite to strengthen our fight against liberal destruction of America's values! (3) UNITE as Conservatives to support and elect STRICT REPRESENTATION in Washington and cut Obama's 2nd term in half by regaining the majority in all of Congress in 2014! (4) Finally, Support Mitt Romney -- whose victory was stolen by voter fraud and outright cheating in 2012. He deserves our support and we deserve the best candidate -- he has ALREADY BEEN VETTED, we don't need to waste time, money or energy on trying to find and clear someone else -- we need to FOCUS on ROMNEY !!! CONSERVATIVES -- UNITE and ELECT ROMNEY in 2016!
Mitt is the only person in the GOP who can beat Hillary in 2016. He doesn't need the money. He just cares about getting this country back on the right track. Most of his campaign contacts are still in place, and he already has the experience of running a 50 state campaign in a general election.
Assuming that Hillary Clinton is the nominee, Mitt Romney is uniquely situated for 2016.
Bill Clinton said Obama's policies would lead us to prosperity. Has that happened?
Hillary Clinton said Barack Obama would "revitalize" the economy.
15% of the nation is now on food stamps.
Who can get people back to work in America? Who understands health insurance?
Romney would be running in 2016 anyway (for re-election) if he had won 2012.
If he is at all interested, he should strongly consider a 2016 run.
Some are blessed with intellect, others with moral grounding, and yet others with resolve; you sir personify all three. Some seek greatness while others have it thrust upon them; receive this God inspired calling. It is your time and America is waiting.
Do it for my kids ages 9, 11 and 15.
Nixon lost to Kennedy in 1960 and re-ran for the presidency in 1968. Romney barely lost to an incumbent president, thus he is definitely not a write-off. The presidental race was quite close, perhaps Romney can run again in 2016. Romney or Jeb Bush in 2016, not a Tea Party candidate.
I would gladly see Mitt Romney run for president again because he will surely be defeated. His unapologetic affinity for a Fox News-like knowledge of the world will cripple him once again. He was corrected by Candy Crowley specifically for being so blatantly wrong. His running mate, Paul Ryan, openly admitted he would prefer women not have the same ability to be hired as men. It would be fulfilling to beat these chauvinists once again.
He is not the "Promised One" the Mormons prayed for for the past 150 years. God rejected him (if you are a Mormon). ...This is coming from an ex-Mormon living in Salt Lake, so I know first hand what they expected to happen. After Romney lost, Mormons started questioning their faith, trust me. God promised them a President and didn't deliver. There's not way he would have a shot again. Plus, the Republican Party would never nominate him a second time.
Supporting a case why he should run in 2016 might be more important than why he shouldn't run.
Mitt lost in 2012. I believe he wasn't elected because he is a Mormon who identifies with a political party which is comprised of 80% + traditional Christian sects; Catholics and Evangelicals. I felt this polarized the Conservative party. A deeper more fundamental choice had to be made for Republicans: Loyalty to political party or loyalty to religious ideology. And although Mormons are technically considered Christians, Mormonism is not widely accepted by Catholics and Evangelicals as an equal Christian sect.
For this reason alone I feel Mitt would also lose in 2016 if he ran against another strong Democrat.
Guaranteed if I asked the average joe, what is one difference between Romney and Obama, he wouldn't know if it bit him in the ass. And that's the guy who's voting. It doesn't shock me that 91% said yes he should run again, because Americans are stupid and love to see history repeat itself over and over. I mean we elected Bush twice. If you can't see through Mitt Romney and his painfully obvious lies, then you shouldn't even have a opinion on the matter.
He couldn't even beat Obama so what makes you think he could beat anyone else. We need a Libertarian minded person in the White House. More and more people are now waking up to the fact that up at that level there is not much difference between Democrats and Republicans.
Mitt Romney has horrid views for the American People. Not only did he disrespect 47% of Americans, he believes in cutting the rights of women, the LGBT community and ending healthcare for middle class Americans. He is pro-rich and anti-poor. Obama is way better and proud he won in 2012. Hillary for President 2016!
I hoped we were rid of the Romneys. He lost. Good riddance. We do not need the super-rich to try to govern our country. If you want a good Republican, have a look at Newt Gingrich. He is intelligent, he knows history, and he understands what is good for the country.
Republicans will never regain the White House as long as the majority are homophobic, bible banging evangelicals, anti-civil rights, anti-gay marriage, anti-immigration reform, pro corporate and anti-campaign reform and perceived as a party controlled by old white men. America is changing and evolving and old party Republicans will be left on the close-minded ash pile of history.
No more out-of-touch plutocrats. The other 99.997% of us can't afford it. The country roundly rejected this world view a few months ago. It's clear that his direction is the wrong direction. What about Mitt Romney is so eminently virtuous that he is worthy of a third consideration? Wrong on jobs, wrong on healthcare, wrong on women, wrong on minorities, wrong on foreign policy, wrong on the economy, wrong on banks, wrong on basically everything...So why are we entertaining this again? Thanks, but no thanks.
Mitt got my vote. He is a very honest and smart man. I very much wish he was our President now. After 2 unsuccessful attempts it would be best if he stepped back and the Republicans ran a different person with Mitt's blessing. Surely the Republicans can find a winner.
Don't get me wrong. I WOULD vote for him if he ran but;
Knowing how contenders smear and tear families apart, even on false premises is not good for anyone. And besides, the way the world is going, especially the liberal world, they will not vote for him and he can use his money to do good quietly better than battling the majority who do not want him in office.


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Planning a wedding in London, for local couples or destination types alike, is an adventure.
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Fashions change, but the importance of good tailoring, good cloth, a careful finish and quality of detailing remain constant. It's still true – to make an impression, dress well today, dress well tomorrow. If that sounds expensive, it needn't be.
Andy & Tuly is a husband and wife operation which has been open for over 10 years. We started specialising in waistcoats and embroidery design, then cufflinks and silk ties and braces. We also sell women's Jewellery and we have an extensive diamond jewellery collection.
From hiring just two Tartans in 1990, Jakes Direct now offer 2000 different tartans to Hire or Buy. All our Clothing is bespoke made in Scotland or Ireland with some Tartans woven in Wales. We have designed some unique patterns for Kilts and offer jackets in 2000 Tartans, 80 Tweeds and 36 plain Colours.
Browns offers a special personal service and the ultimate shopping experience for clothing and accessories for men and women under one roof.
An outstanding new collection of Formalwear ideas for your wedding day, including traditional Morning Tails, Contemporary Edwards, Panama Edwards, Mohair Edwards, Frock Coats, The Oxfords and Highlandwear.
For over 60 years tux n tails have been involved in helping gentlemen find the right outfit whenever the occasion,whatever the ceremony, wherever the venue.
Emily May specialises in the cleaning and finishing of all styles of wedding dresses ranging from antique and contemporary to originals and designer collections.
We have been in the menswear business for over 20 years. We can rent tuxedos for one person or an entire group for those special occasions. ring for free consultation. count on Rent a Suit formal wear the tuxedo experts.
We've both always had a passion for suits, which became more than just an interest after I had a number of fantastic quality fine woollen suits made whilst doing voluntary work in Nepal in 2005.
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At Well Groomed we have a superbly stylish collection of men's formal wear so you can be sure that whatever the occasion you'll make a great impression. Our collection includes Morning Wear, Asian Groom Wear and Evening Wear.
A wedding dress is perhaps the most special and emotive garment a lady will ever own. We understand this and for this reason we our dedicated to providing you with outstanding service in the cleaning of your wedding dress.
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A visit to The Bridal Gallery is a must for any bride to be. We have everything you could possibly need for your wedding day, stunning collections of bridal dresses, bridesmaids dresses and flower girls dresses!
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This past week and this weekend I've finally found the time to enter into the colorful world of custom Android ROMs. After figuring out just how insanely great and awesome ClockWorkMod Recovery is, I set about to figure out what the best Ice Cream Sandwich ROM is for the Galaxy SII. While the answer to that question became clear quite quickly, this answer also gave rise to a whole bunch of other questions.
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People don't like Motorola because in the past ten years they haven't released a phone that doesn't fall apart in six months. My last (in both senses of the word) Motorola was the Motorola Backflip. I am insanely careful with my phones, compared to most people, and the hinge gave out on mine, which is apparently not a warranty issue. Mine lasted me a total of five months, nobody else I knew with a Backflip had theirs last more than four. Similarly, my customers' Milestones, Dexts and Backflips also lasted no more than six months. (To Americans, Milestones and Dexts may be better known as Droids and Cliqs).


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Are you having occasional difficulty in anything concerned with erection? It is common with men to have problem in having erection or having to last erection longer. These are different problems of erectile dysfunction that men suffer from.
Levitra starts to show its effect almost immediately when it's taken. The affect will also last for quite sometime. When you take it with water, you will see that the influences are apparent within 20 minutes after it is taken.
In United States, Levitra is the second erectile dysfunction pill that has been approved by FDA. It is also known as Vardenafil. It is regarded as a completely safe drug for this reason. Levitra is PDE5 inhibitor. It is marketed by the GSK,
Erectile dysfunction is a disease which was initially mostly related to ageing. With improvement in techniques of medical science, it has been observed that erectile dysfunction can occur for hoards of different reasons and in young men too. The most common cause of erectile dysfunction in men is stress and nutrient deficiency. Sometimes irregular eating habits as well as diabetes are also seen to be the culprit. If the man suffers from any ailments as diabetes and high blood pressure then chances are high that it could lead to the problem. At the same time, depression and insomnia affects the condition of erection too.
Hormonal treatments are present. One can also go for surgeries. There are pills available in the market which is observed to be effective against erectile dysfunction. Most of them are FDA approved and are quite safe for use. One of them is Levitra. It can be orally taken with water and there is no other dietary structure that the patient needs to maintain. So, it is extremely easy with this PED inhibitor to improve the blood circulation in the penis and develop erection. This pill also inhibits the break down of nitric oxide, which is responsible for maintaining the erection during the entire sexual act.


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Severe gales and snow showers caused travel disruption, school closures and left thousands of people without power as Storm Caroline swept in to the UK.
Forecasters had earlier warned of a danger to life, with gusts of up to 90mph possible in northern parts of Scotland.
Flights and ferry services were cancelled while dozens of schools were closed across the north of the country.
Flights and ferry services were cancelled while dozens of schools were closed across the north of the country.
Rail passengers also faced disruption, with trains cancelled after a trampoline blew onto the line in East Renfrewshire and services suspended elsewhere.
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) said power had been safely restored to more than 11,500 customers, mainly on the Western Isles and north-west Highlands, with about 4,600 homes, mainly in Caithness, Orkney and Shetland without power as of 4pm on Thursday.
SSEN said wind gusts in excess of 85mph were recorded in the Western Isles while Mountaineering Scotland tweeted that a gust of 116mph was recorded on Cairngorm.
A 73mph gust was recorded at Stornoway Airport while a 69mph gust was measured at Altnaharra in Sutherland and 68mph in South Uist on Thursday morning, the Met Office said.
Met Office meteorologist John West said: "Storm Caroline is well on its way across northern parts of the UK.
"There will be devastating winds in some parts. More broadly across Scotland there will be 60mph-70mph gusts, but in exposed areas we could see 90mph."
The strong wind warning is valid from 6am until 11.55pm on Thursday, with an amber warning for northern Scotland.
The Met Office has warned of flying debris that could lead to injuries or danger to life while damage to property is also possible.
A yellow "be aware" warning is in force for the southern half of Scotland and parts of the north of Northern Ireland between 6am and 6pm as well.
All schools and nurseries in Lewis, Harris and Uist in the Western Isles are closed to pupils on Thursday as a precaution while 31 primary schools, five secondary schools and 19 nurseries in the Highland Council area and two schools in Aberdeenshire are shut.
A number of Scottish rail services were returning to normal by early evening.
Mark Ilderton, head of integrated control at the ScotRail Alliance, said: "The safety of our staff and customers remains our top priority, and it's on that basis that we take decisions about services during extreme weather.
"Following a reduction in wind speeds in some areas of the country, services between Glasgow Queen Street and Fort William, Oban and Mallaig have now resumed. There will continue to be disruption as we work to get things back to normal.
"Wind speeds remain too high in the very north of Scotland, which is why services to Wick, Thurso and Kyle of Lochalsh remain suspended. It is not safe for services to resume in that part of the country.
"We are carrying out safety checks on the Aberdeen-Inverness line to determine if it is safe to resume services there."
Some flights in the Western Isles were cancelled.
Caledonian MacBrayne ferry services between Tarbert and Lochranza, Oban and Tiree via Coll and Ullapool and Stornoway were cancelled for the rest of the day while many other routes are facing disruption.
The Forth Road Bridge and Tay Road Bridge were closed to double-decker buses while the Skye and Kessock bridges were closed to high-sided vehicles.
A North Sea platform shut down production due to safety fears over weather conditions caused by Storm Caroline.
There have been snow showers across high ground in Scotland.
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Former Cary-Grove head coach Bruce Kay has opted to join Andy Bittos Carmel program as offensive coordinator.
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Who would believe a baseball stadium would bring two football coaches together.
Thats just what happened when Andy met Bruce.
Watching Northwestern play Illinois in November of 2011 at Wrigley Field, Carmel football coach Andy Bitto happened to be sitting next to Bruce Kay, the recently retired Cary-Grove coach and Kays best friend, Earl Nightingale.
We were lucky to get tickets in the end zone so we saw all the scores, Bitto said of their seats, which were on the third base side of the stadium.
During that game, Bitto said he first offered Kay the job as Carmels offensive coordinator. Sort of.
It was more tongue and cheek. I was half serious, Bitto said.
Added Kay: (The exchange) didnt dominate my mind. It was more definitive (later).
But on that chilly night 14 months ago, the seed was planted for a decision that is now official. Wednesday, Carmel announced Kay as the schools offensive coordinator.
The move on paper appears to be a marriage made in option heaven: on one side, Carmel Catholic, coming off its first three-win season since 1996, adds a state championship-winning coach (2009) who shares the same belief structure on offensive football run the football, then run some more. On the other side, Kay, who retired as Cary-Grove football coach after the 2010 season and as athletic director in June of 2011, gets back into coaching after a one-year layoff.
I dont have to go in there and convince them of the positives of flex bone triple option football, Kay said, who spent 22 years as Cary-Grove head coach, finishing with a record of 168-68. Carmel is in a different league with different coaches. To be in a different environment, that was attractive to me.
After leaving the Trojans program, Kay spent a year as an offensive consultant to North Park College in 2011. It kept him in football, but without the the day-to-day responsibilities of being in charge which wore him out his final years at Cary-Grove.
I was quite tired when I left (Cary-Grove), Kay said. I was obsessive with it and didnt want to get back to that state. So I didnt want to hurry into making a decision. I was cautious.
Which is why the Carmel-Kay marriage took months to consummate. Kay was out of football during 2012 season, spending time in Hilton Island, South Carolina. Bitto stayed in touch with Kay through mutual coaching friend and former Crystal Lake Central coach Bill Mack.
It was during the playoffs this past November when Bitto and Kay met again. They attended the Notre Dame-Lake Forest 6A quarterfinal game together in Niles, where they talked football and life.
My sons (Jack and Peter) were there with us. We knew we always got along, Bitto said. He wanted to know how much leeway I would give him and let him coach. I get (assistants) I can trust and let them work.
Convinced Bitto who acted as Carmels offensive coordinator in 2012 would allow him to run the offense, Kay was sold. The day after his former school lost in the 6A title game on Nov. 24, Kay placed a call to accept Bittos longstanding offer to become the Corsairs offensive coordinator.
There is plenty of time to flesh out just how Kays ideas will impact Carmels offense in 2013.
Option 2.0, Bitto said. Its a scenario where we gain 20 years of option experience in one person. We might run the football more.


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Doing some googling, I cam across the Titan Missile Museum in America, where they have a HF discone.
Those who have a discone that tells you it works from 0.5 mhz or some other stupidly low frequency, may like to take a look at how big this thing is & it's not designed to work as low as 0.5mhz that 600 meters. But instead 6 Mhz which is only 50 meters to 30mhz or 10 meters.
I know the Titan Discone is designed for Transmit. But scale is important, even on RX. A discone is smaller than a handheld antenna is at 10 meters & how many here would recommend a slightly longer & better handy antenna for VHF & UHF listening?
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Common Fund took a major step toward shaping its multi-site Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN) with the selection of Harvard Medical School as the UDN Coordinating Center. The $9 million, four-year award begins the expansion of the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program to which doctors across the country have turned for help in diagnosing their patients' puzzling conditions.
"The Undiagnosed Diseases Network Coordinating Center at Harvard Medical School will serve as a resource to assist in supporting and managing the UDN," said Anastasia Wise, Ph.D., UDN program director at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH. "Our colleagues at Harvard will play the important role of facilitating collaboration among laboratory and clinical researchers across multiple clinical sites and in sharing data and approaches generated from cases as widely as possible throughout the scientific community."
The Harvard group will help translate the successful NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program into preliminary protocols and operating guidelines that will begin to define the framework for the expanding network. In summer 2014, NIH expects to announce the selection of five to seven UDN clinical sites around the United States that will form the network. The network will develop common protocols and collaborate across sites to advance the clinical approach to undiagnosed diseases.
"We will be shaping an initial framework of common practice that can be shared across the network," said Isaac Kohane, M.D., Ph.D., and Lawrence J. Henderson Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard and principal investigator for the coordinating center. "We will establish common protocols for data collection and approaches to patient selection, evaluation and diagnoses, while leaving room for innovation."
Undiagnosed diseases are disorders with long-standing symptoms that have not been diagnosed despite extensive clinical investigation. They include diseases that are not recognized because they are so infrequent, some that have never been described and rare varieties of more common diseases.
To diagnose these conditions, doctors in the network will engage bench researchers in investigating disease mechanisms and potentially developing treatments using genomic data. The UDN program will also train clinicians in the use of contemporary genomic approaches that are proving increasingly effective in making diagnoses.
The original Undiagnosed Diseases Program will continue to operate at NIH. Since that program's 2008 launch, NIH doctors have seen more than 600 patients with unknown conditions, about half of them children. They have achieved a 25 percent success rate in achieving a diagnosis, with some diagnoses taking as little as a week and others taking as long as two years. A number of new conditions have been diagnosed through the program, which is run by NHGRI, the NIH Clinical Center and the NIH Office Rare Diseases Research.
"The added capacity of the Undiagnosed Diseases Network will help us immensely in our work," said William Gahl, M.D., Ph.D., NHGRI clinical director and founding director of the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program. "We are thrilled that we will soon have a network to engage in this work with us. We are learning a great amount from studying difficult-to-diagnose disorders."
The NIH Common Fund, which announced the creation of the UDN in 2012, supports cross-cutting programs that are expected to have exceptionally high impact. All Common Fund initiatives invite investigators to develop bold, innovative and often risky approaches to address problems that may seem intractable or to seize new opportunities that offer the potential for rapid progress.
"Establishing the UDN Coordinating Center is an important first step to getting the new UDN up and running," said James Anderson, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives, which oversees the NIH Common Fund, including the UDN. "We are excited to build on the success of the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program, and to expand our efforts to bring diagnoses and hope to patients suffering from rare or even previously unknown diseases."
For more about the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Network, visit http://commonfund.nih.gov/Diseases/ or http://www.genome.gov/27550959/undiagnosed-diseases-network-udn/.


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Holiday Decor at Blair House
You didn't love the White House holiday decor we showed earlier this week. How do you feel about the holiday decor across the street in Blair House (the President's guest house)? The State Department invited six shelter magazines to decorate Blair House for the holidays.
Traditional Home magazine asked Virginia designer Barry Dixon to decorate the Lee Dining Room. Martha Stewart Living editors dressed up the Lee Drawing Room with ornaments based on the stylized birds from the 18th-century green Chinese wallpaper and hung them on an archway of gilded branches.
See more of Blair House's holiday decor: Esprit decor; Magazine editors bedeck 17 envoy spaces for Mission 'Diplomacy at Home' from The Washington Post
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 32 diseños de 10 diseñadores freelance.
Looking to change the design of our website. Looking for a fresher look, easy to read and navigate. We would like it to be clean and professional with perhaps more images or coloured sections to captivate interest. Help us take our website to the next level and at the same time be able to add out corporation to your resume!
http://www.clicktofone.com is an Australian company that is growing very rapidly. We need our new website to be able to capture the attention and sell our services to major banks, corporations etc. Therefore we would like it to be clean, proffesional with clever use of images and /or colours. To find out more about our company, please read what we do on http://www.clicktofone.com.
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Glenn "Luke" Cramer, 84, of East Stroudsburg, died Monday morning, Nov. 26, 2012, at Pocono Medical Center, East Stroudsburg.
Born on April 10, 1928, in East Stroudsburg, he was the son of the late Victor Cramer and the late Violet (Halterman) Price, and was a lifelong resident of Monroe County.
He was a World War II veteran, having served in Okinawa with the U.S. Navy from 1946-1948.
Luke was a tree climber for Asplundh Tree Service, a truck driver for Fowler Williams, and a diesel mechanic.
He was a member of Thomas P. Lambert Post 2540 VFW in East Stroudsburg, George N. Kemp Post 346 American Legion in East Stroudsburg and Fraternal Order of Eagles 1106 in Stroud Township.
Luke loved to work on and ride motorcycles, repair small engines and sit around his garage socializing with friends.
Surviving are a son, Bruce Cramer and his wife, Jacqueline, of Stroudsburg; a daughter, Elaine Everett of East Stroudsburg; three grandchildren, Ryan Everett, Michael Everett and Gene Hagerty; several great-grandchildren, including Chase Roberts; two sisters, Youndale Seese and Malinda Bender, both of Cresco; his former wife and good friend, Florence (Dowell) Cramer of Stroudsburg; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a son, Terry Cramer and a grandson, Ottmar Hagerty.
There will be a viewing from 1 to 2 p.m, Thursday, Nov. 29, at William H. Clark Funeral Home, 1003 Main St., Stroudsburg. The funeral service will begin at 2 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with Pastor Lynn Lesoine officiating. Burial will follow at Stroudsburg Cemetery.
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"There weren't many flower gardens [in Moab]," Newell said, adding that very few streets in Moab were paved at the time. "It took me three years to learn to live here and like it. Now I wouldn't want to live anywhere else."
Newell was born in Sudan, N.M. When she was a year old her family homesteaded in Dove Creek, Colo.
"Dove Creek was our stomping ground," she said. "We always came back to Dove Creek."
Newell spent most of her childhood there, but her family often spent winters in Durango, where her father earned extra money working the smelters. "I loved Durango," Newell said. "It was like the big city to us."
The family moved to Monticello while Newell was in high school. Her father opened a small grocery store that he operated throughout the Great Depression.
"Nobody ever left without something to eat," Newell said. "People always tried to pay [him] back."
She recalls a phone call her father received after retiring to Arizona. He had given a man $15 worth of food during those difficult economic times, and the man wanted to pay him back. "He drove 100 miles out of his way to pay back $15," she said.
Newell later attended a small business college in Grand Junction, Colo. "I outlived the school," she said, noting that it has long since closed.
Soon, however, she determined business wasn't for her. So she transferred to Western State College in Gunnison, Colo., and there, she discovered her love for writing.
"I took this wonderful journalism class and got stuck on it," she said.
During a vacation break from school, Newell was offered a job as the secretary for the Farm Security Administration in Monticello. The job included travel to Salt Lake City to take a Civil Service exam, and that led to a job offer with the U.S. State Department.
"World War II was just building up, and the boys were leaving," she said. To fill the vacated jobs, the government started hiring women to work in the offices. Newell accepted a job in the State Department's Special Division, which took her to Washington, D.C., a big change for a small-town girl.
"I'd only ever been to Denver or Salt Lake," she said.
Newell said that her job was fascinating, and she really enjoyed it until she heard about a job opening with the federal Alaska Highway construction project.
"I'd never been to Canada," she said. "It sounded too interesting not to go see."
So she headed to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. And although she was employed on the project, she had only driven 10 miles on the highway itself, and that after a sympathetic truck driver let her ride along so that she could say she'd driven on the highway.
Soon after, Newell headed to San Francisco. "It sounded like a good place to be," she said.
She was working for the Army Corps of Engineers when the war ended.
Eventually, she decided to move home.
"I'd had my bellyful of big cities," she said. She moved back to Monticello to be close to her parents. Then she met her husband, George (Hub) Newell, at the Hole n' the Rock, which was a restaurant at the time. They'd never met because he was from Moab, and Newell's parents had told her that Moab boys were off-limits because they were "too wild."
Maxine and Hub married and moved to Green River, where he worked as a bridge engineer. Their only daughter, Jane, was born there. The family bounced between Green River, Moab and Monticello before finally settling in Moab.
Newell spent six years writing for The Times-Independent, and in 1968, she accepted a job as a ranger with the National Park Service, a job she kept until she retired.
"My favorite thing to do was an interpretation of Wolfe Cabin, so I tracked the history of that down. That became my first book," Newell said.
Newell went on to write several other books including "Charlie Steen's Mi Vida" (1992), "The Untold History of Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument" (with Terby Barnes in 1998), and "The Story of the Hole N' the Rock" (2005). Newell said she was a friend of the Steen family for much of her life and knew Charlie Steen and his family quite well.
"Charlie and I shared a birthday," she said.
Hub died in 1975, only two years after the couple had moved into a home on Walker Street in Moab. Newell stayed there for several more years before deciding that the 80 rose bushes she tended to were too much work. Though her garden is smaller now, she still grows roses.
Newell has a crowd of friends who stop by her house every afternoon for "happy hour," and, she says, she is content.
"My son-in-law asked me once why anyone would want to live in Moab," she said. "My answer was that everything is a little easier here."


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The longlist for the WAN's 2012 House of the Year Award provided an impressive array of submissions from architects all over the world, and it was the judges' hard task to whittle the list of 32 down to 6. Submissions ranged from a variety of cultures and briefs; from cliff-top homes in Hawaii to the East African jungle and holiday homes to affordable housing prototypes, the longlist was studded with exciting projects which tackled each brief in its own unique way.
The jury included: Ellie Stathaki, Architecture Editor of Wallpaper; Alison Brooks, Founder of Alison Brooks Architects; Piers Gough, Founding Partner of CZWG Architects; Tomohiro Hata, Founder of Tomohiro Hata Architects; and Jim Olson, Founding Partner of Olson Kundig Architects.
For the esteemed jurors it was projects which had a story to tell about the site and local culture which placed them at the head of the pack. Studio Seilern's Gota Residence in East Africa in particular drew the judges' attention. The project described by Ellie Stathaki, Architecture Editor of Wallpaper as having the 'wow factor,' impressed the judges with its uncompromising attitude. The playful design which integrated the formidable rock formations brought a sense of context and place to the project, incorporating a few ideas that Alison Brooks, Founder of Alison Brooks Architects 'had not seen before'.
Another project with a strong contextual link to the stunning landscape was the Clifftop house by Dekleva Gregoric Arhitekti. Set overlooking glorious cliff-tops and with stunning sea views the house's main feature of a folded and geometrically complex roof folding itself into the landscape had a beautiful 'floaty' quality about it, reminiscent of a 'sting ray flapping over the landscape', with remote judge Tomohiro Hata of Tomohiro Hata Architects commenting that 'this house has structure as if it was one extension of the environment'.
Sean Godsell's Tanderra House in Victoria was another scheme which responded to context in a unique and powerful way. However, unlike its fellow projects on the shortlist, Tanderra House was in no way indulgent or played with the immediate context. Set in an incredibly harsh environment this house sought to provide shelter and relief from these extreme conditions, earning the jurors' respect. For Piers Gough, Founding Partner of CZWG Architects, the Tanderra House is a 'determined' project, one which 'has its own identity which is strongly pursued, but where is the joy?' Our other remote judge Jim Olson, Founding Partner of Olson Kundig Architects praised the project for its 'sustainable low-tech manner' whilst providing a 'powerful and dramatic' design.
Perhaps the most economical scheme to make it onto the shortlist was Crosson Clarke Carnachan Architect's Hut on Sleds in Whangapoua New Zealand. This project delighted the jurors with minimalistic use of space; a whole 40 sq m for a family of five! As juror Ellie Stathaki pointed out, 'you see a lot of 40 sq m flats in London but none of them as good as this!' The architects' ingenuity to create a beach home which could be moved and free from the 'stolidness' of architecture did not go unnoticed and its originality, beauty and economy of space made the jurors suggest that 'this is what they should use to solve the housing crisis'.
It was Carl Turner's Slip House in Brixton, however, which actually did propose to alleviate the housing crisis. Built as a potential affordable housing prototype, the property was commended by Piers Gough as being something 'great for Britain'. The 'admirable' project won support from all judges with respect to its adaptability and economic use of space and materiality.
The final project to make the shortlist was also commended for its modesty and integration within its 'magical' landscape. To Piers Gough, the 'strong architectural determinism with modern articulation' of Herbst Architects' Under Pohutukawa deserved its spot on the shortlist. This was a project where the 'structure spoke of the surrounding trees' and was both complex and controlled at the same time, and was for our judges 'a virtuouso piece of work.'
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House of the Year Shortlist
Slip House, Brixton, London, United Kingdom - Carl Turner Architect
Very brave (Alison Brooks)
I like how it stands on the street, in terms of its context (Ellie Stathaki)
Great for Britain but ordinary for the rest of the world (Piers Gough)
Clifftop House, Maui, Hawaii, United States - Dekleva Gregoric Arhitekti
Interesting, clear, not easy to do, controlled (Alison Brooks)
It's more ambitious because when you do a folded roof like that, you have to co-ordinate the roof geometries with the plan forms; there is a more organic relationship between the two (Alison Brooks)
Nice sophistication (Piers Gough)
Floatiness of a sting ray, flaps over the landscape (Alison Brooks)
Gota Residence, East Africa - Sforza Seilern Architects
Strong overtones of Neutra but in a good way (Alison Brooks)
It has the 'wow' effect (Ellie Stathaki)
Working in a climate that lets you go crazy- this is where you can integrate architecture with landscape (Alison Brooks)
It's done with absolute conviction; beautiful (Piers Gough)
Tanderra House, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia - Sean Godsell Architects
Existential and purist of all the houses (Alison Brooks)
I like the idea of the screens and shade and shapes that you get (Ellie Stathaki)
It has its own identity which is strongly pursued (Piers Gough)
Under Pohutukawa, Piha, Auckland - Herbst Architects Ltd
Structure talks to the tree branches (Ellie Stathaki)
I'm very taken with this one; most wonderfully integrated into its landscape (Piers Gough)
Virtuoso piece of work, but someone who's completely in control of their medium and language, however in a familiar context and response (Alison Brooks)
Hut on Sleds, Whangapoua, New Zealand - Crosson Clarke Carnachan Architects
I love it (Piers Gough)
It doesn't steal someone else beach (Piers Gough)
I love this, I would buy one if I could! (Ellie Stathaki)
That is so great; this is what they should use to solve the housing crisis (Alison Brooks)


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koontz1973 wrote:I am surprised at how many bugs there have been in this one. Not like me to do this sloppy work. Sorry flaps.
anonymus wrote:so just played a 1v1 game.. whats up with the allied hospital being completely safe from bombards?
then atleast germany needs some auto-deploy or something..
if allied starts and instead of taking foxhole just takes the hospital thats a unbreakable +2 bonus.. seems really silly, no?
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This one fixes the foxhole bonuses. Raises the plane neutrals to 7.
kuma32478 wrote:I apologize if this is already being addressed, but I wanted to point out something I noticed.
If this map is played with the trench setting, as I'm sure it was intended to be played on, isn't in impossible to cross the center since you won't be able to get from safe zone to safe zone before being reset to 1 neutral? Realistically, it seems like it would be possible that two people eliminate each other from each side of them map and then be in a stalemate? Am I missing something?
Steve The Mighty wrote:Whilst I think this is a great map and a totally different game which I like it has one or two issues:
Bottom part of the map starts with 19 regions and the top with 20 in a 1 v 1 game.
In all games I have played so far the person holding the hospital bonus at the top of the map does not receive it.
In one game of singles I played my opponent was getting 14 armies per turn v my 10 and we held the same regions
Otherwise map is great - love it
koontz1973 wrote:Is there a reason why the xml has not been updated yet?
codierose wrote:hey guys like to add great map easy to follow and readable legend for a change 1v1 trench great fun.
only one thing is in team games is there anyway when troops deployed they can all be on one side or the other to make a proper battle if that makes any sense to have them all mixed up just makes the map not fun to play at all.
Armandolas wrote:Hello
I think i found a serious bug in this map.
In the German Bonus GFH is included N16..which makes it impossible to get it
Hope it helped
thehippo8 wrote:Armandolas wrote:Hello
I think i found a serious bug in this map.
In the German Bonus GFH is included N16..which makes it impossible to get it
Hope it helped
It's not a bug as such ... it's just that this map cannot be played in trench fog mode as it's impossible to see the hospitals (either direction) or get accross the no-man's land. Only solution I can see is to allow an easier path over the no-man's land or to have portals ... ie the planes can bombard and deploy troops?
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Whitsunday Island, Great Barrier Reef, QLD
Australia has a total of 19 UNESCO World Heritage-listed sites, which include some of the oldest rainforests on earth and around one-third of the world's protected marine areas.
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Here's DeAndre Jordan, getting the lob from Chris Paul and wedging it perfectly between the rim and the backboard. (If you make an "alley-oops!" joke, you'll be first up against the wall.)
The Clippers won in Doc Rivers's return to Boston, but this was all that stood between Paul and another double-double.


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Not a 4 but will hit with you, after work around 7 in San Ramon?
I'm 2.5/3, havent played in a while too.
Hello John,I live in San Ramon up the hill from Central Park. I've been playing since I was a kid and haven't been rated for over 15 years (Last rating was 4.5). All my tennis mechanics are still in place. My schedule availability is: Monday thru Thursday Early mornings and after 6:30pm; Fridays thru Sundays Anytime.
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Looking for Matilda Caroline SIMS, of Young, NSW, Australia
My Matilda was the daughter of William and Caroline SIMS, born c1855, in ENGLAND. The family emigrated to NSW, Australia, and lived in Bankstown and Young. They would've been Australia prior to 1863, as their youngest son, Charles Robert was born on the 24th Nov 1863, in Young.
I have a record of a Matilda Caroline SIMS marrying John EDMONDS in Forbes, NSW, in 1878. But I don't know if this is my ancestor, as the witnesses on the marriage certificate were W.B. EDMONDS and Thomas Michael SIMS. I know that William and Caroline SIMS had four children viz. Matilda, George (c1857), Sarah (c1861) and Charles. So I'm wondering who Thomas William SIMS is, and is this bride my Matilda.
Anyone have info that might clear this up for me?
Looking for John EDMONDS of Forbes, NSW, Australia
This John EDMONDS was born c1858, and married Matilda Caroline SIMS, on the 19 Dec 1878, in Forbes NSW.
My ancestor is Matilda, but I am trying to confirm that she was married to John. The witnesses to the marriage were W.B. EDMONDS and Thomas Michael SIMS.
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Searching for William WELLS
William WELLS is my g/g grandfather, and family folklore has it that he may have come from New Zealand. As I have been unsuccessful in finding any records of his birth in Oz or the UK, I'm thinking NZ might be the place. William at some time emigrated to NSW Australia and married Bridget KEYS, in 1875. Not much to go on, but it's worth a try.
Hoping someone out there may have a William to match mine,
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Like ugly on a toad, banker greed just can't be rinsed off, no matter how much regulatory soap you use.
Last week, Congress enacted new rules to govern America's huge banks, thus completing Washington's response to the unbridled Wall Street greed that crashed the financial system and crushed our economy. The regulatory reforms were hailed by Democrats as possessing powerful cleansing power, while Republicans wailed that the new rules were overly caustic, imposing such a heavy-handed governmental scrub that the delicate layers of Wall Street innovation, competitiveness and profitability will be rubbed away.
Meanwhile, the big bankers were grinning from ear to ear, for the bill requires no restructuring and decentralizing of the monopolistic grip that these giants have on America's credit system. Thus, they still retain the power to rip off consumers, gamble with depositors' money, haul in exorbitant profits and pay themselves ungodly bonuses - all while remaining "too big to fail."
Yes, the banking barons now have to adjust to stricter regulations, many of which are good and long overdue. But these guys are experts at slipping out of governmental leashes. Indeed, JPMorgan Chase alone has had 90 "project teams" at work for months, plotting end runs around new regulations long before they were even passed.
For example, the law restricts those infuriating overdraft fees that banks have been sneaking into our debit card accounts. A victory, right? Yes, but bankers didn't miss a beat in finding another way to pick our pockets - they're already imposing new "maintenance fees" for basic checking accounts.
Forget receiving a free toaster for opening an account - Bank of America, Wells Fargo and others now hit you with up to $15 a month just for the privilege of putting your money in their bank for them to use.
Jaimie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, insists that this is necessary. "If you're a restaurant and you can't charge for the soda, you're going to charge more for the burger," he lectures.
Come on, Jamie, drop the mom-and-pop pose.
You're not a little restaurant struggling to make ends meet - you head a monopolistic financial behemoth that helped ruin the economy for moms and pops, then took billions in taxpayer bailouts, used the crisis to increase its monopoly power, continues to get federally subsidized money, has just announced a 78-percent hike in profits. and recently paid you a salary and bonus of $18 million.
These giants are Washington insiders who routinely rig the rules and get favorable treatment. Take Goldman Sachs. Last week, federal regulators hit it with one of the largest fraud penalties in financial history - half-a-billion bucks. Federal officials crowed that this level of punishment will get Wall Street's attention, compelling the banks to return to an ethic of "honest treatment and fair dealing."
But, wait - the same day the penalty was assessed, Goldman's stock price went up by 5 percent. Once again, bankers were grinning. "It looks like a big win for Goldman," gloated one financial analyst, adding that SEC's $550 million assessment "seems like a paltry sum."
It would be impossible for me to put "$550 million " and "paltry" in the same sentence, but do the Wall Street math. Goldman hauls in half-a-billion dollars in profit every 15 days. In fact, the 5 percent boost that Goldman got in its stock price the day of the SEC's penalty added far more than $550 million to its market value - so the giant made money off the deal! Some "punishment."
Washington's bill is an important start on reform, but only a start. Congress and the White House might think their job is done, but public fury at Wall Street's reckless greed will not be abated by a bill that simply doesn't have the stuff to stop the greed. As Wall Street banker and political insider Roger Altman wrote after the bill passed, "Most in our community view it as relatively harmless."
You'll know that real reform has come when the bankers have the grins wiped off their faces. To help push structural reforms that really can restore "fair dealing" to America's banking system, connect with Americans for Financial Reform: www.ourfinancialsecurity.org.


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BRISTOL — After a decade of litigation, an Environment Court judge last Friday gave a green light to the proposed Lathrop gravel pit in Bristol. The proposed pit on a 65-acre tract off Notch Road and Rounds Road in Bristol has been a controversial topic for many years.
Opponents of the pit, who say it would impose undue noise and traffic on Bristol village as well as run counter to town zoning, vow to appeal the approval to the Vermont Supreme Court.


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Much smaller version of Waxy O'Connors - hence the name. Less theme park and more of a pub than its big sister, it still can get pretty crowded. Decent Guinness, but that's about it.
The whole of the Regent's Palace Hotel is shrouded in scaffolding - we'll let you know if it comes back.


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Whitney Port mourning father
The City star's dad Jeffery succumbed to kidney cancer earlier this month (Mar13) following a year-long fight with the disease.
Port penned a heartfelt letter to her father, entitled I Love You Forever and Always, to read aloud at his memorial service, and has now posted the message on her blog.
The emotional post begins, "Dear Dad, I'd like to start off by telling you how much I love you and how much I miss you. I miss your love, your voice and mostly right now just your touch. If I had to live my life once over I wouldn't change anything. Even if it meant losing you too soon, it would be worth all of the tears in the world because you were simply the greatest."
The fashion designer also details her devastation at the loss, adding, "While my heart is broken and nothing seems to make sense right now, I am still holding on to every word you have said, every lesson you have taught, every memory and will continue to do so as I will always feel your presence."
The 28 year old then jokes that her dad can now "play golf" whenever he pleases, before concluding, "Until the day we meet again, our family will not be complete. But know we will thrive forever in your honor and live to make you smile."


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The business world is waking up to the challenge of climate change.
Apple CEO Tim Cook recently lashed out at a shareholder who pressed the company to stop investing in carbon reduction and renewable energy. In the most recent World Economic Forum Global Risk survey of CEOs and world leaders, three of the top six issues of "highest concern" were failure to tackle climate change, extreme weather, and water crises.
It's a good thing that business is on this, because for 20 years now, annual global climate negotiations have yielded very little. And in the U.S., all attempts at a comprehensive climate bill have basically failed. A group of 30 U.S. Senators got together recently to revive the issue, but any legislation of impact is very unlikely to come anytime soon.
The private sector is our best hope for addressing the carbon challenge — companies have the resources and innovative skills to develop and implement the range of technologies that we need to slash global emissions.
So are companies taking action on climate change? On many levels, yes — but not fast enough. I see three major categories of action, with varying degrees of success: on-the-ground work to become more efficient, reduce carbon, and buy renewable energy; dedication of organizational resources to innovate and create more products and services that reduce impacts, and some lobbying and political action.
Targets and actions
First, companies are increasingly taking concrete action to reduce energy and carbon. Of the world's largest companies, about a quarter now have targets in place, for energy efficiency or use of renewable energy, that meet science-based targets for carbon reduction (about 80% reductions by 2050, or as PwC has calculated, a 6% reduction in carbon per dollar of GDP per year). Goals like "cut carbon 30% by 2020" are in line with the science.
Targets are nice, but on-the-ground action is growing as well. Companies are spending real money changing the energy profile of buildings, making fleets more efficient, fuel switching, buying renewable energy, and so on. While few companies say explicitly that they're reducing carbon to tackle climate change, a sizable number are trying to reduce carbon and energy use because it's good for business — using less energy saves money, and renewable energy has zero variable cost, making ongoing operating costs very predictable.
Some examples: the North American division of spirits giant Diageo DEO, -1.79% cut carbon emissions by 75% in a few years. The company realized 50% of those reductions through "low or no-cost" changes — efficiency efforts that paid back immediately or in a short time. IKEA is on track to hit its goal of 100% renewable energy by 2020, with 600,000 solar panels on its stores — the company will generate 70% of its energy consumption needs by 2015. Intel INTC, -0.89% buys enough renewables (mostly offsite) to offset all of its power use; and Wal-Mart Stores WMT, -1.19% is increasing its renewables use by 600% (Wal-Mart is already the largest commercial buyer in the U.S.) by 2020. Efficiency and use of renewables is on the rise. So "money" is being spent, usually with a quick or immediate payback (so it's a no-brainer).
On the second front, dedicating organizational resources, there is progress, but again, it's not often explicitly about climate change.
Companies in key sectors, like electronics and IT, are focusing innovation efforts, in part, on reducing the energy use of their products. The auto industry is also raising fuel efficiency and rapidly adding hybrid and electric models. Ford Motor Co. F, +0.24% is one of the few companies that has set product development goals based on climate science, and this has affected innovation. The company just announced that is most popular truck, the F-150, would use aluminum to lose 700 pounds, raising its fuel efficiency. That said, tackling carbon is hardly the core focus of most businesses.
The third path is policy and lobbying. The record here is mostly abysmal, with many companies (especially in particular sectors with vested interests) using lobbying to fight government action on climate. But there is a small, but growing list of leaders, led by Nike NKE, -0.55% , Starbucks SBUX, -2.35% , Intel, Gap GPS, -0.08% , and Apple AAPL, -3.20% , signing onto the Climate Declaration, a public statement in support of policy action. But even within this group, only a small number of these corporate leaders actually go to their representatives and directly push for, say, a price on carbon.
Action is growing, but we need much greater focus from the business community. It is in our interest to reduce carbon, save money, and build more resilient organizations that are less reliant on erratically priced fuels. This new mode of thinking is a core part of the "Big Pivot" that I believe companies now need to pursue to manage and profit from the world's mega-challenges (climate being the largest, but also including resource constraints that drive up input prices).
If all companies were shifting faster to renewable energy, innovating so their products and services drive down customer carbon use, we'd be doing a great deal to tackle climate change without talking directly about it in the lobbying and influence arena. We'll go faster if we do all three in an integrated way, but even without proactive policy efforts, two out of three ain't bad.
Andrew S. Winston is the author of The Big Pivot: Radically Practical Strategies for a Hotter, Scarcer, and More Open World (Harvard Business Review Press), and the founder of Winston Eco-Strategies, which advises companies on environmental strategy,
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