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STRONGER independent forecasts for economic growth and lower public borrowing projections should arm the Chancellor with a £6 billion warchest for pre-election giveaways in this week's Budget, an influential think-tank will predict tomorrow.
But the political constraints of a coalition government ahead of one of the most uncertain general elections in decades are likely to mean George Osborne banks most of the windfall until after the voting in May, the EY Item Club is set to say.
The forecaster, which uses the Treasury's own economic computer model, will suggest it is far more likely that the Chancellor unveils a modest "caretaker Budget" on Wednesday. That way the windfall from stronger GDP and lower government borrowing can be put aside as "dry powder" until after the election when any substantive policy decisions will be made.
The think-tank's latest report is set to say Osborne will cite at Wednesday's Budget an expected upgrade of GDP forecasts for 2015 by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) from 2.4 per cent to closer to 3 per cent.
Stronger tax revenues and lower inflation, the latter largely due to the slump in the oil price, are expected to have produced a favourable backdrop for lower government spending on debt interest payments.
The EY Item Club report will say that the OBR is set to revise down its forecast for borrowing in 2014-15 from £91.3bn to £89bn to take account of better VAT receipts as consumers have capitalised on real wage increases to boost their spending.
The think-tank expects such continuing factors will encourage the OBR to further lower its forecast for public borrowing by £6bn in 2015-16. EY, along with other major British accounting firms and leading City economists, expect Osborne to provide additional relief for the North Sea energy industry this week in the wake of the oil price slide, most likely in the form of lower corporation tax for companies investing in the region.
The Chancellor has been examining a further cut in the headline tax rate on North Sea oil producers in the Budget, a move that would ease the impact of the collapse in crude prices which industry operators say has rendered a third of UK fields uneconomic.
In his Autumn Statement Osborne went some way towards meeting industry calls to reverse his tax raid on North Sea oil and gas producers in 2011 by cutting the supplementary charge on profits from 32 per cent to 30 per cent.
Neil Bruce, head of the resources, environment and water division at the SNC-Lavalin construction and engineering group, said: "Any respite the Chancellor can provide for North Sea oil and gas will be warmly welcomed by the industry, and hopefully the country as a whole. Luckily Mr Osborne is not short of options. He could reduce the supplementary charge or even scrap it altogether. There is also scope to extend the tax relief on decommissioning expenses."
Elsewhere, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), has urged the Chancellor to prioritise measures to help the country's medium-sized businesses – the so-called "UK Mittelstand" mirroring the dynamic German middle-size sector – to grow.
"This is a good opportunity for the Chancellor before the election to support growth and investment well beyond the general election, providing stability, certainty and simplicity for the UK's 'Mittelstand' to get themselves on the front foot," John Cridland, the CBI director-general, has said.


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As baby boomers grow older they're creating demand for new housing options, specifically for seniors.
Tomorrow, The Clayfield, a luxury inner-city apartment building will open as part of one of the South-East's first vertical retirement villages. The apartments and the communal areas of the building are designed to cater for the occupants as they age. The apartments start at $450,000 and go up to more than $1 million, but property consultants Urbis say more developers are looking at projects like this.
News broadcast from Channel 7 news, Brisbane on 15 July.

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Detailed Notes on rafting in antalya belekI have used BGT on quite a few situations, found them being effectively priced using a quick drop off / pick up. I'd suggest you're taking a water evidence plastic bag for valuables, they provide photos & dvds at the tip, just one warning though, the water is freezingggggggg!
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Your tour sets out within the early morning with resort decide-up. Your initially prevent will be for breakfast at a restaurant using a panoramic look at of Kumluca. From below the highway to Kekova Harbor — coined the Turquoise Coastline — is picturesque, as it is actually bordered on one side by the Mediterranean Sea and on rafting antalya dallas the other side by tiny towns set in opposition to the Taurus Mountains of southern Turkey. On arrival in Kekova, embark over a one-hour boat excursion to find the ruins in the sunken city. The glass-bottom boat sails slowly so you're able to Obviously begin to see the remains of many structures under the sea, some with stairs descending underneath the water. Your information will clarify the heritage of this ancient Lycian metropolis so as to picture the way it once seemed. On Kekova Island look for for remaining walls and doorways of your monumental foundations, one of them considered being a Byzantine church.
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I'd personally guide the rafting with one of many tour brokers in Belek or Kadriye, there'll be no problem using a nine 12 months aged going.
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Welcome new viewers and followers.
Wow, when I saw all those stats and all those different countries from all over the world on my blog; I squealed with excitement.
Sorry I haven't written in a while. Life has been cray, cray. (PLL reference for those of you that watch Pretty Little Liars).
So I entered a contest its called: Become the Face of Faviana.
So I need all you guys who I love so dearly, to do me a favor. In order for me to go to the next level; I need to get as many likes, re-tweets and re-pins on my Favorite Looks from Faviana. So below I am going to put links or embed the places and looks you guys can like. I will be forever grateful. So click away.
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Strategic purchases. These are quickly becoming the norm in the technology industry these days, with several such buyouts completed in the past few years.
And now we have reports of another one in the making.
Twitch, the popular video game streaming service, is in the news currently with rumors of an upcoming buyout. The company has seen massive growth in usage recently with reports that it is the fourth biggest source of Internet traffic in the US during peak hours.
This, for all intents and purposes, places it just behind Netflix, Google and Apple — and easily ahead of companies like Amazon and Facebook.
Now, instead of raising more money via venture capital sources, Twitch has instead decided to partner up with a major technology firm to help deal with this massive growth, both in usage and bandwidth.
The Verge confirms these new rumors of a buyout by YouTube (owned by Google, of course), while also claiming that Microsoft has also put in a serious offer to buy Twitch. Serious offer, they say.
Microsoft have been focusing hard on software and gaming lately, and an acquisition like this could have placed the company in a good position as it transitions over to devices and services approach.
As of this writing the deal with Google is almost confirmed.
Missed opportunity or just plain hard luck?
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BENSALEM � A Washington Crossing woman was injured Wednesday in a one-vehicle crash on Interstate 95.
Karen Smith, 48, was traveling south about 7 a.m. in the left lane of the interstate when another vehicle drove through slush and hit an ice patch, said state police at Trevose. That caused Smith to slide into the guide rail, after which her vehicle did a 360-degree turn and overturned on the right shoulder of the road, state police said.
She suffered neck, back and hand injuries, state police said. She was taken by Bensalem Rescue Squad to Aria Health Torresdale Campus.
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China Scales Back Military Ties With U.S. Over F-16s
NEW YORK – A senior U.S. official says China plans to cancel or postpone some U.S.-China military exchanges after Washington announced last week that it would upgrade Taiwan's fleet of F-16 fighter jets.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met Monday with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and urged the U.S. to reconsider the arms sale, warning it would undermine the trust and confidence between the two sides.
The senior U.S. official said he was told by Chinese officials in other meetings about the impact on military exchanges. He spoke on condition of anonymity because of diplomatic sensitivities.
China regards self-governing Taiwan as part of its territory and cut military ties with the U.S. for several months after the last major arms sale in early 2010.


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The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) is a well-controlled, selective mechanism for intracellular protein degradation and turnover. New understanding of the role and molecular mechanisms involved in the dysregulation of the UPS has led to its emergence
as a key regulator of protein function and stability. Although implicated to play a role in cancer, CNS, infectious diseases and more, the multi-step processes involved, and the diversity of substrates makes it difficult to target the UPS. However,
in recent years, the development of high-quality chemical probes and assay technologies has turned it into one of the most exciting targets for discovering novel drugs. In the UPS, the ligases and deubiquitinases (DUBs) have recently attracted a lot
of attention as possible targets for clinical intervention. Cambridge Healthtech Institute's Targeting the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System conference will bring together a diverse group of chemists and biologists to discuss the promise and challenges
in modulating the UPS. This conference will be preceded by a symposium that focuses on targeting autophagy pathways and will draw on some of the synergies between these two areas of research.
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Wednesday, September 26
7:00 am Registration Open and Morning Coffee (Foyer)
Emerging Assays & Approaches To Study And Modulate The Ubiquitin CascadeConstitution A
8:00 Welcome Remarks
Tanuja Koppal, PhD, Conference Director, Cambridge Healthtech Institute
8:05 Chairperson's Opening Remarks
Daniel Finley, PhD, Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School
8:10 USP14: Mechanism, Specificity, and Inhibition
Daniel Finley, PhD, Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Harvard
Medical School
USP14, a proteasomal deubiquitinating enzyme, can rapidly remove ubiquitin prior to substrate commitment to degradation, thus rescuing substrates from a fate of degradation. Accordingly, small-molecule USP14 inhibitors that we have identified can stimulate
the degradation of specific proteasome targets. USP14 shows a novel principle of selectivity in that it only deubiquitinates proteins carrying multiple ubiquitin chains. USP14 is activated ~1000-fold by the proteasome. We will discuss interesting
new mutants that prevent this activation.
8:40 Conformational Remodeling of USP7 Catalytic Domain to Promote Deubiquitinating Activity
Ayşegül Özen, PhD, Scientist II, Blueprint Medicines
USP7 catalytic domain (USP7cd) shows limited activity alone and is regulated by intramolecular domains. Structural features stabilizing the inactive state and atomistic mechanism of activation remain unclear. By comparative structural analyses, molecular
dynamics simulations, and in silico sequence re-engineering, we identified key determinants of USP7cd activation, engineered USP7cd for improved activity, and show that electrostatics in a distal loop and local packing
in the core together modulate USP7cd activation.
9:10 Targeting the Deubiquitinase STAMBP Inhibits Inflammasome Activity
Joseph S. Bednash, MD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Division of
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Inflammasomes regulate innate immune responses by facilitating maturation of inflammatory cytokines, interleukin (IL)-1β and IL-18. The deubiquitinase enzyme, STAM-binding protein (STAMBP) is necessary for inflammasome activation and IL-1β
secretion after Toll-like receptor (TLR) agonism. A small-molecule inhibitor of STAMBP suppresses IL-1β release after TLR agonism in both cell and tissue models. These findings describe a unique pathway of inflammasome regulation with the
identification of STAMBP as a potential therapeutic target.
9:40 Grand Opening Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall with Poster Viewing (Grand Ballroom)
10:25 New Screening Technologies and Chemical Probes Targeting the Ubiquitin System: Inhibitors, Activators, and Degraders
Alexander Statsyuk, PhD, Assistant Professor,
Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston
The Ubiquitin System has emerged as promising system for drug discovery. Two major principles of targeting the ubiquitin system have emerged: direct targeting of the enzymes that control protein ubiquitination, and hijacking E3 ligases to induce protein
degradation. In this lecture I will outline novel screening tools and technologies to discover small molecule inhibitors/activators and hijackers for RBR/HECT E3 ligases.
10:55 A Targeted Quantitative Proteomic Assay for Parkinson's Disease That Measures the Dynamics of Ubiquitin Events on Mitochondria and Their Modulation by Small Molecules
Alban Ordureau, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of
Dr. Wade Harper, Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School
The kinase PINK1 and Ub ligase Parkin, both mutated in Parkinson's disease, promote mitochondrial outer membrane ubiquitylation and mitophagy. We have developed a quantitative proteomics approach that allows the dynamics and site specificity
of Parkin-dependent mitochondrial ubiquitylation to be assessed in model systems and ES cell-derived neurons. We demonstrate that this approach can be used to monitor the activity of activators, inhibitors and regulators of the pathway with precision.
11:25 Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Linkage-Specific Ubiquitin Sites in Response to Oxidative Stress
Gustavo M. Silva, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department
of Biology, Duke University
Oxidative stress is a prevalent condition that can lead to cell death, causing a variety of human diseases. To combat the harmful effects of oxidative stress, protein ubiquitination plays a significant role in regulating function, location, and
fate of the proteome. Although the ubiquitin system is highly complex, here we used mass spectrometry to tease out a distinct ubiquitin signal, revealing new pathways relevant for stress response.
11:55 Drugging the Undruggable: Discovering Novel Drugs for the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System
Peter Foote, PhD, Senior Scientist II, Research
& Development, LifeSensors
While ubiquitin regulates critical disease pathways, few FDA-approved drugs target the UPS, due to a lack of physiological HTS tools and PD markers for cellular activity. We have developed assays enabled by Tandem Ubiquitin Binding Entities (TUBEs)
to quantitate cellular substrate ubiquitylation and help accelerate successful compounds to the clinic.
12:25 pm Session Break
12:35 Enjoy Lunch on Your Own
1:15 Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall with Poster Viewing (Grand Ballroom)
NOVEL STRATEGIES FOR TARGETING USP7 AND PROTEASOMEConstitution A
1:50 Chairperson's Remarks
Jetze Tepe, PhD, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University
1:55 Targeting the Nrf1-mediated Proteasome Recovery Pathway in Cancer
Senthil K. Radhakrishnan, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University
Inhibition of cellular proteasome results in transcriptional upregulation of proteasome subunit genes eventually leading to the recovery of proteasome activity. In mammalian cells, this recovery pathway is mediated by the transcription factor
Nrf1. Consistent with this observation, depletion of Nrf1 enhances proteasome inhibitor-mediated apoptosis in multiple cancer cells. In this presentation, I will describe a strategy to target the Nrf1 pathway to potentiate the action of proteasome
inhibitor drugs in cancer.
2:25 Small Molecule Activation of Proteasome Activity
Intrinsically disordered proteins are important, low-abundant signaling proteins targeted for degradation by the 20S proteasome. When over-expressed, these disordered proteins are directly implicated in many human diseases, including neurodegenerative
diseases and cancer. Our work demonstrates that small molecules can enhance the catalytic degradation of intrinsically disordered proteins by the 20S proteasome, which represents a new therapeutic strategy to combat human diseases.
2:55 Ubiquitination-Deubiquitination: A Friend and foe in Cellular Homeostasis
Sayantanee Niyogi, PhD, Scientist, Membrane Biology Section, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
We performed a screen knocking down about 100 deubiquitinating enzymes to screen for DUBs that had an effect on traffic of proteins, upregulated during Cancer. We identified two DUBs; USP3 and USP6 that decreased the half-life of long-lived proteins
routing them to degradation. We also discovered that over-expression of USP6 could counter the effect of an E3-Ligase MARCH8 induced degradation. This study demonstrates that cycles of ubiquitylation and deubiquitylation can determine whether
specific proteins are degraded or recycled.
3:25 Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall with Poster Viewing and Poster Competition Winner Announced (Grand Ballroom)
4:05 USP7 Inhibition Impairs FOXP3+ Treg Function and Promotes Antitumor Immunity
Wayne W. Hancock, MD, PhD, Professor, Pathology and
Chief of Transplant Immunology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania
FOXP3+ T-regulatory (Treg) cells are present in increased numbers and display significantly enhanced suppressive function compared to Tregs isolated from adjacent lung, lymph node or blood of the same individual, leading to potent suppression
of host anti-tumor immunity. USP7 inhibition is able to preferentially impair FOXP3+ Treg function while maintaining host-anti-tumor immunity, leading to beneficial effects when used alone or in conjunction with checkpoint blockade, vaccination
or other therapeutic approaches.
4:35 Potent and Selective USP7 Inhibitors Target Multiple Tumor Types through Diverse Mechanisms
Paul Kassner, PhD, Vice President,
FLX Bio, Inc.
USP7 is a deubiquitinase with multiple downstream targets. Inhibitors of USP7 are expected to decrease function of oncogenes, increase tumor suppressor function, enhance immune function and sensitize tumor cells to DNA damaging agents. FLX Bio
has developed potent and selective inhibitors of USP7 as a novel approach to cancer therapy.
5:05 Interactive Breakout Discussion Groups - View DetailsRoom: Constitution A
Join a breakout discussion group. These are informal, moderated discussions with brainstorming and interactive problem solving, allowing participants from diverse backgrounds to exchange ideas and experiences and develop future collaborations
around a focused topic.
Table 5: Novel Targets for Cancer in the Proteostasis Space
Moderator: Alexander Statsyuk, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston
Table 6: Screening Tools to Identify PROTACS, Kinases and Other Molecules
Moderator: Davide Gianni, PhD, Team Leader, Discovery Sciences, AstraZeneca
6:05 Welcome Reception in the Exhibit Hall with Poster Viewing (Grand Ballroom)
7:10 Close of Day
Thursday, September 27
7:30 am Registration Open and Morning Coffee (Foyer)
NEW PROBES AND INHIBITORS TARGETING Dubs AND LIGASESConstitution A
8:00 Chairperson's Remarks
Stephanos Ioannidis, Ph.D., Head, Early Portfolio, FORMA Therapeutics
8:05 Novel Small Molecule-Dependent Substrates for Ubiquitin Ligases
8:35 Ubiquitin Code-Reading, Writing and Editing: Future of Breakthrough Therapies
Tauseef R. Butt, PhD, President and CEO, Progenra, Inc.
We are currently developing small molecules that inhibit the cancer-supporting DUBs and ubiquitin ligases. The DUB inhibitors are capable of both killing tumor cells directly and suppressing regulatory T cells, thereby unleashing effector T cells,
which identify and kill tumor cells. These results constitute the first example of a small molecule single agent that works by targeting both the tumor itself and the tumor's ability to escape surveillance and killing by the host immune
system and, in addition, by eliminating tumor metastasis.
9:05 Reports from Wednesday Evening Breakout Discussions
9:35 Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall with Poster Viewing (Grand Ballroom)
10:20 Plate-Based Approach to Identify PROTACS Molecules and Protein Degraders
Davide Gianni, PhD, Team Leader, Discovery Sciences, AstraZeneca
PROTACS provide a new modality to drug previously challenging targets and much evidence indicates that protein degraders are a mode of inhibition that can be pursued post HTS. Western Blot is mostly used to characterize PROTACS molecules, but
it has a number of obvious limitations. The adoption of plate-based approaches is essential in PROTACS and several options are available such as, antibody-based and non-antibody based approaches. We will present two case studies building plate-based,
HTS-friendly protein degradation assays potentially applicable for PROTACS identification campaigns.
10:50 PROTACS: The Chemical Equivalent of CRISPR
Shanique Alabi, Graduate Student, Laboratory of Dr. Craig Crews, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University
Induced protein degradation offers several advantages over traditional inhibition strategies and has emerged recently as a potential therapeutic option. For the past 16 years, we have helped develop this fast-growing field, shepherding our initial
chemical biology concept into a drug development strategy that is on the verge of clinical validation. PROTACS with high target selectivity, potency, and oral bioavailability will be discussed as well as a system to address the 'PROTACability'
of particular E3 ligases.
11:20 Luncheon Presentation (Sponsorship Opportunity Available) or Enjoy Lunch on Your Own
11:50 Conference Registration Open (Foyer)
12:20 pm Plenary Keynote Program (Constitution Ballroom)
2:00 Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall with Poster Viewing (Grand Ballroom)
2:45 Close of Conference
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September 26-27
Small Molecules for Cancer Immunotherapy
NK Cell-Based Cancer Immunotherapy
September 27-28
Autoimmune and Inflammation Drug Targets
Targeting Tumor Myeloid Cells
Targeting the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System
CNS and Neurodegenerative Targets
Constrained Peptides and Macrocyclics
Target Identification & Validation – Part 1
Kinase Inhibitor Discovery
GPCR-Based Drug Discovery
Lead Generation Strategies
Target Identification & Validation – Part 2
Antibacterial Discovery and Development
NASH and Fibrosis
Targeting Gram-Negative Pathogens
Targeting the Microbiome
Antibody Discovery Forum – Part 1
Antibodies Against Membrane Protein Targets – Part 1
Antibody Discovery Forum – Part 2
Antibodies Against Membrane Protein Targets – Part 2
Antivirals: Targeting HBV and Beyond
Targeting Autophagy
Machine Learning for Effective Drug Discovery Decisions
Introduction to Small Molecule Drug Discovery and Development
September 25
Target Identification and Validation – Part 1
Target Identification and Validation – Part 2
TS2: Introduction to Small Molecule Drug Discovery and Development


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Soggy Bottom race report
The Soggy Bottom is a race that has been happening for the last 13 years, this was the 14th edition of the race and we rode the same course as last year albeit in different conditions. This years version of the race was preceded by a week of epic rain. The soggy gets its reputation from having unpredictable some might say miserable trail conditions. This was not going to be a problem for me though because a couple of weeks ago I ordered a mudhugger rear fender for my bike. Unfortunately due to a problem with shipping it was not going to arrive in time. Fortunately my awesome wife called the post office and the lady she talked with actually got the parcel off the delivery truck so I could fit the fender to my bike on friday night.
|pre fender install
|Mudhugger rear fender installed
With all the rain, the talk at the start was guessing what the weather may have done to the trail and have install for us on the day. Luckily for us it wasn't actually raining when we started, we even saw blue sky before we started. For my ride I was sprinkled on going down devils pass (mile 60) but aside from that I didn't ride in the rain and it was hot and sunny whilst riding out of Cooper landing where we were riding on dry trails. Obviously we can learn from this. Never trust the weather people up here who had predicted 100% chance of rain all day for the race.
My race
Firstly I want to say a huge thanks to Amanda for looking after Fiona whilst she was working and arranging child care with some friends of ours. I would also like to thank my friend Oscar who gave me a ride down to Hope and stayed around to give me a ride back. Oscar was racing the team version of the event with Janice Tower and Pete Basinger, his team finished in 2nd place in 9hrs 55min and without their support with the drop bag I really don't think I would have finished.
Hope to Coopers
The race starts in downtown Hope outside the seaview bar, we cruise up the road for around 4.5 miles before hitting the trail.
|Me joining the trail - photo credit Janice Tower
We then climb up to the top of resurrection pass (2600ft) at around mile 23. For me this is where I knew I was struggling well actually at around mile 20. I think I went out a little to hard or didn't drink enough because I started cramping up in both of my legs.... This is not what you want to happen on a 100+ mile race when you haven't even reached the top of the first climb. I took a salt tablet and drank some more water and hoped for the best.
After cresting Resurrection pass we got our first taste of some peanut butter mud but it was short lived. Next section is the descent down to the Devil's pass cabin and then onwards to Cooper landing. Last year at this point in the course a couple friends started a new tradition of the Bacon station where they provide bacon to the racers. This year the tradition continued and boy was it welcome.
|Ryan cooking bacon - photo credit Laura Fox
|Bacon handup - photo credit Laura Fox
After some yummy bacon I descended down to Cooper landing, before I reached Juneau lake I passed a couple of racers who were repairing flat tyres. Whilst riding past Juneau lake by far the wettest section of the trail, I was thinking back to this ride when Kevin and I rode across the lake, that was much a much dryer ride. After Juneau lake I suffered my own tyre problem. As it was not completely flat I either burped a little air or got a hole and Stans did it's job. I added more air and it held to the end of the race.
The lighter effort on the descent seemed to help my legs though any incline involved me dropping into the small chain ring to stop my legs twinging. I was also peeing what seemed like every 2 min (it wasn't) after all the extra fluid I had taken on.
Before I started the race I was not planning on taking anything on at checkpoint 1 (Cooper Landing). Racing is all about adapting to the situation you are in. As I was sorting my gear out, Janice came over and asked if I needed anything from the bag I had with their team. I truly think this saved my race. I mixed myself an electrolyte drink for the first part of the next leg, swapped my gear and was off again.
|Coming into Cooper Landing - photo credit Janice Tower
|Leaving Cooper Landing - Photo credit Janice Tower
Cooper to Devils
After jogging through the parking lot at Coopers I remounted my bike and headed back up to the Devils pass cabin. I mostly rode the trail up to the top, there is a section around Swan lake which although is potentially rideable in a race this long its better to save energy, walk and eat. After this I got back into the alpine section before the devils' pass cabin. This is where the trail is really nice. It was mostly dry or drying and there was a tail wind. When I reached the bacon station they had upped the game and whiskey was on offer. It would have been rude not to partake so I did, I also had some more bacon.
|Whiskey and Bacon - Photo credit Katie Torpy
|Bacon station crew Laura, Ryan and Chuck
- Photo Credit Chuck Mangold
Following the energy shot, I proceeded down the really fun part of the trail, we go through Devil's pass at 2400ft and head all the way down to the trail head. The trail is fun especially the top alpine section although with this year's headwind was not as much fun. I stopped to put on arm warmers and where Will was time checking some of the lead group after the rock garden.
Next checkpoint is Devils trailhead, though the ride in can be frustrating as it finishes on a climb and there is often a lot of stop start with riders leaving the checkpoint, riding coming uphill has the right of way.
|Arriving at Devils pass trailhead - Photo credit Oscar Lage
At the checkpoint I again sorted out my stuff and headed out as fast as I could. Two things I should have done:
1. Lubed my chain.
2. Applied more chamois butter.
Devils to Hope
This section of the trail starts with a short descent and then climbs back up to Resurrection pass.
My legs were tired but I rode most of the trail which is much better than last year. The Alpine section was great, you have to love a tail wind.
To the top of Res pass from the trail head took 1hr 50min this year, last year the same section took me 2hrs and 15min. It is an 11mile section of trail.
At the top of the pass I had two hours and 20min to make a sub 12hr time. During my descent I lost a water bottle I have no idea where though I know it was with me at the top. Just after caribou creek I drank my last water out of my camel back, 8miles of mostly downhill trail this was not a problem and probably pretty good timing.
Overall on this section the last part of the ride took me almost 1hr less than last year, part of this though is because I didn't run into any bears which I am very glad of but part of it was my legs didn't cramp. I arrived in Hope in 11hrs 28min and 41seconds (unofficial time). I am super happy I managed to get under 12hrs I really didn't think that was going to be possible at mile 20.
|Happy to be done :)
For my efforts what did I receive? A cool stem cap which are given out to riders who finish under 12hrs.
Strava of the route
Post race thoughts
The double front fender and massive rear fender kept me really clean.
|The fenders worked great
|not so muddy backpack
|very muddy drive train
|very very muddy
Never trust weather people they don't know what they are talking about :-)
I really should have changed the rear cable and housing before this race, from the start of the ride the bike was ghost shifting. The front worked flawlessly throughout the race.
Biggest smile I saw Ethan Greeff descending Devils Pass, he was having so much fun!
Now its off to clean my bike and reinstall the brake pads on Amanda's bike which I took as spares.
Once again a huge thanks to my family and friends who enabled me to complete this event.
Finally thanks to all the other riders, organisers and supporters of this race, the smiling faces make this event a lot of fun even if you are suffering a on a wet 100mile race.
To quote the late Jeff Dusenbury "Why suffer a little when you can suffer a lot!"


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I don't know how to begin this post. Normally I wouldn't write something like this unless I had a story to tell or at least some rationale. Well, you could say that I have one. I came to Switzerland a year ago, and since then have been through several stages of expatness. Some were nicer, some more difficult, but they've all been ... well, informative. Or formative. Depends on how you look at it.
Now I'm at a point which I sometimes think is a dead end -- and at other times a treasure heap of possibilities and options. I'm either having analysis paralysis to use the gaming phrase (you know when you have simply too many options to make the right decisions and you just seem to freeze, sort of) or it's really more difficult to make a living here than I thought. I don't know which, but these days I feel often down, which is weird given my impossibly positive attitude. But lacking some things one is used to makes one respect many things that one has. And I'm beginning to see the world as one big solid silver lining.
First off, I've never had so much time on my hands. And instead of spending it searching for jobs frantically and futilely, I could use it so much better! (I'm calling this search futile because sometimes I spend hours browsing job ads in sections that have nothing to do with my field, and deep down I know that I wouldn't find anything there but I can't bear the thought of not having looked everywhere.) So now I'm composing a list of all the things I've always wanted to do, and I swear I'll do them this time! I'll start with finding yoga classes and I'll also be doing lots of ELT related things. If jobs don't come to me in my field, I'll be doing it without payment, but to my own liking and development. And there are tons more, so I definitely won't be bored. =)
And then there are lots of things I've come to treasure. Like the time I spend with my husband and the time I spend teaching. And all the good qualities I have and now have the time to develop. When life's rushing by there's so little time for self development. When I had my first appointment with the unemployment people (ORP/RAV) they were bragging about their aptitude tests and self development training. I was so looking forward to all that and now that they're not going to help me, I can't see why I should give up on it. So I'm going to have lots of fun for sure. =)
The funny thing is that every time I think it through I feel really good about it. Sometimes I feel really sad and hopeless, as I'm really not used to being idle and the thought that I'm almost officially a housewife freaks me out. I sincerely respect all women who can handle a household and take the responsibility of it all, but I'm just not good at it. I know that I won't excel and I just can't consider what I'm doing an occupation. But once I'm done with self pity, I'm fine. You never know what's actually good for you. =)
So basically when you have everything (or when you have certain things), you can overlook so much. When you have less, you can discover so many things and it's not just out of optimism or positivism that I say this. If you don't look at your "holiday" as superimposed and refuse to give in to self pity, it's actually very similar to an eat pray and love session. It's up to you. As for me I'll go for the fun way. ;) And I'm quite sure it's also the more effective one.


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Although the main portion of the card will be a tournament with some of the best teen male fighters in the area, several younger female fighters will also be featured.
The event will stream for $10 on GFL.tv.


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The winning bidder will also receive a tour of the set and have the opportunity to bring a friend for a meet and greet with Chris Rock.
All proceeds from the auction will benefit the Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation.
Rosario Dawson and Gabrielle Union co-star with Chris Rock in the movie, which he wrote and will direct.
Here's the project's official synopsis:
ANDRE ALLEN is a comedian turned film star who, despite the expectations of his millions of fans, is determined to reinvent himself as a "serious" actor. Although his latest pretentiously historical film project is tanking, his upcoming television wedding to pretty, popular reality star, ERICA LONG, is the biggest media event of the year. In the midst of all the frenzy leading up to his televised nuptials, Andre agrees to be interviewed for the New Yorker by CHELSEA BROWN, a gorgeous but no-frills young woman with a sharp intelligence that matches his own. It's a feisty, funny, no-holds-barred interaction that may well change the course of both their lives…
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On Friday I had a quick walk around Fingers and had a probable Otter on East Fingers which was a real bonus. It was a typically brief view from the Spit, as it swam down to the bay at the south end, initially on the surface but diving shortly after I saw it. It shot off under water like a rocket, given away by the wake on the surface, and scattered all the Mallards that had been in the bay. I tried to get round that side for a better view but as usual it had done the disappearing trick. Other highlights were the whinnying Little Grebe on West Fingers along with about half a dozen Shoveler. In the big willows just past the Sedgewick Seat a couple of Treecreepers were busy investigating every nook and cranny while a Great Spotted Woodpecker gave good views above. At Kramer hide a Kingfisher was seen.
Saturday I wandered around the park with John. The highlight was the pair of Siskins on the Alders by the fishing swims at the east end of the main lake. We had a Water Rail along the Crescent footpath and singing Reed Bunting in the reed bed. At least 4 Little Grebe were seen on West Fingers along with at least 9 Moorhen and a Coot. There were also a few Shoveler but they were very flighty this morning and were gone as soon as they saw us. In the Rough a single Redwing and a male Bullfinch shared a tree.
Seemed to be loads of Great Spots around the park this morning with a few drumming and a pair in the coppiced section next to the sheep pen. We also had at least 3 Sparrowhawks, having seen one by Kramer hide we watched one over the New Meadow as it circled before settling in a tree along the Cut. Immediately after John saw another in the Long Hedge, just past the gap from the Woodland Walk, and while he was trying to put me onto it I saw another dive into the Fingers area.
At Kramer hide we had an Oyster Catcher over heading towards Fenlake and earlier we had a couple of Lapwing over in the opposite direction.
On the main lake there were 127 Pochard and 3 Tufted ducks and on Fenlake there were at least 6 Shoveler and 26 Teal.
Priory Country Park is a former gravel pits located on the South East edge of Bedford, adjacent to the River Great Ouse. Find us at Barkers Lane off A428, or in Priory Business Park off A421 Bedford bypass. Admission is Free with access to the Visitor centre and 2 hides, one overlooking the main lake and one on the Finger lakes. You will find Winter wildfowl, passage terns and waders, and Water Rail all year.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
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Burning Rome
three months later
Things in Rome are rapidly changing. The new emperor is hated by the people. He is easy prey already I have taken two of his generals and their legions. Serverus now commands The Stag and The Lion legions and General Vulcan has joined us as well. I have been in talks with Septimus but for now he remains loyal to the empire. Only one other women has caught my attention the way my wife Gemma has. Lucina I haven't seen or heard from her in months in fact no one has.Septimus
Oh Livia when you wake up we have plans to make. I talked to some of Janus's men. I never imagined you were so powerful. When you are recovered I will strike at the foreigner and we shall rule Rome.Giovanni
This new emperor is hated by the people, and the more the hate him the more they seem to like me. Already a faction is growing that wishes to place me on the throne, and his reign is not quite three months old.Bernado
The revolution has begun. Already we have a general ready to join us. Although he has not completed defected he has sworn his allegiance when the time comes to call upon him he will answer the call. I must operate from the shadows now. Although my uncle has yet to make my allegiance public Giovanni hunts me. My brothers and sister in the revolution walk freely among the people recruiting more and more people every day.Alessa
Engaged to Carmen! And the coward leaves it to his uncle to tell me while he hides in Africa.Delia
Although women are allowed to do magic in public I have decided that the Sister Mages should remain a secret society. This organization has flourished under my care I now see how many many mistakes my grandmother made when she ran the Sister Mages. I will not allow her to corrupt what I have built.Boniface
I see now how many many mistakes I have made. Julia is icy to me and although she is carrying my baby she seems to hate me. I have a feeling that if I were not still a rich man she would have left me when I advocated the throne. Omer is allowing this country to rip itself apart. I must find a way to reclaim the throne.Julia
Franco is still suffering in a coma, but the doctors assure me that he will wake up. Cirino has begun to amass forces. I stay with Boniface because being a pauper isn't very appealing to me, the child I carry isn't even his. When Franco wakes we will be together.Evaristo
Zareen is the most amazing woman I have ever known. Now that my estate is recovered from the years of mismanagement I can be an asset to her father. I am sure that when I ask for her hand in marriage he will not deny me.Ayla
My brother is a fool. If he would only dismiss his Egyptian priest the people would accept his rule. I am doing everything I can to protect him but I am only one person.


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The IAB Technical Committee will meet at Oregon State's CH2M HILL Alumni Center, 725 SW 26th Street, beginning at 7:45 a.m. on Wednesday. The Alumni Center is within
walking distance of the hotel; a map will be provided with meeting materials. Those driving to the meeting can either park at the
Hilton Garden Inn (HGI) and walk (recommended), or purchase a full-day parking permit and park on campus. These can be purchased in advance of the meeting,
online, through the OSU Parking Services Office.
The cost is $10/day (subject to change). Thursday's Closed-Door Session will take place in the OSU Memorial Union, 2501 SW Jefferson Way, in Room 109.
Transportation will be provided from the HGI. The faculty meeting location is yet to be determine.
The IAB Executive Committee will meet in the OSU Memorial Union, Room 109, on Thursday, April 19th. The meeting will begin at noon with lunch and end by 5:00 p.m.
Transportation will be provided from the HGI, or you may secure a parking pass using the instructions above.
A Wednesday evening Technical Forum and Reception will be held at Vue Corvallis, 517 SW 2nd Street, Corvallis, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Transportation will be provided from the HGI.
The cost for extra participants for the meeting (beyond three/member) will be US$395 per person.
All attendees must register for the meeting using the Register button on the
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Friday, March 23, 2018.
You are responsible for making your own hotel reservation. A block of rooms has been reserved at the
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One of the main reasons for this trip was to meet up with friends o' mine who are scattered all over the planet. So along these lines I met my friend Julia, current UK resident, at Charring Cross Station on Saturday. We had vague plans to make it to the National Portrait Gallery, on the proviso that if it was a lovely sunny day, we'd go for a walk instead.
As luck would have it, it was a lovely sunny day... In fact, of the maybe seventeen days I've spent in the UK, most of them have been lovely and sunny - which the locals tell me is very unusual. But to me it's just what the UK is like! I'm in for a rude shock if I'm ever there in Winter. There were stories in the free newspapers they give away on the tube about the unseasonably warm weather and how people were "sweltering" in 26 degree heat! I wanted to tell them about the 47 degree day we had in Melbourne back in February...
Anyway, Julia dragged me to a lovely French-themed cafe place, just across the river from Charring Cross. It being French-ish, I had a croissant with lots of cheese in it, and quiche, just to keep the Frenchness going! We chased this down with a very creamy pavlova - an Aussie dish, although its actual origions are lost in the mists of time, and an early version might actually have originated in New Zealand. I took a couple of very amusing pictures of Julia about the eat the pavlova, she had to be forcibly restrained from eating it for twenty seconds so I could take a picture!
And I am so going home from this trip heavier than I arrived. Although I have been walking for six to ten hours a day...
After that, we went on the aforementioned walk. Julia took me along the Thames a way, downstream, and then we crossed back to the other (northern?) bank near St. Paul's Cathedral. Or should I say, my cathedral :-)
We wandered around a bit in "The City", the square mile of London which is, officially, the city of London. It's almost dead on a weekend, most of the shops are shut, which surprised me. I've been told that it's so very business oriented that it really shuts down completely on a weekend.
We walked inland for a bit, until we encountered one edge of the Tower of London. I was a bit disappointed by said tower, it was a lot lower than I expected, although it turns out that what I had in mind was in fact the central White Tower, which is indeed an impressive building, and looks far less like one could scale it with a decent ladder. Oh, and I also found out that the some of the areas I was looking at had once been the moat, long since filled in, since yucky stuff from the Thames tended to collect there!
And then it was time to race out to Heathrow, for Cathy Pacific flight CX257, bearing mah Girlfriend! The plane was due to land at 4PM, but I figured it could be anything up to two hours before she emerged from the gates.
This time I knew what I was doing with the trains, so I hopped on at the Tower of London station, and changed at Green Park (I think) for the Piccadilly Line out to Terminal Three of Heathrow.
I got there at about 4.40PM, and made my way through a bewildering series of tunnels and corridors - I guess the worlds busiest airport takes up lots of space - until I found the arrivals area for Terminal three. It was surrounded by the usual throng of anxious families, and limo drivers holding signs with people's names on them.
The doors from the actually arrival area were more or less constantly open, disgorging what must have been hundreds of people into the airport. I was all worried that I wouldn't spot Deb in the throng, and kept on half recognising her in the distance - my brain doing stupid things with people with the barest resemblance. I remember thinking "well, that could be Deb, in certain lights, if she got a haircut and wore glasses!" I also worried that she'd already arrived and was sitting forelornly in some part of the terminal.
Eventually, after what seemed like ages - well, it didn't seem like it, it was - she emerged pushing a trolley from the doors. I managed to make it almost up to her before she saw me, and we exchanged a big hug.
She looked very bedraggled, like a tired kitten. It had been a shit flight, it sounded like - Melbourne to Hong Kong (coincidently on the same plane as my aunt who was off to Norway!). Then Hong Kong to London. The seats on her plane didn't recline as such, the base just sort of moved a bit, thus jamming your knees up against the seat in front. Then they messed up her order of a gluten free meal - bread rolls and things with oats on them are NOT gluten free! And they'd brought her maybe every third one of the drinks she'd has for. So it was no wonder she was looking a bit lots and dazed by the time I found her!
I bought her a litre bottle of water, most of which she drank straight away, and we began the long trudge back to Blackheath. Which meant walking to the train terminal, hopping on a Piccadilly train, hopping from that onto a Jubilee line train to London Bridge, then on a train out to Blackheath - which ended up being very crowded, not least because there was me with Deb's backpack, and another lady with a suitcase. Then we trudged all the way to Zoya's place, a good ten minute walk. And finally Deb was officially in London with me. Poor baby. She had a shower and then slept for about eleven hours....
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Someone finally found himself a wireless hot spot!
Someone is back at his friends place in London where they do of course have a wireless network :-)


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Im a happy girl and one that is blessed beyond measure. I married the only guy that said he would protect my heart and stood to that promise. I married the man that thinks of me before he thinks of himself and that makes me do the same for him. Im honored to be Mrs. Wynne and and honored that he treats me with the highest level of respect and admiration.
"I want to see you.
Know your voice.
Recognize you when you
first come 'round the corner.
Sense your scent when I come
into a room you've just left.
Know the lift of your heel,
the glide of your foot.
Become familiar with the way
you purse your lips
then let them part,
just the slightest bit,
when I lean in to your space
and kiss you.
I want to know the joy
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When a baby is born small, it's often attributed to genetic factors or maternal risk factors like poor nutrition or smoking. But a twin study now find that slower transport of oxygen from mother to baby across the placenta predicts slower fetal growth, as well as a smaller brain and liver.
The study, published in Scientific Reports is the first to make a direct connection between birth outcomes and placental oxygen transport.
By studying identical twins, the researchers were uniquely able to control for both genetic factors and maternal risk factors. Although identical twins also share a placenta, it is divided into two separate compartments, and one may be healthier than the other.
Researchers have developed a noninvasive method that uses MRI to map the timing of oxygen delivery across the placenta in real time. Using this technique, called Blood-Oxygenation-Level-Dependent (BOLD) MRI, they showed that dysfunctional placentas have large regions with slow oxygen transport to the fetus.
"Until now, we had no way to look at regional placental function in vivo," says senior author. "Prenatal ultrasound or routine clinical MRI can assess placental structure, but cannot assess regional function, which is not uniform across the placenta. Doppler ultrasound, the current clinical method of assessing placental function, measures blood flow in the umbilical arteries and other fetal vessels, but it cannot tell how well oxygen or nutrients are being transported from mother to fetus."
In the new study, researchers followed seven sets of identical twins all the way to birth, specifically tracking pregnancies in which one twin was smaller than the other.
At 29 to 34 weeks of pregnancy, the seven mothers underwent BOLD MRI for about 30 minutes. While they inhaled pure oxygen for 10-minute stretches, the team measured how long it took oxygen to reach its maximum concentration in the placenta, known as the time to plateau (TTP), and then how long it took for the oxygen to pass through the umbilical cord into the fetus and penetrate the brain and liver. Researchers used image-correction algorithms to adjust for fetal motion.
They found that a longer TTP in the placenta correlated with lower liver and brain volumes and lower newborn birth weights. TTP also correlated with placental pathology when placentas were examined after birth.
The work will be used to better understand pregnancy risk factors, develop a prenatal test for mothers in whom placental dysfunction is suspected and ultimately improve prenatal care. "Our next goal is to figure out what causes variation in oxygen transport in the placenta and identify a cutoff value that would be of concern in a pregnancy, including singleton pregnancies," author says. "Then, we can think about potential treatments to improve placental oxygen transport, and use our methods to immediately assess the success of these treatments."


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SEO Grimsby – The Future of SEO
What SEO Theme Do You Use?
If you have not looked at SEO Themes before, it could be time to consider where you stand with theme based SEO.
Honed and launched in 2010, the idea has been around for a lot longer though. It has become the natural extension to how sites are organised when good design practices are implemented.
Let's break it down into smaller sections.


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Dyēus (also *Dyēus ph2ter, alternatively spelled dyēws) is believed to have been chief deity in the religious traditions of the prehistoric Proto-Indo-European societies. Part of a larger pantheon, he was the god of the daylight sky, and his position may have mirrored the position of the patriarch or monarch in society. In his aspect as a father god, his consort would have been Pltwih2 Méh2ter, "Earth Mother".
This deity is not directly attested; rather scholars have reconstructed this deity from the languages and cultures of later Indo-European peoples such as Greeks, Latins and Indo-Aryans. According to this scholarly reconstruction, Dyeus was addressed as Dyeu Ph2ter, literally "Sky father" or "shining father", as reflected in Latin Iūpiter, Diēspiter, possibly Dis Pater and deus pater, Greek Zeu pater, Sanskrit Dyàuṣpítaḥ. As the pantheons of the individual mythologies related to the Proto-Indo-European religion evolved, attributes of Dyeus seem to have been redistributed to other deities. In Greek and Roman mythology, Dyeus remained the chief god, but in Vedic mythology, the etymological continuant of Dyeus became a very abstract god, and his original attributes, and his dominance over other gods, seem to have been transferred to gods such as Agni or Indra.
Later figures etymologically connected with Dyeus
- In Greek mythology Zeus[1]
- In Roman mythology Jupiter (pronounced Iuppiter),[2] and Dis Pater
- In Historical Vedic religion Dyauṣ Pitār[3]
- Dionysus, especially with the Thracians and Sabines
Rooted in the related but distinct Indo-European word *deiwos is the Latin word for deity, deus. The Latin word is also continued in English divine, "deity", and the original Germanic word remains visible in "Tuesday" ("Day of Tīwaz") and Old Norse tívar, which may be continued in the toponym Tiveden ("Wood of the Gods", or of Týr).
The following names derive from the related *deiwos:
- Germanic Tīwaz (known as Týr in Old Norse)
- Latin Deus (originally used to address Jupiter, but later adopted as the name of the Christian god)
- Indo-Aryan deva: Vedic/Puranic deva, Buddhist deva
- Iranic daeva, daiva, diw, etc.
- Baltic Dievas
- Celtic e.g. Gaulish Dēuos, Scottish Gaelic dia, Welsh duw
- Slavic div(-ese) (miracle)
Estonian Tharapita bears similarity to Dyaus Pita in name, although it has been interpreted as being related to the god Thor.
Although some of the more iconic reflexes of Dyeus are storm deities, such as Zeus and Jupiter, this is thought to be a late development exclusive to mediterranean traditions, probably derived from syncretism with canaanite deities and Perkwunos.[4] The deity's original domain was over the daylit sky, and indeed reflexes emphasise this connection to light: Istanu (Tiyaz) is a solar deity, Helios is often referred to as the "eye of Zeus",[5] in Romanian paganism the Sun is similarly called "God's eye"[6] and in Indo-Iranian tradition Surya/Hvare-khshaeta is similarly associated with Ahura Mazda. Even in roman tradition, Jupiter often is only associated with diurnal lightning at most, while Summanus is a deity responsible for nocturnal lightning or storms as a whole.
As an ordinary noun
Dyēus's name also likely means "the daytime sky":
- In Sanskrit as div- (nominative singular dyāus with vrddhi), its singular means "the sky" and its plural means "days".
- Its accusative form *dyēm became Latin diem "day", which later gave rise to a new nominative diēs. The original nominative survives as diūs in a few fixed expressions.[7]
- Finnish taivas Estonian taevas, Livonian tōvaz etc. (from Proto-Finnic *taivas), meaning "heaven" or "sky," are likely rooted in the Indo-European word. The neighboring Baltic Dievas or Germanic Tiwaz are possible sources, but the Indo-Iranian *daivas accords better in both form and meaning. Similar origin has been proposed for the word family represented by Finnish toivoa "to hope" (originally "to pray from gods").
See also
- ↑ "Zeus". American Heritage Dictionary. Bartleby. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 2006-07-03.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans". American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (4th ed.). Bartleby. 2000. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 2008-09-27.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Oberlies, Thomas (1998), Die Religion des Rgveda (in German), Wien <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>.
- ↑ Green, Miranda (1990), "Pagan Celtic Religion: Archaeology and Myth.", Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorian: 13–28<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Sick, David H. (2004), "Mit(h)ra(s) and the Myths of the Sun", Numen, 51 (4): 432–467<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Ionescu, Doina; Dumitrache, Cristiana (2012), "The Sun Worship with the Romanians." (PDF), Romanian Astronomical Journal, 22 (2): 155–166<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Etymological dictionary of Latin and the other Italic languages, De Vaan, 2008
- Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German) <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>.
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- Dennis Coates & David Gearhart, 2008. "NASCAR as a Public Good," International Journal of Sport Finance, Fitness Information Technology, vol. 3(1), pages 41-57, February.
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- Carlino, Gerald & Coulson, N. Edward, 2004.
"Compensating differentials and the social benefits of the NFL,"
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- Gerald A. Carlino & N. Edward Coulson, 2002. "Compensating differentials and the social benefits of the NFL," Working Papers 02-12, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, revised 01 Sep 2003.
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- Dennis Coates, 2012. "Not-So-Mega Events," Chapters,in: International Handbook on the Economics of Mega Sporting Events, chapter 23 Edward Elgar Publishing.
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"Mega-events and housing costs: raising the rent while raising the roof?,"
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- Dennis Coates & Victor Matheson, 2009. "Mega-Events and Housing Costs: Raising the Rent while Raising the Roof?," Working Papers 0903, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics.
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My long poem 'Prime Time' from The Architecture of Chance was published in issue 72 of Prague's psí víno magazine, in a Czech translation by David Koranda.
psí víno is a quarterly journal of poetry and criticism founded in 1997. Its current editors "strive to confront Czech literary scene with the current trends from abroad (especially from the English speaking countries, Central, Eastern, and Southern Europe, and Scandinavia), and to give voice to the contemporary phenomena at the edges of literature (experimental literature, digital literature, uncreative writing, text art etc)."
'Prime Time' is the record of my live transcription of all advertising broadcast on Ireland's state TV channel RTÉ1 on Friday 28 February 2014 between 6pm and 11pm. David translated the resulting text into Czech, and performed it with me at the Prague Microfestival in May.
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This post was going to be a complaint about how I cannot manage to style these boots without feeling too country girl. Then I read some Facebook posts from my friends in Long Island and others affected by the recent storm and felt a rare bit of shame in my shallowness.
So I am taking the day off from complaining. I am going to donate some more money to the Red Cross and spend some time appreciating what I have. Tomorrow we can talk about the boots :)
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Haha no need to complain girl. I do not think this boots are country at all. I actually think you wear them well. Have you tried pairing them with legging and an over-size sweater/knit or plaid shirt? :)
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Its official I'm tying the knot! I am changing my last name. I'm entering into the realm of matrimony. I'm changing my monogram. I'm somebody's Mrs.! I'm getting married! I'm so so so so happy!
Here is the story of how it all happened. I tried to keep it simple for those of you with ADD. I'm reading David Copperfield right now and the chapter headings in that book inspired me to follow suite for my story.
The Joan and Spencer Saga
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From 02-02-2000 until 08-02-2001 I served an LDS mission in
On June 7, 2000 I went with a group of missionaries to the Freiberg Germany temple to do some work. All of the missionaries except me were going home in 2 weeks. They seemed pretty exciting and I remember thinking…Only 13 more months. I became the unofficial group photographer. It turns out Spencer was one of the homeward bound missionaries.
This is one of those moments where I wish I could go back and see the footage from this day. I remember it was raining (typical) and that I had a big white umbrella outside of the temple. I don't remember even seeing Spencer at all but I took his picture and somehow made an impression on him.
I wish he had come over to say hello, but he didn't want to be accused of flirting with a sister. Two weeks later he flew home. I stayed in
Chapter 1: I show up on his door step. (February 2002)
The 2002 Olympics were held in my hometown
So when I showed up on his doorstep in Feb of 2002 I was searching for some familiarity from the past. Their was none. His face didn't look at all familiar to me. But I do remember thinking how handsome he was. I've tried to reconstruct this moment in my mind but mostly what I remember is how awkward it was to be the only girl with 6 guys (I just got off a mission remember!) and I remember that Spencer's room looked like a shrine to U2.
Spencer recognized me right off and was so surprised to see me again that he barely said 2 words to me the whole night. Consequently I thought he was either very snobby or shy.
Chapter 2: The quiet kid on campus. (2002-2003)
After that I saw Spencer a few times on campus. He seemed painfully shy so I tried to be extra friendly. Eventually I told him I worked at the music library and he came to visit a few times. We gradually became friends. We went backpacking together and hung out with our other mission friends. I liked him but I was convinced I could never fall in love with him. He seemed too shy and different from me.
Chapter 3:
In May of 2003 I backpacked through
Chapter 4: I break his heart. (Summer 2003)
I returned from
Chapter 5: "But we can be friends…" (2003-2005)
Every girl says it. Years pass and we didn't see each other. I graduated from the U and started working. I had boyfriends here and there. Spencer and I talked every so often but I was always worried that he still had feelings for me and I didn't want to lead him on.
Chapter 6: What goes around comes around. (May 2006)
In May of 2006 someone broke MY heart. Oh the agony! Never would I date again! Meanwhile Spencer was backpacking through
Chapter 7: Transition from friends to lovers. (Fall 2006)
Fall of 2006 everything changed in my life. I moved into a Mansion. I landed my dream job teaching High School German and Choir. I bought a new car and a new bedroom set. (This was the deal of the century). With so many wonderful changes in my life I felt like my fairy god mother had just turned me into a princess. Spencer was so helpful during this time and started to seem more and more like Prince Charming. In my mind the transition from friends to lovers (okay we are not actually lovers yet) seems so seamless, but in retrospect we did have some drama. (meinentwegen)
In August Spencer asked me on an official date to go to a Real Salt Lake Game. Of course I had sworn off dating but I decided that Spencer was safe enough to date. "It's not like I'm going to fall in love with him or anything." Then on September 26, 2006 he kissed me. I of course am the highly dramatic person that I am told him "I can't date you and we can't kiss" Not so seamless after all. One week later I kissed him. We've been dating ever since. It has been wonderful.
Chapter 8: The best eight months of my life…engaged!
After dating eight months Spencer got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. When he was seven years old he found a pearl in an oyster at Sea World and had been saving it ever since for his future wife. He made it into a ring for me. I said YES!
Epilogue: Did my heart ever love till now?
I can't believe how lucky I am. Spencer is my best friend and the most wonderful person in the world. I can't believe he stuck around all those years and waited for me. I never thought I'd be so happy! He is so smart and thoughtful. He is so kind to me. He is my favorite person to be with in the whole world. He will be the best husband and the best father. I'm so happy.
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This is another talk we're going to be at - according to the website, it wil feature, "An overview of disability benefits including Disability Living Allowance/ Personal Independence Payment, and Employment and Support Allowance".
Incidentally, two days after my LinkedIn rant, not one comment on the original thread!
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