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Secretory and membrane N‐linked glycoproteins undergo folding and oligomeric assembly in the endoplasmic reticulum with the aid of a folding mechanism known as the calnexin cycle. UDP–glucose glycoprotein:glucosyltransferase (UGGT) is the sensor component of the calnexin cycle, which recognizes these glycoproteins when they are incompletely folded, and transfers a glucose residue from UDP–glucose to N‐linked Man9‐GlcNAc2 glycans. To determine how UGGT recognizes incompletely folded glycoproteins, we used purified enzyme to glucosylate a set of Man9‐GlcNAc2 glycopeptide substrates in vitro, and determined quantitatively the glucose incorporation into each glycan by mass spectrometry. A ranked order of glycopeptide specificity was found that provides the criteria for the recognition of substrates by UGGT. The preference for amino‐acid residues close to N‐linked glycans provides criteria for the recognition of glycopeptide substrates by UGGT.
UDP–glucose glycoprotein:glucosyltransferase (UGGT) is an enzyme that resides in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). UGGT recognizes incompletely folded glycoproteins with N‐linked Man9‐GlcNAc2 glycans, and transfers a glucose residue from UDP–glucose to produce the Glc1‐Man9‐GlcNAc2 glycan (for a review, see Parodi, 2000; Tessier et al., 2000). This monoglucosylated glycan is recognized specifically by the lectin‐like chaperones calnexin and calreticulin, which retain incompletely folded glycoproteins in the ER and recruit ERp57 to accelerate disulphide bond interchange for further folding (Zapun et al., 1997, 1998; Schrag et al., 2001).
Several in vitro studies have shown that denatured glycoproteins are the preferred substrates for UGGT (Sousa & Parodi, 1995; Tessier et al., 2000). It has been shown that denatured glycoproteins with a Man9‐GlcNAc2 glycan are glucosylated preferentially over the Man8 or Man7 glycoforms (Sousa et al., 1992), and the innermost GlcNAc residue is also required for recognition by UGGT (Sousa & Parodi, 1995). UGGT has also been shown to monoglucosylate the glycan in the unfolded monomer of an RNase B heterodimer specifically, whereas it leaves the glycan in the folded monomer unmodified (Ritter & Helenius, 2000). This targeted monoglucosylation may direct the chaperones and folding enzymes of the calnexin cycle to the regions of incompletely folded glycoproteins that require further folding.
In contrast to previous reports, we show that, in a system using purified components, UGGT has distinct peptide‐sequence preferences. We used defined Man9‐GlcNAc2 glycopeptides and purified, recombinant rat liver UGGT, and carried out quantitative analysis by mass spectrometry of both the substrates and the products. Across a set of 24 glycopeptide substrates with diverse sequences, the activity of UGGT varied 20‐fold.
Generation of glycopeptide substrates
The DT111 yeast strain (Tessier et al., 2000) was used to express glycoproteins that carry Man9‐GlcNAc2 glycans, which was confirmed for acid phosphatase (AcP), exo‐1,3‐β‐D‐glucanase (β‐Glc) and α‐galactosidase (α‐Gal) by matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization–time‐of‐flight (MALDI–TOF) mass spectrometry (Fig. 1A–C). However, in the case of AcP and α‐Gal, some of these sites are partially occupied (glycoprotein peaks separated by 1,865 Da, see Fig. 1A,B). Endoglycosidase H (Endo H) digestion confirmed the results obtained by mass spectrometry (Fig. 1D).
Purified denatured Man9‐GlcNAc2 glycoproteins from the yeast strain DT111 can be monoglucosylated using UDP–[3 H]glucose and UGGT (Fig. 2A, lane 1). Subsequent proteolytic digestion of these glycoproteins with trypsin resulted in the production of monoglucosylated fragments (Fig. 2A, lane 2). These proteins can be denatured, trypsin digested and the resulting glycopeptides can be used as effective substrates for recombinant UGGT (Fig. 2A, lane 3). These results provided the first evidence for the efficient recognition of glycopeptide substrates by UGGT, and allowed an analysis of the peptide features that are recognized by this enzyme. Mass spectrometry was used to detect and measure UGGT‐catalysed glucose incorporation into glycopeptides (Figs. 2B and 3). The procedure is based on the ratio of the relative ion intensities of the Man9‐GlcNAc2 to Glc1‐Man9‐GlcNAc2 forms of each glycopeptide. Hence, the unglucosylated Man9‐GlcNAc2 form of each glycopeptide provides an internal control, from which the molar incorporation of glucose was calculated.
A ranked order of monoglucosylated glycopeptides
A total of 24 glycopeptide substrates from proteolytic digests of AcP, α‐Gal and β‐Glc were identified as substrates for UGGT. These monoglucosylated peptides were ranked on the basis of glucose incorporation (Fig. 4). The glycopeptides were then grouped as good (group 1), intermediate (group 2) and poor (group 3) substrates for UGGT. However, even the most poorly recognized glycopeptide (number 24) showed a detectable level of monoglucosylation. The reproducibility of this data was confirmed by comparing the levels of monoglucosylation between identical peptides from different digestion conditions (compare closed symbols in Fig. 4). Glycopeptides with two glycans were treated as special cases, and are shown in Fig. 5.
Monoglucosylation of purified glycopeptides
The data shown for each experiment in Fig. 4 correspond to the monoglucosylation of mixtures of proteolytic digests of each glycoprotein with recombinant UGGT. To ensure that the identified ranked order of glucosylation was not a consequence of competition between the different glycopeptides in the mixture, the tryptic glycopeptides T248–270 (from group 1 in Fig. 4) and T386–395 (from group 3 of Fig. 4) from AcP were purified from the AcP digest by high‐performance liquid chromatography (HPLC; Fig. 6B) and used as substrates. A sevenfold difference between the two glycopeptides in the incorporation of glucose was calculated, which was consistent with the ninefold difference observed between the corresponding peptides in the tryptic mixture (Fig. 4; compare peptides 4 and 21).
Previous studies have been unable to show that glycopeptides are efficiently recognized substrates for glucosylation by UGGT (Helenius, 2001). The engineered DT111 yeast strain (Tessier et al., 2000) was used to produce homogeneous Man9‐GlcNAc2‐containing peptides with different amino‐acid sequences, which were recognized by UGGT with a wide range of efficiencies (Fig. 4). Close inspection of the amino‐acid sequences of the glycopeptides revealed two criteria for efficient recognition by UGGT: first, the presence of a polypeptide extension of ∼12 amino acids from the N‐linked glycan (Fig. 4). Second, hydrophobic patches, within both 1–3 and 6–14 amino acids, on the carboxy‐ or amino‐terminal sides from the N‐linked glycan (Fig. 4; shaded regions), as assessed using a number of hydrophobicity plots of the individual glycopeptides (Fig. 6A).
Although there are clear peptide composition and sequence preferences for efficient UGGT substrates, no common structural elements that distinguish good and poor substrates were found using a variety of algorithms to predict secondary structures (Appel et al., 1994).
Our data show that the amino‐acid sequence of glycopeptides profoundly affects their recognition as substrates for UGGT. Residues close to the N‐linked glycan seem to be the main determinants for recognition, and the presence of several proximal glycans does not seem to enhance recognition by UGGT (see Fig. 5, glycopeptide 3).
Although our data predict that the recognition of incompletely folded glycoproteins by UGGT is affected by the sequence surrounding the glycan, we cannot exclude the possibility that these peptide‐recognition elements could be provided by amino‐acid residues brought into proximity of the glycans in folding intermediates. Therefore, for glycoproteins with multiple N‐linked glycans, monoglucosylation of each glycan by UGGT would depend on the proximal peptide elements exposed during the folding process. This differential monoglucosylation could influence the behaviour of these glycoproteins in the calnexin cycle and in associated quality‐control pathways in the ER.
Mutant yeast glycoprotein substrates for recombinant rat UDP–glucose glycoprotein‐glucosyltransferase.
Uniform Man9‐GlcNAc2 glycoprotein substrates were produced using the Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant strain DT111, in which the mnn1, mns1 and och1 genes were deleted (Tessier et al., 2000).
The medium used for the production of AcP has been described previously (Tessier et al., 2000). The medium used for the production of β‐Glc was prepared as described in Ramirez et al. (1989) with the following modifications: minimal medium SD‐Leu was supplemented with 2% glucose and 0.15 M KCl, and was buffered with 0.16 M citrate/0.08 M phosphate, pH 5.8. α‐Gal was expressed from the DT111 strain transformed with the mel1 plasmid pMP550 (Post‐Beittenmiller et al., 1984). Production of α‐Gal was carried out in minimal medium SD‐LEU‐URA supplemented with 2% galactose, 1% raffinose and 0.15 M KCl.
Purification of Glycoproteins.
Secreted glycoproteins expressed in the DT111 strain were prepared and purified on POROS 20HQ, as described previously (Tessier et al., 2000). AcP activity was monitored as described in Tessier et al. (2000). The hydrolysis of p‐nitrophenyl α‐D‐galactopyranoside (Sigma; used at 1 mg ml−1), which was carried out at 37 °C for 2–5 min in 25 mM sodium acetate, pH 5.0, was determined by measuring the optical density at a wavelength of 405 nm, and this was used to quantify α‐Gal activity. The reaction was terminated by adding saturated Na2 CO3 to one‐half of the volume of the original reaction mixture. β‐Glc was purified further using a 1‐ml Phenyl Superose column (Pharmacia) equilibrated with 1 M ammonium sulphate, buffered with 20 mM sodium acetate, pH 5.0, on a BioCAD FPLC system (PerSeptive Biosystems). β‐Glc was eluted with ∼0.6 M ammonium sulphate. Measurement of β‐Glc activity and termination of the reaction was carried out as described above for α‐Gal. Protein concentrations were determined by measuring the extinction coefficient at a wavelength of 260 nm.
UDP–glucose glycoprotein‐glucosyltransferase in vitro glucosylation assays.
Recombinant rat liver UGGT was expressed, purified and characterized, as described previously (Tessier et al., 2000). For all monoglucosylation reactions, AcP, β‐Glc and α‐Gal were subjected to chemical denaturation, reduction and alkylation of any free sulphhydryls with iodoacetamide, as described previously (Zapun et al., 1997). Glucosylation reactions were buffered at pH 8 in 50 mM Tris‐HCl and 5 mM CaCl2. Monoglucosylation reactions and proteolytic digestion conditions were as described below and in the figure legends.
Proteolytic and Endo H digestion of glycoprotein substrates.
Sequencing‐grade endoproteinase Glu‐C from Staphylococcus aureus (Roche) was used (mass ratio of 1:40, Glu‐C:protein) in 50 mM ammonium carbonate, pH 7.8, for 18 h at 25 °C. Digestion with Glu‐C was followed by evaporation to dryness and addition of 50 mM Tris‐HCl, pH 8.0, 5 mM CaCl2, with vortexing to redissolve the digested protein. Modified sequencing‐grade trypsin from bovine pancreas (Roche) was used (mass ratio of 1:40, trypsin:protein) in 50 mM Tris‐HCl, pH 8.0, 5 mM CaCl2 for 18 h at 37 °C. Digestion with trypsin was followed by boiling the reaction mixture for 15 min to inactivate the trypsin, and monoglucosylation reactions were then performed in this mixture.
Cleavage of the glycan from 2 μg of substrate glycoprotein was carried out using 5 μl of Endo H (Boehringer Mannheim) in 40 μl of 100 mM sodium acetate, pH 5.0, at 37 °C for 4 h.
MALDI–TOF mass spectra were collected on a PerSeptive Biosystems Elite‐STR spectrometer using the linear mode. The matrix, sinnapinic acid (Aldrich), was prepared as a 10 mg ml−1 solution in acetonitrile/methanol/water (1:1:1, v/v/v) and used for all MALDI–TOF analyses. The dimeric, singly and doubly protonated ions of bovine serum albumin were used to obtain an external calibration of the mass spectrometer. All electrospray mass spectrometry (ESMS) experiments were conducted using a Q‐TOF II (Micromass) hybrid quadrupole/time‐of‐flight instrument (Morris et al., 1996). A modular capillary liquid chromatography system (Micromass) was used for online micro‐liquid‐chromatography (μLC)‐ESMS experiments. Chromatographic separations were carried out using a 15 cm × 0.32 mm Pepmap C18 capillary column (LC Packings) using a linear gradient elution of 5–95% acetonitrile (0.2% HCOOH) for 40 min with a flow rate of 3.5 μl min−1. Conventional mass spectra were obtained by operating the quadrupole in a radio‐frequency‐only mode, while a pusher electrode was pulsed (16‐kHz frequency) to transfer all ions to the time‐of‐flight analyser. Mass spectra were acquired using stepped orifice voltage scanning similar to that described previously (Carr et al., 1993; Bateman et al., 1998). Tandem mass spectrometry experiments on glycopeptide peaks identified in preliminary μLC‐ESMS analyses were obtained in a subsequent sample injection for sequence analysis. Glycopeptide precursor ions were selected by the first quadrupole, while a pusher electrode was pulsed to transfer fragment ions formed in the RF‐only hexapole cell to the time‐of‐flight analyser. Mass spectral resolution (50% FWHM definition) was typically 4,000–5,000. Scan durations of 1 s and 2 s were set for conventional and tandem MS acquisition modes, respectively. Collision activation was carried out using argon as a collision gas, with a 25‐V offset between the direct current voltage of the entrance quadrupole and the RF‐only hexapole cell. Data were acquired and processed in the Mass Lynx Window NT based data system (Micromass).
Primary sequence analysis of glycopeptides.
The primary sequences of the 14 most highly ranked glycopeptides from Fig. 4 were analysed for a wide variety of characteristics using 42 of the available algorithms found in the ProtScale primary structure analysis tool on the Expasy website (http://ca.expasy.org/cgi‐bin/protscale.pl; Appel et al., 1994). For each algorithm, a window size of five was used with a relative weight of the window edges compared with the window centre of 10%, an exponential weight‐variation model and no normalization of the scale. The numeric output of each algorithm was compared between the top 14 glycopeptides in Fig. 4. The hydropathy plots from four algorithms (Hopp & Woods, 1981; Kyte & Doolittle, 1982; Mohana Rao & Argos, 1986; Cowan & Whittaker, 1990) showed clear differences between the group 1 and group 2 glycopeptides, as shown by the Kyte–Doolittle plots in Fig. 6A. For the glycopeptides ranked 8–10 (Fig. 4), the amino‐acid sequence N‐terminal to the N‐linked glycan was also analysed.
The authors thank Micromass for the loan of a Q‐TOF instrument, D. Krajcarski for technical assistance in the preliminary MALDI–TOF experiments and A. Migneault for assistance with the figures. This work was supported by grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to D.Y.T. and J.J.M.B.
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which things produce AC current and which things produce DC current
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A.C. Generator / Dynamo :
An a.c. generator / dynamo is a machine which produces alternating current energy from mechanical energy. An a.c. generator / dynamo is based on the phenomenon of electromagnetic induction. The essential parts of an a.c. dynamo are : 1. Armature 2. Field Magnets 3. Slip Rings 4. Brushes.
D.C. Generator / Dynamo : The principle of d.c. generator is the same as that of a.c. generator. The essential parts of d.c. generator are also the same as those of a. c. generator except the slip ring arrangement. This is replaced by split rings or commutator arrangement.
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Of course, that's better than being the target of a death fatwa, which is what Hezbollah's Hassan Nasrallah wants for all the people who participated in the movie.
Egypt's general prosecutor knows the arrest warrants are simply a means of appeasing the rabidly angry masses who, like Nasrallah, probably want their pound of flesh, preferably dead. It also doesn't help matters for Herr prosecutor that most, if not all of them, don't happen to live in Egypt. At least one would hope, for their sake.
The prosecutor's office said in a statement that the accused, which includes the film's alleged producer, face charges of harming national unity, insulting and publicly attacking Islam and spreading false information. The office said they could face the death penalty, if convicted. No date for the trial has been set.
Besides the main culprit Nakoula, they've also charged Morris Sadek (another Coptic Christian who is said to have been the one to stupidly bring the film to the Egyptian press' attention), and Florida Pastor Terry Jones (who promoted the video).
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BEIJING — A U.S. warship sailed near a disputed island in the South China Sea on Sunday in an operation known as “freedom of navigation”. However, China called the move “a serious political and military provocation”.
The freedom of navigation operation, also known as FONOP, is designed to protest against overlapping maritime claims. It was the second operation conducted during the presidency of Donald Trump. In May, the USS Dewey came within six nautical miles of Mischief Reef, where China has constructed a massive military complex.
The incident took place near Triton Island in the Paracel Islands. It is administered by China but also claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam.
According to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, territorial water is a belt of coastal water extending 12 nautical miles from the baseline of a nation’s coast.
Guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem sailed within 12 nautical miles of Triton Island, implying that the United States does not recognize China’s territorial claims there.
“China strongly urges the U.S. side to immediately stop this kind of provocative action which seriously violates China's sovereignty and puts at risk China's security," China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Lu Kang said in a statement.

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E Soken Kinko Zufu
Reprint and translation of Wada Tsunashiro's 1913 publication Soken Kinko Zufu with all 698 illustrations. Wada features roughly 400 artists in what was back then one of the most comprehensive overview of Japanese sword fittings.
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Cadillac's Hazy Diesel Engine Program Tentatively Bites the Dust
It’s looking increasingly like the compression ignition engine won’t get an opportunity to redeem itself at Cadillac. After making diesel a dirty word in the early 1980s with the help of Oldsmobile’s cantankerous, oil-burning 5.7-liter V8, GM’s luxury arm dived back into diesel development towards the end of the last decade. A recession and bankruptcy put the kibosh on those outsourced plans.
Then, in 2014, happier economic times brought about a renewed interest in the pursuit of diesel. Cadillac hoped to woo MPG-loving Europeans by outfitting new sedan models with diesel powerplants developed in-house. Americans would get a taste, too.
Scratch that, says Cadillac president Steve Carlisle.
Speaking to Automotive News, the brand’s head honcho, who took over from a deposed Johan de Nysschen in April, says Cadillac is having second thoughts about diesel. Blame newfound scrutiny from regulators and the tarring and feathering of the fuel by European lawmakers — the same people who, just a few years earlier, incentivized its use.
“We have been working on diesel, but the markets may be changing more quickly than we anticipated,” Carlisle said. “Going forward, we will focus on electrification.”
The Cadillac boss stopped short of saying the program’s scrapped. Frankly, it’s odd the program made it this far. It was only a year old when Volkswagen’s diesel debacle made headlines in 2015. Cadillac’s parent offloaded Opel, a key engine development partner, in 2017. The tea leaves weren’t exactly promising smooth sailing in the years ahead, yet Cadillac pressed on, hoping to offer four- and six-cylinder diesels in a variety of models, including the just-launched XT4 crossover.
The plunging market share of diesel in Europe, further vehicle emissions tightening, and a German court ruling allowing cities to ban oil-burning vehicles have probably made things too bleak to continue. Back in January, de Nysschen was busy pouring cold water on plans for a diesel-fueled entry into the European market.
“If we want to be successful in Europe, we have to have the product – smaller cars and crossovers with the right propulsion systems,” de Nysschen told Wards Auto. “If we went to Europe now and wanted to be successful, we would have to invest in developing a family of diesel engines, which would be insane because they would have a very limited lifespan. It would make no sense.”
One wonders how far the program progressed.
In the U.S., diesel faces calmer waters. Fiat Chrysler still offers the 3.0-liter EcoDiesel V6 (after getting itself in deep EPA trouble not long ago ago), and Ford and GM have light-duty diesel 3.0-liter six-cylinders on the way. There’s also 1.6-liter and 2.8-liter diesels on offer in smaller GM cars, crossovers, and mid-sized trucks.
Carlisle believes diesel still has a place in modern world, especially in trucks, and will for many years to come. Whether this is enough to keep the program alive remains to be seen.
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Luke42 on Sep 17, 2018
Cadillac should be competing with Tesla, rather than BMW. Diesels are over, as much as I enjoyed driving my Jetta TDI (when it ran). Electric is the future. Yeah, moving to New technology is risky, but that's where the new customers appear to be, and it's definitely the hype is. Cadillac will continue to struggle as long as they do the same old ICE thing, because everyone who wants to pay the non-depreciates.prixe for an Escalade or a knockoff BMW already has one. But EVs are different -- there's a lot of unmet demand there, relatively speaking.
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Crude has surged almost 50 per cent since the end of October, when news of vaccines began to emerge | Photo: Bloomberg
Brent oil topped $55 a barrel for the first time since February, as gains in broader markets
added to investor optimism already buoyed by Saudi Arabia’s unilateral plan to cut output.
The move caps a stellar few months for the oil market, with crude emerging as a favored play to bet on coronavirus vaccines and global reflation. Saudi Arabia’s pledge earlier in the week to cut production by 1 million barrels a day in February and March added vigour to the rally, while Democrat gains in the US have spurred broader markets
higher in expectation of additional stimulus.
Covid remains a near-term concern, though. Accelerating cases across Europe prompted a call from the World Health Organization for stricter measures across the continent, while the UK’s latest restrictions are already compounding a plunge in fuel sales. China has locked down a city of 11 million near Beijing to contain an outbreak.
Crude has surged almost 50 per cent since the end of October, when news of vaccines began to emerge. Citigroup Inc. boosted its price forecasts on Friday, saying Saudi Arabia’s actions should accelerate stock draws. Annual commodity index rebalancing may provide another tailwind, with as much as $9 billion of oil contracts possibly being bought over the five days of activity that start Friday, the bank said.
“The past 10 weeks of trading have seen only one weekly decline, which was comparatively small,” said Carsten Fritsch, an analyst at Commerzbank AG. “This is testimony to the strength of the oil market in the last two and a halfmonths.”
Saudi Arabia’s surprise cut appears to have caught some Asian buyers by surprise. On Thursday, Unipec, the trading arm of China’s largest refiner, bought four cargoes of North Sea crude in a pricing window run by S&P Global Platts that saw its most activity in at least 12 years.
There are also bright spots for consumption in spite of the coronavirus as the northern hemisphere faces a freezing winter. Beijing’s coldest weather since 1966 is pushing local energy prices higher and temperatures across much of Europe and Asia are expected to stay below average for most of January.
Still, the recent surge in crude prices has pushed Brent’s 14-day relative strength index above 70, a technical signal that a reversal could be coming. WTI’s 14-day RSI is also in overbought territory.
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GATLINBURG, Tenn. – Heavy rain Wednesday in Sevier County, Tennessee, brought some welcome relief to firefighters battling blazes that remain in the area.
Officials say more than 400 structures have been damaged or destroyed and seven people have lost their lives.
Despite facing what's being called the area's worst disaster in 100 years, Gatlinburg's small community is pulling together and the local church is leading the way.
Even after Wednesday's heavy downpour, smoke can still be seen hovering over the Great Smoky Mountains, a sign, according to fire officials, of the danger that lingers.
Many of the firefighters working to make these mountains safe again also call them home. In fact, it's hard to find a member of this community who's not affected in some way by the fires.
That's not stopping them from pitching in wherever there's a need.
At the Rocky Top shelter, CBN News met nurses volunteering after working long shifts.
Senior chaplain Paul Lambert of the Sevier County Fire Department says he's faced disasters before but never this close to home.
He's spent the last three days on the front lines, offering support and even driving the water truck to firefighters in the mountains.
The local church is actively supporting not only its members who've been impacted by the fires, but the entire community.
Pastor Brent Freeman has been meeting with city leaders, business owners and influential community members to come up with a plan to care for displaced residents.
Meanwhile, the Red Cross is asking people to stop sending "stuff." They have enough drinking water and thankfully, the donations have been pouring in.
But Gatlinburg is running out of storage space. Its residents need time to decide who will benefit most from what's been donated so far, and they're asking people to hold off for now from sending more.

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The restored gates of the original Trinity College mark the entrance to Trinity Bellwoods Park, which was chosen as the G20 summit protesting area.MICHAEL STUPARYK/TORONTO STAR FILE PHOTO
With the upcoming G20 summit looming over downtown Toronto, the event is casting an increasingly larger shadow, one that now stretches as far west as Trinity Bellwoods Park.
Summit officials have chosen the park as the designated protesting area for the G20 summit on June 26 and 27. That means demonstrators — at least, the rule-abiding ones — will be wielding placards and shouting through megaphones from inside a 37-acre residential park, located some two kilometres west of the summit’s outer boundary, or so-called “yellow zone.”
Susan Atkinson was shocked to hear that summit organizers have decided to send hoards of protestors to her neighbourhood park.
So now Canada has designated protesting areas. When this started in the U.S. to keep protestors out of ear shot of George Bush, I thought it was crazy. Is anyone going to protest? Tom

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V. AMBIGUITIES OF "CIVILIAN MILITARY WORK"
At one point, Burundian authorities described the work of the Guardians of the Peace as "civilian military work," travail civile militaire, an appropriate description of its ambiguous status. In June 2001, a military officer in charge of the self-defense program stressed the autonomous character of various programs in different parts of the country, saying that each local military commander decided how paramilitary groups would work in the area under his authority.18 Yet it is clear that all these programs were sanctioned at the national level and that local commanders, as well as the paramilitaries whom they commanded, were acting as agents for the state.
Burundi requires military service from secondary school graduates who are continuing on to higher education, thus exercising the right to conscription generally recognized by international law. But the young men recruited for service in the Guardians of the Peace did not fall into the category covered by law nor were these paramilitary units considered part of the Burundian armed forces. In most cases, local administrative authorities, acting at the behest of military commanders, simply designated those who were to serve.19 Some joined willingly to protect their homes, to seek revenge for previous rebel attacks, or because they hoped to use their position for personal gain. But a substantial number, perhaps the majority, agreed to serve only because they felt compelled to do so. One unwilling recruit said,
When the guardians started, I refused at first to have anything to do with them, but those who refuse are considered to be supporters of the rebellion. So I agreed to do this rather than face the consequences.20
"I felt forced to join the guardians," said another recruit, "because refusing would make me look like an accomplice of the rebels."21 Others joined because they feared such punishment as fines or imprisonment if they refused.
As rebel activity increased beginning in 1997, authorities forced hundreds of thousands of rural residents to move into regroupment camps. The concentration of people in these sites made recruitment for the Guardians of the Peace easier. As one witness described it:
The governor ordered that young men who are not in school should come and join the Guardians of the Peace. He made a speech about this in the site and then the zone chiefs carried out the local organization. They distributed papers to write down the names of recruits. They said that those who are against this program will be punished.22
According to this witness, the youngest recruits were ten-year-old children while the oldest were married men who had three or fewer children. Administrative authorities took care to ensure that all possible recruits were included, although on occasion they excused those who had enough means or personal influence to arrange an exemption.23
The vast majority of participants were Hutu. In Gatete, one of the six zones of Rumonge commune, for example, only one of 540 guardians of the peace was reported to be Tutsi.24 In Makamba province, where Tutsi and Hutu live together in displaced persons camps, a somewhat larger number of Tutsi serve in the guardians.25
Authorities particularly sought to recruit those who had once been rebels both because they already had military experience and because they could provide valuable information about rebel movements. According to participants, the number of former rebels now serving among guardians of the peace varies from as low as 10 percent in some areas to more than 75 percent in others.26 A former FDD combatant said that he was recruited to serve in the guardians after having spent seven months as a prisoner doing labor at a military camp in Rutana. By agreeing he was able to return to his family and home commune.27 One government official admitted that he knew of military officers who had forced former rebels to join the guardians against their will and had tortured those who refused to provide information about the rebellion, some of them to the point of death.28
Recruitment and Use of Children as Guardians of the Peace
Burundi is a party to Protocol II of the Geneva Conventions which prohibits the recruitment of children under the age of fifteen for military service and requires that all feasible measures be taken to ensure that those under fifteen not take part directly in hostilities. Burundi has also ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which provides similar prohibitions.29 Yet military and civilian authorities have recruited and trained many children under the age of fifteen as Guardians of the Peace. One knowledgeable observer estimated that between 750 and 900 children aged seven to twelve years of age were recruited and trained in one year in Bururi. Human Rights Watch researchers were able to obtain the name and other identifying information about the youngest of these children, who was widely known for having begun his military service when he was seven years old. These youngsters suffered greatly through the rigors of military training. One witness recounted that the younger ones sometimes cried, especially when they were beaten by soldiers for failing to perform adequately. Recent recruitment efforts apparently have spared very young children, but recruitment of those fourteen and older continues.30
Parents were often reluctant to allow their sons to join the paramilitary force, but many feared punishment if they refused. The father of one sixteen-year-old said he had agreed to send his son to the guardians to avoid a fine or imprisonment. The child, who had just finished sixth grade in primary school, received firearms training for two days at the soccer field next to his school. A month later he was killed in combat.31 Many other children, certainly hundreds of them, died in combat between 1997 and 2001.
Some of the earliest recruits in Bururi province were subjected to an intense two weeks of training at the Bururi military camp where instructors were officers or soldiers of the Burundian army. Major Ntungumburane reportedly was in charge of the training along with Major Kibati, who was the camp commander. The colonel in charge of the fifth military region was said to have visited at least one of the training sessions. Recruits were taught military tactics and practices, civics, and the laws of war. They learned how to shoot and became familiar with more than a dozen firearms, learning to assemble and disassemble a number of them blindfolded. They were subjected to harsh conditions, sleeping on the ground with no bedding and eating only one scant meal a day. Recruits participated in strenuous physical exercise for several hours a day and were beaten by soldiers wielding sticks, if they failed to perform or collapsed. In one training program, three young recruits-one aged about twelve, one aged about fifteen, and one aged about seventeen-died from the effects of beatings and exhaustion.
Other recruits received a far more summary form of training. One participant in Rumonge, for example, says he was trained for only three half days at the soccer field next to the local zone office. His group learned only how to load and fire Kalashnikovs, nothing else.32 One participant who joined the Guardians of the Peace in the early months expressed his concerns about the whole program as well as about the limited training:
Because many of us are poor, armed, desperate, there is a real risk that we will fall prey to politics. Some may be tempted with money to do terrible things as in the past in Burundi. This is really a problem because many of us have little or no education and risk being easily manipulated. We had no ideological training and learned nothing about the laws of war. We were just shown how to use a gun and put to work.33
18 Human Rights Watch interview, Bujumbura, June 14, 2001.
19 Human Rights Watch interviews, Mutambu, June 16, 2000; Bujumbura, August 28, October 4 and 17, and December 11, 2000.
20 Human Rights Watch interview, Bururi, August 18, 2000.
21 Human Rights Watch interview, Bururi, August 18, 2000.
22 Human Rights Watch interview, June, 2001.
23 Human Rights Watch interview, Bururi, August 18, 2000.
24 Human Rights Watch interviews, Bujumbura, June 10 and October 4, 2000 and Bururi, August 18, 2000.
25 Human Rights Watch interview, Bujumbura, September 13, 2001.
26 Human Rights Watch interviews, Bururi, August 18, 2000, and Bujumbura, August 28 and October 17, 2000; and June and July, 2001.
27 Human Rights Watch interview, Bujumbura, September 13, 2001.
28 Human Rights Watch, "Emptying the Hills, " A Human Rights Watch Short Report, Vol. 12, No. 4 (A), July 2000, p. 15.
29 Article 4 (3) (c-d), Protocol II to the Geneva Conventions, which applies to all forces in a non international armed conflict; Article 38 (2), The Convention on the Rights of the Child, UN General Assembly resolution 44/25 of November 20, 1989, 44 U.N. GAOR SUPP. (No. 49) at 167, U.N. DOC. A/44/49 (1989), entered into force September 2, 1990.
30 Human Rights Watch interviews, Bururi, August 2000; Bujumbura, October 18, 2000; July, 2001.
31 Human Rights Watch interview, Bururi, August, 2000.
32 Human Rights Watch interviews, Bujumbura August 28 and Bururi, August 18, 2000.
33 Human Rights Watch interview, Bururi, August 18, 2000.


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Leaders of a voter coalition contesting Florida’s congressional district boundaries are vowing to continue a court battle claiming that a new map approved on Monday fails to meet the state's anti-gerrymandering rules. Republican legislative leaders said the new map was drawn without regard to protecting incumbents or packing Republicans or Democrats into any districts.


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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY No. O4 L 051217 HONORABLE RITA M. NOVAK, JUDGE PRESIDING.
The opinion of the court was delivered by: Justice Hoffman
The University of Illinois (University) appeals from a decision of the Circuit Court of Cook County which confirmed a decision of the Industrial Commission (Commission) *fn1 awarding benefits pursuant to the Workers' Compensation Act (Act) (820 ILCS 305/1 et seq. (West 2000)) to Nadine Burnes, the claimant. For the reasons which follow, we affirm.
The following factual recitation is taken from the evidence presented at the arbitration hearing.
In August of 1999, the claimant suffered from internal derangement of the right knee with a torn medial meniscus and underwent arthroscopic surgery, consisting of a partial meniscesctimy and a partial synovectomy. The records of Dr. Upendra Patel, the surgeon who performed the August 1999 surgery, reflect that, as of September 13, 1999, the claimant's surgical wound had healed well and that she was "doing much better." Dr. Patel's progress note states that he advised progressive activity but no kneeling.
In approximately October 1999, the claimant was employed by the University as a nurse-midwife. On October 10, 2000, the claimant was seen by Dr. Keith R. Pitchford, complaining of increasing pain in her left knee. Dr. Pitchford's note of that visit indicates that an MRI of the claimant's left knee revealed a posterior medial meniscus tear. Dr. Pitchford recommended arthroscopic surgery to repair the tear. On October 12, 2000, the claimant underwent arthroscopic surgery on her left knee, consisting of a partial meniscesctimy and a synovectomy. She returned to work in November 2000.
The claimant testified that, on December 18, 2000, at approximately 8:30 a.m., she parked her car on the third floor of the University's parking structure in an area designated for employees. She exited her vehicle carrying her purse, a bag containing three books, and a crock-pot of food for a mandatory monthly midwife service meeting she was to attend. The claimant testified that she proceeded toward a walkway that passed over the street and connected the third floor of the parking structure with the second floor of the outpatient care facility of the University's hospital. According to the claimant, as she passed through the doorway between the parking structure and the walkway, she tripped on a metal threshold and twisted her right knee. The claimant described the object on which she tripped as a metal strip approximately 12 inches wide which "goes up on an angle" and is about three inches high in the middle. She stated that she felt pain instantly. Nevertheless, the claimant went to the scheduled midwife meeting. She testified that, while she was at the meeting, she placed ice on her knee and kept her leg elevated. At approximately 12:00 p.m., the claimant left the meeting early and went to the University's hospital emergency room.
The records of the claimant's emergency room visit were received in evidence. Karen Harrer, a triage nurse, recorded a history stating that the claimant complained "of low back pain and right medial/posterior knee pain after slipping on ice today." The claimant, however, denied having told Harrer that she slipped on ice. A hand written note contained within the emergency room records states that the claimant tripped coming to the "OCC" building and twisted her right knee and back.
At approximately 1:30 p.m. on December 18, 2000, while the claimant was still in the emergency room, she reported the incident to a University police officer. The officer=s report states that, as the claimant "was walking from the D-1 parking structure into the 948 Building 2nd floor walkway[,] *** [s]he tripped over the metal floor plate with the door that separates D-1 and the 948 walkway." The report also states that the claimant did not fall but, rather, twisted her right knee. The officer noted that he inspected the accident scene and found no abnormality in the area of the doorway.
While the claimant was at the emergency room, x-rays were taken of her right knee which showed early osteoarthritic changes but no evidence of a fracture. According to the emergency room records, the claimant was diagnosed with a low back strain and a knee injury. She was given Tylenol, advised to call for a follow-up appointment, and discharged.
Two or three days after the incident, the claimant sought follow-up care with her family physician, Dr. Michael Foreit. Dr. Foreit commenced a course of conservative treatment, consisting of pain medication and rest. She visited Dr. Foreit four or five times before he referred her to Dr. Pitchford.
Dr. Pitchford ordered an MRI of the claimant=s right knee which was performed on April 4, 2001. A report of that scan suggests a "complex tear involving the medial attachment of the posterior horn of the medial meniscus[,]" a complete tear of the anterior cruciate ligament, and a small to moderate amount of joint effusion.
When the claimant visited Dr. Pitchford on April 17, 2001, she complained of pain in her right knee. Dr. Pitchford diagnosed a medial meniscus tear and recommended physical therapy.
Dr. Pitchford=s record of the claimant=s visit on May 18, 2001, states that she had been experiencing pain in her right knee since she injured it at work. He noted that the claimant was starting to have "tenderness" laterally which she did not have before. According to the report, the claimant had "patellofemoral symptoms." Dr. Pitchford recommended arthroscopy and a home exercise program.
On September 13, 2001, the claimant underwent arthroscopic surgery on her right knee, consisting of a partial synovectomy with a medial meniscus repair and a debridement of the "ACL." Following the surgery, the claimant remained off of work until November 5, 2001, when she returned to her duties as nurse-midwife. At the arbitration hearing, the claimant testified that ...

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Lee County School Board set to review dress code
LEE COUNTY: Rules may get in the way of new fashion trends come the next school year. The Lee County School Board is set to review the district's dress code Tuesday afternoon.
School officials say most schools already have dress codes to avoid "disruptive clothing."
The changes call for pants to not have any holes in them and to be fastened at the belt.
Students and parents we spoke to say they don't have a problem with dress codes - but it should be up to the parents.
"I think if more parents made it their issue, then the school board wouldn't have to," said parent Ancelyn Willis.
"Should be an issue for the school board because it's what they are wearing on the district's time," added student Alan de la Torre.
The school board is expected to review the changes at Tuesday's meeting.
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(CBS News) A press briefing meant to promote the Republican National Committee's efforts to reach out to Hispanic voters went awry when the committee's director of Hispanic Outreach said Mitt Romney had not yet established an immigration policy.
"My understanding that he is still deciding what his position on immigration is," said Bettina Inclan, the RNC's Director of Hispanic Outreach when asked how she planned to deal with concerns from Hispanic voters that Republican policies on immigration are too restrictive.
Within an hour of the briefing's conclusion, Inclan sent a tweet from her account saying, "I misspoke, Romney's position on immigration is clear," with a link to the page on Romney's immigration policy from his website.
However, Inclan was correct in suggesting that Romney's immigration policies are somewhat in flux. During the GOP primary, Romney moved to the right of most of his rivals on immigration, espousing a policy of "self-deportation" for people in the country and saying he would veto the Democratic version of a key initiative, the Dream Act. But recently Romney said he would consider supporting a new version of the Dream Act proposed by Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, It would allow some children of undocumented workers to remain in the country but, unlike the Democratic proposal, would offer no path to citizenship.
The RNC episode, which occurred the same day as President Obama's campaign released its second round of Spanish-language radio and TV ads, demonstrated the fledgling nature of the GOP operation as it gears up to try to reduce Obama's huge lead among Latino voters. Aside from a pledge to contact those voters and devote resources to bilingual communication, the RNC's plans are still in the works.
The Obama campaign's spokesman for Hispanic issues, Gabriela Domenzain, said in a statement after the RNC briefing, "Over the past year Mitt Romney has proven time and time again that he is the most extreme presidential candidate in modern history on immigration. His position may be inconvenient, but it has been clear. He has promised to veto the DREAM Act, thinks all undocumented immigrants should self-deport, has called the anti-immigrant Arizona law a 'model' for the nation and has paraded around the country with the nation's leading anti-immigrant voices."
At the briefing, Inclan argued that Latino voters had suffered under President Obama's economic policies and would be drawn to Republican ideas as a result. She steered clear of immigration for most of the briefing, but criticized Obama's deportation record when asked how Republicans would talk to Hispanic voters about the president's record.
"Hispanics are incredibly disappointed in president Obama on immigration," she said. "This is a president who as a candidate promised immigration reform, promised it in his first year, three years later we still don't even have a plan. He talked about uniting families and all he's done is deport more immigrants than any president in American history."
The RNC is revamping its efforts to reach out to Hispanics after Obama won them resoundingly with 67 percent support four years ago. Within the last few weeks, the committee named state directors for Hispanic outreach in New Mexico, North Carolina, Florida, Colorado, Nevada and Virginia -- all battleground states. In 2008, it had no Hispanic outreach directors.
RNC officials declined to say what percentage of the Hispanic vote Romney needs to win the election. They acknowledged they need to repair relationships with the community, without specifically acknowledging that harsh Republican rhetoric on immigration during the primary may have contributed to the problem.
The Obama campaign, meanwhile, released two Spanish-language television and radio ads that will air in Colorado, Nevada and Florida. The first features Latino campaign volunteers telling personal stories, and the second touts the president's work on the health care overhaul of 2010.


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The Quarterdeck Inn and Marina Resort offers 40 spacious and brightly decorated rooms, all with delightful views over Port Hardy’s inner harbour and the Quarterdeck Marina. The hotel is perfectly located for an overnight stop prior to embarking on wildlife adventures, or before travelling over to the various bear watching lodges in the Great Bear Rainforest.
A complimentary cooked breakfast is included on each morning of your stay at Quarterdeck Inn, and the lively pub and restaurant is popular for lunch and dinner with hotel guests and locals alike. The restaurant serves hearty meals of fresh seafood, steaks and ribs along with salads, burgers and other favourites.
The hotel is located close to the B.C. Ferry Terminal making it a great choice for those taking the ferry from Port Hardy to Prince Rupert for a North British Columbia adventure.

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I fell in love with brawn long before I knew what went into it; all that lovely jelly round a tender tasty meat seasoned with a hint of nutmeg. We eat it on toasted brown bread lightly buttered and topped with tomato ketchup at this time of year.
In summer with a salad it is a change from other cold lunch meats. I have been making it for years, originally when we had our own pigs, and now after a chat with our local butcher who, when asked, usually has a pig’s head in the back room.
Perhaps like me you have good childhood memories of brawn, or you have seen it on the charcuterie counter and bought it or hesitated to buy it. Now could be the time to have a go; it is easy and cheap to make, give it a try!
- ½ pigs head, ask for it to be cut into 3 or 4 pieces
- 2 carrots, peeled and chopped
- 1 large onion, chopped
- bay leaf
- 1 tsp dried parsley, thyme and optional marjoram
- ¼ tsp peppercorns
- salt and pepper
Soak the head pieces in cold water to remove any blood. Once clean remove the pieces and put into a large pan and cover with fresh water.
Add the carrots, onion, herbs, bay leaf and ¼ teaspoon of peppercorns and simmer for 2 hours. Remove any scum that floats to the top.
Check the meat is tender. The cheek muscle is the best trial area. Turn off the heat and allow the head to cool in the liquid for an hour or so.
When you can handle the meat remove it from the pan. Put any bones back into the pan and simmer without the lid to reduce a little for the jelly.
Discard the eyeball, dark bits of blood vessel and any of the skin that has bristles. Choose the meat you wish to conserve and put it into a bowl: this includes the skin scraped off both sides of the ear cartilage and skin removed from the fat.
Cut all the selected bits into ¾ inch cubes. Look for the whitest fat and chop up about 1 tablespoons worth. Add to the bowl with the other ingredients and season with salt pepper and grated nutmeg. Add a ladle full of reduced stock and mix together. Adjust the seasoning.
Put all the ingredients into a mould. I use a 1 ½ pint oval casserole, but a Pyrex bowl with a lid is perfect. Press the meat down and top up with a little extra stock if necessary.
Reverse the lid of your casserole or Pyrex bowl to get a flat top to the brawn. Put a couple of weights on top and place in a tray to catch any juices that spill out. Allow to set in a refrigerator.
Once set run a sharp knife around the edge and turn over onto a dish. Give it a shake if it doesn’t come out.
Eat up quickly, as it won’t freeze!
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Brand marketers need to start experimenting immediately with more personalized advertising models to take advantage of the significant communications opportunities presented by wearables that connect individuals physically to the Web, according to a report from Mindshare and Goldsmiths University of London.
To avoid repeating the mistake of getting left at the starting line by the shift from desktop to mobile, marketers must get in front of the rise of wearables and the Internet of things, according to the report, titled “Shift.”
“We recommend a very hands-on approach,” said Jeff Malmad, managing director and head of mobile and Life+ for Mindshare North America. “It’s important for brand teams to physically experiment with different kinds of wearables to truly realize what’s possible.
“You need to take a very visual approach to understand what can be deployed and how it looks,” he said. “The fact that you have such a small screen can also make message very challenging, but also unique and clever.
“Start planning and playing now, because wearables and sensors will only grow in the world of connected everything,” he said.
The research project aimed to understand the key consumer motivations for wearable technologies and the opportunities they present for brands and advertisers.
Using a combination of consumer device testing, workshops, expert interviews and a survey, the research addressed consumer needs, how wearable technology can fulfill them and what opportunities this provides for brand communication.
Flow, making everyday life smoother or easier, was the most popular need identified with 36 percent of British smartphone users finding this of interest.
More specifically, 31 percent of respondents were interested in the use of wearables to order goods in advance to save queuing, 38 percent were interested in wearables changing heating or lighting preferences upon entering a room and 29 percent want to use wearables to open car doors, underlining the potential of the devices to make life easier for today’s busy consumer.
Reflection, the use of wearables data to identify ways one can improve his or her life physically or emotionally, was the second most popular need identified with 35 percent of British smartphone users finding this of interest.
Fitness trackers have improved the lives of 76 percent of current users, according to the research, with 50 percent of smartphone users interested in the prospect of wearables measuring and analyzing sleep patterns.
The research also found that 13 percent of British smartphone users say they are very likely to get at least one wearable device in the next 12 months, meaning 8 million adults or 16 percent of the population will use them by 2016.
The report also identified five key opportunity areas for advertisers looking to take advantage of this growing platform, embracing both advertising and content.
The areas are push notifications, paid search ads, brand utility – services created for the consumer that are operated on the wearable; brand experience – real world experiences powered by wearables; and content personalization – delivery of personalized content on other platforms based on wearables data.
As wearables start to connect individuals physically to the Web, there will be huge communications opportunities for brands in terms of new, more personalized advertising models, brand utility and brand experiences fuelled by wearables, according to the report.
A key challenge for the wearables sector is to convince consumers that wearables are genuine must-haves for the mass market and not just gimmicky, nice-to-haves for gadget heads.
“People use wearables as a way to make their everyday lives smoother and easier,” Mr. Malmad said. “The key takeaway for marketers is that when you extend your brand in this space, do it to help make your consumers’ lives easier by providing utility and relevant information.”
The findings point to how marketing strategy has evolved. The first wave of digital advertising was desktop. The second wave was mobile – moving into apps and optimizing for the mobile Web.
Now marketers have entered the third wave of digital advertising: adaptive mobility.
“The ability to leverage context, wearables, and location, and have data tie it all together complements and elevates existing programs in a very real and powerful way,” Mr. Malmad said. “Adaptive mobility leverages all this data in real time; the result is that like a master chef we can produce a very enticing meal that our target will consume.”
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Enjoy a day at Kew Gardens, visit the warm glass houses and explore Kew Palace included in your admission
Enjoy a good old knees up with Gordon Bennett including Chicken & Chips or Fish & Chips Lunch
A fascinating professionally guided tour around the ancient villages of Heath Row including lunch and afternoon refreshments.
A professional demonstration of ballroom and latin dance with the chance to join in. Including lunch and afternoon tea.
The Greenwich World Heritage Site has a wealth of history to explore at your leisure
An informative guided tour of Highgate Cemetery followed by an afternoon visit to Kenwood House, Hampstead at leisure
Visit the museums, do some shopping, or sightsee at your leisure. Drop off point V&A Museum.
A Tour of the Houses of Parliament by audio guide with free time for lunch

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A four-time Oscar® nominee for the films “Testament,” “Kramer vs. Kramer,” “All The President’s Men” and “The Great White Hope,” Jane Alexander has appeared in over 55 screen roles, including “Brubaker,” “The Cider House Rules,” “Sunshine State,” “Feast of Love” and “Terminator Salvation.” Alexander has narrated dozens of books and voiceovers and is a screenwriter and producer as well as an actress.
On television, Alexander won Emmy® Awards for “Playing For Time” and “Warm Springs” and a Television Critics Circle Award for her portrayal of Eleanor Roosevelt in “Eleanor And Franklin: The White House Years.” Other nominations and awards include those for her roles in “Calamity Jane,” “Malice In Wonderland” and “A Marriage: O’Keeffe and Stieglitz,” which she also produced for PBS. Alexander co-starred in the HBO series “Tell Me You Love Me.”
Alexander’s distinguished stage career has taken her from Broadway to London’s West End, and in regional theaters from Atlanta to Los Angeles. She has performed in more than 100 plays, among them her Tony® winning role in "The Great White Hope" and Tony® nominated roles in "The Sisters Rosensweig," "Find Your Way Home" and Bob Randall’s "6 RMS RIV VU."
Alexander has been honored with numerous awards, including the Obie, Drama League, Drama Desk and Theatre World awards, just to mention a few. She was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame in 1994. She was most recently seen on stage in "Chasing Manet," "The Breath Of Life" and "A Moon To Dance By" and completed filming of the movie “Dreamhouse.”
In 1994, President Clinton appointed Alexander as the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Senate unanimously confirmed her. She held the position for four years successfully battling to save the agency from elimination. Her book "Command Performance: An Actress In The Theatre Of Politics" documents her tenure. Alexander continues her public service as a Commissioner of Parks for the Taconic Region of New York.

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The first report of adenovirus epidemic affecting the eyes was made by Fuchs in Austria.1 Since then, several major epidemics have been described in the literature. One of the most severe occurred during Word War II in the USA.2–4 It involved many military shipyards that had to be closed, and as a consequence affected the military plans in the Pacific Rim. According to one report, as many as 600 personnel in one of the shipyards were affected.
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As most of you can see it’s been a while since the last update on here. Once again, I am fired from writing blogs! I never once said I was a writer. There comes a time in everyones life when you sit there and you question what you’re doing. No matter how confidant you are in the world, you still can’t sit there and say you never question things. I myself am a very confidant person and most that know me remember me for my confidence. I have never been one to second guess anything. I have always said you can’t live your life being guarded wishing you had done something when you only live once. But, over the last month I found myself doing something I never do. I questioned what the hell I was doing. In that moment I was so frustrated I was ready to say fuck it! I was all amped up ready to post my beloved CTR up for sale and move on. I thought about everything, weighed all the odds in my life. Is it worth all the bullshit? Is it worth all the time and effort? A good friend told me to just leave it alone. lock the garage, ignore the car and pretend it isn’t there, and see how I feel. So, I did. With in a few days I was lost. I felt like this huge piece of me was ripped from my body. I was useless! So, last weekend I opened up the garage, grabbed my gas can and headed for the gas station. I grabbed me some 111, filled the car up and went for a ride. A long ride at that. I took a drive up to the track in Fontana, Calispeedway or whatever the hell they call that track these days for the Super Street FF battle. During the long bumpy ride up there I made peace with my beloved CTR. Never would I question her and everything that comes with it again. These few hours took me away from reality and made me really get a grip on things.
I spent about 2 hours up there at the track watching the dyno sessions for the FF battle, and saw some of the homies I haven’t seen in a while. It was great to get away from the real world for a bit.
I was cameraless that day, but lucklyfor my friend Mike G, he was nice enough to share his pics he took that day.

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New Castle News
NEW CASTLE —
We all know that consuming dairy products is a great way to get calcium into your diet.
Making them fat-free also impacts your heart health. Milk, ice cream, Cottage cheese, Swiss cheese, American cheese, Mozzarella cheese and yogurt all contain around 100 mg of calcium per serving.
A friend of mine recently asked me for advice about how to use food to help her diagnosis of osteopenia, an early stage of osteoporosis. National Osteoporosis Month isn’t until May. However, we really need to consider every month osteoporosis month because it is so important to make a difference in your lifestyle to avert this bone-diminishing disease.
So, besides dairy, here is a list of nondairy products that are rich in calcium to add to your diet:
Yes, there is also calcium in fruit. Remember to include apples, oranges, bananas, strawberries, and apricots. Also, remember to add a handful of almonds to your diet.
Other foods rich in calcium include: Soybeans, white beans, sardines, eggs, and chickpeas.
Here’s a great tip: when reading labels, you can look at any label and assess how much calcium is in the product. Drop the percent sign and add a zero in its place. For example, if something has 15 percent calcium it is 150 mg of calcium per serving. Note: this only works for calcium.
As a guideline when reading labels, the Daily Value for calcium is 1,000 mg for adults and children aged 4 years and older. Foods providing 20 percent or more of the DV are considered to be high sources of a nutrient.
Maintaining bone health also requires that you get weight-bearing exercise into your daily routine. Strength training, such as with stretch bands, is very helpful. Light walking in well-cushioned shoes is also helpful.
Calcium supplements can be useful, check with your nutritionist or doctor to determine if your diet needs a calcium boost. It is important to note that you can only absorb 600 mg of calcium at one time. So space out supplements at least four to six hours apart.
Jameson’s HOPE class which targets osteoperosis will be offered this Spring. Call Jameson’s Staff and Community Education office (724) 656-4270.
Makes 12 Cupcakes
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 12 (1/2 cup) muffin cups with cupcake liners or coat with cooking spray.
Combine shredded and dried apples in a bowl with 3 tablespoons brown sugar and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon. Set aside. Beat apple sauce and remaining 3/4 cup brown sugar in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer on medium, then beat in eggs or egg substitute until combined. Add vanilla, increase speed to high and beat for 1 minute.
Whisk whole-wheat flour, cake flour, baking soda, salt and the remaining 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon in a medium bowl.
With mixer on low speed, alternately add the dry ingredients and buttermilk to the batter, starting and ending with dry ingredients and scraping the sides of the bowl as needed, until just combined. Stir in the reserved apple mixture until just combined. Divide the batter among the prepared muffin cups. (The cups will be full.)
Bake the cupcakes until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 20 to 22 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack for at least 1 hour before frosting.
To prepare frosting: bring 2 inches of water to a simmer in the bottom of a double boiler. Combine 1 cup brown sugar and 1/4 cup water in the top of the double boiler. Heat over the simmering water, stirring, until the sugar has dissolved, 2 to 3 minutes. Add constituted egg whites, cream of tartar and pinch of salt. Beat with an electric mixer on high speed until the mixture is glossy and thick, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove to the top pan from the heat and continue beating for 1 minute more to cool. Add vanilla and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and beat on low just to combine. Spread or pipe the frosting onto the cooled cupcakes and sprinkle cinnamon on top, if desired.
NOTE: Dried egg whites are pasteurized so they are good for using in an uncooked meringue.


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People living in East Devon are set to benefit from fresh investment into local
football facilities. Beer Albion Football club have been awarded a grant from the
Premier League, The FA and Government’s Football Foundation, to upgrade their
pitch maintenance equipment.
The Football Foundation is the UK’s largest sports charity and exists to improve the
experience of playing football for everyone, by championing fair access to quality
This grant will enable Beer Albion, which plays at Premier Level in the Devon &
Exeter football league which gives 60+ players the chance to play football each
Players will be able to enjoy better quality playing surface and this will represent a
significant improvement on the existing pitch that was in need of renovation.
Beer Albion have worked with the Football Foundation and the Devon County FA to
secure a grant towards the project.
Roger Hoare Secretary, said: We are very grateful to the Football Foundation and
Chris French at Devon County FA for their support during the application process.
Robert Sullivan, Chief Executive of the Football Foundation, said: “This grant award
to Beer Albion towards developing its playing surface is great news for the local
“It will support people’s ability to play our national game locally and therefore
help unlock football’s many benefits to physical and mental wellbeing. That’s
why we’re committed to transforming the face of grassroots football facilities in
this country. It’s therefore very welcome news to hear that this funding will
support Beer Albion in developing local football for their community.
“The Football Foundation is working closely with our partners – the Premier
League, The FA, government and Sport England – support facility development
projects like this across the country over the next decade to transform our
grassroots game and unlock the power of pitches.”


Estimating flow data in urban drainage using partial least squares regression
Flow monitoring in wastewater systems is used for system operation or for billing purposes, among others. Given the difficult measurement conditions, gaps in measurement series occur frequently and stakeholders need an appropriate method to estimate missing data. In data scarcity situations, mathematical modelling of the underlying physical processes may not be feasible and other methods are required. Partial least squares (PLS) regression is a multivariate statistical method suited to correlated data and has been frequently used for water quality estimates. PLS suitability for hourly and daily flow estimations was tested, based on previous flow and precipitation data, which urban water utilities currently monitor. Results were evaluated using proposed performance criteria and classes. The estimation errors were comparable to the ones obtained in physical process modelling. The application of the proposed method for flow estimation in sewers, in two common scenarios of wet and dry weather flows, is presented and discussed.


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By ccbu. Living Room. At Wednesday, August 30th 2017, 06:01:06 AM.
If your space is large enough, establish two focal points; combining two points of interest in the space will make it more inviting. This allows for the primary focal point and a secondary point of interest that typically includes a quiet time space to read, a desk or some other special area you want to create in the room. This area should be at the furthest distance from the hub of activity in the room.
If you have plans on moving to a new house think about furniture, upholstery and collect as many fabric swatches and samples until you find the ones that you love. A lot of online and brick-and-mortar furniture stores would gladly provide you with fabric samples if you asked them. Start your collecting process at least six months before moving or renovation. Make sure to order more than one set of swatches because many fabrics can be discontinued within six months or even sooner.
You can also experiment with different types of furniture for different requirements. For instance, Amish furniture could be used to show your sense of appreciation towards craftsmanship. Remember, your living room also doubles up as the place to entertain your guests and business delegates. And carefully crafted Amish Oak furniture might just land you a lucrative long-term contract! Wicker furniture may also be used to lend variety in the living room. Plastic furniture is easier to handle.

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Chris Carter used to be a big moneymaker for 20th Century Fox, with The X-Files and its movie and his other series, Millennium. But now all those franchises are finished, so what does Fox plan to do with Carter? Throw him under the bus, of course.
Well, it depends on your perspective, I guess, what exactly they're doing. Screen Rant is reporting on plans for an independent production company to make a Millennium movie, with the participation of star Lance Henriksen but not Carter. Screen Rant is speculating that Fox might not produce the film but will distribute it, letting them get around using Carter but using the rights to the franchise that they own. And there's even a director potentially lined up: Brett A. Hart, who is actually saying he'll make the thing for free.
Of course Hart, smartly, is playing dumb on the whole thing-- either that or he really doesn't know anything. Here's what he told Screen Rant:
“As a tremendous admirer of “The Millennium Series” I’m of course very intrigued by the recent rumors that there may indeed be a full length feature on the horizon. If any one can get “Millennium” made its Lance and it’s been a long time coming. It’s time to give the fans what they’ve been patiently waiting to see… More insight into the aberrant world of Frank Black… while further elevating and merging storylines, characterization and visuals… and finally closure for one of the finest series ever created. Let’s hope as the title sequence suggest “The Time is near”… and As I’ve already publicly stated… my passion and conviction for the series is so deep that I’d direct “Millennium - The Movie” for free just to see it on the big screen.”
It seems likely that if the movie happens, it'll be on a pretty small scale, and a whole lot cheaper than those not-so-profitable X-Files movies. But Millennium fans will probably just be happy, like Hart, to see the movie happen at all.

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Hutong New York
best Szechuan food
The best Szechuan food I have ever eaten. It’s also the most expensive Szechuan food I have ever eaten. But hey, if you’ve got the cash and you love the way your mouth goes numb when you eat Szechuan peppercorns, then come on down to Huton.
Wild Mushroom Bao was good
Had a few descent items. The Truffle Shitake and Wild Mushroom Bao was good; it’s actually shaped like a mushroom. The Mapo Tofu was descent and Fried Noodles was underwhelming. The dessert was great; we ordered the Childhood, which is vanilla ice cream with maple granola.
soft shell crab
Beijing duck is not that bad. Not recommend 2 people go there as the portion is pretty large. The soft shell crab 🦀 is not bad but better just eat one per person, otherwise would feel a bit oily. …
Lovely ambiance, amazing design and very attentive staff. The food was good, modern and visual, however it would need a little more seasoning & perfecting. The dessert was the highlight of the experience… a must !
Hutong New York is an exquisite dining destination located in the heart of Manhattan. Offering a modern twist on traditional Chinese cuisine, the restaurant captivates guests with its elegant decor and stunning views. With a diverse menu of flavorful dishes, Hutong New York delivers an unforgettable culinary experience.
Fine-dining destination for Northern Chinese plates set in an elegant Art Deco-inspired space.
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At Northern Soul, we’re fans of artwork which showcases our region. But we’re even more interested when an exhibition shares our name.
Northern Soul, a new exhibition by painter and printmaker Ian Scott Massie, grew out of a long fascination with the personality of places that Massie has come to know across the North of England and the stories connected with them. The paintings and prints in this exhibition represent a journey of 45 years living in the North.
In the exhibition’s accompanying book, Massie says that the exhibition is “the log of a long, as yet unfinished, journey, and a love letter to the North of England. It’s about the places I’ve known and painted, and what part they play in this complex, careworn, mountainous, multifaceted, wave-tossed, warm-welcoming, windblown, freezing, friendly, tough spirited, tender hearted, rusty, rebellious, ruinous, green, golden, chilled-out, challenging, deep-rooted, dale-scattered, subtle, smoky, special land.”
Massie says: “Northern Soul started as a personal project, a way of looking back on 45 years of getting to know the North and finding myself amazed that I’d travelled to nearly every corner of the region from Cheshire to the Scottish border. I started with a list in a notebook of the places which stood out like personal landmarks: Lindisfarne, Coniston Water, York, Durham, Liverpool, Whitby, and the list grew and grew. I found myself going back to the first school I taught in, a small primary school which backed onto a coal mine on its last legs. And how I felt exploring the different industrial legacies of Sheffield and Barrow-on-Furness.
“I realised quite quickly that my subject needed organising in my imagination, so I started thinking of the North in three different ways: the Romantic North, the Industrial North and the Post-Industrial North. This helped me to understand how my feelings responded to places as different as Bradford, Barnsley and Buttertubs Pass. The North, I see, now has, in many places, changed enormously. Places like Leeds and Manchester have been transformed since I first got to know them, but the underlying characters remain the same.”
He adds: “Currently, Northern Soul is on show at the Ryedale Folk Museum. It’s a perfect setting, reflecting so many aspects of the North and its cast of characters. I hope that something of what I’ve tried to say through paint and paper comes across to those who see it.”
Main image: Roseberry Topping by Ian Scott Massie
Northern Soul by Ian Scott Massie is showcasing at the Ryedale Folk Museum in North Yorkshire until July 11, 2021.


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I’m putting another fabulous interior designer in the spotlight today. Somehow, I’ve missed the work of Amanda Nisbet Design, but I was bowled over when I stumbled across some of her work in a magazine and just had to check out her portfolio.
A simply stunning dining room.
Pretty and soft mint green and current accessories give this traditional chest an updated look.
Loving the stripes in this chair paired with the pattern of the drapery fabric.
Here’s a closer look. Gorgeous!
Love this casual living area. It looks so comfy and inviting.
Wow. Check out this headboard.
A cozy outdoor nook and check out the display of coral!


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You’ve seen (and smelled) Cinnamon German Almonds at the carnival! Cinnamon Almonds are what you go to the Fair for! Treat yourself to the finest Cinnamon Roasted Almonds you can get.
We use only U.S.A. grown superior almonds, carefully roasted to perfection in a special copper kettle, with cinnamon, sugar, vanilla and water to achieve these supreme sweet and crunchy German Style Roasted Almonds. Send a gift that will not be soon forgotten.


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Sexy and Strong
I will be honest I paid the high price for this knife for the "wave" feature.There were many other knives I was considering for a similar price some of which were made with better materials. When this knife arrived I was very pleased with the feel and look of it. The "Fit and Finish" of Emersons is often criticized and I can see why, it is not a fancily polished piece of art, it is a highly functional tool. The liners and pivot pin are a little unfinished looking. That being said the blade finish was very high quality the chisel edge is razor sharp and the blade tip is like a needle. To me the pocket clip is a little too tight but I bent it a bit to be able to pocket it more easily. And that brings me to the deployment. The "wave" feature is very very cool. It snapped open on my first attempt, and man it feels good. The pivot pin definitely requires some thread glue to hold the position of the screw as it seems to loosen a little bit when opening vigorously. The titanium liner lock can tend to be a little sticky when snapped open with zeal. Using some graphite filings has helped this somewhat, though I feel in time this will work itself out through natural wear. Overall I really like this knife I hope that for the price its quality and durability are proven.


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The sidewalk on the south side of 15th Street will close for pedestrian traffic starting Monday, October 14th. All pedestrian traffic will need to utilize the sidewalk on the north side of 15th Street. Read More
Our food is made in house every day from all natural and fresh ingredients. We have meticulously selected ingredients to ensure that they do not contain any additives or preservatives or unnecessary sugar, salt or fat.