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Party at the Pharmacy - EP
We featured Norwegian band Party at the Pharmacy a while back because we loved their debut single ‘Violet Coloured Sunset’, so its finally good to be able to catch up with their self titled debut EP released last month.
I guess when a band debuts with such an interesting likeable song, the danger is that we compare everything they subsequently release against that. And the style of the opening song from this EP is slightly different to what we were expecting, its called ‘Did you Change your Mind’. It has a definite Arctic Monkeys feel to it, not that we mind that at all, and anyway it’s simply a well written song with a good tune.
‘Another Round’ is probably more in line with what I was expecting, I love the laid back vocals and the great bass line . After ‘Violet Coloured Sunset’, which remains a brilliant song (check it out below if you missed it first time round), the EP concludes with ‘Show you the Ropes’, a higher tempo track led by driving guitars.
Although they more openly show their influences in this EP release, Party at the Pharmacy retain their own character with the distinctive vocals, and they always feel like a ‘complete’ band. Their songs are strong, and whilst ‘Violet Coloured Sunset’ is still the best song on the EP, I really like this band, who I think have got a lot more potential to stamp a distinct influence on the Indie Rock scene.


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If you’re looking to read some fun and interesting content, read Steve Culton’s blog. He fishes the Farmington, is a guide, and offers clinics. He’s also a great writer and composes some entertaining prose.
His blog recently linked to an article he wrote on “Three Great Wet Flies for Summer.” To chase brown trout, I tie a (minor) variation of his Squirrel & Ginger fly, which I call The Slim Reaper. Angora goat fur? Who knew? Well, it’s a great material for flies.
So, take a look at his article and his blog. And, as mentioned, Feedly is a great way to read blogs.

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The latest on the Israel-Hamas swap of captives
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After a delay of several hours, Hamas has now released a second group of Israeli women and children held hostage for seven weeks. And in turn, Israel is set to release a second group of Palestinian prisoners. The last-minute snag reflected the fragile nature of the temporary cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. For more, we're joined by NPR's Greg Myre in Tel Aviv. Hey, Greg.
GREG MYRE, BYLINE: Hey, Scott.
DETROW: So an agreement had been in place yesterday. The first exchange of hostages and prisoners seemed to go pretty smoothly. Yet today's was delayed until late in the night. What exactly happened?
MYRE: Right. You know, as you said, we got through the exchange on Friday. And so it was a good sign and thought things could go well today. The release of the Israeli hostages was supposed to happen around 4 p.m. local time, but it was delayed. And then it emerged that Hamas was complaining that not enough aid was reaching northern Gaza, which it says was part of this agreement. Hamas raised a few other grievances as well, saying some of the prisoners that wanted to be released were not on Israel's list of those being freed, but Qatar, who - which has been the main mediator here, stepped in and helped resolve these issues. Egypt and the U.S. also seemed to be involved.
DETROW: Are the Israeli hostages out of Gaza now?
MYRE: Yes. The International Committee of the Red Cross drove the Israelis - and we're talking about eight children and five women - out of southern Gaza into Egypt. They've recently reached Israel, and they'll get a quick medical exam in southern Israel. And they'll be taken to hospitals in the Tel Aviv area for more extensive exams. Also, several foreign nationals were supposed to be released. They're believed to be from Thailand, though we don't have official word yet. A small number of Americans are still being held. They have dual U.S.-Israeli citizenship. They have not been released.
DETROW: OK. What about the status of the Palestinian prisoners?
MYRE: So Israel is set to release another 39 Palestinian women and teenagers who are being held prisoner in the West Bank. Palestinian families are they're waiting past midnight for their arrival. The list calls for 33 teenagers and six women to be freed. These releases would keep the cease-fire agreement on track for a second day, and this temporary truce is set to run through Monday. And overall, it calls for about 50 Israelis and 150 Palestinians to be released.
DETROW: OK. Let's go back to what you said one of the tension points was, though - Hamas saying that not enough aid was getting to northern Gaza. What's the update on the aid going in since it was such a sticking point today?
MYRE: Right, Scott. So the cease-fire agreement is allowing increased aid to flow into Gaza, so about 400 trucks have come in southern Gaza over the past two days. This is far more than at any time during the past seven weeks of fighting. It includes food, water, medicine and fuel. But Hamas says not enough is going to northern Gaza. This is where the Israeli troops have taken over much of the territory. Based on the statements from Hamas and Israel, at least 50 of these 400 trucks have gone to the northern part of the territory. But Hamas says this is not enough. There should be more. We don't know the exact details, but as you as you noted, this was a big sticking point today. We'll be watching to see if that gets cleared up in the days ahead.
DETROW: So a lot of complications on Day 2 of this cease-fire. But in the end, the agreement seems to be holding. What does this bode for the coming days?
MYRE: Yeah, I think it's going to be touch and go throughout. Obviously, a lot of things can go wrong. But we saw today other countries - Qatar, Egypt, the U.S. - are standing by to help sort out any glitches. If the cease-fire holds through Monday, it can be extended a day at a time for six more days. But Israel says the cease-fire will not extend for more than 10 days, and it will resume military operations intended to crush Hamas. Israel's military chief made that very clear in remarks tonight.
DETROW: That's NPR's Greg Myre in Tel Aviv. Thanks so much, Greg.
MYRE: Sure thing, Scott. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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Saturday, November 16, 2013
Timbaland's had a busy year assisting on Jay Z's Magna Carta Holy Grail and both of Justin Timberlake's platinum The 20/20 Experience releases. Now, the legendary producer has taken the time to share what he's got planned for his next solo project, Textbook Timbo, as he premiered new track "Know Bout Me" featuring Drake and Fauntleroy. Don't get too excited about "Ft. Jay Z..."His contribution to the record includes a few leftover ad-libs, not a hot 16.
Monday, September 16, 2013
After a season of ups and downs--beginning with more than impressive opening sales for J. Cole (297k), Kanye (327k), Jay-Z (Platinum), and Wale (152k) and ending with very lackluster openings for 2 Chainz (55-65k projected), Big Sean (72k), and Juicy J (64k)-- summer is officially coming to an end.
While things have been looking surprisingly dreary lately, the new season brings a new hope that Hip Hop will hit another high. With Drake's Nothing Was The Same is set for release on September 24th, odds are pretty great that hip hop will dominate Billboard yet again.
Boasting hit singles "Hold On We're Going Home" and "Started From The Bottom," along with highly controversial "Wu Tang Forever," Nothing Was The Same seems to have the makings of another polarizing yet Grammy award winning project.
Update: Now that the album's in stores, hit the comments with your thoughts on NWTS!
Sales figures & Projections via HNHH
Previously: Drake Drops 4 New Tracks & Reveals 'Nothing Was The Same' Release Date
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake have collaborated quite a bit this year--from "Suit & Tie," the Legends Of The Summer tour, a soon to be released track on Justin's The 20/20 Experience: Part 2 Of 2, to Jay-Z's MCHG opener "Holy Grail."
While the song itself is big, the visuals by Anthony Mandler take record to another level. Magna Carta... Holy Grail is in stores now!
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
While this summer has seen it's fair share of Hip Hop releases from the likes of J. Cole, Kanye, Wale, and Mac Miller, Jay-Z's Magna Carta Holy Grail has proven to be the biggest. With first week sales of 528,000 --not including the 1 million copies sold to Samsung weeks before it release-- and the first rap album to hit #1 on Billboard two weeks in a row, Jay has a lot to be proud of.
After giving The Breakfast Club and Angie Martinez a moment of his time with a pair of very telling interviews, Jay Z sat down with Rap Radar's Elliot Wilson to discuss #FactsOnly. Watch Part 1 below as Jay discusses his love for art, performing at Yankee stadium, and more.
Part 2 after the jump!
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
If you're in need for some new SERTAfied tunes to add to the collection, The-Dream's fourth studio album IV Play is just about all you'll need this year. If you want to try before you buy, stream the entire project below, which features collaborations with Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland, 2 Chainz, Fabolous, Big Sean, and Pusha T.
Hourglass Picks: "High Art," "IV Play," "Turnt," "Michael," "Loving You/Crazy"
IV Play hits stores next Tuesday, May 28th. Hit the jump to peep the visuals to the album's title track.
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Executive produced by Jay-Z, The Great Gatsby original soundtrack is one of the most anticipated projects of the year. NPR yet again scores the first listen, which you can stream HERE.
Featured on the soundtrack are Jay-Z (who open the project with "$100 Bill"), Andre 3000 & Beyoncé, Lana Del Rey, Will.i.am and more.
The Great Gatsby original soundtrack is set to hit stores on May 7. The film premieres in theaters on May 10.
Previously: Beyoncé & Andre 3000 - "Back To Black" (Amy Winehouse Cover)
Monday, March 18, 2013
First previewed at SXSW by Young Guru (video after the jump), Kendrick Lamar is joined by his former Def Jam boss on the remix to good kid, m.A.A.d city favorite "Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe." Listen below as Jay-Z goes back to his rapid fire flow of his early days while Kendrick demolishes his two verses.
Kendrick Lamar ft. Jay-Z - "Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe" (Remix) Lyrics
Hit the jump to watch Young Guru break the record at SXSW.
Monday, March 11, 2013
Justin Timberlake might as well be an honorary SNL cast member as he took to the legendary sketch comedy show for the fifth time to host and perform in promotion of his new album The 20/20 Experience.
During a live performance of his hit "Suit & Tie" it appears Justin broke his silence and chose a pretty slick way to address Kanye West's public on stage rant in London where Ye shouted "Remind me again who was the original super fly and I got love for HOV but I ain’t fuckin' with that “Suit & Tie."
Moments before Jay-Z joined Justin on stage, the crooner switch up the lyrics on his second verse to add the line "my hits so sick, got rappers acting dramatic. That's alright. It's all mine." Tell 'em how you feel, Justin!
Hit the jump to hear Charlemagne's theory on Kanye's "You Mad?!" attitude.
Monday, February 25, 2013
I'm still slapping myself for not going to the So So Def 20th reunion concert because it's all the city's been talking about since Saturday.
Along with the impressive roster of So So Def artists who took the stage, JD had some trump cards in his hand as he brought out Jay-Z, Young Jeezy, Lil Jon and more. Watch below as Hov and Jermaine perform "Money Ain't A Thang" before Jay passes the mic to Young Jeezy.
Hit the jump to watch Jay-Z close out with "PSA," "Niggas In Paris," and "Clique."
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Justin Timberlake is sticking with the grown and classy route leading up to the March 19th release of his album The 20/20 Experience as he reveals the visuals to "Suit & Tie." Get your two step dance move game up as you watch Justin, Jay-Z and his band collaborate for a classic show.
Monday, February 11, 2013
Watch below as he puts on a well rounded show, and hit the comments with your thoughts on his performance!
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Friday, January 25, 2013
I took a little sabbatical from blogging late last year to shift my focus a little more from reporting what kind of music was out there to creating. While I plan to continue sharing great music with all my loyal G's out there, look forward to more mixes which I intend to make better with each and every edition.
During my brief break, I put together The Re-Up, which a lot of people seemed to enjoy and pass around. Since it's the weekend it's the perfect time to give this a spin and take a nice, healthy shot of Turnup juice. Check out the rest of the repertoire on Mixcloud and be sure to let your support be known!
For bookings in Atlanta, St. Louis, Charlotte and the surrounding areas, email DJHourglass@gangstasuseemoticons.com. It's hourglass time!
Monday, January 21, 2013
Collectively known as TNGHT, producers Hudson Mohawke and Lunice put out one of the best projects of 2012 with their EP. Many stars have taken notice, as Hudson recently signed a production deal with Kanye's G.O.O.D. Music and Lunice received major props from Rick Ross for his work with Rockie Fresh.
During Lunice's mix on BBC's 1XTRA radio show, he debuted TNGHT's latest work, a remix of G.O.O.D.'s smash "Clique." Enjoy the radio rip below, and hit the jump to check out the entire mix.
Monday, January 14, 2013
It's been waaaay to long, but it looks like Justin Timberlake is ready to reclaim his position. With a new album The 20/20 Experience in the works, he premieres the project's lead single "Suit & Tie" produced by
The two tiered track has all the makings of a hit single, and there's a nice verse from Jay-Z at the end to put the cherry on top of it all. Stream "Suit & Tie" below, and cop the single on iTunes if you're all for JT's comeback.
Thursday, September 6, 2012
G.O.O.D. Music (Big Sean x Kanye West x Jay-Z) - Clique (Tags)
Monday, September 3, 2012
This weekend was all about Jay-Z and Budweiser's 1st annual Made In America Festival, and who else closed out the 2 day festival than Hov himself? Courtesy of Yardie, check out Jay-Z's full set below, which included a message from President Obama, a surprise performance from State Property, Memphis Bleek and more! Bet you'll be in Philly next year. I'm definitely gonna try.
Previously: Rick Ross ft. Dr. Dre & Jay-Z - 3 Kings [Music Video]
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
DRE Films and Jon J have outdone themselves with this one. Just as the description says, the video to Rick Ross's "3 Kings" is a visual piece. Watch below as the, God Forgives, I Don't favorite is complemented by a cleverly compiled assortment of clips of Jay-Z, Dr. Dre, the Bawse, and even a young Beyoncé.
The album's in stores now! Go get it!
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Finally, the big single we've been waiting for! Rick Ross gave Flex the okay to drop bombs over "3 Kings" featuring Jay-Z and Dr. Dre, and I couldn't be happier about it. Be sure to hit the comments with your thoughts on the record.
Rick Ross ft. Dr. Dre & Jay-Z - 3 Kings (CDQ, No Tags) [Prod. by Jake One]
Download: Rick Ross ft. Dr. Dre & Jay-Z - 3 Kings
Rick Ross ft. Dr. Dre & Jay-Z - 3 Kings Lyrics
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Carlos Serrano comes through once again with a d(^_^)b worthy mashup as he pairs Jay-Z's "Empire State Of Mind" with Lana Del Rey's "National Anthem."
Monday, June 25, 2012
Saturday night, Jay-Z brought out Rihanna as a special guest for his Hackney Weekend set, and last night he returned the favor when he helped kick of Rihanna's set. Watch below as they perform "Talk That Talk" together for the first time, along with "Run This Town" and "Umbrella."
Previously: Jay-Z Performs With Rihanna & Kanye West At Hackney Weekend [VIDEO]

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Our beef with shoddy, sensationalist, suspect science (commentary)Our beef with shoddy, sensationalist, suspect science (commentary)
August 28, 2015
*Liz Caselli-Mechael is director of issues management for the International Food Information Council Foundation. A full version of this article was posted at www.foodinsight.org/consumer-reports-ground-meat-organic-safe.
YOU'VE probably already seen the latest headline grab from Consumer Reports claiming that your ground beef is, inevitably, going to kill you.
If you remember nothing else from this media frenzy, remember this: (1) our meat supply is safe and tested by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, (2) safe food handling procedures, like washing your hands and cooking your meat, are what you need to keep your family safe and (3) safe food handling procedures are needed for both organic and conventionally produced meat; microbes don't care how your food was produced.
After digging in to the report, here are a number of things Consumer Reports got wrong (and one they got right).
What they got wrong
* Myth: There are safety differences between grass-fed or organic meat and conventional meat.
Fact: Uncooked meat isn't safe to eat, regardless of how it was raised, and there is no difference in safety between burgers from organic and conventionally raised animals.
First, no beef, whether organic or conventional, is safe to eat unless it is has been cooked to the proper internal temperature. Consumer Reports doesn't dispute this.
The report also shows that ALL samples tested (organic, grass-fed and conventional) contained "bacteria that signified fecal contamination." So, the data show what scientists already knew to be true: All uncooked beef (no matter the production method) can contain bacteria, and some of that bacteria could be harmful.
Even when everything is properly cooked, there is no difference in safety between organic and conventionally raised meat.
Dr. Mike Doyle, director of the Center for Food Safety at the University of Georgia, explains: "There is no definitive scientific evidence to indicate that organic beef is safer than conventionally raised beef. However, there have been many insinuations, based on indirect evidence or superficial studies, that organic beef is safest.
"The presence and number of bacteria found in ground beef is largely reflective of the conditions under which beef is processed, not on the conditions by which cattle are grown. In the 1980s, it was not uncommon to have bacterial counts in ground beef of more than a million cells per gram, whereas today's ground beef typically has less than 1,000 to 10,000 bacteria per gram. This is largely because beef processing conditions have markedly improved over the years, in part by including many innovative food safety interventions at processing facilities," Doyle added.
"Most bacteria present in raw ground beef are not harmful to human health," he said, but emphasized that Escherichia coli O157:H7 and salmonella "are harmful and can occasionally be found in raw ground beef, whether conventionally grown or organically grown. This is why it is important to cook ground beef to at least 160 degrees F before it's eaten."
So, be sure to cook all ground beef to 160 degrees F — every time.
* Myth: "Superbugs" in conventionally raised meat are making food unsafe.
Fact: The Food & Drug Administration and farmers are addressing antibiotic resistance through stewardship, and proper food handling keeps your family safe when eating meat from either organic or conventionally raised animals.
The report makes sweeping statements about the presence of so-called "superbugs" in conventionally raised meat without providing any citation. Consumer Reports also does not define superbug — a word that has too often been used to incite unnecessary fear among readers. In fact, FDA has spoken out against similar reports that used this term.
"We believe that it is inaccurate and alarmist to define bacteria resistant to one, or even a few, antimicrobials as 'superbugs' if these same bacteria are still treatable by other commonly used antibiotics. This is especially misleading when speaking of bacteria that do not cause foodborne disease," FDA reported.
So, regardless how Consumer Reports defines superbugs, should you worry about them in your meat? The short answer is no. Following the four steps of safe food handling — clean, separate, cook and chill — will keep you and your family safe from any potential pathogens in food.
Farmers practicing antibiotic stewardship also protect us from potential antibiotic-resistant organisms. By working with veterinarians and other trained professionals, many producers are decreasing antibiotic use to the lowest levels necessary while still humanely treating illness among their animals.
Also, FDA has provided guidance on phasing out "medically important" antibiotics from food-producing animals, including cattle, meaning that many producers are voluntarily stopping the use of animal antibiotics that are also used to treat common human illnesses. This means less opportunity for antibiotic-resistant strains to develop.
* Myth: Antibiotics are just a way to cheaply "fatten up" cattle.
Fact: Antibiotics are critical tools for animal health, and all farmers have an ethical responsibility to use them when needed.
Consumer Reports claims that antibiotics are used as "the most cost-efficient way to fatten up cattle." Not only is this a warped view of animal health and medicine, but it's an insult to the veterinarians around the country and the world who work every day to prioritize food safety and animal welfare. Animals used in food production should be able to live as free from pain, suffering and sickness as possible.
Experts such as Dr. H. Morgan Scott of Texas A&M University and others agree that the use of antibiotics to treat sick animals is the moral and ethical thing to do. Healthy animals mean a safe, affordable and abundant food supply.
As highlighted by the International Food Information Council Foundation's FACTS (Food Advocates Communicating Through Science) earlier this year, many opponents of antibiotics try to paint a picture that farmers of traditionally raised animals somehow are unethical or uncaring about how their animals are raised. In reality, even organic farmers are allowed to use antibiotics.
Will Gilmer, a dairy farmer in Alabama, explained, "When antibiotics are deemed medically necessary to treat a sick animal, farmers and ranchers, both conventional and organic, have an ethical responsibility to treat them. To balance their responsibility to the animal's health and the requirements of organic labeling, most organic producers either market treated animals as conventionally raised or sell them to a producer who is not in the organic or similar program."
* Myth: Buying up raw meat and testing it in a non-transparent environment is "science."
Fact: Science is not sensationalist. It's the use of accepted methodologies like systematic review and randomized-controlled trials. It's taking clear and valid study approaches. It's using transparency in data, analysis and conclusions. It's also peer reviewed so readers can see if the methodologies hold water.
Consumer Reports doesn't include citations or references for any of its assumptions or categorizations. It doesn't use peer-reviewed methodology, and it provides no sharing of raw data that would allow for an independent review of the findings. It doesn't show its criteria for bacterial contamination or for categorizing different types of meat production.
Consumer Reports shows its real intent in the way it blurs the line among science, economics, ethics and activist groups. This is all about polarization and pitting farmers against each other, not about making the food system safer. While it won't grab the attention of sensationalist social media, the way you can improve food safety is by practicing and teaching safe food handling.
What they got right
* Fact: There are risks from undercooking or handling raw meat. Use a food thermometer, and wash your hands!
Microbes don't care how your food was produced. Both organic and conventionally produced foods can be contaminated with dangerous pathogens. E. coli, salmonella and listeria don't discriminate. In fact, some research has even shown higher rates of microbial contamination on organic foods than conventionally produced foods, which is all the more reason to brush up on your safe food handling skills, no matter what type of foods you buy.
There are four simple steps to help keep your family's food safe: clean, separate, cook and chill. Check out the "Consumer's Guide to Safe Food Handling" infographic (www.foodinsight.org/blogs/consumers-guide-safe-food-handling), and remember, these tips apply to ALL foods, no matter the production method.
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The Rheinmetall Group announced on December 9, 2022, that it would supply an unnamed “international customer” with two new 35-mm Skynex ground-based anti-aircraft artillery systems.
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The Oerlikon cannon fires AHEAD programmable projectiles, making it especially effective against small airborne targets.
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Demand for next-generation wireless communication, aerospace, and transportation systems is driving the need for high-performance, cost-sensitive silicon RFICs and III-V compound semiconductor monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs), often integrated into advanced system-in-package (SiP) modules.
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Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Exit polls Many a Time Dislodged Exact ResultsAnusha Sathish (Author) Published Date : May 21, 2019 14:42 IST
With the Lok Sabha election voting coming to an end, with exit poll results favouring NDA-led BJP many leaders have commented that exit polls are not exact polls. There is a history of statistics which disproved exit poll results. Congress secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadhra has demanded party workers to support their morale by not getting disheartened by the exit poll publish. She further reiterated that these are just rumours and not to be given heed and asked the workers to be alert at their respective poll booths.
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu has highlighted that a lot of times exit polls have gone wrong since 1999. These are baseless rumours and every party has exuded confidence. It is awaiting phase for everyone till May 23 and whoever it may be the country looks forward the best leader to ascend the nation forward. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also said that these surveys are not to be believed. These are done to just manipulate the human brains and capitalize on it to manoeuvre the EVMs to NDAâ€™s favour. All opposition parties should be united to, be strong and bold and fight over the battle.
SP leader Azam Khan pointed out that the current government can skew anything to fall in its dimension. If it is re-elected the entire democracy is under danger. Finance Minister Arun Jaitely commented that huge maturing of Indian Democracy is obvious with the exit poll results. Whatever may be the case, except for ABP-Nielsen all other forecast numbers say NDA will be the majority. Pollsters have forecast that NDAâ€™s number will float anywhere between 277 and 365. With the exit pollsâ€™ predictions for the first time, bonds were soaring high as second term likely to be cheered for Prime Minister Modi. But when all is said and done, May 23 will unveil the exact poll results.
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Exit polls Many a Time Dislodged Exact Results


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Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) is a cell-surface receptor that activates innate and adaptive immune responses. Recognizing a broad class of pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs), TLR4 is implicated as a receptor mediating cellular activation in response to bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a cell-wall component of gram-negative bacteria, which is the principal PAMP of TLR4. TLR4 is a candidate gene for resistance to a large number of diseases. Human models, in particular, suggest TLR4 to be a candidate gene associated with resistance to sepsis, immunodeficiencies, atherosclerosis and asthma. In this study the bovine TLR4 mRNA and genomic DNA were sequenced and their gene structures were determined through alignment of the genomic DNA sequence to the mRNA sequence. Its mRNA sequence consisted of a 2526-bp open reading frame (ORF) flanked by a 470-bp 5’-untranslated region (UTR) and a 743-bp 3’-UTR; and its genomic DNA is 11,013-bp in length and includes the three exons and two introns. Thirty-one single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were detected by sequencing polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products from 15 cattle, consisting of five randomly selected individuals from Chinese Simmental, Holstein and Sanhe cattle breeds each. Sixteen of these SNPs were in coding regions (cSNP). However, the 3’-untranslated region was comparatively conservative and no SNP was found in it. The SNP (g.8664C>T) found in the Toll IL-1 receptor (TIR) domain of the bovine TLR4 gene leads to amino acid substitution from Thr (C allele) to Ile (T allele). Three hundred and ninety seven cows from Chinese Simmental, Holstein and Sanhe cattle breeds were genotyped for SNP (g.8664C>T) using the method of created restriction site PCR together with restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) by Hinf I. An association study between the SNP and somatic cell score (SCS) in the three breeds showed that the SCS of individuals with a CC genotype was significantly lower than that of the TT genotype.
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The retailer said Wednesday it is considering redevelopment projects for its flagship stores in Chicago, Manhattan, San Francisco and Minneapolis. The company has already announced a project to re-do a store in Brooklyn.
“The company has begun a process to explore joint ventures or other deal structures with third parties to redevelop Macy’s flagship real estate assets … in a manner that maintains a robust Macy’s retail store presence while also bringing alternative use into those buildings,” Macy’s said in connection with the release of its quarterly earnings.
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When it comes to injuries incurred out of work, the employee cannot file for workers’ compensation benefits since they are only applicable when the employee gets injured while working. In this case, separate health insurance can cover the cost of treatment. This is likely one of the benefits people are looking for in the companies they are considering.
Limitations to Work Injury Compensation
Many states require workers’ compensation insurance for businesses that have employees. But there are exceptions to this rule in specific industries. Businesses do not need to provide insurance to agricultural workers, domestic workers, and seasonal workers.
These workers will have to deal with their medical bills in case they get injured while working. But if these workers are independent contractors, their main company may provide workers’ compensation insurance for them.
Workplace injuries are injuries that employees suffer while going about with their normal work activities. The leading causes of these workplace injuries include slipping and falling where the employee slips on a wet office floor or ice just outside the office. They can also get injured while using an improper lifting technique. This situation can result in an immediate injury or tendinitis due to repetitive stress on a body part.
When an employee figures in a car accident while driving for business purposes, it’s considered a work injury. If the employee suffers an injury due to a vehicular accident out of work, employers can assist them by connecting the employee with a reliable car accident lawyer. The attorney can help the employee get compensation in case the accident was not his fault.
These are just some common workplace injuries, but some injuries are specific to a certain industry. For instance, construction workers may suffer injuries that an accountant will never experience while at the workplace.
Processing Work Injury Compensation
Processing compensation for a work-related injury can be challenging, especially for employees who have no idea about the process. In these cases, the employer can help them by initially seeking medical care for them. Then, the employees should file a report together with the employer to start the compensation process.
The employer should also document the injury and gather information about it. Since the states have time limits on the filing of the claims, the employer should help employees to make sure they receive the benefits.
To entice people to apply for a job with them, employers should show them that they offer benefits and assistance if the employees get injured while working.


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Cash Saver grocery store opens in Park DuValle neighborhood
West Louisville is celebrating a re-birth of one of its most vital businesses.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- West Louisville is celebrating a re-birth of one of its most vital businesses.
Friday marked the grand opening of a Cash Saver grocery store on Wilson Avenue in the Park DuValle neighborhood. The store opened as a First Choice Market in 2012, in an effort to bring a full-service grocery to an underserved area -- but councilwoman Jessica Green says it's up to local residents to keep it here.
"I wanted to really encourage all of our constituents in West Louisville...let's patronize this business that's here," Green said. "Let's do our shopping here. Let's let them know that we want them to be here, and that west Louisville can sustain businesses. We want them to stay and so we've got to support them."
The Cash Saver is owned by a southern Indiana family grocery company that's been around for 75 years.
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Imaging exo planets.
In the 16th century an Italian monk named Giordano Bruno claimed that an infinity of worlds circled other stars, each inhabited with intelligent beings. In 1698 Christiaan Huygens pointed his telescope at various stars in the hope of finding extrasolar planets, but soon realized his telescope wasn't up to the task.
Fast-forward three centuries. In the past eight years, astronomers have discovered more than 100 extrasolar planets by detecting the "wobbles" of their parent stars. Still, no one has seen an exoplanet directly--no one has taken a picture of one. But thanks to new technology, astronomers are on the verge of doing just that.
With realistic prospects for success, exoplanet imaging has suddenly become a hot field. Teams led by Ray Jayawardhana (University of Michigan), Anne-Marie Lagrange (Grenoble Observatory, France), Michael Liu (University of Hawaii), Bruce Macintosh (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), and Ralph Neuhauser (University of Jena, Germany) are using the world's largest telescopes, such as Keck, Gemini, and Subaru, for direct-imaging forays. Another team, led by William Sparks (Space Telescope Science Institute), is using the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys to try to image any planets that might exist around Alpha Centauri A and B, the dominant members of the nearest star system to the Sun. This project might later target other nearby stars.
Exoplanet images will help plug important gaps in our understanding of planetary systems. For example, because the currently dominant radial-velocity technique doesn't tell us how much exoplanet orbits are tilted to our line of sight, it provides only a lower limit on a planet's mass. Direct imaging would enable astronomers to watch a planet orbit for several years, allowing them to determine its orbital inclination and true mass.
Once images are obtained, spectra won't be far behind. Securing a faint planet's spectrum will be no easy task. But several instruments coming online in the near future will provide at least a crude spectrum of any planet they image, supplying a wealth of information about its composition and temperature.
Direct imaging will also enable astronomers to study a wider and more representative sample of planets. Because radial-velocity surveys depend on velocity-induced Doppler shifts in the spectra of the planets' parent stars, they have an easier time detecting objects in tight orbits. Direct imaging has the opposite bias; it does a much better job of detecting planets relatively far from their stars, where the stellar glare is less severe. As a result, direct imaging could help uncover planetary systems more like our own.
Candles Amid Searchlights
Serious proposals to image extrasolar planets date back almost 20 years. In 1986 Roger Angel, Neville Woolf, and Andrew Cheng (all then at the University of Arizona) authored a paper in Nature that discussed how to image extrasolar planets from space with a 16-meter infrared telescope. In the very same year, Richard J. Terrile (NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory) and Christ Ftaclas and Edward Siebert (both then at Perkin-Elmer) put together a detailed proposal for a space-based planet imager using visible light, but funding never materialized.
At that time ground-based imaging wasn't up to the task. Atmospheric turbulence smears a star's light into an arcsecond-wide blob that hides potential planets in glare. The glare is millions of times brighter than any planets would be, even on nights with the best seeing. If we were to look at our solar system from 30 light-years away, Jupiter would be just a half arcsecond from the Sun and the Sun several hundred million times brighter. Seeing Jupiter would be like spotting a birthday-cake candle a few centimeters from a searchlight at a distance of 10 kilometers.
But thanks to the development of adaptive-optics technology, astronomers now have a chance of overcoming atmospheric turbulence. A telescope equipped with adaptive optics has a flexible mirror somewhere in the light path that changes shape hundreds or even thousands of times per second in order to compensate for the distorting effects of Earth's churning atmosphere (S&T: October 2001, page 30).
In 1994, a rudimentary adaptive-optics system provided an image of Gliese 229B, a brown dwarf--a glowing body of gas that isn't quite massive enough to sustain nuclear fusion as stars do, but is more massive than a planet. As impressive as this feat was, obtaining an exoplanet image is much harder. Gliese 229B appears about 8 arcseconds from its parent star, and with a relatively hefty 40 to 60 Jupiter masses, it still retains significant heat from its formation. As a result, the discovery team could detect the brown dwarf 's own infrared glow rather than seeing it just by reflected starlight.
The discovery of Gliese 229B illustrates the reason why all of the current direct-imaging programs, and most of those being planned, are designed for infrared rather than visible-light imaging. Young planets are still warm from their formation, and they are brightest in the infrared. In contrast, most stars being targeted in planet searches are dimmer at these wavelengths than they are in visible light. Glare becomes much less of a problem, with a typical brightness ratio of about 10,000:1 rather than 300,000,000:1.
In 1999 the European Southern Observatory's 3.5-meter New Technology Telescope demonstrated that exoplanets could, in principle, be imaged from the ground with adaptive optics and near-infrared cameras. The telescope pinpointed a faint object 2.5 arcseconds from a star in Hydra called TWA-7. TWA-7 was nine magnitudes (4,000 times) brighter than the object. Unfortunately, the faint point turned out to be a background star. But if it had been a true companion to TWA-7, its apparent brightness would have implied the existence of a 3-Jupiter-mass planet in a 140-astronomical-unit (a.u.) orbit (one a.u. is the average Earth-Sun distance).
A Bias Toward Youth
It's quite possible that one of the teams has already obtained the first exoplanet image but doesn't yet know it. Jayawardhana began a survey of nearby stars in 2001 using the 10-m Keck II telescope. He already has found several candidates that are awaiting confirmation.
Determining whether these objects are true companions or just background stars requires follow-up observations to measure their motions across the sky. Nearby stars exhibit proper motion--slight positional shifts in the dome of the sky that result from their motions with respect to the solar system. A true companion will move in roughly the same direction and speed as the primary star, but it takes at least a year or two to see any appreciable motion.
The other way to characterize candidates is to obtain their spectra in order to look for molecules, such as water vapor or methane, that indicate a temperature lower than that of a cool star, about 2000[degrees] Kelvin. "It's technically possible with current technology to get a spectrum of a companion candidate that is separate from the star's spectrum, but it's very, very difficult," says Jayawardhana.
Fortunately for today's planet hunters, since 1997 astronomers have discovered about 100 stars less than 30 million years old that are within 300 light-years of Earth. Such young stars are ideal targets for direct-imaging searches because any orbiting giant planets will retain significant heat from their formation, so they should be glowing brightly in the infrared.
Even if the current surveys turn up nothing, the negative result will tell astronomers that massive planets in wide orbits are extremely rare. "If nature did not put any Jupiter-mass planets out in 20-a.u. orbits, we might come up empty-handed," explains Jayawardhana. "But if these planets exist in any substantial numbers, we should be able to find them with the current technology."
New Contenders: The Lyot Project
Although current surveys might possibly turn up exoplanet images, even more powerful searches are just starting to come online. The Lyot Project is one of five efforts that will enter the race in the next five years. It should start scanning the skies about the time this issue reaches subscribers.
The Lyot Project is led by Ben Oppenheimer (American Museum of Natural History), who codiscovered Gliese 229B. The project employs one of the world's most powerful adaptive-optics systems: the 941-actuator, 3.6-m Advanced Electro-Optical System (AEOS) telescope on the Hawaiian island of Maui, which was built by the US Air Force to track artificial satellites. The project is named after Bernard Lyot, the French astronomer who invented the coronagraph in the late 1920s and early 1930s in order to observe the Sun's corona without having to wait for a total solar eclipse.
A standard coronagraph uses two light-blocking masks, which together eliminate most of a target star's light while leaving the surrounding area visible. The first mask is an opaque disk at the center of the focal plane, which blocks 93 percent of the starlight. The remaining light, which would normally form rings around the star (the so-called Airy rings), is diffracted around the disk and forms two bright rings in the image --one that hugs the dark region at the center, and another farther out. The second mask blocks both these areas. As a result, the coronagraph reduces the original starlight by 98.5 percent while blocking relatively little light from the surrounding area, where faint planets might lurk.
Oppenheimer will observe mostly in the infrared to look for the glows of young planets, though the telescope will also take visible-light data simultaneously to look for starlight reflected by planets. Even using just a standard coronagraph, the Lyot instrument should be able to spot a faint companion 14 magnitudes (400,000 times) dimmer than its parent star just 0.2 arcsecond away--a mere 2 a.u. at 30 light-years.
Lyot can thus see planets closer to their host stars than has any previous planet imager. "Lyot is designed to see exoplanets at solar-system scales. That's what makes us stand apart," says Oppenheimer. "We have no idea what we're going to find, but there has to be something out there."
Over the next several years, Lyot will survey several hundred stars brighter than 8th magnitude out to a distance of roughly 80 light-years. Oppenheimer's team eventually hopes to upgrade the imager to allow for true spectroscopy, but for now the project can take measurements of an object's brightness at different near-infrared wavelengths, providing a crude spectrum. The team also will be able to perform astrometric measurements. Together, these capabilities should help distinguish background stars from true planetary companions. "We hope to make some of the first images of objects that most astronomers would feel comfortable calling planets," says Oppenheimer, who adds that Lyot should find a slew of circumstellar debris disks that were created in collisions between protoplanetary chunks.
New Contenders: The Large Binocular Telescope
Whereas coronagraphy is the tried-and-true method for suppressing starlight, astronomers are developing a more intricate method called nulling interferometry. This technique has been demonstrated only recently, but it holds great promise. While the wave nature of light is an annoyance in coronagraphy because it causes diffraction, interferometry harnesses that wave nature to suppress starlight. With nulling interferometry, the crests of the light waves collected by one mirror are made to coincide with the troughs of the waves from the second mirror. The combined waves cancel each other out, but only along a line that passes through the center of the image, where the star is located. Farther from this line, the waves become increasingly misaligned, diminishing the nulling effect and leaving potential planets visible.
Starting in 2007, a team led by Philip Hinz (University of Arizona) will use this technique in an attempt to image exoplanets. Hinz's group will use the Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer, or LBTI, on Mount Graham in Arizona. The LBTI was designed specifically to image exoplanets and to study circumstellar disks. The LBT will consist of two 8.4-m mirrors whose centers are separated by 14.4 meters, giving it the combined resolving power of a 22.8-m telescope.
The LBTI was designed to pave the way for NASA's Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) mission. Nulling interferometry will allow Hinz's team to study remnant dust disks around other stars like the solar-system dust that gives rise to the zodiacal light. These disks are tenuous and faint, but their hazy glows could obscure planets targeted by TPF. Hinz will find out how much zodiacal dust surrounds 80 nearby stars. But the same technology that will allow Hinz to image zodiacal dust close to stars will make for a powerful planet imager as well.
The LBTI will have 10 times the resolution of Hubble's near-infrared NICMOS camera, which has been used to look for substellar companions. The LBTI is capable of imaging young planets (less than 500 million years old) containing five Jupiter masses or more and orbiting stars within 30 light-years of Earth.
A nulling interferometer called BLINC has already been tested on the 6.5-m Walter Baade telescope at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. It might snag an exoplanet before the LBTI comes online. In fact, BLINC recently detected a disk around the young star HD 100546 in Musca. It even revealed a gap in the disk that might be the signature of a giant protoplanet orbiting about 10 a.u. from the star. "It's very exciting to find a star that we think should be forming planets, and actually see evidence of that happening," says Hinz.
Beyond the Atmosphere
The ground-based programs can detect Jupiters orbiting at several astronomical units from their host stars. But to get in even closer, where terrestrial planets might lurk, requires launching telescopes above the distorting effects of Earth's atmosphere. NASA has two powerful space-based imagers on the drawing board. The agency hopes to launch TPF sometime between 2012 and 2015. TPF could image starlight reflected by Earth-size planets in Earth-like orbits around stars within 45 light-years of the solar system. Follow-up spectroscopy could reveal biomarkers such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, and free oxygen in the form of ozone ([O.sub.3]).
NASA has commissioned two studies to determine what approach to take for the mission, and it is planning to make a final decision in 2006. One option is to launch several small telescopes to fly in formation and perform nulling interferometry in the infrared. The other is to launch a large telescope --with a primary mirror three or four times larger than Hubble's and shaped 10 times more precisely--that would perform coronagraphic imaging in visible light. Both designs require the agency to overcome major technical challenges.
NASA is also studying an optical imager called Eclipse, which would comprise a 1.8-m telescope equipped with a system to correct for imperfections in the telescope's optics, as well as a coronagraphic imager. Tentatively slated for a 2009 launch, Eclipse could image starlight reflected by Jupiter-type planets as well as circumstellar disks.
The European Space Agency (ESA) is planning to launch a space-based planet imager called Darwin in 2014. In its current design, Darwin will consist of six small infrared telescopes flying together at the Lagrangian 2 point, 1.5 million kilometers from Earth in the direction away from the Sun. The telescopes will perform nulling interferometry to image Earth-like planets. To save money, scientists on both sides of the Atlantic have discussed the possibility of combining Darwin and TPF in a joint international venture.
To test the technology needed for Darwin, ESA and the European Southern Observatory (ESO) have begun design studies for a ground-based interferometer that could image exoplanets, with first light scheduled for 2006. This Ground-based European Nulling Interferometer Experiment (GENIE) will make its observations using a combination of 8.2-m and 1.8-m telescopes in the Very Large Telescope array in Chile. It will attain contrast ratios of 10,000:1 in the near-infrared, making it capable of imaging young Jupiters.
ESO also has plans for a ground-based instrument called Planet Finder, which could see first light in 2009. Two competing designs are being studied, both based on adaptive optics and coronagraphy. The winning design will be used to build an instrument for use with the VLT array.
On the Brink of Discovery
Because exoplanet imaging is so new, no one is sure what to expect. "That's what makes it exciting--we don't know what's out there," says Roger Angel. "If past experience is a guide, nature will serve up all kinds of crazy things that we haven't thought about, such as the close-in giant planets like 51 Pegasi."
Oppenheimer agrees. "What we're trying to do here is start a new field, one I would call comparative planetary science," he says. "If we are to understand planets from a truly general perspective, we need many examples. What will a planet five times the size of Earth be like? What bizarre moons might orbit large exoplanets?"
Physicist Paul Davies (Macquarie University, Australia) argues that exoplanet images will have a profound cultural impact. "The major planets in our solar system have been known since early man first looked skyward," he says. "The discovery of more of the same within the solar system, such as Neptune, did not transform our world view. But seeing an exoplanet for the first time would put our Sun and its little retinue of planets into a truly cosmic perspective." If indicators of life such as oxygen were detected, adds Davies, it would represent "the Holy Grail of astrobiology ... a place where life started from scratch independently of life on Earth. In all likelihood, we would not be alone in the vastness of the cosmos."
A Night Hunting Exoplanets at Keck
By Govert Schilling
WAIMEA, HAWAII, July 28, 2003. Hunting exoplanets at the mighty Keck Observatory sounds thrilling, doesn't it? Well, it is thrilling, but you wouldn't reach that conclusion by looking around the control room of the Keck II telescope. Four astronomers are biding their time, drinking weak coffee, and fighting drowsiness and jet lag. Still, this might turn out to be the night when the first image of an extrasolar planet is secured. Team member Eric Becklin (University of California, Los Angeles) is confident enough:"If there are massive planets in wide orbits, they'll be found shortly."
Together with his UCLA colleague Ben Zuckerman, postdoctoral researcher Inseok Song, and adaptive-optics expert Bruce Macintosh (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Becklin uses one of the world's two largest telescopes to study the star Vega. With its radiance blocked by a coronagraphic mask, Vega looks like a giant alien eye on Song's monitor, with a large black pupil and a ragged orange perimeter. The weak signal of one or more orbiting planets might be buried within Vega's infrared glow. Keck II is one of the few telescopes in the world able to detect that signal.
But don't expect champagne to flow tonight, cautions Becklin. If the planet signal is there, it will take months of tedious data analysis to uncover it. Even then, it may take several years before the find is confirmed by detecting proper motion common to Vega and any companion.
Meanwhile, Macintosh is developing a new adaptive-optics system for Keck that will be fully tailored to the needs of exoplanet hunters. "With the new system, we should be able to find massive planets in Jupiter-like orbits circling young stars at 30 light-years away," he says.
Becklin's group has already observed the nearby stars Epsilon Eridani and Fomalhaut, and it also plans to study dozens of nearby young stars recently discovered by Zuckerman and Song. Since newly born exoplanets are relatively warm, they are more conspicuous at infrared wavelengths. "Our list hasn't been published yet," says Song,"so we're ahead of the competition."
The first actual image of an extrasolar planet is an astronomical Holy Grail. That's reason enough for Becklin, Song, Zuckerman, and Macintosh to drink more coffee and keep taking hundreds of half-second exposures of Vega's immediate surroundings with the Near-InfraRed Camera at Keck II. Meanwhile, this same night, R. Paul Butler (Carnegie Institution of Washington) and his colleagues are using Keck I to measure the reflex motions of solar-type stars, which is still the most successful way to detect exoplanets, albeit indirectly. In the Keck I control room, computers quietly hum and Butler is taking a well-deserved nap. It's thrilling science.
Sky & Telescope contributing editor GOVERT SCHILLING has written a book in his native Dutch about the search for exoplanets.
Exoplanet False Alarm
By Robert Naeye
"Wait a minute," you might be thinking as you read David Shiga's overview of exoplanet imaging surveys. "Didn't NASA release a Hubble Space Telescope image of an extrasolar planet several years ago?" If so, you have a good memory. But as is typical, mainstream media outlets often report sensational discoveries with fanfare, yet seldom raise a peep when those findings are retracted.
Discoverer Susan Terebey (now at California State University, Los Angeles) thought that the object in question, TMR-1C, could be a planetary-mass body because its brightness implied a mass of just a few Jupiters and because it lay at the end of a filament that seemed to connect it to a young binary star, suggesting that it had been gravitationally flung out of the system (S&T: August 1998, page 19). As many astronomers predicted, follow-up spectra taken at Keck Observatory by Terebey and her colleagues revealed that TMR-1C is in fact a background star positioned at the end of the filament by pure coincidence (S&T: July 2000, page 19).
In recent years astronomers have imaged bona fide extrasolar planetary-mass objects, some perhaps as lightweight as 5 to 10 Jupiters. But these objects float freely in interstellar space, which makes them interesting, but not as exciting as an orbiting planet. Whoever takes the first image of a confirmed planetary-mass object that is gravitationally bound to a star will be the lucky astronomer immortalized in history books.
DAVID SHIGA is a science writer based in Toronto, Ontario. He is editor in chief of The Varsity, the University of Toronto's student newspaper.
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Now that the summer has finally arrived, why not join us on a cruise to Glandore this June bank holiday weekend. Dinner has been booked at the Marine Hotel in Glandore on Saturday night. All are welcome – please register your interest at the club office – 021-4831023.…
Entries for the ICRA, the National Cruiser Championships and WIORA, the West Coast Championship and ICRA Corinthian Cup and WIORA White Sails can still be made on line at www.traleesailingclub.com
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Congratulations to our four junior sailors, Luke McGrath, Eoghan O’Regan, Adam D’Arcy and Ronan Walsh who travelled to Dublin last weekend to compete in the Topper event in Dun Laoghaire. Not only was it their first Topper event it was also their first time sailing a Topper and they did their club proud. All four sailors came in the top half of the fleet with Ronan Walsh receiving 3rd prize for the U14s. The sailors had a great weekend, new friends were made and the boys were great ambassadors for the Royal Cork. Well done to all.
Local drama group CADS are to stage an extra performance of their recent hit “Partners, Wives and Lovers” at the Crosshaven Community Centre on Thursday May 23rd. Proceeds from the show will go to the Oppie fundraising drive.Tickets are available from the club and the usual outlets and are priced at €10.00. …
This is a reminder that Cove Sailing Club’s Marlogue Trophy race will take place on Sunday 19th May Fg 14.00hrs
CSC plan to finish the race at or near East Ferry Marina. Boats can then tie up and prize giving will be held in Murph’s Bar over the water from the marina. There will be a rib service to ferry sailors to and from the marina.
Further details on the Cove Sailing Club website.…
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