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Patrick Guinness ... The Clans of the North West and their DNA profiles
Name - Patrick Guinness
Patrick Guinness is an Irish historian and author, and one of the heirs of the Guinness dynasty. He is a council member of the County Kildare Archaeological Society and of the Order of Clans of Ireland. He is a trustee of the Iveagh Trust and President of the Irish Georgian Society.
In September 2010, he became a Knight of Justice of the Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem (KLJ) at a ceremony in St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin and in 2013 he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Eagle of Georgia by Prince David Bagrationi of Georgia.
Day Job - He continues his father's business in real estate development and is a financial analyst. He formerly represented Sotheby's in Ireland.
How did he get into genetic genealogy?
Born in Dublin, he is the son of Desmond Guinness and Marie-Gabrielle von Urach. Through his mother's descent from the second Duke of Urach, he is a potential claimant to the medieval Kingdom of Jerusalem, Kingdom of Lithuania and to the Principality of Monaco. He is also 2259th in line of succession to the British throne.
He has written a biography of his historic forbear Arthur Guinness, the founder of the Guinness brewery dynasty.
He lectures on genetic genealogy relating to the early Irish dynasties and Viking Ireland, and has sponsored academic research on Irish genetics.
So what will he be talking about?
In 2006 the oldest male-line lineage provable by DNA was revealed to the press and was widely reported around the world. Niall of the Nine Hostage's DNA profile became known as "N9H". However it also was clear that the profile had been around for centuries before he lived, and is found in 5% of men in Britain. Sadly, but informatively, it did not overlap as expected with the Ui Neill clans. This talk explains the context and reveals that some amateur sleuths nearly pipped the academics to the post.
What DNA tests will be discussed?
Primarily Y-DNA
Where can people get more information about him or his topic?
Wikipedia page - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Guinness
Book on Arthur Guinness, 2008
Independent comment December 2007
Longue Duree paper
Trinity Alumni magazine 2009
CKAS website
http://www.igs.ie/About-Us/News.aspx
These lectures are sponsored by FamilyTreeDNA and organised by volunteers from ISOGG (International Society of Genetic Genealogy).
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Rob Warthen - Speaker Profile
Talk Title: The Tools at DNAgedcom & Genetic.Family (co-presented with John Collins)
Qualifications & Affiliations
Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) from Virginia Tech
Masters Degree (Computer Science concentration in AI) from Johns Hopkins University
Founder of mitoYDNA.org and DNAAdoption.org
Facebook Admin for GEDMatch User Group, mitoYDNA User Group, FTDNA User Group, DNAGedcom User Group, DNANewbie User Group and Genetic.Family User Group.
Project Administrator for Warthen/Wathen YDNA Project
What is your Day Job?
I write computer programs for Health Care Companies. Previously I was Technical Architect at Nasdaq Stock Market. I also write software for DNAGedcom, Genetic.Family as well as volunteer to develop software for mitoYDNA.org.
What is your Night Job?
Same as my Day Job!
How did you get into genetic genealogy?
I always enjoyed genealogy, ever since I was little. My aunt was a Librarian and it was fun to research. When my soon to be new mother-in-law said "You know Sue is adopted right? Since you know all that new-fangled computer stuff, could you help Sue find her biological mother". What do you say to a sweet 80 year old lady who looks up to you with love in her eyes. I said of course I can. Mean time in my head I'm thinking "Boy, what did I get myself into". I knew Sue was interested, but I didn't want to get her hopes up. So I started researching and learning and gathered paper. In fact, she can still remember asking me what all that paper up on my desk was for. (Umm, nothing dear).
Sooo, that first year I get a message from some guy name Charlie Warthen and he asks me if I'd like to take a DNA test. I'm like what? Umm, no. Then I hear about the National Genographic program and think, well maybe. And then I get this wonderful idea. I'll get Sue a DNA test for Christmas. Just what every girl wanted.
So now that I had a DNA test and it's results, I was like now what. These are the early days when Autosomal DNA first came out. From those early days, I met a group of people called Search Angels who were also trying to learn how to use DNA to help find birth family. Search Angels are special people who help adoptees find their birth family. Together we came to the realization that no one knew what to do with all this information. At least not yet. So we all started trying different things. I quickly realized that no matter what, the key would be to gather as much information together as possible.
Great. Do you realize how much data is out there? A LOT. I quickly realized that the steps we had to go through were tremendous and very time consuming. So now I think back to that promise I made to that sweet lady, I think, how can computers help? So, I started to create tools to help me in the search. Soon, I found others complaining that it took so long to do some of these steps, so I offered to run my tools for them. Then I couldn't keep up with the demand, so I created the DNAGedcom.com web site.
From there, it has grown to DNAGedcom.com, DNAAdoption.com and a training course called Working with Autosomal DNA Results. We are now at the second generation of people now paying it forward to those new to the journey. They have the tools and the ability to do so much more.
All because of that sweet 80 year old lady.
So what will you be talking about?
DNAGedcom has been around since 2011, but there have been a lot of changes recently there. Join us for a review of the changes over the last year, including new announcements first seen at Genetic Genealogy Ireland. In addition, learn how Genetic.Family will help you work within and across all your DNA Companies.
Y-DNA, autosomal DNA
Where can people get more information about you or your topic?
The following websites:
DNAGedcom.com
https://Genetic.Family
MitoYDNA.org
DNAGedcom User Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DNAGedcomUserGroup/
Our Warthen Surname Project at FTDNA - www.familytreedna.com/public/WarthenWorthen
Previous Presentation at GGI2014:
I will be taking you on a journey of discovery. You will learn more about our DNA Adoption group and all the people who help out. I will tell you more about Sue's story and other stories of success and let down. During this journey, I will tell you about the methodology that we use to successfully find birth family. I will also show you some of the tools that we use to make things easier on you. The methodologies and tools I will talk about are helpful whether your brick wall is your biological parents or your ancestors from 1800s.
So sit back and enjoy the journey. Savor every new item and know that each discovery and each failure brings you just one more step towards your goal.
You can watch a video of the presentation by simply clicking on the image below. To watch it in Full Screen, click on the "square" icon in the bottom right of the screen.
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Catherine Swift - Speaker Profile
Name - Dr Catherine Swift
Qualifications - M.Phil (Dunelm). D.Phil (Oxon), M.Phil (Dublin)
Day Job - Dr Swift is Director of Irish Studies in Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick. She undertook an MPhil. in Archaeology on the parallels between early Irish and Scottish church sites at the University of Durham; she received a second MPhil. in Old-Irish Language and Culture from Trinity College Dublin. Her DPhil. at Oxford examined the history of the cult of St Patrick. She has taught in many universities, including University College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Liverpool, NUI Maynooth, NUI Galway, and The University of Melbourne. She served ten years as organising Secretary of the Irish Conference of Mediaevalists, and gives an annual Summer School in Old Irish in Limerick.
What are your research interests?
Archaeology, History and Languages (Old Irish/Latin) of pre-Norman Ireland – ogam stones, cults of St Patrick, St Brigit, St Columcille and local saints, ecclesiastical settlement, kings of Tara, Hiberno-Viking culture, high-medieval ship-building.
The internet is revolutionising academic research, breaking down many pre-existing barriers between university life and the wider world. Nowhere is this more true than in the field of genetic genealogy and it is local geographic and surname projects, and associated websites, run by citizen scientists, as well as university papers which are forcing the pace of change. This work is characterised by growing expertise in genetics and family history but the key research challenge for medieval historians is to investigate the origin and development of surnames in Ireland and Western Europe. This paper investigates the processes of surname adoption through the pivotal figure of Brian Boru.
Academic papers can be accessed via https://limerick.academia.edu/catherineswift
IRCHSS/AHRC 2009-2011 – Genes of the Gall Goídel (principal Irish investigator partnering with Dr Christina Lee, University of Nottingham – see www.vikingage.mic.ul.ie)
IRCHSS New Ideas 2012: Linn na nGéinte Éireannacha
(in partnership with Dr Turi King, University of Leicester)
Daniel Crouch - Genetic analysis of the People of the British Isles yields historical and physiological insights
Name - Dr Daniel Crouch, University of Oxford
Qualifications - PhD (statistical genetics), MSc (genetic epidemiology), BSc (genetics)
Day Job - Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford
How did you get into genealogy?
I am interested in genealogy via its overlap with the genetics of human populations. Although I began studying molecular genetics, I became interested in population genetics and its application to studying human variation. Population genetics is the study of how frequencies of genetic variants evolve, and we are often interested in how these changes occur over relatively small time scales, for example over the course of human history. Growing public interest in both genealogy and commercial genetic testing has the potential to expand geneticists' resources for investigating this very recent chapter of human evolution. My PhD research was in developing statistical models for predicting the geographic origin of individuals from their genetic information (using autosomal Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms), and I now work on the genetics of human facial features, using single nucleotide polymorphism data along with 3D facial imaging.
What about your involvement with genetic genealogy?
I work on the 'People of the British Isles' (PoBI) project that aims to characterise the genetic makeup of the British Isles. Though this does not mainly involve working directly with genealogical data, the discoveries we have made are sure be of interest to a genetic-genealogical audience. These include inferences that we have been able to make about historical migration events and the patterns of genetic similarity with various areas of mainland Europe (and how these differ between regions in the British Isles), based on single-nucleotide polymorphisms.
Our dataset is a powerful resource, as most of our volunteers have at least 3 grandparents born within close geographic proximity of one another. This has the effect of 'looking' back in time at the DNA variants as they were approximately a century ago, before modern migration began to eliminate the genetic barriers between us.
More recently we have been researching the visible differences between people (known, to geneticists, as 'phenotypes') by gathering 3D photographs of individuals' faces, along with other data such as hair colour and skin tone. These can be compared statistically with their genetic information to locate the genes that control how we appear. Variants in these genes might differ in their frequencies between geographic areas, and from this it would follow that there would be discernable facial differences between regions.
I will discuss the recent work on the genetic history of the British Isles, plus analysis of the facial features, identifying specific genes that control our appearance.
Though our study predominantly recruits volunteers from Great Britain, we do also have samples from Northern Ireland. The genetic history of Great Britain indirectly sheds light on that of Ireland, and we have more recently collected samples from the Isle of Man, which might have even stronger genetic links.
My presentation will address the questions: How were the British Isles populated, and can this question be answered by a genetic analysis using the DNA of living people from the British Isles? What are the genetic relationships between the different regions of the British Isles? What are the genes that control differences in appearance between the people of the British Isles?
The POBI website - www.peopleofthebritishisles.org
POBI on the ISOGG wiki - www.isogg.org/wiki/People_of_the_British_Isles
A genetic map of the peoples of the British Isles - a pdf file of a presentation by Professor Sir Walter Bodmer given at the Galton Institute conference "Human genetic diversity" which was held on 14 November 2012 at The Royal Society, London.
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Brad Larkin - Speaker Profile
Title: DNA, Irish Clans & the British Monarchy
Affiliations & Memberships:
Editor of Surname DNA Journal
Founder of GeneticHomeland.com
DNA Project Administrator
Member of ISOGG
Member of Southern California Genealogical Society
What do you do as a Day Job?
Create web-based, data-driven business applications - primarily for the health care industry. Consulting on information technology services relating to electronic medical records.
What do you do as a Night Job?
Scientific writing and research on genetic genealogy combining geographical data with DNA and traditional genealogy sources.
As a boy in the 1970s I was inspired by watching Alex Haley's television series, "Roots". I went on to read a book on his research and was fascinated that one could comb through old records and learn things about ancestors that our parents and grandparents did not know. It seemed like a kind of magic to me. I thought, "If Alex Haley can do it, why can't I do it too?" Starting out, I have memories of exhausting every single coin available on a Sunday in a small town in Texas in order to photocopy a written family history.
As I learned about my paternal Irish roots, I wanted to know how all the Larkins in the world were related. e.g. Someone says, "I knew a man named Larkin from ... is he any relation?" It kills me not to know the answer to that very simple question. So I have embarked on this expedition to identify the 'family tree' and location of all Larkin origins which leads further to identifying the tree of surnames and lineages for the entire British Isles. I consider my work part of the same mission taken on by MacFirbis, O'Donovan, MacLysaght, etc. -- we are just using new tools in this generation. I know there will be future generations continuing this work with tools that we cannot even dream of now. Thus, I consider written, scientific documentation of what we observe (and how we observe it) at this point in time to be very important.
An update on modern genetic genealogy DNA findings in the context of historic Irish clan groups and the British Monarchy. The two sets may be more closely related than you think. Identification of specific DNA markers that could link you to some of these historic groups. Kinship groups covered include the Uí Néill, Airgíalla, Dál Riata, and Ulaid of Ulster; the various Gaelic kings of Connacht, Munster, Leinster and Scotland; the Norman Lords of Ireland; and the Mountbatten, Windsor, Stuart, and Plantagenet dynasties of the United Kingdom.
Primarily Y DNA but also phasing of Autosomal DNA
To what surnames is this topic relevant?
All British Isles surnames. But many examples will be drawn from famous surnames such as O'Neil, O'Connor, Kelly, O'Brien, Kennedy, Butler, etc.
Surname DNA Journal
http://www.surnamedna.com
Genetic Homeland
http://www.genetichomeland.com
Larkin DNA Project
http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/larkin/
Brad's previous talks at GGI2014
DNA versus the Irish Annals
The topic for discussion will be the major Irish genealogical groups from Irish Annals such as high kings, the Uí Néill, and the provincial kings of Connacht, Munster, Leinster, and Ulster as well as Norman lineages. A brief review of how much modern DNA linked to these lineages has been sampled and how consistent the DNA findings match the ancient genealogies. This presentation is well suited for those who like to connect historical figures to their genetic genealogy research.
The Future of Genetic Genealogy
The growth of genetic genealogy has been rapid but exciting new possibilities are forecast from several major developments: 1) continued expansion of the number of markers commercially feasible to test; 2) sampling coverage to approach 100% of the genetic lineages of Ireland and the British Isles; 3) growth of reference databases with phased results and related tools. These elements in combination will one day allow an individual's raw test results to be linked to an established genetic lineage and its ancestral geography in a matter of moments. This discussion is intended for those interested in science, technology, and how genetic genealogy will develop as a field.
These lectures are sponsored by FamilyTreeDNA and organised by ISOGG (International Society of Genetic Genealogy).
Also, Brad's slides are available at the following links:
DNA vs the Irish Annals PDF: http://www.surnamedna.com/?attachment_id=1594
Future of Genetic Genealogy PDF: http://www.surnamedna.com/?attachment_id=1595
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DNA Lecture schedule announced for 2014
The schedule of DNA Lectures at Genetic Genealogy Ireland 2014 has been announced. This years schedule is even more packed than last year. With presenters from Ireland, the UK, the US, and Canada, this event is truly international reflecting the diaspora of the 80 million people of Irish descent worldwide. All levels of knowledge are catered for, from beginner to advanced, with representatives from academia as well as citizen science.
Click to enlarge - and see full schedule for each day at the end of this blog
The first lecture each day is devoted to the complete beginner and will help you understand the three main types of DNA test, what they can do for you, and how they can help you break through some of the Brick Walls and Dead Ends in your own family tree research.
The most popular test at last year's Back to Our Past was autosomal DNA (atDNA, the Family Finder test). This helps you connect with genetic cousins to whom you are related within about 7 generations (i.e. you share one of your 64 4x great grandparents in common). Emily Aulicino takes a closer look at this powerful DNA test and gives examples of how successful it can be at connecting people, while Maurice Gleeson discusses how it can be used to solve adoption mysteries in your family tree. Adoption is also the topic of Rob Warthen's talk - Rob is using DNA to find his wife's biological family and in the process has created tools that have benefitted not only US adoptees but the entire global genetic genealogy community. His is a riveting story that will have you on the edge of your seat.
The keynote address is by Dr Spencer Wells from the National Genographic Project. This ground-breaking research project is mapping the migration of various human groups out of Africa and is telling the story of how Man inhabited every corner of this planet. It is a great honour to have Dr Wells at our meeting and his presentation is not to be missed!
Complimenting the story of human migrations, Gerard Corcoran will give a general overview of migrations into Ireland, whilst Cynthia Wells will discuss the challenges reconstructing the movement of people out of Ireland and into the Caribbean. Dr Daniel Crouch will provide the latest update on the People of the British Isles project which will revolutionise the way atDNA is used to define where in the British Isles your ancestry came from, and Tyrone Bowes will discuss how Y-DNA results can be used to localise Irish ancestral homelands.
In keeping with the millennial celebrations of the Battle of Clontarf, Prof Catherine Swift of Limerick will present on the genetic legacy of Brian Boru. Other Ancient Gaelic dynasties will be discussed by Brad Larkin, Paul Burns (Leinster), Patrick Guinness (North West), and Gerard Corcoran. Genetic Genealogy in Ireland is fast approaching the stage where a DNA test can connect you with a specific ancient genealogy.
This year marks the centenary of the start of World War One during which 49,000 Irish men died. Michelle Leonard will discuss how, 100 years later, the identities of some of the 500,000 men who still lie on the battlefield are being uncovered.
Dr Kirsten Bos will give a fascinating insight into the genetics of Plague, the Black Death, the Irish Potato Famine, and Tuberculosis, all of which killed so many of our ancestors over the centuries. And Paul Burns will discuss the Byrne/Burns/Beirne Surname Project and the Clan O'Byrne of Leinster. Every Irish family tree has a Byrne if you look hard enough!
The future of genetic genealogy will be discussed by Brad Larkin - if you think it is exciting today, wait till you hear where we will be in five years time.
Back to Our Past
17-19 Oct 2014
RDS, Dublin
The full schedule of lectures is below. The type of DNA test which will be covered in each lecture is indicated by a Y for Y-DNA, an M for mitochondrial DNA, and an A for autosomal DNA.
Speaker's summary
Opens at 12.00
No lecture (opens at noon)
Dr Maurice Gleeson,
YMA
Y-DNA traces your father's father's father's line, mitochondrial DNA traces your mother's mother's mother's line, and autosomal DNA traces everything in between. With the help of practical examples of how DNA solved mysteries related to the Spearin family of Limerick, the bones of Richard III, and a Wedding Memento from the Australian desert, you can decide which test is best suited to solve your own individual genealogical conundrums.
Brad Larkin,
SurnameDNA Journal
The Byrne / Burns / Beirne Surname Project
Paul Burns,
This lecture will discuss the history of our Y-DNA project, the many unrelated lineages and clusters discovered along the way, the importance (or lack of) name variations/spellings, and the inaccuracies and mistaken local beliefs that DNA is correcting. It will show how we are using DNA to determine relationships between those with our surnames, and how far along we are tracing the ancient roots of each of our clusters.
Emerging dynasties in a maritime world – hunting for Brian Boru's genetic legacy
Dr Catherine Swift,
Who's Your Cousin? atDNA Knows!
Emily Aulicino,
Do you know all your cousins? Autosomal DNA testing matches you with cousins descending from your 4th great-grandparents. This test helps adoptees find family and genealogists resolve lineage problems by finding cousins who can assist with your research. Understand how atDNA is inherited, including the X-chromosome, which differs for each gender. Discover how to find common ancestors you share with matches using a five-step process. Learn about others successes. A handout is available. My book Genetic Genealogy: The Basics and Beyond is for sale. Free draw for the e-book version at the FTDNA stand. Three winners drawn at the presentation.
How to enhance your Y-DNA results through surname and haplogroup projects
John Cleary,
You gain more value from Y-DNA tests when you join various kinds of group projects, and increase your chances of finding genetic matches. This talk will present ways in which a surname project (featuring the surname Kemp and two Irish lineages of this name) and a haplogroup project (R1a) have extended what test-takers can understand from their results. The talk will demonstrate the steps for developing a small surname lineage project, and will introduce two other types of project – geographical and heritage projects (with a Scottish focus) – that provide further ways to explore and compare your test results.
Closes at 7pm
DNA for Beginners
Debbie Kennett,
This lecture will provide an easy-to-understand introduction to the use of DNA testing as part of your family history research. The cost of DNA testing has dropped dramatically in the last few years and is now affordable for everyone. The Y-chromosome DNA test is widely used in surname projects and explores the direct male line. The mitochondrial DNA test follows the motherline. Both Y-DNA and mtDNA tests can also provide insights into your deep ancestry. Autosomal DNA tests can be used to find matches with genetic cousins within the last five or six generations.
The growth of genetic genealogy has been rapid but exciting new possibilities are forecast from several major developments: 1) continued expansion of the number of markers commercially feasible to test; 2) sampling coverage to approach 100% of the genetic lineages of Ireland and the British Isles; 3) growth of reference databases with phased results and related tools. These elements in combination will one day allow an individual's raw test results to be linked to an established genetic lineage and its ancestral geography in a matter of moments. This study is intended for those interested in science, technology, and how genetic genealogy will develop as a field.
The Clan O'Byrne of Leinster as Defined by its DNA
Paul Burns &
Richard M Byrne,
This lecture on the Clan O'Byrne of Leinster will discuss its ancient history from the tribal era when it provided kings of Leinster, its reemergence in the Wicklow Mountains as a close-knit clan, and its dispersal in the 1600s. It will describe its relations to other Leinster clans, and its possible ties to groups abroad--as indicated by DNA. We will show that the clan is not entirely patrilineal, but that it does have a large core that descends from a single ancestor. We will show how DNA has confirmed much of our knowledge of this clan, but also how it also has demolished some beliefs.
Reconstructing Irish-Caribbean Ancestry
Cynthia Wells,
iCARA
Y A
The middle decades of the 17th century witnessed countless Irish men and women shipped off to an island life of indentured servitude and forced labor never to return to their homeland. While many died quickly working under the harsh conditions of the sugar plantation others melted into a diverse culture that included AmerIndians and Africans. Historian Maurice Ashley wrote "The Caribbean was an area where Europe's frontiers met". The West Indies were also part of lucrative trade routes that brought many Caribbean Irish to the British colonies of Rhode Island, Virginia, and the Carolinas. Their descendants are now scattered throughout the United States. Reconstructing Irish Caribbean ancestry through the use of genetic genealogy combined with historical records is the long-term goal of iCARA. My presentation will discuss where the historical records are, what they reveal, and where DNA can lead us.
Keynote Address: The National Genographic Project
Dr Spencer Wells,
The Genographic Project is a multiyear research initiative led by National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Dr. Spencer Wells. Dr. Wells and a team of renowned international scientists are using cutting-edge genetic and computational technologies to analyze historical patterns in DNA from participants around the world to better understand our human genetic roots. The three components of the project are: 1) to gather and analyze research data in collaboration with indigenous and traditional peoples around the world; 2) to invite the general public to join this real-time scientific project and to learn about their own deep ancestry by purchasing a Genographic Project Participation and DNA Ancestry Kit, Geno 2.0; and 3) to use a portion of the proceeds from Geno 2.0 kit sales to further research and the Genographic Legacy Fund, which in turn supports community-led indigenous conservation and revitalization projects. Dr Wells gives the latest update from this fascinating project that is changing the way we think about who we are and where we come from.
Plagues of our Ancestors as revealed through Ancient DNA
Dr Kirsten Bos,
Universitat Tubingen
The recovery of ancient DNA from archeological tissues gives us an important window into the past. Old bones hold secrets to the lives of our ancestors - who they were, what they ate, where they traveled, and what illnesses they had. Using state of the art biological techniques, we can now get an idea of what pathogens were plaguing people hundreds of years ago. Secrets about the Black Death, the Irish Potato Famine, and tuberculosis will be revealed in exciting detail.
In some cases, DNA results can instantly connect birth parents with their long since adopted children, or adoptees with their long sought for birth families. Although this is the exception rather than the rule, it makes DNA testing a very attractive prospect for adoptees who have tried every other avenue of enquiry. In addition, DNA testing can be used to help identify the birth father's surname for male adoptees, and for all adoptees autosomal DNA testing can identify birth families on both the maternal and paternal sides. This presentation explores the new techniques that are making reconnection and reunion an exciting and realistic prospect for adoptees and their biological families.
DNA Testing Basics
Katherine Borges,
ISOGG (Director)
If you are new to DNA testing, this presentation will tell you all you need to know. The three main tests are explained in simple terms so that you can easily see what each can do for you, helping you decide which one would be best to help you in your own family tree research.
Pinpointing your Irish Origin & beyond
Dr Tyrone Bowes,
IrishOrigenes
A simple painless commercial ancestral Y-DNA test will reveal the names of people (who have also tested) with whom one shares a common male ancestor. But the surnames of those people are not random! Find out what those surnames reveal about your ancestors, how they can be used to pinpoint precisely where your direct male ancestor lived 1000 years ago and how they can be used to reconstruct one's paternal ancestral journey over many thousands of years.
Genetic analysis of the People of the British Isles yields historical and physiological insights
Dr Daniel Crouch,
This presentation discusses recent work on the genetic history of Britain and Ireland, and how it is becoming possible to localise your DNA to specific subregions within the two islands. In addition, analysis of facial features, and the specific genes that control our appearance, will be discussed. This presentation addresses several important questions: How were Britain and Ireland populated, and can this question be answered by a genetic analysis using the DNA of living people? What are the genetic relationships between the different regions of the British Isles? What are the genes that control differences in appearance between the people of the British Isles?
The Clans of the North West and their DNA profiles
Patrick Guinness,
Author & Historian
Finding Sue – How one quest grew into the DNAGedcom & DNAadoption websites
Rob Warthen,
I will be taking you on a journey of discovery. You will learn more about our DNA Adoption group and all the people who help out. I will tell you more about Sue's story and other stories of success and let down. During this journey, I will tell you about the methodology that we use to successfully find birth family. I will also show you some of the tools that we use to make things easier for you. The methodologies and tools I will talk about are helpful whether your brick wall is your biological parents or your ancestors from the 1800s. So sit back and enjoy the journey. Savor every new item and know that each discovery and each failure brings you just one more step towards your goal.
Identifying the Fallen Soldiers of WW1 – DNA on the battlefield
Michelle Leonard,
Fromelles Project
Every year, the remains of soldiers who fell during WW1 are uncovered during farm work or road widening projects on what was the Western Front. In 2008, the discovery of a mass grave at Fromelles, containing 250 soldiers, led to the establishment of an identification process in which DNA played a crucial role. This presentation reveals how 144 of these 250 men have been positively identified so far, giving these soldiers back their names. In a year that commemorates the centenary of the start of WW1, DNA testing has helped the remembrance process, allowing these men to have gravestones with inscriptions that carry their true identity, rather than the anonymous phrase "Known Unto God".
Using Genetic Genealogy to Map Irish Migrations
Gerard Corcoran,
ISOGG (Ireland)
The presentation will trace the history of migrations into and out of Ireland from the Mesolithic, Neolithic, Copper, Bronze, Iron Ages through Early Christianity, The Celtic Monastic Movement, Vikings, Normans, Gaelic, Tudor, Elizabethan, Cromwellian, Williamite periods, The Wild Geese, The Penal Laws, The Great Famine, Georgian, Victorian and Modern periods. We will look at how the latest Next Generation Sequencing Tests and Ancient Genealogies can help tell these stories. Finally we will look at concrete projects that will help connect the 70 million strong Irish Diaspora to its homeland.
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LONDON – It's probably nobody David Schwimmer said that life after "Friends" would be like this.
About a decade later The finale of the iconic NBC sitcom, the beloved character Ross Geller, is still entertaining – at least on the Facebook page of British police.
"Do you know this man?" Asked Blackpool Police on Tuesday media. "We want to talk to him about a theft in a restaurant in Blackpool on September 20," the newspaper said.
The simple question was quickly answered by thousands of people who could quickly identify the man in question. The answer was easy for them: the suspect was clearly Ross.
"I do not believe it was that guy's day, his week, his month, or even his year," read an answer, much to the delight of many (19659007) "The one in which Ross became a thief," wrote a fan and gave the event its own title in the style of the hit show.
"Please be careful, he is known to study karate and we believe he has mastered the art of Unagi, the state of total awareness," wrote another, referring to the popular episode in which Ross makes some questionable comments on sushi and self-defense.
The man questioned, who was packed in front of the camera with a seemingly box – sized beer crate, is in connection with a theft, the last month in one Restaurant took place, wanted.
Called "Facebook Post of the Year" by some as lightning fast. On Wednesday, the call had collected over 79,000 shares and more than 120,000 comments.
While some speculated that the escapee had "gotten stuck in second gear", others were guarding thoughts for other serial characters Rachel and Monica, most of them would not be impressed by Ross's accident-prone last mistake.
"Thanks to all for your quick answers. We have thoroughly investigated this matter and have confirmed it That David Schwimmer was in America at the time, we're sorry it has to be that way, "they concluded.
"Guys, that's serious … It was a robbery based on giving and taking and having and sharing the stolen objects they give and have are shared and received, and through this giving and giving and sharing and receiving we too can share and love and have … and receive. "
This is not the first time that a call from the police for information on social media has taken an unexpected turn. In 2015, the police were derided by Kent in England after sharing a sketch of a wanted suspect who bore a striking resemblance to Fred Flintstone. "Yabba-dabba is not getting closer," read a warning from the time.
Floater's representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment.


For youth and children around 8 years and up. The deadline for nominations for players is Today. The club is particularly looking for interested girls and boys to join their new under 8 team. Trial sessions are on Sunday 3rd March. See the new BCUCNC website for registration and further details : https://burnsidecityucnetball.club, or contact Cathie Malyschko on 0413 737 023.
Uniting Communities thanks BCUC for their continued generosity in donating food & toiletry items each month for families in need. The needs continue. Suggested items include: Various toiletries eg shampoo, conditioner, soap, disposable shaving blades deodorant. Various Cereals, pasta sauce, noodles, rice, tinned fish tinned food – spaghetti, soup, vegetables, ground coffee. tea bags. sugar, milo or hot chocolate powder, laundry powder, ziplock bags (sandwich size). Bulk items will be repackaged by Uniting Communities in order to be shared amongst families. Please hold in your prayers the individuals and families our church is seeking to support.
The prayer group plus short bible study which meets Wednesday mornings at 9.30am resumed Feb 6th and new members are warmly welcomed. We follow the lectio divina method of listening to God's message in the Bible. Come along and see if this is a helpful method for you.
This 7 session course is based on the popular books, "The Grace Outpouring" and "The Way of Blessing". It is God's desire to bless – both people and situations, and we can be his agents. This inspiring and Bible-based study will be held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month, 10am upstairs in the church. We would love to have new people join us. Enquiries to Colette Williams.
TODAY, 12noon until 2.30pm. Come and join us for friendship, fun and food. Chicken & Salad plus a fruit platter. Please see Anita Wheaton for more information.
A communion service will be held Monday February 18th at 2pm in the Chapel. All are invited.
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Oxygen builds flavor, let your wines breathe.
As of 2005, the Vatican City in Italy had the highest per capita consumption in the world. They consumed 62 liters per person that year.
The U.S. consumed 8.69 liters per person.


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New Amsterdam starts the year off with a bang
September 21st, 2021 under New Amsterdam, Ryan Eggold. [ Comments: none ]
New Amsterdam is back on NBC tonight at 10p, and they are literally starting the season off with a bang. As in, someone is blowing up wards in the hospital. That is not the only thing heating up in this episode, so is Max (Ryan Eggold) and Helen's (Freema Agyeman) relationship.
Before we get to that, because that is all you want to know, let's talk about the person who is setting off bombs in New Amsterdam. No one knows who this mystery person is, but they need to find him fast. Therefore, Iggy (Tyler Labine) goes to a dark place to get insight into who might be doing this. Is he mentally up for doing this after all he went through in the season finale with the patient who became dangerously obsessed with him?
Meanwhile, Bloom (Janet Montgomery) is obsessed with her new girlfriend. So much so, she tells all of the new ED residents, which includes her lover (Shiva Kalaiselvan), that they are dating. How will that reveal affect Leyla Shinwari's residency?
I guess now I can tell you about Helax. They are still together, but she wants to leave NYC and be closer to her family. She has an offer overseas, and Max is going to do everything he can to make their love affair work. How far will they go? That will be answered in the final seconds of the show.
I forgot how much I loved this show until I watched this episode. I watch almost all of the medical dramas on broadcast TV, and this one is by far the best. If you are not watching, now is an excellent time to start.
Ryan Eggold reveals he had COVID-19
September 21st, 2020 under Coronavirus, Ryan Eggold. [ Comments: none ]
A post shared by Ryan Eggold (@ryaneggold) on Sep 21, 2020 at 12:44pm PDT
Ryan Eggold might play a doctor on New Amsterdam. However, in real life, he recently became a patient when he tested positive for coronavirus. The actor explained why he decided to come forward about his diagnosis now.
What better way to celebrate 400K on IG than to share with you my friends that I had #COVID19 and am okay thankfully and recently went to @mountsinainyc to donate plasma! My experience of the virus was something similar to the flu, I never had trouble breathing fortunately, but I know many others have had different, more severe experiences and my heart goes out to those who have. I think in this crazy time it's important to figure out what concrete steps we can take to help get everyone through this. Let's be smart not afraid. Mt. Sinai and many other hospitals are doing this amazing thing which you can read more about in the LINK IN BIO. They're collecting plasma from folks like me who've had it and recovered in an effort to distill the antibodies into a more concentrated form to help treat other folks and protect our much needed frontline workers. It's called #HyperimmuneGlobulin So if you've recovered from Covid I highly recommend donating your plasma. Took about an hour and was relatively painless. I don't believe in any politician as much as I believe in people and our ability to help each other when times are tough. I'm excited for the day when we can get back to human connection, people working to feed their families and pay their rent, kids back in school… not to mention all those beautiful things that make life extraordinary like a good meal out with friends, live music, theatre, sports… all that fun stuff. And we will. With the help of amazing folks like the health care workers at Mt Sinai. I had hoped to include a few pictures of the staff who helped me but Dr. Choo bravely declined any Instagram glory 🙂 But THANK YOU Dr. Choo, Crystal, Katherine, Merle and all the amazing folks at Mt. Sinai working tirelessly to help us all get through this. Let's get back to caring about other important things as much as we care about coronavirus. If you're on the other side of this and you feel up to it, go donate! 🙂 Stay safe, stay smart, stay connected. And thanks 400K I'm honored to be a part of your community. Thanks for having me 💛
If you had COVID-19, then please donate covalescent plasma. You might be able to save a life. What better gift than that?
Eggold is the second actor from the NBC medical drama to test postive for it. Daniel Dae Kim tested positive early on in the pandemic.
Ryan Eggold looking sexy. That's all.
August 19th, 2020 under Ryan Eggold. [ Comments: none ]
Ryan Eggold/Instagram
We are months away from New Amsterdam gracing our televisions again. However, that does not mean we have to go without seeing Ryan Eggold and his expressive face until then.
The sexiest television doctor shared a photo of himself waiting to catch a train, and all I can say is, "toot, toot." Who knew someone could look that good waiting for a train? I met my prom date on one, and even he didn't look that fine.
Now, I really want New Amsterdam back. Since we are not getting it for the foreseeable future (damn you, COVID-19), NBC is giving us the medical drama Transplant, which was transplanted from Canada, on September 1st to hold us over. It is not NA, nothing is, but it is pretty close.
New Amsterdam pulls its epidemic episode with Daniel Dae Kim
March 25th, 2020 under Coronavirus, Ryan Eggold. [ Comments: none ]
New Amsterdam is based on NY's Bellvue Hospital, a real-life hospital that is going through hell right now during the Coronavirus.
The show was expected to fictionalize an episode with their hospital being hit by a flu epidemic, and Daniel Dae Kim, who tested positive for COVID-19, plays a patient on it. He is not the only member of the show's family to test positive. In light of everything going on, it will not be one of the remaining episodes that airs this season.
New Amsterdam creator, executive producer, and showrunner Schulner explained the decision to Deadline, "The world needs a lot less fiction right now, and a lot more facts.
"We showed what happens when our hospital has to erect tents in the parking lot because every bed is taken." Something NYC is actually seeing on their streets today.
New Amsterdam will air repeats at 9p for the next two weeks and then the season finale will air on April 14th at that time. The epidemic episode is expected to air at a different date.
BTWF: Ryan Eggold on Out of Jimmy's Head
October 8th, 2019 under Before They Were Famous, Ryan Eggold. [ Comments: none ]
(starts at 12:12 in)
Before Ryan Eggold was clean-shaven on New Amsterdam, he was a hairy werewolf on Out of Jimmy's Head. It is hard to recognize the 23-year-old in that 2007 episode.
Yesterday when he was on Late Night, he talked about this role. He told Seth Meyers that after spending four years getting a degree in theater and doing this part, he wondered, "Is this the life I signed up for? This is a disaster. This is a horrible choice." However, it all paid off in the end. Without this role, he might never have done 90210. Which circles us back.

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Batman: Cycle of Violence - Review
Gotham's children are going missing and it is clear that Scarecrow is to blame. Batman must confront his greatest fears in the book from Gregg Hurwitz and David Finch, as he brings down a gorier version of Scarecrow who drips blood from his stitched-up mouth and who wields a new version of a fear toxin.
With the previous collection from this range, The Dark Knight proving to be a case of style over substance, Finch had written that story around what he would have most fun drawing. In the previous volume we see almost everyone Batman has ever met, The Justice League, a playboy bunny, a hulked out Two-Face and Deathstroke chopping Batman's plane in half. The OTT imagery was fun to look at but the story made absolutely no sense. It didn't take long before it was announced that half-way through that run of stories that Finch would be focusing on art and a new writer was coming in.
Cycle of Violence, sees new writer, Gregg Hurwitz bringing a far-too-long storyline, which follows another piece of his work a little too closely. Penguin: Pain and Prejudice was a great look at the character that is broken up by flashbacks to his childhood that show the kind of trauma that he had gone through and had to learn to deal with. Hurwitz does exactly the same with Scarecrow here.
With a grittier tone that will please some readers, the emphasis on gore will bore long-term Batman fans and it also doesn't offer us anything new on the Batman/Scarecrow dynamic. As well as there being a brand new fear-toxin, Batman's hallucinations involve him falling down the well, as he did when he was young, as well as the pearls of his mother's necklace, the night his parents were shot down. The whole thing has a very 'been-there-done-that' feel to it and what new aspects there are to the story don't really work well as a result.
These new aspects include the Scarecrow having sewn his mouth shut and drooling blood everywhere which gets a little excessive at times and its something that, as I continue to read the newer Batman books, I hope they don't stick with, like the Joker having no face. The other negative would be the whole origin of the Scarecrow which unfortunately forms the heart of this book. I found the revelations that this heralded only pushed the fear back a generation and we see Jonathan Crane's father obsession with fear and the experiments he performed on his son which meant that Jonathan would one day follow the same cycle of violence.
But the book should have asked what the problem was his father, how did he get like that and are we expected to believe that this obsession with fear began with Jonathan's grandfather and continue down the family line. And if that was what Jonathan went through in his childhood then why the hell does he still have an affinity with fear and phobias?
But its not all bad as the book does have a creeping sense of unease, we've got a nice subplot with Bruce Wayne and his son Damian and some nice action sequences, excluding the final set-piece, which really hit hard and well drawn. And Bruce has a new love interest who you may or may not like. It has to be said though that she is the only girl he's dated in the New 52 run of stories who actually has something of a personality.
And it is unfortunate that even though the quality of the writing improved thanks to Hurwitz, the main attraction of this book is the artwork. But you'll notice this time that things look slightly different. I think with the inclusion of different inker, things look a little more crude, which adds to the sense of unease that this book has. With Scarecrow's new look being divisive, Batman looks great and Finch makes great use of his shadows.
And this book also collects the special zero-issue which saw the younger Bruce Wayne confronting Joe Chill, the man who murdered his parents. It is a great idea but one that is poorly executed.
Overall though Cycle of Violence is nothing we haven't already seen from Batman books, but with a lot more blood and childhood issues than normal. With the gorier aspects of this book, it isn't one recommended to younger readers but if you are in the more for a slightly creepier read, then this one might be worth putting on your lists...


NHS patients and their families are the victims of wheel clamping, fines and too-high costs in hospital car parks, according to a report out today - but a hospital in our area is bucking the trend.
Dewsbury District Hospital is cited as an example of good practice according to the study from Which?
But we want to hear from you on your experiences of hospital parking. Is it convenient and cheap or is it an expensive nightmare? Have you got a horror story or has it all be plain sailing? Leave you comment on the bottom of the article and we will try to include it in a future story about hospital car parking.
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust in Surrey clamped 1,671 cars in 2008/09 and made £1.85 million profit from its car park, the study said.
Meanwhile, Leeds General Infirmary (part of the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust) issued 10,330 fines, generating £142,000.
Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust in Hertfordshire had the highest minimum charge in England - £4 for two hours of parking.
In addition, the Royal Derby Hospital received the most complaints (82) about parking, according to the study from consumer group Which?.
It collected data from 126 NHS trusts and hospitals in England after writing to out of 172 organisations using the Freedom of Information Act.
Hospital car parking is free in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
In England, each hospital decides how much it wants to charge patients for parking - raking in more than £100 million a year.
Which? named the Royal United Hospital Bath the best NHS hospital car park in England for offering patients, their friends and family a large number of priority spaces and different payment methods.
Which? rated hospitals against a set of criteria, including capacity, convenience of payment methods, frequency and type of penalties, charging structure and profits, and communication.
She added: "We can't be in favour of decentralisation and greater autonomy for NHS and then tell them how to run their car parking.
"But it's clear that, where parking charges are making it difficult for staff to do their jobs properly, where they are damaging patients access to services, or where they are stopping friends and relatives from visiting - they are too high, and hospital trusts have a responsibility to look at those factors."


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FDA Proposes a Fix for the DMF Issue for "Deemed to Be a License" NDAs
/ Biologics / FDA Proposes a Fix for the DMF Issue for "Deemed to Be a License" NDAs
By Keith Webber | June 28, 2019 | Biologics, BLA, FDA, NDA, Regulatory Affairs | Like |
Section 7002(e)(4) of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 requires that on March 23, 2020, all New Drug Applications (NDAs) for biological products will be "deemed to be a license" under Section 351 of the Public Health Service Act (PHSA). In December of last year, the FDA published a final guidance as well as a Questions and Answers guidance regarding the complex logistics of this regulatory transition. One thing missing from those guidances was the impact that the transition from NDA to BLA would have on these applications with regards to the use of Drug Master Files (DMFs).
Historically, holders of NDAs and Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDA) have been allowed to support their applications by referencing manufacturing and testing information that has been submitted to the FDA in Drug Master Files. There are no significant limits on this practice for NDAs and ANDAs. DMFs are often used for information regarding components, excipients, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), API intermediates, and even finished drug products.
This is not the case for Biologic License Applications (BLAs). The FDA requires that BLA holders have direct control over the manufacturing process for the Drug Substance (DS), Drug Substance Intermediates (DSI), and the Drug Product (DP) in order to effectively ensure product quality. The referencing of DMFs for other components (e.g., excipients and container-closures) of a biological product by BLA holders is allowed.
So, what happens to the NDAs that refer to DMFs for their Drug Substance, Drug Substance Intermediates, or Drug Product when they are "deemed to be a License" in March of 2020? This was a major conundrum. Without the ability to continue to reference these DMFs, most, if not all, of this subset of NDAs would have to cease distribution until they were able to demonstrate to the Agency that they have direct control over the DS, DSI, and DP manufacturing processes. Of course, this would very likely lead to drug shortages or outright unavailability of these products to patients. Not a good situation. But fear not. The FDA is creative and has come up with a solution that will allow manufacturers to continue to produce and market these products without making major changes to their applications.
Enter 21 CFR 601.2(h).
This is a newly proposed addition to the Biologic Product Licensing regulations that the FDA published in today's Federal Register (June 28, 2019) and Docket No. FDA-2019-N-1363. It is a fix; a patch; a work-around. This proposed regulation (on which the FDA is accepting comments until the end of August) specifically states that those NDAs which are "deemed to be a License" on March 23, 2020 and which reference DS, DSI, or DP information contained in a DMF may continue to do so after the transition to a BLA.
According to the preamble of the proposed regulation, the FDA's justification for allowing this discrepancy between the BLAs approved under Section 351 of the PHSA and those that are adopted into the BLA family on March 23rd is that the application holders of the "deemed to be a License" applications have "longstanding relationships" with the DMF holders. Due to this longstanding relationship, the FDA believes that "the license holder of a deemed BLA may have accumulated knowledge about the quality of the biological product supplied by the DMF holder over an extended period of time" and that "(t)his accumulated knowledge allows the deemed BLA holder to implement a more robust control strategy to mitigate the risk to product quality posed by the applicant's limited knowledge of the manufacturing process described in the DMF."
Note well:
The FDA's justification, as transcribed above, addresses the referencing of DMFs that are already referenced in the NDA when the transition occurs on March 23, 2020. However, there is another proposed regulation, 21 CFR 601.2(g), that was also published in conjunction with 601.2(h). The 601.2(g) regulation says that BLAs originally approved under Section 351 and NDAs "deemed to be a License" "may not incorporate by reference drug substance, drug substance intermediate, or drug product information contained in a master file…" Therefore, if you hold an NDA that is deemed to be a License, you will not be allowed to reference a new DMF (i.e., one that you are not referencing on March 23, 2020) if it is for DS, DSI, or DP information. If you lose the ability to reference such a DMF after your NDA becomes a BLA, you will need to have direct control over the manufacturing processes for the Drug Substance, Drug Substance Intermediates, and/or Drug Product that were included in the lost DMF.
So the almost fatal twist, has been untwisted by the FDA's proposed rule, which can be found here. Leave it to the creativity of the Agency to try to make things right, especially when they see the problem in advance!


We've tried several subscription boxes, but Terra Create is BY FAR the best one! Every single kit has been filled with super high quality materials, and has been really fun! All three of my kids enjoy them, from my 8 year old to my 14 year old! The instructions are clear, easy to follow, and include extra educational information we all learn from! The finished products are beautiful, useful, and fit in with our natural/environmentally friendly lifestyle. Not a single complaint about this box, it has been exactly what we hoped for!
Very thoughtful and engaging Art!
My daughters, age 8 and 5, have loved every one of their TerraCrate boxes. The 5 yr old needed some help from her sister and more supervision, but they have both spent multiple hours on each box. The candle box was shared with our 12 year old niece and was a perfect gift. The supplies are always high quality with amazing directions that my 8 year old can read and follow. She loves the independence of creating something so high quality on her own. A wonderful gift. Thank you!
BEAUTIFUL & worth every penny!
I ordered a box subscription for 2 so both by children could enjoy arts and crafts together and not only was there enough supplies for both of them our entire family was able to enjoy making such beautiful dream catchers together and the materials sent were of highest quality and worth the cost. I have ordered at least two other craft boxes for the kids and canceled due to cheep supplies or lack of supplies but I plan to keep this box subscription coming as I was extremely happy with how everything was packaged and the amount and quality of supplies. Thanks for bringing our entire family together for some quality craft time. We are excited and awaiting this months box and can't wait to see what beautiful arts and crafts we get to enjoy.
The Terra Crate was a big hit with my 12-year old grand-daughter who is at that awkward age between childhood and adolescence. The spooky zen garden felt both grown-up and playful at the same time - a perfect happy medium. She loved the project, and I was impressed by the careful attention to detail, quality supplies, and pretty packaging. We look forward to future shipments!


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        private string connectionString;
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        private void ShowProgress(int progress, int total)
        {
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Creating a supportive work enviornment can address both old dilemmas and new social realities. Jobs in the nonprofit theatre can be less lucrative than jobs in other sectors, observes Amanda White Thietje, managing director of Minneapolis's Mixed Blood Theatre. At Mixed Blood, she says, "The salaries do not match the corporate headquarters nearby." So it behooves the company to consider, as she puts it, "What are the ways we make sure [employees] feel rested and appreciated and have time with their families?" Such a strategy can have the added bonus of cutting down on employee turnover, which is expensive and disruptive for a company, she notes.
The piece, using the rivalry between the Celtics legend and Wilt Chamberlain to highlight issues of race, class, and segregation in Boston, was commissioned by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival as one of a series of plays addressing US history.
When we do see representations of older adults, they are too often distilled into stereotypes: wise, angry, nagging, often helpless, and dying. These ageist tendencies are strikingly similar to the continued issue of whitewashing in media. Just as in issues of race, there is a distinct lack of diversity in characters for older adults, which may in part be because there is an underrepresentation of writers over the age of fifty, much less sixty-five. The resulting stereotypes do not reflect the rich and diverse personalities of older adults today, and rarely reflect their perspective accurately.
Arts Council England has expressed disappointment that theatre organisations have reduced their investment in digital innovations. The Digital Culture 2015 report indicates that stand-alone digital works by theatre companies have fallen "significantly" by eight percentage points over the past two years, with just 8% stating they use digital to create such work. In addition, theatres are seeing less of an impact from digital technology than the wider arts as a whole – 63% of theatre companies said they had at least a "fairly major" impact, while 72% of the arts sector as a whole said the same.


The first information and a blurry pictured popped-up yesterday over at HowardForums where "roc a fella" posted the information of a Treo 670 (with Verizon label) which should be running Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC Phone Edition.
However, to prove it, he has send three videos to engadget and either these (short) videos are well done fakes or we really see a Treo running Windows Mobile 5.0 which wouldn't surprise me at all since HTC is also manufacturing the Treo's and for them it should be easy enough to adopt the Windows Mobile platform to the Treo hardware.
three videos you can watch over at engadget (requires Apple QuickTime) and the hope we might see this phone released (hopefully in a 3GM/UMTS version also).
RUMOR: Windows Phone 7 Series to feature 3 different Chassis Designs?


Today's world-view of politics, policies and culture is enough to leave Catholics in the pew dazed and confused.
The Kansas House of Representatives voted down legislation (HB 2481) that would protect faith-based adoption providers.
Recent years have witnessed the swiftest social transformation in the history of mankind.
America remains a place where seemingly ordinary people can do extraordinary things.
Expect to hear fewer platitudes about unity on that day.
That will, suffice it to say, not be a moment of national unity.


I know, I know - I'm such a phenomenal blogger that I'm posting this great St. Patrick's Day recipe a whole three weeks after the holiday. You know, so you can make them to celebrate the Irish just like I did!
I apologize. It is truly unfair of me to taunt you with these glorious cupcakes when there's a whole year between now and St. Patrick's Day. But don't wait to make them! Please, don't wait. You don't need a formal excuse to make these boozy little guys!
An Irish Car Bomb is a beer cocktail similar to a boilermaker made with Irish stout, Irish Cream, and Irish whiskey.
The name refers to the drink's Irish ingredients - typically Guinness stout, Baileys Irish Cream, and Jameson Irish Whiskey - and the car bombings notoriously used by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) during the Troubles. The whiskey is floated on top of the Irish Cream in a shot glass, and the shot glass is then dropped into the stout. Once mixed, the drink must be consumed quickly because it will curdle.
So, how do you translate this wacky cocktail into a scrumptious dessert?
Chocolate Ganache Filling with Whiskey.
Bailey's Irish Cream Buttercream Frosting.
I took these to work on St. Patrick's Day. Do I even need to talk about what a hit they were? I don't think so. These guys are great - not too sweet, moist cake, and you feel like your worlds are colliding because it's both chocolate indulgence and a great 'cocktail'.
Yes, that's right. These guys are boozy. Probably not a great idea to make them to send with your kindergartner to his class party. Not only will the teacher start to question your parenting abilities, but she will hate you for intoxicating a group of six year-olds.
Sometimes booze and baked goods and kids are okay. I mean, let's be real. The chocolate stout cake by itself? Totally kid-friendly. The alcohol evaporates during the baking process. (Although your children could develop a taste for dark beer...) However, that chocolate whiskey ganache? BOOZE. And that Irish Cream Buttercream frosting? BOOZIER. Especially when I'm making them - I have a bit of a heavy hand.
*This chocolate stout cake is great on its own - make the batter as directed here, then bake in a bundt cake pan and pour chocolate ganache (with or without whiskey) over the top to frost.
1 stick unsalted butter, at room temp.
4 oz. (half a brick) cream cheese, at room temp.
Divide batter among cupcake liners, filling them 2/3 to 3/4 of the way. I typically use 1/4 cup of batter to fill regular-sized cupcakes, and I did a heaping measurement for these as they don't rise as much. Bake cake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, rotating them once front to back, about 17 minutes. Cool cupcakes on a rack completely.
Chop the chocolate and transfer it to a heatproof bowl. Heat the cream until simmering and pour it over the chocolate. Let it sit for one minute and then whisk until smooth. (If this has not sufficiently melted the chocolate, you can return it to a double-boiler to gently melt what remains. 20 seconds in the microwave, watching carefully, will also work.) Add the butter and whiskey and whisk until combined.
Let the ganache cool until thick but still soft enough to be piped (the fridge/freezer will speed this along, but you must stir it every 10 minutes). Meanwhile, cut the centers out of the cooled cupcakes. You want to go most of the way down the cupcake but not cut through the bottom — aim for 2/3 of the way. Gotta love a cupcake recipe that lets you taste-test! Put the ganache into a piping bag with a wide tip and fill the holes in each cupcake to the top (a plastic bag with a corner cut off also works just perfectly).
Whip the butter and cream cheese (you can also use all butter if you don't have cream cheese) in the bowl of an electric mixer, or with a hand mixer, for several minutes. You want to get it very light and fluffy. Slowly add the powdered sugar, 1/4 cup at a time. Adding the sugar slowly will keep the frosting from getting too grainy and also wind up requiring less sugar to thicken up.
When the frosting looks thick enough to spread, drizzle in the Baileys (or milk) and whip it until combined. If this has made the frosting too thin (it shouldn't, but just in case) beat in another spoonful or two of powdered sugar. I added the Bailey's to taste - I really wanted that flavor to come through!
Enjoy the best Irish car bomb cupcakes with the nice taste. You can also learn the recipe and can try it at your own home. With the papersowl reviews you can get the better sense from this zone of the cupcake. Check the whole site for the ingredients.


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Q: Should we simplify or not for function domain? If $f(x) = \frac{x^2}{x}$, what is the domain of $x$?
Should we simplify it to $f(x) = x$ so that $x$ is any real number?
Or we do not simplify it and that the $x$ is any real number and $x \ne 0$.
But depend on the web service such as this example from Wolfram Alpha, the domain of $x$ does not include 0.

A: The usual convention in such cases is that the domain of the function is the largest subset of $\Bbb R$ on which the function is defined. Thus, the function $f(x)=\frac{x^2}x$ is not identical to the function $g(x)=x$: while they agree on $\Bbb R\setminus\{0\}$, the domain of $f$, the domain of $g$ is all of $\Bbb R$. Two functions with different domains are by definition not the same function. Thus, in general you may not simplify $f$ to $g$. Of course if you're only interested in the behavior of $f$ on some subset of $\Bbb R\setminus\{0\}$, then it's perfectly fine to replace $f$ by $g$, since $f=g\upharpoonright(\Bbb R\setminus\{0\})$.

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Last week Adriana and I went to Mano Amiga of Chalco School, Adriana is my friend who introduced me to Film Annex and she have not been to the school yet. We arrived and were received by Lilia Garelli, the school director, who gave us a tour. We began with preschool kids, cute litlle 3 year old girls and active boys greeted us with the biggest smile. They were eager to pose for the pictures, we entered an elementary classroom and Lilia told the kids that Adriana lived in New York and they all asked questions in english to her.
We continued to middle school, but before we visited the auditorium that was finished thanks to a very generous donor from New York, along with a baseball and soccer fields. Girls were playing sports in the field while we visited the classrooms for middle school and the computer labs. After that Lilia told us she arranged a meet and greet with the 12 students that are starting the translation program with Film Annex. The 12 of them every friday go to the computer lab to work on their translation with their english teacher for support.
From left to right: Maria Jose, Thelma, Geovana, Evelyn,Gonzalo, Ivan, and Bryan during our meeting.
Nervous and excited we arrived to the meeting room and one by one the students came in. They were very excited too about talking and meeting with us. First Adriana explained the story behind Film Annex and answered questions of the students. One by one we asked them what did they tought of the blog they had to translate. Surprisingly none of them spoke of the technical issues of doing a translation but of the subject of the blog and what impact it make to their lives. They all have translated one blog and all of them have been revised and published. Diego their english teacher who chose the blogs told us he chose empowering women blogs for the girls and internet and computer related blogs for the boys. Overall all of them, boys and girls were really happy and inspired to talk about the blogs.
For us the program is a way to help them pay their tuition with a scholarship, for them as Mari Jo said it is a way to meet and know places and cultures around the world through the website and social media that otherwise will be imposible for them. Extremely inspired and happy we said goodbye to them and promised to come back to the senior graduation in June 2014. We felt so thankful to be a part of the growth and development of these young people that are the future of Mexico. Young students with education, knowledge and power to make a better future for them, their families and their community.
The team: Luis Armando, Lilia Garelli (Principal of the School),Lilian, Maria Jose, Thelma, Giovanna, Noemi, Annick, Evelyn, Adriana, Gonzalo, Bryan, Ivan.


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The point of the initial complaint was to draw attention to the patronising attitude of the original staff member. By responding in a similar way, Virgin made it appear as though that's how everyone in their organisation thinks, although it was probably intended to be light-hearted.
As you'd expect, the social media masses didn't see it that way and condemnation swiftly followed, after which the tweet was deleted and replaced with an apology. Media outlets also picked up the story and interviewed Ms Cole adding to Virgin's misery all the more.
It's doubtful the same tack would've been taken if the customer had called in to complain or done it in writing. Whoever took the call or responded to the letter would've been far more measured and taken the time and care to craft something more appropriate.
Social media offers organisations an instant way to talk to customers, so when they get in touch with you, you need to respond as you would to any other form of communication – politely, appropriately and helpfully. Of course, you can have a bit of fun and chat with the customer if that's what they want, but don't forget anyone online will be able to read what you both type, so don't say anything you don't want anyone else to see.
People expect things to be sorted speedily on social media, but that doesn't mean you have to give a final response straightaway. Ask the customer to send you a direct message so you can take the conversation offline. Say what you need to say upfront, and then offer this option so you can talk privately. If this isn't working, you can then call or contact them again once you've looked into things or have more information to share.
Customer service is perhaps the most important aspect of your organisation to get right. Social media can make it easier as long as you treat it in the same way as you do customer service by any other channel.


The 6:1:2 program model is designed for elementary students with Intense Behavioral Management needs. Qualifying students will be classified with Learning Disabled, Other Health Impaired, or with Emotional Disabilities. The model focuses on students' cognitive, social, and emotional needs, and places an emphasis on engaging families throughout the education experience. Related services (i.e. Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Physical Therapy) are included. Behavioral therapy is provided in the classroom through collaboration with a Kids Oneida. A social worker (clinical care coordinator) is also available to connect with students and families with appropriate primary care, behavioral, and mental health services to help promote an overall emotional and physical wellness in school, home, and community. The model provides a teacher, two teacher assistants, and a behavior specialist for each classroom.
To learn more about this program, contact Amanda Hopkins, Special Education Coordinator, at 315-361-8458 or ahopkins@moboces.org.


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South Kingshighway in Southtown to See New Apartments
Last year, I wrote about plans to dramatically transform the South Kingshighway street scene with a new apartment complex. At the time, the project was simply known as "Cornerstone Chippewa" and was headed by John Clancy, the owner of numerous Planet Fitness locations across the Metro area. Today, Cornerstone Chippewa completed the renovation of the old Shop N' Save into a Planet Fitness and extra retail space. Now the attention moves to the largest aspect of the project: the apartment complex.
According to the LCRA agenda, the project, which will be called "SOGRO" will be built on the site currently occupied by a auto repair strip center, a former Armory, and the site of the former St. Mary Magdalen bowling alley. SOGRO will be a 3-phase development that will ultimately consist of 333 apartment units, with rents starting at $1.48 per square foot, and 338 parking spaces. Retail space was once part of the project, but it no longer seems to be part of the plan.
Phase 1 will consist of 3 buildings and be built up against Kingshighway. Phase 1 will bring 178 apartments to the neighborhood in a $37.2 Million project.
Kingshighway is at the top of this Phase 1 site plan.
Phases 2 and 3 will add 155 apartments in 2 other buildings for a cost of $35 Million.
So to recap, the project will consist of...
- 5 buildings.
- 3 phases
- 333 apartment units
- $72.2 Million total development cost
- Add 7 full-time jobs.
- Designed by Texas-based, Humphrey's and Partners (who designed CHROMA, Encore at Forest Park, and Cortona at Forest Park).
With this said, the LCRA recommends up to 20 years of tax abatement for the project. 15 years of the term will be 95% tax abatement. The remaining 5 years of the term would be 90% tax abatement.
Construction should start in the Spring according to an email sent out by Alderwoman Carol Howard (14th Ward) to her constituents earlier in the summer. When complete, SOGRO will fill in a sizable "field" in Southtown and will hopefully lead to other new projects in the near vicinity. As many of us know, the condition of the area is quite depressing but the oversized parking lots, vacant car dealership, vacant lots, and struggling strip malls gives us hope for more urban development in the area.
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Watford 3 Argyle Ladies 2
Pilgrims Complete a Fine Campaign
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ARGYLE Ladies came up short at Watford but still finished sixth in the FA Women's Premier League Southern Division for their highest ever finish.
The Pilgrims went into the game without the unavailable Natasha Knapman, so joint managers Dave Leonard and Trevor Rodd gave Cornish teenager Nicola Champion her first-team full debut.
Watford took an eighth-minute lead through Adekite Fatuga-Dada and Argyle were then stung three minutes before half time when Katie O'Leary outmuscled a defender to make it 2-0. It got even worse in the second half when Alysha Stojko-Down made it 3-0.
There is one thing the Argyle ladies do not lack and that is courage, desire and commitment, as they matched Watford but without luck in front of goal. That changed when Argyle got the goal they deserved in the 72nd minute, as Helen Bleazard converted from a free-kick.
With seven minutes remaining Bleazard set up substitute Zoe Cunningham, who fired in a second goal but it proved too little too late.
"I cannot blame the girls for their effort, commitment and desire against a team who were playing at a higher level last season," said Leonard.
"Once again, individual errors let us down but we know what we have to address in the off-season and we will go on from there. To finish in our highest ever position at this level is something the girls should be proud of. We know now we can compete at this level."


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Q: Prove that a relation is ordering relation $\beta\subset A^2$ is reflexive and transitive relation.$\alpha$ is an equivalence relation defined on A by $x\alpha y \iff x\beta y$ and $y\beta x$. A factor set (no idea what the english term is for this) $A/_\alpha$ is defined such that it contains all the classes of set A. Prove that the relation $\le$ defined by
$x^\alpha \le y^\alpha \iff x\beta y$ is ordering on $A/_\alpha$.
Here is my solution so far. Obviously we need to prove that $\le$ is antisymmetric,reflexive and transitive.
Reflexive :
Since $\beta$ is reflexive if $x\in\beta$ then $x\beta x \implies x^\alpha\le x^\alpha$
Antisymmetry:
Here is where my problem occurs. We have no information whether $\beta$ is symmetric or not. Perhaps I don't even need it.
Transitivity:
Since $\beta$ is transitive then there exist $x,y,z\in A$ such that $x\beta y$ and $y\beta z \implies x\beta z$. By the definition of $\le$ from $x\beta y \implies x^\alpha \le y^\alpha $, $y\beta z \implies y^\alpha \le z^\alpha $ and , $x\beta z \implies x^\alpha \le z^\alpha$.
Are my proofs about reflexivity and transitivity enough. How would you approach proving antisymmetry?

A: To prove antisymmety, you must assume $X\le Y$ and $Y \le X$ and then find a way to conclude $X=Y$.
Let's set $X=x^\alpha$ and $Y=y^\alpha$. What we know is then that $x\mathrel{\beta}y$ and $y\mathrel{\beta} x$. But that means exactly that $x\mathrel{\alpha} y$.
Can you see that this implies that $x^\alpha=y^\alpha$?

A: What you need to prove is not asymmetry (i.e., the fact that a relation is not symmetric) but antisymmetry.
You need to prove that if $x^\alpha\leq y^\alpha$ and $y^\alpha\leq x^\alpha$, then $x^\alpha=y^\alpha$.
To do that:

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*Assume that $x^\alpha\leq y^\alpha$ and $y^\alpha\leq x^\alpha$

*Therefore, because $x^\alpha\leq y^\alpha$, we know that $x\beta y$.

*Also, because $y^\alpha\leq x^\alpha$, we know that $y\beta x$.

Can you conclude, from (2) and (3), that $x^\alpha=y^\alpha$?
(Remember $x^\alpha=y^\alpha$ if and only if $x\alpha y$, so you need to prove that).


Every year, the DQA Secretariat selects an additional group of assessors to bring fresh skills and experiences to the assessment process. Award assessors are normally senior and operational managers drawn from private companies and the public sector in the UAE. They will be invited to apply to become potential assessors, and if accepted will undertake training, which includes pre-course work and an intensive 3-day training course. Only if they successfully complete the training, will they qualify to act as Award assessors. Over the past 14 years, we have trained in excess of 1000 executives from leading organizations throughout the UAE to become assessors of the Award. The assessors play a pivotal role because, apart from the task of assessing applicant companies, they also serve as implementers of the Award model in their respective organizations.
If you think you have the qualifications, credentials and time to be part of this unique journey of learning and self development and wish to apply as an Assessor of the DQA, please complete the attached application form and forward it to us with copies of your main qualification certificates, preferably by email.
Have adequate experience in either quality management, information technology, finance, human resources or general management, in a managerial or supervisory capacity with not less than 8 years of work experience. A graduate (with a BSc degree as minimum).
Strong Command of the English Language in Reading, Writing and Spoken English, (as they have to read and understand a 35 - 75 page document to discuss with colleagues and conduct a site visit).
They are likely to contribute to the DQA over more than one cycle, (2-3 consecutive cycles as possible).
If their employer is not prepared to free them during November - February the following year, for training, consensus meetings and/or site visits; they will be prepared to sacrifice some of their personal annual holidays to cover for it. Approximately half a day for briefing in Sep, 3 days for training in Nov, 1 day pre site visit meeting in Dec, 2 days for consensus meetings in Jan and 1-2 days for site visits in Feb, the following year. All assessors will undergo a free 3-day intensive training. They will also receive due recognition at the end of their assessment process.
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Windy with sunshine. High 74F. Winds W at 20 to 30 mph..
Clear skies. Low 47F. WSW winds at 15 to 25 mph, decreasing to 5 to 10 mph.
River water floods the streets of Augusta in this May 27 photo. The state agencies coming together want to find short and long-term solutions to minimize potential floods in the future, according to release from Lewis & Clark County.
Lewis and Clark County, state agencies aim to prevent future flood damage
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HELENA – Multiple agencies across Lewis and Clark County are coming together in a work group to tackle potential flooding in the Augusta area.
The Lewis and Clark Conservation District and other groups plan on reaching out to landowners to find solutions for current and future flood damage.
The Conservation District said it wants to help people on stream projects in the short-term, but that they're also looking at long-term solutions.
The agencies involved want to minimize the impacts of floods as they work to figure out how people can live with the stream, according to a release from the County.
"We really want to make sure we are maximizing time, resources and expertise by coordinating with each other," said Chris Evans, the administrator for the Lewis and Clark Conservation District.
Other departments taking part in coordination efforts include the State Departments of Natural Resource and Conservation, Department of Transportation, Environmental Quality and Fish, Wildlife and Parks.
As the work group comes together, the Conservation District said it will look at their options for funding.
"All of these entities have things to bring to the table, and the goal of working together is the potential to get more bang for our buck and not duplicate efforts," said Evans.
One such option is a grant from the DNRC for studies on the flooding outlook and possible solutions for Elk Creek, and potentially Smith and Ford Creek.
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L'equació de Butler–Volmer és una de les fórmules fonamentals de la cinètica electroquímica. Descriu com el corrent elèctric a través d'un elèctrode depèn de la diferència de potencial entre l'elèctrode i el si de la solució per a una reacció redox senzilla i unimolecular, considerant que tant la reacció catòdica com l'anòdica tenen lloc en un mateix elèctrode. L'equació va ser formulada per John Alfred Valentine Butler i Max Volmer.

Definició de l'equació

Tenint en compte que la densitat de corrent té una component anòdica i catòdica,

l'equació de Butler–Volmer és:

o en una forma més compacta:

on:
 : densitat de corrent de l'elèctrode, A/m²
 : densitat de corrent de bescanvi, A/m²
 : potencial d'elèctrode, V
 : Potencial d'equilibri, V
 : Temperatura absoluta, K
 : Nombre d'electrons implicats en la reacció elèctròdica
 : Constant de Faraday
 : Constant de gas universal
 : coeficient de transferència de càrrega catòdic, adimensional
 : coeficient de transferència de càrrega anòdic, adimensional
 : sobrepotencial ().

Referències

Química física
Butler-Volmer


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We have finished the Greenhouse and are headed home.
This trip has been an amazing experience. I have learned so much from everyone on this trip. The guys that came on the trip, the families, and the people that run the Hacienda of Hope.
Thank you so much for your prayers throughout this entire journey.