This is it - the moment you thrill-seekers have been waiting for...Chippenham's 3rd Soap Box Derby is now open for entries!
Hosted by Chippenham's very own Super Mario, the mad dash will take place on Sunday 19th May from 12-4pm on the High Street, where hand-made, non-power assisted karts will manoeuvre the course past crowds of spectators and businesses complete with obstacles and ramps!
Entry is in advance only. There will be 2 classes: senior class drivers of 14 years+ and junior class of 8-13 years. Each hand-made kart will adhere to certain rules and regulations, comprising of a non-motorised vehicle, which will be launched with a running push start by the team and steered by the team's driver. Kart inspection is from 10am in the Market Place with races beginning promptly at 12noon.
Chippenham Soap Box Derby is the perfect occasion for the community to come together and a chance for residents, students, businesses, groups and visitors alike to channel their creativity to concoct the wackiest, wildest and most colourful homemade soapbox vehicles.
Ticket registration closes on Friday 3rd May at midnight.
1) Reserve a ticket on the Eventbrite page for everyone who will be driving. Each driver in a team needs a separate ticket, up to 3 drivers per team.
2) Email info@chippenhambid.co.uk, providing a contact telephone number in the email so we can talk to you about the event. We won't ever use your personal details for marketing or any other purpose without your explicit permission.
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Arsenal Prepare Shock Move for Chelsea Star - Report
Updated July 2, 2014 00:06 BST
Arsenal are preparing a shock move for Chelsea stopper Peter Cech in the summer, with the 30-year-old among the six names shortlisted to replace Wojciech Szczesny in the Gunners line-up. Arsene Wenger had dropped the 22-year-old to the bench in Arsenal's last two games against Bayern Munich and Swansea City, after a series of lacklustre performances and is looking for a new goalkeeper in the summer to provide competition to the Pole.
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The Daily Mail believes the highly rated Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who is currently on loan at Atletico Madrid, is set to make a return to the English shores next season as Chelsea's main man. This may allow Arsenal to entice the Czech Republic international to transfer to the other side of London for regular first team football.
However, given the rivalry between the two sides, the chance that Chelsea will be willing to sell their most consistent performer to Arsenal is considerably bleak. The Gunners have therefore prepared a list of six players, with the other five stoppers reportedly being Pepe Reina, Asmir Begovic, Victor Valdes, Rene Adler and Michel Vorm. Valdes is reportedly willing to make a move to north London with Wenger also looking to call up on Arsenal legend Thierry Henry to smoothen the transfer between the two sides.
Szczesny's future at the club as Arsenal's number two is now under question with the player reportedly contemplating an exit. Thomas Vermaelen is another player who had recently fallen out of favour with Wenger and is linked with a move to Barcelona, who have been a known admirer of the Belgian.
Jenkinson on Monreal
Arsenal right-back Carl Jenkinson has revealed that he is a huge fan Arsenal's latest first team entrant Nacho Monreal. The January deadline day transfer from Malaga scored his first goal for the Gunners against Swansea at the weekend to give Arsenal the lead, which was doubled by Gervinho in injury time.
"I'm a big fan [of Monreal] to be fair. It was really important he got our first goal. We needed that. Then it was about keeping it tight at the back and Gerv went and got the second one. It turned out fantastically in the end.It's a huge win. We were buzzing in the changing room because this is a hard place to come to and get a win. I'm delighted and so are the boys, and so we should be. We've come here and won 2-0," he said.
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Washington, DC, May 17, 2018—The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) today announced the appointment of Herman Pabbruwe and Elizabeth Waraksa as Distinguished Presidential Fellows, effective June 1, 2018.
Herman Pabbruwe served for 14 years as CEO of Koninklijke Brill N.V., a global academic publisher headquartered in Leiden, the Netherlands, before stepping down this week. He has been recognized for his innovation, thoughtful experimentation, and successful shepherding of a company that has thrived for more than three centuries. He recently completed a long tenure on CLIR's board of directors, serving with distinction as treasurer and subsequently chair.
The focus of his fellowship will be scholarly publishing in the humanities and social sciences in the twenty-first century. Framing his research will be the questions of what constitutes a publication in the contemporary academic environment, and the relationship between publishing format and scholarly methodology and research strategy. He will consider new models of scholarly publishing that might emerge in the next decade, and how they might challenge the organization of academic knowledge and the traditional measures of influence and reputation.
"CLIR has published in a variety of formats about scholarly communication for more than 60 years and is deeply invested in this topic and its evolution," said CLIR President Charles Henry. "The acuity Mr. Pabbruwe brings is uniquely suited to a rigorous, humanistic exploration of these fundamental issues."
Elizabeth Waraksa is program director for research and strategic initiatives at the Association of Research Libraries, where she works on projects in workforce development, scholarly communication, and innovation. Prior to joining ARL in 2015, she served as librarian for Middle Eastern Studies and lecturer in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures and the Study of Religion at UCLA. From 2007 to 2009, she was a CLIR postdoctoral fellow at the UCLA Library, where she worked on the open access UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology, among other projects. She has participated in archaeological excavations in Egypt, Italy, and Israel, and published on topics ranging from Egyptian female figurines to the benefits of collaboration.
Waraksa's fellowship will focus on global digital resources, particularly those highlighting the cultural heritage of the Near and Middle East, and the opportunities that these resources offer scholars, library and information studies professionals, local and heritage communities, and all who are curious to learn more about our shared human history. She will explore how global digital collections are being leveraged in research, teaching, and learning today, and the kinds of new questions we can ask of these increasingly large and complex digital collections. She will also consider how data creators and stewards such as librarians, archivists, curators, oral historians, community leaders, developers, and others can best exchange their knowledge and expertise.
"Dr. Waraksa's contributions to the Digital Library of the Middle East have been integral to that project's success thus far," said Charles Henry. "Her research as a Fellow represents an extensible, encompassing exploration of her interests that should prove essential to our understanding of the design and aspirations of a global digital library."
Fellows' terms will be two years.
The Council on Library and Information Resources is an independent, nonprofit organization that forges strategies to enhance research, teaching, and learning environments in collaboration with libraries, cultural institutions, and communities of higher learning.


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No love lost
Thrown Out Of The Palace: King Charles Takes A Drastic Step
The Nation Mourns The Death Of Queen Elizabeth II
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December 27, 2022 - 05:45 pm / Lucas Anderson
King Charles made one dramatic move this Christmas. Seems he actually threw out one of the disgraced members of the Royal Family: Prince Andrew.
King Charles is beginning to take charge as monarch
He had a family member removed from Buckingham Palace
The King appears to be distancing himself from Prince Andrew
Well then: King Charles III was in a cold mood this Christmas. As British newspaper The Sun reports, the royal threw his brother Prince Andrew out of the Palace.
The King is said to have removed the office of the disgraced royal from Buckingham Palace. What's more, the few remaining employees of the scandal royal are expected to be thrown out.
As King: Charles takes action on Prince Andrew
Prince Andrew is also banned from using the Palace's address on letterheads, according to a source in The Sun.
"Any presence at the Palace is officially over," the insider told the newspaper. "The King has made it clear. [Prince Andrew] isn't a working royal. He's on his own."
Whoopi Goldberg In Trouble Over Antisemitic Remarks
Through The Years Of Prince Charles and Princess Diana's Relationship
King Charles' Christmas Speech Broke Television Records
The background is Prince Andrew's connection to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and allegations of sexual abuse.
The late Queen's son stepped out of the public eye after the scandal.
See more in the video above.
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What does a statistician know about suicide and suicide prevention?
Said Shahtahmasebi, PhD.
The Good Life Research Centre Trust. Email: radisolevoo@gmail.com
Key words: suicide; suicide prevention; public health; grassroots; depoliticising
Received: 2/2/2018; modified:26/2/2018; accepted: 28/2/2018
[citation: Shahtahmasebi, Said. (2018). What does a statistician know about suicide and suicide prevention? Dynamics of Human Health (DHH), 5(1): https://journalofhealth.co.nz/?page_id=1512].
Recently, I was made aware of a review of alternative suicide research by a medical modellist. The review lacked academic rigour and was opinionated, and lacked good evidence – so it was not worth reading. However, what caught my attention was the claim made by the reviewer that statisticians and non-psychiatrically trained people are not qualified to engage in suicide research and suicide prevention. It is a claim that is very difficult to take seriously, and is a reflection of the top-down approach to suicide prevention (Shahtahmasebi, 2009). The politicisation of suicide and its prevention and how to depoliticise it is discussed elsewhere (Hjelmeland & Knisek, 2017; Shahtahmasebi, 2013). But, now feels the right time to explore what does anyone know about suicide, and who is qualified to engage in suicide prevention by addressing the following question:
'What does a statistician know about suicide?' is the belief of medical modellists who advocate psychiatry and mental illness as the only prevention strategy for suicide.
In this exploratory commentary a distinction is made between those who strongly advocate mental illness as the main cause of suicide and psychiatry in general. For example, a medical modellist asserted the above claim, while a psychiatrist made the following headline: "psychiatrist warns that 'nothing' is working in bid to address suicide rates" (Stuff.co.nz, 2017). Clearly, the psychiatrist was referring to the failings of the medical model which has dominated suicide prevention strategy for decades in New Zealand and elsewhere.
It may come as a surprise to medical modellists that it was 'statistics' (or lack of it) that attracted attention to the flaws in their claims.
Let me describe what a statistician would know about suicide and suicide prevention, and why everyone is qualified to talk about suicide and suicide prevention.
A statistician would know that:
A good knowledge of statistical concepts and substantive theory are essential to design studies for the collection, analysis and interpretation of suicide data (Shahtahmasebi & Berridge, 2009).
The suicide case is no longer available to provide information on their process of decision making of choosing death instead of life.
The public mindset has been shaped by decades of emphasis on mental illness as the reason for suicide (Shahtahmasebi, 2005).
For example, mental illness is assumed following a suicide incident by association. A good example is of a GP's comment at a coronial inquest about the suicide of a young high school student who was described as happy, successful both academically and in sport, popular, and had no sign of mental illness:
"I am desperately sad we had no insight into his mental health problem and so were not able to prevent this tragedy." (Shahtahmasebi, 2005).
That is to say, reverse causality is assumed when because the outcome is suicide it is believed that the case must have been mentally ill.
Therefore, surveys that base the suicide cases' mental status on families and friends' post suicide assessment will inevitably inflate the effects of mental illness through measurement error and undue emphasis on the expected outcome (Hjelmeland et al., 2012; Shahtahmasebi, 2005; Shahtahmasebi & Berridge, 2009).
A major study design flaw is to measure the mental health status of the deceased from a third party(s).
Worse still, has been the failure to account for such bias in statistical methodologies and interpretation of results leading to spurious results and mis-conclusions (Shahtahmasebi & Berridge, 2009).
Consequently,
The claim that 80-90% of suicide cases have a mental illness is an unsubstantiated opinion.
The claim that suicide is caused by mental illness is tenuous at best.
Suicide prevention policies based on mental illness as the cause of suicide will not work.
Let's assume that the selection bias and measurement error and the failure to allow substantive issues do not play a part, and let's assume further that the medical model is the only way to prevent suicide.
But, after decades of $100s of millions in funding mental health services in order to reduce suicide rates, a statistician knows that:
If by some miracle there is a link between mental illness and suicide then it will be reflected in the numbers.
Figure 1 below, shows the long-term trend in suicide rates in New Zealand – it can be seen from this data that there is a bath-tub pattern (a possible long cycle) occurring within which there are a number of smaller cycles.
Thus suicide rates appear to go down and up independent of any suicide prevention strategy.
Conflicting trends (see Figure 2, e.g. by age group, gender, and other groups of interest) suggests that there is a lagging effect between groups, e.g. the over 65's trend is ahead of that of the 45-64's age groups by an average of three years, and the younger age groups' suicide trend is almost one cycle ahead so when older people's suicide rates peaks the younger groups bottoms out.
If there was a link between mental illness and suicide then a period of sustained 'suicide prevention' investment in the mental health services would show a downward trend with some random noise rather than clear cyclic patterns.
Unashamedly, credit is claimed by the medical modellists when suicide falls compared to previous years, and thus suicide is declared as a complex issue with many social, economic and environmental risk factors when the rate rises!
In the meantime evidence is piling up that the long-term bath-tub is on its reverse cycle, i.e. if we do not act now we will be faced with a long period of sustained upward suicide rate for years to come.
Figure 1: long-term suicide trends in NZ
Figure 2: Long-term suicide trends by age group in NZ
Source: New Zealand Health Information Service
Let's assume that the data and trends (which are similar for most countries) are nonsense and that the data was not collected properly, then the medical modellists may have a case to claim that mental illness is the only way to prevent suicide.
However, after decades of additional investments in mental health services in order to reduce suicide rates, a statistician knows that:
Governments around the world including New Zealand invest $100s of millions in mental health services that are tagged for suicide prevention.
If by a miracle there is a link between mental illness and suicide then we should have had a substantial return on our investments in the number of lives saved and therefore a continuous drop in the suicide rate:
No such trends can be observed for New Zealand.
Between 1997-2005 the New Zealand Government's own reports showed that antidepressant prescriptions had doubled (Ministry of Health, 2007), and then doubled again between 2006-2012 (Antidepressant use in New Zealand doubles, 2012).
Surely, we should have noticed a drop in suicides by now:
Unfortunately, during the same period and beyond – suicide rates in New Zealand maintained an overall upward trend!
[suicide rose to a record high in 2014-15, and again in 2015-16, and again in 2016-17, and the solution each time was investing more millions in mental health (Shahtahmasebi, 2017)].
[A zero suicide rate was recorded following the earthquakes in Canterbury in 2011with a warning that it would rise again. While medical modellists and policy makers sat on their hands and waited for signs of mental illness to develop – suicide in Canterbury rose and now boasts the highest suicide rate in New Zealand (Shahtahmasebi, 2017)].
The NZ Suicide prevention strategy has gone unchecked by the taxpayer and is unevaluated by the funders.
Despite having an upward suicide trend that demands ever increasing resources the NZ suicide prevention strategy has been to look for signs of mental illness, depression and make referrals to mental health services.
Basic statistical thinking tells us that after decades of spending millions per year on mental health services to reduce suicide have not led to commensurate reductions in suicide.
A statistician knows that:
Waiting for symptoms to develop or for the first failed suicide attempt is NOT prevention.
If signs of mental illness are detected then an event has occurred – so it is time for intervention!
Mortality data indicates that between one-quarter and one-third of all suicides sought intervention but went on to complete suicide while receiving treatment or soon after discharge from hospital (Hamdi et al., 2008; Ministry of Health, 2016; Shahtahmasebi, 2003).
This approach ignores the majority of people who don't exhibit symptoms, or don't have them, or are good at hiding them
Between two-thirds and three-quarters of all suicide cases had no contact with medical services – This approach classes this group as mentally ill
Thus reinforcing the taboo status of both mental illness and suicide.
Let's assume that a statistician's knowledge is based on a personal opinion, on that basis the World Health Organisation must be wrong too as in 2014 they described as a myth the claim that all suicide is caused by mental illness (WHO, 2014).
What else do medical modellists claim as to why a statistician is not qualified to comment?
Ah, yes: risk factors of suicide. Medical modellists tell us to look for signs of mental illness including previous suicide attempt(s).
In the context of suicide prevention this is completely wrong. When a suicide attempt is made then the suicide strategy has failed, but alarmingly some people will succeed either at the first attempt or subsequent attempts. This means that previously failed attempts are the outcome of the suicide prevention strategy rather than a suicide risk factor.
It also means that the medical modellists not only failed to prevent suicide but failed multiple times for those cases who made multiple attempts.
Where is the wisdom in waiting for someone to attempt suicide and then use that outcome as a risk factor in order to prevent it?
We do know that medical modellists fail in over two-thirds of suicide cases as they succeed the first time.
Where is the wisdom in persisting on a path that has not produced desirable outcomes (Hjelmeland & Knisek, 2017).
What else would a statistician know about suicide prevention? Ah yes, in any other setting, be it private or public, the inability to produce desired results, given the massive year upon year investment, would have led to heads being rolled, a re-evaluation and change in staff, and a redirection. In any other setting the taxpayer would have demanded to know what has happened to the millions given to mental health services for suicide research and suicide prevention. Why have suicide rates not fallen?
It appears that politics and vested interests could explain, at least in part, the reasoning and logic behind our love affair with the medical model which does not prevent suicide (Hjelmeland & Knisek, 2017; Shahtahmasebi, 2013).
However, one thing that medical modellists including the government would not know is that how effective, inexpensive and sustainable grassroots suicide prevention, developed by a statistician, can be (Shahtahmasebi, 2013).
My message to the medical modellists is this: 2015 and 2016 and 2017, and if their memory stretches further than a year ago the 'Canterbury earthquake experience'. If these do not make sense to medical modellists then they should either study statistics, or brush up on their psychiatric knowledge and substantive theory, or all of the above (Shahtahmasebi & Berridge, 2009). In other words, they should not be in the 'business' of suicide prevention.
I guess the table has turned and the question on the grassroots' lips is can medical modellists tell us anything new about suicide and suicide prevention?
At the end of the day, it doesn't matter how right or wrong a policy is it won't work if it doesn't have the backing of the people at grassroots; medical model does not.
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Hamdi, E., Price, S., Qassem, T., Amin, Y., & Jones, D. (2008). Suicides not in contact with mental health services: Risk indicators and determinants of referral. J Ment Health, 17(4), 398-409.
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Hjelmeland, H., & Knisek, B. L. (2017). Suicide and mental disorders: A discourse of politics, power, and vested interests. Death Studies, 41, DOI: 10.1080/07481187.07482017.01332905.
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Dénes Géza (Orosháza, 1925. október 28. – Budapest, 2009. október 31.) magyar biokémikus, enzimológus, molekuláris biológus, a biológiai tudományok doktora, a Magyar Tudományos Akadémia rendes tagja. Főbb kutatásai az anyagcsere-szabályozás molekuláris és sejtszintű biokémiai folyamatainak megértésére irányultak, jelentős eredményeket ért el az enzimszintézis szabályozómechanizmusának feltárásában.

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Középiskoláit az aszódi Petőfi Sándor Gimnáziumban végezte el. 1945-ben beiratkozott a Szegedi Tudományegyetem orvosi karára, ezzel párhuzamosan 1949-ig az egyetemi mikrobiológiai intézet gyakornoka volt. Szegedi tanulmányait nem fejezte be, amikor 1949-ben a fővárosba ment, hogy Straub F. Brunó meghívására a Budapesti Orvostudományi Egyetemen (BOTE) akkor alakult Orvosi Vegytani Intézetben gyakornokoskodjon. Ezzel párhuzamosan a BOTE-n folytatta Szegeden megkezdett orvosi tanulmányait, s végül 1954-ben szerezte meg általános orvosi oklevelét. Ettől az évtől már tanársegédként végezte a kutató- és oktatómunkát, 1957-től adjunktusi, 1964-től 1970-ig docensi címmel dolgozott a budapesti orvosegyetem – 1969 utáni nevén Semmelweis Orvostudományi Egyetem – Orvosi Vegytani Intézetében. Időközben 1961–1962-ben a Harvard Egyetem, 1969–1970-ben a Montanai Állami Egyetem (MSU) vendégprofesszora volt. 1970-ben orvosegyetemi katedrájától megvált, s átkerült az MTA Szegedi Biológiai Központ, közreműködésével létrejött budapesti Biokémiai Intézetébe, ahol a farmako-biokémiai és mikrobiológiai fiziológiai osztály vezetését bízták rá, egyúttal az intézet igazgatóhelyettesi feladatait is ellátta. 1979-ben az általa irányított osztály az MTA Központi Kémiai Kutatóintézet – 1998 után MTA Kémiai Kutatóközpont – szervezeti egysége lett, Dénes is itt folytatta osztályvezetői munkáját. Nyugdíjazását követően tudományos tanácsadói státusban támogatta az intézetben folyó kutatómunkát.

Munkássága
Pályája elején főleg sejtélettani kérdésekkel, mikroorganizmusok és eukarióták sejtműködésének molekuláris mechanizmusával foglalkozott. Ezek a vizsgálatok vezettek el a munkásságának meghatározó vonulatát alkotó, az enzimszintézis folyamatára, az enzimaktivitás (motilitás) és a sejtszintű anyagcsere szabályozómechanizmusaira irányuló kutatásokhoz. Különösen jelentős eredményeket ért el a bakteriális eredetű, illetve az alloszterikus enzimek aktivitásszabályozó mechanizmusának felderítése során. Behatóan vizsgálta a kólibaktérium szénhidrát-anyagcseréjéért felelős enzimek szabályozását, s megfigyelte az enzimszintézisben szerepet játszó glükóz indukciógátló hatását (katabolit represszió), illetve összefüggésbe hozta a sejtszaporodással. Vizsgálta mikroorganizmusok pirimidin-anyagcseréjét, valamint az aminosav-bioszintézisükben részt vevő enzimek genetikai, illetve sejtélettani szabályozómechanizmusait.

Szervezeti tagságai és elismerései
1973-ban a Magyar Tudományos Akadémia levelező, 1995-ben rendes tagjává választották. 1986-tól 1990-ig a Magyar Biokémiai Egyesület elnöke volt.

Az enzimszintézisre, valamint az enzimaktivitás szabályozására vonatkozó kutatásaiért 1967-ben megkapta az Akadémiai Díj első fokozatát.

Főbb művei

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Magyar biokémikusok
Magyar mikrobiológusok
MTA-tagok
Akadémiai díjasok
Orosháziak
1925-ben született személyek
2009-ben elhunyt személyek

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Election to the 7th Russian State Duma were held on 18 September 2016. 450 members were elected, 225 of them by party lists and 225 in Single-member constituencies.

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France are determined not to make the same mistakes they did two years ago in losing the Euro 2016 final when they take on Croatia for the biggest prize in football, midfielder Paul Pogba said on Thursday.
France face the Croats in the World Cup final at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium on Sunday, but they are rejecting the favourites tag which cost them dearly two years ago, he said.
The French beat Germany in the Euro 2016 semi-final setting up an encounter in Paris against then-underdogs Portugal, who stunned them 1-0 in extra time to win the continental title.
For us, we are not the favourites. We stay as we are from the start of the tournament. We have no doubts, we play together, that's our strength. We are chasing something and will do everything to succeed.
"We are conscious of the situation, we do not want to make the same mistakes like two years ago. We want to work for it, to give everything we have to take this Cup home," Pogba told reporters.
"I think at the Euro we thought it was already a done deal, the mentality was not the same as now. I cannot lie that when we beat Germany we thought that was the final. I know the taste of losing a final. I don't want it to happen again.
France have been improving throughout the tournament and have beat Argentina, Uruguay and Belgium in the knockout rounds without needing extra time or penalties.
Croatia needed spot kicks to advance against Denmark in the last 16 and against Russia in the quarter-finals. They then came from a goal down against England on Wednesday to win 2-1 in extra time.
That is not a sign of a struggling team, according to Pogba, but one that has a lot of talent.
"The Croats had a very difficult match and they were behind. But they are mentally very strong. There are two teams in the final, a Cup and there are 90 minutes more.
France, world champions in 1998 after beating Croatia in the semis, are in their third World Cup final. It is unknown territory for Croatia however.
Pogba said while Croatia midfielder Luka Modric was their driving force the French plan would not be limited to stopping the Real Madrid playmaker.
"The Croats are not just Modric. They have (Mario) Mandzukic, (Ivan) Rakitic and (Ivan) Perisic," Pogba said.


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A landing page is one of the most powerful tools available to the modern marketer. But why, if landing pages are so powerful, do so few know the difference between a homepage and a landing page. Jamarie Milkovic, Instapage's Marketing Evangelist, defines what a landing page is, and what it is not. Watch now and get the clarity you've been looking for.
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1. These conditions shall apply to all lots sold by BCA Ltd (hereinafter called "the Auctioneers") as selling agents for the Secretary of State for Transport (hereinafter called "the Vendor") and shall be binding for every Purchaser and the Vendor.
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6. The Auctioneers cannot accept responsibility for the late arrival and/or non-arrival of the auction catalogue.
7. For security reasons the auction will be recorded on video and audio.
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9. DVLA and the Auctioneers reserve the right to use any details regarding the auction for promotional purposes without revealing the identity of the Purchaser.
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15. No bids will be accepted unless the bidder has first completed and delivered to the Auctioneer a DVLA Auction Registration Form prior to the Auction deadline.
16. The Auctioneer will not start the bidding below the published reserve or minimum bid price.
17. Any dispute as to any bid shall be settled by the Auctioneers in theirabsolute discretion.
18. Every bidder shall be deemed to act as Purchaser unless he confirms that he is acting as agent and provides the name and address of his Purchaser to the Auctioneers in accordance with condition opposite. The Auctioneer reserves the right to determine the amount of advance of each bid. Registration numbers that do not attract a bid will be declared as unsold by the Auctioneer.
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20. Immediately on the sale of a lot a legally binding contract shall be deemed to have been formed between the Purchaser and the Vendor. The Purchaser shall show his Bidder Number card to the Auctioneer.
21. The Auctioneers shall not be held responsible for any loss of communication or connection between a Bidders' internet system or mobile phone or ordinary telephone landline and that of the Auctioneers, however caused.
22. The Auctioneer shall have the discretion to refuse to allow any applicant who wishes to bid via the internet the opportunity of bidding if the Auctioneer is not satisfied that the prospective Purchaser has sufficiently robust or adequate internet software/hardware. The Auctioneer's decision on such a matter shall be final.
23. The Auctioneers do not accept any responsibility for the mis-use of your Bidder's Number or details.
24. Whilst in the case of telephone bids the Auctioneers will use their best endeavours to ring bidders at the appropriate time, the Auctioneers will not be held responsible for any failure for whatsoever reason to make a telephone connection with the Bidder.
25. The Auctioneer has the absolute discretion to refuse admission to the auction.
26. The Auctioneer suggests bidders attend the auction but will seek to carry out bids received in writing for bidders unable to attend the auction in person which in the opinion of the Auctioneer are received in time for the sale of the lot and are clear and unambiguous. The Auctioneer shall endeavour to ensure that if identical written bids are received that priority shall be given to the bid received first. However, if there is a bid in the auction room of the same value, this will take priority.
27. Telephone and internet bidding may be offered as an additional service. Bids made by telephone or internet are solely at the bidders risk and the service is provided subject to the Auctioneers' other commitments at the time of the auction and therefore the Auctioneer cannot accept any liability if bids received by telephone or internet are not placed. The Auctioneer reserves the right to record telephone bids.
28. Any bid made by an absentee bidder can only be withdrawn if in the opinion of the Auctioneer significant written notice is received prior to the sale of the lot. The Auctioneer cannot accept any liability for failure to withdraw such bids.
29. The Auctioneer has the complete discretion as to the manner in which the auction is conducted and the order in which lots are offered for sale not withstanding any numbers given to lots within the catalogue.
30. The Auctioneer has the sole discretion and the right to refuse any bid, and/or to withdraw a lot from the auction and if a dispute arises to re-auction a lot.
31. On the sale of any Lot the contract shall be deemed to have been made between the Vendor and the Purchaser and neither the Vendor nor the Purchaser nor (where relevant) his nominee (nor any other party) shall have any legal right of action against the Auctioneers in respect of any cause or matter arisen out of the sale.
33. Both the agent and Purchaser are equally and severally responsible for payment.
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35. VAT at the current rate is payable on the Bid Price of every Lot.
36. The Purchaser shall pay to the Auctioneers on making payment for the Lot, a premium of 8% of the final bid price (minimum £40), plus VAT on the hammer price and buyer's premium together with the £80 assignment fee.
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* A payment by credit card will not confer upon the Purchaser or nominated person an entitlement to the Relevant Right until cleared funds have been received by the Auctioneer from the credit card provider and will not until such time be deemed to constitute Payment within the meaning of these conditions.
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* If a Purchaser buys more than one Lot he must have paid for them in full before Certificates will be issued in respect of any of them.
* When payment in full for all the Lots purchased has been received the Purchaser or some other person nominated by him in accordance with paragraph of the Schedule shall be entitled to acquire the Relevant Right. The registered mark described in the Lot may then be assigned to an Appropriate Vehicle registered in the Purchaser's name or that of the nominated person whose name has been provided to the Auctioneers by the Purchaser on the day of the sale.
* On the sale of a Lot a contract is formed with the Secretary of State for Transport and included in that a contract is deemed to have been formed between the Purchaser and the Auctioneer. In the event of late payment, the Auctioneer reserves the right to recover the amount owing to him and/or deal with the matter in any way they see fit. The Auctioneers retain the right to add a special service charge in the event of late payment.
a. To resell the lot by auction or any other means and reclaim any loss on the resale from any monies already paid by the Purchaser.
b. To charge interest on the purchase price at 5% per annum above the base lending rate of Lloyds TSB Bank plc from time to time to be calculated on a daily rate from the date which the purchase price becomes payable to the date of actual payment.
c. To deduct from any part payments or deposits already paid, the interest payable, buyers premium and any service charges due.
d. To sell any other property in the Auctioneers possession or control for any purpose (including without limitation of the lot sold to you) and to apply any monies due to you as a result such as sale in payment or part payment of the purchase price and/or towards satisfaction of any amounts owed to the Auctioneer pursuant to these conditions of sale.
e. Reject a bid from you at any future sale or require you to pay an amount on account by way of deposit before any bid will be accepted from you at a future sale.
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The pilgrims from the Ardagh and Clonmacnois diocese headed for Lourdes for their 50th annual pilgrimage at the weekend.
Pilgrimages to the Marian shrine in Lourdes, France started in 1859 following the apparition of the Immaculate Conception to Bernadette Soubirous and has since become a major place of Roman Catholic Pilgrimage with approximately 5 million pilgrims annually.
Many pilgrims go to Lourdes to get a break from busy lives in search for inner peace. Others experiencing health challenges go there seeking miraculous healings, with some requiring helpers or ongoing medical or nursing support on a 24 hour basis.
The Ardagh & Clonmacnoise Pilgrimage was led by Bishop Francis Duffy, spiritual director Rev. Mons Bernard Noonan and Rev Fr. Michael Scanlon, Chaplain to Assisted Pilgrims & Co- ordinator of Pilgrimage Staff.
Doctors from the various Parishes.
Over 100 other pilgrims went to Lourdes and stayed in local hotels while they attended the various ceremonies of the 5 day trip.
Over the last 50 Pilgrimages people from every Parish in the Diocese enjoyed this trip and were enriched by the shared experience. To celebrate the significant occasion there will be a special Mass and Reception in St Mel's Cathedral, Longford on Sunday June 10 th at 3pm. All former Pilgrims and Staff are invited to attend and join in this special occasion.


Home Technology Apps Is it Possible to Spy on Someone's WhatsApp?
Is it Possible to Spy on Someone's WhatsApp?
If people are wondering whether they can spy on WhatsApp of their beloved ne or anyone, then this article will give them the answer. WhatsApp is a messenger app of a cross-platform that allows users to be able to send messages to others for free. It has become important part in many people's lives where people can use it every day in every second. Nowadays, senior citizens, adults, and even kids use this messenger app to communicate with their family and friends. WhatsApp also encrypted someone's message since it can't be seen by other third party. This can be one of the factors why people start thinking about spying someone's WhatsApp messages. It is one of the most searched things on many search engines. In this article, people can find solution to that question.
There are three parts divided in this article. The first part is how to spy someone's messages on WhatsApp without her or him knowing. The second part is about how to spy someone's messages on WhatsApp by phone number. And the third part is how to spy someone on WhatsApp from Android/iPhone or PC. Let's check it out!
There is a way to spy on someone's messages on WhatsApp without her or him knowing. The only thing that people needs is the right and perfect apps and tools to accomplish this task. By using FoneMonitor, people can spy someone not only on WhatsApp, but also other social networks like Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, and others. It is the one of the best spy apps to find out someone's activities on their iOS and Android devices including the most familiar brands on iPhone or Android.
FoneMonitor has a feature that is called as Keylogger which can let people see the keystrokes typed by someone on his or her device. By using it, people can not only know the password someone uses on many kinds of social networks, but also use it to hack them. FoneMonitor isn't visible and can work it stealth mode to the target, so people can be certain that it can't be caught by that person. This app is the answer to everyone's question how to spy someone on WhatsApp chat without giving notification to the target. Besides that, this app will give you list of text messages, call logs, photos, videos, and websites visited stored on that person's device.
· The first step is to sign up on FoneMonitor by entering its official website. After that, click on a button of "Try it now" and you will be directed to a page where you can sign up. On that page, you have to enter an email address as well as password.
· The second step is to enter the personal information of the target including his or her name and age and choose the OS installed on his or her device. There are two available options which are iOS and Android.
· The third step is to setup the devices on the device belongs to the target.
· The last step is to wait for the app to sync the data using your account and then go to the FoneMonitor's control panel. In Android, click on "Social Apps" and choose "WhatsApp". For iPhone, chose "WhatsApp" in the control panel to check the target's WhatsApp chats.
For more detail step for each Android and iOS, you can go to FoneMonitor official website.
It is possible to spy on someone people target on WhatsApp just by using his or her phone number. It is because phone number is a big security threat as people can find out someone's private chats and information. Even though it is possible to access the target's account of WhatsApp with his or her phone number, people will need access to his or her device in order to receive the OTP sent on it. But then it will remove the app of WhatsApp on the target's device and he or she will realize that his or her WhatsApp is hacked.
Do you want to spy on someone's WhatsApp chat from Android/iPhone or PC remotely? Well, by using FoneMonitor people can certainly do that. This WhatsApp spying tool has the best feature which is remote monitoring. For iPhone users, they don't have to jailbreak their device and just use their iCloud ID and password to monitor someone's WhatsApp chat. For Android users, they need to install the app on someone's device they targeted. The app will not be visible for the target. It will work in the background and will be forever hidden both in the running apps or icon tray. The target only way to find out that installed app is by finding it the application manager. But people can avoid that by using tools of app lock.


While German and UK tax officials still toy with utterly useless and even counterproductive agreements with the Swiss government (see here, here and here), the Washington Post reports that indictments have been issued against three bankers (all Swiss residents) alleged to have been involved in conspiring with US citizens to hide assets offshore.
These indictments contrast starkly with the lily-livered way in which European governments have failed to tackle the criminality of social elites, which in turn contrasts with their aggressive stance on benefit fraudsters at the other end of the social spectrum. We applaud the clear message of these indictments: bankers engaged in encouraging and facilitating tax evasion are engaged in criminal activity, and should be treated accordingly.
NEW YORK – Three Swiss bankers Michael Berlinka, Urs Frei and Roger Keller were indicted today for conspiring with U.S. taxpayers and others to hide more than $1.2 billion in assets from the IRS, announced Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Charles R. Pine, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI). These assets were hidden in undeclared accounts of U.S. taxpayers at the Swiss bank (Swiss Bank A) where Berlinka, Frei and Keller worked as client advisers. The case has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff.
Berlinka, Frei and Keller worked as client advisers at the Zurich branch of Swiss Bank A, which provides private banking, asset management and other services to clients around the world. Berlinka, Frei and Keller began working at the bank in 2008, 2006 and 2007 respectively.
During their time at Swiss Bank A, Berlinka, Frei and Keller allegedly conspired with various U.S. taxpayers and others to hide from the IRS both the existence of certain Swiss bank accounts, as well as the income they generated. In particular, Berlinka, Frei and Keller opened and serviced dozens of undeclared accounts for U.S. taxpayers in 2008 and 2009, in an effort to capture business lost by UBS AG and another large international Swiss bank (Swiss Bank B) in the wake of widespread news reports that the IRS was investigating UBS for helping U.S. taxpayers evade taxes and hide assets in Swiss bank accounts. After the reports, both UBS and Swiss Bank B stopped servicing undeclared accounts for U.S. taxpayers.
· They sometimes communicated with U.S. taxpayer-clients using their personal email accounts to reduce the risk of detection by law enforcement.
U.S. taxpayers are required to report the existence of any foreign bank account on their federal income tax returns if it holds more than $10,000 at any time during a given year, as well as any income it earns. By 2010, the collective maximum value of the assets in undeclared accounts beneficially owned by U.S. taxpayer-clients of Berlinka, Frei, Keller and other client advisers at Swiss Bank A was more than $1.2 billion, with many accounts holding in excess of $10,000 in any one year.
Berlinka, Frei and Keller, 41, 51 and 47 respectively, reside in Switzerland. The defendants each face a maximum term of five years in prison, a maximum term of three years of supervised release, and a fine of the greatest of $250,000, or twice the gross gain derived from the offense or twice the gross loss to the victims.
U.S. Attorney Bharara praised the outstanding efforts of IRS-CI in the investigation, which he noted is ongoing. He also thanked U.S. Department of Justice's Tax Division for their significant assistance in the investigation.
This case is being handled by the Office of U.S. Attorney's Complex Frauds Unit. Assistant U.S. Attorneys David B. Massey, Daniel W. Levy and Jason H. Cowley are in charge of the prosecution.


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Wieża, zwana czasem Wieżą Boga lub Piorunem - karta tarota należąca do Arkanów Wielkich. Oznaczana numerem XVI.

Wygląd
Karta przedstawia wysoką ceglaną wieżę, trafioną piorunem bądź językiem ognia z nieba. Na wizerunku widać przewracającą się górną część wieży, czasem jest widoczny pożar wewnątrz konstrukcji. Najczęściej widać także spadające z wieży postacie ludzkie.

Znaczenie
Jest to jedna z najbardziej złowróżbnych kart tarota, o znaczeniu podobnym, jak stereotypowa interpretacja karty Śmierć. Oznacza niespodziewane całkowite zniszczenie, utratę własności, problemy uczuciowe, także poważną chorobę. Symbolizuje także rozpacz po utracie czegoś wartościowego.

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Swiss village votes for free money. Now it just needs the cash.
By Catherine Bosley
September 11, 2018 — 5.59am
Washington: It's hard to say 'no' to something for nothing.
A village in Switzerland has decided to go ahead with an experiment on basic income, with a payout of 2500 francs ($3600) per month. The next step is to raise money to finance the plan via crowdfunding.
Rheinau, Switzerland. Credit:Wikicommons/Roland Zh
More than 50 per cent of the inhabitants of Rheinau, close to the German border, signed up for the project, according to the organisers website. At least half the 1300 inhabitants needed to say 'yes,' and the count stood at 692 on Monday. The submitted ballots still have to be checked against government data to ensure eligibility.
The decision comes two years after a proposal for a nationwide unconditional state stipend failed to pass in a national vote.
Rheinau, on the banks of the river Rhine an hour by train from the banking hub of Zurich, was selected by filmmaker Rebecca Panian for the basic income trial. She says she became fascinated by the notion during the national debate before up the 2016 vote, decided to select a village as a guinea pig, and make a documentary.
Earnings and social benefits would count against the payment, which will have to be raised from private sources rather than the government.
Given the cost of living in Switzerland, the sum of 2500 francs isn't very large. An entry-level grocery store cashier in the city of Basel working 42 hours per week is entitled to about 3500 francs a month.
While the idea of paying people money -- no strings attached -- has been around for more than a century, it has gained some traction in recent years due to concerns in major economies about rising inequality and jobs losses due to automation.
Finland introduced a pilot project to examine the benefits of a universal basic income, while it's also on the agenda of Italy's populist government.


In this Episode Number 76 we take a look at the Deadly Cassowary and extra content, Podcasting. We hear about this week's five Curated Content News Stories. In that content we list five News Stories from the Animal World and give you links to go directly to that content either here in this Podcast Description or by visiting our new blog at https://www.VTZLife.com.


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Pruitt, Carson trapped by the trappings of power
Published June 15,2018
It's not an iron law that power corrupts. But it's often a good way to bet.
The interesting question is: Why does power corrupt so many people? The way I see it, power -- money, fame, celebrity, authority or some mix of them all -- lowers the cost of indulging human nature.
This is one of the central reasons elites wreak such havoc by preaching "If it feels good, do it" libertinism. Rich people can afford their vices and indulgences in ways poor people cannot. An out-of-wedlock baby is just another cost center for a libidinous billionaire. Recreational drug use can certainly lead to ruinous addiction for a movie star, but the path to ruin for a supermarket cashier is much shorter.
But human nature is about more than carnal desires and other personal indulgences. Humans also desire status. And the more status some people have, the more status they crave, along with the trappings that go with it.
The televangelist Jesse Duplantis recently asked his congregation to donate some $54 million so he could get a Dassault Falcon 7X private jet. The three private jets currently owned by his ministry don't have the range he desires.
Status isn't just about luxurious toys. It's also about the sometimes subtle, sometimes not so subtle art of bending people to your will and making them acknowledge your authority. That's why some celebrities order the staff not to look them in the eye. It's why Sean Penn thought nothing of making an assistant swim through the filthy and dangerous chop of the East River to fetch him a cigarette.
A friend of mine worked for a famous TV personality years ago. Let's call him JM. This personality liked to bark demands for hot chocolate into the office intercom ("JM need cocoa!"), but he deliberately refused to name the person he wanted to bring it to him because he enjoyed how his employees panicked about who would be the first to volunteer to fulfill the menial task. Just because he could.
This sort of thing is grotesque and unseemly in all walks of life, but it is particularly egregious from government officials. A rich person in the private sector can be an officious, overbearing ass and all he or she risks is his or her own money and own reputation. But a government official who abuses his or her authority in order to indulge his or her vanity and desire for status is a very different thing.
The Trump White House has a lot of very rich people in it. For instance, Betsy DeVos, the secretary of education, flies on her own private jet -- and that's fine. She's actually saving taxpayers money. Moreover, DeVos is secure in her status and doesn't need a government job to bolster it.
But DeVos and other wealthy members of the administration seem to be arousing envy in their colleagues, most infamously Scott Pruitt, head of the Environmental Protection Agency. Pruitt has done some good work on reducing regulations and fulfilling other conservative goals. He's also taken credit for some good work done by others and for work that hasn't been done at all, as Matt Lewis of the Daily Beast has noted.
But Pruitt has also behaved like a jackass, abusing his authority in petty and silly ways, as if to prove that he's a really big deal. He's sent his grandiosely praetorian security detail to fetch him some special hand lotion and allegedly used his aides to get him a discount on a used (!) mattress. He tried to finagle a job or two for his wife. And that's just the news of the last couple of weeks.
Like Pruitt, Ben Carson, the Housing and Urban Development secretary, has long talked a great game about the perils of big government, but that hasn't stopped him from treating his Cabinet appointment as a kind of ducal fiefdom, rewarding his family with business opportunities but also blaming his wife when he got caught exceeding the budget for interior decorating.
There are perks to working in government. But, as with the pardon power, those perks are inherent to the job, not to the person holding it. Under President Obama, it was a staple of conservative rhetoric to note that America isn't a monarchy. They still say it, they just don't act like it.


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Now that I've started kegging and transferring my hoppy beers in a closed system under Co2, my hoppy beers have improved by leaps and bounds, both in terms of quality and longer term stability. So, now that I've gotten that hurdle behind me, what's next? Dialing in the details! Right now the biggest detail for me is finding a house yeast to use with my ales. Most professional breweries have a go to yeast that helps define their flavor profiles for their ales. Anything from Sierra Nevada has a somewhat familiar flavor due to the Chico yeast strain that they use. Same with Stone, Lagunitas, and so on, all have a house yeast that helps define them. I'd like to dial in the White Pointer flavor profile, and maybe start harvesting and reusing yeast, which is something I've never done.
I've used a bunch of different yeasts over the past few years and some have been great, some not so much. The Chico strain and other American yeasts I've used are fine, but I like to have some subtle esters, so those are out. For English yeast, I loved the convenience of Safale S-04, but there was a hint of tartness that I just wasn't fond of. I really liked WLP 007 Dry English Ale and it was almost my first choice until I used Conan. The 007 is clean, attenuates well, clears on the beers that I care about clarity enough to use gelatin on, and has just a hint of ester aroma and flavor. 007 was great with my hoppy beers, but Conan edged it out.
I use the DIPA yeast from Omega which is the Conan strain found in The Alchemist Heady Topper. This stuff is steroids for hops and lends an awesome peachy/apricot/pineapple note to the beer. Despite what others have said about the strain, I haven't had any attenuation issues with Omega's version of it, usually getting around 80%. I also really enjoy the smooth palate that this yeast helps create, but it remains drinkable. My only complaint with this strain, and I haven't used it on a maltier style yet so maybe I'm wrong, is it seems a bit one dimensional. The several beers I've used it on all have a Heady Topper-esque flavor to them. Now take that criticism with a grain of salt since most of my hoppy beers tend to be lighter colored "Northeast Style" beers anyway. As much as I like Conan's flavor profile, I'm concerned using it as a house yeast may be a bit one note. The other issue is Conan's low flocculation, though this is a much smaller concern for me. I actually like my hoppy beers to be hazy. The more fruit juice looking my APA's, IPA's, and DIPA's are, the better in my opinion. I don't brew hoppy styles exclusively though, and there are certain styles that I'm not sure I'd use Conan on. I'd be interested to see how Conan works in an American Amber or Imperial Red for example, two styles that I feel look better clear. That being said, Conan is my favorite yeast that I've used so far and is my leading candidate for being my house yeast for 90% of my beers.
This brings me to my other option, and I just used it for the first time: Wyeast 1318 London Ale III. I used it on my most recent version of my Serrated Summer Ale (Brew Day post coming soon!). This beer is in primary, so I have no personal experience with it, I can only go from what I've heard until I keg my summer ale and get drinking. Rumor has it that London Ale III is the strain that Hill Farmstead uses. Anyone who's had their beer knows why I'd want to emulate them. Their hoppy beers are usually light colored, cloudy, have great hop flavor and aroma, and are smooooooooooth. I'm talking smooth like drinking a glass of OJ. The mouthfeel is so soft, it just makes these beers incredible. Now of course it isn't just the yeast that does this, its water and brewing technique as well, but the yeast is an important contributing factor. People who have used this yeast report that it accentuates hop flavors well, is clean with subtle esters when fermented at lower temperatures, and has mid range attenuation leaving a creamy body. That all sounds exactly like what I'm looking for. I've heard that, as with Conan, clarity can be an issue, but the vast majority of the time I don't care about that.
I'll be updating this post with my thoughts on London Ale III and how I feel it stacks up against Conan once I'm able to drink my summer beer enough to form an opinion on it. I'm considering brewing a small batch of IPA and split it between the two yeasts to do a proper side by side comparison, but I'll make that call after seeing if my summer ale is enough to make that judgement.
Update 06/25/15: I've had a decent amount of my beer, Serrated Summer Ale, that used the 1318 London Ale III. I have to say, I'm a big fan of it. All of the things that I read about it are pretty true. The yeast left what I can best describe as a "roundness" in the body and flavors. The yeast, combined with my malt bill and water treatment, left a nice silky mouthfeel. It attenuated at 77% so that's pretty good for a beer that I mashed at 154 degrees. The hop flavors and aromas of the beer popped nicely. The beer left some residual sweetness, but it was pleasant, not at all cloying. The ester profile was subtle, with some slight fruitiness that blended well with the hops I used. I fermented the beer in the mid 60's, so the yeast stayed pretty clean. I wouldn't be afraid to let it ferment warmer in the upper 60s. All in all I'm very pleased with it. I can't say for sure that this is the yeast used in beers from Hill Farmstead or Tired Hands like the rumors suggest, but its at least a VERY similar strain.
The question is, how does it stack up against Conan, and which would I use as a house yeast? Well, more research is needed for me to commit entirely to one or the other just yet. In reality, I think I'll need to brew a split batch of APA or IPA and do a side by side with these yeasts.
Both Conan and 1318 complimented the hops well in the beers I've used them in. So you can't go wrong with either of these in a hoppy style. I routinely get around 80% or more with the Omega DIPA Ale version of Conan and I got 77% with the 1318. If brewing a bigger beer, I'd want to maybe use some simple sugar to help the 1318 out.
Conan is definitely the more expressive yeast, throwing off some peach and apricot flavors and aromas. It'll be be hard for me to go away from this yeast on my IPA's due to the fruity esters that play with the hops so well. The 1318 is more subtle for sure, fruity, but not like the Conan. I think you could probably get a more diverse array of flavors with this yeast though since everything with Conan will have that/peach apricot profile to some degree.
Both yeasts provide a soft mouthfeel, with the 1318 just edging Conan out here. The beers that I've used Conan on seem to have a bit more "pop" to them though. Both yeasts leave a pleasant sweetness to the beers I've used them in as well.
Both of these yeasts are winners in my book and I'd feel confident using them both in an wide range of beers. I'm not sure I've settled on one or the other being a "house yeast" for me, if I even decide to go that route. I need to use 1318 a few more times, and I really need to do a side by side. I hope this write up helps anyone deciding to use either of these yeasts, you certainly won't be disappointed in either!
UPDATE! I decided the only way to truly decide between these yeasts was do do a side by side test. Read about my experiment HERE!
I've noticed that the Part 2 Side by Side tasting gets fewer clicks, so in the interest of streamlining info, here's Part 2 if you don't feel like clicking the link above!
In my never ending quest to dial in my recipes, I've been trying to decide on a house yeast for most of my ales. I've used both Conan and London Ale III and really liked what both have to offer, but which yeast better fits my needs? If you read my Part 1, you'll see my thoughts on both of these yeasts. Well, The only way to determine which yeast I like better for sure is to do a side by side comparison! I took a pale ale recipe that I haven't brewed yet, but had been meaning to. I did a 3.5 gallon batch.
My water profile was typical of my pale ales, heavier on the chloride with a smaller gypsum addition.
After the boil and hopstand were complete, I split the batch between two carboys. I pitched London Ale III in one, Conan in the other. Both batches of beer are fermenting at around 66 degrees. I'll bottle the two batches at about the two week mark, give it a week to carb, and then toss some in the fridge to test.
I'll post back here with an update as soon as this experiment is over!
Update 08/08/15: I bottled both batches yesterday. I was surprised that both batches finished at 1.006, I had expected the Conan batch to finish just a bit dryer. Both samples already smelled and tasted great, It's going to be hard to decide which I like better. I plan on waiting a week to carb and then putting the bottles in the fridge for a day. I'll then do the side by side!
Update 08/13/15 Tasting: Here's the moment I've been waiting for! Let me start by saying that I really like both of these yeasts. They each have strengths and you truly can not go wrong using either. That being said, I have to say that London Ale III is my preferred yeast between the two.
The appearance of both beers was pretty close as you can see in the picture above. The London Ale was just a hint more hazy and bright, the Conan just slightly darker and clearer. Both were pretty looking beers and anyone who reads this blog knows I enjoy hazy hop forward beers.
Both beers smelled really nice. The London Ale had an intense citrus aroma, more orange than grapefruit, with maybe a bit of pineapple. There was also a bit of pine as well as some English ester aroma. A really good smelling beer for sure. The Conan had a more peachy and apricot aroma that blended with some citrus and pine. This isn't surprising as Conan is famous for that apricot/peach profile. The aroma of both beers were fairly intense, and its hard to say which was more appealing.
The taste of these beers weren't too far apart, but I slightly preferred the London Ale III. I feel that both yeasts accentuated the hops and malts well, but I like that London Ale III was just a bit more neutral. Don't get me wrong, the London Ale had some nice subtle ester character to it, but I feel it was the more neutral of the two yeasts. This will let the individual ingredients of the beer shine though in my opinion. Conan was slightly bolder in flavor. The hop profile of the beer was the same obviously, but Conan added that peach/apricot note, while the London Ale was more citrusy. The flavor of the London Ale beer seemed rounder to me if that makes any sense. The bitterness faded quickly, the citrus from the hops was there, and then it had a slightly sweet, juicy finish. The Conan's bitterness seemed to linger just a bit longer and its flavors seemed sharper. Conan also left some nice sweetness in the finish as well.
The mouthfeel of these beers where both really nice, but I have to give the edge to the London Ale III. This beer just seem so soft. There's a creamy feel that London Ale gives the beer that Conan, while close, just falls slightly behind. Conan was a bit crisper, while the London Ale III had that roundness I mentioned previously.
Like I said earlier, you really can't go wrong with either of these yeasts. For my tastes, London Ale III just barely wins over Conan. Conan will likely make for a sharper, bolder beer, while London Ale makes a super balanced, round, and juicy pale ale. I also feel like the London Ale would work better in a wider variety of beers, so if reusing yeast is a concern then that may also impact the decision.
All in all this was a really fun experiment to try. I really like both of these yeasts, and a direct comparison was the only way I was going to be able to choose between them. I encourage anyone who is considering these to try this experiment as well. Taste is subjective, so your opinion may vary from what I found here. I hope this post helps any fellow brewers who are looking to dial in their recipes!
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Thanks for reading! As far as my water profile goes, I usually use about half tap water and half distilled. For my hoppy beers, I'm usually shooting for somewhere around 200ppm Chloride, 100 to 150 ppm for sulfate, and Calcium usually winds up around 130 to 150ppm. The other minerals are fairly negligible.
This profile has been based on my attempts to emulate breweries like Hill Farmstead, Treehouse, and Trillium. Those brewers are making, in my opinion, the best hoppy beers in the country right now. My water profile is one component in trying to get near the amazingly soft mouthfeel and smooth bitterness those guys can achieve. The water profile I use has been mostly based on trial and error, and reading what some other guys have done. I don't have any insider knowledge or anything like that. Also I'm sure its not going to be the best way to go for all styles, it's just what I tend to use when I'm trying to brew like those Northeast guys, and that tends to be most of my hoppy beers.
This was cool to read. I'm using Conan for the first time right now. It's in the fermenter and in the style of Tree House.
I never though about London Ale yeast as I've started looking at different Belgian yeasts to try and crack the code.
I wish I had time to do side by sides like this.
Thanks for reading and I'm glad you found it interesting! It's pretty rare that I brew for the sake of testing ingredients, but I felt like the right yeast was one of the last components that I really needed to nail in my pale ale recipes. I couldn't decide if I liked Conan or London Ale III better so I figured this was the only way I'd know for sure. I'd say give it a try using the same recipe that you're using Conan on now and see what you think!
Right now I'm dialing in a few recipes as my house recipes. Although I have a SMaSH IPA that we're almost finished drinking that I'm hoping will benefit from a livelier tasting yeast. I used CalAle and really want to try it now with LA3.
I've found 1318 to give a decent fruity ester taste fermented around 65 to 68 degrees, definitely more expressive than Cali Ale yeast. I'm tempted to let it get to 70 degrees and see what happens.
Did you build a starter with either or both 1318 and Conan? If so what steps did you follow?
How did you come to the 75% 2-Row, 8.5% Oats, 8.5% Wheat, 5% C15 malt bill? I've been wavering back and forth on what to use for my next batch (hoppy honey blonde) malt bill, right now considering 82% Golden Promise, 10% White Wheat, 5% Oats, 3% Honey malt.
Thanks for the article, I've been considering using either of these yeast for my next few batches and your articles helped me decide on 1318. Going to try it out with a hoppy honey blonde first (malt bill above)!
I didn't build a starter for this split batch just because of the small batch size for each, the yeast in the packs were enough. I came up with the malt bill after reading a number of other brew blogs out there, and seeing malts used by some of my favorite breweries. Trillium in Boston, for example, is pretty forthcoming with their ingredients. I've dropped the oats in most of my pale ales, though some will still use it. I had used oats for mouthfeel, but I feel that a mix of wheat and carapils does the trick for me.
I love the grain bill for your honey blonde, sounds good! 1318 should pair really well with those malts and American hops. I'm a big Golden Promise fan too, its a great base malt!
Oh cool! Can you link me to any of that info on Trillium? I love their beer.
It gives hops and malts, but not percentages of anything. Still, its got some good info.
Do you recall if either of these beers cleared over time? I've used conan more than 1318, but both are great yeasts. My experience is that it takes conan a while to condition out, but you'll be left with a nice clear beer (which i prefer over 1318). However, I have not held onto 1318 long enough for it to clear up. For young beer, I prefer 1318. For bright beer, I prefer conan.
With this beer beer specifically, I believe the Conan cleared more than the 1318, though neither were around long enough to have the time to drop clear. Generally that's been my experience with these yeasts on hoppy beers. Conan, in my experience, will eventually drop to a minimal level of haze given enough time, though it takes a long time in my highly hopped beers so those rarely stick around long enough to clear. I've had 1318 drop out in a pale ale where I didn't use a crazy bunch of hops or wheat/oats, but the haze typically sticks around longer in hoppy ales, and in my highly hopped IPAs and DIPAs, it never clears much at all. In less hoppy styles, I've had 1318 drop out crystal clear though without a lot of time, so it just depends how you use it.