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Live from the heart of the cell!
The CIRAD "Plateau d'histologie et d'imagerie cellulaire vgtale" (plant cell histology and imagery unit) is associated with Montpellier Rio Imaging (MRI)* and shares its philosophy. Since 2002, life sciences researchers have had access to its equipment."We are deeply committed to mutualization. The idea is to attract every potential user interested in plants, whether they specialize in human or animal imagery" says Jean-Luc Verdeil, a cellular and molecular biology researcher at CIRAD.
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Key West's gay community is still the same - just different
KEY WEST, Fla. - It had been 16 years since I covered Key West for The Miami Herald and I looked forward to traveling there for the first time in more than a decade.People kept warning me: ``You'll be disappointed. It's not gay anymore. All the gay people are gone.''
They're wrong. There are still plenty of gay people in Key West. And plenty for a gay tourist to do.
My partner, Ric Katz, and I spent two nights in Key West a few weeks ago. We drove from Miami. Just as it was two decades ago, there is virtually no recognizable gay life along U.S. 1 until you cross the bridge from Stock Island.
But once you enter Key West, you know you're not in Kansas the first time a drag queen rides by on a moped.
Ric and I arrived in the Southernmost City about 4 p.m.
Buy now, get reimbursed later, says NAPA holiday promotion
A new holiday promotion from the NAPA Under Car Sales Group will give service dealers the opportunity to earn back up to 100% of their holiday gift card purchases.Here's how the "What's UNDER Your CAR this Holiday Season?" promotion works.
1. First, service dealers choose gift cards from some of today's most popular stores and restaurants, including Applebee's, Baby Gap, Bahama Breeze, Bath & Body Works, Best Buy, Cabela's, Chili's, Gap, Gap Kids, Home Depot, JCPenny, Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Sears, Target and Wal-Mart.
Gift cards must be purchased by Dec. 31, 2006.
2. By purchasing participating NAPA Under Car products in the first quarter of 2007, service dealers can earn back 100% of the ordered gift card value. Products include NAPA brand rack & pinion steering parts, exhaust systems, U-joints, clutches, power steering parts, bearings, oil seals, shocks, struts and steering pumps, plus Napa MaxDrive CV shafts.
(AFX UK Focus) 2006-08-06 20:37 GMT: Dubai's palm island homes almost ready
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFX) - With 14,000 laborers toiling day and night, the first of Dubai's three palm-shaped islands is finally about to get its first residents.The Palm Jumeirah, a 12-square-mile island group, is part of what's billed as the largest land-reclamation project in the world, the product of five years of brute hauling of millions of tons of Persian Gulf sand and quarried rock.
On Nov. 30, the palm will open to some 4,000 residents, said Issam Kazim, a spokesman for Dubai's state-owned developer Nakheel.
When fully complete by 2010, the Palm Jumeirah will be an offshore city, with some 60,000 residents and at least 50,000 workers in 32 hotels and dozens of shops and attractions, Nakheel said.
Observers say they are surprised that the fledgling developer has been able to build such a complex project more or less as planned, albeit with several snags that delayed the opening from last year.
Chris sparks storm alert
Residents on Inagua were bracing themselves yesterday for the first hurricane of the summer as Tropical Storm Chris threatened to wreak havoc across the eastern Caribbean.
Local forecasters were predicting last night that Chris would develop into a Category 1 hurricane and would hit the southern tip of The Bahamas by early tomorrow morning. "It just seemed like Tropical Storm Chris came out of nowhere and it gained strength so fast. It felt like I almost didn't have time to prepare," said one resident who spoke only on condition of anonymity. "I'll have to do some shopping but nothing heavy because I had most of my canned goods and bottles of water at the beginning of the season in June."
Other residents said that they were taking no chances this time after being caught off guard by Wilma last year.
Government makes good on promise to teachers
"It's there," exclaimed one teacher yesterday after realizing government made good on its promise to release an $1,800 lump-sum payment to the 3,500 public school teachers.In fact, the payout came a day early and was not expected until today.
Government and the Bahamas Union of Teachers (BUT) finally agreed on a new contract earlier this month after months of intense negotiations.
It was the first document signed by the two parties since the execution of a Recognition Agreement of 1965 and includes a liberal salary increase amounting to $20.5 million over five years.
The contract also makes provisions for a number of concessions and allowance increases, particularly for heads of departments and coaching allowances.
While a final signing for a new industrial contract is expected to be concluded soon, government has begun the pay-out process.
Freeport losing ground after St George's death
Since the passing of the former President of the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) Mr. Edward St. George, it must have been said at least a million times that "he would be sadly missed." This statement is self-evident as we look around the magic city of Freeport today and observe the declining state of the economy. The once world famous International Bazaar is all but abandoned and persons seeking employment are advised by Bahamian Government officials to travel elsewhere to places such as Eleuthera, Abaco, Exuma, etc. This state of desperation in Freeport was made even more complicated by the forces of nature, as over a fourteen-month period, Grand Bahama had suffered the devastating effect of three hurricanes. For almost three decades during the tenure of Edward St. George, Freeport prospered even in the face of adversity from both local or international origin.
Unrest brews in union
A rift has developed between leaders of the Bahamas Utilities Services and Allied Workers Union and its rank and file members.Scores of angry BUSAWU members lodged a complaint yesterday with the Department of Labour seeking its intervention in a matter related to the promotion of persons to the union hierarchy without elections being held.
Reportedly, BUSAWU president Carmen Kemp promoted Tabitha Davis (a former Trustee) and Brenda Basden to the positions of Secretary General and Assistant Treasurer respectively, without conducting elections.
Both posts became vacant about five months ago as a result of the elected officers being promoted to the middle management ranks of the government-owned corporation.
But according to Huedley Moss, advisor to sundry members of the Water and Sewerage Corporation and employees, BUSAWU's Constitution does not give any such empowerment to the officers to make such a move.
Kerzner says Bahamas project gives it edge for Sentosa resort bid
BAHAMAS : US resort operator Kerzner International is counting on its success in the Bahamas to tip the balance in its favour in the race for the Sentosa integrated resort. The Kerzner-run Atlantis resort was seen as instrumental in pulling the Bahamas out of a six-year-old recession and turning tourism into a key pillar of the economy. Kerzner, together with CapitaLand, is one of the key contenders for the Sentosa integrated resort. It believes that its success in the Bahamas may give it the much-needed edge against rival bidders. There are three key similarities between the Atlantis and the upcoming Sentosa integrated resort. The Atlantis resort is built on the small Paradise Island, very much like Sentosa, and also connected to the mainland via a bridge. Secondly, the casino is a very small component of the resort, occupying 55,000 square feet or just slightly more than 1% of the existing property.UPDATE 2: Weakened Ernesto Crosses Cuba; Florida on Watch
A significantly weaker Tropical Storm Ernesto crossed over the eastern Provinces of Cuba on Monday, bringing heavy rains. More than 500,000 people were evacuated from the region by authorities as a precaution, but so far no major damage, and only one fatality - a woman who was swept away by floodwaters on the Haitian Island of Vache - has been reported.The erratic storm the most recent 3-day forecast track from Miami's National Hurricane Center shows it aimed directly at the Florida Keys and Southern Florida has been turning gradually in a northwesterly direction. If that movement continues, it could also pose a threat to the Bahamas.
The NHC's 5:00 a.m. EDT bulletin notes that Ernesto is "back over water and a little stronger. Maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph/75 km/hr with higher gusts.