The 2012 Romney video leaks, released on September 17 and 18, 2012, was a video leaked by Mother Jones that showed 2012 Presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaking to a group of donors at a private conference on May 17, 2012. The video was taken at hedge fun manager, house in Boca Raton. During the video Romney accused 47% of the American population as "people who pay no income tax" and "who will vote for the president no matter what". The private fundraiser, at which the video was filmed, was a $50,000 per person event.
Speech
During the fundraiser Romney identified 47% of the population of paying no income tax. The full quote said:
Romney was also quoted in the video of saying that the Palestinians are "committed to the destruction and elimination of Israel".
Response
US President Obama and major running mate against Romney stated in an interview with David Letterman that "y expectation is if you want to be president, you've got to work for everybody, not just for some". In response to the speech, Chief Palestinian Negotiator Saeb Erekat said "nly those who want to maintain the Israeli occupation will claim the Palestinians are not interested in peace".
Speech
During the fundraiser Romney identified 47% of the population of paying no income tax. The full quote said:
Romney was also quoted in the video of saying that the Palestinians are "committed to the destruction and elimination of Israel".
Response
US President Obama and major running mate against Romney stated in an interview with David Letterman that "y expectation is if you want to be president, you've got to work for everybody, not just for some". In response to the speech, Chief Palestinian Negotiator Saeb Erekat said "nly those who want to maintain the Israeli occupation will claim the Palestinians are not interested in peace".
Corryn Rayney was born in 1973 in Uganda of Goan/Indian background, and was murdered on 7 August 2007.
A resident of Perth, Western Australia, Corryn Rayney was married to Lloyd Rayney, a prominent barrister, and they had two daughters. She was employed as a registrar at the Supreme Court of Western Australia. She went missing on 7 August 2007 after attending a bootscooting class,
Lloyd Rayney was charged with murdering his wife in December 2010. A lengthy trial, before a judge (and not a jury) was held in July, August and September 2012. The trial is still in progress as of 19 September 2012.
A resident of Perth, Western Australia, Corryn Rayney was married to Lloyd Rayney, a prominent barrister, and they had two daughters. She was employed as a registrar at the Supreme Court of Western Australia. She went missing on 7 August 2007 after attending a bootscooting class,
Lloyd Rayney was charged with murdering his wife in December 2010. A lengthy trial, before a judge (and not a jury) was held in July, August and September 2012. The trial is still in progress as of 19 September 2012.
Catchy Shubby Cricket is a variation of cricket that was invented in Jamaica.
It is a faster moving version of cricket in which the roles change rapidly so every one gets a chance to bat and bowling within a short period. It is ideal for short games and for younger players who might get bored with the slow pace of the traditional game.
It also allows selectors to see the performance of the whole club in a short time and so they can make more rational selection of players, on the basis of their current form, than might otherwise be the case.
Rules of Catchy Shubby
Catchy Shubby evolved in Jamaica as an informal version of cricket without a set rule book. A game in an oral culture, it allows cricket to be played in many different spaces and numbers of players, both indoors and outdoors. It is a faster game, so it can be played if only a short time is available and, because of all these things, is popular with young people.
The following rules are a summary of a longer set of rules written by Tony Moody for his youth team Kennington United Cricket Club, based in Kennington Park. The rules are in the process of gaining support from the English cricket establishment, in particular Surrey County Cricket Club at Kennington Oval. Tony Moody points out that Catchy Shubby can also be used as a method of selecting teams (the winning batter and bowler do the selection) and for community integration along with Reggae music "in the key of C".
In short (assuming a knowledge of the basics of conventional cricket!):
# Players all have a marker with which they use to mark out a circular playing area in the space available. These are also their initial fielding positions. The players take it in turn to bowl until someone hits the stumps. That person becomes first batter and chooses a batting partner.
# The batter must run if he/she hits the ball (there are two batters and both must run). There are no boundary scores of 4 or 6. The batter is out if she is hit by the ball, as well as in the usual ways (Caught, stumped before completing a run or bowled out through the wicket). The bowler or fielder that takes the batter out replaces that batter.
# There are always three bowlers lined up and if a bowler hits the wicket they take the bat. (If a bowl hits the wicket then both batters are out and the new bowler chooses second batter). If a bowler misses the wicket, the fielder that gathers the ball joins the back of the bowling queue and the bowler that missed becomes a fielder.
# When a fielder takes a batter out or joins the bowlers then his/her space is filled on a first come basis. The layout of fielders will depend on the numbers of people playing...
Shortcomings in the short rules as above may be settled by an umpire.
It is a faster moving version of cricket in which the roles change rapidly so every one gets a chance to bat and bowling within a short period. It is ideal for short games and for younger players who might get bored with the slow pace of the traditional game.
It also allows selectors to see the performance of the whole club in a short time and so they can make more rational selection of players, on the basis of their current form, than might otherwise be the case.
Rules of Catchy Shubby
Catchy Shubby evolved in Jamaica as an informal version of cricket without a set rule book. A game in an oral culture, it allows cricket to be played in many different spaces and numbers of players, both indoors and outdoors. It is a faster game, so it can be played if only a short time is available and, because of all these things, is popular with young people.
The following rules are a summary of a longer set of rules written by Tony Moody for his youth team Kennington United Cricket Club, based in Kennington Park. The rules are in the process of gaining support from the English cricket establishment, in particular Surrey County Cricket Club at Kennington Oval. Tony Moody points out that Catchy Shubby can also be used as a method of selecting teams (the winning batter and bowler do the selection) and for community integration along with Reggae music "in the key of C".
In short (assuming a knowledge of the basics of conventional cricket!):
# Players all have a marker with which they use to mark out a circular playing area in the space available. These are also their initial fielding positions. The players take it in turn to bowl until someone hits the stumps. That person becomes first batter and chooses a batting partner.
# The batter must run if he/she hits the ball (there are two batters and both must run). There are no boundary scores of 4 or 6. The batter is out if she is hit by the ball, as well as in the usual ways (Caught, stumped before completing a run or bowled out through the wicket). The bowler or fielder that takes the batter out replaces that batter.
# There are always three bowlers lined up and if a bowler hits the wicket they take the bat. (If a bowl hits the wicket then both batters are out and the new bowler chooses second batter). If a bowler misses the wicket, the fielder that gathers the ball joins the back of the bowling queue and the bowler that missed becomes a fielder.
# When a fielder takes a batter out or joins the bowlers then his/her space is filled on a first come basis. The layout of fielders will depend on the numbers of people playing...
Shortcomings in the short rules as above may be settled by an umpire.
Plant on a chip is a name of a microsystem for plant tissue culture to quantify pollen tube guidance in Arabidopsis thaliana. The assay builds off of earlier device which characterizes root behavior in Arabidopsis thaliana using a microfluidic channel. The device comprises a microfluidic groove in which plant growth media and plant tissues (e.g., pistil and ovules) can be accommodated. The microfluidic device surrounding the tissue is made of polydimethylsiloxane which is a translucent, porous and flexible boundary allowing microscopic imaging.
The miniaturization of micro environments can enable mimicking in vivo conditions. Plant hormones (e.g., signaling molecules) are partially secreted by ovules guide pollen tubes to ovules to initiate fertilization. This phenomenon is called chemotaxis which occurs by the diffusion of attractants through plant growth media. Optimization of experimental conditions in Plant on a Chip allows testing the effects of environmental conditions such as tissue housing, diffusion rates, growth factors, saturation length of pollen tubes and growth rate of pollen tubes. Quantifying pollen tube behavior in response to pistil tissues will allow understanding how molecular signaling pathways take place in vivo.
Attractants secreted by ovules
Unfertilized ovules from Arabidopsis thaliana can be placed in alcoves of a microfluidic channel. The growth of sperm-carrying pollen tubes from a pistil toward the ovules can be observed microscopically allowing quantitative analysis. Therefore, Plant on a Chip carries a potential to replace Petri dish plant tissue culture, and enable studies of plant reproduction using customized and controllable microenvironments.
Inventors
Plant on a Chip was developed by Yitshak Zohar, Ph.D., who is the Director of Micro/Nano Fabrication Center at the University of Arizona, Ravishankar Palanivelu, Ph.D., a plant biologist at the University of Arizona, and Linan Jiang, Ph.D., a research professor of optical sciences and mechanical engineering at the University of Arizona. Verification of validation experiments of Plant on a Chip were conducted by Ali Yetisen, a bioengineer at the University of Cambridge. Plant on a Chip was created using a microfabrication method known as soft lithography.
Funding
The research was funded by the National Science Foundation.
The miniaturization of micro environments can enable mimicking in vivo conditions. Plant hormones (e.g., signaling molecules) are partially secreted by ovules guide pollen tubes to ovules to initiate fertilization. This phenomenon is called chemotaxis which occurs by the diffusion of attractants through plant growth media. Optimization of experimental conditions in Plant on a Chip allows testing the effects of environmental conditions such as tissue housing, diffusion rates, growth factors, saturation length of pollen tubes and growth rate of pollen tubes. Quantifying pollen tube behavior in response to pistil tissues will allow understanding how molecular signaling pathways take place in vivo.
Attractants secreted by ovules
Unfertilized ovules from Arabidopsis thaliana can be placed in alcoves of a microfluidic channel. The growth of sperm-carrying pollen tubes from a pistil toward the ovules can be observed microscopically allowing quantitative analysis. Therefore, Plant on a Chip carries a potential to replace Petri dish plant tissue culture, and enable studies of plant reproduction using customized and controllable microenvironments.
Inventors
Plant on a Chip was developed by Yitshak Zohar, Ph.D., who is the Director of Micro/Nano Fabrication Center at the University of Arizona, Ravishankar Palanivelu, Ph.D., a plant biologist at the University of Arizona, and Linan Jiang, Ph.D., a research professor of optical sciences and mechanical engineering at the University of Arizona. Verification of validation experiments of Plant on a Chip were conducted by Ali Yetisen, a bioengineer at the University of Cambridge. Plant on a Chip was created using a microfabrication method known as soft lithography.
Funding
The research was funded by the National Science Foundation.