Falling back to Lucille's the group try to figure out a plan of action. eventually getting the feeling one suffers from beating one's head against a wall they retire for the evening.

In the morning they head to the docks where the Voidskimmer is tied up. Violetta chats with the guard at the pier, but he's seen no one coming or going. They meander the docks scanning the crowd, but see no sign of him. As luncheon nears they turn up the road that divides Kara Town from the Red Lantern District, making quickest pace for Lavinia Vanderboren's, ale and food. Lemmy splits off, heading for the dockside pubs to see if he can find any useful info.

Suddenly a naked, soaking wet Casimir and Hissarmau barrel past them seemingly fleeing unseen pursuers. Violetta picks up the pace and runs with them toward Vanderboren Manor.

Larren and Khlasath, having just recently arrived from a very log trip dealing with renting rooms, step out into the street. Hailing from Sigil, or The Cage as many planewalkers call it, the two are hardly fazed by the profusion of species found on the asteroid city. Adventuring partners for many years the Elan and the the pariah Githyanki make a formidable and experienced duo. As the naked, soaking catfolk and human run past them and what seems to be tiefling joins in the chase Khlasath just looks at Larren and says, "Hmph. Reminds me of The Cage somewhat."

As the recently arrived planewalkers and our heroes stare at Casimir's receding bony ass cheeks Xring sees pursuers coming up the alley behind. Scurrying higher up the wall she prepares for possible combat, swiping her forelimb blades through the air. Six figures in the same colors as Dame Syzygy's personal guard march determinedly up the street.

Xring runs up wall while the cagers and our heroes each move to the street corners and turn to get out of the guards' path. The uniformed figures rapidly make their way up the street, their pace quickly eating up the two remaining blocks to Vanderboren Manor.

In the meantime, having reached the Manor, Casimir finds some clothes while Hissarmau dries herself off and Violetta grills him. At the sound of steel on steel they make their way out towards the front gate.

At the gate the six uniformed bravos are in mid melee with six of the Vanderboren Guard. Those following behind, including the Elan and the Githyanki, see The Masked Bard (Violetta) summon a Celestial Hound which she directs to attack. As the shining beast leaps into the fray she steps forward the air darkening around her as her eyes flash with hellfire.

While Casimir calmly walks, unarmored, toward the combat Xring, Ibid, and Moswen engage from the street side. AS Moswen hurls her first eldritch blast a figure in plate armor comes charging into the fray. It's Lemmy!

The purplish black energy of of Moswen's eldritch blasts ripples through the air like purple flame laced with lightning to slam one of the guards to his knees. For the merest blink his form shimmers and he seems to be...something else.

As Lemmy handily disposes of the first guard Moswen keeps pounding them with her blasts. Violetta unslings her spiked chain and wades into the fray. Then, as Moswen hits another and its form shimmers for a moment a voice at the edge of the crowd shouts something in a fluid but gutterral sounding language. All of the "guards" immediately turn and glare in the drection of the voice. Its a tall, bone thin figure, with black clothing and black cloths tied across his face above and below his nose, masking his features.

The figure is Khlasath. He throws his cloak back from his shoulders and takes astep forward. As he does so his clothing is suddenly replaced by armor made of thousands of tiny metal beads strung together. As the cager steps forward he unlimbers his chain belt revealing it to be a bladed chain. As he advances two of the “guards” let fly with daggers and razor discs. One of the discs lodges deep in his side, yet he doesn’t break stride ad he swings his chain into action.

As he engages the "guards" Larren steps calmly up from the sidewalk and lets fly with a crackling blue bolt of electricity immediately slamming is opponent into the wall next to the Manor gate. Each time one of them is hit by Larren's bolts of psionic energy or Moswen's eldritch blast their form shifts revealing wrinkled, yellowish skin, pointed ears, and urning eyes. Lemmy now recognizes these "guards" as either Githyanki or Githzeri, he cannot tell which with only glimpses but they are certainly Gith.

Violetta, whose face lit up when she saw Khlasath swing his bladed chain into action, looks on with amazement as the black clad Githyanki explodes in a whirlwind of chain, attacking all of the opponents around him in the blink of an eye. With the added firepower of these two strangers they make short work of the guards. As they do one of the stray swings knocks Casimir unconscious with the flat of its blade. He falls to the ground, face down, cheese sprayed across the grass.

As Khlasath and Larran trade introductions with the party four more figures, again clad in the colors of the Syzygy Guard, appear as if from thin air and attack viciously. As they close Hissarmau charges forth from the Manor and aims a flying kick at them. Everything after that is lost in a chaos of whirling steel, purple fire, and crackling multi-hued psionics.

Unnoticed by almost all in the party additional groups of "guards" appear from thin air, collect the bodies of those fallen in the prior combat and then disappearing once more. Once the last of the fallen are gone the combatants vanish as suddenly as they appeared.

The worries seem to be over, at least until they try to collect Casimir's fallen form. As Ibid's hand passes through his form hey realize that this is not a person. Its a minor image. Conjecture reasons that the "guards" took him and left the image as a distraction.

Violetta offers the hospitality of Lavinia's and the Cagers accept, although the "goth-yanki" keeps giving Ibid odd looks. They retire to the garden and have Jarvis notify Lavinia. Larran raises an eyebrow when he notices a Sons of Mercy token on Lemmy's belt, but says nothing. Khlasath asks in any have heard of the Pirates of Gith, but no one there has heard of them before.

While Jarvis brings out the wine a very soft thump can be heard in the distance. Xring is the only one to notice it at first, the others catch on when it repeats. As they look off in the direction of the docks, the source of the sound, they see an Elven Man 'O War tear off moving fast and a steep tangent. In short order a phalanx of three more take up pursuit spells effects and siege engines targeting the first one. As the first ship reaches the edge of the atmosphere envelope it seems to win put of existence leaving the trio behind in circling the sky.

Immediately after this specatacle Lavinia Vanderboren arrives to offers her thanks to Larran and Khlasath for their aid in the Manor's defense. She begs pardon for her lateness, she was tending members of her guard that we injured in the melee. Violetta thanks her, gathers everyone together quickly and sets off for the docks to see what has transpired.

Arriving at the docks they discover that even the reserve of Elven Imperial Navy can crack when it is put to the test by the vivacious Violetta. Somehow she manages to talk the guards into allowing them access to the docks. Whether it was her womanly charms or the fact that she kept dropping Admiral Icarus' name we shall never know. Te group manage, along with the assigned EIN guards, to get almost to thier ship before hearing someone yell "Hey! Stop!" Then its a mad dash to the Voidskimmer, which gives Larren and Khlasath quite a start when they board it. When they can see that it really is a smalljammer and not just small galleon as it seems eyebrows get raised.

Everyone stands ready at alert stations ready to take off at a moments notice. Moswe is pumped up about her first opportunity to try piloting. As the metal clad feet of elven troopers pound across the dock headed towards the Voidskimmer, Moswen sits down in the helm.

AS the Mulhorrandi sits down she and the helm are suddenly surrounded in a corruscating numbus of purple flame sot through with black arcs of energy. There is a violent lurch and everyone except the catfolk and the xixchil is thrown from their feet. As they get to their feet they notice the sky outside the ship's posts has gone completely silver. Khlasath cowers away from the window exclaiming "No, no, no, damnit! Not the Astral!"

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Elan/Wyeth experimental Alzheimer's drug continues to progress in clinical trials - A closely watched Phase II study of an experimental Alzheimier’s drug being developed by Elan and Wyeth shows the med appears to be effective in some patients. Known as bapineuzumab, the drug failed to achieve statistically significant results in the primary outcomes, but managed to do so in subgroups lacking a higher genetic risk to develop the disease...more

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FDA and Genentech in a staredown - Last year, Genentech caused a ruckus by restricting distribution of its Avastin med to compounding pharmacies, which were repackaging and selling the drug to opthalmologists for treating wet macular degeneration. Unlike Avastin, Genentech’s similar, but newer Lucentis was approved to treat the malady, but at $2,000 a dose will cost about 40 times as much...more

Cancer drug Gleevec may help with strokes? Very cool - A highly effective leukemia pill may reduce complications and boost the effectiveness of a treatment for the most common type of stroke, an international team of researchers said on Sunday. Studies in mice showed giving Gleevec or imatinib, a drug made by Novartis AG, significantly reduced bleeding in the brain associated with the clot-busting drug known as tissue plasminogen activator or tPA...more

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A favorite word of mine, élan, is used in discussion of the way soldiers carry themselves. Here is an example:

They distinguished themselves by behaving with aggressiveness, courage and élan, albeit being at times difficult to restrain.

The good folks at Princeton provide the following definition:

élan

noun
1. a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause); "they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor"; "he felt a kind of religious zeal" [syn: ardor]
2. distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer" [syn: dash]
3. enthusiastic and assured vigor and liveliness; "a performance of great elan and sophistication"

The origins of the word élan are provided from Online Etymology Dictionary as follows:

élan
1877, from Fr. élan, from élancer "to rush, dart," from O.Fr. elancer, from e- "out" + lancer "to throw a lance," from L.L. lanceare, from L. lancea "lance."

Sources:
elan. Dictionary.com. WordNet® 3.0. Princeton University. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/elan (accessed: June 08, 2008).
elan. Dictionary.com. Online Etymology Dictionary. Douglas Harper, Historian. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/elan (accessed: June 08, 2008).

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Fampridine Improve Walking Abilities

Finally a drug that will improve ones ability to walk for a greater distance with more speed. 

Acorda, Elan drug improves walking for MS patients

NEW YORK, June 2 (Reuters) –

Acorda Therapeutics Inc. (ACOR.O: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Monday it will seek U.S. marketing approval early next year for the first medicine to improve walking among patients with multiple sclerosis, following highly favourable results of a second late-stage study.

The latest Phase 3 trial involved 240 MS patients in the United States and Canada with some degree of walking disability, divided into groups that either took the Acorda medicine or placebos twice daily.

Almost 43 percent of patients taking the medicine, called fampridine, showed consistent improvement in walking speed during the two-month study, compared with 9.3 percent of patients taking placebos, Acorda said.

The results were highly statistically significant and similar to those seen in an earlier 14-week study of the medicine. Patients who responded to the medicine in both Phase 3 studies, on average, required about 25 percent less time to walk a distance of 25 feet.

Moreover, leg strength improved by a statistically significant degree among the fampridine group in the latest trial, meeting a secondary goal of the study.

"There is no approved treatment today that addresses walking disability for patients with multiple sclerosis," Ron Cohen, Acorda's chief executive, said in an interview late on Sunday.

"Walking disability is a fundamental feature of multiple sclerosis and one of the most worrisome features because it can imply loss of independence," said Cohen, whose tiny biotechnology company is based in Hawthorne, New York.

Cohen cautioned that although fampridine has been shown to improve the mobility of patients, it does not slow the progression of multiple sclerosis. Therefore, he said it will likely be used alongside standard

MS Therapies:  Avonex, Betaseron, Copaxone, Rebif, and Tysabri.

He noted, however, that these treatments have not been shown to improve walking abilities, as fampridine has done.

Multiple sclerosis is a progressive disease in which the body's immune system attacks, and thereby wears away, the protective layer of a protein called myelin that insulates nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord. More than 2.5 million worldwide are estimated to have the disease, a high percentage of whom eventually develop walking difficulties or related motor problems.

The Acorda drug, which is being developed in partnership with Elan and will guarantee the Irish drug maker about 20 percent of its net sales, works by preventing potassium from leaking from nerve fibers whose myelin sheath has been denuded.

Cohen said Acorda, based on the favourable results of the two late-stage studies, aims to seek U.S. approval for fampridine in the first quarter of 2009.  It could reach the market later that year or in 2010, he said, and might cost between $5,000 to $10,000 per year.

Although industry analysts have estimated the medicine could generate U.S. sales of up to $500 million, and considerable sales overseas, Cohen declined to comment on its commercial potential. (Editing by Lincoln Feast)

Ce rost are să îţi faci blog şi să scrii vreun post când există scrieri de genul celor ale lui David Lodge? Cum să nu-ţi fie ruşine, după numai 2 pagini, că în loc să citeşti încă 5, te apucă nestarea şi furnicăturile entelectuale-n buricul dejtelor, şi nu te lasă până când nu înlocuieşti cartea cu tastatura. Păi îţi e! Că numai pe Lodge acu' n-aş putea să-l egalez în stil şi calitate, măcar în proporţie de 10 procente. Ridicole pretenţiile astea a la Blaga care-mi saboteaza cele 2 ore planificate de citit în vârful patului.

Ei, mă-sa de literatură! Azi orice creier capabil să compună versurile unei melodii, unei poezii ori juma de pagină de redare a elucubraţiilor personale trage concluzia că ar putea, de ce nu, să dea drumul pe hârtie/unde/blogosferă unor rânduri de valoare taaare. Zici că elanul creativ, după secole de tradiţie, se naşte acum direct îmbunătăţit, în noua formulă ce include revelaţia, entuziastă şi stimulatoare, a propriului talent. Aşa cum vopseaua pentru păr o cumperi în aceeaşi cutie cu manuşile de unică folosinţă. La fel cum lângă sony ericsson ai şi căştile pentru hands free. Tot aşa, care îşi aminteşte că în generală scria compuneri despre primăvară ori se surprinde reuşind să închege un punct de vedere aproape argumentat, ăluia, mai nou, i se activeaza funcţia-bonus de autoîncurajare : ooo, băi ioane băi, păi tu ai ceva de spus, omule! Şi ion ţâşti dejtele pe tastatură, pentru ca să zică aşa.

De fapt, noi ăştia pe care ne apucă aşa şi care împânzim blogosfera, din câte observ eu de când îmi folosesc în mod regretabil timpul, confundăm borcanele. Pe de-o parte, că elanul creativ îl are toată lumea, dar nu şi pe-ăla artistic, darămite - şi mai specific – pe cel literar.

Pe de alta, că ceea ce se întâmplă cu noi - la nivel psihologic carevasăzică - nu e aşa mare poveste. În momentul în care constaţi la tine capacitatea de a articula o opinie, simţi şi imperativul de a face asta cât se poate de public, într-o exteriorizare normală şi cu scopul - care nu-i aşa inconştient şi de nedibuit pe cât se dă - de a atrage aprecierea celor din jur. Ei, în momentul ăsta de care zic nu are loc altceva decât un firesc proces de activare a nevoii de respect si de self-esteem a idividului.

Adicătelea, eu ina popescu ma aflu în momentul de faţă pe treapta a 4-a maslowniană, unde are loc o banală confruntare cu exigenţa autoevaluativă. Văz la mine că am ceva de spus, şi, deci, vreau s-o spun. Logic. Doar că revelaţia unui proces pe care până acuş nici nu l-am luat în seamă de firesc ce e, mă buşeşte ca o – ei, aici începe comedia! - dovadă a talentului personal!… (pentru recunoaşterea căruia, dacă scotocesc niţel, îmi amintesc o colecţie de confirmări de prin partea învaţătoarei de la şcoală, a colegului de bancă din liceu şi a abonaţilor la oracol din curtea blocului). Daaa, şi aşa mă precipit eu înspre a 5-a treaptă, cea a autorealizării, înainte să-mi vină sorocul. În loc să-mi clocesc, ca tot omu' fără atâta scaun la cap, self-esteemul atât timp cât are nevoie ca să fie autentic şi, deci, ca evoluţia nevoilor mele de la self-esteem la self-actualization să fie justificată. Adică, ard etapele şi-o ard pe blog aiurea. Şi până nu s-o găsi un Seneca ce, cu preţul vieţii, să-mi releve gafa şi prostia narcisică sub imboldul căreia m-apucă furnicături psihosomatice în buricul degetelor dupa 2 pagini parcurse de literatură bună, o să-mi verific punctuaţia şi azi, cu satisfacţia omului prost dupa ce a selfreactualizat un new post.

For now, I'm just going to keep pointing out posts of interest.  In this case, the world-trotting Cory Doctorow has super kindly posted his notes from a talk given by one of the main ARG inovators, Elan Lee.

The notes are rough but there are some super cool nuggets:

"ARG: Edoc (Push)

	* A clothing company

	* Good looking clothes, every item has a secret (Edoc is CODE backwards)

	* Find secret by folding, infrared light, washing, etc

	* If you solve the shirt, you go to the website and a movie plays

	* One movie/shirt

	* The movies piece together a murder mystery, told exclusively through
	clothing

	* Started by designing an online story, but delivered the story offline by
	pushing it out through clothes

	* People who wear the shirts have a connection with each other

	* When they pass in the street, they have a story to discuss"

So cool.

The letter adds some to uncertainty overhanging Elan, which is more dependent on Tysabri revenue than its bigger partner Biogen. Rating agency Moody's recently upgraded Elan, citing Tysabri's increasing acceptance in the marketplace since its 2006 relaunch. If reports of liver problems slow those gains, though, Elan's stock - which has doubled over the past year - could be in for a rough patch.

Hərbi xidmətə yollanan, məzun olan, sevən və sevilən və bu kateqoriyalara aid olmayan bütün digər İRƏLİ üzvləri üçün 27 İYUN 18:00, Şıx çimərliyi “1001 gecə” istirahət mərkəzində OQS Party !

Hərbi xidmətə yollananlar üçün giriş sərbəstdir.

　　今天 Jessie（王小姐的英文名子，是覺得這樣叫感覺比較沒那麼疏遠 XD，好像進這樣的外商公司都要來一個這樣的外國名字 = =a）特地請了之前管樺達系列的產品經理 (Kay) 來幫忙整理。當然啦，跟我想得差不多，前天整理完的都再打掉，重新再來一次…。不愧是產品經理，速度超快，三個小時就把所有新舊文件 KO 掉。連什麼樣的打樣圖、來往文件、缺少的文件要去跟誰要…等，都整理得很清楚。整理到快兩點，Jessie 請我跟 Kay 去吃泰式料理。原來 Kay 是大我 1 輪且是傳字輩的世新學姊，真是冤家路窄…啊！不對，是有緣相逢！Kay 的類型我蠻喜歡的，就是那種豪邁的大姊風，感覺相處起來很不錯，跟文靜的 Jessie 完全不同。聽她們的聊天也插不上什麼話，就慢慢喀我的泰式大餐。

　　中餐吃完，跟 Kay 姊道別後。繼續跟 Jessie 弄文件…。原本是想整理客訴文件，可是實在是太麻煩了，所以決定整理一下工作區，今天工作就此結束。跟 Jessie 邊聊邊離開新光大樓。後來我跑去了西門町剪頭髮。因為…在吃飯的時候。提到我的衣著，不用穿得這麼正式…。我這三天都是西裝褲加淺色襯衫。除了系評，大概也沒穿這麼久了吧…。再來 Kay 姊說我的頭實在是需要整理一下，看起來清爽一點比較好。後來想想，我好想三、四個月沒剪了吧。頭髮一直蓋著眼睛也不是很舒服，做事也有一點點不方便。所以決定去西門町找很久沒見的設計師 Elan。快一年沒見了，她還是一樣漂亮！。我還蠻喜歡髮廊的，給人家洗頭真的很舒服，自己洗都沒有這樣的效果，按摩舒壓的服務真的會上癮。好吧…其實去那一間有大半原因是因為 Elan。以前洗完頭後，一上理髮座就睡著了。這次沒有睡著，邊剪邊聊，聊聊近況，聊聊工作。這樣的感覺我還蠻喜歡的，突然想到之前看的相聲瓦舍某一個主題：並不太熟。好像也沒什麼關係。

　　因為公司這兩天要裝修，原本明天也要去公司，後來決定不用了。休息一天，禮拜一再繼續。

Britain’s lowest priced new car is the Perodua Kelisa, with prices starting from £4,499.

Fitted with a 1-litre petrol engine, it delivers 62.4mpg on the combined cycle and emits 121g/km of carbon dioxide, putting it in tax band C with an annual bill of £120.

But what used cars can you get second hand for the price of a Kelisa?

It’s a niggling question we doubt we could ignore if we had £4,500 in our bank accounts.

Here are some alternatives we found on Auto Trader’s used car search.

OK so it might not be the most sensible purchase as fuel and tax prices soar – but, it’s hard to ignore a 2001 Volkswagen Golf 2.8-litre V6 with four-wheel-drive.

It’s just one of hundreds of 2000 and 2001 models of Golf available with varying mileages, engines and levels of kit – all for £4,500.

Keeping it small and sensible – how about a reliable and economical 2007 Toyota Aygo with 4,000 miles on the clock?

It’s also one of the most fun cars I’ve driven for years, thanks to its eager three-cylinder engine and nippy handling.

Alternatively, you could throw caution completely to the wind and buy a 1991 Lotus Elan sports car – there are three available.

What used car bargains have you spotted for a similar price on Auto Trader?

La libellule de l'étang
Ayant bien fait trois fois le tour
Pensa qu'était venu le jour
De porter ailleurs ses élans

Elle connut d'abord la ferme
Où vivaient nombre d'animaux
Que le soir venu on enferme
Derrière des planches et des barreaux

Plus loin s'agitait un village
Habité par de bonnes gens
C'était pour elle un paysage
Que le ballet des paysans

Enfin arrivée en ville elle
Découvrit sa vraie vocation
Elle fut d'un peintre le modèle
Et elle aima ses créations

Photo Ange7, Icheon (Corée) 2007.

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Par ailleurs, l’année dernière, à la même heure : Flemme au foyer in (ABCDaire)
Elle est choyée dans le foyer, / Flanquée dans la flambée, / ...
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İRƏLİ Ümumrespublika Gənclər Hərəkatı İnformasiya Texnologiyaları departamenti “Kompüter savadsızlığına YOX deyək!” layihəsi çərçivəsində növbəti treyning kurslarına başlayır. Bu dəfəki treyninqlərin mövzusu “Blogların yaradılması və onlarin effektiv idarəedilməsi” olacaqdır. Treyninqlərə iştirak üçün 3-10 mart tarixləri arasında qeydiyyatdan keçmək vacibdir. Qeydiyyatdan özünüz haqda aşağıdakı məlumatları raufray@yahoo.com ünvanına göndərmək və ya ofisin elanlar lövhəsində asılacaq qeydiyyat vərəqəsin doldurmaqla keçmək olar :

• Ad, soyaq
• Təvəllüd
• Universitet
• Hərəkata qəbul tarixi

Kursların mart ayının ortalarından başlanacağı planlaşdırılır. Hər departament və klubdan ən azı bir nəfərin treyninqlərdə iştirakı arzuediləndir.

Beləkilkə, biz “ bloglaşdırabildiklərimizdənsinizmi ?” deyirik. Öz fikirlərinizi milyonlara ən asan yolla çatdırmaq istəyirsinizssə, bu çağırışa müsbət cavab verin ! Tələsməyi unutmayın, yerlər məhdudur :)

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The ‘Elans’ recognize video game development & publishing, and animation made publicly available from July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2007. Originally the awards were going to be held on November 2nd 2007, but were moved forward allowing more award categories to be added. This year student work will also be recognized. The host will be Seth MacFarlane, creator of the animated television show Family Guy.

I think that tickets may still be available at the official site.

CanDevs

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Azərbaycan üzrə qalib 2008-ci ilin iyun ayında keçiriləcək Cheltenham Elm Festivalında iştirak etmək üçün Böyük Britaniyaya gedəcək. Həmçinin digər finalçı və iştirakçılar mükafat alacaqlar.

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İştirak etmək üçün əsas şərtlər:

• Dəqiq elmlər, riyaziyyat və ya mühəndislik sahəsində oxuyan universitet tələbələri;
• Dəqiq elmlər, mühəndislik və ya riyaziyyatı sənaye, yaxud iş sahəsinə tətbiq edən şəxslər;
• Artıq mövcud olan tədqiqat və ya meta-tədqiqatlarla məşğul olan tədqiqatçılar;
• Dəqiq elmlər, mühəndislik və ya riyaziyyat sahəsində mühazirəçilər;
• Tətbiqi elm, texnologiya və ya riyaziyyat sahəsində çalışan insanlar;
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Yarışmada iştirak etmək istəyən şəxslər qeydiyyat formasını www.britishcouncil.az səhifəsindən yükləyib, 03 mart 2008-ci il tarixinə qədər beautiful.science@britishcouncil.az internet ünvanına göndərməlidirlər.

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Layihə və seçilmə şərtləri haqqında daha geniş məlumat almaq üçün bizə müraciət edin:

British Council Azərbaycan

T:  4971593, 4972013

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beautiful.science@britishcouncil.az

www.britishcouncil.az

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 Muchos padres de familia cristianos -junto con otros que no lo son, pero que están preocupados por la educación de sus hijos- han promovido en todo el mundo, de acuerdo con personas del Opus Dei, cooperadores, amigos, etc, numerosas Asociaciones juveniles de carácter familiar, que cuentan con la asistencia espiritual del Opus Dei.

El origen de estos clubs y asociaciones juveniles familiares es muy diverso: depende del país y de las circunstancias. En unos casos, los ponen en marcha unos preceptores del Opus Dei con los hijos de algunas familias; en otros casos, son las propias familias las que lo promueven y lo atienden, los fines de semana o en vacaciones, por ejemplo. Su historia y sus peculiaridades propias dependen del país, la mentalidad y las costumbres propias.

Son iniciativas formativas de gran interés, muy creativas, que se proponen educar a los jóvenes en ámbitos a los que no llega la familia y la escuela: el ámbito deportivo, el de la relación con los demás, de ocupación del ocio y las diversiones, etc.

Cada uno de estas Asociaones familiares que los padres organizan para la formación de sus hijos, de estos clubs de bachilleres, tiene personalidad propia: unos acentúan la atención y preceptuación personal; otros, el estudio; otros, la formación humana o deportiva. Todos coinciden en subrayar la importancia de la formación espiritual -en este caso con el carisma del Opus Dei- siempre con respeto a la libertad de las conciencias de cada hijo.

En una Europa que está “perdiendo su alma” -como señalan tantos pensadores- por despreciar su herencia espiritual cristiana, el empeño de estos padres por sacar adelante estas asociaciones juveniles, en las que lo humano y lo espiritual se entrelazan con sencillez, y a las que acuden muchachos cristianos y no cristianos, sin discriminación, son una buena promesa de futuro.
En estas asociaciones han disfrutado y se han formado durante su adolescencia muchas mujeres y hombres con un fuerte sentido de la tolerancia, el compromiso social y la solidaridad con los más necesitados.

Han aprendido, por ejemplo, a acompañar a ancianos en soledad, o a atender a minusválidos psíquicos o físicos: algo decisivo en una sociedad que posterga a los ancianos y tiende a a marginar a los que no se adaptan al “canon” de la sociedad de consumo.
Son los padres de familia, los directivos y directivas de estas asociaciones, los equipos de preceptores, etc, los que van adaptando estos empeños educativos para que respondan a las necesidades y retos del mundo actual. El espíritu del Opus Dei les presta su aliento espiritual en todos sus empeños, pero son ellos -los padres, los preceptores- los responsables de hacer realidad, día tras día, esos ideales educativos muy ambiciosos.

Por eso, el éxito de estas Asociaciones juveniles familiares (que tienen diversos nombres según el país: en algunos lugares de España se les suele llamar Clubs de Bachilleres) depende en gran medida, de la implicación y el compromiso de los padres con el proyecto educativo, y de la calidad profesional y la entrega cotidiana de los preceptores y directivos de cada asociación.
Algunas Asociaciones juveniles que cuentan con la asistencia y el aliento espiritual del Opus Dei:

Club Alaiz (Pamplona; Navarra; España)
Club Alarcos (Ciudad Real; España)
Club Alcorce (Córdoba; Andalucía; España)
Club Almedina (Almería; Andalucía; España)
Club Altamira (Madrid; España)
Club Amura (Madrid; España)
Club Anciles (León; España)
Club Arapiles y Club Terral (Salamanca; España)
Club Atazar (Madrid; España)
Club Azarbe (Murcia; España)
Club Balandrau (Barcelona; Cataluña; España)
Club Cimal (Terrassa; Barcelona; Cataluña; España)
Club Codaste (Madrid; España)
Club Collvert (Valencia; España)
Club Cuatro Caminos (Madrid; España)
Club Cyara (Madrid; España)
Club Dardo (Valencia; España)
Club Dayman (Montevideo; Uruguay)
Club De Borcht (Amsterdam; Netherlands; Holanda)
Club Doira (Vigo; España)
Club Drakkar (México D.F.; México)
Club Elan (Friburgo; Fribourg; Suiza)
Club Escora (Valencia; España)
Club Farell (Barcelona; Cataluña; España)
Club Fennecs (París; Francia)
Club Filabres (Madrid; España)
Club Forque (Alicante; España)
Club Guayre (Las Palmas; Canarias; España)
Club Indar (Vitoria; España)
Club Irati (Barañain, Pamplona; España)
Club Jara (Madrid; España)
Club La Caleta (Málaga; Andalucía; España)
Club Lantegui (Pamplona; Navarra; España)
Club Llambria (Madrid; España)
Club Maestranza (Málaga; España)
Club Maynagua (Málaga; España)
Club Mizar (Madrid; España)
Club Montagut (Vic; Barcelona; Cataluña; España)
Club Moreres (Castellón; España)
Club Nerpio (Albacete; España)
Club Niara (Valladolid; España)
Club Neveros (Pozuelo, Madrid; España)
Club Padua (Barcelona; Cataluña; España)
Club Palomeras (Madrid; España)
Club Peñavera (Oviedo; Asturias; España)
Club Quintana (Madrid; España)
Club Salces (Madrid; España)
Club Tarfía (Sevilla; España)
Club Tempir (Girona; Gerona; Cataluña; Catalunya; España)
Club Torcal (Majadahonda, Madrid; España)
Club Torla (Oviedo, Asturias; España)
Club Txindoki (San Sebastián; España)
Club Ucanca (Santa Cruz de Tenerife; Canarias; España)
Club Valderribas (Madrid; España)
Club Viana (Guadalajara; España)
Clube Ónix (Braga; Portugal)
Clube Prisma (Coimbra; Portugal)
Clube Vega (Portugal)