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Disclaimer. Everything written on these pages is only my OPINION that has been formed by playing World Of Tanks over 15 000 games. Your view on the game may differ. I am not to be held responsible for anybody's actions or damage this page may cause to WARGAMING™.
How would you feel if Wargaming was your piano teacher and you found out that instead of a classical piano they used a computer-controlled one that sometimes aided your progress, and sometimes hindered it? That you actually didn't learn to play the piano and it was all kind of a show? The worst thing that this game does is that it denies you YOUR achievement. It really hurts when you first time realize, that finding a perfect tank or trying to improve in a World Of Tanks is a pointless endeavor, because yours (and everybody's) tanks and games are constantly manipulated, and that it's all an illusion created to sway us to spend money.
The premise of WOT is great: everybody can download it for free and actually play it for free. But they say that there are no free lunches and oh boy, do you have to pay for playing this game. You pay in a lots of subtle ways and sooner or later with not so subtle ways when you bring your moneybag out. It would be better if WOT was a pay to win game, at least things would be honest and clear then. But it's not. It's a game that is designed to cheat majority of players while it gathers to a small, select group of players. Like I said, it's not a pay to win game and money buys you nothing – if you don't spend a lot of it, that is. And I mean a LOT of it. You can't buy their love if you just spend some money – you will get cheated by the game just as if you didn't spend any. So please, don't spend any money to World Of Tanks. Why? Because this game is rigged, a kind of a congame! Read on and I will explain it all.
It's a good game at the beginning but will soon get sour
I'm a fairly coordinated guy and as I had expertly played some racing games in the past expected do very well in the WOT. Now I know that I assessed my skills very wrongly. As it is a quite difficult game I must have played horribly at the beginning of my WOT "career". But know what, I did very well nonetheless. I just did keep winning game after a game. If you win a lot you gonna think it's because you are a good player. It's very human to do so. But in reality I was a horrible player who did win nevertheless. Little did I realize the first con was afoot and the game was rigging me in.
The first couple of tiers go like that – game puts you in a winning team more often than not. At tier 5 you will surely get the first taste of the medicine the game has in store for you. You will start losing constantly – partly because you really aren't very good player yet, and partly because, for the first time, the game is rigged against you. You probably are not really aware of this happening as the game is new to you, but your winrate is plummeting and sooner or later you will notice it.
All-important winrate
The winrate itself is interesting side issue in the World Of Tanks. If that metric didn't exist the game would be actually easier to bear. Put lot of emphasis has been put in it in the forums and in the game (everyone who has popular add-on XVM installed can see other players winrate in the current came). Winrate intervals are marked with colors in XVM so you are immediately categorized – and if your winrate is below 49% you will be called a "tomato". So a new player will learn that you will be verbally abused ("tomato!") if you have low winrate. So you BETTER HAVE good winrate in this game.
Thing is, that the game does everything it can to lower your winrate, and the only thing you can do to alleviate that is to pay some real money (use gold, buy premium account). The game will lower your winrate by putting you into rigged games that have winner and loser predetermined trough the unbalanced composition of the opposing teams (see Unbalanced teams).
I'm sure everyone will now ask the obvious question that arises: if game is rigged for players to lose who will win more games than they should then? It may be that some special groups of players (see Protected players) are winning more than others but that has no bearing to the question at hand. It is correct to point out that the game cant be rigged for "everybody to lose" – that's nonsense, of course. The solution that WOT uses is quite eloquent – the game is rigged against you only part time, and is rigged FOR YOU other times. The game cannot frustrate a player all the time – it (mostly) only happens at times when you grind new tanks.
One could argue, that the lower winrate while grinding is caused by unfamiliarity with a new tank and the fact that stock tanks are inferior to the fully upgraded ones. Well, WOT community has observed (me included) that at times of grinding, teams are distinctly unbalanced and inferior tanks will be put against elited vehicles. This is not random, it happens with great predictability. The rigging in World Of Tanks is really very obvious.
The rigging
When you unlock a new tank there is a hookup period, just like when you first start to play this game. It lasts about 60-70 games . You will most likely get a good winrate during that time. There's a possibility, that a player will now go to the WOT forum and write praises to that tank (that's how they get more players to grind that tank). The elevated winrate of this period is also necessary for hiding the rigging a bit (so that tanks overall winrate would not drop too low) and for creating a contrast with events that will follow. Please note that this mechanism isn't applicable to low tiers as the grinds are too short there. I haven't actually observed it lately and there's a possibility that things have been changed and this rigged winning period does not occur anymore.
After you kind of settled down with your new tank and are happy that you are doing well in it you will get a cold shower – suddenly you start to lose. Not just a little – you will lose a lot. Your tank suddenly gets awful, humiliating teams that just melt away in the first minutes of a game. You may get as low as 30% winrate for that rigging period (bots – completely inactive or AI controlled tanks get about 40% winrate). I'm not completely sure how long that phase lasts but it seems to go on for atleast 100-150 games. After that you most likely have elited the tank and you will now move on to the next one so the cycle can repeat itself.
Why all that rigging, you may ask? FOR MONEY, of course. That heavy rigging period is very hard to take – you will see your overall winrate (which seems to be so important) plummet. A player will take out the wallet to convert some free experience and/or buys a premium account just to get to that next tank – a tank that he expects to be better than the current one. After reading this site, YOU will know better and know what to expect.
Good news
You will often find that when coming back to a previously elited tank you did awfully in (due to the rigging), suddenly everything is fine and the tanks current bad winrate (e.g. 42%) will start climbing. This is so because WOT has no "agenda" towards that tank anymore and you can have normal games in it.
And now we have arrived to a point where some good news are due! Like I wrote before, statement, that the game is rigged against most of the players most of the time is nonsense. You can have awful time in the times of grinding but you can have good times when playing previously elited tanks! Now YOU will be put to good teams that are destined to win by WOT rigging. I don't want to say that all Random games are rigged but if you are WINNING 13-0 it probably just means that you are in a winning end of a RIGGED game. But overall, lots of good games are possible with elited vehicles. But there's a small catch too (see Masters and servants). Alternatively, you can try some other tank games for having fun, like Armored Warfare.


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Is Premiere Pro giving you an error '….AudioPrefetch.ccp-99' when trying to record audio into your timeline?
For some reason in the middle of recording the program started giving me these error boxes. I searched online, but none of the solutions people recommended in the Adobe forum or other forums helped.
What caused it? I don't know, but it appears that the sequence suddenly became corrupted. Check to see if you try to record at another time point in your sequence if it also gives you that same error.The simple solution to this Premier Pro error that worked for me, was to either copy and paste all the audio and video tracks into a new sequence, or to record the audio in another sequence and then copy the audio back into the corrupted sequence.
TIP: Pressing the 'Continue' button in the Premiere Pro Debug Event error message is not very helpful, you may end up pressing it 247 times (as some users said they counted) without it closing. Best way to deal with that error message popup is to switch windows back to the Premiere Pro program, save your project, crash the program and then re-open it.
Hope this helps you!
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A placebo is an inactive substance which will produce psychological rather than physiological effects upon a patient. What is surprising is that Prozac, one of the leading drugs in treating depression which people pay good money for, has little more effect than a mere placebo. Many studies are now showing that taking a simple sugar pill, whilst believing it is an anti-depressant, will uplift one's mood. So why are people rushing to get their Prozac prescriptions? They may as well pop a sugar cube instead. More tasty and with all the same effects. This may also explain why...Read More


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Welcome to French at Highfield
The aim of the French curriculum at Highfield is to inspire in our children, a love of learning languages. There are already a wealth of languages spoken at Highfield and our children enjoy sharing their home language. Learning another language enables children to make links between them. It also gives them a solid foundation for learning languages at secondary level. French at Highfield is fun, it is taught through songs and games and interactive learning tools. The teaching of French also draws on grammar, punctuation and pronunciation.
National curriculum requirements
French at KS2 should 'develop pupils' curiosity and deepen their understanding of the world'. The National curriculum also states that lessons should 'enable pupils to express their ideas and thoughts in another language and to understand and respond to its speakers, both in speech and in writing.'
Changes to the curriculum since 2014
Teaching French at KS2 should include:
- A balance of spoken and written languages
- A focus on practical communication
- A basic understanding of grammar
- A focus on developing accurate pronunciation
The French Curriculum at Highfield
French is formally introduced to the curriculum in Y3 although children in KS1 are actively involved on our French theme days.
|Year Group
|Year 3
|Moi (All about me)
Jeux et chansons (Games and songs)
On fait la fête (Celebrations)
|-Greetings and basic phrases, numbers to 10,
-French songs and games aimed to increase fluency and pronunciation
-Days of the week, months of the year, numbers to 20, writing short sentences
|Year 4
|Portraits (Portraits)
Les quatre amis (The four friends)
Ça pousse! (Growing things)
|-Colours and parts of the body, je il elle, writing short paragraphs
-Animals, verbs, adjectives, performing plays in French
-Storytelling- Jack and the Beanstalk, the life cycle of a bean, buying and ordering food. Role play.
|Year 5
|On y va (All aboard)
L'argent de poche (Pocket money)
Raconte-moi une histoire! (Tell me a story!)
|-French speaking countries of the world, the map of France, weather reports- written and spoken.
-Using the Euro, likes and dislikes, role play.
-Storytelling and playscripts, common adjectives and numbers to 100
|Year 6
|Vive le sport! (Our sporting lives)
|Understanding and responding to phrases learnt so far (revision including days of the week, months and numbers to 100)
Writing and speaking paragraphs to describe themselves and others, their food preferences and their favourite sports.
Theme days
Highfield enjoys whole school French Days. The theme of the first dress up day was Bastille Day and the most recent whole school event was The Tour de Highfield. Theme days give the whole school a chance to immerse themselves in French language, culture and history. The children sing songs, listen to stories being told by French speaking parents, follow French trails, participate in French markets, ride bikes around our own course and they have also constructed a huge Eiffel Tower.
French Club
An after school French club is run weekly for children in Y4 and Y5. This is a very popular club so members change termly enabling maximum attendance. The club takes the themes of our curriculum and popular French culture to a greater depth and is led by our specialist French Teacher, Mrs Bates
Useful websites and learning tools
Linguascope https://linguascope.com/
Euroclub Schools http://www.euroclubschools.co.uk/
BBC Primary Languages http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primarylanguages/french/


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Written in the mid-through-late seventies, Blackout was released in the wake of the 1968 moment, which involved a wave of radical students and anti-capitalist workers' unrest surging throughout Western Europe. But unlike in France, that "moment" lasted in Italy for over a decade. And it is the prolonged endurance and mostly tragic ramifications that inspired Nanni Balestrini to write this outstanding algorithmically-experimental work.
It is perhaps useful to note from the very beginning how Balestrini's radical allegiance gets in fact filtered through, mixed with, and ultimately shaped by the various cacophonous kinds of discourse he feeds into his algorithmic procedures. He is not the first to inform digital poetics with radicalism—in the US for instance, a father figure of algorithmic/digital poetry, John Cage, had professed Maoism as the ideology consistent with his own "m: writings" and "mesostic"-generating operations as early as the 1960s—but he is indeed a singular case of focusing a whole book of algorithmic writing on a radical movement. Balestrini in this respect is a pioneer, since if 21st century digital poetry can be partly characterized by a radical, anti-capitalistic ethos (albeit diffused by lingering postmodernist reflexes), back in the day digital poetics focused a lot more on the method rather than the political implications of its subjects.
Balestrini's "how" therefore enacts a remarkably nuanced view on the "what." Perhaps the most relevant if intriguing paradox of this book is its unrelenting focus on the radical movement and related events, expanded by an inclusive, democratic perspective that invites diversity and a discordance of viewpoints and voices—all of which is eventually turned on its head, political stance included. Radicalism itself thus gets subverted, in the sense that any possible single-minded version of it is blown up by the most uncompromising—and therefore inclusive—radicalism of all: that of the (politically and commercially unsanctioned) algorithm.


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The Hilfiger family is back for autumn winter and this time it looks as if they're taking a vacation in Lake Tahoe. Hey, why not, right? We've already seen the Hilfiger family at home for Thanksgiving, at the country club, dropping off kids at university, beaching it up in Malibu and so forth and so on. So Tahoe is as good a place as any to shoot the preppily attired family.
For autumn winter 2014, Tommy Hilfiger's campaign showcases the Hilfiger family climbing mountains, riding jeeps and just generally lounging around in some superb styling. Seriously, these campaigns are always styled to incredible perfection. Shot by Craig McDean, you can expect to see the full campaign images to make their appearance in soon to be released September issues.


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We are at our best when we are growing ourselves and the fruits of that show up in the value we bring to the work we do. I received this note just the other day from the CEO of large energy company about their recent success: "Excited for our team who've given their heart and soul for a long time. And thanks for your part in helping us do what we do. Hope you like your fruit growing on our trees!" Our insights, perspectives, practices (both science & art) are embedded into what he and his leadership team do every day. It was great to hear.
Transformation begins by meeting people where they are (whether something inside of us, with another, the reality of a situation). Truth is the place to begin. I enjoy seeing how all the parts of something come together making it bigger than the sum. Leaders especially. Bringing practical and immediately usable solutions that combine head and heart that accelerate what we are out to accomplish and make us better and stronger humans as well.
Meaningful things happen when we bring the tangibles and intangibles together – we are then a powerful force. In growing ourselves, we help grow each other and that impacts the results we deliver. I have masters' degrees in philosophy and psychology, along with numerous certifications and credentials from executive coaching and facilitation programs, plus 20 years of personal experience helping Fortune 500 companies transform the way work gets done.
I'm a life-long learner and avid business book reader. I unwind by cycling and working in my rose garden.


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20. What are the Investigator's Obligations after IRB approval?
See: Guidance for Investigators and Research Staff - Responsibilities
1. Personally conduct or supervise the Human Research: Do not begin Human Research Activities until you have documented IRB approval.
- Conduct the Human Research in accordance with the relevant current protocol as approved by the MMC IRB.
- When required by the MMC IRB, ensure that consent or permission is obtained in accordance with the relevant current protocol as approved by the MMC IRB.
- Do not modify the Human Research without prior MMC IRB review and approval unless necessary to eliminate apparent immediate hazards to participants.
- Protect the rights, safety, and welfare of participants involved in the research.
- A qualified physician (or dentist, when appropriate), who is an investigator or a co- investigator for the clinical trial, is responsible for all clinical trial-related medical (or dental) decisions during and following a subject's participation in a clinical trial
- The investigator ensures that adequate medical care is provided to a subject for any adverse events, including clinically significant laboratory values, related to the clinical trial.
- Investigators inform subjects when medical care is needed for other illnesses of which the investigators become aware.
- The investigator follows the clinical trial's randomization procedures, if any, and ensures that the code is broken only in accordance with the protocol. If the clinical trial is blinded, the investigator promptly documents and explains to the sponsor any premature unblinding.The investigator informs the subject's primary physician about the subject's participation in the clinical trial if the subject has a primary physician and if the subject agrees to the primary physician being informed.
- Although a subject is not obliged to give his or her reasons for withdrawing prematurely from a clinical trial, the investigator makes a reasonable effort to ascertain the reason, while fully respecting the subject's rights.The investigator provides written reports to the sponsor, the IRB, and, where applicable, the Organization on any changes significantly affecting the conduct of the clinical trial or increasing the risk to subjects.
- If the investigator terminates or suspends a clinical trial without prior agreement of the sponsor, the investigator informs the Organization, sponsor, and the IRB.
- Promptly report to the IRB any information that indicates a change to the risks or potential benefits of the Human Research
2. Submit to the IRB: Proposed modifications as described in this manual See "How to submit protocol modifications/ changes with an Amendment"
3. Submit to the IRB: a request for continued approval as described in this manual See How to Submit an Annual Progress Report for Continuing Review .
4. Submit to the IRB notification that a study will be closed See How to Close Out a Study.
5. Unanticipated problems (other than those events captured above) involving risks to subjects or others.
For example:
- An interim analysis, safety monitoring report, publication in the literature, or revised investigator brochure that indicates an increase in the frequency or magnitude of harm, uncovers a new risk, or provides more information about the benefits of the Human Research.
- Change in FDA labeling or withdrawal from marketing of a drug, device, or biologic used in a Human Research protocol.
- Protocol violation that harmed participants or others or that indicates participants or others might be at increased risk of harm.
- Complaint of a participant that indicates participants or others might be at increased risk of harm or at risk of a new harm.
- Local/internal adverse event which in the opinion of the investigator are unexpected and at least probably related to the study procedures.
- A harm that is "unexpected" when its specificity and severity are not accurately reflected in the consent document.
- A harm that is "at least probably related to the study procedures" if in the opinion of the investigator, the research procedures more likely than not caused the harm.
- External adverse event which in the opinion of the sponsor or investigator requires changes to the protocol or informed consent form.
- Finding of Non-Compliance or Allegation of Non-Compliance.
- Audit, inspection, or inquiry by a federal agency.
- Failure to follow the protocol due to the action or inaction of the investigator or study staff.
- Breach of confidentiality.
- Change to the protocol taken without prior IRB review to eliminate an apparent immediate hazard to a participant.
- Incarceration of a participant in a protocol not approved to enroll prisoners.
- Complaint of a participant that cannot be resolved by the research team
6. Do not accept or provide payments to professionals in exchange for referrals of potential participants ("finder's fees.")
7. Do not accept payments designed to accelerate recruitment that were tied to the rate or timing of enrollment ("bonus payments.")
8. Maintain signed and dated HIPAA authorizations and consent documents that include HIPAA authorizations for a minimum of 6 years after completion of the research.
9. For studies involving drugs being studied under an IND or devices being studied under an IDE or abbreviated IDE.
- Inform any potential subjects of all drugs or devices being used for investigational purposes.
- Review and understand the information in the investigator's brochure/manual, including the potential risks and side effects of the drug or device.
- Prepare and maintain adequate and accurate case histories that record all observations and other data pertinent to the Human Research on each individual administered the investigational drug or device, or employed as a control in the Human Research. Case histories include:
- Case report forms and supporting data including, for example, signed and dated consent forms and medical records including, for example, progress notes of the physician, the individual's hospital chart(s), and the nurses' notes.
- Retain all records for six years after study completion, i.e., closure of the Human Research protocol, or longer if required by the sponsor.
- Control the investigational drugs and devices being used in the research.
- Personally supervise the administration of the drug or device to enrolled participants subjects.
- Do not supply the drug or device to any person not authorized under this part to receive it.
- Maintain adequate records of the disposition of the drug or device, including dates, quantity, and use by participants.
- If the investigation is terminated, suspended, discontinued, or completed, return the unused supplies of the drug or device to the sponsor, or otherwise provide for disposition of the unused supplies of the drug under 21 CFR §312.59.
- If the investigational drug is subject to the Controlled Substances Act, take adequate precautions, including the secured storage of the investigational drug.
- Furnish all reports, such as adverse events, progress report/final report, and financial disclosures, to the sponsor according to the protocol or sponsor agreement.
- Upon request from appropriate federal government agencies, such as FDA and NIH, at reasonable times, permit such officers or employees to have access to, and copy and verify any records or reports.
- Assure that an IRB complies with the requirements set forth in 45 CFR 46 or 21 CFR 56 and will be responsible for the initial and continuing review and approval of the proposed clinical study.
- Ensure that all associates, colleagues, and employees assisting in the conduct of the Human Research are informed about their obligations in meeting the above commitments.
- When required by sponsor, comply with the International Council on Harmonization - Good Clinical Practice Guidelines.
See :
"Guidance for Investigators - Investigator & Research Staff Responsibilities"
"Guidance for Investigators Using an FDA Regulated Product - Adhering to Federal Regulations"
"Guidance for Investigators - Investigational New Drug (IND) Sponsor - Investigator Responsibilities"
"Guidance for Investigators -Physician/Investigator as Sponsor of an IDE - Non-Significant Risk Device"
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Fabiola Santiago
Fabiola Santiago: Obama's visit to holy Cuban shrine was sign of respect
President Barack Obama's historic visit to La Ermita de la Caridad in Miami wasn't a peace offering to the Cuban-American community. After all, a large enough sector supports his engagement policy.
The president's symbolic gesture was a show of respect — more like a needed balm for the times.
The road to the democratization of Cuba via a welcomed but risky engagement policy is full of tragos amargos, bitter gulps.
The leader of the free world shaking hands with a dictator who demands respect as a condition to diplomacy — and deserves none — is a trago amargo. Seeing the same merciless dictator ingratiate himself with Pope Francis, champion of justice around the world, is a trago amargo.
We take these moments like medicine, holding our nose, making a face, turning away in disgust for the greater goal of improving the lives of Cubans on the island.
Tragos amargos are a necessary component of diplomacy, but hard to digest for the victims of a 56-year dictatorship who've suffered — and continue to suffer — long and unjust prison sentences for dissent and for people whose relatives have died at sea, been shot down by Cuban MiGs, or executed by a firing squad.
These moments on the road to bilateral relations are difficult to watch even for people who believe opening to Cuba is the healthier approach to dealing with the Castro regime. The loss of family and homeland that unforgettable day when we crossed the Florida Straits is a forever present wound.
President Obama's surprise visit Thursday to the venerable shrine to Cuba's patron saint, Our Lady of Charity — a place of worship built with humble exile donations long ago and today a haven for rafters who come to express their gratitude for safe passage — is recognition of that wound.
It's not the offensive gesture some diehard Republicans are claiming, not even close.
"He came without fanfare to the spiritual heart of the Cuban exile community, a sign of respect and appreciation for what has been our plight," Maria Elena Prío, a supporter of the president and the daughter of former Cuban president Carlos Prío, tells me. "I think his visit was intended as a message to Cuban exiles everywhere that he hears our concerns, that he knows the pain we have been through and knows we want freedom in the island above all. He is saying: 'Don't think I don't hear you. I do. And freedom is also my ultimate goal.'"
If this had been a planned show, the pews would have been filled with a who's who of the Cuban-American Democratic Party. Yet only 13 souls were there — and not even the media traveling with the president knew where they were headed.
Obama became the first U.S. president to visit La Ermita de la Caridad, so on-point and simple a gesture that it would have merited little commentary. But the exaggerated rants of party operatives appealing to exile emotions is the kind of stuff that eggs on the suffering and keeps us stagnant, incapable of giving a different dance a chance. It's the kind of unprocessed, old partisan rhetoric that separates us from the rest of the world — when we should be winning allies because we're on the side of democracy, always have been.
Tragos amargos are nauseating, and there will be more to come, but seldom are happy endings written without them.
To see the leader of the free world in La Ermita de la Caridad was good for the soul.


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A Quality Heritage
Coles Fields lifestyle blocks are yet another chapter in the portfolio of successful developments that the Nimbus Group have achieved. Nimbus was the first company to see the potential in this part of Canterbury. In 1996, Nimbus created the successful privately-funded sewerage system that was the catalyst to "put Rolleston on the map" and coined the phrase "Rolleston – Town of the future."
To view the attention to detail in developments by Nimbus Group, take a drive around Rolleston Park, Park Grove, Izone, Hamlet Mews and Devon Park (developed in 2015-16) or the latest addition, Branthwaite, the Rolleston Subdivision of choice. These subdivisions were masterminded by Nimbus, the same group that now brings you Coles Fields. They're now developing a second rural residential subdivision at McArthur Ridge Fields in Alexandra, Central Otago.
The level of thought that has gone into creating the environment of tree-lined streets and peaceful parks is fully evident. Coles Fields is the best street scaped roads in Selwyn District Plan. Nimbus has for many years had the desire to create an English, country-living-style development for discerning families. Coles Fields is this vision, realised. The standards that have been achieved in Rolleston were set by the vision which was established by Nimbus almost 20 years ago. Evolvement of those standards now results in Selwyn District residential communities being established of the highest calibre and Rolleston becoming the fastest growing town anywhere within New Zealand.
Nimbus has taken an initiative that has not previously been available in this type of development within New Zealand. The use of land and its resources is now a major global issue. Nimbus has introduced friendly, affordable, environmentally focused covenants to enable owners to preserve the natural environment while enhancing the value of their asset.
This vision will impact positively on the property's value. Give your family the best of town and country living. View the location of Coles Fields Rolleston subdivision and see section sizes available in this unique development of land for sale Canterbury and New Zealand wide.
Given the excellent Templeton silt loam soils it will be no time at all before the Coles Fields development enjoys the same leafy feel as this.


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St. Mary's Cemetery is situated in the middle of heavily trafficked roads and surrounded by housing, providing a pretty and almost rural oasis in the midst of the town. Fortunately, the pair of Gothic chapels with their porte cochere have survived intact, though only one is still in use, and the general standard of maintenance is excellent. One could wish that Wandsworth Council would repair unstable monuments, instead of removing them and leaving patches of strangely empty ground, but perhaps this is asking a little too much.
The bereaved of Battersea seem to have taken the Hallmark-style poem on the gravestone to depths rarely seen elsewhere: there are some truly excruciating examples of not quite scanning here:
Only a step removed,
We soon again shall meet, our own
Our dearly loved,
Around the Saviour's feet
being, with its misplaced line breaks, amongst the more painful.
There are a few monuments worthy of note. A pair of angels hold a scroll in memory of Matthew Whiting. The sculpture of a large flaming urn over the grave of Zoroastrian Kaikhoshru Puntheki. And the foot of a cross has a few lines in memory of "an honest politician": surely that one is unique.


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How NOT to Patch Jeans For Your Kids
My oldest son, Mr. R, has several pairs of pants. I don't know how he managed to do it but every single pair got a hole in them in the same week. Since it was the middle of winter and it didn't make any sense to turn them into shorts, I decided to patch them all up.
Some of these holes were crazy! This is what I get for not keeping on top of fixing patches early on.
I had a lot of fun coming up with creative patches for these pants. They're all different and each one has a little personality. But you know what happened? Almost every single one of these pants got a new hole in them shortly after he started wearing them again! My beautiful creations were ruined just like that. I don't want the same thing to happen to you, so I am sharing with you my lessons learned of what not to do when patching jeans.
Not using a fusible/iron-on patch
You've got two options for patching your jeans: either use an existing iron-on patch that has a sticky side to attach to your jeans, or use scrap material to cover it up. Iron-on patches are strong enough on their own to hold up to pressure. However if you grabbed some extra jean or some other material for your patch job, and you do not add fusible (and maybe even a double layer of fabric) the hole will reappear within a month. That hole appeared from too much strain on the jeans, just a single layer of fabric will just delay the problem. FYI if you don't know, fusible is a material used to fuse two fabrics together, giving them added strength. Heat'n Bond is a fantastic option for this.
Not leaving enough extra fabric around the edges
It is extremely important to leave at least 1/2″ extra fabric around the hole when cutting your patch. There's nothing worse than a hole reappearing because the patch barely covered the hole in the first place!
Not reinforcing with a stitch
You might be able to get away with not reinforcing the patch job with stitching around the edges, depending on how strong the fusible is. However, why risk it? If the stitch is going to give it extra stay-power, I say go for it! If you pick a thread that very closely matches the jean material, you can barely tell it's there.
Not confirm the patch choice with your child
You see this patch below? It's a nice one, is it not? Sure it's not glamorous, but it matches, does the job, and gives an extra dimension to the pants.
These pants used to be my son's favorite pair, and now he refuses to wear them because he doesn't like the way they look. So a word to the wise – make sure your child likes what you're about to do to his pants before you do it, otherwise you'll be wasting 15 minutes and ensuring that the pants you're fixing will never be worn again. Sorry kiddo… guess I can't win every time!
Not admitting that jeans only last so long
Clothing wears out over time. Especially on active children who are running, jumping, and crawling all over the place. So I'm sorry to say, that even with the above insurances on the patch, your jeans aren't going to last forever. Eventually the patch job will wear out and you will need to turn the jeans into shorts. But hopefully the pants will last long enough to get you to summer by following these tips!
Now that you have learned from my mistakes, do you know anyone with a time-machine that I can use to go back and fix my son's pants correctly? Some day I'll learn.


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Dietary supplements are a multibillion-dollar industry that is growing at a phenomenal rate. In 2012, the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), estimated Americans spend $30.2 billion each year on complementary health approaches.1
These numbers continue to rise as more become aware of the impact nutrition and micronutrients have on overall health and wellness. According to a survey by the Council for Responsible Nutrition, nearly 68 percent take dietary supplements regularly. They list their reasons as overall health benefits, filling in nutritional gaps, increased energy, better heart health and improved bone health.2
While "vitamins and minerals" was the category that had the highest usage (97 percent), specialty supplements such as omega-3 and probiotics remained stable, and herbal supplements such as green tea, garlic and cranberry rose by 5 percent in the past year. Despite their popularity, there has been some debate about whether or not these supplements are truly useful.
It is possible to overdose or cause harm using vitamins and minerals indiscriminately. However, recent research has also discovered daily high-dose oral multivitamins and multimineral supplements decreased cardiac events in study participants when they were not concurrently taking statin drugs.3
Patients were enrolled at 134 sites in the U.S. and Canada in an effort to evaluate the safety and efficacy of EDTA chelation in patients with coronary artery disease or a history of heart attack.4 Cosponsors of the study were the National Institute of Health's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM). This was the first multi-center study to evaluate the use of chelation in this population. Dr. Stephen Kopecky, cardiologist at Mayo Clinic, commented:5
"Chelation is a process in which a substance is used to bind molecules, such as minerals, and remove them from the body. Its use grew by nearly 68 percent between 2002 and 2007 in the United States, to 111,000 people, despite there being no evidence of its safety, efficacy or mechanism of action."
At the start of the study the investigators found EDTA chelation used by alternative practitioners was regularly accompanied by high doses of multivitamins and multiminerals. As this was a compelling factor that may confound the data, participants were split into four groups:
The primary endpoint of the study, an objective event that indicates whether the intervention is beneficial or not, was the first time any of the following occurred:
At the start of the study, researchers noted those taking statins as a prescribed subgroup for further analysis. Of the participants enrolled, 73 percent were taking statins at the start of the study and 27 percent were not. At the conclusion, researchers found those taking statin drugs enjoyed no additional benefit from the vitamins, while those who didn't take the drug experienced a significant benefit from taking vitamins, whether or not they also received the chelation therapy. The researchers concluded:6
"High-dose oral multivitamin and multimineral supplementation seem to decrease combined cardiac events in a stable, post-MI population not taking statin therapy at baseline. These unexpected findings are being retested in the ongoing TACT2."
Researchers used a unique formulation designed for the study, based on commonly used vitamin supplements prescribed by alternative medicine practitioners. In other words, the vitamins used by the participants were not over-the-counter, grocery store brand multivitamin supplements. Choosing a quality multivitamin and multimineral to use at home may not be straightforward.
It is important that manufacturers have checks and balances in place during production to ensure the quality of their final product. Manufacturers may agree to a voluntary certification and testing by the ConsumerLab.com, NSF International or U.S. Pharmacopeia. These testing organizations help ensure manufacturers meet strict standards of quality through examination and testing of the product throughout the production process.7
Once tested, the manufacturer may place the seal of the organization on the product label indicating a reliable source has tested the product for safety, effectiveness, risk and quality. As with any product, vitamins have a shelf life that conforms to the vitamin stability profile in the final product. Products react differently to light, humidity and heat as well. If you choose to use a supplement, choose a well-respected company whose product is consistently evaluated and tested to ensure you are receiving exactly what is on the label.
Mitochondria are tiny specialized structures within cells that generate energy. They have their own genetic code and divide and replicate on their own timetable. They produce adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which is the type of energy your cells use.8 In a study from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), researchers discovered mitochondria and the ATP they produce, may be the "dominant pathway for skeletal muscle energy distribution."9
This information led others to suspect that your mitochondria form a veritable power grid within your body, vital to your health and life. They confirmed this theory in a study published in the journal Cell Reports.10 This interconnected network allows for rapid communication and distribution of energy, but the network may also be jeopardized when elements are damaged.
One of the primary factors that impact mitochondrial health is your nutrition. When carbohydrates are used as the primary fuel, as the majority eating a Western diet are doing, it generates a great amount of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and secondary free radicals. Over time, this causes mitochondrial impairment and dysfunction, resulting in the development of chronic illness and disease.
Your mitochondria are supported by several nutrients in your diet, including CoQ10, B vitamins, vitamin K2, magnesium and animal-based omega-3 fats. The combination of CoQ10 and selenium has demonstrated improved heart function and reduced mortality.11 There is a significant link between the health of your mitochondria and your risk for cardiovascular disease.
In 2015, the CDC shared that 36.7 percent of Americans either took statin medications or should take them to reduce their cholesterol levels.12 Recommendations released in 2017 edge that number even higher.13 These rising numbers may play a role in the increasing rate of people who suffer chronic problems, such as chronic urinary tract infections, amnesia and headaches, abdominal pain, abnormal liver function and muscle pain and spasms.14
Researchers have found statins have a negative effect on mitochondrial function, some of which is dose dependent.15 Statin medications predispose the individual to mitochondrial defects that may respond to the administration of CoQ10. Statin-induced muscle disease is the most common reason why people discontinue the drug.16 The incidence varies from 5 percent to 29 percent of patients who use these drugs. The milder form is more common and also likely affects heart function.
Statins also inhibit vitamin K2 dependent processes in the body,17 one of which is to prevent arterial stiffening, known as arteriosclerosis.18 One of the functions of K2 is to move calcium into the proper areas of your body, such as bones and teeth, and remove it from your arteries. As your arteries become less pliable, your blood pressure rises, increasing the work of your heart and your risk for heart disease and stroke.
Published data shows individuals with a high intake of vitamin K2 may have up to a 57 percent reduced risk of cardiovascular disease than those whose vitamin K2 intake is lower or usage is impaired, such as in the consumption of statin drugs.19
Statins also block your body's ability to manufacture ketones, a cleaner burning fuel that produces far fewer ROS and free radical damage. The enzyme that produces ketones in your liver is the same enzyme blocked by statin medications, as it also produces cholesterol.
If the risk of a medication includes a "common" side effect of cardiovascular death, you would hope the effectiveness outweighs the risks. In this case, the risk of taking a statin medication far outweighs any benefit. In fact, according to the U.S. Preventive Service Task Force,20 250 people have to take statins for up to six years to prevent a single death.21
Within those six years, many more will have suffered the side effects and mitochondrial damage from the statin medications that natural means of balancing nutrients to protect heart health does not trigger. Statin advocates developed a statistical tool that has drastically increased the number of people who would "benefit" from statin medications. However, a report in the Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology concludes this tool used relative risk reduction to amplify what amounts to trivial benefits.22
This same report found clinical trials succeeded in minimizing the significance of a large number of adverse effects. In a second study in the same publication, study authors found that statins were not only less effective as commonly communicated, but they may also contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease.23
Ensuring a balance of essential micronutrients may benefit your heart health and your overall health in ways science is only beginning to understand. Biochemist Bruce Ames has dedicated much of his professional life to studying the effect that micronutrient insufficiency may have on the aging processes. Through his work he developed the Triage Theory of Aging, published in 2006.24
He found micronutrient deficiencies were associated with DNA damage and early aging. As a result, he proposed the body shunts micronutrients where they are immediately needed for short-term survival at the expense of long-term health.
For example, a short-term, emergency release of calcium from bone to the blood stream to reduce metabolic acidosis caused by several factors, including low potassium or magnesium levels, exercise or high protein intake, is necessary for immediate survival, but when repeated often results in osteoporosis.
His research included mitochondrial function, showing that optimizing micronutrient intake could optimize metabolism and reduce mitochondrial impairment and decay.25 During an interview with Life Extension, he pointed to several recent studies that have demonstrated a link between vitamin K deficiency and coronary heart disease.26
Scientists are still discovering how complex the human body is and how interconnected each organ system is to another. An insufficiency in one micronutrient may not produce overt symptoms of deficiency, but over time will likely produce symptoms of chronic illness and disease as your body struggles to survive on less than what is necessary for optimal health.
My food pyramid is nearly the inverse of the original USDA food pyramid, featuring healthy fats and vegetables on the bottom, followed by high quality proteins and fruit and lastly grains. The plan is designed to help you eat your way to better health, incorporating foods that are high in nutrient value. You can read more about how to balance your nutritional intake in my previous article, "My Updated Nutritional Plan — Your Guide to Optimal Health."
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Thank God for Dr John Tucker Mugabi Sentamu, the Archbishop of York. His spokesman confirmed yesterday that he has politely turned down an invitation to take part in Celebrity Big Brother. The archbishop is not averse to lobbing the odd controversial view into the media pot (in Tuesday's Daily Telegraph he had a go at the amount the nation spends on Christmas) or bringing in the cameras to watch him do a few total immersions outside his minster. But lounging around for weeks on end with a bunch of nobodies is clearly a mitre's throw too far.
How could they? Première magazine has invited its staff to identify the 20 most overrated films of all time and the boot has gone into sufficient classics to make you want to hurl your popcorn over the magazine's head. Chicago, says Kelly Borgeson, was edited furiously "to cover the subpar hoofing of Renée Zellweger and Richard Gere [who sing as if under the spells of asthma and Ethel Merman, respectively]". How cruel. AD denounces Disney's Fantasia as "a mishmash of pedantic narration and erratic tone" and FS says of the Wizard of Oz that "the candy-coated art direction, highlighting Technicolor at its most garish, provokes insulin shock".
The Royal Shakespeare Company is to team up with Canada's National Arts Centre English Theatre to present the première of The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood her stage adaptation of her novel telling the Odyssey from the point of view of Mrs Odysseus. Peter Hinton, the English Theatre's artistic director, made the announcement in Ottawa with Deborah Shaw, an associate director of the RSC, by his side. The play will debut in Stratford-upon-Avon in July before moving to Canada in September. The all-women cast will include seven Canadian actors and six from the RSC.


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A robust and accurate fuel modulation system for all types of liquid fuel, including aggressive and highly viscous fluids such as Naptha or Heavy Fuel Oil. The system has also been tested extensively using different types of Bio-Fuel. Standard Posiflow systems have been developed by TCL for integration into existing gas turbine fuel systems:
Traditional gas turbine liquid fuel systems use an HP fuel pump plus a control valve with some form of spill control. Wear and drift in the mechanical parts of the fuel valve can lead to various operational problems such as:
- Inconsistent light off flows, causing failed starts.
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- Increased spares inventory.
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Home and Magic are two things that I maybe didn't fully believe in until after the past two days.
Home is a thing that's hard for me to define. There are places that feel like home and can be clearly defined that way: my family's house in Gettysburg, for sure. It is the address I put for "permanent address" on forms, it is the place where I can stay up until 4 AM and walk around in my underwear without worrying. It is where my parents, brothers, and pets live, it is where I spend my breaks from school. Having just left it, I do feel homesick. Especially for my mommy, who writes such nice blog posts about my messy room.
But it's in a town that's not home. I'm going to awkwardly quote Bowling for Soup now:
I hope this song finds you well.
And I hope that you're doin' fuckin' swell.
I hope that you're back up if you've ever been down.
And I hope that you got the fuck out of our hometown.
I try not to refer to Gettysburg as my hometown, although it is a town which my home is in.
But then, my parents' house isn't my only home. I was very much reminded of that today.
Being back in Provincetown is surreal. I walk around town and everything seems less colorful than I remembered it. Smaller than I remembered it. The problem with being a child in a place and then leaving is you have this image of all streets as wide, all flags as bright. FAWC, where my dad used to be director, seemed familiar but not quite right. There was the place a cat scratched me (I was just trying to be friends!), the little house on the quad where we lived, the newly renovated offices that used to have swinging doors that I would skip through. Memories of silent auctions and days spent sitting under wooden staircases, telling myself stories.
Commercial Street was also strange. I found the coffee place where my mom would buy me muffins and scones (lemon poppyseed was my favorite, I think), but it was closed for the off-season. I found two places that sold salt-water taffy, and, wanting to buy some for myself and my brothers, I was torn. They were across the street from each other, I could remember being in both stores. Which one was better? Did I have a preference, ten years ago? I chose the one whose door was hanging open, it seemed more welcoming, but I instantly regretted it. It felt touristy and fake, the other one, out the window, looked more family-owned and homey. I was shamed, a tourist in a town that had once been home. I bought taffy and left, annoyed.
But then. Magic! My dad and I went over to Pat's house before going out to dinner with her. Everything was exactly as I had remembered it. Pat's house is unchanged, but also organic and living. Her new dog, a wolf mix (70% wolf, Pat thinks) barked at me and I remembered that I was a stranger and that things were new, I guess, even if everything seemed perfectly congruent to my memories.
Pat's old dog, Atisha, had been my peer as a child. We were the under-table dwellers, those who played with tennis balls, the shorter-than-everyone twosome. I had hung out with her in a den of pillows and sheepskin under a table, that den was still there. It looked impossibly small. Paintings, some by Pat and some by others, covered the walls. Plants grew everywhere. Outside, we could see the beach.
I can say "I never lived there, it is not my home." But I was alive there, and it felt like home, so maybe that's not true. I have no concept of how much time I actually spent there, if the way I feel about the house as a place is reasonable or deserved. If I am just one of many children who feels that they grew there, though maybe not up. Maybe just better.
Home for me is also a weird concept I guess because of the whole long distance relationship thing. A part of my home is always with Ari (oh hey) even though we've never lived in the same place. Teenage love is very self-centered, though I just told my dad that compared to other teenagers, Ari seems about 50 years old. In a good way. I have an old-person's disease (so people tell me) so I guess we're both secretly elderly.
Next year my home will be a little less torn. Ari got into Wesleyan. Real tears of joy happened on my end (Dad was very amused). I guess that's a little magic too. I'm not the "tears of joy" type (usually).
I'm really happy right now.
PS: sorry about the pictures of Pat's house. It was a terrible moment when I realized that I was in one of the most magical places in the world and only had my cell phone as a camera. Atisha's grave is the first picture, the rest are inside Pat's house.


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When we think of Egyptian temples, one of the principle architectural elements that comes to mind is the column. In fact, it is difficult to imagine a temple such as Karnak without thinking of its columned halls, and what many visitors will take away with them is visions of pylons, obelisks, statues and columns. Column shafts were often decorated with colorful depictions in painted, carved relief, and remain some of the most interesting architectural elements in Egyptian structures.
Actually, the type of column was usually, but not always dictated by its placement within the temple, and therefore most temples actually employ more then one design. Most of the time, "Bud" style columns were used in the outer temple courts, particularly away from the central axis of the inner temple. "Open" style capitals were most often found in the temples central areas. However, as time passed, into the late antiquities period, there was considerably more variation in these themes. In the Graeco-Roman period, column styles became especially varied, and many Egyptian designs were exported to Greece and Roman, where they underwent further evolutionary changes.
This early form of column first appears in the Step Pyramid enclosure of Djoser, but the form died mostly died out by the New Kingdom. However, their use continued in Nubia. These columns resembled and represented bundled reeds or plant stems, but during later periods, sometimes took the form of a polygonal column shaft.
What is probably most interesting about fluted columns in Egypt is that they very probably represent the first columns made from stone in the world. While the fluted columns may have lost their popularity as an independent style many of the future columns incorporated design elements from them, in effect, simply incorporating a more complex capital.
Palmiform Columns:
The Palmiform Columns were also one of the earliest styles of columns in Egypt temple architecture. Example of this type of column were found, for example, in the 5th Dynasty pyramid mortuary complex of Unas. However, after the 5th Dynasty, these types of columns are rare, but continued to occasionally be used. Mostly we find examples during later periods at the Taharga temple in Kawa in Upper Nubia, and in some temples dating to the Graeco-Roman Period. However, they may also be found in the Ramesseum. There, at the inner side of the court, are two rows of ten columns. The four middle columns in each row are Papyriform columns while the others are Palmiform. These columns obviously had a palm tree motif, but did not actually represent the tree itself, but rather eight palm fronds lashed to a pole.
Lotiform Columns:
Lotiform columns were perhaps used in non-secular buildings then in the temples. However, this is not to say that they were not also sometimes employed in religious architecture. The simple, lotus bud form of the column is enjoyed widespread use in the Old and Middle Kingdom temples. Its use declined during the New Kingdom, but again found popularity during the Graeco-Roman Period. This column usually has ribbed shafts representing the the stems of the Lotus, and capitals in the form of a closed (bud) or open lotus flower.
Just as a side note, Lotus plants specifically are not present in the earlier times of Egyptian antiquity. What we so often refer to as "Lotus" was in fact a type of water lily.
Papyriform Columns:
There are several variations in this type of column. Some have circular shafts representing a single plant, while others have ribbed shafts that represent a plants with multiple stems. The capitals could be closed (buds) or open in a wide, bell-shaped form. During the New Kingdom, the shafts of most papyriform columns taper upwards from bases decorated with triangular patterns representing stylized stem sheaths. The earliest examples we know of the circular shaft style columns can be found in Djoser's Step Pyramid enclosure at Saqqara. However, these are not free standing columns, but incorporated into other structures. Though the circular shaft form of the column seems to have been used throughout Egyptian history, they saw widespread use during the New Kingdom, along with both open and closed capital styles.
We first find the multi-stemmed form of this column employed during the 5th Dynasty, but it was also frequently used during the New Kingdom. 18th Dynasty columns are particularly fine, with considerable artistic detail. They became more stylized by the 19th Dynasty.
Coniform Columns:
This column style apparently quickly died out after their use in Djoser's Step Pyramid enclosure wall. It has not been found in later temples. The style is characterized by a fluted shaft surmounted by a capital representing the branches of a conifer tree.
Tent Pole Columns:
Though we probably know of other applications of this style from documentation, apparently the only surviving, known examples are found in the Festival Temple of Tuthmosis III at Karnak. It is possible that very early examples of the style were also constructed of brick. There is little doubt that this type of column made of stone was rare. The column is basically a representation in stone of the wooden "poles" used to support light structures such as tents, and sometimes shrines, kiosks or ships cabins.
Why this tent pole design was used is perhaps somewhat of a mystery, though they certainly reflect back on the earliest of Egypt's structures and their wood counterparts. It is sometimes believe that the specific columns in Tuthmosis III temple were modeled after actual wooden poles of his military tent.
Campaniform Columns:
Considerable variety existed in this style of columns. They sometimes took the shape of a floral column or pillar. Some had circular, ribbed or square shafts (pillars). They all had some form of flower shaped capital. Two of the best known of these are located in the Hall of Annals of Tuthmosis III at Karnak. At this temple, the, the structures take the shape of a pillar. They including two style of column, with one representing the heraldic plant of Lower (northern) Egypt, the Papyrus, and the other type representing the symbolic plant of Upper (southern) Egypt, the Lotus. They are positioned symbolically on the northern and southern sides of the hall. Such placement was not unusual, and we see many examples of columns positioned in the north and south of courtyards with northern and southern motifs. This specific types of column is rare, but their more stylized forms appeared most frequently in the Graeco-Roman Period.
Composite Columns:
These columns were common during the Graeco-Roman Period. Composite Columns were probably an evolutionary extension of the campaniform columns with capitals decorations including floral designs of any number of real, or even imagined plants. There variation could be endless, and they became so utterly stylized that the original floral motifs could hardly be recognized. In fact, this type of column continued to evolve in Greece and Rome, becoming very different then the Egyptian variety.
None Plant Style Columns:
While natural plant columns were the most common in Egypt, other column and pillar types could represent deities or their attributes. Examples of these include:
Hathoric Columns:
This type of column never appeared prior to the Middle Kingdom, and was probably originated in that period. They are usually instantly recognizable by their capital in the shape of the cow headed goddess, Hathor. They often had a simple, round shaft. All considered, they were fairly common, and examples may be found in the temple of Nefertari at Abu Simbel and within the hypostyle hall of the Ptolemaic (Greek) temple at Dendera. The Dendera columns are probably the best known, where all twenty four columns have the head of this goddess on all four sides. We also know of several other temples with Hathor columns, including the temple of Nekhebet at el Kab. Sistrum columns are also associated with Hathor, but represent in the capitals and shafts the handles and rattles of the sistrum.
Osiride Pillars:
All examples of this type of pillar are engaged, meaning that they are part of another architectural element. They appear to also have originated in the Middle Kingdom, and and take the form of a statue of the god Osiris on the pillar's front surface.