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Serves 4
16-20 fresh scallops, cleaned
2 cups fresh breadcrumbs
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 Tbs parmesan, grated - plus extra shaved, to garnish
1 Tbs parsley, chopped - plus extra for the salsa
Olive oil
4 tomatoes, halved
Fresh oregano
Lemon wedges
Salsa verde
1 cup parsley
1 cup basil
Olive oil
2 cloves garlic, chopped
2 anchovies, chopped
1 Tbs capers
1 Tbs lemon juice
1 Preheat the oven to 200C. Put the breadcrumbs into a bowl and season. Add the parmesan and parsley, then just enough olive oil to soften.
2 Press the crumbs on the scallops then bake for approximately 5 minutes or until golden and crispy. Serve with the grilled tomatoes, salsa verde, shaved parmesan and lemon.
3 To grill the tomatoes; drizzle the tomatoes with olive oil then place cut side down on a hot grill or pan. Leave for a couple of minutes then turn over and season, top with a little fresh oregano and cook for a further minute or until tender, depending on size.
4 To make the salsa verde; put the ingredients into a food processor and blend with enough olive oil until combined but still coarse.


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Reading 50 Years Among the Bees, He talks about moving the bees into a cellar every winter. It was meant to protect them from winter winds and extreme cold. but the cellar was also meant to keep them cold and dormant. Not awake and productive.
Reading 50 Years Among the Bees, He talks about moving the bees into a cellar every winter. It was meant to protect them from winter winds and extreme cold. but the cellar was also meant to keep them cold and dormant. Not awake and productive.
Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)
So far in my fairly mild climate, (Pacific Northwest) I've found the biggest benefit to placing a hive under some kind of cover, helps the hives finish stay looking great. No constant moisture all over the hive.
Here is a pic of a bench I built when I first got bees. I was able to drop the sides down in extreme weather to somewhat protect the hives. Roll up the plastic in better weather for accessibility. Just be sure the top is open enough the bees don't get trapped there. They are kind of dumb that way.
(The galvanized top you see on the bench was an old security window screen from Joint Base Lewis McChord, demo'd many years ago. I snagged up about ten of these 4' x 14' (tables as I use them) and love them! I like the old stuff, besides being made very well, it has a local history)
Here is a larger bench using the cattle panels for the roof support for the plastic. I had to make this myself and after a bit of thought used the ratchet straps to put a bow in the panels and heavy zip ties to hold them in a bow.
(I salvaged these brackets and pipe years ago from a commercial job site. It use to be a laundromat . My husband gets on me for being a pack rat..I stored these for about 10 years before I figured out what to use them for. Hee hee-)
With plastic on, this bench works really great. The plastic was A little ugly though. It did not lay flat because I left a few inches of pipe sticking up beyond the roof panel.
I've since rebuilt the bench-The 1 1/4 galvanized pipe was not strong enough to hold the weight of fall hives. Built a simple 2x8 pressure treated frame to hold the plywood. It rests on the concrete bricks right on the ground
Here is one of my larger greenhouses. You see the bench on the end? I placed hives there last fall, but the buggers just flew up to the top if the greenhouse and the enclosed south side and got caught. Even with the huge open ends.One of the reasons I lost a lot of hives last winter..I lost too many bees in this location, before I moved them back outside.
To have them under cover, you really need a dark building with no windows. They can find the only light to the outdoors and orient just fine.
Using a greenhouse or clear plastic is very tempting for the solar gain benefit. But beware, it is quite tricky to do. Once you see how the bees navigate-or their lack of navigating skills, you should be able to pull it off.
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Hi All,
I was wondering if anyone knew how to build a triangular bee escape. I think that this would be a great addition to the plans section of this website.
Also, has anyone used them before - and would you share pros and cons of their use???
I currently have only 2 hives (if they make it through the winter) and am considering trying these escapes. Frankly, I tried the elliptical escape that fits in the inner cover and have found it to be useless. Maybe I didn't use it correctly.
Anyway, whatever help you can send would be appreciated.


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Great White Oval Serving Platters
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In the long-standing tradition of fine porcelain dining, these classic serving platters are designed to make every dish a stunning presentation. Grandly scaled, they provide an open landscape to put your culinary creations on display. These high-quality platters are crafted for years of dining and entertaining at home.
- Made of glazed porcelain.
- Coordinate with our Great White Dinnerware.
- Beautiful for entertaining, yet durable enough for everyday use.
- X-Small: 8.5" wide x 11.5" long x 1" thick
- Small: 10" wide x 14.5" long x 1.25" thick
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The Ottenheimer Brothers Foundation of Little Rock has pledged $250,000 to the Pulaski Technical College Foundation over a three-year period to make much-needed improvements to the college's Ottenheimer Library system, which has branches on three Pulaski Tech sites.
The gift will be used to improve the college library's collections, replace outdated computers, update work stations and furniture, and make library improvements.
The library has a $24,000 budget for buying additional materials - about $75,000 less than the library budgets of other community colleges in the state and more than $200,000 below the national average budget allotment.
Current workstations and furniture in the Ottenheimer Library on the college's Main Campus are now seven years old and will be updated. A few student workstations were added in 2010, but with the Ottenheimer funding, the older, original workstations will be updated to maintain a uniform look. At the same time, computers in the library are now in their fourth year of use. The standard replacement interval for student computers is three years.
To recognize the Ottenheimer Brothers Foundation's loyal support, the library at Little Rock-South will be named the Ottenheimer Library - South at a future date.
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- Family/child friendly
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Parking available
- Lockable room
- Towels
- Breakfast
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|Wiebachweg, 40625 Düsseldorf, Germany
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The newly built apartment of about 50 square meters consists of a living / dining area with a kitchenette, a bedroom with two single beds and a bathroom with shower.
The living room has two comfortable leather sofas. A satellite TV, music system and wifi is available and ready to be kept free.
The comfortable dining area and a small kitchen with a refrigerator, coffee maker, kettle, microwave and dishes are available for self-catering (no stove)
Coffee, cocoa and tea are available free of charge.
The modern bathrooms are adequate before fresh towels and a hair dryer.
Prices are. Per night and include bed linen, towels, internet / wifi, and costs for electricity, water and heating
Other services such as taxi service, breakfast, refrigerator or service on request.
Flexible arrival and departure times as desired or consultation
Pets are not allowed.
It is a Non smoking apartment.
Free parking is available on the street.
Bikes are available free on bail.
By car, taxi, bus or bike you can reach in a few minutes to Düsseldorf city center (3,5 km) but also the direct connection to the surrounding motorways make a quick connection to both the Airport (10 km), exhibition Center (9 km) and in surrounding towns and cities a breeze.
The large recreation area located in the immediate vicinity of the Grafenberg forest with its wildlife park, the racecourse and the golf club and the Lake Unterbach with
various sports and leisure facilities are attractive destinations.
Anyone wishing to experience a journey through time to the Neanderthals can connect the city stay with this famous cultural attractions in nearby Mettmann.
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Treat people, possessions and good third party as well as your own property and you want to be treated.
Then we are here to serve you and look forward to be your perfect host.
Number of Guests / usage: The apartment is designed for 2 people. The number of guests will be declared at booking. Other guests are not allowed in the apartment.
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Reviews of this property
She is a lovely and friendly person. I like her when i heard her voice on the phone. My staff had a wonderful stay in her comfortable and quiet central penthouse. My staff are planning to stay with her again next year again during the exhibition. The location was good.
Elke is a very nice and warm hostess and the apartment is beautiful, spotlessly clean and very comfortable. The decor is modern and it's thought of everything you could need (fruit, tea, coffee, sugar, creamer, magazines, towels, soap, facial tissues in the bathroom ... for women make-up very well ... etc.) , which is great.
I have certainly felt very comfortable and well cared for me.
Elke ist eine sehr nette und herzliche Gastgeberin und das Apartment ist wunderschön, blitzsauber und sehr gemütlich. Die Einrichtung ist modern und es ist an alles gedacht, was man so braucht (Obst, Tee, Kaffee, Zucker, Kaffeesahne, Zeitschrifte, Handtücher, Seife, Kosmetiktücher im Bad ... für Frauen zum Schminken sehr gut ... etc.), das ist toll.
Ich habe mich jedenfalls sehr wohl und gut aufgehoben gefühlt.
The apartment is really very beautiful. One can see that the host has a lot of effort made by all. The apartment is located in a quiet district of Düsseldorf with a good and fast connections to the city. Elke is a super friendly hostess. It was always with advice and assistance.
Thanks for the nice time in Dusseldorf.
Die Wohnung ist wirklich sehr schön eingerichtet. Man kann erkennen, das der Gastgeber sich sehr viel Mühe mit allem gemacht hat. Die Wohnung befindet sich in einem ruhigen Stadtteil Düsseldorfs mit einer guten und schnellen Anbindung in die Innenstadt. Elke ist eine Super freundliche Gastgeberin. Sie stand uns immer mit Rat und Tat zur Seite.
Vielen Dank für die schöne Zeit in Düsseldorf.
everything worked great. Perfect!
Thanks for the hospitality. Gladly again.
hat alles super geklappt . Perfekt !
Danke für die Gastfreundschaft. Gerne wieder.
I felt very well, was warmly received and had a cozy, warm house to myself - all near the city center. I liked it very well!
Ich habe mich sehr wohl gefühlt, wurde herzlich empfangen und hatte eine gemütliche, warme Wohnung für mich allein - und das alles in Innenstadtnähe. Mir hat es sehr gut gefallen!
I was there ith my 2 children and it was a great experience. very nice and helpfull landlords in all aspects.
All the best. 've Felt very comfortable and slept well!
Alles Bestens. Hab mich sehr wohl gefühlt und gut geschlafen!!!
Absolutely great! Complete apartment for the price of one mittelmaesigen hotel room!
Total klasse! Komplette Wohnung fuer die Preis von einen mittelmaesigen Hotelzimmer!
A beautiful apartment, decorated top in a quiet location. Elke has received me very warmly. A fruit basket as a welcome gift, it simply lacks anything. The beds are great, too. I felt very comfortable.
Eine wunderschöne Wohnung, top eingerichtet in ruhiger Lage. Elke hat mich sehr herzlich empfangen. Ein Obstkorb als Willkommensgruß, es fehlt einfach an nichts. Die Betten sind auch super.
Ich habe mich sehr wohl gefühlt.
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Volunteering... a unique gift
UTSA launches civic participation program
By Marianne McBride Lewis
Director of Public Affairs
(Jan. 30, 2007)--UTSA students, faculty and staff members dedicate hundreds of hours each month to help others and make San Antonio a better place to live. This volunteer work is done through community organizations, family-focused activities such as coaching sports or leading a scout troop, and faith-based projects such as Habitat for Humanity or the SAMM Shelter, among many others.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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Organizations count on this volunteer work, although it is often unheralded. But, that is about to change -- your volunteer time will count in another way at UTSA through a new program.
Today, UTSA launched its component of the UT Service and Civic Participation Program, as part of the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation.
"We are pleased to participate in the UT Service and Civic Participation Program that will allow UTSA students, faculty and staff to be recognized by our country and president for your service and civic participation, as we know 'your time counts,'" said UTSA President Ricardo Romo. "I look forward to thanking and honoring those of you who volunteer and inspire others to serve."
Adults logging 100, 250 and 500 hours of volunteer service in a 12-month period will be eligible for bronze, silver and gold award levels with lapel pins and personalized letters of thanks from the president. The program is a way for individual efforts to be recognized, along with the collective community impact of UTSA and the UT System.
UT System Chancellor Mark G. Yudof was appointed by President Bush last spring as the first higher education representative on the prestigious council. In 2003, the president created the council and the President's Volunteer Service Awards as a way to thank and honor Americans for their volunteer service.
"The UT System has a tremendous opportunity to play a leading role in the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation, since higher education previously was not represented," said Yudof. "The increase in civic engagement on college campuses bodes well for America's ability to overcome a wide variety of social challenges."
Romo encourages UTSA students, faculty and staff to register their service hours at the UT System President's Service Awards Web site. At the site, scroll down to the UTSA logo and register as a UTSA volunteer.
A permanent link will be available at the UTSA Office of External Affairs Web site, where you can log your volunteer hours.
For more information, contact Jennifer Storm, UTSA assistant director for external affairs, at (210) 458-4009.


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An international bazaar, a variety show and an international buffet will provide a sampling of cultural heritage from around the world during Hope College's "Images 2001: A Reflection of Cultures," which will take place on Saturday, March 31, at the Knickerbocker Theatre and Phelps Hall.
Approximately 100 students, faculty and members of the community will be participating. There is an admission charge for the buffet, but the international bazaar and variety show are each free.
"Images 2001: A Reflection of Cultures" will begin with the international bazaar, which will begin at 2 p.m. in the walkway of the 100 East Eighth Street building, which is connected to and stands immediately east of the Knickerbocker Theatre downtown.
The variety show will begin in the theatre at 3 p.m., with the doors opening at 2:30 p.m. The show will feature songs, poems, dances and other clips of culture in multiple languages and fashions. Countries represented will include Japan, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Ukraine, Germany and Mexico.
A free-will offering will be taken during the variety show's intermission to help support earthquake relief in India.
The international buffet will be held served at 5 p.m. in the Phelps Hall dining room. For those not on the college's meal plan, admission will be $5.50 for those 12 and older, and $2.50 for children who are five to 11 years old. Admission to the buffet will be payable at the door.
There will also be a "Post-Images" celebration/dance in the evening for the college's students.
"Images 2001: A Reflection of Cultures" is sponsored by the college's Office of International Education and Office of Multicultural Life.
The Knickerbocker Theatre is located at 86 E. 8th St. Phelps Hall is located on the corner of Columbia Avenue and 10th Street.


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Horse Armoury, Tower of London by Rowlandson and Pugin, 1809
Horse Armoury, Tower of London by Rowlandson and Pugin, 1809
Harquebusier's armour. (II.108)
The Horse Armoury, by an unknown artist, early 19th century © Royal Armouries 2013
James II from Charles Knight, London, 1842.
Head of a carved wooden horse from the Line of Kings. English, 1685-90 (XVII.8)
In 1688 William Emmett was one of the many craftsmen who became involved in the development of a new, expanded and improved Line of Kings display. The centrepiece of this new exhibition was to be a line of life-sized wooden horses, each bearing the armoured figure of a king. It was decided to buy a complete new set of carved horses and figures with kings' faces, with the exception of the carvings made by Grinling Gibbons in 1685-86. To complete the task, the Board of Ordnance turned to a variety of artists and craftsmen, including the woodcarver William Emmett . It is thought that Emmett was born in about 1640, received his freedom as a member of the Joiners Company in 1660, and died in the mid 1690s.
Grinling Gibbons had supplied a horse and figure of Charles II in 1685 and one of Charles I in 1686 at a price of £40 each. However, in 1688 the Board did not turn to Gibbons, the leading woodcarver in England, but instead issued contracts for varying numbers of wooden horses and figures with kings' faces to Emmett and four others: William Morgan, John Nost I, Thomas Quellin and Marmaduke Townson. Between them, these five carvers and sculptors made seventeen wooden horses and figures for the Line: several of the heads with faces survive and about half of the horses.
William Emmett was a leading woodcarver of the time but he supplied only one horse and figure for the Line. His limited involvement in the project is rather surprising as he was not only a carver who worked on several high-profile commissions in London but also because he had excellent contacts with Crown building projects through family members who were employed extensively as master bricklayers. In addition, Emmett's uncle, Henry Philips, held the appointment of Master Carver and Sculptor in Wood to the Crown from 1661 until his death in 1693. During the last several years of this appointment Phillips seems to have allowed Emmett to discharge the duties for him. Only on Philips' death was Grinling Gibbons given this appointment.
Emmett's previous collaborations with other carvers had included working with Grinling Gibbons and William Morgan at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea , and with Gibbons at Whitehall Palace , as well as at St Mary Abchurch and other city churches . Emmett's involvement in the supply of a carved horse and figure for the upgrading of the Horse Armoury is recorded as follows:
'27 March 1689
Received into their Majesty's stores of Armoury within the Office of Ordnance from William Emott the statues hereafter mentioned being for a patterne per warrant the 4th August 1688:
Statue of a horse carved in wood – one
Statue in wood whereon a face is carved – one
at £20-00s-00d'
It is possible that the long period that elapsed between the warrant and delivery of the finished goods meant that Emmett missed out on the chance of extra work to other carvers like William Morgan. The reference to the carving 'being for a patterne' may possibly indicate that other orders might have followed its acceptance. Similar wording occurs in the documentation for William Morgan's carvings.
Woodcarvers like Emmett and Morgan would have operated workshops with teams of labourers and craftsmen and at any one time they may have had several different jobs taking place. Decisions to prioritise one job at the expense of another would have been taken if the benefits of one contract outweighed another. This may explain why Emmett's contribution to the Line of Kings was so limited, while Morgan's was substantial. Emmett was clearly not out of favour with the Crown as from 1690 he was one of the carvers who provided decoration for Hampton Court and Kensington Palace.
It is very unlikely that the horse or carved head made by William Emmett will be identified. Other documented carvings by Emmett are very different in their type. Given the fact that about half the horses made for the Horse Armoury at the Tower of London in 1688-90 have not survived, it is as likely as not that his horse has been destroyed. Although some of the extant horses have been constructed differently to all the others, this may not be evidence that they were the products of other workshops. It may instead be a consequence of other factors, including the pattern of losses over the centuries.


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i ordered 2 myself and ordered a couple sets of rails from ak-builder i'm stoked
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cheaper than coldsteel and got magwell, trigger and other cutouts
i ordered 2 myself and ordered a couple sets of rails from ak-builder i'm stoked
"Always forwards, never backwards." Erich Honecker
Those are very nice looking shells.
Better grabs me some.
Charter member-Busted Box Club est. 2006
"I will adhere to the Patriot Act, the one signed in 1776"
- Marc Anderson
Dang, those are nice!!!!!!!! And cheaper than a flat from AK Builder!!!!
Enforcement, NOT Amnesty!!!!!!
"If theyre going to come here illegally, apply for & receive assistance through a corrupted Government agency encouraging this lawless behavior, work under the table & send billions of dollars each year back to their families in Mexico, while bleeding local economies dry, protest in our streets waving their Mexican flags DEMANDING rights, while I have to press 1′ for English, then they need to be shipped back to where they came from!" -Chad Miller
I picked up two and a barrel! Can't wait to check them out. At $24.99 you can't beat it. I read they originally had 1,000 and were down to half of that yesterday.
Great find. Will they work on a AK 74. Lunch time at Copes so the young lady had no one to ask. ??? I think drilling the holes would be a piece of cake verses getting the flat bent. All though now I have 20 bucks in a poor mans jig.
drilling the holes is pretty easy. I've made a handful (2 and 1) of AK's and a PSL on CSS blanks, and the part i always dread is trimming and stepping the rails, and cutting out the magwell and trigger/pistol grip holes. These already have that, so im stoked! I got two yesterday, already out for shipping, woo! Will post more pics if wanted once i get em.
why o why do deals like this come up when i am tapped? the gods must really be pissed at me!!!
al gore is full of carbon enriched shit
I got this the other day from Copes and thought they were FFL items so I passed. Since I can make you own, either buy rolling my own flat steel or a bending a flat or using a old bent metal blank ( I still have a few of those). But at $25 plus shipping I decided to get two, one is going be dedicated to my Weiger 223 build with 90% east german parts and follow Pookie like I promised a few years back, I am going to do one thing different than pookie and make the same handguard retaing pin setup as the original
of course Misty said to order 5 cause they are selling out but I just got two
Sprat and sprat1 are one and the same.


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Engraving of George I
Engraving of George I
Armour used for the figure of George II in the Line of Kings 1768 -1826. English, Greenwich, about 1560 (II.82)
'Interior of the Horse Armoury', anon engraving, The Penny Magazine, 1836 © Royal Armouries 2013
George I came to the British throne in August 1714; his succession was the result of an Act of Parliament in 1701 to ensure a Protestant monarchy in Britain. However, as can be seen in Roger Morrice's Entering Books, which cover the years 1677 to 1691, Catholic rebellions were a serious concern and during this time and afterwards the Tower of London held many Jacobite prisoners. This left George I's reign vulnerable to Catholic claimants with a stronger connection to the British throne and one year after his succession he faced the first of a number of Jacobite rebellions.
However, from the 25-year delay in the display of the figure of George I in the Line of Kings, it would not appear obvious that the addition of the first Hanoverian king was a response to the unsettled feeling across the country. One of the earliest references to George I's figure featuring in the Line was in a Tower of London guidebook from 1753. In 1768 he is described as 'in a complete suit of armour, sitting with a truncheon in his hand on a white horse'. By 1801 this description had been elaborated to include 'a fine Turkey bridle gilt, with a globe, crescent; velvet furniture laced with gold and gold trappings'. The choice of a white horse for George I's figure was an acknowledgment of the heraldic device of Hanover. It is not known which suit of armour was used for George I, but probably it was a composite 16th century example.
Thus from about 1750 George I was accorded a very fine display, affirming his position and his family's succession as the House of Hanover.
This was clearly significant in the 18th century, but by the 19th century, when the Hanoverian dynasty had established strong roots, there was little need to assert the legitimacy of the dynasty. Consequently in 1826-7 there was no problem when the appointed armour expert, Dr Samuel Meyrick, removed the figures of George I and his son, George II, from the Line of Kings, focusing on historic armour within the collection.
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Prospective college students can get free help completing college financial aid applications at College Goal Sunday on Feb. 20 at Pulaski Technical College.
The program provides college-bound students and their parents with assistance in completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), the college financial aid application, and the Arkansas Universal Scholarship Application.
Pulaski Tech financial aid staff will assist students 2- 4 p.m. Sunday in Ottenheimer Library on the college's main campus in North Little Rock, 3000 West Scenic Drive.
Similar events will be taking place at more than 35 sites throughout the state. For a complete list of sites, visit www.arcollegegoalsunday.org
To successfully complete the FAFSA, students and their parents need to have 2010 tax returns, 2010 W-2 forms, Social Security numbers and know their amounts of untaxed income in 2010 and other sources of income, including child support, checking and savings balances, and family assets, not including their home. Prior to the event, students should obtain a Personal Information Number at www.pin.ed.gov
College Goal Sunday is supported with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. and the Lumina Foundation for Education. Currently, 39 states nationwide host a College Goal Sunday event.
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The "Canyon Section" of the North Platte River, Wyoming. This section lies between two reservoirs and much of the water is diverted around the section for hydropower generation. Consequently, the channel is not natural, but it nevertheless produces good rainbow trout fishing. Access is difficult.
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That is so pretty. Love the colors and the merging of them.
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
That is so pretty. Love the colors and the merging of them.
My last set of inspectors liked to "help" with the sandwiching - sitting on the batting. One of the current set likes to rip out any visible batting. That doesn't help when the quilt still needs borders.
Love the colors! I have a herd of shi tzus also.(3) They are by my feet as I type, quilt, eat, sleep. Yep they are always there!
Beautiful quilt!! My beagle "Libby" and the lab "Mia" thought the quilt was for their comfort while I was quilting it (hand quilting) I often had to shove them off to turn the quilt ....
Your quilt is really pretty!!
"... let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us."
Love your quilt and your inspectors!
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People who start projects and never finish them are cooler
than people who never start projects at all.
Love the quilt. Beautiful work. As I'm reading I have a yorkie and a very pregnant rat terrier on my left side and a Siamese cat on my legs, they have to "help" do everything!
Gorgeous quilt! The Aussie's not bad, either, lol! They're great dogs!
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Acting Assistant Secretary of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services for the United States Department of Education Michael Yudin joined a crowd of more than 1,000 students, teachers, and parents in Marana, Ariz., on September 11, in an effort to bring healthy habits back to America's schools through the First Lady's Let's Move! Active Schools (LMAS) initiative.
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The Pulaski Technical College National Library Week celebration will focus on "Careers and Writers" Monday through Thursday, April 19-22, in the U.S. Bank Community Room on the first floor of the Information Technology Center.
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Monday, April 19
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For starters, if it doesn't win best of show then call 9-1-1 because there's been a robbery (spoken from one who admittedly didn't see any of the other films). Seriously, this is an important and moving piece. I have long been so proud of the Antlers relationship, and my personal friendship, with Michael. His Serac Adventure Films (Outside Adventure Film School when they're in Vail for the TEVA games) is a class act and way rewarding to be involved with (the Antlers sponsors and hosts them each June). But this film, High Ground, takes that pride to a new level. I will spare you the film review, as that's not my forte, although I will say that the incredible story and message are equalled only by Michael's insane photography. Instead, I will simply urge you with all my heart to go see it. Maybe at a film festival near you, maybe in the theatre someday, otherwise rent the DVD when that comes out in the fall. Just do it … I PROMISE you, you'll be glad you did (and have a box of kleenex handy for a variety of tears, but mostly good ones).
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Oh, Fiasco. How do you do such a great job of bringing out my "dirty girl" side? I try to keep it so well hidden. Playing you is like a guilty pleasure that gives whomever I play it with a glimpse into the darkest part of my Id. You have temporarily transformed me into a drug- and sex-addicted rock singer, an androgynous stock trader, a Stepford wife who grows marijuana and can dispose of dead bodies with ease, a lazy housewife who cheats on her husband with her step-son, and (most recently) the 18-year-old daughter of a meth cook who slept with her boss in a soybean field.
I know I have talked about Fiasco here before on GeekMom, and it has been reviewed on GeekDad. If you would like to know more about the mechanics of the game, GeekDad's review is excellent. I felt the need to snag a couple of friends into playing another campaign of Fiasco this week in honor of Bully Pulpit's Kickstarter for their new game Durance, which you can back through July 2.
My husband (Tim) and I got together with GeekDad Jonathan to play a game of Fiasco Thursday night. We went through a rather large stack of possible scenarios (Bully Pulpit releases a new one for free each month on their website) and settled on Flyover (now with more corn!). Our dice rolling prompted the following story:


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Woo hoo!!! I finally arrived at the land of the Incas, llamas, spud�gs and Paddington Bear. And my return ticket home :-( . Along with Patagonia, this was one of the highlights of my trip for not only did they have some of the most celestial mountains you could imagine, they also speak Spanish and the country is a treasure trove of archaeological sites and delights! And who said an Arts degree was useless??
The trip down here was a long one taking a whole two days in the end. Before even stepping foot onto the ranchero that would take me down to the border I already had a taste of what travelling in Peru would be like. Edinson came up, extended his hand and said "hola" after which the conversation continued until we parted company in San Ignacio. Turns out Edinson actually exports coffee on the international scale so I got to know quite a lot about the humble coffee bean as we passed by the coffee fields which had now replaced the mountains.
My intended destination was Chachapoyas, named after the culture that occupied the area (from 800 AD to around 1470 when the Incas came to rule the area). The road from San Ignacio went through valleys so narrow that at times they had to cut into the rock so the road wasn't actually in the river itself but the best part was definitely from Pedro Ruiz to Chachapoyas.
Next morning I heard the sound of brass instruments and drums being played in the square nearby and found out later that it was Tourist Week where people from all around the Amazonas region gather to parade their best dancers with the main events being at the weekend. Oh well, I would just have to stick around another few days, what a shame ;-) .
To fill in time I thought I would visit Kuelap, the Machu Picchu of the north. Without resorting to using a coin, I opted for a tour rather than going under my own steam, I fancied a bit of pampering after such a long journey from Ecuador! The site is still being excavated and it was exciting to see things as they were being uncovered. I always thought the southern hemisphere did things in reverse but was a tad surprised when I saw one of the workers on the site sporting a hard hat, machete and no shoes! Visiting anything from Chachapoyas takes a long time and this was no exception. It was three hours there and another three back and Anthony had to suffer my company all the way, poor chap! There must have been some divine intervention for as we got talking it turned out he was hoping to head for Cajamarca next aswell.
In my travels down from the border I had discovered another Peruvian trait which was that you would never get the same answer from anyone. "Dos cuadras" (two blocks) I have now deciphered to meaning "near" as whenever I asked where the bus station was it seemed to be an eternal "dos cuadras". And now I was finding out that buses left for Cajamarca every day of the week, despite getting information from the tourist office that they only left on Tuesday and Friday. So bright and early on Sunday Anthony and I thought we would give it a go and see if there was a bus. It turns out there wasn't but in a village three hours away we were assured trucks left to head west in the afternoon. After lots of fun and frolics later, I was comfortably positioned on the top of the truck in the company of cattle, horses, battle chickens and the Cookie Monster who kept the supply of biscuits flowing! Along the way, we passed a bar/restaurant with a name that would make you wonder if the owner had rather alternative ideas as to the function of his establishment - it was called "Immaculate Conception"! In the end, it took us a long and cold 29 hours to get there but, hard to believe, it was one adventure that I really enjoyed.
Cajamarca is exactly what I imagined Cuenca (Ecuador) to be like with colonial buildings lining the streets. What Cuenca lacked, Cajamarca more than made up for. This is where Atahualpa was captured by Pizarro and it's most famous building is the room which Atahualpa offered to fill with gold and silver in exchange for his release although some say this is only where he was held captive and the ransom room is located elsewhere.
Unfortunately to make up some time, I only spent the day there with part of it asleep in the Inca Baths where Atahualpa himself spent some time. Although Chiclayo wasn't on my original plans, I had heard lots about Se�or del Sip�n, an archaeological complex with a richly decorated grave thought to be the ruler of the valley. I hadn't planned to get a guide so went to the museum, Museo Tumbas Reales de Sip�n, first to get all the information I could and, boy, was it full of info! You need about three hours minimum to absorb all they have on display.
Not to be outdone, Trujillo has three big sites to offer to the travelling archaeologist - Huaca de la Luna (and Huaca del Sol, although this is not open to the public), Huaca El Brujo and Chan Chan (the biggest pre-Colombian adobe city in the Americas).
While Trujillo itself is a nightmare of a city full of noise with cars and taxis beeping horns all day and night, the people are just fantastic! On one day, I met Jos� who went out of his way to walk me into town, Polo who invited me to a game of...wait for it...bowls and then Enrique's father who suggested I have a chat with him to see what the story is on maybe getting work at Huaca de la Luna, the very place he was currently working. How amazing is that?
While I didn't get to talk to the director of the project for work, Enrique did take me to the part he was excavating which he reckoned was where the religious chiefs kept their vestments with remains of cloth being found to support his argument. I must have had archaeology written all over me for after walking 45 minutes from the nearest village to El Brujo, the director of the site invited me to view a part that wasn't yet open to the public! Sometimes it's worth going the extra mile, literally! And the third of them, Chan Chan, was definitely something worth seeing, it's incredible to think that something built of mud in the third century AD should still be standing!
Despite Polo's attempts to convince me to stay, I felt the call of the mountains again and it was time to leave the coast and head in and up to Huar�z, the base for mountaineering, rock/ice climbing and trekking excursions into the Cordillera Blanca and Cordillera Huayhuash. Huar�z is nestled between the Cordillera Blanca and Cordillera Negra each named respectively for their eternal presence and lack of snow. The town was destroyed in 1970 when a massive earthquake hit the area. The earthquake also released alluvion (a dangerous combination of rock, mud and water) from the north peak of Huascar�n which quickly buried the town of Yungay leaving very few survivors.
I had only planned to stay around five days but Huayhuash looked so tempting that I reckoned another few days here wouldn't go amiss. In Venezuela, I had found a trek that was clear to follow but you couldn't do without a guide. In Brazil I had found a trek that wasn't clear and so you needed the services of a guide. In Ecuador I had found a trek that was not clear and you definitely needed the services of a mountain guide for. Now, in Peru, I had finally found a trek that was easy to follow for which you didn't need the services of a guide so I decided to challenge myself to carrying everything myself, despite my own protestations from what I had learnt earlier on Roraima.
I'm either getting more daring or more stupid as my trip goes along (yes, I know which one you would all pick) and I had decided to do a four day trek in the Cordillera Blanca all by meself. No mules, no porters, no guides, no fellow travellers. Just me. It was a well trodden path so there were plenty of others around so no risk of getting lost along the way. I had started around the same time as Florencio (an arriero / donkey driver) who was very obliging to answer any questions as to how long to the next camp etc etc etc. He also offered to carry my gear for me, for a small price of course. I was this close (picture index finger and thumb a millimetre apart) to accepting his offer but reminded myself that I had set myself a challenge. So I politely declined and lugged the 15kg up to Punta Union at 4700m (15420ft) all by myself. As a result, I am now at least one foot shorter!! And just as I got to the top it started to snizzle, my first encounter with rain of the frozen kind in yonks!
Fortunately the nights weren't too cold (the lowest was 4C/39F) as there was cloud. Unfortunately, this fortune during the night turned out to be a misfortune during the day as the views of Alpamayo and Huascar�n weren't that great. Nevertheless, I trudged along with the end in sight only to find I had taken the wrong path (did I just say you couldn't get lost??) and ended up doing an extra two hours walk. As I got to a road just below the main road to Yungay I saw the bus zip by, missing it by just seconds! How gutting! But then again, I did get to meet Guillaume and Emilie and have now found some fellow enthusiasts for climbing Mont Blanc when I get back home.
Next on the list was the Washwash (Emilie seemed to like washing, while all I could think was Whywash!), the mountain range where Joe Simpson of Touching the Void fame almost met his maker. This time I was hoping to go with a group though. Huayhuash isn't as well visited as Blanca which can be good as there are less people on the route but in this case I couldn't find enough people to form a group to make the trip viable so I would have to leave this for another time, maybe on my way back!
So, guttingly, I left Huar�z and headed down to Lima to meet up with Monica whom I had met in Chachapoyas. For all the bad things that I have heard about Lima it actually seemed quite pleasant to me although it was smack bang in the middle of the "gar�a" season when a coastal fog blankets the city. Lima may appear grey and dull from above but the people certainly make it colourful enough. I had arrived just in time to see the Festival de San Pedro when people come out and parade in different costumes of all colours. Not only that but the people themselves, like all other parts of Peru that I have been to so far, were just fantastic. It reminded me of when I was in Vancouver (Canada) when I would just stop to check the map that I was heading in the right direction and someone would come up to me within seconds asking if I needed help or to point me in the right direction. Funnily enough, like in Vancouver, I had to get my camera repaired. It was full of six months worth of sand. I found myself a specialist who said it would take two days. I pleaded my case saying that I was catching a bus that night and he agreed to do it in two hours instead, staying open an extra half hour just so I could collect it! How fantastic was that??? And not only that again, but the people in the tourist office nominated me "tourist of the month" after spending an hour chatting to them about rugby (the man's game) vs football (the ladies game) and others such like.
I could be forgiven for mistaking the country to be one of festivals, festivals and more festivals as each place I have arrived in seemed to have something to celebrate. Semana Tur�stica in Chachapoyas, Corpus Christi in Trujillo and San Pedro in Lima. Of course, there are always parades against the TLC (Tratado de Libre de Comercio, free trade agreement with the US), some say it's because the US wants to have control over the coca growing regions in South America others say it's because the government hasn't explained it to the people but either way, there appear to be many who are against it. This agreement extends to Ecuador also and they have an equal number of protests, sometimes going so far as to block the roads to prevent any transport. Fingers crossed this hasn't affected me yet.
So, after a few days in Lima it was time to think about what to do with my flight home so I asked myself four questions and rated them on a scale of one to four:
1: Definitely
2: Yes
3: No
4: Definitely not
1: Was I enjoying myself?
2: Did I want to keep travelling?
3: Had I seen everything I wanted to see?
4: Was it time to head home?
And the result of this was.....
Things I miss
Real milk
Real tea with real milk
Dumplings and stew (ok so I haven't had dumplings for years, but I was talking about them with someone the other day and I suddenly got the urge to have some!)
Little Robin Redbreast
The smell of clean clothes
A good fry, either homemade or in The Gorge.
Things I learned
The fort at Ku�lap was constructed by the Chachapoya culture (approx 800-1450AD) around 800AD. It is located on the top of a massif at 2900m (9514ft) encompassing up to six hectares. It contains three walls for defense with the first being 20m (65ft) high. Inside, 505 different buildings have been identified, some decorated with rhomboid and zigzag design, housing an estimated 3500 people. Some have suggested there is a water supply located within the fortress however this has not yet been found with the suggestion that it may sank or be hidden due to seismic activity. Human burials and offerings have been found inside the walls which had a maximum height of 11.5 metres.
The fort was covered by forest for 300 years and the only people that knew of it's existence were those that lived close by. The walls are not constructed in a straight line as they follow the natural curves of the underlying rock. Both the walls and circular buildings were constructed to be anti-seismic. The wall was built with uniform blocks of limestone placed on a solid lime and clay floor. There are three access points, each forming something similar to an alleyway. They are wide at the entrance but become narrower to the point where only one person can pass at a time. This is for defense purposes whereby the enemy can be easily disarmed.
In each house it is estimated there were at least three deaths. In order to get food and water, the Chachapoyans had to leave the safety of the fort at which point they were captured by the Spanish and sexually abused. They also caught diseases when in the presence of the Spanish.
At the northern end is the highest point of the fortress, the Tower. This served as an observation and defense point. Several axes and well arranged heaps of stone missiles for use with slings were found here.
The Inkwell is one of the most interesting buildings. It is in the form of an inverted cone and it is thought to have been used for sacrifices with a puma living below. The Chachapoyans had three main gods - the puma which was the god of land, the condor which was the god of the sky and the snake which was the god of water.
Se�or del Sip�n
At Sip�n there were thirteen tombs of different epochs and hierarchies found. These changed all that was previously known about the Moche culture. Excavations were started in 1987 but a lot had already been lost to "huaqueros" (looters or grave robbers). Much of what had been sold on the black market has since been recovered though. It is the richest grave in the western hemisphere.
The Se�or del Sip�n belonged to the Moche (also known as Mochica) culture whose origins lie in the first communities of primitive fishermen who occupied the coast 6000 years ago. Around 1200AD the Cupisnique culture was born which developed agriculture, religion and realistic art after which came The society was hierarchical where people belonged to defined social groups with specific functions and roles, for example, chiefs, soldiers, prisoners etc.
Pa�amarca was the principal Moche ceremonial and administrative centre in the southern territory. Pampagrande was their most extensive administration and urban centre. The Huacas del Sol and la Luna in the Moche Valley were the cultural centres and are the most impressive. They consist of pyramids made of adobe which proved to be flexible in terms of temperature and seismic movements.
Even after death the people continued with the same obligations and privileges that they had in life and the tombs that have been found so far reflect this, showing the social position and activity of the person buried.
Of these, the most noteworthy was found sealed and intact with food offerings, 1137 vases, a male skeleton, seashells and copper ornaments. The male skeleton was a guard for the tomb below and had had his feet removed to ensure eternal vigilance.
The Se�or himself was covered with oxidised copper goods, some gold ornaments and disintegrated textiles. Sea snails and shells were found to his side. Three pairs of earrings found alongside his head are considered to be a masterwork of the Old Americas. They are small, laminated gold with turquoise incrustations. The earrings were in the process of disintegration with oxidisation and corrosion of the copper making them extremely fragile. Various spondylus shells pectoral necklaces were found with the original design representing mythical animals. Under the pectoral necklace was a copper emblem covered in gold representing a human silhouette. He was buried with a military chief, three women, standard-bearer, guardian, child, animals and offerings (food etc).
His fruit collar of gold and silver peanuts represent the concept of Moche duality. Gold is associated with the sun, day and male while silver is associated with the moon, night and female. The two in equilibrium guarantee a living universe. The peanuts are attributed to dead people and represent the permanent recycling of life.
Gold funerary ornaments covered the Se�or's face with designs of divinities on his eyes, nose and mouth while at the rear of his head was a small plate. Solid masses of gold and silver was found in his mouth.
Only after his crown was discovered did they realise his position in society as, before, this type of ornament was only found on heads of semi divine beings. The silver sandals show his semi divine status while the copper snake heads on his belt identify him with the divinity of serpents. All the characteristics of his funerary room, the emblems associated with him, decorated ornaments and symbols of power reveal that he was probably the governor of the Lambayeque Valley between the second and third century AD. He had a triple authority covering religious, military and civil affairs. He represented the divine power on earth and as such was served, venerated and obeyed by his people.
South of this platform they found a priest which is the second highest position in society. This funerary chamber was also found with a young guard who had had his feet removed. An indication of his important religious function was a cup found in his right hand that was traditionally used for sacrafices. He was around 40 years old. Four others were buried with him as well as animals and vases filled with food.
Below the Se�or at the lowest level of the building was an old man buried with four others and a dog. He was a military chief and dignatory. His funerary attire consisted of a mask, a gold collar of spiders, vases filled with food offerings at his sides. The spider collar was made of six laminated pieces of metal joined by one hundred solder points. The feline deity with a human body was one of the most important images of this culture and he was crowned with a two-headed celestial serpent which symbolized the sea. His grave was as rich and complete as the Se�or's and lots of the symbols found were similar which lead people to believe he was an ancestor to the Se�or. Recent DNA tests have shown that he belonged to the same royal line. His main function was political and religious which in later times separated to two different functions.
Other tombs of people of lower positions, although still belonging to the elite, were found below. They were placed in a small roofed funerary room at the north of the platform. In one of these tombs were two adolescents aged around 12 or 14. The male skeleton had no feet while the female skeleton had a crown which was similar to the principal woman in the Se�or's chamber.
Huaca de la Luna
At it's height, the city of Moche covered over one hundred hectares and two monumental structures dominated it's edges: Huaca del Sol to the west and Huaca de la Luna at the foot of Cerro Blanco to the east. Huaca del Sol served as a political and administrative centre while Huaca de la Luna was the leading political and ceremonial centre for Moche society. Archaeological studies started in 1899 and scientific research resumed in 1991.
The city of Moche was located at the base of Cerro Blanco, six kilometers inland on the south side of the Moche Valley. This strategic location affords the city's inhabitants access to the valley's largest expanses of farmland. These farmlands, won from the desert and watered by a complex and extensive irrigation system developed by the Moche, allowed the residents to sustain an agricultural economy capable of generating surpluses.
This was constructed by the Moches around 100 - 800 AD. Between the Huaca de la Luna and Huaca del Sol was an urban zone of which most remains covered. Huaca de la Luna had a wall erected to protect it from the winds that run through the valley. It was a religious and political centre while Huaca del Sol was administrative.
Within Huaca de la Luna was a place called "Plaza de los sacrificios" which was a room to prepare the prisoners for sacrifice. There were stones found that were used to cut the throat of the prisoner and drain their blood into a cup. Sacrifices were made for the event known today as El Ni�o.
Among the tombs found there is one known as the Tomb of the Officiant which corresponds to an officiant of the Moche religious cult, probably a mid level official in the complex priestly hierarchy. The priestly class enjoyed a wide ranging power in Moche society and as if to emphasise their privileged positions, they were usually buried in tombs placed near a monument's most sacred building.
Funerary rites included the preparation of the body which was placed along with accoutrements in a cane coffin. Funerary offerings included ceramic vessels and other objects placed inside and outside the coffin. The quality of grave goods helps to identify the role and social position of the deceased. The individual interred in this tomb for example was accompanied by emblematic objects, for example, a container for holding lime (mixed with coca leaves) which identified him as a protagonist in coca ceremonies which are known through representations in Moche art.
Mud was the raw material par excellence of Moche monumental architecture. Moche builders fashioned adobe bricks, the basic construction unit, from mud and also used mud as a mortar to bind bricks and applied it as a plaster to finish walls, floors and roofs. The adobe bricks found in Huaca de la Luna were typical of the Moche building tradition, moulded and with a rectangular shape. Some were made in cane moulds while the majority were manufactured in smooth wooden moulds. In this way, Moche builders could mass-produce their construction materials and standardize brick size. This may have allowed them to estimate the quantity of adobe bricks needed for large construction projects. There is evidence, especially in Huaca del Sol, for the tradition of impressing adobe bricks with distinctive marks, maybe to identify distinct groups' tribute or labour contribution in the contstruction of a monumental edifice.
Other materials were also used, with evidence of wooden posts, beams and lintels. Of these, algarrobo (Carob Tree) features prominently aswell as bamboo. Roofs were found to be covered with woven mats made from reeds with vegetable fibres securing them to the roof.
This is located in the Southeast corner of the Huaca de la Luna platform and features walls decorated with polychrome reliefs. Framed in rhombi, the disembodied heads of the Moche god, Ai Apaec, dominate the sculptured reliefs. The Southeast corner of the Ceremonial Patio also contains a corner enclosure with a roofed structure decorated with complex sculptured reliefs which emphasises this structure's key role in the ceremonial events that took place in the Patio.
Archaeological excavations in the Ceremonial Patio have allowed researchers to document a marvellous occurrence - the Moche periodically reconfigured their ceremonial architecture, burying earlier constructions under layers of adobe bricks lined in columns and superimposing new structures over them. The new structures echoed the architecture of the previous phase while the new reliefs also repeated earlier themes.
The Corner Enclosure, located towards the Southeast of the patio served a special purpose within the Ceremonial Patio. This structure, once covered with a gabled roof, had finely finished exterior walls decorated with polychrome reliefs depicting complex maritime scenes. This reveals the highly ceremonial nature of the activities that took place in this setting.
The painted reliefs on the Corner Enclosure of Building B/C represent a complex scene rendered in modular composition. The quadrangular panels are decorated with alternating depictions of the heads of stylised fish or serpents and birds of prey shown in profile. These textile like designs show both bilateral and juxtaposed symmetry and are organised in horizontal and diagonal bands painted in shades of white, red, yellow and black inorganic pigments.
The discovery of the Corner Enclosure located in the Southeast corner of the Ceremonial Patio of Building D indicates that the superimposed structures maintained their homogeneity in their design and layout. This enclosure contains niches, while the exterior walls are embellished with an extraordinary painted relief portraying complex designs. It is a clear forerunner of the reliefs seen in the Corner Enclosure of the superimposed patio B/C.
The reliefs of the Corner Enclosure of Building D also depict a complex design of modular composition. In this case, the panels are rectangular and the designs portray the heads of serpents or fish, birds of prey and ocean waves. The white, red and black dominate alternatively.
The remarkable discovery of painted reliefs on the eroded southern wall of Building B/C's ceremonial patio in 1991 triggered the initial impetus for research as well as ongoing conservation efforts.
To create the reliefs featuring the Moche god, Ai Apaec, Moche artists first sketched vertical lines 170cm apart on the walls. Next they drew diagonal lines forming rhombi in which they placed the disembodied face of the god. The faces are framed by bands of interlocking geometric forms resembling serpents. In triangles above and below the god's image, artists placed smaller versions of the god with appendages emerging below the face terminating in profile bird heads.
Astonishingly, the relief's ceremonial significance and sacrilized setting did not stop someone from scribbling graffiti over the reliefs. Nevertheless, whoever created the graffiti was familiar with Moche art as is evident when the extraordinary graffito portraying a fish and heron is compared with the designs found on Moche ceramics.
In spite of it's small size, this structure was exceptionally important and played a central role in the principal ceremonial activities presided over by Moche priests, including the ones represented in sacrificial scenes. These scenes indicate that the supreme Moche priests and other high ranking officials presided over ritual events.
Evidence for postholes unearthed by archaeologists reveal that this structure was once roofed, possibly in a manner similar to that portrayed in sculpted and painted Moche pottery vessels.
The extraordinary eveidence of the superimposed building phases allows us to distinguish the modifications made to this important ceremonial space and at the same time reveals the evolution of the motifs successfully portrayed in the murals.
In the first phase, which corresponds to Building C, the murals portrayed a deity viewed frontally. It held double-headed serpents in each hand and was flanked by "trophy heads". This image recalls the ancient Formative Period (1000BC) deity known as the Staff god. The treatment of the image, rendered in a series of stepped lines, recalls designs woven on textiles.
During a later remodelling of Building C, the Great Altar, a small stepped platform measuring 4 metres on each side, was built. At the same time, a doorway was opened to the side of the altar and the ancient mural depicting the deity of the double-headed serpents was covered by a new mural. The new mural displays checkerboard squares lined in alternating colours containing faces with appendages that end in bird heads. The step created by two floor levels of this enclosure was, in turn, decorated with quadrangular panels that contain images of the deity with appendages, similar to the motifs decorating the second floor levels and the step.
During Building B phase, the ceremonial enclosure was partially filled, eliminating the two floor levels and the step. All of the walls on the sides of the altar were repainted with new murals covering over the earlier ones. The new murals were composed of checkerboard panels lined in alternating colours. The panels contain images of the god, but in this case, he is viewed in profile with appendages emerging from his body that terminate in serpent heads.
A long and large ceremonial plaza extended to the north of Huaca de la Luna measuring 175 metres in length (North to South) and 30 metres in width. It is enclosed by thick adobe walls with a single entrance on the north side allowing controlled entry by means of a labyrinth-like corridor. The northern sector of the plaza is narrower because of enclosures anbd platforms built in the Northeast corner. These enclosures were approached by ramps by which people could reach the platforms on the east side and from there gain access to the great ramp which lead to the summit of Huaca de la Luna.
The Ceremonial Plaza constituted was one of the primary settings for the ceremonies that took place at Huaca de la Luna. Based on the surrounding walls and the single and controlled access, it can be surmised that access to this ritual space was restricted and limited to certain sectors of the population summoned to participate in ceremonial events presided over by the high priests and officiants poised on the summit of Huaca de la Luna.
In the space between the two Huacas there are a series of walls and other structures which once upon a time formed streets, plazas, houses and shops of the ancient capital of the Moche people. The quality of construction indicates the high status of it's occupants who resided there and also exercised their administrative, productive and religious functions.
The great care with which the Moche interred their dead shows their belief in life beyond death. In Huaca de la Luna, there are bodies of priests and dignatories, carefully wrapped in blankets and clothes placesd inside coffins accompanied by painted vessels, jewellery and food.
Chav�n de Huantar
The word "Chav�n" comes from the Quechua language meaning "centre of the centre". The town emerged around 3700BC at a time parallel to Egyptian cultures. This was the beginning of civilisation in the region around Peru and the Chav�n culture developed agriculture (both plants and animals) extensively with the pumpkin being one of their first domesticated plants.


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- Study the proportion of patients co-infected HIV-HCV, non-responders to treatment for HCV (genotype 1 and 4), with a sustained virological response (6 months after stopping treatment (W72 or W96)) at a re-optimized treatment of hepatitis C. [ Time Frame: W72 or W96 (depending of the end of treatment) ]
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In patients HIV infected, the success rate do not exceed 20% in genotype 1 or 4 patients. In case of treatment failure , patients are rarely re-treated, and liver fibrosis progresses rapidly. The new molecules are not yet available for patients co-infected with HIV, and patients having already undergone a first treatment will likely be among the last to be included in trials evaluating the effectiveness of these treatments.
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Virological response
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Liver Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Peginterferon alfa-2a
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Antineoplastic Agents
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Anti-Infective Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
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This past weekend's GLORY 10 event featured a few key Lightweight fights in the GLORY hierarchy, just how important they were wasn't officially revealed but implied, but now we know for sure what to expect on Saturday, November 23rd in New York as GLORY's Lightweights are set to take the stage. The GLORY 12 Lightweight tournament was always going to featured Giorgio Petrosyan, the consensus #1 at 70kg (GLORY's Lightweight), but the rest were up in the air.
Andy Ristie's win over Niclas Larsen secured his spot within the tournament, as did Davit Kiria's big win over Murthel Groenhart. Robin Van Roosmalen was able to keep his spot secure with his win over Shemsi Beqiri as well. So without further ado, here are the GLORY 12 Lightweight tournament match-ups.
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