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UTSA retiree Judith Slate dies after long illness
(Dec. 17, 2008)--Judith Makovy Slate, a former administrative associate in the UTSA College of Business, died Friday, Dec. 5 after a long illness. According to family and friends, she was an inspiration to all she knew and always had a smile and an upbeat attitude.
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Slate worked at UTSA for approximately six years. She started part-time in the Office of Graduate Studies and Research, but for most of her tenure worked full-time for the Management of Technology program.
"Judy did a lot of work to help the Management of Technology program grow," said Donna Dancak, College of Business graduate adviser. "Her goal was to help all of the students get connected and to make them feel like it was a family. She was instrumental in the program's annual recognition dinner. Judy was focused on the students."
According to the Wilson County News, Slate was born June 7, 1944, in Floresville to Joe Peter Makovy and Sally Kopecki Makovy Murks. She graduated from Luther Burbank High School in 1962 and from Texas State University in 1967 with degrees in biology and English. After graduation, she worked with small animals at the Biomedical Research Center at the Southwest Foundation for Research and Education.
Slate married William Blanchard Slate on July 20, 1968. Although she spent most of her married life in Michigan, her heart was always in Texas. After her husband's death, she returned to her roots in San Antonio, where she worked at UTSA until her retirement in 2007.
Slate enjoyed music, sang in various choirs and loved playing the piano. Her varied interests included pets, creative writing, a cottage on Wee Island in the Thousand Islands, yard sales and spending time with her many friends.
She is survived two daughters, a son, a son-in-law and a granddaughter in addition to many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Donations can be made to the American Cancer Society.
>> Read more in the Wilson County News.


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Ranging from the art created in both the British and Spanish colonies to the work of contemporary artists, the Art of the Americas has been a particular collecting interest of the Museum since its founding. Paintings by Robert Henri and John Sloan were among the first pieces donated to the museum, and they were soon joined by the works of George Bellows, Mary Cassatt, William Merritt Chase, and Thomas Eakins.
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BOZEMAN, Mont. - Bozeman city manager Chris Kukulski announced a possible settlement with the city's insurance company over a $3 million damage award.
"It's clear that this is the best deal we're going to get in working through our negotiations and I think it's absolutely worthy of their consideration for approval Monday night," says Kukulski.
Under the agreement the city will repay $2 million of the $3 million in three payments with the last one due in 2014. Each payment must include 1.0% interest on the remaining principal.
The agreement does not prevent the city from selling or transferring the property to an economic development firm for less than the original purchase price. But if it does sell for a profit, the city would reimburse its insurer up to a million dollars.
Nearly 10 years ago Bozeman developer Mike Delaney sued the city for buying 85 acres of the Mandeville property officials knew he planned to purchase.
A judge awarded Delaney $3 million.
The city's insurer paid the settlement. But a judge ordered the city pay back the money.
The money will come from the city's general fund and will not threaten their reserve.
Several projects were put on hold to ensure the city would be able to pay the full $3 million.
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The bow tie. Oft comical, it is mainly avoided by men for two reasons: one is that it is oft-comical. Two, is that no one is quite sure how to tie a bow tie. Correcting the first concern is all a state of mind; the bow tie is only comical if you let it be. Wear it with confidence. The second issue…well…we'll let Dani Mathers take it from here:
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You are a girl who is serious about what she does!
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You are a girl who is serious about what she does!
"Wimpy Christian's won't survive spiritual warfare"- Carman
Great quilting space! I have the twin to your TL18. Have you looked into Redsnappers for attaching quilts to the frame? They're awesome!
Cindy Stowe
Thanks for all the wonderful replies.. my husband made that room for me. I love going in there and just getting lost. Recently, I was diagnosed with PBC. My quilting really keeps me calm and focused. Kinda like planting a garden and watching it grow. Starting a quilt and watching it turn into someone's warmth and happiness.
I wasn't aware of Redsnappers. I will look into it. The Tin Lizzie is just wonderful. Perfect size for me. I'm so new at it. Still trying to get tensions right. I'm loving the you tube videos on how to run her.
Thanks to everyone..
I love your sewing room! That's what I plan to do some day..put in upper cabinets.
Grandma of 5 beautiful grand kids, 4 crazy cats & 1 dog!
great sewing room!
I really like the cupboards you have over the desk area. Nice to keep fabric out of the sunlight and good use of space.
One more project and it will be a tornado again. At least, that's been my experience.
All kidding aside, your room is wonderful. I can see why you like being there. You have everything you need, including music and the TV. And then your LA. Wow. I'd spend all my time there, too.
I especially like your idea on your cubicle where you have your books. Did your DH make it? What a great idea!
You are a lucky girl.
A great room, looks nice and big.
Another Phyllis
This life is the only one you get - enjoy it before you lose it.
A dream room, you are so lucky, it is beauty, happy quilting/sewing.
Freedom is costly and quilting keeps us busy...
You have such a beautiful space and all those wonderful cabinets and counters. You are a very lucky lady. Wish I could find more room.


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A seasoned Parmesan cheese coating gives refrigerated breadsticks a terrific taste twist. The wonderful aroma of these breadsticks baking is so irresistible you just may need to make another batch!
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- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
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Energy future?
Energy Return on Energy Invested (ERoEI) shapes our lives. ERoEI says it takes energy — mining, drilling, refining, transporting — to make energy.
"The EROI for oil in the U.S. during the heydays of oil development in Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana in the 1930s was about 100 returned for one invested ... declining to about 20:1 in the first half decade of the 2000s." (http://netenergy.theoildrum.com/node/6318?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medi...).
The shale oil ERoEI is around 1 to 5; this is the minimum needed to maintain life as we know it. However, the decline rate of an individual well in the region is very high, and thus the industry has to continue to drill wells at a rapid rate, just to replace the decline.
"From "Through the Looking-Glass" by Lewis Carroll: "Red Queen, 'It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place.' "
Currently the estimated break-even price for the "average" well in the Bakken formation in North Dakota is $80-$90/Bbl. In plain language this means that currently the commercial profitability for new wells is barely positive.
The "average" well now yields around 85,000 Bbls during the first 12 months of production and then experiences a year over year decline of 40 percent (+/-) 2 percent (http://www.theoildrum.com/node/9748).
Easily accessible oil peaked in 2005. We now are finding only the hardest to retrieve and lowest ERoEI in the oceans, the Arctic, in shale, in tar sands. It endangers the environment now and for your grandchildren's future.
We will do anything and everything to maintain our present personal level of energy use and the comfort it affords us. We will do anything and everything to the earth, to other people and even to ourselves to continue on this path.
The proof of this assertion is simple; we are doing it (http://sunweber.blogspot.com/2011/02/curmudgeon-report.html).
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Original post made by Paul Losch, Community Center, on Mar 24, 2013
The US Supreme Court hears this coming week two appeals regarding same sex relationships. Can they legally marry (Prop 8 from our state) and Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which restricts what same sex couples are allowed to do regarding estate matters, inter alia.
As a straight middle aged man, who lived in San Francisco in the 1980's, I must admit my own thinking has evolved.
My then wife and I owned a house near the Castro MUNI Station, and I walked a few blocks to and from the Station to get to work in downtown San Francisco. I was young, dressed in a suit, and I passed along the Castro, especially on the way home, feeling like a bunch of really weird homosexuals, wearing leather, drinking in the open air bars, were undressing me with their eyes. (I came to appreciate what women experience in this light.)
I must admit I did not know what to make of gay people at that time. Our house had a little studio unit, which we rented out, and typically a gay person, man or woman, was the tenant. Business arrangement, no judgment.
I landed down in Palo Alto in the late 1980's when my ex was in Medical School and our babies were coming along. Several more or less "out" people in her medical school class, pretty normal in their behavior.
I also got considerably more exposure to people of other nationalities and traditions, all of which led me to keeping an open mind and less judgmental about "stereotypes," be it Hassidic Jews, Muslims, people from Podunk, USA, and others.
I am influenced by my adult children, both of whom are straight, and have gay friends. The situation we face right now, in their opinion and mine, is absurd.
I know too many same sex parents who are making great families for their kids. I have worked with many gay people who are no different from their straight colleagues—sexual orientation is not an issue in many workplaces here in the Bay Area.
By the same token, in my travels around the US in recent years, the attitudes around what gay people are "entitled" to, be it marriage, estate matters, or others, including their simply being gay, still have ways to go.
I don't know what the US Supreme Court's rulings will be about DOMA or Prop 8, although I think what I have written displays my bias. Like many national pundits, I do believe that we have hit a point of inflection around gay rights.
For the 3 women and 6 men who sit on the sacred dais across the street from the Capitol building, it is a matter of whether the have the courage the court had in Brown –v- Education, or the fear and bias that led to the Dredd Scott decision.
We shall see how wise and prescient this court is in its ruling on these matters.
There is no "March Madness" bracket with me and the Supremes, and I predict it will be close.
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 25, 2013 at 3:10 pm
Would you support a fundamental ammendment to our U.S. Constitution that says:
Consenting adults are allowed to marry?
a resident of Palo Verde
on Mar 25, 2013 at 8:39 pm
Uh, John, would that be two consenting adults, or three or four? Which cultures do we wish to limit?
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Mar 26, 2013 at 8:55 am
remove the word marriage from all federal laws, and the tax code
get government out of our lives
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 26, 2013 at 11:46 am
>Uh, John, would that be two consenting adults, or three or four?
No limit on number or gender or relationship. Consenting adults would be able to express their freedom, as they wish. There has been too much bigotry against gays and polygamists. Time to get it right, all at once, IMO.
>Which cultures do we wish to limit?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 26, 2013 at 3:39 pm
Could I marry my dog? Or my dining table? Could I marry all my dining chairs? Or Ursa Major? Where do we draw the line?
a resident of College Terrace
on Mar 26, 2013 at 4:33 pm
These "where do we draw the line" arguments display the same bigotry that the social conservatives used to ban interracial marriage. Gay marriage is about gay marriage. It is not about anything else.
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 26, 2013 at 5:01 pm
I am only talking about human beings, consenting adults, not other species or innanimate objects. Why is it so terrible that consenting adults are allowed to marry, except for the bigotry that opposes it?
Paul Losch, what do you think?
a resident of Palo Verde
on Mar 26, 2013 at 7:53 pm
Three or four incomes would sure make Palo Alto housing more affordable, and price "normal" people out.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 27, 2013 at 10:24 am
OK, so this is only about gay marriage. But the crux of the argument is that we should allow people to marry the person they love, regardless of their gender. It's only a short hop from that to marrying multiple people they love, to marrying creatures they love, to marrying things they love and you can bet those cases will be coming up, more or less in that order.
So the question stands: how do we define marriage and where do we draw the line?
a resident of College Terrace
on Mar 27, 2013 at 10:40 am
The issue is gay marriage. Period. If you want to argue about something else, take it elsewhere.
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 27, 2013 at 10:54 am
>The issue is gay marriage. Period. If you want to argue about something else, take it elsewhere.
That statement is typical of the bigots that oppose freedom to marry, because it would also involve plural marriage, not only gay and straight marriage. There appear to be many advocates of gay marriage that are bigots ("hey, I'm getting mine, could care less about you!")
A simple ammendment to the Constituion:
"Consenting adults are allowed to marry", settles the issue for almost everyone. The only line drawn is age (of adulthood); limited to humans only, because only they can legally consent.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Mar 27, 2013 at 4:14 pm
Oh, so since Paul Losch the white guy says now is the time, only after he's been exposed to lots of gays and different ethnicities in his lifetime, then I guess we should all fall in line behind him.
a resident of Community Center
on Mar 27, 2013 at 4:32 pm
Fred- I am sure you will derive more sexual pleasure from that dining chair than an human that You would marry
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 27, 2013 at 6:28 pm
"Consenting adults are allowed to marry"
Come on, Paul Losch, do you agree (or not)? If not, how would you explain your own bigotry?
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Mar 27, 2013 at 7:40 pm
Rather than just highlight John's "concern trolling" and calling others "bigots" ("That statement is typical of the bigots...",) let's just ask John what groups are seeking what he proposes.
Who seeks plural marriages, John?
Why don't you put a proposition on the ballot?
Including incestuous and polygamous marriages as part of the same sex marriage debate, which have never been part of the mainstream of American marriage, is a red herring and it is disingenuous.
To imply that homosexual marriage as discussed in the American cultural context is somehow equivalent to incestuous or polygamous marriage is deceptive and is typical of those who bloviate against gay marriage.
At least John hasn't been lame enough to bring bestiality into it.
I'll stick with my original thought: remove the word marriage from all federal laws, and the tax code, all 1,100 instances of it
get government out of our lives
a resident of Community Center
on Mar 27, 2013 at 10:11 pm
Not takin' the bait, big guy. Fish elsewhere.
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 28, 2013 at 1:01 pm
>Not takin' the bait, big guy. Fish elsewhere.
Paul, there is no "bait" to take. Just an honest question. What is wrong with a simple proposition that consenting adults be allowed to marry? Try some intellectual honesty.
A palpable historic example of the bigotry of those who oppose the concept was manifested in the coercion (with military arms by the U.S. government) to force the Mormons to give up their beliefs in plural marriage. In fact, Romney's own grandfather was forced to escape to Mexico, in order to avoid the bigotry and hatred. Surely, we must have progressed enough, by this time, to get over this bigotted view of personal freedoms.
Give it an honest try, Paul.
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 28, 2013 at 8:11 pm
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Maurice Denis: Journeys
13 Jan 2010 - 20 Apr 2010
Installation. Maurice Denis was a member of the Nabis group of painters. Influenced by Catholic subjects and images of Italy, Denis illustrated many books, including classic works by poet Paul Verlaine and novelist André Gide. His mastery of line and colour is demonstrated in these sensuous lithographs and woodcuts.


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Medical condition similar to black lung wherein a professional or amateur maker of chocolate truffles, over time, inhales excessive amounts of dust and/or vapor of truffle ingredients, such as chocolate, cookie or ginger.
Years of making delicious chocolates left Joe with a wicked case of trufflelung.
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Refers to a blow job given by an elderly woman, usually a "cougar". The smoothie refers to the womans "smooth" gums and the texture of the man's semen . This term is regional, and is used commonly around the "Villages" in Central Florida.
I saw Steve getting a blue haired smoothie down by the gazebo. Wow, she must have been eighty something!
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Master's Thesis Project - Affiliated with MOVE Alaska and Chukotka IP
The research is financed by personal resources and funding from University of Neuchâtel.
Patrick Durrer is currently spending ten months in Alaska to research the relocation process of Kivalina in the Northwest Arctic Borough of the state. Through collaborations with University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) researchers, an international exchange semester at UAF focused on relocation and migration issues in the North, and three to four fieldwork trips, lasting from one week to two months, this research intends to provide an ethnographic description of the relocation process and the social changes that the residents of Kivalina and their leaders are facing nowadays. By combining a historical approach, an actor-oriented theoretical framework and the epistemological tools created for the anthropology of development as developed by the Euro-African Association for the Anthropology of Social Change and Development, and the Wageningen School, this research aims to provide a better understanding of the actual relocation process.
Kivalina is an Ińupiaq village located on the Chukchi Sea coast of Alaska. Its establishment as a permanent settlement dates back to 1905 when a school was built and parents were forced to bring their children to school. The Ińupiaq residents of Kivalina have always considered the natural environment as fundamental to their livelihood. However, they now also consider it as a threat. For the last decade, the residents have been enduring severe erosion, flooding, and high waves hitting the island on which the village is located, due to late formation of fall ice. These environmental hazards are not new, but their frequency is increasing. Therefore, the residents of Kivalina have been talking about relocating for almost a century. The first known document that provides historical evidence of such intentions is Kivalina Annual Report of the U.S. Public School for the Natives of Kivalina, written by the teacher Clinton S. Replogle, on June 30, 1911. Then from 1950 to 2000, several attempts to decide whether the community should relocate or not (and where to) have experienced setbacks, resulting in status quo. As of 2009, no site has gained the support of all the different parties involved in the project, such as federal and state agencies, residents willing to move and those who want to stay, local and regional authorities, as well as the NANA corporation which owns most of the land surrounding Kivalina. In the near future, the efforts will be focused on a possible evacuation road, but the direction of this road has yet to be chosen.
This case study underlines the role of the state in the creation and forced settlement of Kivalina, and its increasing role in the contemporary relocation process. In the meantime, focusing on individuals enables also to rebalance the role of each stakeholder in this process. Neither are the agencies devils forcing residents to move, nor are the Kivalina residents victims who cannot determine their own future. Giving a detailed ethnographic description of the changes that are taking place in Kivalina also provide an occasion to highlight some complex realities and processes that involve a multitude of actors and a tremendous amount of life changing decisions that have to be taken.
For more information: Relocation and Participation in Kivalina: Some Preliminary Thoughts


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Hama is famed for its huge water wheels and it produced great scholars in geography, mathematics, medicine and much more. Here we look at a few of them.
Summarised extracts from a full article: Hama by Salah Zaimeche
Usama ibn Munqidh (fl. 1138-1188 CE) was born in the castle of Shayzar (Caesarea ad Orontem) in the valley of the Orontes, fifteen miles north of Hama. His chief literary work was probably done during the years 1164-1174, a period of relative peace. He wrote many poems, a treatise on rhetoric, Kitab al-badi', etc. At the age of ninety lunar years (that is, about 1182), he composed, or at any rate completed, an autobiography called Kitab al-ittibar (Learning by example), which is regarded as being historically important and is one of the first larger works of its kind.
Usama witnessed the first decades of Crusader onslaught and settlement in the Muslim lands, and was himself a fighter against them just as his own father was. His experiences are found in his Kitab al-Itibar (Learning by example) - editions and translations of which have been composed by Derenbourg in French, Shuman in German; Porter in English and from an Escorial (Spain) manuscript, Philip Hitti delivered a good version of Usama's observations of crusader life.
Usama tells many stories of the Muslim East under crusader rule, such as Frankish ordeal by water in which the victim was a Muslim man accused with his mother of murdering Christian pilgrims:
"They installed a huge cask and filled it with water. Across it they set a board of wood. They then bound the arms of the man charged with the act, tied a rope around his shoulders and dropped him into the cask; their idea being that in case he was innocent, he would sink in the water and they would then lift him up with the rope so that he might not die in the water; and in case he was guilty, he would not sink in the water. This man did his best to sink when they dropped him in the water, but he could not do it. So he had to submit to their sentence against him - may Allah's curse be upon them! They pierced his eyeballs with red hot awls [an awl is a punching tool used to make a hole in paper, leather and other soft materials}."
Usama also tells how the old crusaders who settled for very long amongst the Muslims, gradually lost their barbaric ways by acquiring Islamic values such as depicted in the following:
"There are some Franks who settled in our land and taken to living like Muslims. These are better than those who have just arrived from their homelands, but they are the exception, and cannot be taken as typical. I came across one of them once when I sent a friend on business to Antioch, which was governed by a friend of mine: Todros Ibn As Safi (Theodoros Sophianos, the Greek commander of the municipality of Antioch). One day he said to my friend: `A Frankish friend has invited me to visit him; come with me so that you can see how they live.' I went with him,' said my friend, `and we came to the house of one of the old knights who came with the first expedition. This man had retired from the army, and was living on the income of the property he owned in Antioch. He had a fine table brought out, spread with a splendid selection of appetising food. He saw that I was not eating, and said: `Don't' worry please, eat what you like, for I don't eat Frankish food. I have Egyptian cooks and eat only what they serve. No pig's flesh ever comes into my house! So I ate, although cautiously, and then we left. Another day, as I was passing through the market, a Frankish woman advanced on me, addressing me in her barbaric language with words I found incomprehensible. A crowd of Franks gathered round us and I gave myself up for lost, when suddenly this knight appeared, saw me and came up. `What do you want with this man?' `This man,' the woman replied, `killed my brother Urso.' This Urso was a knight from Apamea who was killed by a soldier from Hama. The old man scolded the woman: `This man is a merchant, a city man, not a fighter, and he lives nowhere near where your brother was killed.' Then he turned on the crowd, which melted away, and shook hands with me. Thus the fact that I ate at his table saved my life."
Yaqut Al-Hamawi (d. 1229) - early scholarly activities consisted in copying and selling manuscripts, whilst studying Arabic and grammar. Yaqut could not settle in one place though and travelled much, first as a merchant, then as a geographer fascinated by places and their diverse populations, dress and ways. He reached Merv, where he stayed for two years. What attracted him there, were the libraries; ten wealthy libraries, two in the chief mosque and the remainder in the madrassas. In 1218, he moved on to Khiva and Balkh; but it was the wrong time. In 1219, the Mongols, led by Genghis Khan from their eastern kingdoms, went on the move west and devastated the whole of eastern Islam (see entries on Merv, Bukhara, Khwarizm). Yaqut himself was nearly caught on one occasion by the first wave of invading Mongols in 1220; he fled, wearing no clothes, but clutching his manuscripts, across Persia to Mosul. From Mosul, he went back to Aleppo, where he remained under the patronage of Al-Qifti, until his death in 1229. During such stay, he still managed to make trips to Palestine, Egypt, Iraq and other parts. Whilst working as a book-seller, Yaqut also worked as an author, but only four of his many works have survived time, best known being his Mu'ajam al-Udaba (Dictionary of the learned men); and Mu'ajam al-Buldan (Dictionary of countries.) These two works were altogether 33 180 pages long.
Mu'jam al-Buldan is a vast geographical encyclopaedia which summed up nearly all medieval knowledge of the globe, and in which Yaqut includes almost everything from archaeology, ethnography, history, anthropology, natural sciences, geography, giving coordinates for every place, etc. For every town and city, he gives every name, describes every part with its monuments and wealth, its history, its population, and its leading figures. To obtain information, Yaqut travelled to Persia, Arabia, Iraq and Egypt, and whilst established in Aleppo (in Syria), he built relations and friendships with scientists and historians, including Al-Qifti, then a minister, to whom he dedicated his dictionary. Yaqut's dictionary of countries is not just a collection of facts from other historians, geographers and travellers, but also facts gleaned from his many long travel experiences and from people he met during such travels. That Yaqut was fully conversant with the various concepts of Muslim geographers relating to mathematics and physical and regional geography is well documented in his introduction, which also includes discussions of the geographical and legal terms in the work. Yaqut also used works that came before him, and did not fail to correct them whenever it was judged necessary. Throughout, his work and sources submit to strict observation, and all that was unchecked by facts were removed, Yaqut insisted thereby on the accuracy and rigour of his information. Mu'Adjam al-Buldan, thus remains to our day, as Miquel notes, an excellent source for reference.
Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Abd Allah, Al-Hamdani Al-Hamawi, Shihab Al-Din was born in Hama in 1187-8, where he flourished and where he died in 1244-5. He is a Shafiite Qadi (judge) historian who wrote Tarikh (History) of the Prophet and of the caliphs down to 1231. He dedicated to the Ayyubid prince Al-Muzaffar Ghazi (ruled 1230-1244/5) an elaborate history of Islam in six volumes (Al-Tarikh al-Muzaffari). A good number of Italian authors have made use of the relevant extracts from this work, which they have especially used in their works on Sicily. Hence, Agostino Inveges (1595-1677) has translated into Italian extracts dealing with Palermo. A century after Inveges, Carusius made translations into Latin of the same extracts. The famed historian of Sicily, Muratory, and Gregorio also made similar usages.
Dating from the thirteenth century several signed celestial globes are preserved today. The earliest and in many ways the loveliest was made in 1225-1226 CE for a nephew of Salah Al-Din in Egypt. The globe has the full set of 48 constellation figures engraved and damascened with copper, with approximately 1025 stars indicated by six different sizes of inlaid silver points corresponding to the various magnitudes. The globe also has a scale showing the sizes of silver points used for the first five magnitudes. The inscriptions, which are in Naskhi script rather than the commonly used Kufic script of this period, are damascened with silver or inlaid with silver wire. According to inscription, the globe was made for al-Malik Kamil, the Ayyubid sultan of Egypt from 1218 to 1238, and the maker of the globe was ('Alam Al-Din) Qaysar ibn Abi Al-Qasim ibn Mu-safir Al-Ashrafial-Hanafi, who was born in upper Egypt in 1178-1179 CE, studied in Egypt, Syria, and finally in Mosul (where the expertise for globes and metals was probably the best in Islam), before turning to Syria where he entered the services of Muzafar II Taqi–ud-din, ruler of Hama from 1229-1244. He was a renowned mathematician and architect' and it is reported that the historian, Qadi, Jamal Al-Din ibn Wasil put it on record that with his help, Qaysar constructed a celestial globe of wood and gilt.' In 1225, Qaysar made a brass globe on the order of the Ayyubid ruler Al-Malik al-Kamil. This globe is unusual in that the horizon ring and stand, which are probably the ones originally made for this globe, have incorporated into them two gnomons and graduated arcs making them elevation dials. The sphere itself is unusual in having Latin zodiacal names and Latin numerals engraved on it, but these may have been added later. That globe was kept until 1809 in the cabinet of Cardinal Borgia at Velletri but is now in the Museo Nazionale of Naples.
It is with regard to the water wheels that Qaysar is most associated with Hama, water wheels which, as Sarton holds, constitute one of the glories of Hama. These water wheels are huge in size as described above, and served to feed homes and farms with water. Only few of them survive today. It is likely that water wheels existed in the West before the crusades, but it is after the crusaders returned from the East that they brought with them the better ones, and much improved ones, from the east, and also a clear understanding of their usefulness. As noted above, these Eastern (Syrian) water wheels can still be seen in Germany in Franconia near Bayreuth.
Abu Abdallah Muhammad Ibn Salim Ibn Wasil, Jamal–ud-din, better known as Ibn Wasil, was born in 1207-8. He flourished in Hama, and between 1260-1 before he was called to Cairo by the Mamluk Sultan Baybars (ruled 1260-1277) who sent him as an envoy to King Manfred of Sicily (ruled from 1258 to 1266). Ibn Wasil remained for a long time at Manfred's court, then returned to Hama, where he was appointed as a chief Qadi and professor in the madrasa, and where he died in 1298. He was a Shafiite doctor, historian, philosopher and mathematician, who also taught Abu'l Fida mathematics and prosody. He dedicated to Manfred a treatise on logic, which he called in his honour Al-impirurya, then re-titled Nukhbat al-Fikr fil mantiq(selected thoughts on Logic.) He also wrote a history of the Ayyubids, entitled Kitab Mufarridj al-Kurub fi akhbar bani Ayyub (the book which dispels sadness with the tales of the Ayyubids). This work was continued down to 1295-6 by Ali Ibn Abd Al-Rahman, secretary to Al-Muzaffar III, Abu'l Fida's predecessor as prince of Hama. Finally, Ibn Wasil composed a commentary on the treatise of prosody of Ibn Hadjib (d. 1249), Sharh Al-Maqsad Al-Jalil.
Salah Al-Din ibn Yusuf Al-Kahhal bi Hama (i.e. the eye doctor of Hama) was a Syrian oculist who flourished in Hama in 1296. He wrote for his son a very elaborate treatise of ophthalmology entitled Nur Al-Uyun wa Jami Al-Funun (light of the eyes and collection of rules). The manuscripts in Paris of this treatise remained the only one known by the time Leclerc was writing in 1876, and includes 178 pages of 27 lines each. Salah Al-Din composed this work following a request from his son. The treatise is divided into ten books as follows:
Deontological introduction;
1. Definition of the eye anatomy in 22 chapters, including a schematic section (taqatu al-salibi) of the eye;
2. Vision, including the geometrical theory of it. Discussion of various theories of vision;
3 Eye diseases, their causes, treatment, drugs;
4. Hygiene; affections of the eye lids;
5. Affections of the canthi;
6. Affections of the conjunctiva;
7. Affections of the cornea;
8. Affections of the uvea, and cataract;
9. Intangible affections;
10. Simple drugs after Ibn Al-Baytar.
This plan is identical to that of the Tadkhirat Al-Kahallin of Ali ibn Isa of Baghdad, and also contains many borrowings from Ammar ibn Ali Al-Mosuli. The author does not either refrain from citing his predecessors, as well as his master. He also gives an abundance of pictures of instruments, reminding us of Al-Zahrawi who is also amply cited. In book seven, the author cites two cases of cancer, one of which, affecting Emir Azz-ud-din of Hama, he treated with great success. In book eight we find again the different operations described in good detail. He refers to the location of the cataract and describes minutely and lengthily the operation. He describes the special syringe used for the operation, which is often made of glass and which sucks up the cataract, and also dwells on vision, from near or far, and on objects of diverging sizes. The work also cites the authorities upon which the author has relied, and then gives ethical advice, such as that the physicist must be discrete, promoting good, dedicated in his study, detached from the pleasures of the body, and seeking the company of the scholars and the patients.
Abu'l Fida (b. 1273-d. Hama 1331) belongs to the Ayyub family. Salah Al-din having given as a fief Hama and some neighbouring parts to his nephew Taki-ud-din Omar, a descendant of whom is Abu'l Fida. With Usama ibn Munqidh we find ourselves precisely in the same situation: Another great historian and would-be warrior, just as Abu'l Fida, but after a hundred year gap. Nevertheless we have the same struggle against the same crusader enemy, but this time, in the time of Abu'l Fida (13th century, the conflict also involved Mongols on the Christian side, and Mamluks as fighters for Islam. At the time of the birth of Abu'l Fida, his father had been expelled from his Hama principality by the second Mongol invasions (began 1259) under Hulagu, (the first invasions occurred in 1219-22 under Genghis Khan). Abu'l Fida was educated therefore, in Damascus. It was remarkable for him, as noted by de Vaux, to receive any education for at the age of twelve he was already fighting against the crusaders alongside his father and the Mamluks at the taking of the crusader castle of Markab from the Knight Hospitallers. At the age of sixteen, he was still fighting alongside his father and cousin at the recovery of Tripoli from the crusaders (that is roughly a century and half after it was taken by the crusaders from the Muslims in 1109). Years after, he was still fighting the crusaders with another Muslim army for the conquest of the Castle of Roum, which controlled the Euphrates River, and years on, he was under the orders of the Mamluk Sultan Ladjyn fighting the Christians in lesser Armenia. Abu'l Fida tells the story of this Sultan Ladjyn who was of German origins and of the Teutonic Order of Knights; he fought first for Christianity in Italy against the pagans, then came to Syria to fight the Muslims, then converted to Islam, joined the Mamluks, and gradually rose in rank until he became Sultan. In the year 1309, we find Abu'l Fida fighting in Armenia against the Mongol-Armenian alliance, having just returned from pilgrimage to Mecca. In 1316 he was in Mamluk Cairo, appointed as lieutenant for the Sultan, then two years later he was appointed Prince of Hama, thus recovering his ancestors' title. Abu'l Fida narrates his return to his ancestral city:
"All the troops who were there came to meet me. My entry into the city took place on Monday 23 Jumada second, in the afternoon, and lecture was made to the population of my appointment."
Abu'l Fida then went on pilgrimage again in the year 1321, he went into military campaign once more to fight in Asia Minor. It is amidst these military campaigns that Abu'l Fida used to write. In the year 1323, he was back in Hama writing on his Geography and still found time to converse with the learned, and even to undertake some commercial activity. Abu'l Fida's life is thus nothing less than extraordinary. His whole life from childhood is only a series of military campaigns, besides accomplishing pilgrimage to Mecca three times, devoting much time to the embellishment of his capital, and the patronage of learned men, and, of course, writing. It is at the height of glory and power that Abu'l Fida died in Hama in 1331. The poet at his death said:
"He is a prince, to whose home
Glory rushes just as pilgrims do to Mecca
So many marvels were born out of his hand
When this hand held the pen."
Abu'l Fida's main work are Mukhtassar tarikh al-Bashar (The Concise History of Humanity or Chronicles) and the Taqwim al-Buldan (A Sketch of the countries). Other than his chronicles, and his geography (Taqwim), Abu'l Fida was also well learned in many fields such as botany and materia medica. He wrote a work in many volumes on medicine titled Kunash, and a book on the balance.
His historical Mukhtassar, written in 1315 and continued by the author to 1329, is a universal history dealing with pre-Islamic and Islamic history down to 1329. The author relies very much on the great historian of Mosul preceding him, Ibn al-Athir, but also on his own sources, and his own experiences: he was after all at the front of events as a fighter. Such is the importance of this work, it was continued by many after him, including by Ibn Al-Wardi who continued it to 1348, by Ibn al-Shihna al-Halabi who continued it to 1403, and of course was appreciated by early Western orientalists. Many partial editions of the work were made in the West, the first by John Cagnier (1670-1740). It was published in 1754 by Reiske, and has been for a very long time the most important Muslim historical work known in the West.
Abu'l Fida's geographical treatise Taqwim Al-Buldan (A Sketch of the countries) has been known quite early in the Latin West, with many translations of it, either partial or complete. It includes twenty eight chapters, with a prologue which contains interesting observations such as the gain or loss of day according to the direction in which one goes around the earth, and the assertion that three quarters of the earth's surface is covered with water. The chapters, each, deal with a definite part of the world in the order indicated:
1, Arabia; 2. Egypt; 3. Maghrib; 4. Equatorial Africa; 5. Spain; 6; Islands of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic; 7. Northern regions of Europe and Asia; 8 Syria; 9 Jazirah; 10. Iraq Arabi'; 11. Khuzistan or Ahwaz; 12. Fars; 13. Kirman; 14 Sijistan; 15: Sind; 16: Hind; 17. China; 18 Eastern islands; 19 Rum (Asia Minor); 20. Armenia….
The 28 chapters are very unequal in length, but are arranged in the same order, that is each is in two parts, the first of which is devoted to a general account of the country (its boundaries, physical peculiarities, political and ethnical divisions, manners and customs, monuments, main roads, etc…) and the second given in tabular form a series of data concerning the main cities: names, sources of information, longitude, latitude, mathematical climate (as indicated by coordinates), physical climate or province, orthography, short description. Abu'l Fida took great pains to establish the orthography and orthophony of place names. His frequent quotations of diverging data (e.g. for coordinates) is typical of his honesty; this was due to his using different sources which he had no means of checking.
A Turkish abbreviated translation in alphabetical order of this geographical treatise was made by Ali Sipahizade in 1588-9. In the mid 17th century it had an unedited translation by Schickard, and Gravious published in London extracts relating to Khwarizm and Transoxonia. A Latin translation was made in Leiden in 1746 by Reiske, whilst Reinaud and de Slane edited the complete text. The French translation by Reinaud and Guyard was completed in 1883. Possibly one of the most important aspects of Abu al-Fida's work is in his observations on the spherical shape of the earth.
A later scholar of Hama is yet another instrument maker. Shihab Al-din Ahmed ibn Abi Bakr as-Sarraj Al-Hamawi (d. 1328-9) is the author of several books on scientific instruments and geometrical problems. He wrote a treatise on geometrical problems Masail handasya, which is found in Cairo (Riyada 694), a treatise on the hidden astrolabe and hidden sine quadrant (Risalat al-amal bi rub al-muqantarat), which is located in Berlin (5869). He is the inventor of a quadrant called al-muqantarat al-Yusra, and in the year 1328-9, he constructed an amila, which is a universal lamina for Mohammed b. Mohammed at-Tanukhi, which is now found in the Benaki Museum of Athens. The treatise on this instrument, Risala al-ala al Sarrajiya fi istikhraj al-amal al-afaqiya (Treatise on the instrument of Ibn Sarradj on determining operations on horizons) is located in Cairo (Miqat 291/1). He wrote Risala al-amal bi rub al-musattar (Treatise on operations with the hidden quadrant, which is kept at Rampur (147). Abi Bakr As-Sarraj also wrote a book on sinus quadrants, ad Durr Al-Gharib fil amal bi dairat al-tayyib ( Rare pearls on operations with the circle for finding sines), which is today at Leyden (187b/4), and which was dedicated to the Turkish Sultan Bayazid I. Ibn Al-Sarradj also wrote Risala fi'l rub al-mujannah fi ma'arifat jayb al-qaws wa qaws al-jayb (Treatise on the winged quadrant for finding the Sine of an arc and an arc of a sine, which is kept in both Cairo (miqat 64/5, 138/7) and Istanbul (SM AS 1719). Other works by Ibn al-Sarradj include a treatise on the operations with the quadrant, which is kept in Cairo (Miqat 138/8), a smart treatise on operations with the `Chest of goose', also available in Cairo (Miqat 242/10), a treatise on an astronomical instrument, and finally he wrote a treatise on operations with balance for change gold, which is also located in Cairo (Fadil Riyada 30/6). Despite this scholar's accomplishments, especially in the field of scientific instrument making, there has been no single study of him and his works, which, once more highlights the shortcomings of efforts directed at recovering Islamic heritage.


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Playboy.com's Start 'Em, Sit 'Em: Week Seven
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Always active and interested in the lives of you, our fine and flawless readers, this week Playboy.com premieres the newest addition to our sporting family, our "Start 'Em, Sit 'Em" Fantasy Football guide. Each week, we'll sort through the rubble of waiver wires and underappreciated players to find sneaky good players to start (or in some cases sit) to help you win your fantasy week. Please keep in mind that we're not going after the big fish here; you should start Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady and Arian Foster all the times. These are the guys you might be on the fence about or find rotting on the wire. You can thank us later.
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Eli Manning: Brother Eli has torched some shoddy defenses this season and the Redskins are among the worst; they've allowed 15 TDs through the air and are giving up 328 passing yards per game. Look for Manning to make a move into the elite fantasy play-caller conversation with a massive game in the Meadowlands.
Doug Martin: Owners concerned that Martin might be falling off after a few lackluster weeks and some lost touches to veteran LeGarrette Blount can take comfort in the fact that he matches up this week against a Saints team that ranks dead last against the run, giving up big gains and big scores almost at will.
Hakeem Nicks: Part of the reason the Redskins' defensive numbers are so awful is their penchant for giving up big gains after the catch: they've surrendered a league-high six 40-plus yard receptions and only one team has given up more 20-plus yarders. The 'Skins are also on the losing end in terms of completions, giving up a league-worst 163 through six games. All that to say that Hakeem Nicks is poised for a big day.
Jason Witten: Witten has wandered back into the fantasy football conversation after a rough start to the 2012 season; in his past two games he has put up 26 fantasy points and is sitting idle on waiver wires in a lot of leagues or available dirt cheap via trade from less savvy owners. Consider him a solid flex option against the Panthers defense that's giving up close to nine points to the position.
Carolina Panthers: How can we recommend Witten and in our next breath recommend the defense he's facing? Well, Witten's yardage might be accumulated via the check down, a lot of short gains, which Romo will need behind an O-Line that has struggled to protect him. All told, defenses facing the 'Boys have been treated to the second-most fantasy points through six weeks.
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Christian Ponder: Christian Ponder's fantasy relevance has eclipsed the likes of Matthew Stafford, Philip Rivers and Tony Romo through the first six weeks, so you might like him as a viable spot starter to get you through the byes. But not this one: even with six teams on the shelf, Ponder doesn't match up well against a Cardinals team that has held opposing QBs to just 10 points a game.
Shonn Greene: Greene's 34-point day last week accounts for over half of his total fantasy points in 2012, so let's not get too excited about the Jets back running in a system that still seems unsure of itself. Adding to that is the New England run defense that we tend to think of as sub-par but is actually ranked in the top 10 in 2012, holding opposing backs to just 82.7 yards per game with only two scores.
Steve Smith: Still waiting on Steve Smith, the 2011 edition, to show up? You might as well be waiting on the world to end. I think it's safe to say Smith's breakout 2011 was an aberration, but even if it wasn't, his numbers won't be coming around against a Cowboys team that hasn't allowed an opposing number one, outside Brandon Marshall, any more than nine fantasy points.
Jermichael Finley: It's week seven now and I think we can officially pronounce Jermichael Finley a bust. You would think a pass-catching tight end in a pass-happy offense would be, well, catching passes and happy, but Finley hasn't been anywhere near up to par; you can count his fantasy points from the last three games on one hand.
Baltimore Ravens: Woe to be a Ravens fan. A once feared and ferocious D has collapsed under injury and age: Lewis is gone, Webb is gone, Suggs might be back but is probably still hopelessly banged up, and the Ravens, once the cream of the NFL defensive crop, are ranked 26th in total defense. Against a Houston team which is figuring to finish with 13, 14 wins, this is going to be a problem.


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(MCs been caught to ensure their safety.. lately)
Rest in peace Guru
Fake MC, they always have cars
But won't walk the streets without their bodyguards
I hate fake MCs, they always have cars
But won't walk the streets without their bodyguards
[Verse 1]
Yea, bodyguards blockin' off the whole scenery
Ain't nothing but about you boys, it what it seems to me
You a gangsta? Then why you scared to walk the streets alone?
And why you talk so tough when on the microphone?
My nigga sell coke, my nigga sell king
You got an education, boy that's a damn shame
Intelligence, knowledge, both will set you free
Now lock you there like a slave, not how it s'posed to be
But you a G, but you never spent one night in holding
You buyin' guns, never shootin', man now where you're goin'?
With this lunacy, tuner be buffoonery
You something to laugh at, nothing but a fool to me
You little niggas could've never went to school with me
14 years old, I was snatching jewelry
On the corners with the pipes, lifers
You people list Julia Louise Dreyfus
[Verse 2]
Yea, I pick your moves, that ain't how G's handle business
Fake MCS be actin' like some lil bitches
Something smells fishy, yea, real suspicious
You lookin' real sweet, real delicious
It's a shame, couple cast nice rappers
Throw a punch then hide behind a linebacker
You're not here to have the hardcore city life
You can hit the studio and have some new shit to write
You drinkin' too much of that purple shit
Two years ago you was on that herbal shit
Last year, niggas was emo
But this year, they sticking to the G code
[Verse 3]
I've been around, punk, but I still sound young
Respect us, I snatch your heart like a necklace
Runnin' niggas over then I scratch 'em off my check list
Was doubles as a guest list, I got a death wish
For fuck boys who act like they bust toys
You ain't a crook son, you's a shook one
And it looks fun every time jewels get took from a rapper
While he just stand there and look dumb
I won't expose your name or your identity
You the one with bodyguards in close proximity
Hidin' behind them, throwin' a bottle of Hennessey
At your enemies I pity you and you envy me
But a fake MC could never be friends with me
I can't be around that kind of energy
I pop up in a cloud of marijuana
To bust hoes in the cool persona
Been dinin' with a pool of piranhas
Niggas are sweeter than Willy Wanka
I see 'em and I really wanna stomp ya
I hate fake MCs, they always have cars
Not a sucker so I don't need a bodyguard
Fake MCs, they always have cars
Yea, I'm not a sucker so I don't need a bodyguard
I hate fake MCs, they always have cars
Yea, I'm not a sucker so I don't need a bodyguard
Fake MCs, they always have cars
Yea, I'm not a sucker so I don't need a bodyguard
Huh bodyguard, bodyguard
Yo! Shout out to the real MCs who never sleep with bodyguards
You know what I'm sayin?
Mos Def, Kweli, Black Thought...


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Beach and Lisbon - free wi-fi
Vendégek száma4
Hálószobák száma1
Méret60 m²
Floor No.1(with elevator)
- Családi / Gyerek barát
- Konyha
- Lift az épületben
- Törölköző
- Gyermekágy
- Internet/WiFi
- Mosógép / szárítógép
Accommodation summary
|Rua António Correia, 2825-291 Costa da Caparica, Portugália
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|Ingatlan azonosító
|Acceptance rate
|Response time
|A few hours
|Calendar updated
Accommodates with great comfort 4 people in a large double bed in the room and a large sofa-bed (140cm) in the living room. There is a crib available if necessary.
The kitchen is equipped and the bathroom has bathtub and shower. There is also an hairdryer. Laundry service and house cleaning can be arranged. Towels and linen are included.
The building is very well preserved with a clean sight. It´s located in the city center near the shops, restaurants, pharmacie, supermarket and banks. The beach is also less than 5 min walking and surf lessons can be arranged with licensed teachers from the local school.
Surf material and bicycle renting are all less then 5 min walking. The bus stop is 20 meters from the apartment, and Lisbon, one of the most beautiful cities in Europe is 15 min by car or by bus.
HázirendSecurity Deposit: €100
No pets allowed. We hope you enjoy the house and have a great time during the vacations leaving the property in the same way it was found.
|Weekly rate for up to 4 guests
|253 €
|Monthly rate for up to 4 guests
|758 €
|Érkezés legkorábbi időpontja
|Check-in before
|Távozás legkésőbbi időpontja
|Lemondási feltétel
Az ingatlan értékelései
The Flat is nice, Clean and full of Stuff you can use. Sheets with Maps, restaurants and Activities are in the kitchen. We had no problems with the key or anything else... everything was fine, except the missing Balcony. Greets Janis
My parents liked the apartment very much! Well equiped and located close to bus stop with conections to Lisbon and the sea!
A really nice, lovely and clean flat wich has a very friendly host! Everything worked out fine! Thank you, Iris!
Very clean apartment and well furnished with everything one may need for a comfortable stay. The apartment did not have a washing machine before I moved in. But when I phoned the landlord, Irish, and asked her about how I was going to do my laundry during the month of my stay there, she went and purchased a brand-new washing machine and installed it in the kitchen. Upon my arrival at the apartment I was warmly welcomed by Irish. She was very helpful. She took me out and showed me where to buy my food and gave me some tips on where to find restaurants with good food. She also provided me with many brochures of tourism in Lisbon and showed me where to take the bus to the centre of Lisbon. Indeed, I could not expect more than what I found. She made me feel that I was at home. The apartment is located in the centre of Cost da caparica. Close to the apartment there are three super markets and one small grocery shop and plenty of restaurants. The bus stops are very close to the apartment. Costa da caparica has a beautiful sandy strand. It is ideal for surfing and bathing. I greatly enjoyed my stay at the apartment and in Costa da caparica. The only thing I could recommend to Irish is to offer more comfortable pillows to her guests. Thank you.
Wir hatten einen sehr schönen Aufenthalt in Costa di Caparica. Die Wohnung hat eine gute Lage und verfuegt ueber alles was man braucht. Wir wurden sehr herzlich empfangen und die Konversation verlief problemlos. Iris stellte uns sogar eine zusaetzliche Matratze zur Verfügung, da wir vier erwachsene Personen waren. Wir würden diese Wohnung wieder buchen.
Hemos estado unos dias y todo fenomenal.
El apartamento es amplio y muy comodo.
Totalmente recomendable.
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Best Hacker movie ?
I've seen the matrix,girl with dragon tattoo,war games,ghost in a shell (japanese),swordfish. [waiting to watch reboot ]But matrix remains my top favourite. i would like to know are there any other best hacker movie like matrix ? please feel to share if you have any suggestions.


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ACParadise Network: American Cosplay Paradise American Cosplay Experience American Cosplay Snapshots
Cosplayer Shii Arisugawa > Wig of Allenby Beardsley (Mobile Fighter G Gundam)
- Most Recent Photo
- 01-25-2013
- Series
- Mobile Fighter G Gundam
- Character
- Allenby Beardsley
- Year Completed:
- 2009
- Construction Difficulty:
- Normal
About this Wig
- Personal Thoughts:
- This is one wig I absolutely refuse to let go of, and it's held up wonderfully over the past geez, 5 years now? ^^; It's survived being tossed into boxes, luggage, and whatever but the spikes still retain their shape without any restyling needed whatsoever. I really need to hurry up and make Allenby's Mobile Trace Suit so I can get more usage out of this awesome wig!!
Wig Details
- Wig Brand
- Cosworx / Cosplay.com
- Wig Name
- Scruffy L
- Styling Time
- 5-10 hours
- Wig Quality Rating
- 5 / 5.00
- Styling Notes
- I had a lot of fun styling my 2nd Allenby wig, now that I had a better idea of wtf I'm supposed to do. XD I'm not good at trimming wigs still, so trimming the bangs took much longer than actually spiking the wig using got2b spiking glue. I used several t-pins to hold each spike in place while the product dried.
- Wig Review
- The wig is perfect for what I needed, it's bright without being a neon-ish color, and thick! I bought extensions thinking I would have to hand sew them into add thickness, and turns out I didn't need them at all. I wish they'd bring the old CosWorx line back, I really miss the colors and styles they used to offer!
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Ever since its beginning in 1905, the Geneva Auto Show has been the place to show off the latest and greatest in the world of automobiles. While things such as exotic supercars, new equipment, and technological breakthroughs have always taken the spotlight, we've always found ourselves taking some time out for the ladies who make the Geneva Auto Show as great as it is.
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Pell and loan refunds will be dispersed on Thursday, Sept. 10
Business Office staff will distribute checks from 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. in the Campus Center Grand Hall on the Main Campus. After noon, the checks will be dispersed from the Business Office, located on the second floor of the Campus Center.
Students picking up a refund check will be required to show current photo identification, no exceptions.
Pulaski Technical College


text: Hey guys, Recently bought a 07 Trailblazer withthe LT package, V8 5.3, sunroff and just 2wd with 36k miles no 3rd row.. I bought it because I like the sunroof in a suv and it's big enough for me and my kids to go camping which we have already and enough power to tow my Supra to the strips! The only complaint that I have is the gas mileage! I drive it mostly highway and between 65 and 70 mph..I would say about 120 miles per day about 100 of it is highway... I don't get on it very much at all unless switching lanes and getting on the hwy but I'm only getting 14mpg! I tried never getting it over 2k rpms and no ac for 1 full tank and still only got 14mpg.. I did have a problem with the gas cap when I got the SUV.. it would never stay on and when I put gas in it, the gauge would go to full and then drop to empty and do so several times... I went to Autozone and got another cap and the engine light is on and still having the same issue.. Any suggestions? Thanks Ryan


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Before leaving
As a general rule, any Belgian citizen who wishes to change his or her main place of residence to another country must declare this move to his or her local municipal authorities at the latest the day before departure. At this point, he or she will be given a 'model 8' form stating that they have been struck from the population register.
When you provide this 'model 8' form, your Belgian identity card and proof that you have set up abroad – this proof could be a photocopy of your long-term visa abroad or your residence permit issued by the local authorities – you may then sign on to the population registers held by your Belgian embassy or consulate abroad. It is advised that you contact this embassy or consulate beforehand to find out which documents you must provide in order to register.
Please note: although registering with a Belgian embassy or consulate is not compulsory, it is strongly recommended for practical reasons. You may be able to obtain an identity card or consular certificates (e.g. residence certificate, certificate of nationality and so forth), more effective humanitarian aid in emergency, or renew a passport more easily, etc.
If you are not yet certain that you wish to live abroad permanently, you may also remain signed on to the population registers in Belgium as being 'temporarily absent'. This temporary absence from your main residence in Belgium must however be notified to your local municipal authorities before you leave.
PLEASE NOTE: this is only possible for persons who, for a maximum period of one year and for professional reasons, perform specific duties or go on a specific assignment abroad or for persons who are absent for less than one year for the purposes of study abroad, business travel, tourism, holidays or on medical grounds . After a year, you must make a clear decision – either to return to Belgium and remain registered with your municipality, or be struck from the population registers in Belgium.
Persons who stay abroad for study purposes may also remain signed on as 'temporarily absent' in the population registers in Belgium, as long as they still have an existing address (e.g. family home) and that they are still supported financially by their household in Belgium. In this event, the period of temporary absence may be unlimited in length.
If you are 'temporarily absent' from Belgium, you will still probably be taxed for the main part in Belgium.
To obtain information on the tax consequences of being struck off the population register in Belgium, we advise you to contact your tax office of the Federal Public Service Finance:
Administration des Affaires fiscales
North Galaxy
Boulevard du Roi Albert II 33, bte 22
1030 Brussels
Tel.: +32 (0) 2 576 2917
Fax: +32 (0) 2 579 6656
Email: email@example.com
For information on the conditions which must be met for residency (residency permit, work permit and so forth), please contact the embassy of your future country of residence in Brussels.
In terms of social security, a move abroad may also have certain consequences (some services may no longer be available, rules surrounding payment may be subject to change, etc.). For detailed information on this topic, please contact the relevant services in Belgium (your health insurance fund, the National Employment Office, the National Pension Office, etc.), or the Federal Public Service for Social Security:
Centre Administratif Botanique
Finance Tower
Boulevard du Jardin Botanique 50, bte 1
1000 Brussels
Tel.: +32 (0) 2 528 6011
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
For information on local social security coverage for foreigners in your new country of residence, please contact that country's embassy.
You can also find information on moving or staying abroad on the federal portal site.


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Argon Laser Trabeculoplasty (ALT) Doctors in Sun City West, Arizona
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- Cataracts, Cosmetic Dermatology, Cosmetic Surgery, Facial Plastic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery (BOTOX®), Ophthalmology: Oculoplastics
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- Arizona Eye Institute & Cosmetic Laser Center
- 19052 N R H Johnson Blvd
- Sun City West, Arizona 85375
The Arizona Eye Institute & Cosmetic Laser Center (Sun City and Wickenburg) is committed to personalized patient care, with your health and satisfaction being our main objective. Dr. Emilio Justo takes great pride in the unique style of personalized care and examines each patient personally during every visit. The staff constantly strives to help you feel as comfortable as possible with the medical, surgical or cosmetic procedures you are considering.
Most Popular Procedures: Brow Lift (Forehead Lift), Ectropion Repair, Entropion Repair, Eyelid Lift Surgery (Blepharoplasty), Ptosis Repair for Droopy Eyelid
- Emilio M. Justo, M.D.
Arizona Eye Institute & Cosmetic Laser Center
- Location: 19052 N R H Johnson Blvd Sun City West, AZ 85375
- Click here for phone number
- Top Procedures:
- Brow Lift (Forehead Lift)
- Ectropion Repair
- Entropion Repair
- Eyelid Lift Surgery (Blepharoplasty)
- Ptosis Repair for Droopy Eyelid
- Languages Spoken:
- English
- Spanish
- Experience: 22 years
- Financing:
- CareCredit
- Emilio M. Justo, M.D.


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McCormick Home Ranch Wedding from Jasmine Star PhotographyNavy blue stripes and lemons just might be my favorite design combo since gold and anything paired with gold. No joke. It's fresh and summery and so encompasses this couple's style – California cool with a touch of whimsy. You know what else
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Mental health panels seek applicants
The State Advisory Council on Mental Health and the Subcommittee on Children's Mental Health are accepting applications for membership.
The council and subcommittee advise the governor and state departments on policies, programs and services affecting adults with mental illnesses and children with emotional disturbances. Each group consists of 30 members representing a variety of perspectives on the mental health system.
The council has openings for two consumers of mental health services; i.e., recipients of public mental health services. The subcommittee has an opening for a parent of a child with mental health issues.
Each group has openings for a county commissioner from the seven-county metro counties.
Any Minnesotan is eligible for membership. Appointments to the state advisory council are made by the governor and appointments to the children's subcommittee are made by the council. Terms are for four years or less if there was a mid-term resignation.
The council and subcommittee meet on the first Thursday of the month in St. Paul.
In addition to reimbursement for travel, lodging and meal expenses, there is a stipend of $55 per meeting.
Applications are available online at on the Secretary of State's website at http://www.sos.state.mn.us/index.aspx?recordid=41&page=19.
For more information, contact Bruce Weinstock at email@example.com or 651-431-2249.
Applications will be accepted until the appointments are made, which cannot be earlier than Jan. 4, 2013.


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David Hamlar, MD, DDS
Sees Patients at:
- Lions Children's Hearing and ENT Clinic
Philosophy of Care:Provide physical and psychological restoration of congenital and acquired craniofacial deformities. Hopefully this will allow our patients to see themselves as a part of, and continue to contribute to the greater society.
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Hospital Privileges:
Mpls. St. Paul Magazine 2012 Top Doctor
2007 Minneapolis Rotary Service Before Self Award
2008 State of Minnesota Distinguished Service Award
2009 United States Air National Guard Flight Surgeon of the Year
"Otolaryngological Manifestations in AIDS Patients", Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery DeWeese-Saunders – Schuller – Schleuning, 8th edition, CV Mosby Co., 1994.
"Determination of the Efficacy of Topical Oral Pilocarpine for Post-Irradiation Xerostomia in Patients with Head and Neck Carcinoma," D. Hamlar – D. Schuller- R. Gahbauer – R. Buerki – A. Staubus – J. Hall – J. Altman – D. Elzinga – M. Martin Laryngoscope, 106: August 1996.
"Complications of Dental and Mandibular Fractures," R. Maisel, D.Hamlar Otolaryngology English, GM (22):pp1-14, 1997, Lippincott /Williams & Wilkins.
"Midface Fractures," Yadranko Ducic and David Hamlar, Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America Tatum, SA, Kellman RM, Marentette, 6 (4) 1998. WB Saunders.
"Mandibular Distraction Osteogenesis in a Neonate," Beth Judge, MD, David Hamlar, MD, DDS, Frank Rimell, MD, Archives of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, 125: September 1999.
Nussbaum ES, Levine SC, Hamlar DD, Madison MT: Carotid stenting and "extarterectomy" in the management of head and neck cancer involving the internal carotid artery: technical case report. Neurosurgery, 47, October, 2000.
"Contribution of Conventional Axial Computed Tomography (Nonhelical), in Conjunction with Panoramic Tomography (Zonography), in Evaluating Mandibular Fractures". Wilson, IF, Lokeh, A, Benjamin, CI, Hilger, PA, Hamlar, DD, Ondrey, FG, Tashjian, JH, Thomas, W, Schubert, W. Annals of Plastic Surgery, 45(4): 415-421, 2000.
Solomon RK, Lundeen SJ, Hamlar DD, Pambuccian SE.: "Fine-needle aspiration diagnosis of unusual cutaneous neoplasms of the scalp HIV-infected patients: a report of two cases and review of the literature. Diagn Cytopathol. 186-92, 2001.
Wilson, I.F., Lokeh, A., Benjamin, C. I., Hilger, P.A., Hamlar, D.D., Ondrey, F.G., Tashjian, J.H., Thomas, W., Schubert, W.: "Prospective Comparison of Panoramic Tomography (Zonography) and Helical Computed Tomography in the Diagnosis and Operative Management of Mandibular Fractures. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 107:1369-1375, 2001.
Imola, M.J., Hamlar, DD., Shao, W., Chowdhury, K., Tatum, S.: Resorbable Plate Fixation in Pediatric Craniofacial Surgery: Long Term Outcome. Arch Facial Plast Surg. 3: 79-90, 2001.


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You missed it This great deal for American Meadows is over. But don't despair, we've got more great deals every day.
American Meadows
24" Balsam Holiday Greetings Wreath
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In the unspoken competition to outdo your neighbor's seasonal decorations, this deal will make you a shoo-in. For $25 (regularly $50), deck out your door with a classic Holiday Greetings balsam wreath from American Meadows (shipping not included). Handmade in Vermont, this 24-inch wreath is adorned with natural greenery, two clusters of real pinecones, bright crabapples, and a regal red bow. Each time you open your door to receive fruitcakes and retrieve holiday cards from your mailbox, enjoy a festive waft of fresh holiday greens. Perfect indoors or outdoors, this gorgeous wreath makes a great gift. American Meadows has been in business for 25 years and backs every product with a 100% guarantee, so wrap up the decorating showdown with this show-stopper.
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yes, OF FRICKIN' COUSE you go out and get one of the tens of experienced returners who are available at any given point in time!!!!! What was your option if Williams got hurt???? Justins Smith??????? was he the next next man up???? LOLOLOL !!!!
you guys will just say ANYTHING rather than admit that we won last year because Harbaugh was an idiot and got schooled by a more experienced coach.
can't find a PR/KR for a championship game???? Can you type that without throwing up a little in your mouth??? Seriously???
throw in any other punt returner with the instruction of catch the ball as priorities #1,2,&3 and run the ball in the 4th quarter more than passing to WRs that had no receptions in the game, and we lose. no question about it.
that's coaching. that's not williams, or the refs or anything else. just coaching.
Funny, you are the only fan out there who thinks we lost due to harbaugh being schooled. Forget one completed pass to a WR. Heck with 1 for 13 on 3rd down. Williams two fumbles. Eli having a great day.....yea none of that counts. Harbaugh got schooled, thats why we lost. Millions of fans out there, but YOU cracked it! The only one! Wow.