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Blood and Tissue Oxygen Carriers
Volume 13 of the series Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology pp 325-376
Molecular Structure of the Arthropod Hemocyanins
- J. MarklAffiliated withInstitute of Zoology, University of Mainz
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Hemocyanin is an extracellular, blue protein that occurs in high concentrations in the blood of many arthropods, including spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, crustaceans, and at least two centipedes. Serving as an ### oxygen carrier, it is functionally equivalent to hemoglobin, but performs reversible oxygen binding between two copper ions. Hemocyanin is composed of a number of subunits that assemble in an extremely large macro-molecular entity. These particles, which are similar in size to viruses or ribosomes, exhibit a complex allosteric behavior during oxygen binding. There is growing evidence that this functional plasticity has evolved upon, and answers to, ecophysiological constraints. Arthropod hemocyanins are cubical molecules which, in the electron microscope, differ largely from the cylindrical particles found in mollusks (Fig. 1). Molluscan hemocyanins are decamers, didecamers, or multidecamers of polypeptides of Mr up to 450000 that carry up to eight binuclear copper sites. In contrast, arthropod hemocyanins are hexamers (1 × 6) or oligohexamers (n × 6) of polypeptides of Mr 75000, each containing only a single such copper site (Fig. 2). For earlier reviews, see e.g. Kobert (1903), Quagliariello (1923), Redfield (1934), Ghiretti (1962), Van Holde and Van Bruggen (1971), Bonaventura et al. (1977), Wood (1980), Van Holde and Miller (1982), Ellerton et al. (1983), Brunori et al. (1985), and Markl (1986).
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I was wondering, with all the alcohol being sold at a rally, is it legal to carry your weapon at one ??
Depends on the jurisdiction.
In Florida, carrying there would be lawful, subject to the usual restrictions (cannot carry in a bar, etc).
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With all the OC that I see on many bikers here, I suspect you'd be underdressed without your OC or CC.
I would use your head and avoid areas where trouble might take place. This to me is any event where people are getting loaded on booze, drugs, inhailants etc.... It may be one of the times where it may be legal but not prudent. Check your own state laws.
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I have been to a number of bike rallies here in FL...I'm always armed., and it's not a problem.
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Same here. Been a rider for over 25 years. Always have carried and always will if possible. Again as the other posters said, "use your head".
Been a Harley rider for 29 years and have been to many rallies. Depending on the state it may or may not be legal. In some states whom ever is the "owner" can post a no fire arms sigh and make it illegal. Some states it is illegal if there is drink on premise license involved. If a rally is confined to a campground or site it can be totally different than say one of the larger rallies where the rally is the whole town area. It is a personal decision that will require a little research. If it is legal I carry.
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around laws. Plato
INAL, and AFAIK, there has to be a 30.01 sign present. So basically, a business has to post the sign saying that over 50% of their sales are from alcohol that is consumed on the premise.
They should have covered it in your CHL class.
Here , it's no issue at all.... don't know about Texas. Just don't drink, then it would be an issue.
not tryn to hijack your thread but... i ride often and always wondered how well carrying while riding would work. if it matters I ride a sportbike. R1 all the way!
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All the rallies I attend in Texas and surrounding states usually put:
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It doesn't take much to figure out that if you choose not to CCW, you'll be in the unarmed minority. I've yet to see a metal detector or pat downs utilized at any rally big or small.
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It's hard it's fast and it's hard to stop!
Looks much like the back spinning kick at first but instead of a straight kick- hook it right in there.
This can be a very devastating kick!
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Esparanza Hazel & Elowen Willow! But it might be a bit much I suppose. @ Saracita00 gets it.
I'm not pregnant or anything so this is all in theory, but my maternal grandmother had 4 sets of twins & they run strong on my paternal side as well. So I figure I better be prepared for anything! In reality Twin girls would pretty much be my worst nightmare.
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Ella and Emma. Commence weeping with me). Personally, I'd be much more likely to name twins Azula and Indira, as opposed to Esperanza and Elowen. So, it's hard for me to totally love them as a set, though objectively I can recognize that they are pretty cool as far as matching twin names go.
If I were going to be really nitpicky, I'd have to agree that Elowen Willow goes too far as a repeating-sound combo, just because there's nothing new in Willow that Elowen doesn't already have. Esperanza Hazel repeats the Z and the short-E, but nothing else. To do a matching twin set with Esperanza Hazel, I think I'd pull the long-O from Elowen which is the most notable internal sound. That is -- the O of Elowen corresponds to the Z of Esperanza, see what I mean? I'd suggest Elowen Magnolia to complete the set.
If I get time, I'll play with some more combos and, of course, keep the ideas coming on suggestions for other names.
P.S. My mom gave my 5-year-old a stuffed animal cat yesterday. She named it Zarina, inspired by the Tinkerbell movie. Haha!
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Fairfield senior Alli Wigand drove in a pair of runs in the first game and freshman Sammy Ruffolo had three RBIs in game two as the visiting Stags swept the Canisius College Golden Griffins by scores of 2-1 and 4-2 Saturday morning at the Demske Sports Complex. Fairfield moves to 20-21 overall and 3-3 in MAAC play with the pair of wins, while the Griffs slipped to 9-24 on the year and 2-2 in conference action.
For Canisius, seniors Lauren Falzone, Lizzy Gatto and Katie Lancellotti each had two hits on the day, while sophomore Valorie Nappo also added a hit in each contest. Fairfield pitcher Rebecca Trott improved to 11-11 on the year with a complete-game, five-hit victory in the first game, with teammate Rae Ball earning her ninth win of the season in the circle in the nightcap after she gave up two runs on five hits while striking out five and walking four.
In the first game, all three of the game's runs were scored in the first inning. In the top of the first, Fairfield pushed two runs across the plate when Wigand smoked her eighth double off the season to centerfield, allowing teammates Kimi Kurata and Lauren Liseth to score. The Griffs answered with a solo run in the home half of the first when freshman Michelle DelPrince scored from third on a wild pitch by Trott. Those would be the last runs for either team in the first game - Canisius had the bases loaded with no one out in the fifth but came up empty. For the game, Canisius left seven runners on base, while the Stags ended up stranding four.
Canisius sophomore Jen Consaul was the tough-luck loser in the circle for the Blue and Gold in the day's first game after she went seven innings and allowed just two runs on seven hits while striking out two.
The Griffs took an early 1-0 lead in game two on an RBI-single by junior catcher Stephanie Pfentner to left, which allowed Nappo to score from third. The score remained 1-0 into the top half of the fourth where the Stags scored four times off losing pitcher Corrine Schaus. Fairfield used three singles to load the bases before Ruffolo stepped to the plate. She took the first pitch she saw from Schaus and dropped it down the left field line to score three runs while she raced to third. Ruffolo would score moments later when teammate Tiffany Lawson singled to right. The Griffs added a run in the bottom of the fifth on a ground-rule double by Gatto that knocked in Falzone, but again, Canisius left nine runners on base and could not cross the plate again in the second game against Ball.
Gatto's double was the only extra-base hit for the Blue and Gold in the nightcap, and it marked her sixth double of the season. Canisius senior Caroline Main came on in relief for Schaus and gave up just three hits and struck out two in 3.2 innings of work.
Canisius will close out its five-game homestand on Sunday at noon when the team plays host to Iona at the Demske Sports Complex.
Game Notes: Canisius now leads the all-time series against Fairfield by a 35-28 count... Fairfield has swept Canisius in each of the last two seasons, and the Stags' wins on Saturday marks the team's first win against Canisius at the Demske Sports Complex since April 17, 2004... Gatto's RBI in game two gives her 82 in her career, which ranks 16th in school history... Her stolen base in game two gives her 13 this year and 58 in her career, which ranks second all-time in program history... Main has now appeared in 86 career games as a Griff, which ranks 10 among pitchers... Canisius wore special pink jerseys for the game as part of the team's "Cancer Awareness Day"... The jerseys were raffled off and all donations will be given to Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo.


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WHO: The Commuter Transit and Parking Services will be hosting Rutgers-Newark's annual Cherry Blossom Bike Ride to Branch Brook Park as part of our green commuting campaign called GREEN PEDAL ADVENTURE (GPA). Rutgers-Newark participants, there are 20 bikes available to students with lunch and various giveaways provided to all participants.
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Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini has hit out at the players the club brought in during the January transfer window in an attempt to beat the drop.
They have had little impact as yet in truth with the club remaining rooted to the foot of the table and the Rosanero patron has hit out at the new recruits.
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Décio Pignatari, 1927-2012
Brazilian poet Décio Pignatari, long associated with concrete poetry, has died, as Charles Bernstein reports on Jacket2. As Bernstein writes: "He was 85 and lived in Sao Paulo. With [brothers] Augusto and Haroldo de Campos he edited the magazne Noigandres e Invenção and they together wrote Teoria da Poesia Concreta (1965)." That's him up top, center, circa 1950.
There are films/visual poems and other resources up at UBUWEB, including a paper by Mary Ellen Solt on the Brazilian concrete poets. A bit of history:
In 1952, the year Gomringer wrote his first finished constellation "avenidas," three poets in São Paulo, Brazil–Haroldo de Campos, Augusto de Campos and Decio Pignatari–formed a group for which they took the name Noigandres from Ezra Pound's Cantos. In Canto XX, coming upon the word in the works of Arnaut Daniel, the Provencal troubadour, old Levy exclaimed: "Noigandres, eh, noigandres / Now what the DEFFIL can that mean!" This puzzling word suited the purposes of the three Brazilian poets very well; for they were working to define a new formal concept. The name noigandres was both related to the world heritage of poems and impossible for the literary experts to define. They began publishing a magazine of the same name, and within the year had begun correspondence with Pound and had established contact with concrete painters and sculptors in São Paulo and with musicians of the avant-garde.
Pound was not the sole influence, of course:
…NOIGANDRES 4 appeared in March of 1958 with poster poems and a synthesis of the theoretical studies and writings of the Noigandres group from 1950 onwards. It bore the title "pilot plan for concrete poetry" and the signatures of Augusto and Haroldo de Campos and Pignatari. In the "pilot plan" the concrete poem is advanced as the "product of a critical evolution of forms" from Mallarmé through Joyce-Pound-Cummings. In "Un coup de dés" (1897) Mallarme made the spaces on the page ("blancs") and "typographical devices . . . substantive elements of composition." This was the starting place. Apollinaire's Calligrams were another step in the evolution toward the concrete poem. Also his belief that: "il faut que notre intelligence s'habitue à comprendre synthético-ideographiquement au lieu de analytico discursivement." But the actual method of the Noigandres poets derives from THE CANTOS of Ezra Pound ("ideogrammic method"); James Joyce's ULYSSES and FINNEGAN'S WAKE ("word-ideogram; organic interpenetration of time and space" ); and the experimental poems of e. e. cummings ("atomization of words, physiognomical typography; expressionistic emphasis on space.)" The montage technique of Eisenstein, Futurism, and Dada also contributed. And the work of Oswald de Andrade (1890-1954) and João Cabral de Melo Neto ( 1920-), Brazilian poets.
Having freed itself from the requirements of the "formal rhythmical unit," the concrete poem was said to begin with the awareness "of graphic space as a structural agent." Like [Swiss poet Eugen] Gomringer, the Noigandres poets turned their backs on the linear concept of form ("mere linear-temporistical development"), putting in its place the concept of "space-time structure." And this was not less but more tied in with the problem of content. . . .
Solt elaborates upon Pignatari's famous piece "Beba Coca Cola" (Drink Coca Cola), 1957, which Bernstein mentions on his blog.
She writes:
In "boba coca cola" ( "drink coca cola") Decio Pignatari makes an anti-advertisement from an American advertising slogan, condemning both the culture that makes and exports coca cola and the culture that drinks it. The word "coca,' in South American countries, refers to a number of shrubs, but especially to the E. coca, whose leaves resemble tea. Coca leaves are chewed to impart endurance. Pharmaceutically the dried leaves of the E. coca yield cocaine. By simply exchanging the position of the vowels in "coca" the poet gets "caco" ("shard"). With this most economical method he is able to bring into the poem a most provocative question: What will the archaeologist of the future be able to say about our civilization if the shards we leave are fragments of coca cola bottles? The final, damning word of the poem "cloaca" ("filthy place," "cesspool") also takes its letters from "coca cola."
And Kenny Goldsmith discusses Pignatari's lean to digital poetics:
After a long evening of several academic papers, presentations and readings, Décio saddled up to the stage and began recalling the history of concrete poetry as it applied to the Noigandres group in São Paulo in the early 1950s. I was stunned. Everything he was saying seemed to predict the mechanics of the internet in so many respects: delivery, content, interface, distribution, multi-media, just to name a few. Suddenly it made sense: like de Kooning's famous statement: "History doesn't influence me. I influence it," it's taken the web to make us see just how prescient concrete poetics was in predicting its own lively reception half a century later.
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In last month's column, "Reducing Your Cost of Quality," I listed "structured personal reviews" as being a highly effective appraisal method. This resulted in e-mails from multiple people asking me about that topic. So this month, I will explain what I mean by this term, and explain how you can make your reviews effective.
What is a "Structured Personal Review"?
Peer reviews and software inspections have been written about and effectively used in many organizations over the past two to three decades. They have proven to be very effective in improving the quality of software systems before the testing process even begins. These methods have many benefits and any organization would be well served by them.
That said, they do have one large downside: Doing them requires the cooperation of others within your organization, especially management. If you cannot secure the support necessary for those methods, they cannot be done. This fact leaves many software professionals who wish to improve their quality performance with few options for getting started.
A personal review is just what the name implies: a review that is done by an individual on his or her own work. It is a peer review without the peer. It is an inspection where the author is the only inspector. Can you really review your own work, though? Many people have tried to do self-reviews and have found that it is very difficult to do them well. I know, because I did! I was reviewing my own work before I learned a structured personal review process, but rarely found more than 20% of my own defects.
The key to making a personal review effective is "structure." This column very briefly sketches the structural elements that helped me to quickly improve my own personal reviews from below 20% effectiveness to over 70% in a matter of a few weeks. I did this using the Personal Software Process SM (PSP) from the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), which contains the best example of a dtructured personal review process.
Knowing What to Look For
The point behind reviewing your work is to find defects in your work products and remove them quickly and easily. So doing an effective review requires that you know what you are looking for. How can you know what mistakes you made this time around?
The best predictor of the defects in your latest work is the defects that were in prior things you produced. We humans tend to be very consistent and when it comes to defects, we are painfully consistent! This consistency, though, means that we can harness the information we have from prior projects to guide us in doing effective personal reviews.
We need to build a record of our personal defect history. Most organizations use a defect tracking system, so you already have a lot of information to start with. Go through the data and glean out the defects that were in your products. Here is part of your defect history. I say "part" because it does not include the defects you removed during compile, unit test, and any other activities that happened before the defect logging started. It is a start, though!
To fill in the rest of your defect history, you will need to start keeping track of the defects you find on your own, whether it was during your reviews, compiling, or unit test. After a short time, you will have a pretty complete picture of the defects you commonly inject in you work. For each defect, you want to determine:
· What did you do wrong? Defect reports often describe only symptoms, but to be helpful during reviews, we need to identify what we actually did wrong. Was the condition on an IF statement wrong? Did you forget to initialize a variable? Was the syntax of a statement wrong? Was your detailed design faulty? Think about what you had to do


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3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a mezzanine
Large luxury self-catering rental with private pool, gas BBQ, Wifi, Apple TV box, large garden, fireplace and wonderful views!
Villa Emmanuelle is located in Banon between the Luberon and Verdon national parks with fantastic views over the beautiful Provence countryside. The area is a hiker's paradise with many trails.
Tastefully decorated in Provence character, with real fireplace, very large garden, large outdoor terrace areas and a private well maintained pool. Cathedral Ceilings with beautiful timber beams and a mezzanine looking over a very large living and dining area.
The villa has a covered terrace with a large second storey balcony. All mod cons with wireless high speed internet, hi-fi, quality flat screen TV and DVD with a large collection of DVDs and now Apple TV! Quality outdoor furniture provided and barbecue facilities. Two mountains bikes available for riding along the fields of lavender, wheat and flowers. Kids games incl. swings and bikes. Baby equipment incl. 2 cots, 2 high chairs, stairs gate, etc.
The Area: Banon is located in one of the most traditional areas of Provence. The town is located in the lower Alps set in a beautiful valley predominantly used to grow lavender and wheat fields. A town of only one thousand it nevertheless acts as a central hub for many little mountain villages and hamlets that all lie a short drive away and provide for many wonderful visits. The village has the second biggest bookstore in France and a great gastronomic restaurant Panturle and three other restaurants as well as a wine bar. It is also famous for its goat cheese wrapped in chestnut leaves.
Our villa is located along the same hill as the village and is less than one kilometre from its central plaza. Here you will find a full range of services including banks, post office, bakeries, cafes, butcher, small supermarket, news agency, video/DVD store, tourist information, restaurants and bars. Nearby the medieval town of Foucalquier with its beautiful narrow streets, Simiane a world heritage listed village, the very traditional Montsalier (where I was born pop. 63) with the three windmills on the climb to its ancient location. There are dozens of villages that will enthral with their deep history and beauty.
(Latitude, Longitude: 44.038032, 5.627859)
A serious Grande Randonnée, the GRP Tour de la Montagne de Lure, passes through Banon. A full loop (Banon, Sommet de Larran, Station de la Lure, Saint Etienne, Forcalquier, Limans, Banon) is over 60 km. A shorter loop (Banon, Sommet de Larran, Col de St Vincent, Saumane, Lardiers, west of Limans, Banon) is about 40 km.
dot West out of town, this trail then turns north and goes to the Sommet de Larran (1431 m), 15 km, turns east along the ridge and then loops south again.
There are also a lot of shorter hiking trails accessible directly from Banon, especially through the forested hills that run north. Following the GRP trail east across the valley, about 2 km, takes you into the hills of Les Chastellas and Les Mures where there are many little trails.
The Seasons: Spring - This is when the colours of nature quite literally burst into blossom. This is the time and place for artists to be painting and drawing. The temperature is moderate and the light is incredible (just ask Van Gough!).
Summer - This is the busiest season for the area and it seems that people are all out and about the whole time. The weather is wonderful being in the lower Alps and rarely gets very hot (above 35C) though still perfect for a dip in the pool.
Autumn - This is my favourite season. You get a wonderful lingering warmth in the area and the colours of the area become breathtaking as leaf season begins - the colours that vary between a deep earth red, fluorescent yellow and deep green provide a soul building pallet. Mid Oct/Nov is best for leaf season.
Winter - Time to cosy up to the fireplace. While Banon lies below the snowline nonetheless there will be a number of blanket white days that turn the area into a Christmas wonderland
Markets and Festivals: The markets in the area are just wonderful. Almost everyday there will be some market with specialist ones by little villages, such as antique fares, springing up all the time. Banon has a market in its town square on Tuesdays where you can find many of the local cheeses, olives, sausages, fruits and vegetables as well as a large variety of non food items. A short drive away two large markets occur on Monday at Forcalquier and Saturdays at Apt. These markets are immense and the variety, colours and many traditional Provençal products will keep you busy all day. Additionally there are quite a number of small local village markets . Festivals in the area almost happen every other day of the week. From the Cheese Festival of Banon in late May to the Melon Festival in Cavaillon, you will find festivals along almost every theme from antiques, artisan, apricots, farm equipment, the fire festival as well as many that simply celebrate the village. On arrival you will find a full guide.
Some reviews from our guestbook:
Rob and Hannah from England, summer 2013: "We have had an absolutely wonderful two weeks, relaxing by the pool or dining around the beautiful countryside to the amazing hilltop villages. Thank you so much to Gaby, Michele, Christine and family for making it such an incredible break! Banon is such a lovely village - everyone is so friendly and the great food at Table de Panturle and wines next door will be very sorely missed! Two weeks have passed in the blink of an eye, but I know we will be back soon! Thank you!"
Peter and Hannah (Date of Stay: 11 August 2012):
"Thank you for our lovely week spent in your peaceful villa. The children had a wonderful time playing in the pool. There was plenty of time for us adults to relax!! Great day trips to Gordes, Forcalquier and beautiful landscapes of Rustrel. The village of Banon is lovely, great lunches in the little square where is held a lovely market on Tuesday mornings, friendly atmosphere and a great cheese shop with helpful owners and finally a big thank you to Christine, your jam was yummy!!! Regards"
Matthew and Diane from South Australia (date of stay 2012): "Thank you so much for our stay. We have enjoyed Haute Provence and all it has to offer. The villa was set up beautifully and very comfortable with all our needs. Thank you Gaby for the sparkling pool. In the perfect temperature for us to use after a hot day . Please thank Christine also for her help and hospitality. We enjoyed our visit to the "fromagerie", the old Banon and the surroundings.The magnificent view of lavender and vineyards and villages so typical of Provence, a true delight! It will remain in our hearts forever. XXXXX"
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Nous sommes d'accord avec tout ce que Betty a dit. Banon n'est pas le plus central en Provence, mais il est unique... et tranquille. Apres Nice, c'est un changement vraiment agréable. J'ai appris a conduire sur les chemins étroits et plein de courbes. Et notre voiture de location n'a pas souffert.
La villa est bien équipée et probablement un peu grande pour deux couples. Mais c'est exactement comme décrit quand nous l'avons louée.
Merci a tous pour l'aide.
Traduction: we agree with everything that Betty said. Banon is not the most central location in Provence but it is unique ... and tranquil. After Nice, it is a very pleasant change. I learned driving on thin roads full of bends. And our rental car didn't even suffer.
The villa is well-equipped with everything and probably a bit large for two couples. but it was exactly as described when we rented it. Thank you to everybody for helping us.
Guestbook comments from the manager
Nous sommes d'accord avec tout ce que Betty a dit. Banon n'est pas le plus central en Provence, mais il est unique... et tranquille. Apres Nice, c'est un changement vraiment agréable. J'ai appris a conduire sur les chemins étroits et plein de courbes. Et notre voiture de location n'a pas souffert.
La villa est bien équipée et probablement un peu grande pour deux couples. Mais c'est exactement comme décrit quand nous l'avons louée.
Merci a tous pour l'aide.
Traduction: we agree with everything that Betty said. Banon is not the most central location in Provence but it is unique ... and tranquil. After Nice, it is a very pleasant change. I learned driving on thin roads full of bends. And our rental car didn't even suffer.
The villa is well-equipped with everything and probably a bit large for two couples. but it was exactly as described when we rented it. Thank you to everybody for helping us.
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Fantastic well equipped home
A fantastic relaxing week was had by the whole family. The villa has every needed and was clean and tidy. Great hospitality from Gaby and Michele. Lots of interesting places to visit nearby and the pool provided a welcome relief from the sun! Thanks for a great week.
Beautiful Banon
Perfect for 2 families, we stayed with 4 adults and 3 children with plenty of room to spare. Very clean and tidy with excellent facilities. We had everything we needed and more!
Pool cleaned on a daily basis and the owner's friendly parents were nearby and checked to make sure we had everything we needed.
A beautiful area with stunning views from the Villa. Although a small market village, Banon has everything you need including; bakers, cafe's, bank, gift shops and a small supermarket. The old town is worth a walk around with it's medieval buildings and stunning views of the area.
We also visited the Gorges du Verdon; which was well worth the long drive. Forcalquier, Sault, Apt and Avignon are all worth a visit especially on market day.
Stunning views towards the Alps from Mont de Lure.
Villa Emmanuelle is an ideal location for experiencing the real rural France without being surrounded by tourists!
Would definitely recommend and hope to return soon.
Clean and well equipped Villa
We recently stayed at this property for 6 days with 4 adults and 4 kids and had a great experience. The villa is very clean and well maintained and it is equipped with any thing you may need. The dishwasher, laundry facilities, BBQ and Wifi were all great and most appreciated. The kids ages 8-13 loved all the board games, the yard and the pool. The Villa is located in the countryside and is nearby the lovely little village of Banon, which has most of what you may need. We found the location of the Villa was great, but you will need a vehicle. We did a lot of sight seeing and travelled to many of the other villages and markets in the area. We visited Sault, Gordes, Roussillon, Bedoin, Chateauneuf de Pape and Castellane. These ranged from 30 minute drives to 2 hour drives. We stayed in July and the lavender fields and markets were spectacular and all around.
We found the owner to be very nice to deal with and very prompt with any responses. The caretakers are nearby and very friendly.
Wonderful holidays
Nous avons passé un séjour très agréable dans la "villa Emmanuelle". On se sent immédiatement bien dans cette maison confortable, très chaleureuse et parfaitement équipée. La maison est très grande et on ne gêne pas (nous avons passé un séjour avec une personne âgée de 80 ans et deux enfants : la cohabitation s'est déroulée à merveille!) Le plus : une multitude de jeux et de livres pour les enfants et un vaste jardin avec balançoires. La maison est proche du joli village de Banon où il est possible de faire les courses, de boire un verre, d'aller au restaurant et de profiter d'une librairie étonnante... Bref, je vous recommande cette maison.
Very good
We had a wonderful stay in the clean and comfortable villa. It was close enough to town but still had the country feal. It truly what we were looking for. A Provence experience . I would recommend it to anyone. Thanks for letting us use your home. Charles.
Beautiful setting, comfortable house
We were pleasantly surprised by how spacious and well-equipped the house was. Very nice decor and atmosphere too. The pool is great, along with well-kept garden and terraces, furniture etc.
We enjoyed having an early evening apero in Banon, a sleepy little village with a weekly market where it is easy to find all the supplies you might need for a week or two. Our drive from Switzerland to Banon was quite long so we were glad there was so much to discover within a short drive. The restuarants in the surrounding towns and villages are better than what's on offer in Banon.
Happy with the customer service, both online with the owner and with her parents who live in the village and were very helpful. There is also lots of detailed information available in the house on local attractions. Our visit to a local Abbey near Simiane-La-Rotonde which is famous for its gardens was a highlight, even for our young children who found it a magical place.
I would recommend this property to anyone. Ideal for families or a group of adults. Good selection of games and DVDs for kids.
Activity and Interests
Banon is centrally located between the Luberon and Verdon National Parks. The Medieval village has kept its authentic and natural character. Surrounded by lavender fields, wheat fields and hills subtly perfumed by local aromatic herbs, the village is a cacophony of bright colours. In the village, you'll discover a fortified medieval site with ancient doorways, sculptured lintels, and classified gateways.
Banon is a small village made famous by its tasty goats cheese delicately wrapped in a dried cedar leaves and tied with a raffia ribbon. Eaten with a good glass of red wine and fresh whole meal bread, difficult to resist! (... No, impossible) !.
It is also a hiker's paradise with many trails.
Nearby within an easy drive you will find many sites of interest including the Verdon Gorges a beautiful canyon with water sports, little colorado with its many coloured sand pillars and dozens of nature walks and activities. To the west lies the Luberon park with many picturesque villages. Avignon, AIX make for a wonderful day trips.
Other Activities: Hang gliding, hiking, festivals, markets, walking in the fields
Prices and Availability
Rental rates
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1 Jun 2017 - 30 Jun 2017
5 night minimum stay
for 5 nights
High season
1 Jul 2017 - 4 Aug 2017
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
Very high season
5 Aug 2017 - 18 Aug 2017
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
High season
19 Aug 2017 - 31 Aug 2017
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
1 Sep 2017 - 30 Sep 2017
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
Low season
1 Oct 2017 - 30 Apr 2018
5 night minimum stay
for 5 nights
* Approximate monthly price. Actual pricing will depend on the days of the month you stay.
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|No additional mandatory fees
|Refundable Damage Deposit
All charges linen and towels included (including pool towels). National and international calls to fixed lines included (please check list of countries).
Damage deposit : 800 €. We do not bank this money and refund it back to you on departure provided all is in order.
Two hours of cleaning included. General end of stay clean extra if required at 100 €.
Reservation deposit : 50% of the rental price.
October to April: rates do not include electricity. Prices based on usage.
Manager's Cancellation Policy
- 100% refund for cancellations more than 60 days before check-in date.
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The Souris River Hutterite Colony was founded in 1977 (Hofer says 1978) as a division from the Maxwell Hutterite Colony. In 2012 it was a Schmiedeleut Group 2 colony. The minister was Mike Waldner and the manager was George Wipf.
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Location: Elgin, Manitoba with coordinates 49.488333, -100.268889 [49˚28′ 17″ N, 100˚16′ 08″ W]
Address: Box 149, Elgin, Manitoba
Telephone: 204-769-2045
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|February 2013
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The other day in my nice little safe City. Thats what our worthless Mayor calls it.
This young man was standing with a group of people and this other guy pulls up opens his autos door and falls out to the pavement.
Well the young man who was with this group walked over and helped this guy to his feet. While he was asking if he need help the Guy pulled out a handgun and shot the man who had just helped him dead.
The shooter had just been released from prison for shooting someone and did not know the guy he shot.
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I took her to Winters, and the straps I used across the hull on the trailer caused big leaks under the keel where old caulk and such crumbled out. Never even got the mast stepped. No boat until I get the keel sealed up properly.
Thank you very much for your kind offer, but I already have plans. Hopefully we can arrainge something soon. I have been watching for your boat profile as I have been searching more info on the two I have here. Turns out that unless I want to take the top off and pretty much start from scratch, that the new hull is junk. Whatever is suipposed to support the cockpit floor is gone and I flushed a lot of clawwed loose styrofoam pellets and several drowned field mice today when I drained the water out of it from the rain. Shame. The wider hull would have worked very nicely with family onboard.
Have a beautiful weekend!
|did you take her sailing yet? I am singlehanding maybe over at Carlyle Sunday. Want to sail over there?
clueless newby stumbles over clue...
.....literally! A friend asked what attached to the two eyelets on the stern, so I went looking for the motor mount that mounts there to show him. There is a wire running between the bolts on the motor mount that has a block on it creating a small traveler type of slide. The main sheet rigging now makes sense. The one broken eyelet has to be replaced now before the boat can be rigged the way it is ment to be rigged.
So, I had it all along! Apologies to everyone!!! I still don't have a name for the boat, but I will get pictures of it rigged tomorrow. Guess if I sail it, it will be just using the center block until I get the eyelet replaced!
Hopefully once it is rigged with the motor mount in place, someone will recognise it.
|I am going sailing over at Carlyle. We will down at Winter on Sunday though. It does not need a registration if it is a trolling motor, but you are correct that it needs on with an outboard. If you need an outboard I usually have one or two around. To paint it take it down to all aluminum and then use a self etching primer then any automotive paint. Epoxy paint would be best for the water as it will stand up to scratches a bit better, but any auto paint will do.
I called Mr. Edwards back about the boat. He bought it from the Chesapeake Bay museum. They sold it to him as an aluminum sailboat only.
I think I am going to put it in the water tomorrow at Winters park. That will give me a chance to let the water patrol tell me what we have to do to title it. It has to be registered so it can carry a small outboard motor. I am not sure if a trolling motor would require registration or not. Someone started scribing a hole into the stern floatation area about 8 inches across inside on the back cockpit bulkhead. I don't understand why there is no access to those areas built into the boat. It seems that hatches into those areas could easily be installed without compromising the boats floatation in the event it capsized.
Anyway, what are you doing tomorrow? I can haul the boat to Winters park on the flatbed trailer I picked it up with. That would require another strong back to lift it and turn it over, but then sliding it into the water would be no big deal. I think I am gonna take it around the big island a couple of times tomorrow!. Think about it! This is your chance to sail a really ugly boat in public!
Have a good day!
PS: I think I will go pick up a 12 volt sump to take with me just in case!
|only one block is needed for the mainsheet. The second on the end may be for a traveller which I don't have on mine nor need
The outhaul is a smaller line that has a block and a cleat on the side of the boom. Both of the lower blocks would seem to be for the main sheet.
The only insignia I found was on the sail bag and it seems to be the bag for a spinnaker sail. Even that part is hard to tell. Nothing on the sails themselves.
The hull does leak, but not at a rate that would stop me from trying it out. Actually, a little caulk and some paint and I could likely stop the leak without doing anything drastic. As it is, a sump would handle it with no repair.
So, should the boat be brush painted or sprayed, and what kind of paint do most folks use? Not sure about the correct aluminum primer either if I am not going to epoxy it. I stripped the top today and knocked all of the loose paint off inside the boat with the power washer.
Talk more later. I will attempt to contact the gentleman and see if he can give me more information. Time to power wash the latest coat of striper off the boat!
|I think your mainsheet connects as mine does. Seeing the pics now the block at the back of the boom is for the clewe line. The line will pass through the block and then cleat off on the side of the boom. The block in the middle of the boom is for the main sheet. The other end of the main sheet should attach somewhere in the middle of the boat. Mine attaches to the deck, but it looks as if your deck is removeable so I don't think it would handle the strain of the mainsheet as it will raise the floor.
Morning runner,
First, with regard to your last question, once you raise the mainsail, the back of the boom will be held up by the sail and the mainsheet will keep the boom "down" as you play it in and out while you sail.
Did the gentleman you bought the boat from tell you anything more about the boat, like what kind of boat it is? If not, did he tell you which museum he got it from? If he did, you might be able to contact them about it if you want to find out more about it. If he can't or won't tell you that you might wonder about the story about this boat.
As far as repairs, you will need to decide if you have any intentions of trying to restore it with the intention of trying to preserve any historical value and related monetary value or simply repairing it to the point that you can safely sail it for the fun of it. You will need to have a better idea of what kind of boat it is in order to know if that is worth worrying about.
Once you make that decision you will be better able to decide how to assess the repairs needed and act accordingly.
It's hard to say why the bottom has no paint. A previous owner may have started to redo the boat and stopped, they may have let it sit in the ground and corrode, they may have left it on a moorng in salt water, etc...
No way to tell about the paint that was on her from photos. People use whatever they have handy on these old boats. If you have been using paint stripper on the boat, be sure the stripper you used is compatible with aluminum and make sure to nuetralize it according to the instructions before beginning to reapply any paint.
Finally, I'm gonna assume there is not any type of emblem on your mainsail as you have not answered my previous questions about that. Too bad, that might have helped identify the boat. Not always though because folks sometimes pick up any sail that might fit and old boat when the original sails die.
Best of luck on your project,
I have to address the problems in some way. This boat has a weld at the back of the trunk where the keel has been repaired previously. There are screws for about 5 feet on one side of the keel strip, and there is some bad pitting in places. My friend said to do it right, that it needed more cleaning and then should be primed with Epoxy Chromate primer. Epoxy paint over that since this is a trailer boat and will see the power washer after each trip out.
Does sealing and protecting the bottom with modern polymers alter it from original? The original side paint was quite flexible even today as I remove it. What would the original rubbery paint have been? Why was the bottom left open to the elements instead of painting it like the sides? The side I just stripped is perfect.
I am doing the bottom completely first. Then I will put it in a cradle while I do the top side.
I may also just be paranoid a little after my buddy noticed a big pit under the edge of the keel. The boat may not leak at all and the repair may have fixed the problem. It is filling with water in the rain tonight, so I will know if it holds water soon!
OOps, missed a question! I have a three stay rig on the boat I have. Just wondering if there are any special requirements for holding the boom down on a boat without an aft stay?
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Top stars reaffirm their commitment to Cage Warriors
Seven of Cage Warriors Fighting Championship's leading athletes have committed to extending their tenures with the promotion.
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CWFC chiefs are currently in the process of negotiating contracts with both new and existing fighters, as the promotion continues its development and expansion ahead of a busy schedule of events in the second half of 2014 – and beyond.
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People are losing interest in politics; or so goes the accepted wisdom that is so often quoted to us by pollsters and journalists and, of course, politicians. You can see that from the falling numbers of the electorate who are bothering to vote. You can see that from the falling audiences for political programmes on television. You can see that from the falling sales of serious publications.
People are losing interest in politics; or so goes the accepted wisdom that is so often quoted to us by pollsters and journalists and, of course, politicians. You can see that from the falling numbers of the electorate who are bothering to vote. You can see that from the falling audiences for political programmes on television. You can see that from the falling sales of serious publications.
But who would have guessed it? Those people, if asked, will say that on the contrary, they are just as interested in politics as they ever were. That is the news given to us by the new British Social Attitudes survey. It has found that ever since 1986 a substantial minority of people say that they have quite a lot, or a great deal, of interest in politics.
The size of that minority – at around three in 10 of those interviewed – has not changed over the 15 years in which alienation from politics is meant to have increased so much and apathy is meant to have grown so fast.
I'm fascinated by that finding, because it bears out my own belief that this growth in so-called apathy is not really apathy at all. How can it be, when the pressure on politicians to take note of the burning issues of our day, such as fair trade and environmental protection, have not come from within the concentric circles of Westminster politics, but from ordinary people who have chosen to inform themselves and to act on their information?
This so-called apathy is a selective disengagement. It is commonplace for commentators to lament the fact that young people are happier to follow every nuance of the latest eviction from Big Brother rather than to follow the minutiae of the debate over public-private partnerships, or the enlargement of the European Union.
But the reason for this lack of interest in certain political issues isn't hard to grasp; if you follow Big Brother, you can influence the unfolding of the drama. If you follow the debate over the enlargement of the European Union, you cannot – unless you are a commentator or a politician – have any influence over the outcome. Not only will you be unable to influence your own government, your own government is only one player in the narrative.
I don't think that commentators quite recognise this sense of powerlessness among ordinary people, because the leading commentators are themselves always a little drunk on their own proximity to the wielders of power. Warmed as they are, almost daily, by their own access to press conferences and parties and breakfasts and briefings, where they get to catch the attention of the movers and shakers, they see the circles of power as very much more accessible than they really are.
Because they have been invited into a milieu that remains closed to the outside world, many journalists do not understand why other people do not see the fascination that they find in the sly gossip, the off-the-record briefing, the personal spat, the simmering feud. The response of journalists is, so often, to try to encourage readers and watchers out there to take more of an interest in politics by playing up this personal aspect of politics, its feuds and rivalries.
And why not? If people are so interested in celebrity gossip, in the personal breakdowns and quarrels that make Big Brother and Popstars so attractive, then won't they be all the more interested in the spats and gossip surrounding the most powerful men in Britain?
Typically, for instance, much of the debate over top-up fees for universities has concentrated on the story of splits within the Cabinet rather than the potential effects on students. Sure, these splits are one essential part of the unfolding story, but they are not the centre of it.
After all, what has concentrated the minds of those students who marched through London yesterday was not the attitudes of Gordon Brown and Clare Short, but the effects of such policies on their own lives. To hear and read some journalists you would be forgiven for thinking that the only interest of the whole furore was its effect on Tony Blair's authority rather than the education of British students.
The long-standing fascination among journalists with the animosity between Gordon Brown and Tony Blair shows this clearly. There is an ideological clash between the two men; in their attitudes to the funding of higher education, to how far private provision should be used in the National Health Service, and to the timing of a referendum on the euro. But the coverage of their differences tends to concentrate on the idea that Gordon was robbed.
And why not concentrate on this aspect of the tale? Don't we love stories of pique and betrayal? Surely a nation that could be so entranced by the possibility that Javine was robbed of the chance to stay in the final line-up of the Popstars: The Rivals should be enthralled by the idea that our brooding Chancellor was robbed of the chance to be Prime Minister?
But perhaps we should ponder what people really mean when they say that they have a lot of interest in politics. Since a third of people say that they are really interested in politics, but only one in four can identify Gordon Brown and only one in five can identify Jack Straw, as a survey by Whitaker's Almanac found last month, it is pretty obvious that interest in politics does not necessarily equate with interest in political personalities.
Westminster scandals are just not as much fun as many journalists think they are. They can't compete with gossip from more colourful worlds. If commentators and politicians really want to reconnect with ordinary people, then this concentration on the personal splits and spats of the politicians is not going to be the answer.
In this environment, in which gossip looms so large, a clearer picture of the realities in which the Government operates often gets lost. The other striking aspect of people's views of politics revealed by the British Social Attitudes survey was how very ignorant many of us are about some basic truths about social policy and how our money gets spent.
For instance, the researchers found that people exaggerate the impact that very small rises in income taxes would have on services such as the NHS. That kind of misconception, encouraged by politicians, makes it impossible for any party to make the case for higher taxes, which is the only policy that will improve our public services to the standards we demand.
If people are to re-engage with conventional political debate, then a basic pre-requisite would be for politicians and journalists to join hands in the honest relaying of such – perfectly explicable and comprehensible – facts. But though this is necessary, it won't be sufficient.
At the moment, as Westminster seems to float inaccessibly in its own bubble, more and more people turn elsewhere, as for instance to reality television, for a collective situation that they feel they can influence. Or they look to marches and protests for a political situation that they feel they have a stake in.
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A month ago, we reported on a group of teens arrested for luring two men to one of their houses and killing them, only to attempt to dismember the bodies, fail to do so, and then continued to party, do a bunch of drugs and play video games.
The case got even freakier today when one of the suspects, 24-year-old Joshua Miner, admitted that he and his teenage girlfriend, 18-year-old Alisa Massaro, had sex on top of the corpses, according to police reports gathered by local news source Joliet Patch.
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Miner, Massaro, and the two other suspects, Adam Landerman, 19, and Bethany McKee, 18, all offered different versions of what went down that night. Police found the bodies of Terrance Rankins and Eric Glover, both 22, went bags tied around their heads. One was bound, and the other looked as if it had been tied up earlier.
McKee left at least two times, once to take her daughter to a babysitter, and reported that she witnessed Miner setting the scene for their romantic entanglement, as well as overhearing the other three discussing a possible threesome on top of the bodies.
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She also said that Miner, who "scared" her, was the leader in the whole thing, and everyone else just went along with it. According to CNS News, Miner does have a considerable criminal history, including a child pornography charge that is still pending.