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Book Culture from Below in Finland
Tuija Laine and Kirsti Salmi-Niklander
Vernacular literacy began in Finland with the Reformation. Michael Agricola, the first Finnish reformer, studied in Wittenberg, and, after returning to Finland, translated the first books into Finnish. The books were originally intended for priests, but in the middle of the 17th century a literacy campaign was conducted throughout the Swedish realm, one that was quite effective in expanding the reading audience. A number of bishops in the diocese of Turku were also active in writing basic religious material for the common people, including primers, catechisms, and hymnals. The church also examined its parishioners' reading skills. People could not acquire the status of godparent, attend the Eucharist, or marry without proper reading skills and a knowledge of basic Christian doctrine. In the first phase of the campaign, reading was only learning by rote, but by the last decades of the 17th century bishops and priests were emphasizing the importance of reading from books and understanding their content. Literacy progressed further in the 18th century, and literature published in Finnish became more varied.
During the 19th century, Finland's literacy rate continued to rise gradually. For the vast majority of the rural population, however, "literacy" meant only the very basic reading skills required and examined by the Lutheran Church. The statute for primary schools was laid down in 1866, but the law on compulsory primary education was not enacted until 1921. The Russian government began to promote the Finnish language in the 1860s. The consequent growth of Finnish-language literature and the expansion of the press allowed for reading by large segments of the population. The popular movements established during the final decades of the 19th century (the temperance movement, agrarian youth movement, and labor movement, for example) provided further opportunities for literary training. Among the lower classes in rural Finland, many self-educated writers submitted manuscripts to the Finnish Literature Society and sent news of their home parishes to newspapers. Some of them became professional writers or journalists.
The Chapter
Nicholas Dames
First known as a kephalaion in Greek, capitulum or caput in Latin, the chapter arose in antiquity as a finding device within long, often heterogenous prose texts, prior even to the advent of the codex. By the 4th century
The European Circulation of Nordic Texts in the Romantic Period
Robert W. Rix
From the 1750s until the 1840s, the interest in Icelandic manuscripts of mythology and heroic sagas, as well as various forms of Nordic folklore, entered a new phase. One of the central reasons for this was an emergent attention to vernacular, national, and even primitive literature associated with the rise of Romanticism. Investigations of the Nordic past had been carried out before this time, and a popular craze for all things "Viking" came later in the 19th century, but the Romantic period marks a major juncture in relation to providing the Old North with cultural meaning. If the intellectual history of rediscovering Old Norse texts (i.e., poetry and prose written in the North Germanic language until the 14th century, known primarily from Icelandic manuscripts) and medieval Nordic folklore (found in medieval ballads, sagas, and heroic legends) differed in various European countries, there was also a remarkable sense of common aim and purpose in the reception history as it developed during the Romantic period. This was because European scholars and writers had come to see medieval Nordic texts as epitomizing the manners and literature of a common Germanic past. In particular, Old Norse texts from Icelandic manuscripts were believed to preserve the pre-Christian religion, as this was once shared by Scandinavians, Anglo-Saxons, Germans, and the Franks. Thus, interest in such texts circulated with particular intensity between Scandinavia, Germany, and Britain, as well as, to a lesser degree, France. Paradoxically, if medieval Nordic texts were seen as wild and unwieldy pieces, unaffected by classical learning and sophistication, they were also sought out as triumphant records of the vernacular and national. In addition to this, the untamed use of fantastic and sublime elements in these texts fitted into a new Romantic emphasis on the primitive and imaginative resources of literature.
There are three interrelated areas in which Nordic texts made an impact. The first of these was in the field of antiquarian studies. Scholars had taken an interest in the texts and culture of the Nordic past beginning in the 17th century, publishing their findings primarily in Latin. But efforts were redoubled after Paul Henri Mallet, a professor at Copenhagen, published a popular history of the Old North (1755) and a selection of Norse poetry (1756) in French. These works gained wide European traction and influenced the reception history in fundamental ways during the Romantic period. The second area of impact was the acceleration of translations and/or adaptations of original manuscript texts that began to appear in modern European languages. But, in effect, a relatively small body of texts were repeated and reworked in various national languages. The third area in which the interest in Nordic literature asserted its impact was among writers and poets, who trawled antiquarian works on Norse history and mythology as an ore to be mined for the purpose of creating—or rather reviving—a national literature. This was a literature that consciously broke with classical models and decorum to provide a new poetic orientation that was both more vernacular and imaginative.
The celebration of medieval Nordic literature cannot be treated in isolation, as if it were an independent phenomenon; it was part of a wider revival of ancient national/vernacular literary forms around Europe. To a significant degree, the attention to Old Norse texts was propelled by the phenomenal success that the Gaelic Ossian poetry enjoyed across Europe. Norse poetry was harnessed as a Germanic parallel that could match both the vigor and purported ancientness of the Ossian tradition. Sometimes the Nordic past was invoked as a larger legacy that represented a shared ethno-cultural past; at other times, it was used with a more focused nationalist aim. But, whatever the intent in individual circumstances, the rediscovery of the Old North took place through the circulation of ideas and key texts as part of a wider European exchange.
European Literature and Book History in the Middle Ages, c. 600-c. 1450
Lars Boje Mortensen
Medieval European literature is both broader and deeper in its basis than what is usually offered in literary histories with their focus only on a narrow canon and on vernacular languages. One way to see this bigger canvas is to consider technical and statistical book-historical factors together with the authority of the two Roman Empires (Western and Eastern) and of their religious hierarchies (the papacy and the patriarchate). A coordinated reading of developments in the Latin West and the Greek East—though rarely directly related—brings out some main features of intellectual and literary life in most of Europe. With this focus, a literary chronology emerges—as a supplement to existing narratives based on either national or formal (genre) concerns: the period c. 600 to c. 1450 can be considered a unity in book-historical terms, namely the era dominated the hand-written codex. It is also delimited by the fate of the Roman Empire with the Latin West effectively separated from the Greek Empire by c. 600 and the end of Constantinople in 1453. Within this broad framework, three distinctive phases of book- and intellectual history can be discerned: the exegetical (c. 600–c. 1050), the experimental (c. 1050–c. 1300), and the critical (c. 1300–c. 1450). These three headings should be understood as a shorthand for what was new in each phase, not as a general characteristic, especially because exegesis in various forms continued to lie at the heart of reading and writing books in all relevant languages.
The Modern Swedish Book Business, 1800–2000
Ann Steiner
The Swedish book business began as a poorly developed market with serious economic, social, and infrastructural issues, but transformed over the course of two centuries into a well-functioning, albeit small, market with strong international ties. The 19th-century book market was hampered by poor infrastructure and underdeveloped publishing and book sales. Technological innovations in printing techniques and the new wood-based pulps for paper, in combination with better infrastructure, improved matters. The book business was increasingly professionalized at every stage, and by the turn of the 20th century could fairly be described as industrial and modernized. Access to forestry (and hence inexpensive pulp), inexpensive hydroelectric power, and strong industrial growth have been important factors in the advances in the Swedish book trade: they contributed to making printing cheaper and faster and thus paved the way for the low-priced books that were to dominate the business throughout the two centuries. Regardless of the era or the ideologies and purposes involved, cheap books have always driven the industry and have also been one of the most important factors in breaking down the social and cultural barriers to reading.
Developments in Sweden's book trade generally followed the same course as socioeconomic history, with the notable exception that Sweden's book trade has always been more liberal and commercial than other forms of trade and industry. The book market was regulated through trade agreements between 1843 and 1970. These created a stable, but strictly controlled, market. A deregulation of the trade in 1970 saw the pendulum swing far back. In comparison with other Western European countries since 1970, Sweden has had fewer restrictions and regulations and thus a highly commercial and price-conscious market.
A further notable aspect of the Swedish book trade is that despite the smallness of the country in terms of population and language, exports and imports have been far larger than most comparable countries. The international ties in terms of business-to-business relations, translations, and foreign rights sales remain strong, with the Swedish book trade very dependent on the international trade.
Periodical Fiction in Denmark and Norway before 1900
Aina Nøding
Prose fiction, poetry, and essays were integral parts of the Danish and Norwegian periodical press from its early modern beginnings to the rise of the modern news media. They range from the 17th-century versified newspaper Den danske Mercurius (The Danish Mercury), to the fables, poems, essays, and stories of 18th-century newspapers and spectator journals, to Henrik Ibsen's plays and the serial novels of the 19th century.
The print markets in Denmark and Norway were closely integrated due to the union of the two states until 1814. They remained so during Norway's union with Sweden 1814–1905, with major publishing houses for Norwegian authors still in Copenhagen until 1925. Danish remained the basis for the primary written language in Norway for most of the 1800s, partly due to the proximity of the two languages. While there was an increased call for more Scandinavian and Swedish–Norwegian collaboration after 1814, the Swedish-Finnish print market remained largely separate from the Dano-Norwegian. While newspapers and journals were local or national publications, their fiction reflected the book market and the Dano-Norwegian literary discourse.
The periodical press served as an important arena for new writers, by offering them a large audience and allowing for experimentation with form and content. Furthermore, the periodical form and the publication context of news pieces informed how fiction was written and read.
The genre of the sketch, a traveling journalist's highly subjective and literary report, exemplifies the blurred lines between fact and fiction. Maurits Hansen, Camilla Collett, and Knut Hamsun were among its Norwegian practitioners; Holger Drachmann and Herman Bang notable Danish ones. Simultaneously, they were all renowned novelist and poets, both inside and outside the press, with some works reflecting the crime stories and exotic tales of the paper columns. Hans Christian Andersen, by contrast, applied the traditional genre of allegory to comment on topical events in the 1850s by producing fairy tales for the press. Ibsen claimed newspapers to be his favorite reading material. While building his career, periodicals served as important publication channels both at home and abroad. They informed his later plays, increasingly concerned with events and issues of his time.
By the mid-19th century, there was a growing movement to introduce a written
Norwegian language more in line with the spoken word. Ivar Aasen (1813–1896) introduced Landsmål (New Norwegian language) in 1853, based on dialects. To prove its applicability, the journalist A. O. Vinje published poems and stories, alongside witty essayistic prose, in his weekly Dølen (The man from the valley; 1858–1870). The author Arne Garborg followed suit in the newspaper Fedraheimen (Fatherland; 1877–1883), publishing both his own fiction and essays as well as translated novels. Newspapers thus became seminal in shaping a new written language and its literature.
The press enabled a speedy introduction of foreign literature and new genres, circulating as part of an international print market. In the 18th century, the Dano-Norwegian press featured literary texts by François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Carl von Linnaeus, Saadi, Joseph Addison, and Oliver Goldsmith. The first feuilleton novel in Denmark was Eugène Sue's The Mysteries of Paris (Les Mystères de Paris), printed from July 1842 in Dagen (The day), while the novel was still under publication in France. In Norway, the first novel came hot off the British press in 1844: Arabella Stuart in Den Norske Rigstidende (The Norwegian national newspaper). The novel by G. P. R. James was typical of the taste for gothic and mystery tales set in historic times that were to fill the feuilleton section at the bottom of the page (termed "the cellar"). Female writers are notably present from the beginning and reached a wider audience than ever before, thanks to serial literature. Often writing under pseudonyms, Scandinavian women entered positions as novelists, journalists, editors, and translators for newspapers and journals. Among the favorite translated authors were George Sand, George Eliot, and Harriet Beecher Stowe, who became household names for newspaper readers. Jane Austen was tellingly introduced in Norway by way of a newspaper serial: Persuasion (called Familien Elliot) in Morgenbladet (The morning paper) 1872–1873.
Publishing and Iberian Books in Spain, Portugal, and the New World before 1700
Alexander S. Wilkinson
In the 16th and 17th centuries, Spain was the most powerful nation in the world, controlling territories across Europe and much of the newly discovered lands west of the Tordesillas line. Although its influence would wane in the 17th century, as its empire became overstretched, and as the home nation itself was forced to confront major financial and demographic challenges, overall these centuries would represent the high point in Spain's political and global hegemony. This was a great age—a Golden Age—in Spain's history, and one which would see too the unleashing of powerful creative energies, especially in the fields of literature, drama, and the visual arts. Among a host of other notable figures active in this period were Miguel de Cervantes, Félix Lope de Vega, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, El Greco, and Diego Velázquez. Given such intense artistic vitality, it has seemed almost paradoxical to scholars that the publishing industries of Spain and Portugal should have remained so underdeveloped. In the broader historiography of the European book, Spain and Portugal are presented as examples of peripheral print regions. Mention is frequently made of the relatively late arrival of print to the Peninsula, as well as the unexceptional quality of its book production—particularly its rudimentary typography and uninventive ornamentation and illustration. Surveys usually point out that so poor was the caliber of printing in the Peninsula that printers in the Low Countries, France, and elsewhere saw clear opportunities for filling the void, producing both scholarly and vernacular editions to be sold to eager and grateful purchasers in Spain and Portugal. However, this established and rather somber portrait of the industry is exaggerated and misleading in some key respects.
Spanish Incunabula
Benito Rial Costas
At the end of the 15th century, printed books were known and read throughout Europe, and the modern structure of this new product was defined. However, in many Spanish cities, printing and selling books depended on the work of itinerant printers with scarce economic and technical possibilities and professional skills. The limited industrial, technical, and economic development and the lack of good communications produced a map of Spain with small and dispersed printing offices spread over many different places. Spanish printing quality could not compete with that of other countries. These limitations determined the character of the works that the Spanish printing offices produced. On the one hand, many Spanish printed books were made by and for the local clergy and royal officials, and, in many senses, they followed objectives and productive patterns that were not distant from the purposes of handwritten books. On the other hand, Spanish literature and translations into Spanish and Catalan of important Latin and Italian texts were the other main feature of Spanish 15th-century printing history. The Spanish printing offices could not offer anything to the European book market, and they could not even offer certain books to the Spanish market that booksellers brought from abroad.


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QUETTA, Pakistan - A major earthquake rocked Pakistan's southwest Saturday, killing at least 15 and sending panicked people running into the street just days after another quake in the same region killed hundreds, officials said.
The U.S. Geological Survey said on its website that a 6.8-magnitude quake was felt in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province.
Pakistan's Meteorological Department measured the earthquake at 7.2 magnitude, saying its epicenter was about 90 miles west of the town of Khuzdar.
Baluchistan government spokesman Jan Mohammad Buledi said those killed Saturday died in the Mushkay area of Awaran. The death toll from Tuesday's disaster was 359, he added.
Little may have been left to damage after Tuesday's disaster. Few of the mud and homemade brick houses in the area survived the 7.7-magnitude quake that leveled villages and buried people in the rubble. Since then tens of thousands of people have been sleeping under the open sky or in tents.
Chief Pakistani meteorologist Arif Mahmood told Pakistani television that Saturday's earthquake was an aftershock and such tremors could continue for weeks.
Pakistan television showed people at the main hospital in Awaran district fleeing into the street. In the provincial capital of Quetta, the tremor was so strong it prompted members of the local parliament to evacuate the building.
Baluchistan is Pakistan's largest but least populated province. The rough terrain and the lack of decent roads have made access difficult for rescue staff. The Pakistani Air Force has been air dropping supplies and using helicopters to ferry injured people.
But the Pakistani military has also been targeted by separatists operating in the region. The military has been trying to suppress an uprising in the vast, arid province for years by rebels who want an independent state for the Baluch people.
In the latest attack, gunmen Saturday killed four Pakistani troops carrying rations for earthquake victims.
The Frontier Corps troops were near the town of Panjgore, 480 miles (800 kilometers) south of Quetta, when their convoy was attacked, said a Pakistani military official on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. Three troops were also wounded.
To the north, Pakistan is dealing with militants who want to overthrow the central government and establish a hard-line Islamic state.
Newly-elected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has vowed to pursue peace talks with the militants. But the militants have given little indication they are interested in negotiations. They initially rejected talks with the government and later demanded Islamabad release prisoners and begin withdrawing troops from the group's tribal sanctuary before talks could begin. Recent attacks have also called into question their interest in negotiating.
On Saturday, a spokesman for the Tehreek-e-Taliban criticized Sharif, saying his government is not serious about peace talks. The spokesman, Shahidullah Shahid, did not explicitly reject the offer but his words gave little room for negotiations.
The comments appeared to have been sparked by an interview Sharif made with the Wall Street Journal during a trip to New York, in which he said militants must lay down their arms and follow the constitution. Previously Sharif had not given preconditions for the talks.
"By telling us that we will have to lay down arms and respect the constitution, the prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, showed that he is following the policy of America and its allies," the spokesman said. "We will hold talks with (the government) only when it gets the real power to take decisions."
Associated Press writer Rasool Dawar in Peshawar and Munir Ahmed in Islamabad contributed to this report.

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PennDOT Restores Speed Limits In Dunmore Region
PennDOT has lifted the speed limit restrictions that were in place on all roadways in the region.
Due to the winter storm impacting the region, speed limits were reduced earlier this morning to 45 mph on interstates and several other routes in the region. All speeds are restored to their usual posted limits. PennDOT is continuing to treat roadways in the area and will continue until roads are clear.
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Hi there, I can translate it for you if you want, when I am not on my ipad. I have seen these types of murals and it isnt really a big problem to keep them damp. The back boards that it is attactched to is normally something like fibreglass boards covering marine ply. I havent seen it just pushed on like they did, normally the fibre glass is then draped with burlap. then pushed on ,this holds and suports the clay. The clay is also as you saw about 10 - 15 cm thick. After each work stage the whole thing is covered with plastic sheets. It is fun to try it on a smaller scale using and easle. I think I have a book about it in the studio need to have look if you are interested.... T Thanks Trina I am definitely interested.
That's really inspiring. I would like to know how long it took them and how did they manage the moisture of the clay while they worked. I am thinking by the ocean it may not be as difficult as it would where I live that is less humid. If they addressed it I would love to know more details if someone who speaks Spanish would translate the gist of it?
Hi Icar. I am back from France. It was a great experience.
Copper Carbonate vs Copper Oxide
lcar replied to Isculpt's topic in Clay and Glaze Chemistryif you haven't already, try Barnard Clay. It's my favorite for highlighting texture. I prefer using it on bisque. Paint it into cracks and wipe it off the smooth areas with a sponge. very dark brown to black. Looks great under translucent glaze. It has a high iron content and cheaper than the oxides. Leanna
I remember I discovered my love for clay at the age of 29 and I thought, "WOW, I wish I would have discovered this passion I have for making pottery at a much younger age!". You are so fortunate Cody, not only have you discovered it, but sounds like you are taking full advantage of opportunities that I certainly wish I had. Reading these posts, it seems to me all the advice you are getting is well intended and coming from people's own experiences. It's up to you whether or not the advice applies to you and whether or not you should take it. One thing is for sure as a potter, there will always be critiques. They are usually difficult to hear, but at the same time they can be empowering if you listen to the right ones. I checked out your page and your teachers are right to encourage you. I'm excited to see what you will add to your talents with a degree in art and engineering. about ebay. I sold on there for a while, quite a few years ago now. Our Canadian dollar was weak so I sold across the border to the U.S. It was a great profit. Canadian shipping prices went up and our dollar got stronger. My enthusiasm waned with the profits. Leanna (grateful now, that I discovered clay at the young age of 29, 20 years ago
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lcar replied to a topic in Aesthetic Approaches and PhilosophyThis Thread is making me laugh so hard! I love it. A couple of months ago, I was at a party and a good friend told me she saw a piece of mine at a garage sale. She didn't buy it. (huh?) lol, I cringed. I asked my friends in the room at the time, please please if they see my pieces at garage sales to buy them for me for my birthday, either that or I'll reimburse them. I was thinking it would be fun to get them off the market by taking a hammer to them. Of course, I'm assuming the worst, I never saw it.
Thanks Mark, it really has been a wonderful experience for me and a real important part of my life.
Your storing of how you came about you r clay if fascinating. :-)
Your storing of how you came about you r clay if fascinating. :-)
Re-attaching handle on almost bone dry pitcher?
lcar replied to Ginny C's topic in Studio Operations and Making WorkI find that starting over usually takes less time and energy, and I encourage my students to do that, but.... sometimes I lose my mind and spend the extra time "saving" something. I find cheese cloth works best to "re-damp" a pot and you can spray it a few times with a water. I worry about attaching handles to pots that are too dry though, and avoid it at all costs. This is because once, (years and years ago), a handle fell off a mug while someone was using it. I was so embarrassed. I'm sure it was because of the difference of moisture between the handle and the mug when I joined them.
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lcar replied to bellonart's topic in Clay and Glaze ChemistryAt my local potter's guild, our policies regarding kilns are: they must not be on high overnight, and someone must be there at the end of the firing to make sure the kiln shuts off. Preheats, delays, changing firing temps and ramp rates find us often counting on our fingers to figure out what time the kiln will shut off. Sometimes this is at the end of a long day when the brain has gone home before the body, lol. I can see a calculator possibly being useful for these reasons. Delaying shutting the lid is no longer the norm around these parts as most kilns that I know of, have vents installed. I would be interested to try your calculator, especially if I could use it on my iphone. Leanna
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lcar replied to lcar's topic in Clay and Glaze ChemistryThanks Neil, Thanks Marcia. I am proceeding as advised and appreciate this forum. Leanna
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lcar replied to Peter's topic in Clay and Glaze ChemistryHi Peter, I am curious about the answer to your question as well. The lack of response makes me wonder how many people know for sure? I say follow your instincts and wear gloves if you are throwing with it. IMHO I don't think food safe is a concern if you have a food safe glaze that fits well. I am not even sure leaching would be a problem as long as the clay is mature. Always make sure your kiln is well ventilated as you don't want to be breathing the fumes. I would be interested to hear if you learn more. (waves from Prince George) Leanna
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lcar posted a topic in Clay and Glaze ChemistryHi everyone, It's starting to rain here in northern BC, and this marks the start of me "hunkering down for the winter" as it won't be long before the snow flies. I'm looking especially forward to this winter as I have just bought a small test kiln and my goal is obsess on glaze testing and furthering my glaze chemistry education. I've spent a good part of the last month digging three types of clay of various firing temperatures, as well as have gathered some rather interesting potential glaze materials. Yesterday was day one and I so happy to find my glaze program is now online. After losing my laptops in a break in last spring. It's back to square one, putting my glaze recipes into the computer. I am now also keeping copies of them in google drive. my question is for those who are often working with and comparing recipes. What is your favorite way to list the materials? (aside from the additions). Many recipes seem to put the larger amounts first. Some seem to put the fluxes and then the glass formers. Alphabetical would also make sense to make it easy to compare, I thought. I have the chance here to have all my recipes entered the same and would love to hear how others prefer it, or is there a standard in the ceramics programs? Leanna


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In many cases, the available space is insufficient for a radial shaft seal having dimensions in accordance with ISO 6194-1 or DIN 3670. In these situations, special radial shaft seal designs must be used (fig 1).
V-rings (fig 2) are also suitable for applications with limited space because they can be positioned outside the actual seal position. V-rings seal axially by exerting light pressure against the counterface that can be a stationary or rotating machine component.
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Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, 50 Cent + More Sing Goodbye to 'Chelsea Lately' [VIDEOS]by Michelle McGahan | PopCrush
Chelsea Handler ended her run on 'Chelsea Lately' last night the way only Chelsea Handler could: By bringing the world's most random assortment of A-list celebs to the stage to sing her goodbye.
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Tired of cruise ship pollution, frozen airplane food, or hours of driving in a gas-guzzler to reach your favorite vacation spot? Why not try a weekend getaway that not only provides relaxation but also encourages a healthy and sustainable lifestyle? Get back in touch with Mother Nature while traversing the great North American national parks and resting your head in one of the several lodges that can only be reached by foot (or in some cases, by bike, ski or horse).


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Western blot analysis of extracts from DLD1 and Hep G2cells using MDR1/ABCB1 (E1Y7S) Rabbit mAb.
Immunohistochemical analysis of paraffin-embedded normal human kidney using MDR1/ABCB1 (E1Y7S) Rabbit mAb.
Immunohistochemical analysis of paraffin-embedded normal human liver using MDR1/ABCB1 (E1Y7S) Rabbit mAb.
Immunohistochemical analysis of paraffin-embedded Hep G2 (left) and MCF7 (right) cell pellets using MDR1/ABCB1 (E1Y7S) Rabbit mAb.
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For western blots, incubate membrane with diluted primary antibody in 5% w/v BSA, 1X TBS, 0.1% Tween® 20 at 4°C with gentle shaking, overnight.
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Reprobing of an existing membrane is a convenient means to immunoblot for multiple proteins independently when only a limited amount of sample is available. It should be noted that for the best possible results a fresh blot is always recommended. Reprobing can be a valuable method but with each reprobing of a blot there is potential for increased background signal. Additionally, it is recommended that you verify the removal of the first antibody complex prior to reprobing so that signal attributed to binding of the new antibody is not leftover signal from the first immunoblotting experiment. This can be done by re-exposing the blot to ECL reagents and making sure there is no signal prior to adding the next primary antibody.
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NOTE: Prepare solutions with reverse osmosis deionized (RODI) or equivalent grade water.
NOTE: Do not allow slides to dry at any time during this procedure.
For Citrate: Heat slides in a microwave submersed in 1X citrate unmasking solution until boiling is initiated; follow with 10 min at a sub-boiling temperature (95°-98°C). Cool slides on bench top for 30 min.
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MDR1/ABCB1 (E1Y7S) Rabbit mAb recognizes endogenous levels of total MDR1 protein.Species Reactivity:
Human, Mouse, Rat
Monoclonal antibody is produced by immunizing animals with recombinant protein surrounding Ala650 of human MDR1 protein.
MDR1/ABCB1 belongs to the Mdr/Tap subfamily of the ATP-binding cassette transporter superfamily (1). Multidrug resistance 1 (MDR1) serves as an efflux pump for xenobiotic compounds with broad substrate specificity. MDR1 substrates include therapeutic agents such as actinomycin D, etoposide, imatinib, and doxorubicin, as well as endogenous molecules including β-amyloids, steroid hormones, lipids, phospholipids, cholesterol, and cytokines (2). Research studies have shown that MDR1 reduces drug accumulation in cancer cells, allowing the development of drug resistance (3-5). On the other hand, MDR1 expressed in the plasma membrane of cells in the blood-brain, blood-cerebral spinal fluid, or blood-placenta barriers restricts the permeability of drugs into these organs from the apical or serosal side (6,7). MDR1 is also expressed in normal tissues with excretory function such as small intestine, liver, and kidney (7). Intracellular MDR1 has been detected in the ER, vesicles, and nuclear envelope, and has been associated with cell trafficking machinery (8). Other reported functions of MDR1 include viral resistance, cytokine trafficking (9,10), and lipid homeostasis in the peripheral and central nervous system (11-13).
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Irish National Youth Ballet Company
Irish National Youth Ballet Company is a semi-professional Youth Ballet Company. Its aims are to provide an opportunity for young Irish Ballet dancers, between the ages of ten and twenty one, to train as a company, with internationally trained teachers and visiting choreographers; enabling talented young Irish dancers to stay at home and receive world-class training rather than to have to leave the country. INYB Co aims to develop and maintain the highest artistic standards for the Ballet dancers.
Irish National Youth Ballet Company works in conjunction with the private dance teacher and is an advanced supplement to this private training. Every dancer auditions each year to maintain the highest standard of young dancers.
Irish National Youth Ballet Company also aims to showcase the talents of Professional Irish Ballet dancers who have successful performance careers abroad. These dancers appear as guest artists in Irish National Youth Ballet performances. Master classes with international teachers and visiting choreographers take place at the weekend.


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One of Hollywood's most glamorous young couples is headed for the rocks.
Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson are getting a divorce, their representative told entertainment news outlets. The couple, who married in September, 2008 in a wilderness retreat in Reynolds' native British Columbia, are splitting amicably, the rep said.
"After long and careful consideration on both our parts, we've decided to end our marriage," read a statement from the couple. " We entered our relationship with love and it's with love and kindness we leave it. While privacy isn't expected, it's certainly appreciated."
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Reynolds, the 34-year-old star of "The Proposal" and "Green Lantern," is one of Hollywood's hottest actors and was named this year's Sexiest Man Alive by People mag.
But he had seemingly found his match in Johansson, 26, who stars in "Iron Man II" and is every bit as big a star. Their busy schedules may have been their undoing.
"The big problem with their relationship is the distance," a source told Us Weekly. "They spent a lot of time apart when they are working...She's been unhappy for a while."
Amid their frequent pledges of devotion, there were other comments that mighht have been prophetic.
"I don't profess to know anything about marriage that anybody else doesn't know, or how to make it right," Johansson told Glamour last year.
And Reynolds said in the October issue of GQ that things had "changed" since they got married. "I'm a little more guarded, I think. I'm a little bit more wary of having my relationship turning into a soap opera."
Johansson has already begun looking for a new apartment in New York City and is now in Jamaica with girlfriends, according to People.


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2K Usability Group
2K Usability Group mission statement:
To enable every person access to every technology through the application, study, and teaching of usability
What we do:
2K Usability Group provides usability consulting services for mobile and web-based applications. We provide input for how companies can improve their interfaces from a usability standpoint. We user test, analyze, interpret, and recommend.
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Our company follows a simple philosophy that all people deserve to use all technology. Users should not have to read documentation and no one should ever be left to figure anything out on their own. We want to make technology simple.
Simplicity is the ultimate beauty. We love Apple's interfaces and automatic syncing, and Google's one line search box. We love it when the controls on your stove are laid out just like the actual burners are We strive to help developers create products like these. If we can teach people to consider their customers instead of just their code, then we'll make a better world.
Our clients are small developers and start ups with websites and programs. We target the the business people in charge of the money who need to retain users, and who want to make their products better and more well liked.
We help our technical clients find the simple issues that can be overlooked; They often don't know that they need our service, so we need to convince them.
More in depth: Our clients spend months working on the same product and in the end, they create a product with an interface that is easy for them to understand. But, users aren't designers or developers. Users don't have months of experience with the product or background knowledge about its content. Users struggle, get lost, get confused and can't figure it out. What does "PC Load Letter" even mean? Does this "Save" button submit my work or save it for a later date? We remind our clients of the needs of every user.
Our site has two sets of content. The most improtant content on our site is our articles. The majority of customers will be attracted by our articles. Our services and contact information is our secondary information. Customers need to easily find who we are and what we do. Above all else, our site has to be easy to understand, easy to navigate, and functional.
The section function is publishing short usability articles. These will utilize the wordpress system.
We don't particularly want the users to know that we're using a wordpress template. No talkbacks, comments, categories, calenders, "posted by" or anything like that should be visible.
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Sacramento, CA (SFGate) - For nearly 35 years, Abbot Theodor Micka tended to the grounds of his 9-acre monastery in Castro Valley. Now, the 75-year-old is asking state lawmakers for a rare exemption to California law that would allow him to remain at the monastery he co-founded after he dies.
"From the moment the request was made, we got on this immediately," said state Sen. Ellen Corbett, D-San Leandro, whose district includes the monastery. "We looked at the best way to address the request with all due haste so he knows his final request will be granted."
SB124 would allow Alameda County to issue a burial permit for Micka on the Holy Cross Monastery grounds. Existing state law requires a burial at a cemetery, unless a person is cremated. Because the monastery is not a designated cemetery, burying the abbot on the property would be considered a misdemeanor without the special law.
With the legislative deadline to introduce bills having passed, Corbett employed a routine process known as a gut-and-amend, where the contents of a bill are replaced with new language. In this case, a bill to create incentives for the state to hire clean-energy contractors who use California products had stalled and was going nowhere.
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Now the bill is scheduled to be heard Thursday in the Assembly, where it is expected to pass and head to the Senate on Monday.
"We are hoping to have this on the governor's desk by next week," Corbett said. "This is something we should do so the abbot can rest in peace."
Ordained in 1964, Micka knew he wanted to build a monastery with the inheritance his mother left him. Micka and the Rev. Stephen Scott made a pact in 1970 to open the monastery, spending nearly a decade raising the additional money needed. The pair expanded the monastery over the years by buying properties adjacent to their rural lot, which is surrounded by regional parks, wineries and a few homes.
Scott said Holy Cross is the only Orthodox monastery in the Bay Area. Monks provide weekly religious services, along with baptisms, weddings and memorials for Orthodox Christians.
In April, Micka was diagnosed with advanced cancer at the junction of the esophagus and stomach. Scott said Micka continued to deliver services up until recent months, when his condition worsened.
"He's restricted to his bed," said Scott, who is now Micka's caregiver. "He gets a lot of visitors. He's very much loved."
Scott said he envisions the abbot's final resting place to be somewhere near their chapel. After working with the Religious Liberty Clinic at Stanford University, Scott said they decided to pursue a narrowly crafted state law that allows Micka to be buried at the monastery.
Not unprecedented
The state Legislature passed a similar exemption in 2005 that allowed Metropolitan Anthony Gerigiannakis, a spiritual leader of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco, to be buried on the grounds of the St. Nicholas Monastery he founded in Fresno County. Gerigiannakis died a month before the bill was signed by then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Scott said he hopes to be able to tell Micka his final request has been granted.
"We are trying to get this done," Scott said, "while Father Theodor is still alive so he has the peace of knowing where he will be."
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The effort to bury Abbot Theodor Micka at his monastery
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Hi Everyone!
I just became aware of this soon to occur Midwestern genealogy conference that will occur on August 6th and 7th in Indianapolis, IN with a pre-conference set of programs on August 5th.
I saw a full page ad for this conference in the April-June 2010 edition of the NGS Magazine.
The conference is being hosted by the Indiana Historical Society.
Four top-notch speakers are being advertised as speakers at the conference. They are:
- John Phillip Colletta, Ph.D
- George G. Morgan
- David E. Rencher
- Loretto "Lou" Szucs
Visit the web site directly at:
You will find informational material at this location for:
- Pre-Conference Events
- Conference Schedule
- Conference Registration
- Library Education Units
- Maps and Directions
There are a variety of fees to attend based on full participation at the event, being a member of the society, participating in only one day etc. The full fee to attend both days of the conference while not being a member of the Indian Historical Society is $150. Being a member reduces the fee to $125. Attending only on Friday or Saturday is $90 for non-members and $75 for members. If you are a student under the age of 23 the fee would be $75 for the entire conference.
There is even a pre-conference set of programs scheduled for August 5, 2010 from 3 PM to 8PM.
All of the information for the entire conference can easily be accessed from the link above.
I am glad I discovered the advertisement for this program in the NGS Magazine with some lead time in order to make you aware of this conference.
Consider attending if you are ambitious and it fits your schedule and the fee is not too much! The list of speakers is well worth attending!
Tony Kierna
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Schaumburg Township District Library


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Name: Jaheam Cornwall
School: Francis Lewis High School
Grade: Sophomore
Sport: Basketball
Position: Point Guard
As a sophomore Jaheam Cornwall is leading the Francis Lewis Patriots (4-1 PSAL Queens-A West) with 20 points per game as of Wednesday, December 18. He is also leading the PSAL Queens-A West conference with 100 points in five games. In Francis Lewis' latest game against Aviation High School on December 17, Cornwall scored 16 points and grabbed eight rebounds.
Why do you play basketball?
"I started playing basketball at 8 years old. It started off as something fun and then I saw how good I could be and I just pushed myself harder and harder every day. My brother and my mom have supported me fully."
What do you aspire to do?
"I want to go to college. I'll be the first one to go to college in my family. That'll be the best thing for [my mom], to see her son go to college."
Which colleges are you thinking about attending?
"Iona College, Fordham University, St. Francis College and The University of Texas."
What are your hobbies?
"Go to the movies with friends. Go to the park and shoot around."
What other career would you do besides basketball?
"Firefighter. They have like a good job. They help save people."
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A pair of ETFs from Direxion Shares will target Japanese stocks.
The Direxion Daily Japan Bull 3x Shares (JPNL) aims for 300% daily performance of the MSCI Daily TR Net Japan USD while the Direxion Daily Japan Bear 3x Shares (JPNS) aims for 300% opposite daily performance to the same yardstick.
Japan's blue chip index, the Nikkei 225, gained 10% during the first six months of the year. However, the Nikkei Stock Average Volatility Index has surged 80% and price swings have pushed the Nikkei volatility index to levels during the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Japan's net public debt is 135% of its gross domestic product, and growth is projected to be just 1% in 2013. But the country's economic growth is supported by its near-term fiscal stimulus, aggressive monetary policy and recently announced plan to spur private investment.
The MSCI Japan Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization weighted index that tracks Japanese securities listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange, Osaka Stock Exchange, JASDAQ and Nagoya Stock Exchange. The MSCI Japan Total Return Index takes into account both price performance and income from dividend payments.
The annual net expense ratio for each of the Direxion ETFs is 0.95%


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While the developed world can't get enough of smartphones, nearly 80 percent of the world is still using feature, or "dumb" phones.
However, Facebook hasn't forgotten that numbers and made its Facebook for Every Phone application available to those users -- now more than 100 million of them, according to Facebook's growth manager Ran Makavy.
"This is an important milestone for us," Makavy wrote on the Facebook blog. "Facebook's mission is to make the world more open and connected, and Facebook For Every Phone enables people around the globe to connect to the people and things they care about most, no matter what kind of mobile device they use."
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The developing world, such as Africa, India and Indonesia, still use feature phones because they're cheap and most developing countries are just now starting to get reliable 3G service. Having state-of-the-art 4G smartphones in these countries would be the equivalent of expensive paperweights.


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Last weekend I could test Cabrinha kites and boards for 2013 season.
I'm learned how to kite in a North and I've been sailing a Cabrinha since then. I'm writing, because I asked for reviews on it sometime ago and nobody could give me a hint, so it might enlight somebody else. (São Luís - MA - Brazil - 35 km downwind and wind 20 knots)
I first tested a Cabrinha Drifter 11 2013. This kite really made my day on flat and waves. Really light, fast, up to a close/tight pivot. He is right there just waiting for you and if a maneuver while in wave gets you lacking power it wont stall and accept really fast a kiteloop reengaging you. It gave me power up while junping. It gives you power at 45 degrees.
I felt odd on its tissue some times flapping but it was not unexpected since I was trying some subtle direction exchange. Though i'd like somebody from Cabrinha office comment on that.
I'm considering buying this kite.
Then I asked for a Chaos 11.
Man, that is not a kite for me. I know it is not a kite for downwind, but I expected a faster kite changing directions. I had to work hard to get ahead and felt it a little bit lazy as my old crossbow (sorry guys for comparison of two diferent sailing instances).
Nice colors, I could relauch it several times (5) fast enough (great kite there, making sure you might miss). I had to kiteloop to gain power and have some fun.
Switchblade 11 and 12. It's a different kite from previous year and year before that.
It looks like less powerful and more agile. Although I will sail next weekend and get a better review, because wind was down to 15 by the end of the day. Go for the red collor than green one, but blue is also a good pick. I bought one 12.
I tested the entry board I can't remember and Xcaliber. The first is horrible. A stick. I could not recommend, not even to a newbie.
Xcaliber is a different board, lighter, smaller fins, channels all over it. Really great pop and upwind capabilities. I didn't like pads, they are slippery. I bought one.
Bar is lighter; lines look improved; colors are ugly, but the red (very hard to repair pattern and keep it unseen). all products were said to be prototype or lacking adjustments, which I agree it supposedly is the truth.
Cabrinha has a great line for 2013 with minor flaws in my opinion.
Go for a test-drive at a Drifter before buying a switchblade it might change your desire.


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Top Gun Movie Soundtrack LP signed KENNY LOGGINS Terri Nunn UACC RD
A stunning, authentic, signed, 12" Top Gun Soundtrack LP, with original vinyl, for the blockbuster movie.
The song "Take My Breath Away" won an Oscar for Best Song in 1986.
From the beginning of the movie, Kenny Loggins takes the music score to dizzy heights, with "Highway To the Danger Zone " !
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Der Roman Zur Neuen Weltordnung
I got my hands on the German version of Syrup, which is called Fukk. It's a fairly weird feeling to not be able to read my own book. It's also very strange to see Scat and 6 in L.A. saying, "Ja, ja." But it is an interesting way to learn German: I go to where the naughty words should be and look them up.
You know how when you stand a book up, the writing on the spine faces left? Well, German books face the opposite way. Either that, or Fukk is the result of a really big screw-up. (I just found that interesting.)
The Australian mass-market paperback is due out in a few months' time, and I love the new-look cover. I have so many different Syrup covers now that I'm going to make up a special page for them all. Until then, you can compare the US hardback and forthcoming (June) paperback here — and boy, that paperback's really getting its butt kicked in the voting.


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Dimitry (Obuhoff)
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Hieromonk Dimitry (Obuhoff) was a priestmonk in the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand, ROCOR.
Biographical timeline
- 1956: Archbishop Sava of Sydney commissions Hmk Dimitry to build a monastery in Kentlyn, on land donated by Pdn Peter Grishaev. To join him, the Archbishop recruited three men who wanted to test their monastic vocation.
- Sep 16: First Divine Liturgy celebrated.
- 1959 Mar: Monastery project seems to have failed. Hmk Dimitry was assigned to the Russian Orthodox Church of the Joy of All who Sorrow, Geelong, Victoria, as the second permanent priest (after four years without a priest); two of the other novices returned to the world, the third remaining and being in charge of the diocesan candle-factory. The monastery project, however, would later become St John the Baptist Skete.
- 1962: Hmk Dimitry was transferred to Brisbane.
Dimitry (Obuhoff)
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Check out reviews left by other students or leave your own review. You could win a free scholarship.Add your Review
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I recently went to orientation. I am very satisfied with the information provided. It was very informative.
Trisha from Columbus, OH
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Categories Comments Campus Safety
Hospital security helps out with the college and you can call them at any time of the day to walk you to your car or anything you need!
Great for these types of students
Hard working, determined and time managers!
Share any unusual traditions or locations on campus
You can cut from the school to the hospital on different floors!
Bang for the buck
Even though tuition is high, it is absolutely worth it! You get individualized attention, instructors know you and your name, and everyone is there for the same thing, nursing!
What to do for fun
Go down to the lounge and watch TV or make food in the kitchen! You can also take a walk around the hospital or go do Zumba in the gym!
Food and Dining
Charlie's Java Jolt serves yummy coffee and muffins!
Dorm Life
I did not live in the dorms
Academic Rigor
Studying is so important and if you focus and make sense of what you are learning, you should be fine! Critical thinking is a must!
Tips for prospective students
Make friends and study buddies, it is the best and easiest way to get through school! Always utilize study tables and sessions with your instructors! Have fun and love nursing, it is a rewarding profession!
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Small class sizes, personalized attention and great friends! Clinical experience is awesome and the instructors are always there to help! Mount Carmel teaches us the right way and the right way first so we are the most prepared graduates in the field!
Colton from Westerville, OH
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Campus is in a low income neighborhood with a medium crime rate. The campus security is always driving around and the apartments are secured with locks that only students can open.
Greek Life
No Greek life.
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Medium amount of activities in the city but few at campus. Good amount of clubs on campus.
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A student who wants to become the best nurse they can be. Someone who likes a close community
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No traditions but the campus building is near a hospital.
Bang for the buck
Great price for a private school but most student need to do work/study programs or scholarships due to the price of the junior/senior years of education here.
What to do for fun
Friends, school clubs, going into the city for sports or local hangouts,
Food and Dining
You mainly get your food from the hospital/city or go grocery shopping.
Dorm Life
Great appartments
Academic Rigor
Program is top of the line and prepares you for nursing.
Tips for prospective students
2nd year is the hardest so be prepared. Get involved with a club or sport it makes the experience more fun.
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Good teachers/staff Great apartments across the street from campus Graduates from here are highly desired helping you get a job


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Katherine Jackson may be the legal guardian of son Michael's children, but she won't have to raise them by herself.
A source inside the Jackson camp told Access Hollywood that Michael's sister, Rebbie Jackson, the oldest of Katherine's children, is raising the star's children jointly with their grandmother.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Michael Jackson's Funeral
The King of Pop was laid to rest on Thursday at the Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery in Glendale, Calif., weeks after his death on June 25.
He left behind three children, Prince Michael, 12, Paris, 11, and Prince Michael II, 7, AKA Blanket.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Michael Jackson's Children
At the funeral, Prince and Paris paid tribute to their father's history as the King of Pop, laying a crown on his casket before he was buried at 9:43 PM.
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Bulls by the horns: S.F. embraces hockey
SPORTS Fans quick to embrace S.F.'s minor-league hockey team in inaugural year coinciding with labor strife idling NHL
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The first-ever game for the San Francisco Bulls was Jay Bergers III's first-ever game as a hockey spectator. He went home with a plan, and now here he comes through the pregame mist in the Cow Palace parking lot.
Bergers stands 6-foot-3 but looks taller than that in his head-to-toe, burnt-orange bull costume, custom-made with Velcro up the front, like kids' fuzzy PJs with the feet in them.
"It's so weird," he says, holding his tail for security like the Cowardly Lion. "The Giants are great. The 49ers are awesome. But I'm almost 52, and I've never been a fan of any team in my life. But I'm a fan of the Bulls now."
Six thousand of them are funneling into the only entrance to the Cow Palace for the third home game on a November Friday night. Minor-league ice hockey has many advantages over major-league ice hockey, the main advantage being that they play ice hockey.
The National Hockey League is mired in a lockout, the second in seven seasons, and some San Jose Sharks fans are roaming the concourse of the Cow Palace, with nowhere else to wear their teal and black. The Bulls play in the ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League), which is two rungs below the NHL.
NHL vs. ECHL
Tickets average $22, less than half for a Sharks game, if they ever play another one, and Bulls fans, in burnt orange and black, don't mind razzing the superior attitude in that upper league.
"The NHL is more shine, more glitz, more glamour," says Mark Dorsey, a San Francisco surgical technologist, with Bulls season tickets up against the glass, center ice. "Minor-league hockey is more raw and more personal."
Then there is the gloriously un-updated Cow Palace, a 70-year-old Quonset in the badlands of Daly City. There is a new $1.5 million video cube dangling over the ice, but the arena still looks and feels the same, with lighting that gives everything a yellowish tinge.
Whereas the Sharks take the ice through the teeth of Jaws at HP Pavilion, the Bulls emerge through one of those white canvas garages you get at Costco.
There is no smoke rising off the ice to greet the Bulls, but you can still pick up the faint smell of cigarette smoke from all those San Francisco Seals games in the 1960s.
"I love old-venue, Cow Palace-type hockey," says Dorsey, who does his part by wearing a Bulls jersey over a Bulls opening night T-shirt as he grills sausage on a propane stove in the parking lot.
This is Bulls baseball cap giveaway night, and fans are lined up an hour early to get theirs, even Bergers in his Bulls costume with built-in hood, and even the women in their Bulls ski hats with horns and ear flaps.
"I need all the free stuff I can get," says Sarah Davenport, 21, of Half Moon Bay, who was born a Sharks fan, in 1991, that team's inaugural season. Last year, she and some friends were watching a Sharks game on TV when they saw an ad for the Bulls' inaugural season.
"That's how it started," she says. "We decided we were all going to become Bulls fans and come to all the games."
Now they are 15-strong, sitting center ice, upper deck. "A fan club of our own," she says. "We don't have a name for ourselves, but we don't need one."
The official fan club is called the Matadors. It is run by Rocky and Shelly Barbanica of Pacifica. Both remember seeing the Seals. The Sharks also played two seasons here (1991-92 and 1992-93), and a minor-league outfit called the Spiders lasted one year.
In praise of fanatics
But it has been 16 years without hockey at what Rocky calls "the Cathedral." Shelly has arrived for this game directly from London after a business trip. She didn't have to change into her Bulls jersey in the aircraft lavatory, but she was prepared to, if it came to that.
"There is nothing wrong with fanatics," she says. "Fanatics bring a good edge to any sport. Except in Philadelphia."
The Matadors Boosters Club claims about 20 members, which puts them just ahead of Davenport and her unnamed fan club. They need more, and one candidate is Dorsey, who is down in front, pounding open palms against the glass as the Bulls take the ice.
"I am not a member of the Matadors," says Dorsey, who didn't know there was such a club, "but I will hunt it down."
The front row costs $41 for a padded metal folding chair on a tin riser, and Dorsey scoots right up against the barrier.
"Don't put your beer on the glass," he warns, "or it will get knocked right into your lap." He learned this lesson the first game. He also learned not to pound too hard on the glass or for too long.
"After the first period, I looked down and my hand was red," he says. This caused him to retreat to the Red Hook Lounge, where he made the acquaintance of Charles Seufert and Brian Davis, who were standing around in their matching kilts and Bulls jerseys, alternating orange and white, for home and away.
There was an immediate ice-breaker, aside from the kilts, because Seufert and Davis each wear a goalkeeper's mitt that turns out to be a beer cozy, holding their preferred pour, which is Molson, made in Canada.
"If I'm not driving," says Seufert, who lives in Santa Clara, "six or seven" is his quota.
The kilted cousins are easy to spot as they sit on either side of an exit tunnel, and each is in his own row surrounded by concrete. They call these the "gunner seats."
When the Bulls need a boost, the cousins rise from their seats simultaneously, hands over head, and start a clap-along, beer cozies and all. Seufert maintains that their movements are not choreographed, though they appear to be. "It's all freestyle," he says, modestly.
Bergers also works freestyle. He owns a nutrition company in San Francisco, and is not affiliated with the Bulls. The official mascot is a bull with a more professional costume, named "Rawhide."
"People say, 'Are you the mascot?' and I say, 'Rawhide is the real dude,' " Bergers explains. "I'm the official unofficial wannabe mascot."
Easier to watch
Some would say the players on the Bulls are also wannabes, but about the only thing lacking is the speed of the NHL game. Some would argue that a slower pace is a good thing when trying to follow hockey live. At the Cow Palace, you can see the puck move and hear it snap against a stick on a crisp pass.
When they hit each other, you can hear that too.
"It is more physical than the NHL," says David Watson of Danville, here with the Tri-Valley Blue Devils, a junior team he coaches. "They're really trying to make names for themselves and beat up on each other quite a bit."
Coming off an extended road trip, the Bulls are 2-7, and almost instantly the visiting Stockton Thunder score.
"Our goalie gets scored on a lot," says Shelly Barbanica, perhaps feeling exhaustion from her flight. "A lot. A real lot."
But not on this night. At the end of the first period, the score is 1-1. The place is only half full but the empties are up in the corners, and at intermission the concourse is packed. Someone starts a spontaneous spell-out. "B-U-L-L-S. Bulls Bulls Bulls."
Long time to wind down
The score is still tied going into the third period. Then the Bulls ring up three. Bergers can't just sit there on his tail. He is up and ringing his cowbell, an opening night giveaway.
"That is pretty cute," says Megie Tuft, who came down from Sonoma with Skip Murray. "I wonder if he wore that for Halloween? Could be pajamas."
The score stands at 4-1. Bergers is so jacked up that even after he drives home and peels off the Bulls suit, "I've got another hour and a half of winding down to do."
But he is back the following night to lead the charge against Ontario, a 7-0 loss, and he planned to be there for a Thanksgiving weekend home stand. His family is in upstate New York, but he's staying here.
"The Bulls need me," he says. "Let's win this thing."
S.F. Bulls ice hockey: Next home games, Friday (Nov. 23) and Saturday, 7:15 p.m. Tickets: $14.25-$41. (855) 732-8557. www.sfbulls.com.
Sam Whiting is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: email@example.com


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This is included in a public bidding of Repossessed Cars of various closed banks to be conducted by the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC). The bidding shall be on Friday, March 1, 2019. More details below.
Property details
- Property Number: 168-2019-02-07
- Location: Rural Bank of Luna (Apayao) – Abulug Branch, Brgy. Libertad, Abulug, Cagayan
- Description: 2005 Toyota Innova 2.5G
- Title/TD No.: ZCE 619
- MINIMUM BID (PhP): 350,000.00
- Disclosures*: 30 (See meaning below)
*Please refer to the meaning of the Disclosures below:
a – Title/OR/CR registered in PDIC's name/Closed Bank's name
b – Title, OR/CR registered in borrower's name/former registered owner's name
e – Covered with TD (only) not in PDIC's name/Closed Bank's name
k – With unpaid taxes
l – With lessee/tenants/informal dwellers/caretaker/encroachment/ planted to crops
m – Buyer to determine occupancy/tenancy
n – Needs relocation survey
o – No Right-of-Way or used as Right-of-Way / With annotation of right-of-way
r – Net of Right-of-Way/easement due to waterways, river, creek, erosion/traversed by road
t – Improvement without tax declaration
x – With subdivision/condominium restrictions and/or subject to special conditions
y – With annotation pursuant to Rules of Court or RA or Civil Code or other pertinent laws
K – Title in the name of mortgagee/originating bank/PDIC but TD still in the name of previous owner
1 – Registration not renewed
2 – OR/CR missing on file/original CR with LTO or vice versa
3 – With cancellation of chattel mortgage/REM but not annotated in the title/OR/CR
4 – TD in third party's name
13 – Exact boundaries not determined due to absence of tax mapping in the area.
15 – The property is prone to flooding/landslide/erosion
21 – The property is located within an undeveloped subdivision/area
23 – Property traversed by Road/irrigational canal/transmission line/electrical post/creek
30 – OR/CR registered in the name of former owner but w/ Certificate of Sale/Deed of Absolute Sale/Deed of Assignment in favor of the Bank/PDIC
50 – Shape of the lot does not form a polygon when plotted based on the technical description appearing in the title
55 – With information that the property has already been sold allegedly by the former owner/s.
60 – Title registered in the name of the borrower/former owner but the TD is declared in the another party's name
69 – Exemption of the Republic of the Philippines from the obligation to grant a right of way to the grantee of the property
74 – No approved subdivision plan on file.
Bidding Details
- Date: Friday, March 1, 2019
- Time: Bids shall be accepted starting 9:00 A.M. until 1:45 P.M. (PDIC time/No extension)
- Venue: 9th Floor PDIC Training Room, SSS Bldg., Ayala Ave. corner Rufino St., Makati City
Please refer to important bidding information as stated in the invitation to bid:
1. Sealed bids will be accepted from direct buyers only.
2. The sale shall be for CASH and on "As-Is, Where-Is" basis and the winning bidder shall undertake the responsibility to acquire and maintain peaceful possession and enjoyment of the property without seeking the assistance of PDIC.
3. The term "As-Is-Where-Is" shall refer not only to the description and physical condition of the property and its contents or inclusions at the time of the bidding, if any is declared to be part of the sale, but also to the condition of the title of the property or other evidence of ownership and the extent and state of whatever rights, interests and participation over the property of closed banks may have at the time of the bidding. It shall also include the winning bidder's assumption of all unpaid taxes, fees and/or expenses, such as, but not limited to capital gains tax or creditable withholding tax whichever is applicable, value added tax, documentary stamp tax, registration and transfer fees, association or condominium fees and/or assessments, and all other expenses and charges in order to, as applicable, cause the transfer of the title from the named owner to the winning bidder.
4. The bidder is deemed to have conduct due diligence on the condition, status and ownership of the properties and, for this purpose, make the appropriate inquiries or verification with the applicable registries or government agencies and units and other entities.
5. Each bid shall be accompanied by a deposit equivalent to at least ten percent (10%) of the submitted bid, which shall be in the form of cash or Manager's/Cashier's Check (or a combination thereof) issued by a universal or reputable commercial bank
payable to Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation or PDIC.
6. The winning bidder shall pay the balance of the bid price/purchase price, in full, within fifteen (15) calendar days from receipt of the Certificate of Award or on 16 March 2019 (Note: Since the date falls on a Saturday, bidder to pay on the next working day). Checks should be cleared otherwise award is automatically cancelled.
7. PDIC reserves the right to withdraw without prior notice any or all of the properties offered for sale any time before the deadline for submission of bids.
"Bid forms, copies of the Conditions of Bid and standard format of the Special Power of Attorney and Secretary's Certificate which are required for participants who are submitting a bid on behalf of another individual or an organization, respectively, may be secured free of charge from the abovecited PDIC address. Bid documents may also be downloaded from the PDIC website at www.pdic.gov.ph.
Complete description of the properties is available at the Asset Management and Disposal Group, PDIC 7/F SSS Building, Ayala Avenue cor. Rufino St., Makati City. For further information, you may call our Public Assistance Department at:
Tel. No. : (632) 841-4630 to 31 • Toll free : 1-800-1-888-7342 or 1-800-1-888-PDIC • Email : [email protected]
The holding of the bidding on the published date shall be cancelled in case there is a declaration that it is a non-working day or due to fortuitous events. In which case, the bidding shall be held on the following working day at the same time and venue. If there are any bid registered and submitted prior to the declaration of a non-working day and before the opening of bids, these shall be returned unopened immediately after the declaration of the work suspension.
Bidders are advised to bring proper identification (ID) with photo which shall be required for entry to the bidding area.
Contact info
For further information, you may call PDIC's Public Assistance Department at:
- Tel. No. : (632) 841-4630 to 31
- Toll free : 1-800-1-888-7342 or 1-800-1-888-PDIC
- Email : [email protected]
View complete list of properties included in this auction
To view the complete list of properties included in this auction and also the invitation to bid, you may visit the following page:
==> PDIC foreclosed properties for sale and auction schedules
Disclaimer and Reminders
- All foreclosed properties are for sale on an "AS IS, WHERE IS" basis. Interested parties are reminded to conduct proper due diligence prior to the purchase of any foreclosed property.
- Availability, prices, and property status are subject to change without prior notice.
- Misprints should not be construed as misrepresentation of the property.
Last updated on: 2019-02-21 with file PDIC-INVITATION_TO_BID_MARCH012019, which can also be downloaded from the link above.
Source: PDIC Website
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Preparation Time: 5 mins
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Yield: 12 x brownies
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