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Acropolis of Athens
Acropolis is the greatest sanctuary of the ancient Athens. This sanctuary is dedicated to the goddess Athena and it is settled the centre of the modern city from the rocky crag known as the Acropolis. The monuments of the Acropolis stand in harmony with their natural setting. The unique masterpiece of ancient architecture combines various orders and styles in classic mode in a innovative way and had been in the centere of interest for many centuries. The Acropolis of the fifth century BC symbolizes the power and wealth of ancient Athens during the golden age of Perikles.
Searches have indicated that the hill was inhabited from a very early period. A fortification wall was built around it in the thirteenth century BC and the citadel became the centre of a Mycenaean kingdom. The Acropolis became a sacred precinct in the eighth century BC. The sanctuary bloomed under the headship of Peisistratos in the mid-sixth century BC. At the same time the city's greatest religious festival "Panathinaia" was established and the first monumental buildings of the Acropolis erected -"Old temple" and the "Hekatompedos"- all dedicated to the goddess Athena. Also in that period it is supposed to have been built the shrine of Artemis Bravronia and the first monumental propylon.
There are also saved a lot of offerings, such as marble korai and horsemen, bronze and terracotta statuettes in honor to the sanctuary that testify the great importance of Athena's cult in the Archaic period. In 490 BC had been built the so-called "Pre-Parthenon". This large temple was the sign for the win of the Athenians against the Persians at Marathon.In the mid-fifth century BC, the Acropolis became the seat of the Athenian League and Athens was considered as the main and most significant cultural centre of its time.
Nowadays the most important buildings of Acropolis are the "Parthenon", the "Propylaia", the "Erechtheion" and the temple of "Athena Nike". All of them were erected during this period from the greatest architects. After the end of the Peloponnesian war in 404 BC and until the first century BC no other important buildings were erected on the Acropolis. In 27 BC a small temple dedicated to Augustus and Rome was built east of the Parthenon. Although, in Roman times, other Greek sanctuaries were damaged, the Acropolis retained its prestige and continued to attract offerings of the faithful.
Through the next centuries the monuments of the Acropolis suffered from both natural causes and human intervention. The establishment of Christianity, in the sixth century AD had been a significant time for the future of Acropolis as the temples were converted into Christian churches. The Parthenon was dedicated the Virgin Mary, was later re-named as Panagia Athiniotissa (Virgin of Athens) and in the eleventh century served as the city's cathedral. The Erechtheion was dedicated to the Sotiras (Saviour) or the Panagia, the temple of Athena Nike became a chapel and the Propylaia an episcopal residence. The Acropolis became the fortress of the medieval city.
The period from 1204 to 1456, under the Frankish occupation the Propylaia were converted into a residence for the Frankish ruler and in the Ottoman period (1456-1833) into the Turkish garrison headquarters. On 26 September1687 the Venetians under F. Morozini besieged the Acropolis and destroyed the Parthenon, which then served as a munitions store. Lord Elgin caused further serious damage in 1801-1802 by looting the sculptural decoration of the Parthenon, the temple of Athena Nike and the Erechtheion. During the Greek War of Independence, the Acropolis was come under the custody of Greek in 1822, and Odysseas Androutsos became its first Greek defender.
After the liberation of Greece, the monuments of the Acropolis came under the care of the new founded Greek state. In the early twentieth century N. Balanos headed the first large-scale restoration project. A Committee for the Conservation of the Monuments on the Acropolis was created in 1975 with the aim to plan and undertake large-scale conservation and restoration on the Acropolis. The project, conducted by the Service of Restoration of the Monuments of the Acropolis in collaboration with the First Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, is still in progress
At the roots of the Mount Parnassos, lies the Pan-Hellenic sanctuary of Delphi, which had the most famous oracle of ancient Greece. Delphi in ancient east Mediterranean was a place of influence as a result not to have any serious problems with rivals. The sanctuary was received by Persian kings and Athenian leaders. You can visit the ruins that are well preserved, and the site's museum houses where are some of the most important art works from ancient Greece.
Delphi was regarded as the centre of the world. The sanctuary of Delphi, seated within a spectacular landscape, was for many centuries the cultural and religious centre and the symbol of unity for the Hellenic world. In the beginning the site was sacred to Mother Earth and was guarded by the terrible serpent Python, who was later killed by Apollo. Apollo's sanctuary was built by Cretans.
Within the sanctuary were discovered the remains of a Mycenaean settlement and cemetery, but there are no traces of occupation until the eighth century BC, when was established the cult of Apollo and began the development of the sanctuary. According to literary and archaeological evidence other gods were associated with the sanctuary too such as Artemis, Poseidon, Dionysus, Hermes, Zeus Polieus, Hygeia and Eileithyia.
In the 6 century BC, under the League's protection and administration, during the first sacred war, the sanctuary became independent as a result to increase its territory and political and religious influence throughout Greece, and reorganise the Pythian Games, the second most important games in Greece after the Olympics, which were taken place every four years. It is considered that the Delphic oracle bloomed between the 6th -4th century BC and was regarded as the most trustworthy region It was delivered by the Pythia, the priestess, and interpreted by the priests of Apollo. Everybody consulted the oracle, expressing their gratitude with great gifts and spreading its fame around the world. The oracle was thought to have existed since the dawn of time. Indeed, it was believed to have successfully predicted events related to the cataclysm of Deukalion, the Argonaut's expedition and the Trojan War! It was the oracle's fame and prestige that caused two Sacred Wars in the middle of the fifth and fourth centuries BC. In the third century BC, the sanctuary was conquered by the Aetolians. In Roman times, the sanctuary was favoured by some emperors and plundered by others, including Sulla in 86 BC.
In the 3rd century BC became the rise of the Rationalist movement in philosophy and damaged the oracle's authority but the rituals were continued. Into the second century AD, it was consulted by Hadrian and visited by Pausanias. Finally, the Byzantine emperor Theodosius abolished the oracle and the Slavs destroyed the precinct in 394 BC. When Christianity was spread all over the region, Delphi became an episcopal see, although later in the 6th- 7th centuries AD it was abandoned. Soon after, in the seventh century AD, a new village, Kastri, grew over the ruins of the ancient sanctuary that nowadays is considered as a place of interest.
In 1891, the Greek government in association with the French School at Athens began long-term excavations on the region. The Great Excavation uncovered spectacular remains, including about three thousand inscriptions of great importance for our knowledge of public life in ancient Greece. Today the researches are continued. Of all the monuments, only the Treasury of the Athenians had enough of its original building material preserved to allow for its almost complete reconstruction. The Chiot altar, the temple of Apollo and the Tholos were also partially restored. In 1927 and 1930, the poet Angelos Sikelianos and his wife, Eva, attempted to revive the Delphic idea and make of Delphi a new cultural centre of the earth, through a series of events that included performances of ancient theatre.
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Olympia lies in western Peloponnese, in the beautiful valley of the Alpheios River. In Ancient Greece, all "civilized" cities gathered in ancient Olympia to participate in athletic competitions and cultural festivals. Ancient Olympia was dedicated to Zeus, the father of the gods, although secluded near the west coast of the Peloponnese, Olympia became the most important religious and athletic centre in Greece. The modern Olympic Games that take place all over the world every 4 years have their roots to Olympia. The origin of the cult and of the festival dates back many centuries. There are Local myths concerning the famous Pelops, the first ruler of the region, and the river Alpheios, betray the close ties between the sanctuary and both the East and West.
The earliest finds in Olympia are located on the southern foot of Mount Kronios, Traces of occupation of the three periods of the Bronze Age were identified in the greater area of the Altis. It is believed that in approximately 1200 BC the region of Olympia was settled by Aetolians under the leadership of Oxylos, who founded the state of Elis. The first planned sanctuary dedicated to local and Pan-Hellenic deities was probably established towards the end of the Mycenaean period. Olympia was subsequently devoted exclusively to worship and for many centuries had no other structures except for the Altis, that is a walled precinct containing sacrificial altars and the tumulus of the Pelopion. The numerous votive offerings, mostly figurines, bronze cauldrons and tripods were placed outdoors, on trees and altars. The first figurines representing Zeus, the master of the sanctuary, date to the Geometric period.
In 776 BC, Iphitos, the king of Elis, Kleosthenes of Pisa and Lykourgos of Sparta reorganized the Olympic Games in honour of Zeus and instituted the sacred truce. After the time the festival acquired a national character. The great development of the sanctuary began in the Archaic period. Then also were constructed monumental buildings such as the temple of Hera, the Prytaneion, the Bouleuterion, the treasuries and the first stadium. In the Hellenistic period the construction of lay buildings, such as the gymnasium and palaestra, continued, while in Roman times several existing buildings were refurbished and new ones built, including hot baths, luxurious mansions and an aqueduct. Many of the sanctuary's treasures were removed and used for the decoration of Roman villas.
The sanctuary continued to function during the first years of Christian rule under Constantine the Great. The last Olympic Games were held in 393 AD when an edict of Theodosius I prohibited all pagan festivals. In 426 BC Theodosius II ordered the destruction of the sanctuary. In the mid-fifth century AD a small settlement was transformed into a Christian church. In 522 and 551 the ruins were devastated again by earthquakes, and the Temple of Zeus was partially buried. In subsequent centuries the Alpheios and the Kladeos overflowed and together with landslips from Mount Kronios buried the site deep in mud and sand. Olympia remained forgotten under a layer of debris 5-7 metres deep. The area was dubbed Antilalos and it in 1766 the ancient sanctuary was re-discovered.
In 1829 the French Scientific Expedition of the Peloponnese partially excavated the Temple of Zeus, taking several fragments of the pediments to the Museum of Louvre. Systematic excavation began by the German Archaeological Institute in 1875 and continues to the present. Several monuments of the site are currently under conservation and restoration.
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The Palace of Knossos is the largest of the preserved Minoan palatial centers. There are four wings arranged around a central courtyard, including the royal quarters, workshops, shrines, storerooms, repositories, the throne room and banquet halls. It dates back to 2000-1350 B.C. In the west of the main palace is settled the little palace that has all the features of palatial architecture. It is characterized by scraped wall masonry, reception rooms, a pristyle hall, a double megaron with 'polithira" and a lustral basin-shrine. This one dates back to the 17th-15th centuries B.C. In the north-east of the palace is the Royal Villa. It's specific architectural form is distinguished by the "polithira", the pillar crypt and the double staircase, with two flights of stairs. It is has intense religious character and might have been the residence of an aristocrat or a high priest. It dates back to the 14th century B.C.
. In the north-western part of the palace is the House of the Frescoes that is a small urban mansion with unique decoration on the walls. It is dated back to the 15th, 14th-12th centuries B.C. In that part is also the "Unexplored Mansion" a private building, probably of private-industrial function, rectangular, with a central, four-pillared hall, corridors, storerooms and remains of a staircase. In the south of the palace lies the Caravanserai that was interpreted as a reception hall and hospice. Some of the rooms are equipped with baths and decorated with wall paintings.
There is also a temple Tomb located almost 600 m. in the south part of the palace and was connected with the "House of the High Priest" by means of a paved street. It seems that one of the last kings of Knossos was buried there. Typical features of its architecture are the hypostyle, two-pillar crypt, the entrance with the courtyard, the portico and a small anteroom.
In 300 m. in the south of Caravanserai lies the house of the High Priest and contains a stone altar with two columns, framed by the bases of double axes.
Even, there is the South Mansion a private civic house, It is a three-storeyed building with a lustral basin and a hypostyle crypt, dating from the 17th-15th centuries B.C. Finally there is the villa of Dionysos, a private, peristyle house of the Roman period. It is decorated with splendid mosaics by Apollinarius, depicting Dionysos. The house contains special rooms employed for the Dionysiac cult.
You can reach to Epidaurus either through Nauplion or through Athens following the signs. Epidaurus was built round the 3d Century BC It is well- preserved and still there are taking place for festivals and concerts and theater plays. The theater of Epidaur is among the few ones that retained their original circular "Orchestra". The cult of Asklepios at Epidaurus is attested in the 6th century BC, and was created as extension sanctuary of Apollo Maleatas in order to be gained some space The theater was designed by Polykleitos the Younger in the 4th century BC. It contained 34 rows which were extended in Roman times by another 21 rows. There can be hosted up to 15,000 persons, it has perfect acoustics to the whole area of the theater. Near to the theater is also a small museum that worths visiting as there are many statues and replicas.. The most interesting building is considered to be the Tholos that recently is under restoring.
Regarding its history, in ancient times the sanctuary of Asclepios at Epidaurus it was a healing and cultural center. It is said that the ancient Greeks were paying tribute to their spiritual entities in the front of Asclepios, and were pleasing the gods for remedies for their physical disorders.
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Phaistos (Crete)
Phaistos is located 62 km southern of Heraklion and it belongs to the Municipality of Kamilari. It is located on a hill, at an altitude of 100 m from sea level, in the fertile valley of Messara. In the west of Phaistos is seated the Aghia Triada while in the south of Phaistos are the Asterousia mountains. In the south- west is Kommos, the ancient port of Phaistos and in the east, the vast Mesara plain.
You can reach the area either from Heraklion or from Rethimnon as there is frequent public transportation. If you decide to get there by car you will find a large parking area in a few distance from the palace.
Phaistos was one of the most important centres of Minoan civilization, and the most wealthy and powerful city in southern Crete. It was inhabited from the Neolithic period until the foundation and development of the Minoan palaces in the 15th century B.C.
According to the mythology, Phaistos was the seat of king Radamanthis who was the brother of king Minos. Also there is said to have been born the great wise man and soothsayer Epimenidis, one of the seven wise men of the ancient world.
According to the mythology, Phaistos was the seat of king Radamanthis who was the brother of king Minos. Also there is said to have been born the great wise man and soothsayer Epimenidis, one of the seven wise men of the ancient world.
In Minoan times, Phaistos was a very important city-state and had the dominition from Lithinon to Psychion included the Paximadia islands. The city continued to have power during the Dorian period and flourished during Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic times. In the 3rd century B.C it was destroyed by the Gortynians but Phaistos continued to exist during the Roman period.
After the destruction of the palace in the 15th century, the city continued to be inhabited up to the 8th century B.C. and was considered as a prosperous city. In the middle of the 2nd century B.C. it was destroyed and dominated again by the neighbouring city of Gortyn. Traces of habitation dating from the Venetian period are distinctive in the area. More Informations
After the destruction of the palace in the 15th century, the city continued to be inhabited up to the 8th century B.C. and was considered as a prosperous city. In the middle of the 2nd century B.C. it was destroyed and dominated again by the neighbouring city of Gortyn. Traces of habitation dating from the Venetian period are distinctive in the area. More Informations
The Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki created on 1961 by the architect Patroklos Karantinos. The building was inaugurated on 27th October 1962, during the celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the liberation of Thessaloniki. In 1971 it was completed. There are salvaged sculptures, a prehistoric collection, miniature art of the Archaic and Classical periods, and findings from the tombs at Derveni. In 1978 there were new findings at Vergina that led to the first changes in the display although the treasures from Vergina and other precious discoveries of the 70's, made the construction of an extension to the Museum inevitable: the new wing was inaugurated in July 1980 with the exhibition "Alexander the Great". This same year saw the beginning of the excavation of the cemetery at Sindos, with its rich finds of gold, and the "Sindos" exhibition was opened to the public in October 1982. There followed in 1984 a repeat of the exhibition of finds from Vergina and Derveni, in 1985 an exhibition on ancient Thessaloniki, and in 1989 an exhibition of new finds dating from the Archaic and Classical periods at the ground floor of the New Wing. In this museum will have the opportunity to experience a part of the Macedonian culture including the tomb of Phillip II of Macedon. More
Akrotiri is settled at Santorini. It is considered to be one of the most important prehistoric settlements of the Aegean Although the cycladic settlement was buried under ashes when the volcano of Thera erupted, the town and the buildings have been preserved in good condition.
The first habitation at the site dates from the Late Neolithic times (at least the 4th millenium B.C.). this settlement was firstly founded during the Early Bronze Age but it was extended and gradually developed into one of the main urban centres and ports of the Aegean in the Middle and early Late Bronze Age. Indications of the drainage system, the wall-paintings, furniture vessels and imported objects, show its great development and wealth and the wide network of its external relations. The town's life came suddenly to an end in the last quarter of the 17th century B.C due to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions which covered the entire island.More


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Episode 263 - Thorsday, Thorsday
I wonder if Tom Hiddleston is jealous...
I wonder if Tom Hiddleston is jealous...
But are you Takin' Care of Business?
I feel like the title for this episode is long and obscure enough to be considered a possible "Star Trek" episode title.
A true rags to riches story.
Get our your math brains, folks!
No, it doesn't involve a trip to Olive Garden.
One of the most famous dinosaurs in history...never actually existed.
http://bit.ly/trexcant. You're welcome.
No, not the ring finger.
Seriously, I didn't realize it was a real place for a long time! Why do I keep admitting that?


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Emyvale is central to many places – Monaghan Town is just 10km away and again it has a great variety of shops and social gathering venues. From Emyvale it is only a 1½ hour drive to Dublin, a little over an hour to Belfast, and 20 minutes to Armagh.
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Welcome to my HORROR DREAM DIARY. This is a nightmare diary that I keep featuring a selection of my most terrible dreams. Generally I have no idea what they mean, other than maybe they are mirroring confusion and stresses in my real life. Any theories are greatly appreciated so please leave a comment with any ideas...
The Man in the Chair (18th June 2008)
A disturbing night time visitor to my bedroom
The Haunted Apartment (9th December, 2007)
A dream about living in a haunted apartment.
My Gran's Remains (10th September, 2007)
A recurring dream about the desecration of my grandmother's remains.
The Grey Man (1st September, 2007)
A ghostly encounter.
The Human Abattoir (27th June, 2007)
A camping trip goes wrong and I end up in a sinister remote factory.
A House Without Windows (13th June 2007)
A windowless mansion and its strange occupants.
The Cabin (26th May 2007)
A bleak landscape and a strange remote cabin containing an ominous message to me.
A Dark World (19th May 2007)
Messages from the dimension beyond and people in the walls controlling our minds.
Final Resting Place (7th March 2007)
A premonition of my own funeral.
The Interrupted Ritual (3rd March 2007)
Blues legend Robert Johnson performs satanic rituals. Men in black appear and a poor little dog that bites the dust.
The Labyrinth (30th January 2007)
A trap is being laid for me deep inside an absurd world of dark subterranean passages, full of fleeting human forms and slamming doors.
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Disclaimer: I don't own Stargate or its characters. No matter how often I fantasize about it….. That, apparently, does not afford ownership in a court of law. Believe me. I've checked.
AN: My second Stargate story! Of course, it's Sam and Jack. This is just a little piece I wrote a LONG time ago and am just now posting. My style has changed since then, but I hope you all enjoy this anyway.
Sam/Jack forever!
Nobody knew who had started it in the first place. The farthest back anybody could trace it was to Siler, who one day had shushed at two privates who were fighting in the hallway over who had to repaint level 27's walls the regulation beige color. "Knock it off, will ya?" Siler had barked (if barked is the right term – is it possible for a bark to be whispered? If so, Siler accomplished it). "The major's asleep, bozos!" Only, of course, he didn't say "bozos."
"How do you know?" Private Morgan asked, his voice doubting Siler's so-called omniscience.
"Easy. The number on her door is upside down," Siler replied, his eyes glancing up and down the hallways as if he were nervous that an alien was about to appear and do something hideous to him (something that happened with an uncomfortable regularity in that mountain). "That means she's sleeping. Thought everybody knew that. Take a look in there if you don't trust me; just do it quietly or somebody's gonna have your butt on a shiny silver platter."
Private Douglas took a look inside and saw that the Major was, indeed, asleep…and was then assigned KP duty in the mess hall by Captain Bryan of SG-6, who happened to be passing by at the time and took great displeasure at the possibility of Douglas disturbing Major Carter's much needed rest.
Siler's reputation as a know-it-all and the base's own version of the bat signal had both been born within the same twenty seconds of conversation.
If that number was hanging upside down on Samantha Carter's open door, everybody knew that they had better do a little tip-toeing while walking down the corridor or they would get a swift kick and some extra duty before they could say "nuisance" from whatever officer that happened to be walking along at the same time. Somebody had tried once to shut the laboratory door to give the major a little extra privacy and had managed to wake her up. He'd been made to clean the latrines for a month afterward, and those latrines could get pretty dirty what with the muddy planets and similar muck and slime that got tracked in through the Stargate.
Nobody messed with the sanctity of the upside-down number. No one.
If anybody worked hard in the Stargate Command, it was Major Samantha Carter. This was a fact which was well known and caused Sam to be the unwilling recipient of a good deal of reverence and copious amounts of butt-kissing.
It often seemed to Sam that a third of the base thought of her as some kind of a demigoddess that was always available to rush in and save the planet and then figure out a complicated alien doohickey in her spare time. All this was done, of course, while bearing a nine hundred watt smile and not getting a single blonde hair out of place.
The second third of the base hated her for her admittedly prodigious abilities that always seemed to piss somebody off because she made them look stupid (which, sadly, was easy enough to do. After all, most of them were rather stupid).
The final third of her colleagues was in love with her (she only wanted one person to be in love with her. The rest could go find real girlfriends and stop making her some kind of sex idol).
The only places where she felt comfortable were in the company of SG-1 (and even they were subject to that trusting sort of reverence when it came down to fix-it-or-we're-dead time) and her lab. Even her house was uncomfortable because it didn't really know her. She wasn't there enough for it to feel like a home. Instead, it just became a cemetery for previously healthy plants and a prim library for astrophysics books that only three other people on the planet could read and understand.
It should have come as no surprise to anyone, then, that Sam spent more than a fair amount of her time in her lab on base. The world was so much easier to understand and balance when she was figuring out that the grimy piece of stone from P4X-something or other was actually a device for planning crop rotation that automatically took into account hyper-specific field conditions.
However, more often than not, her zeal for scientific discovery would eventually come under attack by her pesky human need for sleep. Sam was a good soldier, so she would fight valiantly on until eventually she would wake up with the imprint of the farming stone on her cheek and one whopper of a neck-ache from having slept slumped over at her lab table. Sometimes these problems were compounded by an uncomfortably warm face that was caused by her having fallen asleep when the light under her table was on at the time of her unwilling surrender.
Somebody had obviously gotten tired of seeing her rub burn cream onto her face, because one day she walked into her lab and was surprised to find a fairly comfy looking green couch sitting unobtrusively in an as yet unused corner of the lab where it wouldn't get in her or anybody else's way. An afghan with a patriotic eagle woven into it was folded over one arm of the couch. Sam had tried to find out who had given her the couch but was never able to track it down. It had been delivered by an unmarked truck, but was legally placed in her lab after it went through security without a hitch. After determining that it held no spying devices of any kind, alien or Earth-wise, Sam shrugged her shoulders and allowed it to stay in her office. It had proven to be useful. She was usually able now to make it to the couch before she completely zonked out on top of whatever piece of technology she happened to be working on at the moment and that was a plus.
The gift of the couch wasn't the only piece of kindness that was given to Sam, the base's beloved miracle worker, in those despised moments when she was forced to actually get some sleep. Somehow, the entire base seemed to know when she was sleeping and would leave her alone. Daniel wouldn't pop in to find out how her piece of technology might have affected the daily lives of the people he was researching. General Hammond wouldn't call her up to his office to commend her for yet another accurate and informative report (a report that he couldn't understand and would she mind explaining it in words that had less than eight syllables?). Siler wouldn't inform her that the Gate had made some kind of weird sound and that he wanted her to make sure everything was okay. Janet wouldn't come in and talk about Cassie or the new book she was reading. It was all just blessed peace and rest.
Besides, that couch was actually damn comfortable.
It was as if everybody knew exactly when she was sleeping, because it wasn't like they had any qualms about interrupting her when she was awake – far from it. But that was just crazy to assume. Likely they were knocking and she was too dead to the world to hear it, although normally she was a fairly light sleeper. She had to be, with the amount of times she had to sleep in potentially hostile places. Maybe she had just labeled the base as "safe" in her mind and that's why she slept so soundly. (She carefully ignored all the threshold situations that they had had on base…)
Oh, well. She couldn't figure it out. Honestly, though, she wasn't going to look the situation too close in the mouth. She needed sleep and somehow, the place and the peace which she needed had been provided. Who was she to care how it all came about?
But…it really was strange…who could be doing it? ... Janet was certainly more than capable…nah, Sam, it wouldn't be him…maybe an electromagnetic pulse would get that stone to start working again…
She started to get sleepy….
Colonel Jack O'Neill walked past Sam's lab on his way to the locker room and glanced in the open door as he always did. He smiled a little when he saw that she was sound asleep on the green couch in the corner, a lump of grey stone on the ground beside the arm that was hanging over the edge. Hopefully that wasn't a bomb or anything. He flicked the number on her door upside down with a well practiced movement of his finger and kept on walking down the hallway.
Everybody would know what that meant. Bringing that couch in from his cabin had been one of his best ideas yet…along with tipping off Siler about the number, of course.
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Wiko K-kool is one of the latest smart phones from French phone manufacturer, Wiko. The K-kool adopts a cool name, continuing in Wiko's spectacular ways of naming their phones.
Full Specifications
Wiko K-kool features a 5-inch IPS touch display with a resolution of 480 x 854 pixels. The device boots Android 6.0 Marshmallow out-of-the-box and packs a moderate 2000mAh battery.
Wiko K-kool is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core Mediatek processor which coordinates all functions of the phone. On the aspect of the memory, the K-kool features a 512MB and 1GB variant of RAM sizes, offered differently in different markets. Just like most of its peers, the phone comes with 16GB of internal storage space which can be expanded up to 64GB.
Talking about the camera, Wiko K-kool sports a rather disappointing 5MP rear camera with LED flash and a 2MP front facing camera. The selfie camera is said to have the ability to detect a smiling face and then automatically take a snapshot.
Wiko K-kool Price
As stated earlier, Wiko K-kool was unveiled in February 2016 and has not shipped to Nigeria. It is speculated that whenever the device touches down in Nigeria, it may likely be priced in the range of 25,000 – 37,000 Naira.
Our Take
In summary the K-kool can be nothing but a low-end device, considering the specs it boasts of. It is rather disheartening that there's a 512MB RAM version which relegates the phone to a no-go zone if you're looking for a phone to play your favorite mobile game or run all your social media apps at once. The camera aspect also bears some disappointment with the rear unit only managing a 5MP camera and a 2MP snapper up front. Wiko promises users some wonderful experience, that is marketing. This one might give you a horrible experience in the long run.
Here's a summary of the specs and features of Wiko K-kool
General Features
- Platform: Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)
- Processor: 1.3GHz Quad Core Processor
- GPU: Mali 400MP
- Memory: 1GB RAM
- Colours: True Black, Light Orange, Bleen, Silver
- Dimension: 145 x 74 x 9.8 mm
- Weight: 174 g
- SIM Type: SIM1: Mini SIM, SIM2: Micro SIM
- SIM Count: Single SIM or Dual-SIM
- Display: 5.0-inch IPS Touch Display, 480 x 854 pixels (196 ppi)
- Display Protection: –
- Rear Camera: 5MP Camera, 1080p HD Video
- Rear Camera Features: Fixed focus, LED Flash, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, Panorama, HDR
- Front Camera: 2MP Camera
- Built-in Storage: 8GB
- Memory Card Support: up to 64GB
- Bundled Cloud Storage: –
Network Support
- 2G GSM: Yes, 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
- 2G CDMA 1X: No
- 3G WCDMA: Yes, 900/2100 MHz
- 3G CDMA EVDO: No
- 4G LTE: No
Internet & Connectivity
- GPRS: Yes
- EDGE: Yes
- 3G/WCDMA/HSPA: Yes
- HSPA+: Yes
- CDMA EVDO: No
- 4G LTE: No
- WLAN: Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
- Wi-Fi Hotspot: Yes
- Bluetooth: Yes Bluetooth 4.0
- NFC: No
- Infrared Blaster: No
- USB Port: Yes USB 2.0
- SMS/MMS: Yes
- Instant Messaging: Yes
- Push Emails: Yes
- Email Protocol: –
- Music Player: MP3/AAC/WAV player
- Video Player: MP4/H.264 player
- FM Radio: Yes
- Loudspeaker: Yes
- 3.5mm Jack: Yes
- Navigation: Yes, with A-GPS
- Maps: Google Maps
Sensors & Control
- Digital Compass: Yes
- Accelerometer: Yes
- Proximity Sensor: Yes
- Light Sensor: Yes
- Barometer: No
- SpO2: No
- Pedometer: No
- Heart Rate Monitor: No
- Gyroscope: No
- Fingerprint Scanner: No
- Iris Scanner: No
- Intelligent Digital Assistant: Yes
- Motion Sensing / Gesture Control: No
- Voice Control: Yes
Other Features
- Video Streaming: Yes
- Active Noise Cancellation: No
- Wireless Charging: No
- Built-in Mobile Payment: No
- Water Resistant: No
- Dust Resistant: No
- Image Editor: Yes
- Video Editor: Yes
- Document Viewer: Yes
- Document Editor: No
- Battery: 2000 mAh Li-ion Battery
- Talktime: up to 12.5 hours (3G)
- Standby Time: up to 440 hours (3G)
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Jumia Nigeria |from N13,995 Click to View Price Offers!
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Friday, 22 July 2011
bags not
Earthquakes don't only crack open the earth they also have the ability to crack open our hearts and minds. A lot of wonderful and heart warming things have happened in Christchurch and Lyttelton in response to the earthquake.
One area that has pulled the short straw though has been the environment: every day hundreds of trucks rumble into Lyttelton and disgorge building rubble straight into the water of our harbour; hundreds of old buildings are being destroyed, in the process releasing asbestos, lead paint particles and other chemicals into the air. Every one of the major earthquakes/aftershocks we experienced were over in leass than a minute, but the debris created by the destruction of large parts of the city equals the amount of rubbish that Christchurch usually produces in 20 years.
This makes depressing reading, but we can always come up with positive ideas to counteract this, even if small.
While a lot of the shops, including the supermarket, are still closed on London Street , now might be the time to re-ignite an idea that has been floating around for years: Plastic-bag- free Lyttelton.
A lot has been done overseas to tackle plastic bags:
• Plastic bags are not available in Germany any more unless they are fully biodegradable.
• Ireland and Taiwan both reduced plastic bag usage by more than 90% through a small levy.
There are also a few places in New Zealand that have made steps in this direction:
• Collingwood in Golden Bay is NZ's first plastic-bag free town. Zero Waste funding was gained from Tasman Council for an educational programme including cloth bag painting in all of the Golden Bay schools. The first 1000 bags were handed out to every car entering Collingwood. Following that, surprise visits from the 'Good Green Fairy" rewarded shoppers using their own shopping containers with wonderful donated prizes. http://plasticshoppingbagfree.org.nz
• Waitakere City Council is the first council in NZ whose goal it is to be plastic bag free. Their website gives tips for both customers and retailers, as it is very important to get businesses onboard. Check out http://www.waitakere.govt.nz/abtcit/ec/bagsnot/index.asp
• Plastic Bag free Kaikoura launched 'Fantastic No Plastic!' with a logo, designed by a local High School student, printed on recyclable bags. A colloboration between council and local businesses meant that 10,000 reusable printed bags were purchased and distributed free to each household and to each primary and high school student at presentations held at the schools. The remainder of the bags are being sold to the community through local businesses at a price of $1.50 each.
• Waikouaiti in Coastal Otago has been busy with the same ideas.
In 2008 Project Lyttelton did a survey at the Farmers Market re. Plastic bag free Lyttelton and over 129 of 165 people asked thought reduction of plastic bags was very important and that they would be happy to pay around $2 for a non-plastic bag if available.
A group of women around Project Lyttelton have sewn dozens of cloth bags in the last few years, mainly used to give away as welcome bags to new Lyttelton residents.
So how can we go forward and turn Lyttelton into another plastic bag free town?
written by Bettina Evans
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It's a topic of huge interest to many Forbes residents who are scrambling to cast their vote on a recent survey released by Forbes Shire Council.
The survey, which asks individuals to choose between Melbourne and Sydney as their preferred route from Forbes, has been established to canvas viable options for a potential passenger airline service.
The Find it in Forbes Facebook page in particular received over 50 comments in just two hours and opinions are split down the middle.
At first Sydney seemed the popular choice with votes pouring in, however one user suggested;
"Parkes already offers a Sydney service and is easy enough to get to and from. Whereas the closest service to Melbourne is a 3 hour drive away. If they were to offer a Melbourne service we would have the best of both and people from surrounding districts would come to Forbes to utilise the service."
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Stephen & Fiora 2017
NaFsiora Duo - Ac(ro)cordion
African Acrobatics and Accordion
Stephen & Fiora
click to see: AcroCodion Tour 2017 Calender.
- June 18 - Beemster Fortfair, Middenbeemster, Holland 11.00 and 15.00
- June 23 - Waldorf School Court-Saint-Etienne, Belgium (not for public)
- June 24 - All Mellow Straatmuziekfestival, Almelo, Holland 14.15 and 15.30
- June 24 - Mooi Weer Spelen, Delft, Holland 20.30
- June 25 - Mooi Weer Spelen, Delft, Holland 13.30, 15.00, 16.30
- June 26 - Grotius College, Delft, Holland (not for public)
- June 29-July 1 - With Circus Zanzara in Lier, Belgium
- July 5 - Berkelschool Zutphen, Holland (not for public)
- August 4-6- San Marino International Streetfestival, Italy
- August 14-20 - Berlin Lacht Festival, Germany
- August 25-27 - With Circus Zanzara at Sint Rosa Festival Sittard, Holland
An act full of African acrobatics, European accordion music, dance, humor, emotion and romance.
A unique and special collaboration between a Kenyan acrobat and a Dutch accordionist.
A combination of two completely different worlds. The accordion accompanies the act with beautiful music not being an obstacle to also combine it with acrobatics. But what if it becomes more and more intimate and the accordion is too much in between…
Through interaction with the audience, joking around and dancing together, Fiora and Stephen grow more and more together, concurring the borders of their different worlds.
Join the Bongo-bongo sensation!
the show is aimed in raising funds for Nafsi projects in Kenya
Stephen - Nafsi
Stephen Owino is a Kenyan acrobat, actor and dancer. Representing Nafsi Africa Acrobats, an organisation Stephen founded with his brothers. Nafsi provides acrobatic- dance- and music-lessons for kids from the slums of Nairobi, to give them a better future.
With passion, optimism and a driven mentality Nafsi moves a lot of people. Nafsi is also well known for their international performances, streetshows and workshops, with the aim of social development.
Fiora Beuger is a musician and composer from Holland. She plays in theatre shows and in several bands and works for Circus Zanzara. As the accordionist of Amarins & le gatte negre, she travelled a lot through Europe to perform in (street)festivals.
NaFsiora Duo - Stephen & Fiora
Fiora and Stephen developed the 'Ac(ro)cordion show' during the European summer tour of Nafsi-trio and Fiora in summer 2016. The show was already featured in the streets of Croatia, Switzerland, Italy and Denmark, in Sint Roza festival in Holland and in the Christmas Circusshow 2016 of Circus Zanzara in Amsterdam. The show that was also trained in Kenya and was aimed t raise and facilitate the Nafsi street children programs in Kenya.
Ready to be presented in the rest of Europe in 2017!
At schools the show can be combined with a workshop. During the workshop we teach the kids some basic acrobatics and african dance in a playful way. Trust and collaboration are very important with acrobatics, kids really have to work together and with some exercises we build on trust and guts to prepare for basic acrobatic tricks.
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JACKSON — Lynn Posey said Tuesday that he won't seek a third term as the central district member of the Mississippi Public Service Commission. Posey, of Union Church, was elected to the three-person utility regulation board in 2007 and 2011. He served 20 years in the state Senate, chairing the Wildlife Committee 16 years. He switched from Democrat to Republican ...Read More »
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Rep. Brown says he will run for Posey's seat on PSC
JACKSON — Democratic state Rep. Cecil Brown of Jackson said yesterday that he's running in 2015 for a seat on the Mississippi Public Service Commission, the three-member board that regulates utilities. Brown, 70, said he will seek the central district seat that is held by Republican Lynn Posey, a former state senator from Union Church. Posey could not immediately be ...Read More »
McCoy's retirement as speaker extinction of legislative species
Everyone who keeps up with politics in Mississippi knew that it was on his mind. But everyone also knows that Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives Billy McCoy can be one stubborn soul when he wants to be. Yet last week Speaker McCoy made what had to be a gut-wrenching decision for him. He decided to lay down the ...Read More »
MBJ Editorial: Legislature missed a great opportunity
After weeks of slow and steady progress under the Capitol dome, the Mississippi Legislature was in position to accomplish a rare feat in today's highly partisan political atmosphere. Despite the sabre rattling and public pronouncements of those clamoring for a costly court fight, the redistricting process was reduced to a single Senate vote. It represented a singular opportunity for the ...Read More »
Funding university research
Going back two decades, Mississippi's current and former senators have distinguished themselves as masters of the earmark system. One of the primary beneficiaries of that targeted federal money has been the various research departments of the state's colleges, universities and community colleges. That spigot most likely won't flow like it once did, now that the Republican congressional leadership has enacted ...Read More »
Read their lips: No new taxes
Officials made feelings known in speeches at MEC's annual event Mississippi's statewide elected officials each spoke for about 10 minutes at last Thursday's Hobnob. They all said pretty much the same thing: The state's budget for fiscal year 2012 will be among the leanest the state has had in generations, and raising taxes on anything or anybody is no way ...Read More »


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by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
Published October 26th, 2010
Young Adult Contemporary
Premise:"I've left some clues for you.
If you want them, turn the page.
If you don't, put the book back on the shelf, please."
So begins the latest whirlwind romance from the bestselling authors of Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist. Lily has left a red notebook full of challenges on a favorite bookstore shelf, waiting for just the right guy to come along and accept its dares. But is Dash that right guy? Or are Dash and Lily only destined to trade dares, dreams, and desires in the notebook they pass back and forth at locations across New York? Could their in-person selves possibly connect as well as their notebook versions? Or will they be a comic mismatch of disastrous proportions?
Rachel Cohn and David Levithan have written a love story that will have readers perusing bookstore shelves, looking and longing for a love (and a red notebook) of their own.
Get your copy!
I received a free copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review
My thoughts:
(review originally written on January 23rd, 2013)
Gosh! I loved this book so much! I'm grinning and giggling like a crazy person! It was one of the most fun reads I have had in a while. I absolutely loved Dash, he's so smart and sarcastic and funny even when he's not trying and overall he's pretty authentic. But the one that truly got to my heart was Boomer! Oh Jeez! He made me laugh so hard! He is like a little puppy, I just want to hug him!
Lily... at first I didn't like her that much because I'm usually not into those kinds of female protagonist, too good for me to relate I think. But then she improves, she starts taking risks and living life a little and I admire her for that.
I loved the idea of the red notebook and two stranger who are almost nothing alike but they understand each other like no one else could. It was heartwarming and funny and witty and... really, even if here where I live is mid January which equals to a weather so hot that you can barely get out of your house without melting, I could easily picture the whole winter break scene and Christmas lights and everything. Great work authors!
I heard rummors about this book being turned into a movie soon... I wouldn't miss it for the world!
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Zaimal the Coming Storm was an orcish spellcaster and shaman capable of level four spells. He was part of Zaitosh's orc tribe in the Orc Cave.
Zaimal fought against the warparty in Operation Greenfall. Zaimal was the last of the orcs to fall, excepting Zaitosh himself. Zaimal cried as Zaitosh was slaughtered but was executed himself.
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2x Scorching Ray
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Maestro is an international debit card service. Maestro cards are obtained from associate banks and linked to the cardholder's current account. The cardholder presents the card at the Point of sale (POS) and this is swiped through the terminal by the assistant or the customer or inserted into a PINpad. The payment is authorised by the card issuer to ensure that the cardholder has sufficient funds in their account to make the purchase and the cardholder confirms the payment by either signing the sales receipt or enters their 4 to 6-digit PIN.
In Europe, Maestro is the successor to the Eurocheque system.
In the United Kingdom the former Switch debit card system has been rebranded as Maestro and uses chip and PIN technology.
In Ireland, customers of AIB are receiving a new AIB Maestro debit card which is to replace the current Laser card. The new card which uses Chip and PIN technology, can be used for all POS transactions that accept Laser or Maestro. The card can also be used at ATMs that accept Link, in addition to the Maestro supported machines. Most Laser cards issued by other banks also have the Maestro logo and function as Maestro cards.
In Belgium, the existing Bancontact/Mister Cash system will be phased out in favor of Maestro. This is directly in line with the European directive requiring member states to adopt a common payment system by 2010 (see Single European Payments Area).
In Brazil, Maestro has acquired the existing Redeshop service and is in the process of rebranding it as Maestro. Brazilian Caixa Econômica Federal is currently the major Maestro issuer in the world, with over 34,000,000 cards issued as Octber, 2006.
In Argentina, Maestro is the card used by the Banco de la Nacion Argentina, and others.
Because of its global acceptance and the increase in Maestro based prepaid cards, a major advertising campaign in the UK by the company calls Maestro 'The New Cash.'
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Teaching Materials - Exercise
Searching for and collaging the organic
Name of Artist Educator: Chris Wong
Excercise Category: Visual storytelling
Nature inspires artists.
Concept / Inspiration:
Nature inspires many artists. After learning basic photography skills, students need to create their personal work, perhaps nature could be their inspiration.
Photography is not only about taking 2-dimentional photos. Students could try to combine photography with different materials and diversify in medium.
Materials / Equipment:
- Camera
- Photos of the Nature (Students are required to bring along their own photos)
- Materials gathered from the nature
Classroom, Garden
Workshop Description:
Part One l Sharing artists' work (around 20 minutes)
Instructor may introduce students the works of renowned artists who have worked on collage, such as that of McCarrell, Runlin Chen, etc. Students are shown how photography works alongside with elements from different media, like nature, collage, to create a mixed media work.
Part Two l In search of the organic (around 20 minutes)
- Having gained a fair understanding of the theme, students can start to gather organic materials from the school garden.
- Students make a collage of the gathered materials and the photos they took previously, and photograph the collage.
- Students share with the class the materials they collected and what they mean to them, and further explain how they create with these materials.
- Students need to create a work of mixed media using both photos and the materials collected from the nature.
Note 1: After finishing a creative exercise based on things collected from nature, instructor may arrange an extended exercise: choose a theme and ask students to collect different personal items and take photos according to the theme and form a treasure box after sourcing, selection, collection and rearrangement. During the process, they need to consider the composition, the relation between different objects and it is hoped to arouse association.
Expected Outcome:
Students would have greater exposure to different visual elements and understand how different materials aid their work, which helps them contemplate on the relationship between content and representation.
Actual Outcome:
Students came to understand the notion of "Less is more", they selected only visual elements that are compatible with their work, and mastered certain photography skills to complete the exercise.
During class
Students are rearranging the materials for photo-taking.
Students are reporting their ideas about the works.
Student work in class
Student work for extended exercise
Student Feedback:
Students were very excited to go outdoor, "I think it is very interesting. I haven't realized there are such beautiful flowers and plants at our school garden before."
Reference Materials:
Collage work reference
Susan Mccarrell
Art work and the nature
Runlin Chen
Learning different visual elements and composition rules from environmental art
Andy Goldsworthy:
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The founding committee, which includes ex-CIA agent William Sloane Coffin and openly gay Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson, stated it hoped, through a program of "dialogue, understanding and hot-dish potluck dinners," to present a more liberal understanding of politics and religion to the American people.
Leaders of right wing Christian groups, including the Family Research Council, which owns the George Bush family, the Christian Coalition, and the Traditional Values Coalition, which owns the Clear Channel radio conglomerate, laughed themselves silly at the idea. Tony Perkins (no relation to the late actor), President of the Family Research Council, said he "got a mighty good chuckle" at the attempts of "namby-pamby sissy-boy liberal religionists trying to break our iron hold on the reins of religious power and influence in this country. That dawg won't hunt. We got Dubya in our back pocket and Rummy in a tote sack. Haw haw haw!"
Televangelist Pat Robertson, still under investigation by the FBI for his threat to blow up the State Department, commented from his cell at Camp X-Ray: "Lord, in your power, give them all the AIDS, Lord! Grant that their lying lib'ral tongues would turn black and fall off, hallelujah! Holy Jesus, choke them in their own vomit, Lord, and give them the bleeding ulcers, yes Jesus!" Robertson, considered a moderate right wing loony, is scheduled to be released next week, when he will rejoin Rush Limbaugh as a commentator on Negro football on ESPN.
Sloane Coffin, heir of the New York Sloane furniture fortune and former chaplain at Yale, said in an interview, "We want to bring a little sweetness and light to the increasingly polarized religious and political debate in this country. So we're going to start with a series of potluck dinners where we'll discuss, in a civilized way, the issues confronting this nation." Gay Bishop Robinson added he was looking forward to turning the other cheek.


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5 x Mangroves pods,
5 X Amphipods,
250ml Copepods,
1000 grams livesand 0.5mm 1mm
200ml cheato
250 grams rock rubble
There are both pelagic (free swimming), and benthic (bottom dwelling) bugs.
Copepods occur in all types of aquatic ecosystems; freshwater, estuarine (brackish) and marine.
Amphipods are mostly found in marine ecosystems, but there are some freshwater and terrestrial species.
They are just a few of the tiny animal organisms that make up zooplankton, which contributes to the make up of plankton.
These creatures eat phytoplankton (tiny plants and algae that also help make up plankton), small microzooplankton (the division of zooplankton that are smaller than 200 microns, or 1/127th of an inch in size), and detritus.
Only a few of the thousands of species of copepods and amphipods known are carnivorous or parasitic, and these are rarely found in a saltwater aquarium system.
For many saltwater fish and other marine species, copepods and amphipods are a primary food source, both in nature and in captivity.
Because these tiny organisms are a natural part of the plankton food chain in the ocean realm, they are naturally going to occur in a saltwater aquarium environment. They are also micro-cultured as food for various species of adult marine animals, as well as used and tested as a food source in the research of culturing and rearing all kinds of tank-raised fry.
Copepods and amphipods most often appear in closed aquarium systems after live sand and/or rock has been added.
Copepods are the second largest source of protein in the oceans, second only to krill. They are the natural food of many fish in the oceans, especially the early life stages.
Some fish will not eat non-living foods, and require live feeds such as copepods and mysids. Some good examples are: mandarin gobies, any seahorse species, scooter blennies, and early life stages of dottybacks, chromis, tangs, flame angels, etc. Owner's of these type of fish definitely need a consistent and reliable source of copepods for feeding.
Reef tank systems do better when there are a variety of natural organisms to maintain the ecological balance. The reason that "live rock" or "live sand" is such a great item is that it provides a foundation for healthy microorganisms that will allow the larger, more visible fish and invertebrates to thrive.
Over time, the population of the invertebrates from the live rock will naturally decline, as they are grazed by the corals, anemones, fish and shrimp in the tank.
Mangroves copepods are a great way to boost your natural populations of copepods.
You will receive a good batch of copepods in each container.
If you replenish your system regularly you will give these a good chance of survival.
Mangroves copepods are detritivores and will stay in your
tank without any additional food.
Mangroves Copepods are shipped in a 100ml Pouch at 28 ppt to 32 ppt salinity (1.022 to 1.025) with a little bit of food (this food will not harm your tank residents). Copepods will settle to the bottom during shipping, so if you open the bottle and don't see any, try shaking it up.


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These savory pancakes are loaded with vegetables and are so good topped with guacamole, scallions, and diced red bell peppers. I'm having a love affair with guacamole this week- don't judge me!
Mexican Skillet Cakes
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- 1 cup almond flour
- 1 egg
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 red bell pepper, finely chopped
- 1 zucchini, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup chopped green onions, divided
- 1/2 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil, divided into teaspoons
For garnish
- guacamole, store bought or homemade
- diced red peppers
- green onions (half of what is listed above)
- Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Sauté peppers, onions, and zucchini until softened, 3 minutes. Transfer to a bowl.
- Add flour, chili powder, egg, and half of the green onions to the vegetables.
- Heat one teaspoon oil in the skillet. Pour dollops of batter into the pan, making 4 cakes at a time, let them cook for 4 minutes per side until golden brown. Use the last teaspoon of oil to make the last 4 cakes.
- Top with guacamole, diced peppers, and green onions.
- Enjoy!
- adapted from www.glutenfreehappytummy.blogspot.com


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Red Dragon Codex is book one (January 2008) in the Dragon Codices of which there are seven juvenile rated books in all: Red (2008), Bronze (2008), Black (2008), Brass (2009), Green (2009), Silver (2009), and Gold (2010) Dragon Codex. At this time, March 2013, I have read Red and Silver Dragon Codex; both were excellent reading. Doctor-at-Bass! T. A.
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6T 1Z4
A novel velocimeter consisting of multiple orthogonal disks fitted with pressure transducers has been developed. Dynamic pressure differences are measured between the center of one disk face and the center of the other face, on each of the disks. While previously-developed anemometers based on dynamic pressure differences (such as yaw or three-hole probes) can only measure velocities with a small range of directions, the new disk probe can measure three components of velocity, even in highly three-dimensional flows where the approximate direction of the flow is not known. Wind tunnel tests have shown the velocimeter to be quite accurate; it can measure velocities to ±1.4% and wind directions to ±4 deg. The velocimeter is very robust and therefore can make measurements in environments too harsh for most other velocity transducers.
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All recreational that a human makes, with an interest, is called a passion. So making a movie is a hobby simply same as watching it. A few of the hobbies are for passing time or for psychological satisfaction. Some may give you data and some might provide you with money. A few of them are technical. Moreover, some of them are artistic. Artistic passion consists of creating art and craft in addition to performing arts, instructions, musical instrument taking part in and so on. If the participant requires that City of Ottawa employees be responsible for storing, administering or supervising the administration of any treatment, the participant or parent/guardian is required to sign a release waiver and submit it to the ability where this system is being provided. Contact the power for extra data. Questioning if a sport or different park event is on or called on account of moist circumstances? Montgomery Recreation sports fields and park statuses are updated on our Area Hotline at (800) 731-8412. Updates are made by 3pm, Mon-Fri. Weekend conditions are decided by the sensible discretion of the league facilitators.
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Category: built heritage / artistic heritage
This photo is heritage because it is an old statue that I've only seen at this church. The church was built in the 1960s so I'm guessing that they put this statue there at the same time. I think and feel that she's feeling sad. Waiting for something, thinking of something bad that she did or praying to God! This is Our Lady of Pompei Church.
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Laws of Canada and Quebec
In Quebec, there are two levels of government, the provincial and the federal level, following the Constitution Act of 1867. Generally speaking, civil matters (property, contracts, and civil liability) as well as municipalities, hospitals and education are under the authority of the government of the province of Quebec. On the other hand, the federal government may adopt laws on transportation (navigation, railways and aeronautics), criminal law, marriage and divorce, etc.
Furthermore, Canada's law system is mixed. Indeed, private law, meaning the relationships between individuals, is governed by French-inspired civil law and is embodied within the Civil Code of Quebec. On the other hand, public law, meaning the relations between the State and an individual, is organized according to the principles of the common law, of English origins. Thus, Quebec lawyers are required to master both legal systems.
Many laws and regulations currently in force in Quebec have a direct impact on everyday life and the business world. For example, the Civil Code governs all contractual relationships and has various provisions on the environment, labor relations and corporate law.
Various legislative texts are made available by Lecours, Hébert Lawyers for your perusal. These texts have been selected based on their relevance for the business community. You may consult some extracts of these laws by clicking on their title below. To consult the integral text, please select the "PDF" format.
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A sixeen-year-old Ossining High School student lost his life early this morning, January 14, 2006, as a result of a single motor-vehicle accident at the Route 9 North off-ramp at Croton Point Avenue (map), as pictured. Three other youths, aged sixteen and seventeen, including the driver, were injured in the accident and transported to nearby hospitals by ambulance for treatment. The accident occurred at approximately 10:00 PM on Friday, January 13, 2006 and remains under investigation by the Village of Croton-on-Hudson Police Department. Additional information about this accident will be available to Crotonblog readers in the upcoming edition of the Police Blotter.
Editor's note: On behalf of the entire Crotonblog staff, we are very saddened to report this tragic news and offer our condolences to the families and friends touched by this accident.


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We embarked on a campaign with TriStar Skyline Medical Center to boost the morale of employees and help create excitement around the mission of the hospital. Our strategy was to create a comprehensive mission piece that expressed the "why" and passion of their work and then roll out 32 stand-alone testimonials entitled "Connect to Purpose" over the course of a calendar year.
Since the completion of the campaign, TriStar Skyline has had a strong and measurable shift in employee engagement, patient experience, and positive feedback. The library of one-on-one interviews (two such below) along with the "Above All Else" crown jewel (left) continues to inspire Skyline veterans and new hires alike.
Signcraft is a Nashville-based company that fabricates custom signage for institutions, large and small, all over the country. Any given health system, for instance, may have 25,000 signs on its campus.
They needed new video content to push out to the four professionals they do business with the most: owners, architects, GC's and designers; along with an overview video of their capabilities. A main overview video (right) is featured here along with two targeted videos (below).
The Nashville-based "Baptist Healing Trust" Board of Directors decided to incubate a new, statewide institution that provides non-partisan research, data analysis, and information regarding pending legislation as well as statewide policy initiatives undertaken by non-profit and private sector organizations.
Over four days in the spring and summer of 2015, BHT convened a diverse group of approximately 80 people for a DesignShop at the Nelson Andrews Leadership Lodge outside of Nashville for the purpose of planning and designing this new institution. Subsequently, a smaller group of BHT staff, BHT Board, and participants from the DesignShop met on multiple occasions during August and September to complete the process of forming the organization.
In addition to playing a part in the DesignShop, we worked with this smaller group to develop branding language, bedrock beliefs, core behavioral values and a name for the new organization. Through this rigorous process, The Sycamore Institute was created. Finally, our team created an entire visual identity for the organization which included the logo, the brand brochure (right), letterhead, business cards (right) and finally a graphics & brand standards manual.
SolvOne, a Portland, OR based company, serves the petroleum industry by providing 24/7/365 site-related problem solutions, facilitating dispatch execution, performing nationwide project rollouts and coordinating extensive compliance management efforts.
We had the distinct opportunity to work with them to create a new mission, a visual identity including a new logo, business cards, web presence (solvone.com) and an explainer video among other assets. In other words... "the works."
We brought everything to these two Harpeth Hall projects: writing, production, archives, period cinematography, motion graphics, black & white portraiture, and documentary filmmaking... it's all there.
The result is work we're tremendously proud of, and that's to say nothing of how grateful we feel to Harpeth Hall for entrusting these projects to us. Featured to the right is a narrative-based statement piece (for use in admissions) and a history piece below that celebrates 150 years of girls education.
Nashville-based non-profit Our Kids helps children and families heal from incidences of child sexual abuse. We met with Our Kids at a crucial time in their organization's history - their 30th anniversary.
Our team worked with leadership at Our Kids to define and communicate their vision, bedrock beliefs, and core behavioral values; all of which were collected in a visioning document that we tailor-made just for them.
Using the fruits of the visioning process, we produced a series of branded content for Our Kids to push out via social media and fundraising events. The statement video we created for them is featured here.
Dispensary of Hope is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing pharmacies and charitable clinics with reliable access to vital medication – generously donated by pharmaceutical manufacturers and providers. With a robust inventory of consistently available drugs, they improve the health of our most vulnerable citizens – those with low income and without prescription drug benefits.
Over the last several years, we have worked with Dispensary of Hope to create meaningful branding of all stripes: print collateral, documentary-style videos, explainer videos, and finally a new website.
Their "story" video is featured to the right while one patient feature (of several created) is shown below along with their explainer video.
Louisiana Pacific is a Fortune 500 leader in the building product industry. Every so often, a company of their size needs to rally thousands of their team members around a common message. The message this time, was one of morality, safety and camaraderie. We were tapped to craft such a message.
This unique compliance was used to galvanize morale among existing employees and to educate employees who were just climbing on board.
Pinnacle Financial Partners is a Nashville success story.
Founded in 2000, the firm has been a darling of the region ever since. Their focus on delivering customers outstanding service and creating an energized work culture among their associates has landed them on Fortune's "Best Place To Work" several times over.
At their 15-year milestone, Pinnacle was looking to mark the occasion with a suite of video content that celebrated their mission and culture.
We were tapped to tell the story of their company and their people. Featured here is one part of a two-part anniversary video. Among other assets we've created for Pinnacle have been a four-part annual report, merger videos, and over forty single interviews that centered on the organization's beliefs and values.


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Playhouse West back, Christenings a potentially excellent comedy, Moliere's Imaginary Invalid is beyond therapy at ACT
Lois Grandi and Playhouse West celebrate new venue in Walnut Creek!
Lois Grandi's Playhouse West is back in Walnut Creek celebrating its return with a limited engagement revival of key musical numbers from the many musicals the company has produced over the past 10 years in "Our Musical Legacy", playing through this coming weekend.
In an effort to introduce audiences to a newly re-invented theatrical venue at 1345 Locust Street, between Cypress and Mt. Diablo Boulevard., Lois Grandi has invited everybody to come to this fun-filled upbeat musical revival and get acquainted with the very comfortable, totally reconfigured studio/theatre.
When Grandi was forced to cut short her previous season at the Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, she vowed she would be back, as soon as she could find a space that would work for patrons, in a price range that she could afford. It turned out that Jan Zimmerman, her set designer, had a few ideas about re-configuring the original studio where Grandi began her teaching academy and presented her first public theatrical productions. The ideas were put to paper, the renewal project was soon launched and completed, and many of Grandi's loyal followers joined her last week at the official Gala Opening of the New Playhouse West.
Acclaimed New York Director/Producer, Adam Fitzgerald, joins Playhouse West Team
With a new Managing Artistic Director, Adam Fitzgerald by her side, the Grandi team delivered a thoroughly delightful show to the rousing applause of audience members and theatre critics alike. Former cast members Pamela Khoury, Douglas Giorgis, Laurie Kinsella, Morgan Mackay, Roland Schrivner, Joy Sherratt, and even Lois Grandi herself, returned to perform in numbers from previous award winning shows. Many memories were rekindled with songs such as "I'm Going To Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair", "Surrey with a Fringe on Top", "Getting Married Today", "Send in the Clowns", and "It's Never Too Late" to name a few, providing a richly rewarding mix of music that ranges from outrageous mirth to heart-felt melancholy.
This highly entertaining show delivers truly outstanding choreography by Lois Grandi, outstanding accompaniment and musical direction by Brandon Adams, and a cast of performers that are all perfectionists, giving what has to be much more than 100% in each and every effort.
New Managing Artistic Director, Adam Fitzgerald (a New York producing director, recently transplanted to Walnut Creek by Lois Grandi), announced the new season, beginning with "The Brute and Other Farces" by Anton Chekhov, "Defiance", by John Patrick; "In This House" by Sarah Schlesinger, Mike Reid and Jonathan Bernstein and "The Girl in the Goldfish Bowl" by Morris Panych which will bring their 2007-2008 season to a close.
This show plays this coming Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8p.m., with the closing performance on Sunday at 2 p.m. on the 24th. Tickets are a very reasonable $35 each and you may call for tickets (925) 942-0300 or purchase tickets at the door prior to the performance. The Theatre is located at 1345 Locust Street, next door to Peet's Coffee.
Galatean Players Ensemble launches an entertaining new comedy with great promise but decidedly in need of a little trimming here and there!
Also, locally, Galatean Players Ensemble Theatre is presenting "Christenings", a new play and the third in the Trilogy of Life Rituals series, by Laura Means-Berchdorf, in the Schoolhouse Cultural Center in Pleasant Hill.
In 2004, Eulogy, the first play in this trilogy by Means-Berchdorf, brought rave reviews and a Shelly Award nomination for its combined serious and comedic explorations of the experiences that we all have had, or will have, when a friend or loved one departs this world, and when friends and family gather to celebrate that occasion.
The second play in the trilogy, Vows, allowed us to see and examine again in one play, vignettes of the many life affirming values and variables attested to when people make commitments in life - - formal!
The third in this series, Christenings, pokes a little fun at the playfulness, pageantry and poetry involved in the process of becoming parents and the challenges encountered in "Primal Parenting 101", that short course about becoming a parent and surviving parenting that everybody must have signed up for - - right?
Once again in an eclectic series of scenes from everyday life, couples share with us the experiences of that first moment when our partner shares with us the "life altering" announcement that " - - we are pregnant!" I'm sure that most of us have been there at one time or another in our lives and the experience was very personal, very special, and/or very frightening to us when it happened.
"Christenings" goes on to share what happens in the next series of scenes in life, from announcement, to the baby shower, to the natural birthing class, to the delivery, to the name selection process, to some of life's more poignant, shattering moments and experiences. There is no plot, or specific story line, just a compilation of life's precious and not so precious moments, evolving from pregnancy and birth.
Over all, this play is another "work in process", full of clever ideas and fun-filled stories, crafted by an articulate and inspired writer. It is much too long however, and in many scenes the actors need to articulate more clearly as some of the thought-provoking lines were muffled, lost, or dropped in translation. The lines we "got" were very funny, but the lines we missed, oh well, who knows. Some things just didn't translate very well to me, some things I didn't really appreciate, but for the most part, it is a very enjoyable show.
The cast of 20 actors provides a lot of opportunities for a lot of different characters to emerge to share these little stories. This theatre company has been long on providing opportunities for new writers, actors and directors to experience life upon the "wicked" stage. This production's selection of highly experienced, somewhat experienced and newly emerging acting talents is very good. This is a fun evening of community theatre entertainment that is well worth the trip to Pleasant Hill.
"Christenings" plays Thursdays at 8 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8:30 p.m., and on Sundays at 2:30 p.m., now through Saturday, June 30th in the Schoolhouse Cultural Center (also known as the Onstage Theatrea) at 2030 Oak Park Boulevard (at Pleasant Hill Road) in Pleasant Hill. You may call (925) 676-5705 for ticket and reservation information or visit the Galatean Players website at www.galateanplayers.com . Tickets range between $12 (seniors and students) and $15 dollars, except on Bargain Priced Thursdays, when all tickets cost $7.
"The Imaginary Invalid" is a comic triumph by ACT in San Francisco.
American Conservatory Theater (ACT) in San Francisco is presenting a very well crafted, very funny interpretation of Moliere's "The Imaginary Invalid" which opened this past week. Adapted by Constance Congdon and directed by Ron Lagomarchino, this tightly constructed version is very focused, articulate and funny.
This was the last of Moliere's (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin) plays, an almost autobiographical tale of Moliere's disdain for practitioners of the medical profession (such as it was in the 17th century) at that time. Moliere is widely considered the greatest of all French comedy writers.
His mother died when he was only 10 years old (she had six children in six and one half years) . He had five siblings, a father who became an upholsterer to the King, and a grandfather who took him to the theatre a great deal. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1641. In 1643 he renounced the staid lifestyle of a barrister, took up the stage name of Moliere and joined nine other actors to form the Illustre-Theatre.
Three of the members of this new company were former members of the famous, well established Bejart theatrical family. In 1658 Moliere's troupe presented a program for the King which included his comedy, Le Docteur Amoureux (The Amorous Doctor) which won the king's favor and eventually, his sponsorship. From that point on, he wrote success after success, all poking fun at the wealthy and the aristocracy, and the professions of the day. His plays are in great demand, playing constantly all over the world, plays such as Tartuffe, The Miser, The Misanthrope, The Doctor in Spite of Himself, and The Learned Ladies, to mention a but a few.
On February 17, 1673 at age 51, Moliere collapsed backstage while performing in the lead role of Argan in The Imaginary Invalid. He was dealing with a persistent cough caused by advanced tuberculosis, which he had cleverly worked into this production, when the strain on his health killed him. He had refused to take any medication prescribed by a doctor.
This delightfully funny farce is about a very wealthy hypochondriac, Argan (John Apicella), who is so obsessed with his perceived ill health that he "lives" to take prescriptions and endure enemas ordered by his doctor.
He gets tired of constantly paying for physicians and pharmacists services and decides that he should marry his beautiful daughter, Angilique (Allison Jean White), to a young man who is about to be initiated as a doctor, Claude de Aria (rhymes with diarrhea), who is the son of Argan's own doctor, Doctor Purgeon (Steven Anthony Jones). At the same time, Angilique has fallen hopelessly in love with Cleante (Jud Williford) whom she had recently met at the theater.
Argan is resolute that his daughter should marry the young soon-to-be doctor, de Aria, so that he would always have free medical advice in the family. Argan's young, beautiful and devious second wife, Beline (Rene Augesen), is plotting ways to get her husband's fortune while making eyes and romantic overtures to a notary, Monsieure Bonnefoi (Anthony Fusco), who will help her prepare the necessary documents to take control over her husband's wealth. The key character is the servant-maid, Toinette (Nancy Dussault) who is bound and determined to match up the daughter with the man she loves, and at the same time, expose and foil the bad guys.
"The Imaginary Invalid" is Moliere at his best, a very funny show, an incredible farce, and an evening of theatre that will be long remembered. All of the acting is terrific, delivering a very funny comedy in great fashion.
The off-kilter set, designed by Erik Flatmo is perfectly in tune with the off-kilter characters in this tale. The lighting, especially that which introduces the evil Beline upon her every entry, is absolutely perfect. The costumes are equally important to the success of this production as well.
The story takes place in 17th century Paris. This is simply a very, very excellent production, well worthy of your trip into San Francisco to the ACT theatre at 415 Geary Street, between Mason and Taylor Streets.
Call (415) 749-2228 or visit online at www.act-sf.org to purchase tickets or garner more information. "The Imaginary Invalid" plays Tuesdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m., with Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m., closing on July 8th. Tickets range between $17.50 and $81.50, depending upon the performance.


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A listing of Antiphospholipid Syndrome medical research trials actively recruiting patient volunteers. Search for closest city to find more detailed information on a research study in your area.
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Apixaban for the Secondary Prevention of Thromboembolism Among Patients With the AntiphosPholipid Syndrome
This pilot study has two primary aims. The first is to identify patients with a clinical diagnosis of APS and then describe their recruitment, enrollment, screening failure rate, adherence to therapy, clinical characteristics, and APS diagnostic criteria in terms of broadly accepted published standards. Essential in this aim is capture ...
Use of Warfarin After the First Trimester in Pregnant Women With APS
Women will be randomly divided into two groups; one will be subjected to anticoagulant therapy by Enoxaparin throughout pregnancy and the other will be subjected to anticoagulant therapy by Enoxaparin in the first trimester then Warfarin after the first trimester until termination of pregnancy.


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From Georgetown Airport in The Bahamas, take a 20 minute flight or 45 minute scenic boat ride to Musha Cay. From there, you and your guests can get settled into your private homes on this luscious wedding island.
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From the dreamy Pier-side Cottage to the Pacific-style romantic Beach House, each home is uniquely different, tastefully decorated with treasures from David Copperfield's international adventures.
After your guests settle in, it's time to unpack. Your personal butler service can help you with anything you require as you and your guests unfold their best tropical island attire.
Catering for your wedding
Musha Cay's dining options range from magical picnic lunches on the Sandbar to stunning beach formal meals in the Balinese Beach Pavilion. Why not schedule an intimate rehearsal dinner on the dock, and reception in the Pavilion?
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