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Brian Viloria is out to prove hes still on top of his game when the Hawaiian Punch battles unbeaten Artem Dalakian of Ukraine for the vacant WBA flyweight title at the Forum in Inglewood, California, on Feb. 24.
Viloria, 37, is a former IBF/WBC lightflyweight and WBA/WBO flyweight titlist. When Japans Kazuto Ioka relinquished the WBA 112-pound championship last November, the governing body picked No. 1 contender Dalakian and No. 2 contender Viloria to dispute the vacant throne.
Ive worked very hard to earn this shot for a fifth world title and Im not going to let it slip away, said Viloria. I won my first world title in Los Angeles and I couldnt be more excited to be back home to fight for the championship in front of my friends, family and supportive fans.
Viloria lives in Los Angeles with his wife Erica and their son Tyler. In 2005, he claimed his first world title via an opening round knockout over Eric Ortiz for the WBC lightflyweight belt at the Staples Center in L. A.
Ive been working in the gym for more than a month in the hope that this fight would materialize, said Viloria. I want to thank Mr. (Akihiko) Honda and his staff at Teiken Promotions for delivering this opportunity, and also to Tom Loeffler of 360 Promotions for including this bout on the second successful Superfly event. Im eager to prove once again that Im the premier flyweight in the world and you can count on seeing the best Brian Viloria ever. Ive always given the fans an honest account in the ring and they wont be disappointed on February 24.
The bout will be shown on HBO Boxing After Dark. Its an added attraction to the second edition of HBOs superflyweight series. Viloria is coming off back-to-back wins over Mexicans Ruben Montoya and Miguel Cartagena to raise his record to 38-5, with 23 KOs. Dalakian, 30, is the WBA Continental and International flyweight ruler. His record is 15-0, with 11 KOs. It will be Dalakians first fight outside of Ukraine.
Viloria is a good boxer and was a champion but his time is up, said Dalakian who was born in Azerbaijan and is now based in Ukraine. Im going to the US to become a world champion and to prove to everyone that Im the best.
Ioka, 28, is a three-division world champion who recently ended his ring career in the wake of a split from his father and trainer Kazunori over his marriage to singer Nana Tanimura last May. Ioka hasnt fought since retaining the WBA title on a decision over Thailands Noknoi Sittiprasert in Osaka last April. His father cited lack of motivation in suggesting retirement and Ioka made it official a few days ago.
Photo: Brian Viloria (L) trains with Marvin Somodion at the Wildcard Gym in Los Angeles.
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DANIEL MAROT (seventeenth century), French architect, furniture designer and engraver, and pupil of Jean le Pautre (q.v.), was the son of Jean Marot (1620-1679), who was also an architect and engraver. He was a Huguenot, and was compelled by the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 to settle in Holland. His earlier work is characteristic of the second period of Louis XIV., but eventually it became tinged with Dutch influence, and in the end the English style which is loosely called " Queen Anne " owed much to his manner. In Holland he was taken almost immediately into the service of the Stadtholder, who, when he shortly afterwards became William III. of England, appointed him one of his architects and master of the works. Comparatively little is known of his architectural achievements, and his name cannot be attached to any English building, although we know from his own engraving that he designed the great hall of audience for the States-General at the Hague. He also decorated many Dutch country-houses. In England his activities appear to have been concentrated upon the adornment of Hampton Court Palace. Among his plans for gardens is one inscribed: " Parterre d'Amton-court invente par D. Marot." Much of the furniture—especially the mirrors, gueridons and beds—at Hampton Court bears unmistakable traces of his authorship; the tall and monumental beds, with their plumes of ostrich feathers, their elaborate valances and chantournes in crimson velvet or other rich stuffs agree very closely with his published designs. As befits an artist of the time of Louis XIV. splendour and elaboration are the out-standing characteristics of Marot's style, and he appears even to have been responsible for some of the curious and rather barbaric silver furniture which was introduced into England from France in the latter part of the 17th century. At Windsor Castle there is a silver table, attributed to him, supported by caryatid legs and gadrooned feet, with a foot-rail supporting the pine-apple which is so familiar a motive in work of this type. The slab is engraved with the arms of William III. and with the British national emblems with crowns and cherubs. Unquestionably it is an exceedingly fine example of its type. During his life in France Marot made many designs for Andre Charles Boulle (q.v.), more especially for long case and bracket clocks. The bracket clocks were intended to be mounted in chased and gilded bronze, and with their garlands and masquerons and elegant dials are far superior artistically to those of the " grandfather " variety. It is impossible to examine the designs for Marot's long clocks without suspecting that Chippendale derived from them some at least of the inspiration which made him a master of that kind of furniture. Marot's range was extraordinarily wide. He designed practically every detail in the internal ornamentation of the house—carved chimney-pieces, ceilings, panels for walls, girandoles and wall brackets, and even tea urns and cream jugs—he was indeed a prolific at Turin in the autumn of 1544. In character Marot seems to have been a typical Frenchman of the old stamp, cheerful, good-humoured and amiable enough, but probably not very much disposed to elaborately moral life and conversation or to serious reflection. He has sometimes been charged with a want of independence of character; but it is fair to remember that in the middle ages men of letters naturally attached them-selves as dependants to the great. Such scanty knowledge as we have of his relations with his equals is favourable to him. He certainly at one time quarrelled with Dolet, or at least wrote a violent epigram against him, for which there is no known cause. But, as Dolet quarrelled with almost every friend he ever had, and in two or three cases played them the shabbiest of tricks, the presumption is not against Marot in this matter. With other poets like Mellin de Saint Gelais and Brodeau, with prose writers like Rabelais and Bonaventure Desperiers, he was always on excellent terms. And whatever may have been his personal weaknesses, his importance in the history of French literature is very great, and was long rather under than over-valued. Coming immediately before a great literary reform—that of the Pleiade—Marot suffered the drawbacks of his position; he was both eclipsed and decried by the partakers in that reform. In the reaction against the Pleiade he recovered honour; but its restoration to virtual favour, a perfectly just restoration, again unjustly depressed him. Yet Marot is in no sense one of those writers of transition who are rightly obscured by those who come after them. He himself was a reformer, and a reformer on perfectly independent lines, and he carried his own reform as far as it would go. His early work was couched in the rhetoriqueur style, the distinguishing characteristics of which are elaborate metre and rhyme, allegoric matter and pedantic language. In his second stage he entirely emancipated himself from this, and became one of the easiest, least affected and most vernacular poets of France. In these points indeed he has, with the exception of La Fontaine, no rival, and the lighter verse-writers ever since have taken one or the other or both as model. In his third period he lost a little of this flowing grace and ease, but acquired something in stateliness, while he certainly lost nothing in wit. Marot is the first poet who strikes readers of French as being distinctively modern. He is not so great a poet as Villon nor as some of his successors of the Pleiade, but he is much less antiquated than the first (whose works, as well as the Roman de la rose, it may be well to mention that he edited) and not so elaborately artificial as the second. Indeed if there be a fault to find with Marot, it is designer of gold and silver plate. Many of his interiors are very rich and harmonious although commonly over-elaborated. The craze for collecting china which was at its height in his time is illustrated in his lavish designs for receptacles for porcelain—in one of his plates there are more than 300 pieces of china on the chimney-piece alone. Marot was still living in 1718, and the date of his death in unknown. We owe much of our knowledge of his work to the volume of his designs published at Amsterdam in 1712: CEuvres du Sieur D. Marot, architecte de Guillaume III. Roi de la Grande Bretagne, and to Receuil des planches des sieurs Marot, pere et fils. 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The discovery of a new human-like species raises questions about our originsby Prospect Team / September 11, 2015 / Leave a comment
This week, scientists announced the discovery of a human-like species, whose remains were found deep in a cave in South Africa. Named naledi, the researchers believe the species could date back three million years and be the first of the genus to which we belong—Homo—and thus might teach us something important about humanity's evolution and ancestry.
Such discoveries always generate huge attention, in part because they lead us to ask fundamental questions about what it is that defines us. With that in mind, we asked our panel to tell us what they think a human is.
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Matthew Skinner—senior lecturer in biological anthropology at Kent University
From a palaeoanthropological perspective, a human is an individual who displays the biological and behavioural characteristics that define our species, Homo sapiens. Biologically, this means having a large and sophisticated brain, small teeth and jaws (since we cook much of our food or process it outside of our mouths), long legs that make us efficient at walking, and dexterous hands that allow us to manipulate objects in our environment. Behaviourally, this means we have complex culture, symbolic and abstract thought, and the ability to conceive and produce complex tools to assist us in our daily lives. We are a unique species on the planet today, but like all animals we have an evolutionary history. The goal of palaeoanthropology is to…


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This year for Summer Street Fest there is a diverse line-up with more musicians on stage than ever including 10-piece ska bands, back-up singers, brass sections, marimbas and line dancing! Some audience favourites are back such as rising stars Sister Speak in their regular late summer spot, but there are also a ton of new bands to check out. Don't worry though, there is plenty of local fare – don't miss Partial to Pie playing with a full band, and our Revy-Made Music night, a selection of some of Revelstoke's finest independent musicians.
Last year the Gabriel Palatchi Trio and the OM Sound were runaway favourites with their high-octane, incredibly catchy original jazz improvisations. Audience members were heard to whisper to friends, 'I can't believe this is a free show,' and we can't quite believe we managed to get both bands back for a second year!
We're also very excited to present an international and diverse line up. We are proud to present Iskwe, an amazing indigenous pop diva, with local rising star Aza as opening act, and Sister Says, a unique indigenous pop duo. We are also very proud to present Les Poules à Colin, a female francophone group with a deliciously complex delicate sound.
We also have some awesome world music offerings like Tri-continental, a trio that fuses blues, world, Celtic, Latin, folk and African rhythms into one. Our World music selection also includes Son De Madera, an incredible band from Mexico with an authentic Latin sound, and This Way North, all the way from Australia. Kumbana Marimba, our first-ever marimba band, Barefoot Caravan and Rio Samaya round out our world music offering.
For some seriously good roots, blues and good old rock 'n' roll, check out Matt Blais, WIL, El Niven & The Alibi, Lindsay Beaver & the 24th St. Wailers, Baker St. Blues, Devon Coyote, Sam Spades and the Kaslo blues duo Holly Hyatt and Jon Burden. Another new addition is Amelie Patterson, whose music traverses territories from blues to folk rock and who doubles as Banff's poet laureate!
If you're into taking off your shoes off and jumping around, check out Malagrupa, a high-octane brass band with a Balkan flavor, and the swinging ska bands The Staggers & Jaggs and Class Action, back by popular demand. We are also proud to present The Paperboys, a huge band with a full brass section. Another big band to check out is The Honey Tongues with a rocking sax, full band and no less than three back-up singers.
For the folk lovers out there, we have a great selection. CBC Searchlight winners The Long War are back again; we also have the authentic Tiger Moon, some sweet harmonies from the Danny Bell Trio, a six-piece alternative folk roots group, Marble Canyon, enchanting duo Flint and Feather (our season opener on June 23), Coldwater Road, VISSIA, Zonnis Music, Frankie and the Band, plus The Wooden Horsemen are back again after an awesome show last year.
We have a couple of acts that feature unforgettable vocals, don't miss Bella Cat from Ottawa, whose voice rivals the late, great Amy Winehouse. On the other end of the spectrum, the deep resonate tones of prairie balladeer Scott Cook, whose his unique blend of storytelling folk and catchy tunes are reminiscent of the one and only Johnny Cash. The biggest voice award of our festival is sure to go to Derina Harvey — her band delivers high energy, old fashioned, East Coast fun. For more of this genre check out long-time favourites Nova Scotiables and Revelstoke's own Maritime Kitchen Party.
For some toe tapping country we have the wonderful Jackson Hollow, and for Canada Day, The Heels, an up-and-coming female country band who performed their original Canada 150 song at the Calgary Stampede last summer. In this genre Sarah Beatty combines multiple sound territories as she weaves Blues, Rock, Jazz, Soul, and Country into her Roots music. If you like to kick your heels up and line dance then don't miss Paul Silveria on August 3 for some line-dancing fun.
In bluegrass we have the rocking five-piece band Under The Rocks from Kelowna, alongside the Red Hot Hayseeds and sweet honeyed vocals from Sarah Jane Scouten. Local groups Chicken-Like Birds and Revelstoke's own Tappalachian String Band are back by popular demand.
Brother Octopus, the Conscientious Objectors and The Cut Losses offer up some indie pop, Arcade Fire-esque grooves with some quirky lyrics. In a similar vein, Vancouver's folk-rock outfit Echo Nebraska combine their sound with melodic pop sensibilities and should be an awesome show. Jesse and the Dandelions also have an original sparkling pop-rock sound.
For more high quality musicianship, don't miss the Aerialists, who feature both a harp and a fiddle player, Andrew and Zachari Smith for some finger picking guitar licks, and of course Revelstoke's own Bob Rogers Jazz Quartet. It's going to be an amazing year! See you at Grizzly Plaza in downtown Revelstoke from 6:30–9:30 p.m. … every single night from June 23 and August 26!
Revelstoke Summer Street Festival 2018 lineup:
Saturday, June 23, 18 Flint and Feather
Sunday, June 24, 18 Revelstoke Community Band
Monday, June 25, 18 LoFi Uppercut
Tuesday, June 26, 18 Chicken-Like Birds
Wednesday, June 27, 18 Tri-Continental
Thursday, June 28, 18 Coldwater Road
Friday, June 29, 18 Lindsay Beaver & the 24th St. Wailers
Saturday, June 30, 18 Class Action
Sunday, July 1, 18 The Heels
Monday, July 2, 18 Kumbana Marimba
Tuesday, July 3, 18 RevyMade Music
Wednesday, July 4, 18 Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra
Thursday, July 5, 18 Jackson Hollow
Friday, July 6, 18 Baker St. Blues
Saturday, July 7, 18 Under The Rocks
Sunday, July 8, 18 The Rev
Monday, July 9, 18 Andrew and Zachari Smith
Tuesday, July 10, 18 Sarah Beatty
Wednesday, July 11, 18 The Honey Tongues
Thursday, July 12, 18 Aerialists
Friday, July 13, 18 The Staggers & Jaggs
Saturday, July 14, 18 Mountain Sounds
Sunday, July 15, 18 The Tappalachain String Band
Monday, July 16, 18 Devon Coyote
Tuesday, July 17, 18 Derina Harvey Band
Wednesday, July 18, 18 VISSIA
Thursday, July 19, 18 Iskwe, Opening Act: Aza
Friday, July 20, 18 The OM Sound
Saturday, July 21, 18 Partial to Pie
Sunday, July 22, 18 Maritime Kitchen Party
Monday, July 23, 18 The Wooden Horsemen
Tuesday, July 24, 18 Malagrupa Band
Wednesday, July 25, 18 Zonnis
Thursday, July 26, 18 This Way North
Friday, July 27, 18 FRANKIIE
Saturday, July 28, 18 The Cut Losses
Sunday, July 29, 18 El Niven and The Alibi
Monday, July 30, 18 Scott Cook
Tuesday, July 31, 18 Jesse and the Dandelions
Wednesday, August 1, 18 Barefoot Caravan
Thursday, August 2, 18 Bob Rogers Jazz Quartet
Friday, August 3, 18 Paul Silveria
Saturday, August 4, 18 Amelie Patterson Trio
Sunday, August 5, 18 Red Hot Hayseeds
Monday, August 6, 18 Sam Spades
Tuesday, August 7, 18 Les Poules à Colin
Wednesday, August 8, 18 Echo Nebraska
Thursday, August 9, 18 Son de Madera
Friday, August 10, 18 Bella Cat & Malak Sound
Saturday, August 11, 18 Marble Canyon
Sunday, August 12, 18 Nova Scotiables
Monday, August 13, 18 Conscientious Objectors
Tuesday, August 14, 18 Danny Bell Trio
Wednesday, August 15, 18 Sarah Jane Scouten
Thursday, August 16, 18 The Paperboys
Friday, August 17, 18 Gabriel Palatchi Trio
Saturday, August 18, 18 Holly Hyatt and Jon Burden
Sunday, August 19, 18 WiL
Monday, August 20, 18 Brother Octopus
Tuesday, August 21, 18 The Long War & Small Town Artillery
Wednesday, August 22, 18 Tiger Moon
Thursday, August 23, 18 Matt Blais
Friday, August 24, 18 Sister Speak
Saturday, August 25, 18 Sister Says
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From the title of this post you might be wondering if I have either fallen asleep or possibly that I have finally metamorphosed into a bee. Well it's neither, on this occasion the Z is for the type of fold I have used for my card.
I am sharing this over at Craft Hoarders Anonymous where the theme of this fortnight's challenge is to use a "fun fold." I shall also be linking it up as my second project for this week's "friend" challenge at Sunday Stampers.Before I became a serious crafter I used to use this fold a lot so I am pleased to be able to revisit it again for this challenge. There are tutorials all over the internet if you would like to see how it's done. It woks really will with double sided cardstock but as I didn't have any, or any that I wanted to use for this, I used plain cream card and then covered it with designer papers. These are from my long held stash that are in an Anna Griffin kit.
Once the panels were covered, I added some pretty lace along the top of the front facing panels. Then it was simply a question of adding the butterflies. I made mine using Stampin' Up! stamps and matching punches. They have been coloured on both sides using distress inks.
I've added seam binding across the front and a stamped sentiment. The finishing touch was to add some tiny pearls.
Now here's the thing, this card was just the most annoying thing to photograph well. It didn't help that I was attempting this just as a thunderstorm was brewing.
I shall be giving this card to my friend and work colleague who is leaving next month. We have worked together for six and a half years and we both joined our organisation right at its inception. We formed a strong bond on the day we started and have remained as thick as thieves ever since – we are often taken to be sisters (with me obviously being the younger one!!!). I have been very lucky and I will miss her.
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- The presidency of George W. Bush has led to the worst foreign policy decision in the history of the United States -- the bloody, unwinnable war in Iraq. How did this happen? Bush's fateful decision was rooted in events that began decades ago, and until now this story has never been fully told. From Craig Unger, the author of the bestseller House of Bush, House of Saud, comes a comprehensive, deeply sourced, and chilling account of the secret relationship between neoconservative policy makers and the Christian Right, and how they assaulted the most vital safeguards of America's constitutional democracy while pushing the country into the catastrophic quagmire in the Middle East that is getting worse day by day. Among the powerful revelations in this book: Why George W. Bush ignored the sage advice of his father, George H.W. Bush, and took America into war. How Bush was convinced he was doing God's will. How Vice President Dick Cheney manipulated George W. Bush, disabled his enemies within the administration, and relentlessly pressed for an attack on Iraq. Which veteran government official, with the assent of the president's father, protested passionately that the Bush administration was making a catastrophic mistake -- and was ignored. How information from forged documents that had already been discredited fourteen times by various intelligence agencies found its way into President Bush's State of the Union address in which he made the case for war with Iraq. How Cheney and the neocons assembled a shadow national security apparatus and created a disinformation pipeline to mislead America and start the war. A seasoned, award-winning investigative reporter connected to many back-channel political and intelligence sources, Craig Unger knows how to get the big story -- and this one is his most explosive yet. Through scores of interviews with figures in the Christian Right, the neoconservative movement, the Bush administration, and sources close to the Bush family, as well as intelligence agents in the CIA, the Pentagon, and Israel, Unger shows how the Bush administration's certainty that it could bend history to its will has carried America into the disastrous war in Iraq, dooming Bush's presidency to failure and costing America thousands of lives and trillions of dollars. Far from ensuring our security, the Iraq War will be seen as a great strategic pivot point in history that could ignite wider war in the Middle East, particularly in Iran. Provocative, timely, and disturbing, The Fall of the House of Bush stands as the most comprehensive and dramatic account of how and why George W. Bush took America to war in Iraq.
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A familiar South Florida face will head the Florida football program — at least until the end of the season.
Randy Shannon, who spent four seasons as the head coach of the Miami Hurricanes and the six years prior as UM's defensive coordinator, was named Florida's interim coach after Jim McElwain was fired Sunday.
Shannon is a name South Florida sports fans should know. In addition to his years as head coach and standout coordinator at Miami, he also spent time with the Miami Dolphins as a defensive assistant and was an assistant at UM before that.
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A walk through the 1700 years old Byzantine Street, renovated Jewish quarter and Cardo is probably one of the best walking experience that one can have. We go up to the Mount of Zion and if the tour falls on Saturday, you get to visit Hall of Last Supper and also David's tomb. We travel to new city to visit the Holocaust museum.
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This is one of the most frequently asked questions as well as one of the biggest headaches for business owners. A report from Fast Company showed 88% out of 750 surveyed marketing professionals felt that they couldn't accurately measure the effectiveness of their social media campaigns. So here is what you need to do. 1.) Start with setting some conversion goals whether its dealing with your landing pages, sign ups or making online purchases. 2.) Track your conversions, the more eyes you have on your campaign the greater your ROI will be. 3.) Assign monetary value to each conversion. 4.) Determine cost per channel from adding labor and other expected costs. 5.) Using Google analytics, collect incoming traffic and conversion numbers. 6.) Go back and use steps 4 and 5 to calculate the ROI per social media channel.
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Absolutely!!! Your followers will rarely follow you on all of your social media pages. Reposting the same content on your various pages allows you to reach more people which means a better ROI. This also leads to network integration: users might find your content on Twitter and later post it on their Reddit, Stumble Upon or their other pages. Moreover, you can post the same content on the same network multiple times, just in case your followers haven't seen it the first time. A life of a Tweet, for example, is only about 5 minutes. So only by posting it 3 or 4 times (on different days and different hours) you can be sure that most of your audience have seen it.


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The CORE PA Global program is the centerpiece of a Pennsylvania government initiative that is focused on creating and retaining manufacturing jobs in the 53 county Core Region of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by encouraging firms to relocate operations to Pennsylvania and encouraging those considering relocation to keep their operations in the state.
The mission of the program is to increase the visibility of Pennsylvania and the 53 county Core Region of the Commonwealth to potential investors in both the domestic and international arenas, and ultimately bring industry and job growth to our region. The program provides access to the plethora of opportunities this region has to offer to potential international investors, nationally recognized site selection consultants, and select domestic companies that may be interested in establishing joint ventures in cooperation with existing regional firms for supporting overall expansion into the region.
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WOW!! Isn't history interesting , even recent history.
Harper who yells and screams about forming coalitions, forming coalition with separatists, and the government who gets the most votes leads, doesn't believe a bit of his own garbage.
The article link above exposed by Gille Duceppe along with accompanying signed letter from 2004, tried to do exactly what he is screaming about. Harper had a planned coalition along with the separatists (block Quebecquois) and the NDP to form a government even though he finished second place with the voters !!!
So Harper was
1. Making a coalition to form a government.
2. Making a coalition with the separatists.
3. Trying to form a coalition to form government even though his party had finished in second place.
Harper is a Power hungry, control freak who will do anything to be in power. Harper's contempt for us an our democracy includes rewriting history, hiding the truth from parliament and hiding the truth from us voters for his power hungry agenda to get a majority.
If Harper gets a majority then watch out as your pocket is picked to support big business !!


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The prevention of polyspermy is essential for the successful progression of normal embryonic development in most sexually reproducing species. In external fertilizers, the process of fertilization induces a depolarization of the egg's membrane within seconds, which inhibits supernumerary sperm from entering an already-fertilized egg. This fast block requires an increase of intracellular Ca2+ in the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, which in turn activates an efflux of Cl− that depolarizes the cell. Here we seek to identify the source of this intracellular Ca2+. Using electrophysiology, pharmacology, bioinformatics, and developmental biology, we explore the requirement for both Ca2+ entry into the egg from the extracellular milieu and Ca2+ release from an internal store, to mediate fertilization-induced depolarization. We report that although eggs express Ca2+-permeant ion channels, blockade of these channels does not alter the fast block. In contrast, insemination of eggs in the presence of Xestospongin C—a potent inhibitor of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3)-induced Ca2+ release from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)—completely inhibits fertilization-evoked depolarization and increases the incidence of polyspermy. Inhibition of the IP3-generating enzyme phospholipase C (PLC) with U73122 similarly prevents fertilization-induced depolarization and increases polyspermy. Together, these results demonstrate that fast polyspermy block after fertilization in X. laevis eggs is mediated by activation of PLC, which increases IP3 and evokes Ca2+ release from the ER. This ER-derived Ca2+ then activates a Cl− channel to induce the fast polyspermy block. The PLC-induced cascade of events represents one of the earliest known signaling pathways initiated by fertilization.
- Submitted: 16 March 2018
- Accepted: 12 June 2018
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Our Support Care Centres
The Palliative Care Volunteer Foundation has designed and built two support centres for patients and carers connected with Palliative Care on the Central Coast. Our support centres are at Wyongah (north) and Woy Woy (south). Situated in-between is the Central Coast Palliative Care Centre at Long Jetty. These support centres are utilized for numerous activities including:
- Professional Counselling
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ArgiletzToothpaste with organic Lemon Oil
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Argiletz Toothpaste with organic Lemon Oil is white and yellow clay-based and mineral replenishing, toning and stimulating, extra fortifying for your gums. With organic lemon oils, it pleasantly freshens the breath and its whitening properties give your smile back its shine.
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Aqua, Maltitol, Kaolin, Calcium Carbonate, Alcohol*, Melissa Officinalis*, Glycerin, Illite, Silica, Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate, Carrageenan, Usnea Barbata Extract, Citrus Medica Limonum Oil*, Xanthan Gum, Limonene
Trace element-rich white and yellow clay-based.
* ingredients from certified organic agriculture
- 100% of the total ingredients are of a natural origin.
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Origin: France
- not tested on animals
- no parabens
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- non-ionised
- Does not interfere with homeopathic treatments.
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Are You a True Superhero Or are you a true Villain?
20 Questions - Developed by: Bobba Cela - Developed on: - 13.828 taken
Wanna figure out if you're a real superhero or villain? You might be! You can even figure out what power and name you have! Let's put you to some use. What do you say? Come check it out! This thing is not a lie if you're quizzing out with me!
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not accurate i said i would defiantly save a life and that i'd work with friends and it called me a villain who doesnt work with others. also being time was a bad idea


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2003 Aston Martin AR1
1966 Rolls-Royce Phantom V State Landaulette
1957 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham
Ferrari F360 Spider
2003 Bentley Azure Last of Line
1966 Ghia 450SS
1959 Cadillac Biarritz Convertible
1979 Clenet Convertible Series I
1967 Rolls-Royce James Young Phantom V (PV23)
1967 Jaguar Open Two Seater Series I 4.2
2011 Rolls-Royce Ghost
1994 Rolls-Royce Corniche IV
1989 Aston Martin Lagonda
About Concours Coaches
"Purveyors of Fine Cars to the Trade"
As a connoisseur of fine motorcars, you know the importance of selecting only the best. We're here to help. Concours Coaches is the outgrowth of many decades of collecting and showing cars at important Concours d'Elegance events... including Pebble Beach, The Quail, Palos Verdes, San Marino, Amelia Island, La Jolla, Beverly Hills and others.
Simply finding really pristine cars has become increasingly difficult... whether you want a driver, or a show car, or a combination of both. We also find that many cars have issues growing out of lack of service, inadequate research or poor restoration.
How can we help you? The ongoing driving force behind Concours Coaches is to provide cars that are either at show level... or a pristine example if a driver. When possible we like to find cars that are low mileage and with an excellent ownership history. In all cases we sort out any lingering items to bring the car in question to our rather high standards... standards expressed by our long record of outright wins and 1st-place-in-class awards at major Concours d'Elegance, including Pebble Beach.
As to makes of cars and models, we have had cars as diverse as E-Type OTS, Aston Martin AR1, Rolls-Royce State Landaulette, Mercedes 280 SE Coupe and Convertible, Cadillac Eldorado Brougham, etc. The cars change over time, so we hope you will visit us frequently to view our current stable.
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1936 Delahaye 135 Competition, Figoni et Falaschi coachwork
1961 Rolls-Royce Phantom V James Young Sedanca de Ville
1980 Rolls-Royce (1983 delivery) Phantom VI-40 Limousine,
1996 Rolls-Royce Silver
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Pale pink
I always do my best to explore new styles, materials, colors trying to be always "me", this time I tried a more elegant and girly look with this gorgeous pale dusty pink long skirt paired with a black crop sweater with a lovely lace detail. I fell in love with this model long time ago when I saw Luanna (one of my favorite bloggers) wearing something like this, she is always one of my biggest inspirations and I love how she makes totally different coords but still remains in her personal style. Do you have fashion inspirations? Lately my favorite social media is Instagram (follow me if you want!) because is so full of gorgeous pics I find so many inspirations just scrolling down my dashboard.


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Imagine just for a moment drinking champagne with 24 karat edible gold flakes and eating cakes and dainty morsels decorated with tiny sparkling gold leaf. But before you raise your eyebrows, or feel disgusted with the idea of ingesting bits and pieces of the world's third most precious metal, let me just say from the outset that gold is totally safe to eat. (Gold is inert, or inactive, it is not absorbed by the body but goes down the digestive track without any trouble, though too much consumption can cause constipation.) Lest you think that it may have costs us an arm and a leg; no, it didn't. It was my friend's birthday and instead of allowing me to treat her for the special occasion, she didn't let me, and would never let me. Ever. Thank you Adiben. And no, she didn't miss her monthly mortgage just so we could enjoy gold tea. It did cost her only an hour of sweat, or rather stress, at work. 🙂 Continue reading
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ARTea for a Birthday
There are so many great places to take tea in London and it's hard to choose a favourite. So last week I couldn't decide where to go until I remember that a diplomat friend of mine told me to try Lancaster Hotel's new playful twists on the traditional afternoon tea. And that's where my friend Yasmin and I went to celebrate her birthday. Continue reading
Afternoon Tea with Mom at St. Ermin's Hotel
It was a great blessing to have Mom with us for Christmas last year. She and I were able to go out for tea during her brief visit, and we had a wonderful tea-time in a marvellous setting. But before I'm quite there, allow me a little leeway to dwell upon Mom. At least I hope you will.
Afternoon Tea at Dukes Hotel (Favourite Haunt of James Bond's Author Ian Fleming)
History of the Hotel:
The Dukes is not ostentatious nor glamorous, but rather a discreet hotel. It used to be a hotel for dukes, earls, and other members of the British nobility who wanted to remain as inconspicuous as possible. Anyone who is showy and wanted to be seen, went somewhere else. Its proximity to the Court of St. James's (St James's Palace/Clarence House is just a stone throw away), made the hotel an old stomping ground of the old British aristocrats. Continue reading
Afternoon Tea at Sketch Gallery
Afternoon tea has certainly become an institution in London not just for tourists but for locals alike. It is the perfect way to celebrate a special occasion, Continue reading
Afternoon Tea at the Royal Horseguards Hotel
Situated in London's political hub amidst Whitehall Court, Royal Horseguards is one of London's landmark hotels. It is steeped with formidable history and remains one of the city's best kept secrets. The building is known for its use by the Secret Service and the original Scotland Yard during the First World War. Rumour has it, and the British government has yet to confirm this, that a secret tunnel runs from under the hotel directly to Parliament and the Cabinet War Rooms so politicians could escape to the safety of the command center during the Second World War. Continue reading


text: A tour about the symbolic power of Guimarães along the centuries. Considered to be the "cradle of Portugal", where according to tradition our first king was born, Guimarães was listed as UNESCO's World Heritage for its amazingly preserved historical center. During 2012, and part of 2013, Guimarães is also an European Capital of Culture.


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ISACA (previously the Information Systems Audit and Control Association) is a world wide association of IS governance professionals.
We would like to see you join ISACA and our vibrant local Chapter. Membership provides numerous benefits, many of them provided locally and exclusive to our members.
Welcome to the ISACA Venice Chapter. The aim of the Chapter is to sponsor local professional development sessions, provide assistance for ISACA exam candidates, conduct educational seminars and workshops, and help to further promote and elevate the visibility of the IS audit, control and security profession in North Est Italy.
The association is one of individual members, often the sole practitioner of information systems auditing, security, and/or governance in his or her company. The membership of the ISACA reflects a multiplicity of backgrounds and skills that make the information systems governance field challenging and dynamic. Current ISACA Venice Chapter Board Members are:
ISACA (previously the Information Systems Audit and Control Association) is a world wide association of IS governance professionals. The association currently focuses on assurance, security, and governance and provides globally recognised certification in assurance (Certified Information Systems Auditor), security (Certified Information Security Manager), and governance (Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT).
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text: Get to Know Mrs. DenkHello. My name is Laurie Denk. I have been an educator for thirty-three years. I am certified in language arts (5-12), and Library Media (K-12). I am currently a technology instructor at Vision_Tek, the community/school technology center for USD 400. Vision_Tek is an extension of Smoky Valley High School.


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Happy 2010!!!
To me, a new year represents a new start, a blank page to write on. Every new year countless numbers of people make resolutions, including myself. These resolutions are usually things we want to do or change about ourselves that we rarely ever accomplish. For the last several years, losing weight has been on the top of mine. And every year, I start and stop a new diet. Several times within the year, in fact. I may lose some weight but no lifestyle change really takes place. Somewhere along the way, I lose the will power and resolve. Another resolution from a few years back was to learn to drive a stick. And if you know me, you know that I still can't!
So this year, I didn't openly declare any resolutions. But there are a few things that I have yet to accomplish and I'm hoping 2010 is the year. Still number one on my list is to lose the weight I have gained over the past 7 years. Sometimes I look in the mirror and barely recognize myself. Other days, I really don't care. But I need to work on myself. For the sake of me and my family. I am hoping to start the Couch to 5K training tomorrow. It's a training program for beginner runners to get up off the couch and be able to run a 5k at the end of three months. I just hope my sciatic nerve will let me. It's been bothering me for days now. But not just running, I hope to train my body to want healthy foods not the fatty stuff I'm used to eating. I'm looking forward to not just losing weight but feeling better too.
There are a few other things on my list but I don't want to bore you! So as I embark on a new year, I also like to reflect back on the year past. To look back at the good, evaluate the bad, and learn from the mistakes along the way. Here a few highlights from 2009:
*Became a SAHM (stay-at-home mom) in January. I lost my job end of December 08 and couldn't find another due to the terrible economy.
*Was in Graceville for three weeks waiting on the arrival of my niece.
*Marlee Brooke Strickland was FINALLY born on February 2, 2009! :)
*In February my husband was voted in as Music Minister/Assoc. Pastor of Five Points Baptist Church in Fernandina Beach, thus solidifying my SAHM status!
*March and April were pretty run of the mill. My parents visited the end of March/first of April.
*In May, Abigail was dedicated to the Lord on Mother's day.
*In June, Ryan went to a music conference in Tennessee and Abigail and I visited with my parents in Graceville again for about a week.
*Around the end of June, I began working as the interim youth minister for Five Points.
*We had our annual 4th of July cookout but it was the first year in several that we didn't host extended family and friends for the week.
*The end of July through the first of August my cousin Courtney came and stayed. She ended up staying almost a month. My grandmother came too for the first two weeks.
*In September, Ryan took his vacation and we dropped Abigail off with my parents and drove to Greensboro, GA and stayed at The Ritz Carlton Lodge for a few days.
*Ryan's brother Jonathan got married on September 25th to Mellissa Christian. Abigail was a flower girl and Ryan was a groomsman. It was one of the most beautiful weddings I've ever been to. Beautiful beach wedding.
*Abigail dressed up like Dora from the episode Dora saves the Mermaid Princess for Halloween and we took her to the Bethlehem Marketplace at Springhill Baptist Church.
*In November our church had our Family Fest where I won third place in the chili cook off, beating out Ryan! :)
*Abigail celebrated her 2nd birthday on November 21, 2009. She had a Dora and Friends birthday party.
*We celebrated Thanksgiving in Claxton with family and friends.
*December was super busy due to Christmas. Our family ended up with a nasty stomach bug the first week in December thus causing us to cancel the youth Christmas party. The second weekend was the church party. The third weekend we had a scrimmage softball game.
*Ryan and I hosted a Christmas Eve get together for the second year. Mostly his family came for finger foods and fellowship.
*Ryan had to work Christmas Eve night and Christmas night so Christmas day was spent in a haze of sleepiness with naps in between presents and lunch. We read the Christmas story and opened presents with Abigail first thing. Then we went to his parents house for a pancake breakfast and more presents. My parents got into town after this. We went to his Mimi and Granddaddy's house for lunch. He napped for a while then exchanged presents with my parents. We had an awesome Christmas!
*My parents stayed until the following Wednesday. Abigail had lots of fun with her Nana and Papa and was really upset when they left.
*New Years Eve was spent with the youth at church playing all sorts of games followed by some praise and worship and a challenge for the new year.


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Dining Room Almost Done
This morning T dropped something behind the china cabinet in our dining room. This lead to a complete move of every piece of furniture the room (as seen here part way through the move):
When he was done, the changes were subtle by important.
This biggest being that now he has a computer workstation too
I still like mine better, but … Well, I hadn't really considered the benefits of having a dedicated laptop station until I had one. Now I love it. I hope T enjoys his as much even if his desk is kind of….. cobbled together. It is very functional and includes two printers and a scanner, plus our filing cabinet.
The other part (the "in progress" part) is that I took two of out dining room chairs for alterations. Four of the chairs are perfect; two are like the perfect chairs but with arms. That's just the way the table set came, I guess the designer's thought was to have two "fancier" chairs for the head and foot of the table. It's a nice idea but no one likes the chairs with arms. We all fight over who has to sit in them when we have guests over, before the guests arrive, of course. So, we finally committed and have taken them to have a double arm amputation at a highly recommended furniture repair place. When they come back, they won't be *perfect* but they will be chairs we actually want to use. And at $40 for the repair compared to $300 for new chairs without arms…. well, it's the affordable option.
It also allows us to leave the leaf in the dining room table, which I am very happy about. We don't really need the space of the table fully extended, but this way I don't have to worry about the leaf wearing differently than the table. Or where to store it, or the it will get damaged while not in use. The table is now big enough for everyone without sticking little girl on the end and when we have guests we won't have to dig the leaf out from under the pinball machine.
It's a win all around!
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Very nice! I have to ask… where did you get a pink filing cabinet?


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Sunday, 3 January 2016
So I have been playing ... (64). Instructional failures in Wasteland 2.
This session on Wasteland 2 was all about chasing the smidgens of exp to level up so that we'd even stand a chance against the Wreckers in Highpool. This involved visiting the now-doomed Ag centre, and chasing/evading some contagious pod people in a very tactical manner. In the end I return to Highpool, and find an exploi...tactic that does work. We are not defeating the Wreckers just yet - but now I know how my crew can achieve it.
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Harriers have unveilled their brand new home and away kits for the forthcoming season.
Designed exclusively for Harriers by MG Sportswear, the new strips proudly display the sponsorship of Hire –It! once again whilst also the logo of our new sponsors, C&S Solicitors.
The new home shirt, modelled here by Mickey Demetriou, features a red and white striped sleeve design, while the new away kit is a striking yellow and blue number, as worn here by Ryan Rowe.
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Iran Wins Two Gold Medals in Greco-Roman: Asian Games
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Greco-Roman wrestlers Mohammad Ali Geraei and Hossein Nouri claimed two more gold medals in the 2018 Asian Games.
Geraei snatched a gold medal in the 77kg after defeating Kyrgyzstan's Akzhol Makhmudov 7-3 in the final match.
Bronze medal was won by South Korean Kim Hyeon-woo and Yang Bin from China.
Nouri also won Iran's seventh gold in the Games after beating Uzbekistan's Rustam Assakalov 6-1 in the 87kg final match.
Turkmenistan's Şyhazberdi Öwelekow and Azamat Kustubayev from Kazakhstan jointly won the bronze medal.
Iranian athletes had already won five gold medals in the Games.
Saeid Rajabi in taekwondo +80kg, Mirhashem Hosseini in taekwondo 63kg and three Iranian freestyle wrestlers claimed three gold medals in the Games.
Hassan Yazdani (86kg), Alireza Karimi (97kg) and Parviz Hadi (125kg) snatched three gold medals.
The 2018 Asian Games, officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta Palembang 2018, is a pan-Asian multi-sport event scheduled to be held from 18 August to 2 September in the Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Palembang.
The athletes compete in 465 events across 40 sports and 67 disciplines.


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*Monday, Jan. 11 marks the series premiere of "Let's Talk About Pep," a reality show following Sandra "Pepa" Denton of Salt-n-Pepa as she emerges from an over four-year romantic and sexual sabbatical to search for love again.
Airing at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT, the show will also feature Pepa's partners in crime: TV personality and journalist Jacque Reid, who's entertaining the notion of trying motherhood alone until Mr. Right comes along; Joumana Kidd, former model and sports journalist, now returning to the dating scene after her highly-publicized divorce from basketball superstar Jason Kidd; and the wild child of the bunch, voiceover artist and radio personality Kali Troy (a.k.a. "Kittie"), on the hunt for a man who's man enough to keep up with her.
While potential suitors range in age and occupation, the ladies are at a similar place in their lives: All have achieved success in their professional ventures but lack that partner to share it with.
Of course they each have very different strategies for finding the perfect guy. But "Let's Talk About Pep" isn't just about the dating game — it's about the ties that bind these girlfriends together. No matter how they fare in sex and romance, they've always got each other.
Watch "Let's Talk About Pep" promo below.


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Ivory Coast will meet Zambia in Sunday's Africa Cup of Nations final after beating Mali 1-0 in Libreville.
Gervinho settled a tight game on the stroke of half-time as he ran unimpeded from the halfway line to curl home the match-winner from close range.
The Elephants had twice struck the post beforehand, with both Didier Drogba and Yaya Toure powering efforts against the woodwork.
Mali struggled against an Ivorian defence that has yet to concede a goal.
After Zambia had stunned Ghana when winning 1-0 in the day's first semi-final in the Equatoguinean city Bata, thoughts before the match had dwelled on the possibility of another shock result.
But Malian hopes of a surprise win over their West African rivals soon faced a reality check as the Elephants started the match in rampaging fashion.
Just six minutes in, captain Drogba headed a free-kick against the post from close range with Mali goalkeeper Soumaila Diakite beaten.
Ten minutes later, midfielder Toure hit the other post with even greater power as he ran onto Salomon Kalou's square pass before slamming against the upright with Diakite's goal lucky to emerge unscathed.
Bidding to reach the final for the first time since 1972, Mali's Eagles slowly clawed their way back into the match but only had a half-chance from Mustapha Yatabare to look back on for their first-half efforts.
Just as it seemed that Alain Giresse's side would go into the break with honours even, with Drogba and Kalou having wasted further openings, Gervinho finally made the breakthrough.
Picking up possession on the halfway line a fraction before Mali centre-back Ousmane Berthe, the Ivorian flew towards goal before opening his body to side-foot into the far corner from eight yards out.
That left Mali, who had lost their last three Nations Cup semi-finals, needing to find the first goal against the Elephants' defence at this tournament but they lacked urgency until the game's final quarter.
Kalou, who returned to the side after recovering from a thigh problem, saw Diakite tip over his curling effort before Yatabare finally registered a second-half effort at Boubacar Barry's goal – even if his volley flew over.
Shortly after, Drogba could have doubled the Ivorians' lead but Diakite deflected his angled strike to safety before Toure wasted a terrific opening when heading over a corner.
In a game littered by free-kicks, yellow cards and stoppages, Ivory Coast's orange-clad supporters finally started to believe as the minutes ticked by without Barry being forced into real action.
From the touchlines, coach Francois Zahoui looked on in the sternest fashion but a smile broke out once South African referee Daniel Bennett blew his final whistle four minutes into added time.
The Ivorian players revealed their own delight when kissing the turf in celebration and dancing a jig towards their fans as the Elephants reached the final for the first time since 2006 – and only their third overall.
On Sunday, the 1992 champions will take to the field in Libreville's Stade de l'Amitie again as this 'golden generation' tries to win only the country's second title against a Zambian side that has never won the trophy.
Meanwhile, Mali – who looked tired following their quarter-final exertions when beating Gabon on penalties on Sunday – must travel to the Equatoguinean city Bata to play Ghana in Saturday's third-place play-off.


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Forests Need Care Too Updated
What if you needed to have a tree
removed in your yard and one tree service quoted a thousand
dollars to do the job, while another one said they would pay you
for the fire wood value of the tree?
I bet you would choose the one that pays you instead of paying
for the same job.
On a 2009 public field trip the Sequoia National Forest staff
showed where many years ago they thinned some trees in our
overgrown forest to improve forest health. These projects also
provided jobs, paid taxes and produced wood products we all need
and use.
When the Piute fire raged through
our forest last year, vast sections of overgrown forest were
incinerated, but when the fire reached the treated areas, where
the forest had been thinned, the fire abated and the trees
survived. This illustrates how vitally important it is to manage
our overgrown forests.
Untreated Areas-All Trees Incinerated-May take hundreds
of years to re-forest
The alternative is to continue to
waste hundreds of millions of dollars each year fighting ever
larger forest fires which produce charred hillsides, destroyed
watersheds and larger tax deficits. Kind of like you paying to
have a tree removed while wrecking your yard in the process.
Treated Area-Forest remains healthy
In response to the Piute fire,
Sequoia National Forest will be removing many dead trees in the
Piute burn area along 32 miles of roads so they will not fall on
Within the huge areas of dense matchstick forest they propose
thinning a couple of small areas to reduce the risk of even
hotter wildfires 20-30 years from now.
Native trees will also be planted to speed reforestation.
This is all necessary work and the
Forest Service needs your support because there are people who
will oppose these projects, just as before the fire they filed
lawsuits which blocked the Forest Service from thinning Clear
Creek and Alaska Flat areas under the grounds that there was no
risk of wildfire and therefore no need to thin the forest. These
so called preservation groups bear much of the blame for the
devastation of our forests, wildlife and watershed.
Please contact the Sequoia Forest
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SYNAPAP, the union representing employees of Gabon Television and Radio Gabon (the public broadcaster), said its members would kick off a strike on Friday 9 December to protest against poor working conditions, including unpaid salaries and performance bonuses.
The strike begins against a backdrop of the 2017 African Cup of Nations, which opens here in four weeks' time.
This is the public broadcaster's third strike in about two years, the first took place in November 2014 and the second in January 2016, and each time the government has made promises to sort out all their problems in a view of improving their living conditions.
However, as promises keep turning into lies, the union announced mid-week that its members would be downing tools once again to make their voices heard.
"We are waiting for the money owed to us to be paid and for the government to increase our salaries," local media reports quoted Aminata Brigitte Ondo Mendogo as saying.
Mendogo, who is SYNAPAP President, said she deplored the government's ill-treatment of her organisation.
"Trade unionism is negotiation. We are waiting for this negotiation so that we can agree on the principles of the specifications in the short, medium and long term, " she said.
The oil-rich Central African nation, ruled with iron-fist by Ali Bongo Ondimba who has just been controversially re-elected for a second term, is shaken by a wave of public servants strikes, which include magistrates and schoolteachers.
Photo: Gabon public broadcaster headquarters in the capital Libreville. credit: GabonActu.


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NDIS – The National Disability Insurance Scheme
For parents of children who are blind or vision impaired, navigating the educational arena, social security systems and various disability support agencies connected to your child's support needs may seem confusing enough without the introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (known as NDIS). The NDIS does however represent a landmark change in disability funding within Australia. It presents the opportunity for you to ensure that your child's support needs are more fully funded with greater self-determination and choice. Its aim is to ensure that people with disabilities receive the necessary and essential funding to provide services to meet their specific needs, access to adaptive equipment, and increased participation in the wider community. It may also present parents and carers with increased support. The intention of the scheme is to address perceived gaps in disability funding and ensure that funds are directed where they are most needed.
Under the 'education' umbrella, Statewide Vision Resource Centre and your Visiting Teachers will not become NDIS providers. However, SVRC staff and Visiting Teachers (Vision) may be able to assist you to:
- Understand how the NDIS will affect your child's support and funding
- Find out when the NDIS is coming to your area
- Help you to work out if your child is likely to be eligible
- Direct you to useful resources to grow your understanding about the NDIS
- Alert you to networks and community forums you may wish to attend
- Talk to you about your child's possible short term and long term goals
- Find out about local NDIS service coordination providers
The following information aims to give an overview of the NDIS and answer some frequently asked questions about the scheme. The NDIS is in its infancy and therefore may be subject to change; it should be noted that SVRC has made every effort to ensure that the information is true and correct at the time of publication the information presented here has been compiled in consultation with SVRC staff, SVRC families, Disability service providers, Visiting Teachers, the NDIA and disability consumer organisations. For more information, please reference the NDIS resource link on this page and look for NDIS updates in the SVRC Bulletin published fortnightly.
Resources and Links
The following resources have been compiled by SVRC staff to assist you to understand more about the NDIS and how your child can become a participant in the scheme. It may be useful for you to visit these resources and even begin the thinking around your child's participant statement even if it is some time until the scheme is rolled out to your locality.
DARU – the Disability Advocacy Resource Unit
They have a weekly e-bulletin which comes out every Monday. It's Victoria specific but it provides information and resources which are relevant in a national context. It's very easy to quickly navigate through so that time poor parents don't waste their time going through information which is not of value.
This operates out of the Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO). It is designed specifically for people with disability and their families to provide information about the NDIS. Everything is written in plain English and is designed in line with the W3C web accessibility guidelines. They also have a newsletter you can subscribe to from the front page of the website.
Some parents find this web site challenging, as while it is extremely comprehensive, it can be difficult to navigate, especially if you don't know what you are looking for. The good news is that the Disability Loop website and newsletter will always post up to date information about any new information or resource or report that is posted on the NDIS website.
The Department of Social Services – Children and Parents page
This website is worth regularly checking out. DSS funds many disability advocacy organisations and various projects and programs which are useful to children and families with disability. They fund a number of programs which will eventually transition to the NDIS, so it's worth always checking out their website for any news and timeframes or resources.
Youth Disability Advocacy Service (YDAS)
They are a Victorian state-wide advocacy service for children and young people aged up to 25 years. They run a range of events and outreach services and programs, including an NDIS engagement service. They have a very active Facebook page.
Children and Young People with Disabilities Australia (CYDA)
They are the national peak body representing children with disability. They mainly do policy and systemic advocacy work.
Lastly, but most importantly, you can subscribe to the SVRC's fortnightly bulletin, where you will find regular updates regarding the NDIS, specific to the interests of children with vision impairment, as well as a range of other useful information for parents and educators. It is available on our home page or you can view past editions or subscribe at:


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After three decades of travelling, this is my favourite B&B in the UK. Steve's hospitality, in this beautiful cottage and wonderful setting, was exceptional. After a long day's walk on the SW Coast Path, we arrived to tea and amazing cake whilst our boots and gear dried in front of the fire. Our lovely twin room had all we needed including a TV, hairdryer, tea making facilities, biscuits and electric blankets!!! The shower was great with plentiful hot water.
Steve's thoughtfulness, conversation and attention to detail was superb and my friend and I enjoyed the best breakfast.
I rarely return anywhere twice but I will definitely return.
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This stunning 2007 all custom home combines the traditional with the modern in the most seamless of fashions! Private culdesac lot sits on .44 acres of plush greenery, ponds & waterfalls! Brick paver walk leads to African mahogony door with leaded glass. Foyer with natural stone floor & half bath. Magnificent appointments, no detail spared. Desirable open floor plan of 4000+ square feet & 2000+ in the finished walk out basement. 1st floor guest suite or 2nd mastersuite has a balcony with forest preserve views. Handsome library with cherry built-ins & panelling. Grand 2-story great room boasts dramatic wall of windows, natural stone fireplace & custom lighting. Mahogony floors. One-of-a-kind Nuhaus kitchen in the Italian style features expresso white oak cabinets, quartz floors & counters, granite island. Top-of-the line Subzero and Viking appliances, butler
To the fullest extent permissible pursuant to applicable law, this web site and the materials are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. LuxuryRealEstate.com expressly disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether expressed, implied, or statutory including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. We do not warrant that this web site or the materials are completely error free, will operate without interruption, are compatible with all equipment and software configurations, free of viruses, errors, or other harmful components, or will otherwise meet your needs.


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Sunday, November 05, 2006
Kelsey May
Godmother Donna and her daughter Kimberly with Kirsty and Kelsy.
baby fast asleep throught the christening!
Michael discovers the christening cake and can't resist some icing!!
8 comments:
- patsy said...
a nice look into the life in scotland. thank you.
- 7:32 pm
What a gorgeous little baby! :-) And I'd be going after that icing too, fancy dress or not!
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- clairesgarden said...
Patsy, it was a nice family day, nice cake too!
Wildside, Kelsey looked like a wee fairy in her dress, and Michael managed not to get any icing on his tie!!
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- Granny said...
She is beautiful. Is that big brother? He's adorable too.
- 6:39 am
What Granny said. So sweet.
- 2:51 pm
I agree with all the comments. That is one cute baby. Mother doesn't look too bad either. Oops.
- 3:39 pm
- clairesgarden said...
Granny, that is big brother Michael, sticking his paws into the icicng!
Madcap, they're sweet when they're asleep!!
Ramblin, well if she grows up to be like her mother thats a good thing then!!
- 1:23 pm
- Kerri said...
Kelsey is a little beauty. You did a great job with these photos :)
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Tips on Choosing a Home Cleaning Service
Consider how you spend your day routinely. In case you look like most by far who drives or drives to work or school five times every week, contribute your vitality outside the home because of business or diversion, you would not have enough quality time to proceed with your loved ones when you are at home, impressively less have space plan insightful to clean your home. In case you see yourself going ahead with this kind of life, your best decision to have your home cleaned is to acquire a specialist housekeeping administration which would manage everything around your home, from the washrooms to your space, if you require them to. Here are a couple of tips to enable you to pick the correct cleaning administration for your entire home. They will help you to get the administration that will give housekeeping administration that suits your necessities and spending design.
You do not have to fear acquiring a cleaning administration since they conventionally screen their staff, and they frequently lead individual examinations on every one of them. The cleaning staff is also strengthened and ensured. Before you even start choosing which cleaning administration to get, you should first make an once-over out of housekeeping errands you require the почистване на жилища София цени administration to do at your home. Record all the specific rooms in your home that you require cleaned, for instance, the restroom, the youngsters' room, et cetera. Guarantee you fuse only those which you truly require them to clean. Also, include which things or bit of furniture that you require joined into the cleaning, for instance, carpets, dishes, rooftops, floors or notwithstanding dress. You can in like manner consolidate influencing beds or squeezing pieces of clothing in case you to wish.
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Humble TX hotels located near Kingwood Cove Golf Club, Deerbrook Mall and Minute Maid Park.
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Project Process is a Live Writing project. The project is on hold until further notice…. So no live streaming for a bit. The documents are all still available online for viewing.
Access the Google Documents Here
Catch me on Twitch on Mondays between Noon and 2 pm Mountain time
Join the Facebook Group!
This idea comes out of desperation. There is a story inside me aching to be told but I am met with a major obstacle: a sexual assault which associated trauma with writing. In the grips of PTSD I have been struggling to trust the Process (of healing, of writing) and as such, I refuse to go through this Process alone and have chosen to make it a public event.
This is a statement on the impact of sexual assault as well as a way to document the turbulent Process of healing.
It also exposes the creative Process: an entire saga is to be created publicly in a way that would not be possible without today's technology. It is a statement on the potential of co-creation, collaboration, and creative support.
Ultimately I want you on my side, rooting for me, as I overcome the obstacle laid out in front of me. My success or failure will be succinct with the statement this Process of Live Art makes.
Access Project Process here. (link to google documents folder)
Catch me live-streaming writing on Twitch
How can you engage with Project Process?
You can leave comments on most of the google documents or post your thoughts in the facebook group. The best place to start is by reading EXODUS by Paint as it is the most complete draft, everything else is supplemental and based on this original draft.
You can write and submit your own thoughts or questions about characters directly to me at email@example.com. I do accept collaboration on this project, so if you write fan fiction or your own characters in the Exodus universe you can submit them (or general questions) on the tumblr exodusbypaint.tumblr.com; I will also post highlights that I have written there.


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Managing safety on a construction project is everyone's responsibility. Construction has many challenges Struggles with labor Poor perceptions We need to improve safety to help with these Companies need to do a better job Build safety into the culture Create safe work environments Educate our people Some areas we can do better on Bid …
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E381: Ask Coach – Safety Training Programs
A safe work environment starts with proper training. Q: We are developing a safety training program. Can you provide some ideas on how to set it up? A: Develop a curriculum based on a worker's classification. The importance of safety training Workers can't be safe if they don't know how Let's people know …
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E363: Project Safety Commitment
Construction topped the list for worker fatalities in 2014. It's time to change that! It's time for a wake-up call Construction leads in poor worker safety – it shouldn't It's hard to find workers It will only get worse if we don't do something I want to challenge my Elite Contractors Make 2016 a safe …
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E189: Building a Safer Industry Culture
Safety Week is a great start towards a cultural shift in the construction industry. Now let's take it the rest of the way!
Apr 27
E181: Morning Safety Meetings
Having a morning safety meeting is the best tool for job site coordination and productivity. Are you hosting morning job site meetings?
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E164: The Safety Lifestyle
"Our company culture should have safety at its core." Is your safety program stuck in the 80s?
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Hyndluljoth (The Poem of Hyndla)
By Einar Randall AOR
This is a myth I have never before really contemplated on. I will begin with a summary of the myth and then discuss my own views and interpretation. Continue reading
A Note In Defence of Freya
By Eowyn OR
In any literature concerning the role of Freya in our mythology, there are two common- and to my mind, abhorrent- assertations made about this most sacred Goddess within our pantheon, which profoundly reflect the pervasiveness of the desert creed poisoning within the folk soul, despite protestations to the contrary. Continue reading
Gods & Goddesses of Odinism
An introduction into the Gods, Goddesses, wights and beings of Odinic Mythology Continue reading
A Woman's Place
IT HAS been said that Norse paganism is very patriarchal, giving rule and stress to the male in society and worship involved which mostly deals with Odin, Thor, Balder, Frey, etc…. But many fail to realise that the goddesses of the Aesir and Vanir played an important part in the life and worship of the Scandinavian peoples. Continue reading
Like Odin himself, the mother of people bears many names – Ostara, Frigg, Freya, Hulda, Mother Cary, Frau Holle, Tara and many more. She is the most well-loved of our divinities. So well loved that even the malice of the Christian usurpers could not force the people to turn from her. Continue reading
The Odinic Pantheon – Preliminary ideas and a statement of purpose
In its resurgence over the past century Odinism has sometimes lacked credibility due to a tendency on the part of its adherents to refer to our deities in what can best be described as a literary fashion. Continue reading
Feast of the Disir
The Disir are the ancestral mothers, the first of each of our ancestral line. There are around 400 votive altars raised all over Europe dedicated to ancestral mothers. Freya is considered the 'Queen of the Disir' due to her fertility and magical qualities, but Frigga could very well fill this role. Continue reading


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Rock Barra Workshop: Fifty Three Summers on the Northside with Lois Franklin Kilburn
211 Big Pond Road, Rock Barra
Sunday, July 22, 2018 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
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Louis is a fly fishing professional, bird watcher and a plover nomitor. She will share her love of nature and keen observations recorded and photographed in journals kept for 53 years at Priest's Pond. Bring your questions, and we can discuss the changing natural enviornment on our north shore. Open to all ages. Donations to Rock Barra welcome.


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Submission Deadline: 28 February 2018
Open Panel - OP 191. Urban migrants and transformation of public space
(Convenors: Zdenek Uherek and Giuliana B. Prato)
18th IUAES World Congress (http://www.iuaes2018.org/), Florianopolis, 16-22 July 2018
Throughout history, cities have adapted to movement of population. In many cases, they have also been gateways to the rest of the country. Newcomers affect changes in the urban infrastructures and bring new lifestyles. Places of contact between locals and newcomers have expanded beyond the public square, as cities are now dominated by hotels, headquarters of multinational corporations and other meeting places. Social networks and other online facilities add to this.
The panel builds on recent publications by members of the IUAES Commission of Urban Anthropology that address current trends in urban diversity worldwide, stimulating critical comparative analysis. This panel focuses on how cities respond to socio-demographic movements, asking whether cities resist, try to regulate or adapt to them, and how urban migrations change over time. We invite papers that address the following questions:
- What parts of the heritage can be preserved in the transforming cities?
- What are contemporary visitors looking for in cities?
- How do local merchants and other service providers deal with change, and to what extent can they be said to be local?
- How do local political elites respond to these changes?
- How do people of different ethnic and religious backgrounds co-exist?
- How do the poorest dwellers respond to change and to immigration?
- How do these changes affect the public space?
Paper proposals should be submitted online at: http://www.inscricoes.iuaes2018.org/trabalho/view?ID_TRABALHO=536
The deadline for online submission is: 28 February 2018


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The academic book on the history of the Dominatrix through the ages, with meticulous research from libraries and museums. From the ancient Dominatrix Goddess Inanna – Ishtar, the 17th – 19th Century Governess Dominatrix, the 20th Century 'Bizarre' ladies. Lastly Nomis theory on the Dominatrix's practices as the 'Seven Realm Arts'.


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Master Zhang's family has tended the Tieguanyin of Daping Village for generations. His tea is fed by sweet mountain springs and grows on the cloud-enveloped peaks of Anxi.
This tea premiered in our CSA-style Tea of the Month subscription club. "Mi Xiang" is literally honey fragrance, and a few sips give credence to the name. In other finishing styles, honey usually takes a backseat to more powerful florals and fruit flavors in Tieguanyin, but Master Zhang here has brought out the subtle, thick and rich honeyed quality of Tieguanyin through his precise roast. We have so much respect for Master Zhang's values in roasting tea. So many workshops will roast to impart heavy handed roast flavor, and in doing so, burn their tea and compromise its original integrity. Master Zhang roasts slowly and with perfect precision so that even a tea this dark tastes only of itself and not of roasted flavor. The result is a tea full of honey, toast and oak, a cozy delight in cold months.


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French Secretary of State for the digital economy Axelle Lemaire announced in an interview with Le JDD that the French government will work on a developer visa for highly skilled employees.
While the French government already announced that it plans to create a so-called startup visa for entrepreneurs and investors, Lemaire wants to extend this visa to engineers. more
Source: http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/28/france-could-create-a-developer-visa-to-support-french-startups/
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Buenos Aires and Bariloche
Learning Spanish in Argentina
Crash courses and intensive courses for beginners and advanced levels, business Spanish, courses for Spanish teachers
Our partners for the Spanish courses are carefully selected language institutes in the city centre. Usually, the courses cover 20 hours of class per week. You can choose one of the following options:
- Private lessons or group lessons
- Crash courses and intensive courses
- Evaluation of language level (classification test)
We arrange courses for
- Spanish for conversation
- Business Spanish
- Courses for Spanish teachers
- Courses for exchange students
The group consists of two to a maximum of 15 persons, although usually the size of class does not exceed 5 participants. The group courses are offered throughout the year, always starting on Monday. If you book group lessons and there are no other participants, you will receive private classes with no extra charge, but there will only be 3 hours a day instead of 4. Classes which are cancelled due to holidays will be added to the other workdays. Classes are possible in the mornings or in the afternoons, depending on the availability of teachers and rooms. Of course, we will do our best to take your preferences into account. Teaching materials are provided.
We recommend to stay in a private accommodation with a host family in order to enhance your language skills. We can also make suggestions for apartments, hostals or hotels, if you prefer that sort of accommodation.
It is possible to combine Spanish classes and different types of dance classes. You can find price information on our page of travel offers.


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Violation Of 1NF and how to deal with it
What is 1 NF? The first normal form (1NF) is one of the most violated rules while designing and developing a database.The First normal form (1NF) is a property of a relation in a relational database. A relation is in first normal form if and only if the domain of each attribute contains only atomic (indivisible) values, and the value of each attribute contains only a single value from that domain. The benefits of Normalization are: Greater overall database organization Reduction of redundant data Data consistency within the database A much…Read More


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Offering stunning views of the river and the city skyline, Jolie Rooftop Garden Bar is the perfect venue for a lazy day or a romantic evening in Saigon. Sip signature cocktails by the Jacuzzi pool, watch the city come alive as the sun sets on another day, or enjoy dinner or evening drinks with friends as you plan tomorrow's adventures. Lush foliage, spectacular vistas and warm service make Jolie's Garden a delightful place to end any day.
Location: Hotel rooftop
Open: 09:30 - 23:00
Located on the ground floor, Silverland Jolie Restaurant offers daily buffet breakfast, lunch and dinner. Our menu has a wide range of options for those in need of a hearty breakfast before a busy day, entertaining business clients, or a relaxing meal after a hard day's sightseeing.
The bed is to die for. There are many street food around the area within walking distance, although cabbing is also quite cheap. The hotel provides ree bathtub in room, and also free sauna, steam room, jacuzzi and afternoon tea.
Stayed here for 8 nights, it's a great property. Very central like walking distance to coffee, food, great little story just a couple of minutes (Anam Market)......they even had Kusmi tea from Paris. The hotel spa was rather good & they had 40% off some treatments


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08/05/2012 | Impostor Blog | 8 May 2012 – The Samico Enigma
Owner of an extremely personal form of art, with mysterious contours, Gilvan Samico is the biggest Brazilian engraver alive. However, only now, at the age of 83, has the reserved man from Pernambuco been given a book on his unique life and work. We spent an afternoon with the great master in Olinda, near Recife, for Personnalité Magazine and this is the result. Samico lifts a hammer and asks for my smartphone: "Give me this burden, mate, give it to me please, I'll put an end to your suffering", he orders. At the same time, he emits a deep laugh: this was the n-th time that the equipment turned off on its own, interrupting our conversation as recorded thereon. Smart guy Samico does not even have an e-mail account, gates computers and only uses an old-style wire telephone. "I am archaic", he says with pride. When the reporting team knocked on his door – a house 300 years old in Olinda, Pernambuco – he expected to find a hermit. It is reported that the engraver is very shy, does not like interviews, and hardly speaks even to his wife. This is almost all true, as the reader shall find out further on. However, maybe more relaxed through knowing photographer Lia Lumambo from a tender age, Samico opened out. Starting with the workshop in his backyard, where he planed and sanded the wood that he would use in his works – now brought together, for the first time in his 83 years of age and his career spanning threescore years, in the classy Samico edition (Bem-Te-Vi Press).[…] Source: http://impostor.wordpress.com/tag/personnalite/