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The importance of amino acids. Amino acids: essential, endogenous and BCAA
Amino acids are the fundamental building blocks of all proteins in living organisms. Some of them must be supplied with food (essential amino acids), while others are produced by the body itself in the required quantities (endogenous amino acids). What roles do amino acids play in the body? What are the specific features of BCAA amino acids?
What are exogenous amino acids?
Amino acids are the basic building blocks of proteins. There are 20 different amino acids in animal bodies, both exogenous and endogenous. Amino acids are organic compounds that contain up to 6 carbon atoms per chain. Each amino acid has two functional groups - an amine (-NH2) and a carboxyl (-COOH). The amino acid molecules link together with a peptide bond to form large protein structures.
Amino acids are divided into exogenous and endogenous. Exogenous amino acids, or essential amino acids, are those, which the body is not able to produce on its own, and it is necessary to supply them with food. The exogenous amino acids include:
Histidine - this amino acid is only required by children and young people during the growth period. At that time its production in the body is insufficient. For adults, histidine is a non-essential amino acid. Histidine participates in the synthesis of nucleic acids (DNA) and haemoglobin (red blood pigment). It is found in the highest amounts in meat, fish, nuts and seeds, e.g. pumpkin, sunflower and sesame.
Lysine – is involved in cartilage synthesis, milk production, production of hormones, nucleic acids, antibodies, enzymes and tissue repair. It is very widely available in food. It is not present only in corn.
Methionine – essential for growth, participates in creatine synthesis, takes part in fat metabolism. It is found in the greatest quantities in egg white, milk and cottage cheese.
Phenylalanine – is involved in the production of the neurotransmitters – dopamine, epinephrine and norepinephrine. Phenylalanine deficiency may be associated with lowered mood, problems with concentration and depression. It is present in all foods in smaller amounts.
Threonine – is a component of collagen and elastin - the building blocks of joints and skin. It is mainly found in gelatin, meat, fish, eggs and cottage cheese.
Tryptophan – is necessary for the production of serotonin, protects us from states of depression. In the highest amount, it can be found in cereals.
Valine, leucine, isoleucine - all three amino acids belong to the group of branched amino acids, they build muscle mass, prevent muscle protein breakdown during and after exercise. These essential amino acids are commonly found in animal products - meat, fish, dairy goods.
What are endogenous amino acids?
Endogenous amino acids (non-essential amino acids) are the ones that the body synthesises on its own. Endogenous amino acids are formed from the products of carbohydrate and fat metabolism, along with other compounds that must provide an amino group.
The nutritional classification of amino acids includes not only exogenous and endogenous ones but also conditionally essential amino acids. This group is formed from its precursors, which are other amino acids, mostly those that must be supplied with food (exogenous). If the amount of these precursors in the diet is insufficient, then the conditionally essential amino acids become essential ones and also need to be supplied with food. On the other hand, when the diet covers the demand for precursors, the conditionally essential amino acids are produced by the body just like the endogenous amino acids.
Endogenous amino acids include:
Alanine – participates in nitrogen and glucose transport between muscles and liver.
Aspartic acid - plays an important role in the immune system, has an anabolic effect.
Asparagine – acts as a nitrogen store.
Glutamic acid - supports the nervous system, reduces fatigue.
Serine - participates in the production of nucleic acids.
Conditionally essential amino acids are:
Arginine – is formed from glutamine, glutamic acid and aspartic acid. It is necessary for the production of nitric oxide, which supports the cardiovascular system. It strengthens the immune system, increases physical performance, and accelerates wound healing.
Cysteine – formed from methionine and serine. It is a component of glutathione, key element in oxidation and reduction processes.
Glutamine – formed from glutamic acid and ammonia. It is an energy source for the cells of the intestinal mucosa. Participates in the production of lymphocytes and macrophages.
Glycine – formed from serine and choline. Participates in the synthesis of haemoglobin and nucleic acids.
Proline –formed from glutamine. Found mainly in connective tissue.
Tyrosine – formed from phenylalanine. It is necessary for the synthesis of thyroid hormones, adrenaline, noradrenaline and pigments produced in the body.
Exogenous and endogenous amino acids have numerous and diverse functions in the body. Those listed above are only examples showing how important it is to supply exogenous amino acids and precursors of conditionally essential ones with food.
BCAA amino acids
BCAA (branched-chain amino acids) are amino acids with branched side chains. What does this mean? Most amino acid molecules have a straight chain, shaped like a single line. BCAA amino acids, on the other hand, have arms that diverge from the main chain. It makes BCAA amino acids unique in comparison to other amino acids.
BCAA are 3 essential amino acids – valine, leucine and isoleucine. They represent around 25% of all muscle-building amino acids. BCAA amino acids are especially important for athletes, as they prevent muscle proteins from being used as an energy source during intensive workouts and support muscle mass gain. Opinions about BCAAs are consistent both among users and among scientists who study their effectiveness. Supplements with BCAA amino acids actually help.
What is the role of BCAA amino acids?
Prevent catabolism and increase the anabolism of muscle proteins.
Decrease the feeling of fatigue after exercise, which allows you to exercise longer and harder.
Reduce pain during and after exercise.
Increase muscle endurance.
Due to their obvious and very beneficial role during high physical activity, BCAA amino acids are a popular dietary supplement among athletes. They often wonder how to choose the best BCAAs? The ranking of BCAAs should take into account the amino acid content of the product, their ratio, water solubility and taste.
Classic products contain leucine, isoleucine and valine in a proportion of 2:1:1, which is the same ratio present in muscles. However, it is known that leucine is the key anabolic substance and has the biggest impact on the development of muscle mass. For this reason, the market offers a new generation of products with an increased proportion of leucine. Should the best BCAA contain amino acids in the proportion of 4:1:1, 8:1:1 or perhaps 20:1:1? There is still no clear answer based on scientific research, but the tendency among athletes is that the more training is focused on muscle mass gain, the more leucine in the supplement.
The dosage of BCAAs recommended by the scientific community is 1 g per 10 kg of body weight. However, most trainers suggest taking 10 g of BCAAs in two portions - 5 g before and 5 g after training. BCAA producers also recommend the dosage of their supplements on packages. The best way to choose the right dose of BCAAs is to observe your own body and adjust it individually.
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👥Loretta  Clearfield News , CRC in the News 🕔April 15, 2014
The Clearfield Revitalization Corporation (CRC) has received $30,000 in Redevelopment Grant-to-Loan funding from the PA Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) to assist the Ritz Theater in its transition to digital technology. This funding will be loaned to the Ritz Theater with all returned funds being devoted to further the CRC's revitalization efforts throughout the community.
Last year, the film industry announced that it would soon stop production of 35-millimeter film and move instead to digital technology. This costly transition has forced many theaters across the nation to close their doors. It was then that several members of the Clearfield Community stepped up to help raise funds to keep the Ritz open. The "Save the Ritz" Committee is headed by Pam Babick of Clearfield. Babick states, "The Committee is so very appreciative of the hard work and time that the CRC has put into this grant-to-loan, making it possible for us purchase the first projector. We are also thankful to the Clearfield Community for their support and generosity without whom we would have never raised the matching funds."
Owner of the Ritz, Bob Knepp remarked, "My appreciation goes out to the Clearfield community, the "Save the Ritz" Committee and to CRC for making this happen."
The ability to coordinate such programs is just one of the many benefits the Clearfield Community receives by maintaining our Main Street Program. The CRC is devoted to serving as a resource for all downtown businesses, and all those who are in need of assistance are encouraged to contact the CRC. CRC Director of Planning and Development, Chris Renaud states, "We would like to congratulate the Save the Ritz Committee and the entire community for its help in saving Downtown Clearfield's historic movie theater. This project has proven just how powerful a group of community-minded citizens can be for the success of Clearfield as a whole."
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Q: EF and data import I am working on application where I use EF code first (v4.4) as ORM and SqlServer as database. I also need an option to import data from another database type, which has similar data structure. During the data transfer I need to transfer identity columns with values they have, in order not to break related data.
Assuming this is the sequence of operations:

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*fetch the data

*convert it to fit EF model

*add each entity to DbContext

*save changes

the problem is that it will not insert identity values as they were, due to the fact that my primary keys are set as Identity columns.
One of the ways to solve this problem is to use IDENTITY_INSERT command, but it requires to be executed together with insert queries under the same connection cycle. By connection cycle I mean that connection must not be closed during all operations (IDENTITY_INSERT and INSERT INTO).
Problem: ExecuteSqlCommand closes the connection, even if it was explicitly opened prior calling it.
A solution to this problem is to not use EF for this task, but go with ADO.NET SqlCommand. This way we have more control of when the connection will be opened / closed.
Problem: if I change my model, I also need to change the import queries, so I need to maintain database structure on two places.
Any advice how to achieve this with EF? I do not have the slightest idea why did EF team decide to always close the connection after calling ExecuteSqlCommand.

A: In order to go with EF DbContext, here is what needs to be done:

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*Use IObjectContextAdapter to open the connection

*Use ObjectContext's ExecuteStoreCommand to turn IDENTITY_INSERT ON/OFF

*In the DbContext have a constructor where you have a switch to turn off DatabaseGeneratedOption.Identity for PKs when doing data conversion

As for the perfromance, the best way I found is to do a batch update for X records, and then dispose / recreate the Context. Also, set AutoDetectChangesEnabled to false
Interesting reading about performance can be found here:
Fastest Way of Inserting in Entity Framework

A: I think the right way to do this would be to let go of the requirement for the Identity values to stay identical in source and target DB.  If you import the data into the EF model keeping the relations intact, i.e. create a parent object and then add its children correctly, then your structure and relationships will remain unchanged.
You will never use identity values in queries anyway, so there is no point in worying about their values.
If nothing else, this will be much more maintainable.
The other option is to create the PK columns as regular insertable columns, not auto-generated.  In the POCO, use the
<DatabaseGenerated(DatabaseGeneratedOption.None)>

decoration to achieve this.

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Cone-beam CT diagnostically outperforms MDCT in detection of hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma
By Staff News Brief
Cone-beam computed tomography (CT) can detect hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with cirrhosis undergoing transarterial chemoembolization better than multidetector CT (MDCT), according to an Italian study published in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. This research supplements published literature that shows cone-beam CT-guided transarterial chemoembolization (the administration of chemotherapy directly to the tumor via a catheter) is correlated with better response to embolization and clinical outcome, higher overall and progression-free survival rates, and better prediction of tumor response to treatment in liver cancer patients.
The study objective was to evaluate the potential role of cone-beam CT in influencing intra-procedural decision making on the best treatment option of cirrhotic patients diagnosed with liver cancer. Cone beam CT identified 11.5% more malignant nodules than multidetector CT in a consecutive patient cohort of 55, according to lead author Pierleone Lucatelli, MD, PhD, of the Vascular and Interventional Radiology Unit of the Department of Radiological, Oncological and Anatomo-pathological Sciences of Sapienza University of Rome.
The patients were prospectively enrolled over a two year period. They had a pre-procedural MDCT within four weeks before their planned treatment, an intra-procedural cone-beam CT immediately before chemoembolization, and a multidetector CT follow-up four weeks after treatment. The authors conducted an analysis of image quality and an analysis of lesion size. For the analysis of diagnostic performance, an interventional radiologist and a radiologist specializing in liver imaging first evaluated the intra-procedural cone-beam CT to assess the presence or absence of hypervascular occult nodules that were identified on cone-beam CT during chemoembolization. They compared the dataset of these nodules with the datasets of the preprocedural MDCT and the follow-up MDCT. The follow-up MDCT was used to assess treatment outcome and also as a reference standard to confirm and characterize hypervascular nodules that had been identified by cone-beam CT but not by the pre-procedural MDCT.
The authors stated that preprocedural MDCT identified 115 hepatocellular carcinomas and revealed nine hypervascular areas with enhancement features and morphology compatible with benign lesions. The cone-beam CT identified 15 additional hypervascular nodules in nine patients. Twelve of these 15 occult cancerous nodules in seven patients were located in a different segment than the target lesion site of chemoembolization based on pre-procedural MDCT findings. In the remaining two patients, three occult nodules were localized within the same hepatic segment as the target lesion.
The visibility of the HCC was significantly enhanced on cone-beam CT. The authors wrote that this made it easier to detect smaller or less vascularized lesions. Cone-beam CT showed increased minimum (by 4.8%) and maximum (by 4.6%) HCC diameters compared with the pre-procedural MDCT. The median values of lesion-to-liver contrast-to-noise ratio (LLCNR) also differed, with MDCT at 3.94 and 6.90 for cone-beam CT as did the median values of liver-to-liver signal-to noise ratio (LLSNR), at 11.53 and 9.36 respectively. The authors explained that the greater noise of the cone-beam CT images produced a lower LLSNR but that the greater attenuation of iodine produced by intra-arterial injection resulted in a substantial increase of LLCNR. This resulted in the greater diagnostic performance in the detection of cancerous hypervascular nodules.
In addition to its diagnostic detection capability, the authors advised that cone-beam CT during chemoembolization procedures offers several potential intra-procedural advantages. These include:
enabling more accurate evaluation of lesion-feeding vessels compared with digital subtraction angiography (DSA)
facilitaing detection of parasitic lesion-feeding vessels by depicting incomplete tumral enhancement
detecting accumulation of radiopaque embolic agents in target lesions as small as 10 mm during chemoembolization procedures performed with Lipiodol (Guerbert)
potentially reducing the total volume of contrast agent injected, fluoroscopy time, and radiation dose delivered by limiting the number of DSA acquisitions needed to perform the entire embolization procedure.
Lucatelli P, Argirò R, Corradini SG, et al. Comparison of Image Quality and Diagnostic Performance of Cone-Beam CT during Drug-Eluting Embolic Transarterial Chemoembolization and Multidetector CT in the Detection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. J Vas Interv Radiol. 2017. 28:978-986.
Cone-beam CT diagnostically outperforms MDCT in detection of hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma. Appl Radiol.
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Fancy Green Diamonds
The green diamond - an extremely rare and unique fancy colour diamond that I believe is still overlooked and undervalued. Its beautiful green colour is caused by millions of years of exposure to a source of natural irradiation in the earth during the diamond's formation process.
Although green is one of the rarest of diamond colours, making it very desirable and sought after by collectors, it's not usually on an investor's radar. This is mainly because green diamonds are not (yet) quite as popular as pink, blue and red diamonds, which are thought of as much 'safer' investment options. The high popularity and media exposure of these three diamond colours has led to their strong price increase over the last 30 years or so, which can be seen by past auction results. Celebrities have definitely had a part to play in this, as they have been opting for these coloured diamonds in engagement rings as opposed to their more common colourless counterparts, giving them huge exposure (think J. Lo, Blake Lively and Mariah Carey with their famous pink diamond engagement rings). We also can't forget about the Argyle Mine's incredible marketing campaign for pink and red diamonds, and their impending closure later this year which is drastically driving up the prices of pinks and reds.
The Dresden Green Diamond, 40.70 carats, Type IIa, Fancy Green, VS1
The largest natural green diamond in the world is the Dresden Green diamond. It is a fancy green, 40.70 carats, type IIa, VS1 diamond and has the potential to be internally flawless if re-cut. It is on display at the Albertinium Museum in Dresden, Germany and has a fantastic history that dates as far back as 1741.
Over the past few decades, only a handful of natural green diamonds have been sold at auction, but those that have come up have seen a steady increase in price. Below are the ones that really stand out.
2.52 carats, Fancy Vivid Green Diamond, VS1
In 2009, a 2.52 carat fancy vivid green, VS1 diamond sold at Sotheby's Geneva Magnificent Jewels auction for a record price of $3.08 million, or $1.22 million per carat.
The Ocean Dream Diamond, 5.50 carats, Fancy Vivid Blue-Green, SI1
In May 2014, the Ocean Dream diamond, an incredible fancy vivid blue-green, weighing approximately 5.50 carats broke records as it fetched $8.6 million, or approximately $1.56 million per carat. It is the largest fancy vivid blue-green diamond ever graded by the GIA to date, and it's colour is so unique that GIA had to conduct tests to make sure the colour was in fact natural and not artificially enhanced.
The Aurora Green Diamond, 5.03 carats, Fancy Vivid Green, VS2
In May 2016, the Aurora Green went on sale at Christie's Magnificent Jewels Hong Kong auction. This 5.03 carat, fancy vivid green, rectangular cut, VS2 diamond sold for $16.8 million - an amazing $3.3 million per carat. To this day the Aurora Green is the most expensive green diamond ever to be sold at auction and was sold to Chow Tai Fook Jewellery - a Hong Kong based Jeweller.
Between 2014-2018 only 13 lots of green diamonds made their way into Bonhams auctions - eight of which sold in Hong Kong. This increased awareness and demand for green diamonds from the East - possibly to do with the fact that green is considered to be a lucky colour, combined with the escalation in auction prices for green diamonds, makes me strongly believe that they are expected to be a worthwhile investment. Paul Redmayne, head of jewellery sales at Bonhams Hong Kong said "Green is one of the rarest diamonds, and if you look at it purely from an investment point of view, they're very much undervalued."


Welcome to SquareTrade, Mayor Ed Lee!
This past week, Mayor Lee dropped in to our very own SquareTrade HQ, as part of his Tech Tour Tuesdays. Talk about finalizing our move to the new building with a bang!
The office buzzed with excitement as we set up for the mayor's arrival– we put up signs, popped some champagne and set up some… wait, SquareTrade cupcakes? That's right! We've got those cupcakes covered!
Champagne and SquareTrade Cupcakes to Celebrate!
The mayor started his tour with some quality time with our CEO, Steve Abernethy, followed by some meet-and-greet around the office with the staff to get a full 360 SquareTrade experience. A picture says a thousands words– judging by this next photo, it's clear that Mayor Lee and Steve enjoyed each other's company.
Mayor Lee and Steve sharing a funny moment.
Mayor Lee then joined the entire team for an introduction and to share his vision and efforts to help provide quality education, increase job availability and to push San Francisco to become the Innovative Capital of the World. Mayor Lee answered questions about the youth and opportunities in the tech world as well as questions about the upcoming new Warriors stadium during the Q&A. As the tour came to an end, Mayor Lee assisted us to an official ribbon cutting ceremony.
Welcome to SquareTrade, Mayor Lee– we'd love to have you back soon!


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Q: Fontawesome и Vue3. Не подключается иконка Есть необходимость подключить данную иконку:
https://fontawesome.com/icons/backward-step?s=solid
При подключении прошлых иконок - код выглядел примерно следующим образом:
// package.json
"dependencies": {
    "@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core": "^1.2.36",
    "@fortawesome/free-brands-svg-icons": "^5.15.4",
    "@fortawesome/free-regular-svg-icons": "^5.15.4",
    "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons": "^5.15.4",
    "@fortawesome/vue-fontawesome": "^3.0.1"
    }

// main.ts
import { createApp } from 'vue'
import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/vue-fontawesome'
import { library } from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core'
import { fas } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons'
import { faYoutube, faGithub } from '@fortawesome/free-brands-svg-icons'
import App from './App.vue'
import './registerServiceWorker'
import router from './router'
import store from './store'

library.add(fas, faYoutube, faGithub)

createApp(App)
  .use(store)
  .use(router)
  .component('fa', FontAwesomeIcon)
  .mount('#app')

// some component

  <fa icon="coffee" size="lg"></fa>

Все работало нормально в такой конфигурации.
Вопрос:
Как корректно подключить в текущую конфигурацию новую вышеупомянутую иконку?
Если пробовать просто добавлять вот такой код в HTML - получаем следующий результат:
<template>

    <fa icon="coffee" size="lg"></fa>

</template>

[Vue warn]: Failed to resolve component: font-awesome-icon
If this is a native custom element, make sure to exclude it from component resolution via compilerOptions.isCustomElement.
  at <RewindChartApp>
  at <Vue3DraggableResizable class="chartApp" parent=true initW=750  ... >
  at <ChartApp>
  at <Home onVnodeUnmounted=fn<onVnodeUnmounted> ref=Ref< undefined > >
  at <RouterView>
  at <App>

Иконка само собой вообще не отображается в данном случае.
P.S. Pro версии у меня нет - расчитываю на Free вариант.


Cornea research focuses on novel treatments and genetic analysis.
In addition to extensive research on other eye structures such as the retina, the Department of Ophthalmology engages in research on the structure and function of the cornea. The cornea serves multiple purposes in the eye. As one of the eye's protective outer layers, it helps prevent germs and other harmful matter from entering the inner eye. In addition, the curvature of the cornea bends, or refracts, the light entering the eye, thereby contributing a substantial amount to the focusing power of the eye. There are several diseases and other conditions that can damage the cornea and interfere with a person's vision, including keratoconus and corneal ectasia, two key areas of cornea research for the Department of Ophthalmology.
Keratoconus is a progressive thinning and weakening of the cornea, which causes the cornea to bulge outward in the middle, causing a moderate to severe astigmatism and nearsightedness. Keratoconus also may cause swelling and scarring of corneal tissue, further distorting vision. Likewise, corneal ectasia is a condition resembling keratoconus in which the cornea also protrudes and bulges outward. Corneal ectasia almost always occurs when the cornea has been weakened by LASIK or PRK surgery.
The Henry Ford Department of Ophthalmology is currently participating in a multicenter clinical trial of a novel treatment for keratoconus and corneal ectasia. This clinical trial is investigating corneal collagen cross-linking, a treatment designed to delay the progression of keratoconus or corneal ectasia by strengthening corneal tissue. The corneal collagen cross-linking trial is a safety, efficacy and dose dependency study that involves a medication called VibeX (also known as riboflavin or vitamin B2). Previous studies on collagen cross-linking have demonstrated that when vitamin B is absorbed into tissue, and that tissue is exposed to UV light, free radicals induce the formation of extra chemical bonds between collagen fibers. This process strengthens the tissue structure.
Other recent cornea research has focused on using genetic analysis to map the novel genes for Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy, a primarily hereditary disorder that causes painful corneal blisters and can lead to vision loss.
Henry Ford cornea specialists have extensive experience in the treatment of cornea conditions, regardless of their complexity. In addition, our team works closely with Henry Ford Medical Group physicians in other departments, providing multidisciplinary, coordinated care for those patients who need it. Our patients have access to advanced diagnostic tests and treatment and, if eligible, related clinical trials.


We'd love your help. Let us know what's wrong with this preview of Life from Scratch by Sasha Martin.
Witty, warm, and poignant, food blogger Sasha Martin's memoir about cooking her way to happiness and self-acceptance is a culinary journey like no other.
Over the course of 195 weeks, food writer and blogger Sasha Martin set out to cook—and eat—a meal from every country in the world. As cooking unlocked the memories of her rough-and-tumble childhood and the loss and hear Witty, warm, and poignant, food blogger Sasha Martin's memoir about cooking her way to happiness and self-acceptance is a culinary journey like no other.
Over the course of 195 weeks, food writer and blogger Sasha Martin set out to cook—and eat—a meal from every country in the world. As cooking unlocked the memories of her rough-and-tumble childhood and the loss and heartbreak that came with it, Martin became more determined than ever to find peace and elevate her life through the prism of food and world cultures. From the tiny, makeshift kitchen of her eccentric, creative mother, to a string of foster homes, to the house from which she launched her own cooking adventure, Martin's heartfelt, brutally honest memoir reveals the power of cooking to bond, to empower, and to heal—and celebrates the simple truth that happiness is created from within.
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Such an amazing woman! Is Sasha still in Tulsa, and what is her next project?
This is a book about Sasha's terrible childhood that she's never got over and goes on about endlessly. I didn't really feel she had forgiven her mother for having given her and her brother away (and thereby been the cause of her brother's suicide) but that she wanted her mother in her life enough to put it to one side. The mother comes off looking good with a strong personality and sense of style and you would scarcely believe how self-centred she was, just what little concern she had for her ch This is a book about Sasha's terrible childhood that she's never got over and goes on about endlessly. I didn't really feel she had forgiven her mother for having given her and her brother away (and thereby been the cause of her brother's suicide) but that she wanted her mother in her life enough to put it to one side. The mother comes off looking good with a strong personality and sense of style and you would scarcely believe how self-centred she was, just what little concern she had for her children, I hated her and I never forgave her.
There wasn't much about food, a little bit about family, pseudo-family and newly-discovered half-family, children of the father who never ever wanted her.
It was an unremittingly sad book. I felt very sorry for the author and felt she clutched at straws for love and acceptance from anyone who might validate that she was a lovable human being. I hope she's got a happy life now.
Unfortunately, the book never lived up to the promise of the beautiful cover; it was a drudge to read. I couldn't see what it was author was a blogger and all her subscribers joined up to vote? There just isn't enough substance here to lift the book out of mediocrity to me. It's hard to make the jump from blogging to a full-length book, the media and audience expectations are so different.
I wish the author well.
Written when reading the book. (view spoiler)[ I went back to this. Can't read Greek history all the time. I'm having the same problem with the book as I did before. But in reverse. Before I couldn't engage with the author because of her lack of emotion with extreme events. Now it's overdoing it. Years down the road and we're still obsessively grieving.
I am wondering when food makes it's appearance. I'm a third of the way through the book. It still hasn't. So it is a memoir. But no food. Family? Yes but they are her foster/adopted family and she doesn't have any emotion towards them whatsoever, only towards her mother who gave her up 'for her own good' and pops up every now and again. I must have missed exactly why she gave her up as all I could see was that they were living on the breadline. Her siblings, all grown up, don't want to take responsibility for her. Forgiveness? Well I suppose we will get to that.
Our relationship with food is complicated. Never is that more clear than with this memoir of a young woman's journey to self acceptance. The author chronicles her life with some of the recipes from her childhood and most from her career as a food blogger.
Like most of us, her life's journey is complicated.And she finds herself leaning too heavily on others for support. Finding her own footing and becoming emotionally self sufficient is the task she struggles with.As her adult life evolves, so d Our relationship with food is complicated. Never is that more clear than with this memoir of a young woman's journey to self acceptance. The author chronicles her life with some of the recipes from her childhood and most from her career as a food blogger.
Like most of us, her life's journey is complicated.And she finds herself leaning too heavily on others for support. Finding her own footing and becoming emotionally self sufficient is the task she struggles with.As her adult life evolves, so does her relationship with food and family.
I like reading a chapter or two of a 'foodoir' (as Sandra Gilbert dubbed foodie memoirs in The Culinary Imagination) over weekday lunches. Martin writes well and I enjoyed this book overall, but at times you may become frustrated and ask "where's the food?!" That's because the makeup of this book is: Misery Memoir – 70% / Global Table Adventure blog – 30%.
Martin never remembered her father; she and her brother Michael grew up in Boston with the I like reading a chapter or two of a 'foodoir' (as Sandra Gilbert dubbed foodie memoirs in The Culinary Imagination) over weekday lunches. Martin writes well and I enjoyed this book overall, but at times you may become frustrated and ask "where's the food?!" That's because the makeup of this book is: Misery Memoir – 70% / Global Table Adventure blog – 30%.
Martin never remembered her father; she and her brother Michael grew up in Boston with their single mother in poverty, although she was so clever with shortcut and thrifty meals that Martin never realized they were poor. Food was always a way of connecting to their Italian and Hungarian heritage. "In those days food was never just sustenance; the very act of cooking knit our disparate lives together," Martin remembers of her brother and half-siblings.
Their mother struggled to cope, and the kids were taken into foster care when Martin was nine. Their new guardians, family friends Patricia and Pierre, moved the family to Atlanta, then to France and Luxembourg. In her rebellious teenage years, Martin felt cut off from her own mother and failed to get Patricia's attention and acceptance, especially after the tragic sequence of events relating to her brother Michael.
Now, FINALLY, the blog comes into the picture.
Martin had the idea to cook dishes from every country of the world. At the rate of one feast per weekend, the blog project (Global Table Adventure) would take four years. Luckily she manages to give a fairly comprehensive overview of the cooking she did over those years. (This is much better than Reading the World in that it does make an attempt to tie in the blog content.) It was impressive to me to see how diverse Tulsa is – Martin was able to find most of her ethnic ingredients at local specialty markets.
The irony of the project was that Keith was an extremely picky eater, and now he had to make his way through lots of curries, flavorsome stews, and dishes that you eat with bread or with your hands. Martin almost poisoning herself with poorly processed cassava root for the Angola meal. Some of the food is more recognizable of course, including the German 21-layer cake her mother always made them, and a Sacher torte from Austria.
Towards the end of her blog project, Martin had a dream of making her virtual 'global table' a physical reality. She recognized that, especially with her family spread around the country, she needed community right there in Tulsa if she was to stay. This meant, at the very least, finally meeting their neighbors, who she dubs "The Beards." On a larger scale, it came to fruition through her huge Tulsa-based exposition of over a hundred countries' cooking, aided by local chefs.
I might have liked the misery memoir material to have been condensed a bit more to make more space for the blog project (or for the whole book to be cut by 30% or more), but this is still a good one for foodoir fans. I reckon Martin could write a fun nonfiction book about her culinary travels, or maybe a novel along the lines of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, in which food and emotions are inextricably linked. Julie and Julia was a delightful food blog project turned book turned film; I could see Life from Scratch becoming a movie, too.
•	Elsewhere by Richard Russo also features a characterful mother joining the author for a road trip west.
•	Delancey is more feel-good foodie lit (also, Molly Wizenberg is from Oklahoma).
On the surface, Sasha Martin's memoir is about cooking her way around the world and the process of blogging about it. But more than that, this book is about how the author puzzles through the hand she had been dealt, complete with a difficult childhood, and the road to making peace with herself and her life largely through food and cooking.
Sasha's book put me in mind of the writings of Jeannette Walls and Ruth Reichl, as well as Wild by Cheryl Strayed. Her writing is clear and conversational. Th On the surface, Sasha Martin's memoir is about cooking her way around the world and the process of blogging about it. But more than that, this book is about how the author puzzles through the hand she had been dealt, complete with a difficult childhood, and the road to making peace with herself and her life largely through food and cooking.
Sasha's book put me in mind of the writings of Jeannette Walls and Ruth Reichl, as well as Wild by Cheryl Strayed. Her writing is clear and conversational. The recipes throughout the book, which are just a sampling of what is available on her blog Global Table Adventure, seem within reach of the average cook who wants some adventure. She is a person who has had the courage to tell an authentic story of learning to make peace with herself and her past, in order to be able to live in the present and the future. Personally, reading this book gave me courage to accept some things in the past for which there is no explanation.
Probably 3.5 stars total --3 for the first half and 4 for the second half.
"Life From Scratch was an interesting book for me. I found myself avoiding reading it for the first half-ish of the book because Sasha Martin's depiction of her childhood and the many adults who let her down during it--starting with her mother who essentially abandons her children to the foster care of friends, and combined with the suicide of her beloved brother--was a downer. Martin's writing won me over in the end, and the later part of the book as she finds her place in the adult world and begins cooking her way through the recipes of the world was more enjoyable--even as she worked through her fear of abandonment and other issues of her childhood. Forgiveness is in the title and I was impressed by Martin's capacity for it--although in my opinion, she takes on too much of the blame for some of the circumstances--especially with the relationship with the family-friends (Pierre and Patricia Dumont) who fostered her for her preteen and teen years. I'm not a parent, nor have I ever fostered a child so I am not truly qualified to judge, but I found myself almost angrier at them more than her mother at times, (particularly Patricia) for some of the actions they took and their inability to put Martin's needs in priority and to seek to understand her in a mature way as the adults who took on her care. Martin was able to forge and maintain an adult relationship with her mother but not the Dumonts, and I give her much credit for even trying with both.
As a food blogger myself, I really enjoyed reading about Martin's project to cook and blog recipes from each country of the world, once a week for 195 weeks and was surprised I was not familiar with her project or blog (Global Table Adventure) as cooking global flavors is something I love to do and is of great interest to me. Hearing about her successes and reading her descriptive food writing made this part of the book fly by and caused me to check out her blog for more of it. The entire memoir has about 30 recipes worked in throughout the chapters; many are family recipes and others are favorites from the project. "
This is not a book that I intended to read. I was looking up for something else in goodreads when the title caught my eye at the recommendations column. Growing up, I never had a loving relationship with food or cooking. To me, cooking was a burden borne by women as a norm of patriarchal society. Food made me fat, so hiding at girl's toilet to avoid breakfast was my accomplishment in boarding school. However, over the years my perception towards cooking and eating has changed to a degree where I This is not a book that I intended to read. I was looking up for something else in goodreads when the title caught my eye at the recommendations column. Growing up, I never had a loving relationship with food or cooking. To me, cooking was a burden borne by women as a norm of patriarchal society. Food made me fat, so hiding at girl's toilet to avoid breakfast was my accomplishment in boarding school. However, over the years my perception towards cooking and eating has changed to a degree where I find food memoirs and movies like Julie and Julia, quite comforting. Now cooking to me is gradually becoming as Sasha Martin beautifully describes: "a walking meditation". Life from scratch is a catchy title with an equally catchy theme where the author cooks dishes from countries all over the world! I was expecting a bunch full of exotic recipes but as I started reading it, I got drawn more into the inner life of the author. The first three parts in the book are my absolute favorites. I found myself in tears at times and in amazement the other times, wondering how much hardship some people endure in reality. Aren't those people who find bliss and empowerment despite life's struggle, so beautiful? Definitely, Martin's writing reflects that beauty and wisdom.
Mostly memoir, with food recipes sprinkled in. When I first heard about this, I thought it sounded like a fascinating read. A food blogger's memoirs of her childhood and what led her to food blogging recipes from around the world? Sounds fascinating!
Unfortunately, that wasn't it. It took FOREVER for me to get this book from the library, and so I was thrilled when I finally got it. Since it had been so long I hadn't remembered what drew me to the book in the first place and I read it without bot Mostly memoir, with food recipes sprinkled in. When I first heard about this, I thought it sounded like a fascinating read. A food blogger's memoirs of her childhood and what led her to food blogging recipes from around the world? Sounds fascinating!
Unfortunately, that wasn't it. It took FOREVER for me to get this book from the library, and so I was thrilled when I finally got it. Since it had been so long I hadn't remembered what drew me to the book in the first place and I read it without bothering to refresh myself.
Her childhood began okay, essentially being raised by a single mother (her and her brother Michael's father abandoned them around the time of her birth). But being a single mom is never easy, and eventually the children are taken into the foster care system, where they are shuttled in a few different homes of varying qualities. Michael is sexually abused by a priest and quite possibly at one of the foster homes (author doesn't say for sure, unlike later relating how her mother would sue the church regarding Michael, but it wouldn't surprise me if he had been).
Eventually the siblings are taken in by some old friends of her mother's, who believe it is a "temporary" situation. "Temporary" becomes years. Michael commits suicide and the author is left adrift as a teenager, feeling abandoned by her mother, dealing with the loss of her brother and being unwanted by her guardians.
Yet, despite it all the author never throws herself too many pity parties, just says this is what happened. As a memoir it was extremely compelling read. But as she moved onto adulthood, I found the book less and less interesting. Food/cooking memoirs are a real mix for me. I adored books by Ruth Reichl or Marcus Samuelsson. But with another rauthor (Molly Wizenberg) who is closest in terms of parallels to this author (a food blogger and not a chef or food critic who then writes a book or two) I felt the same. Sometimes blogging really doesn't carry over into book form all that well.
Perhaps it's because I'm not familiar with her blog (based on other reviews though, not all of her blog readers were happy either) but I honestly didn't find the project particularly interesting. As a memoir of her childhood and younger days I applaud the author for coming out on the other side in what definitely seems to be a much better place. But a look at her food project it wasn't at all interesting for me.
I'm sorry to say this is more of a 2.5 star review. I'm a bit of a sucker for food memoirs and was excited to receive a copy of this at a recent Book Buzz in NYC. The sales pitch revolved around a woman who decided to cook a meal from every country on Earth over the course of 195 weeks. "Great", I thought "I have a friend who is doing a very similar thing for her family, let's compare." I did not know that the author was already a bit of an NPR star.
With every food memoir comes a bit of family history and background to put the food into perspective, and this is where this book lost me. The first two thirds of the book are about an awful childhood, rebellious teen years and the road to some semblance of adult normalcy. There are a few requisite recipes thrown in to the story, but they are pretty pedestrian. Then, when we finally get to the big life changing project, the narrative becomes scarce and the global recipes take over. The last hundred pages are more of a cookbook with stories attached to the recipes.
So maybe my disappointment lies with my perceptions of the book going in. I wanted the book to be mostly about the Global Table Adventure, not the author's troubled youth. That could have been a separate book if the book I'd envisioned was a hit and people wanted to know more about Sasha Martin. I'm left with the feeling that I should've read her blog first, so I suppose her fans and followers will have a different perspective.
I read this mostly in one sitting while stuck in a quiet hairdresser's chair. I found myself closing the book and taking periodic breaks because of the sheer intensity of food blogger Sasha Martin's childhood, detailed in this memoir.
Martin writes well, and her story is beyond compelling. Her mother is, to put it kindly, a piece of work -- but Martin's love for her shines through, even while her free-spirited mother makes a series of disastrous choices.
You can feel the mercy in Martin's writing I read this mostly in one sitting while stuck in a quiet hairdresser's chair. I found myself closing the book and taking periodic breaks because of the sheer intensity of food blogger Sasha Martin's childhood, detailed in this memoir.
You can feel the mercy in Martin's writing; her descriptions of people's actions are unflinching yet her interpretations are charitable.
The instrument of Martin's redemption and her tools for forgiveness come in the form of her food blog, http://globaltableadventure.com/, and her family. She weaves a variety of recipes into her book, and I'll be keeping this library book for bit, so I can experiment with a few of them, including her German tree cake.
The final sections of the book, where she starts the blog, cooks foods from a variety of different countries and then holds a giant global cuisine party in her adopted hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma, is comparatively rushed -- but her happy life with her toddler daughter and new husband has a different kind of poignancy.
I first found Sasha's blog some years ago and as I read through her posts each week, I always had questions. This book answered those question. I finally got to understand the lady behind the blog.
She writes about an almost unbelievable childhood that has you quickly flipping the pages to find out what will happen next. I loved her writing style and it was hard to put the book down as I wanted - no, needed - to know where life would take her next. There are recipes included along the way but ma I first found Sasha's blog some years ago and as I read through her posts each week, I always had questions. This book answered those question. I finally got to understand the lady behind the blog.
A wonderful book of love, forgiveness and great food. What's not to love?
This was one of those books that I found myself reading at stoplights, on the elevator at work, any spare moment I could find. The book is one part The Glass Castle, one part Julie and Julia, with a twist of Gourmet magazine to finish it off. It has very little to do with the culinary adventure associated with cooking the world and, while it includes recipes, it's decidedly not a cookbook.
This is the story of what leads Sasha Martin to explore world cuisine and ultimately find the connections an This was one of those books that I found myself reading at stoplights, on the elevator at work, any spare moment I could find. The book is one part The Glass Castle, one part Julie and Julia, with a twist of Gourmet magazine to finish it off. It has very little to do with the culinary adventure associated with cooking the world and, while it includes recipes, it's decidedly not a cookbook.
This is the story of what leads Sasha Martin to explore world cuisine and ultimately find the connections and roots she has been searching for her entire life. Martin's childhood is tragic. She is abandoned over and over again. But somehow she escapes with fewer scars than one might think. I think this book (even more than her cooking project) served as the therapy she desperately needed to finally heal. It's still clear, however, that she's not ready to face some of the truths about her own past. Even as an adult she seems to constantly try to smooth things over for her own mother while her mother seems content to sweep the past under the rug and never really take accountability for the fact that the choices she made (which may have been with the best of intentions) damaged her children. I would love to read her mother's memoir, as I think there is so much to her story that the author either didn't include or more likely probably doesn't know.
Sasha Martin's book Life from Scratch is a book that is both wonderful, fascinating, and heart breaking.
Martin did not have the easiest childhood. It seems that challenge after challenge plagued her and her family. And yet, at the same time, she was living a fantasy life: spending time in France and other countries. Seemingly having everything. And yet, having nothing.
But her earliest memories are being in the kitchen with her mother. And as she grows, she is able to reconnect through food and Sasha Martin's book Life from Scratch is a book that is both wonderful, fascinating, and heart breaking.
But her earliest memories are being in the kitchen with her mother. And as she grows, she is able to reconnect through food and undertakes the challenge of cooking food from every country in the world for her family and friends.
This is one more memoir of a difficult growing up followed by a successful struggle to find happiness and personal fulfillment. Sasha's triumph comes in the form of a popular food blog featuring international recipes which culminates in a public banquet with a dish from every country of the globe. I think I have read too many of these types of memoirs because this did not impress me, neither in the life story nor in the writing.
I seem to give a lot of books five stars, but the ones I've read recently deserve them. This was a wonderful, warm and tasty read. Although the author's childhood was a trifle hard to read about at times, the book ends with her having found the contentment that she sought. That makes the book sound simplistic, but it is a rich, complex read. I highly recommend it.
LOVED this book! I couldn't put it down! Finished it in one day!
The author's narrative of her life drew me in from her introduction right through to her last page. I loved her mother's practical and empowering child rearing philosophy. I kept having to stop and read aloud sections to anyone handy.
Here's an example found in chapter 1 "Living Room Kitchen", page 24. (I'll leave out paragraphs and quotation marks) "I must have been five when I told Mom that I wanted to make the roast lamb I'd seen Julia make on T.V. OK, she said, Write down what we need to do. The author's narrative of her life drew me in from her introduction right through to her last page. I loved her mother's practical and empowering child rearing philosophy. I kept having to stop and read aloud sections to anyone handy.
Here's an example found in chapter 1 "Living Room Kitchen", page 24. (I'll leave out paragraphs and quotation marks) "I must have been five when I told Mom that I wanted to make the roast lamb I'd seen Julia make on T.V. OK, she said, Write down what we need to do. But I don't know how to write--. Nonsense, she said and handed me a slip of paper and a pencil. I filled the small sheet with graphite waves--my first recipe. Mom sat behind me and jotted down the basic instructions. To pay for the ingredients we collected change in an old jelly jar, Michael helping me scour the sidewalk for pennies. A few months later, once we had enough, we bought the lamb and a one-ounce jar of mint jelly just in time for Easter."
On page 25, several paragraphs later she writes, "Fueled by Mom's inventiveness my imagination grew unchecked. No meal was beyond the realm of possibility. .... If we lacked the time or the means to make a dish Mom would hand me a pencil and butcher paper. No reason to go without, she'd smile. Draw it -- make me hungry! When I was done she'd feast her eyes on my crude illustrations as though the graphite lines formed an edible banquet. Her inevitable approval always came with one word, exclaimed loud enough to make me jump: YUM!"
Warning: There are plenty of tough times and difficult choices to come as she eventually finds herself in the foster care system and later living with a court designated guardian. I won't be surprised if this is made into a movie -- it is that good. And compelling.
She acts on her inspiration to cook a dish from every country in the world -- one country a week, and decides to blog her journey. Interspersed throughout her story are nearly thirty recipes (easily found again using the index at the back of the book). They are very easy to make (if I can make them anyone can). I highly recommend the Dark Chocolate Guinness Cake with Baileys Buttercream. Ahem. I didn't have any Guinness or Baileys on hand so I substituted coconut milk.
This "Global Table Journey" takes on a life of its own, with so many coincidences that one wonders about the power of attraction. In fact, her journey eventually gets national television attention and is celebrated by an impossibly huge community event. Inspiring? Yes!
I heard Sasha Martin speak at my local bookstore recently. Prior to that, I didn't know anything about her and had never visited her food blog. In person, she was down-to-Earth, funny, warm and cautiously open about the struggle that had gone into writing this book. It was clear she had a story to tell, and it wasn't just about food.
This author had a hell of a childhood. Reading this book reminded me of reading The Glass Castle, where you just want to shake the adults who are totally failing the I heard Sasha Martin speak at my local bookstore recently. Prior to that, I didn't know anything about her and had never visited her food blog. In person, she was down-to-Earth, funny, warm and cautiously open about the struggle that had gone into writing this book. It was clear she had a story to tell, and it wasn't just about food.
This author had a hell of a childhood. Reading this book reminded me of reading The Glass Castle, where you just want to shake the adults who are totally failing the children that need them. It must have been really difficult for Martin to revisit her younger years when she was writing this book. She is clearly still processing everything that's happened to her and trying to work through it. I really admire that she's candid here about the fact that she hasn't put everything behind her and these kinds of scars don't really heal. That said, she's an incredibly positive person, and her love for her family, food and community resonate on every page in later chapters. I found her desire to "cook the world" really charming, and the way it brings her town together and engages them in a multicultural adventure is very sweet.
The writing was good. But I felt like I was mislead about the story. The description says: "Over the course of 195 weeks, food writer and blogger Sasha Martin set out to cook—and eat—a meal from every country in the world. As cooking unlocked the memories of her rough-and-tumble childhood and the loss and heartbreak that came with it, Martin became more determined than ever to find peace and elevate her life through the prism of food and world cultures."
I expected the book to be about 195 weeks The writing was good. But I felt like I was mislead about the story. The description says: "Over the course of 195 weeks, food writer and blogger Sasha Martin set out to cook—and eat—a meal from every country in the world. As cooking unlocked the memories of her rough-and-tumble childhood and the loss and heartbreak that came with it, Martin became more determined than ever to find peace and elevate her life through the prism of food and world cultures."
I had to skim a lot of this book.
This lady had such a tragic past.
I want more of the trials and tribulations/journey of cooking a meal from every country of the world and less about the author's tragic childhood.
This book should really be re-marketed as more of a straight memoir.
I loved the last 1/4 of the book -- the actual food part -- and wish it had been woven throughout the the rest of the text. If past and present were written together, rather than a chronological telling of the author's life, with the food memoir part shoved in at the end, I would have really enjoyed it. The writing was very good and I think the author had a story that needed to be told, but the way it was presented was definitely not "food memoir."
This memoir was at times sad, depressing and uplifting. This was the author's life and at the end of it I felt like she was a friend. I liked her way of telling her story interspersed with food and recipes pertinent to the story.
Overall this is Meh. I'll give it 1.5 stars.
I read just over 200 pages before I put the book down.
It is more autobiography than food lit. Mediocre writing and gliding over subject matters introduced in first 1/3 of the book didn't sit well with me.
Another "memoir" from a food blogger who had a rough upbringing, finds food, finds love, finds fulfillment. Interesting concept for her blog and I'll go check that out, though. Not bad at all, just not great.
Sasha's work has been featured on NPR, as well as in Whole Living, Bon Appetit, The Smithsonian, The Hu SASHA MARTIN is an award-winning writer and blogger who spent almost four years cooking her way around the world. She graduated from Wesleyan University and was an MFK Fisher Scholar at the Culinary Institute of America. She lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma with her husband Keith and their daughter Ava.
Sasha's work has been featured on NPR, as well as in Whole Living, Bon Appetit, The Smithsonian, The Huffington Post, and CNNgo. Her website, Global Table Adventure, is a go-to hub for foodies around the world.


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Champions League competition of the final match day is all over. Juventus and Barcelona got the last two places in the quarter-finals. After Manchester City being eliminated, the Premier League is all stop at 16.
In Champions League quarter-finals this season, La Liga becomes the big winner occupying three places, while French Football League occupies two places, Bundesliga, Serie A and Portugal occupy one place each.
UEFA Champions League Quarter-Finalists: Porto (Portuguese), Real Madrid (La Liga), Paris Saint-Germain (French), Bayern (Bundesliga), Atletico Madrid (La Liga), Monaco (French), Barcelona (La Liga), Juventus (Serie A)
Tomorrow 19:00, the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals will be held in the draw, and there is no principle avoiding the current round of balloting. Tyrannical eight will start to catch on the athletic field qualified for the semi-finals.
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New York Comptroller Audit Faults SUNY Upstate For 'Insufficient Oversight'
By Tom Magnarelli | September 30, 2019
SYRACUSE, NY (WRVO) – An audit by the New York State Comptroller's Office finds that Upstate Medical University has insufficiently monitored $4.7 million it has paid in additional compensation to some employees, over the past four years. The audit finds numerous other problems with how human resources works at SUNY Upstate.
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Upstate distributes $10 million in extra payments to about 800 employees annually. They are usually of limited duration, like a faculty member being selected for a department chair position. But the audit finds that the added pay is appearing to go towards achieving a particular salary, or incentives to work at Upstate. Mark Johnson, a spokesman for the state comptroller's office said that hasn't been documented properly.
"It goes for transparency and accountability that you need to have policies and procedures in place to make sure dollars are spent wisely and that these are, indeed, necessary payments," Johnson said. "That just makes sense."
In response, a statement from Upstate said they have a responsibility to "attract, hire, and retain the best doctors" and have made changes to ensure they can "continue to competitively compensate top medical professionals."
The audit also finds that many off-campus assignments, totaling close to a $1 million, were "not useful," of poor quality or inadequate, as told by supervisors. The assignments included independent studies for billing purposes, staffing models and retention, and overcrowding in emergency departments. But supervisors described it as "busy work," copy and pasted, not reflective of the time given and anything handed in would be acceptable. Nearly $150,000 worth of assignments weren't even completed.
"The supervisors told us that their HR department did not clearly define or communicate requirements for overseeing these off campus assignments and more HR guidance is needed," Johnson said.
The audit also criticized the SUNY System Administration for continuing to pay former Upstate President Danielle Laraque-Arena her annual presidential salary of $600,000, after she stepped down to an assistant position, while it simultaneously paid the interim-president his presidential salary. The state comptroller's office will do a follow-up audit in a year.


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La Necropoli di Torre Guaceto è un sito archeologico scoperto casualmente nel 2019, che si trova all'interno della Riserva naturale statale Torre Guaceto, poco a nord di Brindisi.

Descrizione
L'individuazione del sito come area di inumazione risale al 2019, quando in maniera fortuita a seguito di una mareggiata furono scoperte le prime 4 tombe ad inumazione.

Gli scavi condotti nel 2021 hanno permesso di scoprire una necropoli funzionale all'abitato, che si pensa sorgesse sul promontorio dove si trova la torre che da luogo alla riserva. I depositi funerari scoperti in questa occasione furono 15, del tipo a cremazione risalenti alla fine dell'età del Bronzo.

Altri scavi condotti nel 2022 hanno portato alla luce 20 altre tombe, portando a 35 il totale delle tombe ritrovate in questa necropoli.

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Siti archeologici della provincia di Brindisi
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Five years ago I fell in love with a book. Yes, I happen to fall in love with books quite often, but still, this was a very special book. That book was RJ Palacio's Wonder. Kellee and I reviewed it here on the blog but I shared why I love Wonder so much in my blog post: Wonder Reminds Us That Kindness Makes the World Go Round.
I can't believe it's been five years since I fell in love with this book. I've recommended it to so many people and last year my oldest son and I read it together. I've waited five years to read it with him and I'm so glad he loved it as much as I did. In fact, his fourth grade class is reading it aloud now and it makes my heart so happy to know that the kids in class get to know Auggie and his story.
When I was a teacher, I worked with kids who were deaf or hard of hearing like Auggie. Sharing Auggie's story with my student Michelle was one of the best experiences of my teaching career. I loved sharing books with students and getting them excited about books I thought they might like but connecting Michelle to Wonder changed my life.
So often we talk about books being mirrors and windows and doors and Wonder was such a book for Michelle and her family. I'll never forget listening to Michelle's mother tell RJ Palacio how she did such a good job of bringing Auggie's story to life that it felt so similar Michelle's life. That experience will forever remind me how important it is to know students, know books, and connect them to each other.
Michelle was recently interviewed by Chris Ulmer from Special Books By Special Kids. He originally hoped to publish a book of kids with special needs and their stories but has shifted instead to video interviews that he shares on his website, Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram.
Here's Michelle's interview! I'm so lucky to know Michelle and I love that more people will get to know her thanks to Chris and his work. She is as absolutely awesome in this video as in real life. She's just so fun. I love watching Michelle's interview and the other videos Chris posts and I hope you enjoy them too. Every time I watch one of the videos, I remember how amazing life is and how we each have something to offer to this swiftly spinning world.
Also, in case you missed it, the movie Wonder will be out this fall. If you haven't read the book yet, now is a great time so you can read it before the movie! And if you have read it, do you still love it five years later just like me? I'd love to hear your thoughts.
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Directory of Software Resources
Home > Computers > Desktop Publishing > Software
This category is intended for informative sites that pertain to desktop publishing {DTP) software, which is used for layout and design of publications using a personal computer. Related to the graphic design and visual communications disciplines, desktop publishing product examples include videos, websites, logos, letterhead, magazines, newsletters, flyers, brochures and more.
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Advanced Publishing Technology, Inc.
http://www.advpubtech.com/
The Falcon Software Suite features advertising, editorial, circulation and page management tools. Case studies, news and support information provided.
http://www.arts-letters.com/
Peruse this company's offering of vector-based graphics software for home, school, and office publishing projects.
Belltech Business Card Designer Pro
http://www.belltechsystems.com/
Create and print professional business cards in minutes. Features the ability to add color blend (gradient) effects and textures to designs.
Birthday Fun Facts Software
http://clientbirthday.com/
Birthday software for history-packed scrolls, and greeting card inserts. Perfect for unique gifts. Features a built-in database editor, update program databases with new information.
http://www.bizcardsoftware.com/
The tool lets users create business cards and comes with templates. Answers to frequently asked questions and free trial download available.
Business Card Designer Plus
http://www.camdevelopment.com/designer/business_card/
Create business cards using a wizard like interface, dozens of templates, or from scratch. Support for printing on both sides of the paper stock, save designs as a graphic file for use with other programs. Support for folded business cards.
BusinessCards MX
http://www.businesscards-mx.com/
Download Windows-based software for business card templates and customizable designs.
CatBase Software Ltd.
http://www.catbase.com/
Database publishing software to automate the production of catalogs, directories etc. using page layout programs such as QuarkXPress, InDesign and FrameMaker from a database.
CD Label Designer
http://www.cd-label-designer.com/
Labels for CD an DVD can be designed and printed. Trial version can be downloaded.
ClickBook
http://www.bluesquirrel.com/products/clickbook/
Easy-to-use printing utility, create customized brochures, greeting cards, address books, catalogs. Turn any Windows, Macintosh, CD-ROM and Internet files into double-sided booklets and brochures. Support for PDF printing.
CollegeFund Software
http://www.collegefundsoftware.com/
Develops QuarkXTensions and AppleScripts developed for QuarkXPress. Also offers software development, training and consulting for the publishing industry. As well as web-based development using Perl, PHP and MySQL.
Digi-Labs, Inc.
http://www.digi-labs.net/
Downloadable calendar software to create and print photo calendars. All elements of the software can be personalized, including images, text, dates and design. Free seven-day-trial.
E-motional.com
http://www.e-motional.com/creator.htm
Card creator software.
eMagCreator
http://www.emagcreator.com/
The application allows users to produce page-flip emags based on PDFs. Demo videos, product guide and information on pricing and support is provided.
ePageMaster
http://www.epagemaster.com/
Software for automatic page layout and pagination of yellow pages and white pages phone book directories.
Gadwin Systems
http://www.gadwin.com/
Diagram Studio (DS) is an application for creating professional-looking business, technical drawings, and illustrations for documents. GeForms is software for creating a variety of personalized office stationers and forms.
HomePrint Publisher
http://www.cristallight.com/homeprintpublisher.htm
Download a simple layout program based on predefined templates. For Windows.
imPRESSion Lite
http://www.impression.ro/
Drawing and desktop publishing package. The program combines powerful vector graphics drawing with a range of text handling functions. Features include automatic page numbering, master pages, and font and paragraph styles. Runs on Win 3.x/95/NT.
Joseph Stubbs Creations
http://www.josephstubbscreations.com/
Third party design utilities created by a designer for designers. Designer Templates and Designer Palettes are for use with Quark XPress. Designer Strokes and Splatters are original black and white clip art for use with any program. All products are now available for Macintosh and PC Windows or DOS.
Layout Ltd.
http://www.layoutltd.com/
Arabic publishing solutions, as well as QuarkXTensions, Arabic fonts, and other applications required in the publishing industry to enhance output, on both MAC and Windows platforms.
LumaPix - CollageFactory
http://www.lumapix.com/
Assemble high-resolution collages from multiple images for sharing photo collections by e-mail, publishing to web pages, and printing at poster size. [Windows XP/2000/ME/98]
Managing Editor Inc.
http://www.maned.com/
MEI is a provider of ad layout, workflow and asset management solutions for newspapers, magazines, and other print and electronic publishing markets.
Mountaincow LLC
http://www.mountaincow.com/
PrintingPress software to design and print invitations and addressed envelops at home. Free trial.
Multi-Ad Creator
http://www.creatorsoftware.com/
Page layout software for producing short-length documents such as advertising, marketing and promotional materials through a full set of design and productivity features.
PageStream
http://www.pagestream.org/
Layout software For the Windows, Macintosh Classic, Macintosh OS X, Linux and LinuxPPC, Amiga OS3 Clasic, Amiga OS4 PPC, and MorphOS PPC computer platforms.
http://www.stacken.kth.se/project/pptout/
Open source layout program for Unix-like operating systems. Create publications with a flexible layout, typical examples being magazines, brochures and leaflets. Source code, screenshots, documentation, and download.
Payplaysoftware.com
http://www.payplaysoftware.com/
Label software for mail merge and label printing for Macintosh computers.
Poster Software
http://www.postersw.com/
Create newsletters and brochures with multiple pages and layouts. Includes a set of drawing and photo editing tools.
PrintSix
http://www.sixdigitalphotos.com/
Photo software for printing digital photos six to a page. Create printed photo album pages and prints in all standard sizes. Pre-formatted page templates, for printing perfect 2x3, 3½x5, 4x6, 5x7 and 8x10 sheets.
Serif Products
http://www.serif.com/
Developers of desktop publishing and graphics software, products include PhotoPlus and DrawPlus editing and drawing packages, as well as WebPlus, PagePlus, and 3DPlus.
Swift Publisher
http://www.belightsoft.com/products/swiftpublisher/
Macintosh page layout software. Videotour and trial download provided.
VI Document Generator
http://vidgen.sourceforge.net/
VidGen bridges the gap between Databases and Dynamically Printed Documents with use of SVG, PHP, and mySQL. Input SVG and export various script formats like: Xerox VIPP, SOLscript, PDFlib-PDI or PreS. Or merge to PDF, PS, PPML, VPS, PCL or W3C SVGprint.
Vjoon GmbH
http://www.vjoon.com/
Develops plug-ins and editorial workflow solutions for Adobe InDesign and Adobe InCopy. Includes company profile, downloads, testimonials and product information.
Web4Print
http://www.web4print.com/
Produce on-demand, high quality, variable content documents using free software. Download or use over secure web server and a web browser. The final print-ready documents can be output as PostScript, PDF, TIFF or EPS files.
WoodWing Software
http://www.woodwing.com/
Cross media content publishing solutions. Editorial software for publishers. CMS for print, web and mobile. Adobe InDesign and InCopy plug-ins.
http://zevrix.com/
Provides automation and productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, graphic file and PDF diagnostics, as well as Microsoft Office on Mac OS. With screenshots and support forums. Two free tools and trials of the other products can be downloaded.
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Q: How to a order a list of records based on how many of their associated records match records in a given array? Sorry if the title's unclear, I didn't know how better to phrase it.
I have a model "Playlist" which has_many and belongs_to another model "User", through an intermediary model "PlaylistUser".
Let's say I'm on the page of a given Playlist (@playlist), and @users = @playlist.users. How can I list all the other Playlists, ordered by how many Users they share with @playlist?
So if @playlist.users = ["joe","nick","bob"], <playlist2>.users = ["nick","bob","tom"] and <playlist 3>.users = ["bob","jim","rich"], playlist2 should be listed first, because it shares 2 users with @playlist, while playlist3 only shares 1 user.
I hope I made what I'm trying to do clear enough, but let me know if additional clarification is needed.
Assocations:
class Playlist < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :playlist_users
  has_many :users, :through => :playlist_users
end

class PlaylistUser < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :playlist
  belongs_to :user
end

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :playlist_users
  has_many :playlists, :through => :playlist_users
end

A: This will simplify your models a little. You have already identified the "has and belongs to many" relationship, this is how to implement it.
First you need only two models. Playlist and User
class Playlist < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_and_belongs_to_many :users
end

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_and_belongs_to_many :playlists
end

Next you need 3 tables.
class SampleMigration < ActiveRecord::Migration
  def change
    create_table :users do |t|
      t.string :name
    end

    create_table :playlists do |t|
      t.string  :name
    end

    create_table :playlists_users, id: false do |t|
      t.belongs_to :playlist
      t.belongs_to :user
    end
  end
end

Note that plurals are important in naming collections, for example has_and_belongs_to_many :users and as names for your table create_table :users.
The join table does not need a model, but does need to be named in alphabetical order and the names pluralised.
Now you can use user.playlists to return an array of playlists connected to this user. Being an array you can call user.playlists[5] to get the 5th song in the list or you can iterate over it user.playlists.each do |list|.

So if @playlist.users = ["joe","nick","bob"], .users = ["nick","bob","tom"] and .users = ["bob","jim","rich"], playlist2 should be listed first, because it shares 2 users with @playlist, while playlist3 only shares 1 user.

There are two ways you can achieve this. Through a helper method where you retrieve all lists and union them in Rails, or through an SQL query. SQL is faster, but requires knowledge of SQL. Initially I would use Rails and tackle the SQl when there is a gain to be made.
One implementation might be (NOTE: treat this as pseudo code, I have not tested it);
# get all the lists
newPlaylist = array.new
users = @playlist.users
users.each do |user|
   newPlaylist = newPlaylist + user.playlists
end

# count all the lists
countPlaylists = Hash.new
newPlaylist.each do |list|
   if list.in? countPlaylists.keys
       countPlaylists[list] = countPlaylists[list] + 1
   else
       countPlaylists[list] = 1
   end
end

# sort the list - I'm not sure if it sorts on keys or values,
# but either way you should be able to figure it out
countPlaylists.sort

A: Playlist.joins(:users)
  .where.not(id: @playlist.id)
  .where(users: {id: @playlist.user_ids})
  .group(:id)
  .order('count(*) desc')

Or, if you need to access the result of count(*):
@playlists = Playlist.select('playlists.*, count(*) as shared_users_count')
  .joins(...)
  ...
  .order('shared_users_count desc')

# print out shared users count
@playlists.each { |pl| puts pl.shared_users_count }


Spil an online dating pro and coach, one of the top questions I'm frequently asked is, which method is better? Is online dating contra meeting someone offline best to find the ideal date or someone to spend the surplus of your life with?
While experts might not agree on this topic, even offline Matchmakers are incorporating online dating and social media into their business models. I believe the response is clear. There is no one-size fits all formula. Spil each person's relationship goals may differ from their best friends or neighbors, know that from hook-ups to marriage proposals, there's a webpagina and way for everyone.
Whether creating an Internet dating profile leads you to marriage or not, finding love online needs to be part of your dating staatsbestel, just like finding a job online from a message houtvezelplaat or Linkedin can help you find your wish job. Being able to grow and maintain your relationship offline is critical spil you go through the different phases of a relationship.
Spil one who believes te casting a broad netwerken, I tell singles that you truly need to do both. It's not one-way or the other. Te reality, online dating, if done correctly, is just a method or service that will get you out there te the verdadero world to meet someone offline and meet more people. Even sites such spil Match.com, Slew of Fish, and Spark Networks' Hurry Date take their online daters offline with their special events divisions.
However, some truly think the process of finding someone to love is an either-or proposition. I beg to differ. If you're truly not convenient with the rekentuig and don't think your iPhone or Android is truly a SmartPhone, you're leaving opportunities behind that could switch your relationship status to "Te a Relationship," "Engaged" or "Married," while watching your friends cheer you on.
Con: It's a crowded digital marketplace and can be an tedious practice.
Voor: One out of five relationships embark online. Whether it's on Social media, Facebook, Twitter, a mobile app, or traditional online dating webpagina, there are a loterijlot of success stories.
Voor: You can meet people outside of your geographic area and social circle with similar interests. You'll meet more people, so you can learn what you're truly looking for te a date, mate, or relationship.
Voor: It's efficient and available 24-hours a day.
Voor: Many sites provide matching implements and send you emails of suggested matches to make it lighter for you to view potential dates.
Voor: It's pre-dating, without the pressure of wondering if you're date's profile is accurate.
Voor: Dating sites have entered the events business providing you more choices to meet te person, without the pressure.
At the end of the digital day, if you're serious about meeting someone special, you voorwaarde include a combination of both online and offline dating ter your routine. Recall the objective of online dating is to take your relationship offline. Railing into the digital sunset together is now a way of everyday life.
Julie Spira is an Online Dating Pro who wasgoed a very early adopter of the Internet. She created hier very first dating profile almost 20 years ago and coaches singles on the dating toneel. Julie's the author of the succesnummer, The Perils of Cyber-Dating: Confessions of a Hopeful Romantic Looking for Love Online. Go after @JulieSpira on Twitter and sign up for the Free Weekly Geflirt newsletter.


Cività Annual Report 2003, Florence: Giunti, 2004 (25 pp, In press).
The notion that education and learning can be linked with ludic, playful and pleasurable experiences is not new. Cicero linked teaching, delight and having an effect on persons. Huizinga has explored dimensions of its long history in Homo ludens. The introduction of computers and the Internet has affected this tradition for the past half century. For at least the past twenty years, concepts such as edutainment and technotainment have been radically transforming the relationship between learning and play.
Edutainment is a neologism …, similar to infotainment, that expresses the marriage of education and entertainment in a work or presentation such as a television program or a Web site. The most educationally effective children's programs on television (Sesame Street, The Electric Company, Mr. Rogers) could be classed as edutainment. Outstanding Web sites that "edutain" include Learn2.com and HowStuffWorks.com.


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Twins Crush Tigers 10-4 to Get Series Sweep
DETROIT -- A day after clinching the A.L Central Division crown the Minnesota Twins got the sweep over the Detroit Tigers Thursday afternoon 10-4.
The win give the team their 99th victory on the season.
Despite resting their starters, Minnesota still found a way to put some runs on the board including a 4-hit game by Willians Astudillo, who chipped in a solo homerun. Johnathon Schoop also had a homerun to give the Twins a league leading 301 homeruns this season.
Devin Smeltzer went five innings for the Twins giving up 3 runs on 10 hits while striking out 4 batters.
The Twins will finish the regular season with a three game series against the Kansas City Royals starting Friday night. First pitch is set for 7:15 p.m.
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Workout clothes can be JUST as expensive as regular clothes as I'm sure many of you have noticed. One of you asked me to help you find clothes for barre that won't break the bank, so of course I was up for the challenge!
First, let's talk about some brands you can buy that won't break the bank and still have good quality.
Glyder – I was really impressed with their elongate legging in particular.
Gap & Old Navy – Catch their athleisure clothes on sale and you can really get a steal!
See below for even more!
My friend Deanna from Well & Worthy Life blog, who I also met through teaching Pure Barre many moons ago is joining me today to show you how to style athleisure clothes, especially pure barre clothing at any age. You can head over to her blog to see more of our Pure Barre pics as well and if you don't know what Pure Barre is, I'd recommend you check out THIS POST!


Interpreting pathological evidence in ancient skeletal remains can be made difficult, either by of the nature of the specimen itself or due to what is known as pseudopathology.
Our research in this area is led by Dr Mervyn Harris.
Pseudopathology is where what is seen on the remains mimics evidence of a pathological condition but is in fact due to other factors.
These factors can be the soil conditions in which the specimen has been found or other causes such as insect or animal factors.
They can be insects burrowing their way into bone fragments suggesting the presence a pathological condition or animals gnawing away at bone fragments giving the impression of trauma or a particular disease process.
Certain soil conditions such as an acidic or alkaline environment can cause demineralisation of bone, giving the appearance of diseases resulting in low bone density such as osteoporosis. All of these serve to make an accurate diagnosis more difficult.
Much published work on ancient specimens was carried out many decades ago using the equipment and scientific knowledge of that or earlier periods. Revisiting such specimens with 21st century equipment and scientific knowledge can help to either confirm or challenge previous findings.
Radiographs of anatomically normal joints demonstrate a visible joint space which is often most clearly seen in radiographs of the hip joints. In arthritic disease such as osteoarthritis, this anatomical joint space decreases as the disease process progresses, ending with total obliteration in serious cases.
In radiographs of Egyptian mummies, the joint spaces, especially those of the hip joints and vertebrae, are often seen to be reduced or absent suggesting progressive degenerative joint disease but are in fact due to tissue dehydration secondary to the mummification process.
It is clear therefore, that skeletal evidence of pathology seen in ancient specimens must always be very carefully evaluated before reaching a definitive diagnosis.
Very many external factors can influence the appearance of ancient specimens leading one to arrive at an incorrect interpretation and diagnosis if one it not too careful.


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Malacatos ist eine Ortschaft und eine Parroquia rural ("ländliches Kirchspiel") im Kanton Loja der ecuadorianischen Provinz Loja. Die Parroquia besitzt eine Fläche von 206,1 km². Beim Zensus 2010 wurden 7114 Einwohner gezählt.

Lage
Die Parroquia Malacatos liegt in den Anden im Süden von Ecuador. Der Río Malacatos durchquert das Gebiet in westlicher Richtung und mündet in den in Richtung Nordnordwest fließenden Río Catamayo (im Oberlauf auch Río Piscobamba), der den Westen der Parroquia durchfließt. Entlang der östlichen Verwaltungsgrenze verläuft ein Gebirgskamm in Nord-Süd-Richtung. Der  hoch gelegene Ort Malacatos befindet sich 25 km südsüdwestlich der Provinzhauptstadt Loja an der Fernstraße E682 (Loja–Palanda).

Die Parroquia Malacatos grenzt im Osten an die Provinz Zamora Chinchipe mit der Parroquia Sabanilla und dem Municipio von Zamora, im Süden an die Parroquias San Pedro de Vilcabamba und Vilcabamba. im Westen an die Parroquias Quilanga und Purunuma sowie im Norden an die Parroquia El Tambo und dem Municipio Loja.

Ökologie
Der Osten der Parroquia liegt im Nationalpark Podocarpus.

Geschichte
Die Gründung der Parroquia Malacatos wurde am 19. August 1987 im Registro Oficial N° 752 bekannt gemacht und damit wirksam.

Weblinks
 https://malacatos.gob.ec/ – GAD Parroquial Malacatos
 Bevölkerungsstatistik bei www.citypopulation.de

Parroquia in der Provinz Loja
Gegründet 1987
Ort in Ecuador
Ort in Südamerika


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Q: How to always show full email address of sender and recipients in Apple mail According to this os/2 daily article we should be able to see the full email addresses by unchecking smart addresses:

Uncheck the box for "Use Smart Addresses" – under this you'll see a note about "Turn this off to always display names and addresses." which is exactly what we're looking to do

I have done so:

Yet the email addresses are all the short names without the full email addresses.  So how can this be done?  I am on Catalina and converting to Big Sur soon.

A: There is hack that seems to work in Monterey and Catalina:

*

*switch on 'Use Smart Addresses' by ticking appropriate box

*open one e-mail and close it

*switch off 'Use Smart Addresses' by unticking

Now you should see both name and e-mail address.
PS - I don't know whether it is needed to open one mail or not. I did it this way. There is probability that it's suffice just to switch-on, switch-off but I have no way to verify it as my problem went away (and hopefully there will be no 'next time' to try it :-))


Is the ancient blue star line and owner of titanic 2 are both a same company ?
Was Europe still good in the 2000's? Why is The Kite Runner a banned book? What are good or the best replacement fonts if Garamond is for some reason unavailable for writing autobiographies in? Can I get help with my philosophy questions? I am looking for a book about a girl who goes to live with her aunt and finds a doll in the attic. it is a ya or childrens book?


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El castell d'Almourol es troba a Vila Nova da Barquinha, Portugal, aixecat en un illot enmig del riu Tejo. S'hi desenvolupen les aventures fictícies de la novel·la de cavalleries Palmeirim de Inglaterra. Els orígens de l'ocupació d'aquest lloc són molt antics i enigmàtics, però la veritat és que el 1129, data de la conquesta d'aquest punt per les tropes portugueses, ja existien les ruïnes d'una fortalesa romana, que tanmateix podrien assentar-se sobre d'altres de fenícies, que rebien el nom dAlmorolan. Entre 1169 i 1171, aprofitant-les, va ser construït el castell per ordre del mestre de l'Orde del Temple Gualdim Pais. Va servir per a controlar el tràfic de mercaderies, utilitzant el riu Tejo com a duana entre nord i sud. En el , el castell va ser adaptat per ser residència oficial de la República Portuguesa. Com a tal, va ser escenari d'importants esdeveniments de l'Estado Novo. El procés reinventiu, iniciat un segle abans, va ser definitivament consumat per aquesta intervenció dels anys 1940 i 50, culminat per la fascinació que Almourol va provocar al llarg del romanticisme cultural i polític portuguès.

Enllaços externs

 Alarcón Herrera, Rafael La huella de los templarios. Tradiciones populares del Temple en España American Bar Association p. 148-150. (2004). .
 Barroso, Julio (2005). Famosos al descubierto.  Ediciones Nowtilus S.L. p. 49-50. .

Almourol
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Districte de Santarém


Michael married into the Anthony Road Wine Company family in 1999 and has literally enjoyed the fruits of others' labor. Slowly but surely he realized that involvement in the family business would be inevitable, and unbeknownst to anyone else he took on the self-appointed, pro bono position of ARWC Brand Ambassador. While secretly learning about the wine industry from afar, Michael held down a day job as a: US Navy Deep Sea Diver, Commercial Diver, Collegiate Coach and Sales Engineer. In the fall of 2015 Michael officially joined the ARWC staff earning his first company paycheck cleaning press deck and cellar equipment in support of harvest; just like any self-respecting Vice President of Sales should. He enjoys all things outdoors, biking on and off road, camping, hiking, javelin catching (wait... what?) and spending time supporting his family's multitude of activities.
"Anthony Road provides a very nice setting for wine tasting. The fellow manning the bar was very attentive and knowledgeable. We bought several bo..."
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