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La divisió cel·lular és la part del cicle cel·lular en què una cèl·lula inicial (anomenada "zigot") es divideix en dues per formar dues noves cèl·lules. Gràcies a la divisió cel·lular es produeix el creixement dels organismes pluricel·lulars, amb el creixement dels teixits, i la reproducció vegetativa en éssers unicel·lulars.

Els éssers pluricel·lulars substitueixen la seva dotació cel·lular gràcies a la divisió cel·lular, que sol estar associada a la diferenciació cel·lular. En alguns animals, la divisió cel·lular s'atura en algun moment, i les cèl·lules acaben envellint. Les cèl·lules senescents es deterioren i moren a causa de l'envelliment del cos. Les cèl·lules deixen de dividir-se perquè els telòmers esdevenen més curts amb cada divisió i no poden protegir els cromosomes.

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Història

La divisió cel·lular va ser descoberta per primer cop amb un microscopi pel botànic alemany Hugo von Mohl el 1835, mentre treballava sobre la alga verda Cladophora glomerata .

El 1943, es va filmar la divisió cel·lular per primera vegada  per Kurt Michel mitjançant un microscopi amb contrast de fase.

Tipus de reproducció associats a la divisió cel·lular
 Bipartició: és la divisió de la cèl·lula mare en dues cèl·lules filles, cada nova cèl·lula és un nou individu amb estructures i funcions idèntiques a la cèl·lula mare. Aquest tipus de reproducció la presenten organismes com bacteris, amebes i algues.

Gemmació:  es presenta quan uns nous individus es produeixen a partir de gemmes. El procés de gemmació és freqüent en esponges, celenterats i briozous. En una zona o diverses de l'organisme progenitor es produeix una envaginació o gemma que es va desenvolupant i en un moment donat pateix una constricció a la base i se separa del progenitor començant la seva vida com a nou ésser. Les gemmes filles poden presentar altres gemmes a les quals se'ls denomina gemmes secundàries.

En alguns organismes es poden formar colònies quan les gemmes no se separen de l'organisme progenitor. En les formes més evolucionades de briozous s'observa en el procés de gemmació que es realitza de forma més complicada. La gemmació és el procés evolutiu de l'ésser viu per meiosi.
El nombre d'individus d'una colònia, la manera en què estan agrupats i el seu grau de diferenciació varia i sovint és característica d'una espècie determinada. Els briozous poden originar nous individus sobre unes prolongacions anomenats estolons i al procés se li denomina estolonització.

Certes espècies d'animals poden tenir gemmació interna, gemmes que sobreviuen en condicions desfavorables, gràcies a un embolcall protector. En el cas de les esponges d'aigua dolça, els rovells tenen una càpsula protectora i a l'interior hi ha substància de reserva. En arribar la primavera es perd la càpsula protectora i a partir del rovell sorgeix la nova esponja. En els briozous d'aigua dolça es produeix una capa de quitina i de calci i no necessiten substància de reserva ja que es troba en estat de hibernació.

Esporulació:  esputació o esporogènesis consisteix en un procés de diferenciació cel·lular per arribar a la producció de cèl·lules reproductives dispersives de resistència anomenades espores. Aquest procés ocorre en fongs, amebes, líquens, alguns tipus de bacteris, protozous, esporozoos (com el Plasmodium causant de malària), i és freqüent en vegetals (especialment algues, molses i falgueres), grups de molt diferents orígens evolutius, però amb estratègies reproductives semblants, tots ells poden recórrer a la formació de cèl·lules de resistència per afavorir la dispersió. Durant l'esporulació es porta a terme la divisió del nucli en diversos fragments, i per una divisió cel·lular asimètrica una part del citoplasma envolta cada nou nucli donant lloc a les espores. Depenent de cada espècie es pot produir un nombre apreciable d'espores i a partir de cadascuna d'elles es desenvoluparà un individu independent.

La divisió cel·lular és el procés pel qual el material cel·lular es divideix entre dues noves cèl·lules filles. En els organismes unicel·lulars això augmenta el nombre d'individus de la població. A les plantes i organismes multicel·lulars és el procediment en virtut del qual creix l'organisme, partint d'una sola cèl·lula, i també són reemplaçats i reparats els teixits malmesos.

Processos de divisió cel·lular
 Interfase és la preparació de les cèl·lules per a la divisió.
 Mitosi és la forma més comuna de la divisió cel·lular en les cèl·lules eucariotes. Una cèl·lula que ha adquirit determinats paràmetres o condicions de grandària, volum, emmagatzematge d'energia, factors mediambientals, pot replicar totalment la seva dotació d'ADN i dividir-se en dues cèl·lules filles, normalment iguals. Les dues cèl·lules seran diploides o haploides, depenent de la cèl·lula mare.
 Meiosi és la divisió d'una cèl·lula diploide en quatre cèl·lules haploides. Aquesta divisió cel·lular es produeix en organismes multicel·lulars per produir gàmetes haploides, que poden fusionar-se després per formar una cèl·lula diploide anomenada zigot a la fecundació.

Els éssers pluricel·lulars reemplacen la seva dotació cel·lular gràcies a la divisió cel·lular i sol estar associada a la diferenciació cel·lular. En alguns animals, la divisió cel·lular s'atura en algun moment i les cèl·lules acaben envellint. Les cèl·lules senescents es deterioren i moren, a causa del envelliment del cos. Les cèl·lules deixen de dividir-se perquè els telòmers es tornen cada vegada més curts en cada divisió i no poden protegir els cromosomes. Les cèl·lules canceroses són immortals. Una enzim anomenat telomerasa permet a aquestes cèl·lules dividir-se indefinidament.

La característica principal de la divisió cel·lular en organismes eucariotes és la conservació dels mecanismes genètics del control del cicle cel·lular i de la divisió cel·lular, ja que s'ha mantingut pràcticament inalterable des d'organismes tan simples com els llevats a criatures tan complexes com l'ésser humà, al llarg de l'evolució biològica.

Factors que expliquen la divisió cel·lular
Una teoria afirma que hi ha un moment en què la cèl·lula comença a créixer molt, el que fa que disminueixi la proporció àrea / volum. Quan l'àrea de la membrana plasmàtica de la cèl·lula és molt més petita en relació amb el volum total d'aquesta, es presenten dificultats en la reabsorció i en el transport de nutrients, provocant això que es produeixi la divisió cel·lular.

Hi ha tres tipus de reproducció cel·lular: la fissió binària, relativament simple i dos tipus més complicats que impliquen tant la mitosi o la meiosi.

  La fissió binària
Els organismes com els bacteris típicament tenen un sol cromosoma. A l'inici del procés de fissió binària, la molècula d'ADN del cromosoma de la cèl·lula es replica, produint dues còpies del cromosoma. Un aspecte clau de la reproducció cel·lular del bacteri és assegurar-se que cada cèl·lula filla rep una còpia del cromosoma. La Citocinesi és la separació física de les dues cèl·lules filles noves.

 Reproducció cel·lular que involucra la mitosi .
La majoria dels organismes eucariotes com els humans tenen més d'un cromosoma. Per tal d'assegurar-se que una còpia de cada cromosoma sigui segregat en cada cèl·lula filla s'utilitza el fus mitòtic. Els cromosomes es mouen al llarg dels microtúbuls llargs i prims com els trens en moviment al llarg de les vies del tren. Els éssers humans són diploides, tenim dues còpies de cada tipus de cromosoma, un del pare i un de la mare.

 Reproducció cel·lular que involucra la meiosi.
Les cèl·lules sexuals, anomenades també «gàmetes», són produïdes per meiosi. Per a la producció d'esperma hi ha dos passos (citocinesi) que produeixen un total de quatre cèl·lules N, cadascuna amb la meitat del nombre normal de cromosomes. La situació és diferent: en els ovaris la producció d'ous en un dels quatre conjunts de cromosomes que es segrega es col·loca en una cèl·lula ou gran, a punt per ser combinat amb l'ADN d'una cèl·lula d'esperma (vegeu la meiosi per a més detalls).

Divisions silencioses

Les divisions silencioses són divisions sense mutacions. De vegades es confonen amb mutacions que no són detectables. Però es pot comprovar si les divisions són silencioses per comparació de les freqüències dels lels de la línia cel·lular, amb la suma de les freqüències dels al·lels de les dues cèl·lules derivades, la qual cosa ha de ser similar.
No es pot detectar una divisió que origina una cèl·lula sense mutacions (silenciosa) i una altra morta (que no contribueix a l'adult).

Referències

Vegeu també
 Biologia cel·lular
 Genètica
 Enginyeria genètica
 Meiosi
 Mitosi

Enllaços externs
 Divisió cel·lular a GEC

 Com es divideixen les cèl·lules: mitosi i meiosi
 The Secció de control de mitosi i cicle cel·lular de la web Landmark Papers in Cell Biology (Gall JG, McIntosh JR, eds.) conté comentaris i enllaços a treballs d'investigació seminal sobre mitosi i divisió cel·lular. Publicat en línia a Image & Video Library de The American Society for Cell Biology
 The Image & Video Library  de The American Society for Cell Biology conté molts vídeos que mostren la divisió cel·lular.
 The Divisions celulars de la biblioteca d'imatges cel·lulars
 Vídeos de les primeres divisions cel·lulars en embrions de Xenopus laevis (side view and top view), acquired by MRI (DOI of paper)
 Images : Calanthe discolor Lindl. - Flavon's Secret Flower Garden
 El model de divisió cel·lular de Tyson i una Descripció a BioModels Database
 WormWeb.org: Interactive Visualitza tot el conjunt de divisions cel·lulars del nematode 'C. elegans

Reproducció cel·lular

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If you grew up in a baking household, you know it well. Fresh-baked bread, the aroma wafting from the kitchen into all corners of the house, evoking a sense of warmth, comfort, tranquility, love, family.
Israeli-born Scheft, long a respected member of the breadmaking zeitgeist with his Lehamim Bakery in Tel Aviv, decided to open a New York City shop, simply called Breads Bakery, in 2013. From there, his chocolate babka went from hometown favorite to undisputed legend.
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What's in that amazing chocolate babka?
"That was our babka. WE HAD THAT BABKA!"
It's not just a famous "Seinfeld" skit; it's also one of the best baked goods in existence. And Uri Scheft propels it to legend status. But the legend is not tucked away in some dusty attic in between old-world recipes and discolored photographs; Scheft has revealed all the details of what goes into that superstar loaf, right in the first 100 pages of "Breaking Breads." Among the gems: using Nutella not just as filling, but within the dough itself; letting the dough chill for 24 hours before shaping into a loaf and baking; and rolling the dough lengthwise, not up and down. Throughout the book, Scheft treats his recipes not just as a means to a final product, but as a journey, a study in patience and perseverance. "If the dough starts to spring back, that means it's tired. Let it rest for 5 minutes before trying again," he instructs. Indeed, his babka, selected as the best babka in Manhattan by New York Magazine, is no instant sensation. But like many things, this is an undoubtedly worthwhile wait.
How many ways can you stuff a boureka?
In case you haven't noticed, Mediterranean food is best eaten on the go. Falafel, shawarma, kebabs, sabich ... you name it, you can grab it and run. Take some bread, stuff it to your heart's content, proceed to chow down. It fits quite nicely in one hand, no silverware needed; just hungry mouths. Bourekas led the charge here, and Scheft adores them. They're an old Turkish delicacy made popular by the frozen-appetizer industry, but for Scheft, they're nowhere near a freezer. He stuffs them with all manner of ingredients: egg, cheese, swiss chard, potato, spinach, and that's just for starters. You can even use leftover mashed potatoes as filling. We think it's high time to get stuffed, Chef Scheft-style.
Krembo is a puffy, chocolatey, marshmallowy snack for which Israeli children have an unshakable soft spot. Sufganiyot are Israel's version of the doughnut. Rugelach are like mini-babkas. (We always come back to babka. It's inescapable.) Where can you find all of these age-old delicacies, baked with the attention and care of a professional chef? Breads Bakery, Scheft's NYC institution. But since the Big Apple isn't always accessible for folks, Scheft was kind enough to lay out each and every step of recreating these desserts at home. If you're going to make any of these three, this is the way to go.
Aside from his culturally Israeli upbringing and all the Mediterranean flavors that brings, Scheft also lived in Denmark in his early years. It was quite a shock, he recalls, going from a vast countryside property to a two-bedroom urban flat in a foreign country, but it turned out to be beneficial in many tasty ways. "When I was 10 years old, my parents decided it was important for us to better understand Danish culture and our Scandinavian roots. So we moved from Ra'anana in Israel to Copenhagen," he recounted in the book's introduction. "For me, this was a total disaster. In Denmark we moved into a New York City-style flat where five of us lived together in a tiny space that didn't even have a shower. Because I didn't have many friends at first, I was home a lot and became interested in cooking and baking. My natural curiosity for creating began to grow, and I was intrigued by this very practical way to express myself creatively (and after I was finished, I could eat my experiments!)."
From there, the world was wide open. After moving back to Israel for high school, Scheft returned to Denmark to study baking at Ringsted Tekniske Skole, then went on to apprentice in bakeries throughout the world. When it was time to strike out on his own, he had all the tools he needed, with an open mind (and hungry heart) that was always learning and achieving more. And the rest, as they say, is cake.
Throughout the book, it's clear that Scheft doesn't claim to have conquered bread. Rather, it has conquered him. "I like to say that the only things you need to bake great bread are flour, yeast, water, salt, and your hands," he says in the intro. "There is no reason to allow baking to intimidate you, no reason to not make bread because you don't have a mixer or the right pan or a fancy oven. Bread is infinitely forgiving and versatile. As long as you pay attention to what is happening with the dough – its moisture, its warmth, its vitality – it will yield wonderful results and will never fail to make you happy when you pull this beautiful and living thing (Yes! Yeast is alive!) from your oven. You made that! With your hands!"
Acclaimed baker Uri Scheft's new cookbook, "Breaking Breads: A New World of Israeli Baking," is a deep dive into the art of baking bread.


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This gay group trip takes you through the north, south, east and west of England taking in all of the most beautiful and historic sites that make the United Kingdom such a magical place to visit. Full of medieval castles, centuries-old manor houses, classic British countryside, ancient ruins and more, this gay vacation tour allows you to step back in time, soak up the British culture, and learn all about the history from the prehistoric ages to the modern day.
Today you'll arrive in London where you'll make your way to the Amba Hotel Charing Cross. You'll have most of the day at leisure to rest from your flight before meeting the rest of your fellow travellers and tour guide in the evening at your welcome dinner and orientation.
After enjoying a lovely breakfast you will be driven to Windsor where you will take in both Windsor Castle and Windsor town. Windsor Castle is the largest inhabited castle in the world and is one of the Queen's main residencies, waving the Royal Standard flag whenever she's at home. It was originally established by William the Conqueror in 1080 and has been added to by successive monarchs over the centuries to what it is today. Windsor itself is a scenic little town full of expensive boutiques, cute little cafes, numerous antique centres and art galleries. Overnight in London.
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Filmography

Anime
Cardfight!! Vanguard – Kamui Katsuragi
Cardfight!! Vanguard G – Kamui Katsuragi
Comic Party – Eimi Oba
Dokkiri Doctor – Hongō Yukihiro
Fafner of the Azure – Kiyomi Kaname
Flame of Recca – Kurei (child)
Haré+Guu – Sagin
 Live On Cardliver Kakeru – Kakeru Amao
Mirmo! – Wind
Naruto – Inari
Naruto Shippūden – Inari
Oden-kun – Konbu-kun, Meat-boy
Saru Get You -On Air- – Kakeru
Sket Dance – Mrs. Tsubaki
Sumomo mo Momo mo – Tenchi Koganei (Ep. 17)

Games
Chijoku no Kankei 2
Comic Party
Eve
Gyangyan Bunny 6 i♥mail
Kizumono no Gakuen case of saint spica
Kizumono no Shōjo Kizumoto no Gakuen Gaiden
Mahō Tenshi Misaki
One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e
Ore no Miko-san
Refrain Blue
Sacrifice: Seifuku Kari
Snowboard Kids 2 – Wendy
White Princess
Yuki Uta

Tokusatsu
 Engine Sentai Go-onger as Engine Toripter
 Engine Sentai Go-onger: Boom Boom! Bang Bang! GekijōBang!! as Engine Toripter
 Engine Sentai Go-onger vs. Gekiranger as Engine Toripter
 Samurai Sentai Shinkenger vs. Go-onger: GinmakuBang!! as Engine Toripter

References
Shizuka Ishikawa at the Voice Artist DataBase

1971 births
Japanese voice actresses
Living people
21st-century Japanese actresses
Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society voice actors


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Olympic College - 2000
Graduate School Education
Seattle Institute of Oriental Medicine - 2004
Master's of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
Diplomate of Acupuncture
Diplomate of Chinese Herbology
Missouri Acupuncture Assocation
National Acupuncture Detoxification Association
Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Gina Butler first encountered acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine in 1999. Thanks to her mother, who encouraged her to seek Chinese medicine for her ailments, she not only found resolution of her condition but also the beginnings of a life long study of this medicine. After obtaining her Master's of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine degree at the Seattle Institute of Oriental Medicine in Seattle, Washington, Gina became an associate at the very clinic where she first received acupuncture.
After graduating in 2004, Gina's practice began at the Acupuncture and Wellness Center in Poulsbo, Washington. She also studied extensively with experts in the field of both acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine: Dr. Richard Teh Fu Tan, Robert Doane, and Dr. Jimmy Zhang Wei-Yin Chang. She is nationally board certified in both acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) and is licensed by the State of Missouri to practice acupuncture.
In 2011, after moving from the Pacific Northwest to Columbia, Missouri, Gina saw a need for holistic therapies such as acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine in the community. Thus, Acupuncture of Columbia was founded. She has seen firsthand how Chinese medicine can be extremely effective in the treatment of acute and chronic illnesses and can spare the body the side effects of pharmaceuticals and unnecessary surgeries. Her belief is that medical care at its best should focus not only on the healing and treatment of disease, but also on the prevention of illness and promotion of wellness.
Outside of clinic, you'll find Gina enjoying the outdoors, gardening, running, hiking & biking Columbia's trails, cooking and eating delicious foods with friends and family, playing the piano (since 5 years old...thanks mom & dad) and most of all, experiencing life with her husband, son and their pets...all rescues, except the fish. (loyal dogs Moses & Juniper, ungrateful cats Singee & Crusoe and Harold the betta fish)

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Forside › Horrific attack on press freedom in Paris
7. jan 2015 13:13 Troels Johannesen
Horrific attack on press freedom in Paris
On Wednesday, the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris suffered a bloody massacre. Reports speak of around eleven persons killed. "A bloody attack on the press – and on freedom of expression", says Mogens Blicher Bjerregaard.
French media such as Le Monde report that eleven people have been killed and several more wounded in an attack on the magazine Charlie Hebdo, which is known for its satirical line, and which has previously been sued for blasphemy.
"What we are witnessing today is an absolutely appalling and horrific attack on Charlie Hebdo. But it is not just an attack on Charlie Hebdo. It is an attack on the free press all over the world, and it has been committed by people who despise democracy and the vital role of a free press in a free society," says Mogens Blicher Bjerregaard, chairman of the Danish Union of Journalists.
Mogens Blicher Bjerregaard, who is also chairman of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), also said:
"The attack on Charlie Hebdo touches us all, and is naturally reminiscent of the 2006 cartoon crisis. As journalists, artists and media people, we are deeply affected by such an attack. But we must not refrain from doing our absolutely necessary journalistic work, or impose self-censorship."
"I hope that the French authorities will arrest the perpetrators and bring them to justice, and that the free press around the world will be given the protection that is necessary to prevent similar incidents."
Charlie Hebdo visited the International Media Festival of the Danish Union of Journalists last November. Read the reports here.
Mogens Blicher Bjerregård may be contacted via Troels Johannesen at +45 2725 8059.
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Q: Update Manager doesn't show any updates I am running the Update Manager (in Ubuntu 12.04) for the first time in several months. When checking for updates, the Update Manager doesn't find any, and returns the following error message:
W:Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/natty/main/binary-i386/Packages
404  Not Found, E:Some index files failed to download.
     They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

What do I do to kick it up and running properly again?

A: It appears that you have at least one repository still configured for natty (11.04). This may indicate that a previous upgrade has not taken this into account or that you've altered the sources.list file yourself and didn't change it when upgrading.
From the comments I can determine that it's just one line that is not configured for precise, the 'official' Ubuntu extras repository. Now the best thing to do is to fix this line to use precise instead. Below is just one way of doing this.

*

*Open a terminal.

*Enter the command
gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

*Locate the line containing
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu natty main

*Change natty to precise, so the line becomes
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main

*Save and close the editor.

*Run a manual update of the package lists:
sudo apt-get update

This should output without errors and your update manager should work again.


The venue, to begin with, had a citified ambience with metro guests coming in and a Hispanic feel of its Dominican-dominated locale.
Of course, the elegance wasn't lost a bit primarily because the celebrators were mostly stylish.
As early as Tuesday, the preparation at the Santo Domingo Church was to the letter as the wedding planners were all agog in setting the whole place with Filipiniana mood and atmosphere.
Cibo catering was in place hours before the occasion. It served native delicacies of Spanish influences like rice cake, diced banana cakes, mini sandwiches of pan de sal, pastillas and other merienda cena.
The wedding day was a lot cozier and more tranquil, but not without the threats of impending climate idiosyncrasy. The sun shone brightly despite the previous night's drizzle in some parts of the city.
People from all walks of life started milling around the church yard, trying to find out how to get in and had a good chance of watching the event.
It was history in the making, of course. Here was a senator of the land, a grandson of a former president of the country and a son of a great statesman, marrying a controversial broadcast figure.
All eyes were laid on them.
A comfortable space was allotted to ordinary folks inside the compound, but only a number of them, a good number of them, though, could be accommodated.
As usual, sidewalk vendors took a good chance at their merchandise as an enterprising man displayed his full scale of Korina and Mar pins. They were sold for P15 and were selling like hotcakes, but a lady photographer had it for free from the media registration panel.
A helicopter hovered above before and during the matrimonial ceremony.
Media people who didn't have invitations were fighting tooth and nail to get access cards.
Most of the guests were on time to fill up the huge holy place, a historic landmark.
As usual, the corridors leading to the church were filled with people not necessarily hearing mass, but attending to some businesses directly or indirectly connected with the Roxas-Sanchez wedding.
Some principal sponsors, especially the senior ones, were early birds. Other members of the entourage were ready to march, but had to be stationed in one corner for common instruction.
The little boys and girls had to be looked over by their moms particularly. Bridesmaids and best men had to wait patiently.
What to do in waiting for the bride to come? Pleasantries could be more effective to combat boredom.
Outside, the people were frantic to see their favorite stars on film and TV, and would easily yell or shout their names in wild abandon.
One and a half hour late of the scheduled procession, the lady of the hour came rushing in. This time, she had to be covered with yards of seemingly piña clothes to the church doorsteps.
When she was finally unveiled, the crowd broke loose.
The proceeding was entirely solemn. Unto the night, the moon was shining its half.


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Apr 17, 2016; Detroit, MI, USA; Tampa Bay Lightning center Brian Boyle (11) and Detroit Red Wings left wing Justin Abdelkader (8) square off after game three of the first round of the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Joe Louis Arena. Detroit won 2-0. Mandatory Credit: Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports
Preview: NHL Playoffs
Brittney Smith April 19, 2016	Feature Sports News, NHL, Tampa Bay Lightning 187 Views
The Stanley Cup playoffs are here. Here are tonight's match-ups.
Tampa Bay Lightning @ Detroit Red Wings- 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh Penguins @ New York Rangers-7 p.m.
St. Louis Blues @ Chicago Blackhawks-9:30 p.m.
Anaheim Ducks @ Nashville Predators-9:30 p.m.
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In the first match-up, the Lightning will face off against the Detroit Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena for Game 4. The Lightning are looking for a third win against the Red Wings, as the Lightning suffered their first loss of the series on Sunday. Tampa Bay wasn't able to get on the board and lost 2-0. Although Tampa Bay was successful in the first two games against Detroit, they couldn't get anything done on offense, they lost puck battles, and were forced to blank the Red Wings on several power-play attempts in the loss on Sunday. Tyler Johnson, Nikita Kucherov and Alex Killorn have been the stars for the Lightning and took quite a bit of heat for their performance on Sunday. However, Lightning Center Brian Boyle says although they are the stand outs, they can't do all the work. The Red Wings Goalie Petr Mrazek who replaced Jimmy Howard will be back in action for the Detroit in tonight's game four. Looking forward, Valterri Filppulu (Vall-TARE-ee FILL-puh-luh), Tampa Bay Lightning center says the Red Wings are a good team and he isn't expecting much different from them in the upcoming game.
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The New York Rangers will take on the Pittsburgh Penguins in Madison Square Garden in Game 3 of the best-of-seven series. The series is tied as the Penguins got the victory (5-2) in game one, and the Rangers pulled out a (4-2) win on Saturday. Both teams have some uncertainty as they go into Tuesday night's game. For the Penguins, goalie Marc-Andre Fleury will be out due to a concussion injury. They'll be looking to rookie back-up Matthew Murray or possibly Jeff Zatkoff. As for the Rangers, captain Ryan McDonagh has not been ruled out of tonight's game, but has not gotten the go ahead either. With just hours left till the puck hits the ice, it looks like it will be a game time decision, although McDonagh did skate and take slots on Tuesday morning. Head Coach Alain Vigneault says his team has to play their best if they want to beat the best.
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The Chicago Blackhawks will look to tie the series in Game 4 tonight against the St. Louis Blues. However, the Blues will have to play as good if not better than the defending Stanley Cup Champions in order to give them the lead in the Western Conference first-round series. The Hawks had the chance to take the lead in the series on Sunday when they were up 2-1 in the third period, however they weren't able to hold on. Captain David Backes for the Blues played a big role in both wins so far and says he's happy with the group they've got. Not to take away from a team who has remained solid and worked hard throughout the series so far but St. Louis has had a few things go their way, including hitting several goals off deflection and getting lucky bounces. So far in this series the Hawks are shooting at 4.5 percent compared to 9.4 percent in the regular season. If that number doesn't go up, the Blues could take the series.
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The Anaheim Ducks are desperate for a win tonight. They will face the Nashville Predators in Game 3 at Bridgestone Arena. The Predators lead the series 2-0. Ducks goalie John Gibson has given up three goals in each of Anaheim's losses, although he has played decent, he didn't get the job done when his team most needed him. With that said, the Ducks will look to Frederik Andersen to step up to the plate in tonight's game. While the Ducks will be counting on Andersen, the Predators will count on Pekka Rinne to continue saves on defense. Rinne has 27 saves in the first two games of the series, if he and his team keep up the good work they could enjoy their first postseason series win since 2012. Captain of the team for Nashville Shea Weber says his team has a lot of talent and are ready for competition.
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//
// License: MIT
//
// Description: class declaration for base codec(encoder/decoder).
//
//---
// $Id$

#ifndef ossimJpegCodec_HEADER
#define ossimJpegCodec_HEADER 1
#include <ossim/imaging/ossimCodecBase.h>

class OSSIM_DLL ossimJpegCodec : public ossimCodecBase
{
public:

   ossimJpegCodec();
   virtual ~ossimJpegCodec();

   /**
    * @return Codec type.  "jpeg"
    */
   virtual ossimString getCodecType()const;

   /**
    * @brief Encode jpeg method.
    *
    * Current options handled by this factory:
    *
    * type: jpeg
    * quality: 75
    *
    * @param in Input data to encode.
    *
    * @param out Encoded output data.
    *
    * @return true on success, false on failure.
    */
   virtual bool encode( const ossimRefPtr<ossimImageData>& in,
                        std::vector<ossim_uint8>& out ) const;

   /**
    * @brief Decode jpeg method.
    *
    * @param in Input data to decode.
    *
    * @param out Output tile.  If the pointer to ossimImageData is null
    * internally it will be created.  For code loops it is better to pre
    * initialized to correct size.
    *
    * @note Caller should set "out's" image rectangle upon successful
    * decode.
    *
    * @return true on success, false on failure.
    */
   virtual bool decode( const std::vector<ossim_uint8>& in,
                        ossimRefPtr<ossimImageData>& out ) const;

   virtual const std::string& getExtension() const;

   /**
    * Ineterface to allow for specific properties to be set.
    *
    */
   virtual void setProperty(ossimRefPtr<ossimProperty> property);

   /**
    * Interface to get the value of a specific property
    *
    * @param in name.  Property name to retrieve
    *
    * @return property value
    */
   virtual ossimRefPtr<ossimProperty> getProperty(const ossimString& name)const;

   /**
    * Get a list of all supported property names.  Currently only "quality" property
    * is exposed
    *
    * @param out proeprtyNames.  push the list of proeprty names to the list
    */
   virtual void getPropertyNames(std::vector<ossimString>& propertyNames)const;

   /**
    * Allocate the state of the object thorugh a factory load/keywordlist
    *
    * @param in kwl. Input keywordlist that holds the values.
    *
    * @param in prefix. prefix to use for all keywords.
    */
   virtual bool loadState(const ossimKeywordlist& kwl, const char* prefix=0);

   /**
    * Save the state of the codec to the keywordlist
    *
    * @param out kwl. Input keywordlist that holds the values.
    *
    * @param in prefix. prefix to use for all keywords.
    */
   virtual bool saveState(ossimKeywordlist& kwl, const char* prefix=0)const;

protected:

   /**
    * @brief For decoding standard jpeg block.
    * Curently only handles CMYK.
    * @param in Input jpeg buffer.
    * @param out Initialized by this.
    * @return true on success, false on error.
    */
   bool decodeJpeg(const std::vector<ossim_uint8>& in,
                   ossimRefPtr<ossimImageData>& out ) const;

   /**
    * @brief For decoding color spaces other that mono and rgb.
    * Curently only handles CMYK.
    * @param in Input jpeg buffer.
    * @param out Initialized by this.
    * @return true on success, false on error.
    */
   bool decodeJpegToRgb(const std::vector<ossim_uint8>& in,
                        ossimRefPtr<ossimImageData>& out ) const;

   /**
    * @return The enumerated libjpeg out_color_space.
    */
   ossim_int32 getColorSpace( const std::vector<ossim_uint8>& in ) const;

   ossim_uint32 m_quality;
   std::string m_ext;
};

#endif


Well, it was bound to happen I guess. After six months of living on the road, jumping from Summer to Winter to somewhere in between, I eventually gave myself a cold. Generally speaking, if I have a little cold I will still practice, it can help clear congestion and give me a bit of energy, but this was no such cold. This particular cold had me breathing heavy and coughing constantly and feeling achy and sore every time I moved. If these past months of travel and practice have taught me anything, they have taught me that practice can take many forms and none of it is 'cheating' as long as it has a strong intention behind it. Unable to practice any physical poses without feeling pain I set myself up with some pillows and just sat and practiced my Ujjayi breath. My teacher in LA always said the breath was the 'main event' and when I let the poses go and simply experienced the breath I could understand exactly what she meant. Just by building the heat of my breath I could feel my muscles begin to relax a bit and the congestion in my chest begin to ease. I am not going to lie- I missed the movement and flow of the physical postures but I knew that if I gave it a few days of rest I could get back to that. I took Savasana propped up on some pillow since laying flat just made me cough and after practice I felt much better.
Sometimes changing the form of practice for illness, injury or other reasons that our physical bodies need a break can be just as important as rolling the mat out everyday and moving through our poses. There are days the body needs rest and if you push through it is not getting what it needs. It is interesting to watch the patterns of the mind on these days. My mind tends to alternate between 'this was the right thing to do' and 'stop being lazy, just get up and practice,' as I wait patiently though, by the end of my sit or my rest in a restorative pose I can feel my body saying 'thank you' and my mind beginning to settle down and I know that I have done the right thing for my practice for the day.


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By U.K. Department of Energy & Climate Change | April 10, 2014
A new and innovative U.K. government scheme launched April 9 will pay people for the green heat they generate for their homes.
The domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) is the world's first long-term financial support program for renewable heat, offering homeowners payments to offset the cost of installing low carbon systems in their properties.
The scheme is open to everyone – home owners, social and private landlords, and people who build their own homes. It is available to households both on and off the gas grid.
"This is the first scheme of its kind in the world – showing yet again that the UK is leading the way in the clean energy sector," said Minister for Energy Greg Barker. "Not only will people have warmer homes and cheaper fuel bills, they will reduce their carbon emissions, and will also get cash payments for installing these new technologies. It opens up a market for the supply chain, engineers and installers – generating growth and supporting jobs as part of our long-term economic plan."
The technologies currently covered by the scheme are:
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Interview for Ancient Ceremonies #9
When the MCD "Melégnia" was released, in those days under the moniker Thanatos, I immediately defined this to be a band to watch out in the future, though many where quite sceptic about it. With the release of "Schizo Level", ThanatoSchizO have taken us to a new level of their music. Coming forth with all their potential, they have created a strange and very interesting work where we can evolved by their unique way of looking into metal.
I was really curious about this gigantic step taken by this band so I've spoke with the charismatic, and sometimes misunderstood, mentor of this band, Guilhermino, a good friend for some time now.
First of all, congratulations on your new album, it took me by surprise and you know I had high expectations for it.
Well…thanks. You know…it's very challenging to arouse others minds. Ok, we do what pleases us. We create music to satisfy ourselves but it's surely a great victory to know that people are really surprised with "Schizo Level" and are finally starting to understand that ThanatoSchizO is not a regular metal band.
Since Melégnia, there have been quite some changes in the band. First an obvious question, the change of name. Not why (because it is obvious) but why ThanatoSchizO?
You see…we have been particularly familiar with the Schizo word since the beginning. Sometimes people who listened to our "Melégnia" EP called us a Schizo Metal band (whatever that means).
The irony of all this is that our bass player got seriously injured in middle 2001 and had to leave the band due to schizophrenic issues. So it came obviously clear that we should add SchizO to our previous moniker.
Second question relating to the new changes, the line-up of the band… Who's out and who's in, and, of course, why.
As I said, the former bass player had to leave us during this album's composition process. So I had to manage all the bass lines in "Schizo Level". After all this, we found that we needed a vocal evolution, in order to continue and follow up our path towards a musical maturity. Then we asked our previous vocalist to leave the band and started to rehearse with this one guy who worked sometimes for us as a roadie and lives like two headquarters away from me. Eduardo was our friend since childhood (he was the lead vocalist of some local death/black bands) and reached a life's philosophy that fits perfectly our will. Moreover, he has done an excellent work when he chose such interesting voice paths and even contributed with two lyrics.
Besides this, Filipe - the synths player (the one who helped us as an invited guest during the last part of the 2 years-"Melégnia"-tour) - and the female vocalist Patrícia (who was only a guest until then) became ThanatoSchizO's official members, in order to help our purpose evolution.
Are they all fully in tune with the musical style of the band?
Naturally! They are fully synchronized with ThanatoSchizO music style and lyrics' philosophy.
Let me also add that right after we left the studio we gathered forces with an excellent bass player (who also played in some local black/death metal bands) who originally was a guest musician but now is also a truly official ThanatoSchizO member.
And, to end this series of changes, I must say that all that was missing in the previous CD, in terms of layout, was largely surpassed in this one. Do you have a tendency to jump from one extreme to the other, don't you? This new layout is excellent!
Well…that means that our next layout will suck…(laugh). No, really…what we have - I think - is a natural tendency to surprise. It's true that we were kind of careless with our self-financed debut EP (there's a long, long story behind that), so we wanted to compensate all this creating - together with the guys from Misdeed Records and the excellent webmaster/designer artist and good friend Pedro Caldeira (Eternal Evo Designs) - a wonderful layout.
Now, a very difficult question, define your sound to all the readers that unfortunately haven't had the chance yet to listen to the album.
Have you ever tasted the feeling of trying anything new in your life? Have you ever tried to feel something really original about your life? Can you remember the last time your senses were aroused? That's what ThanatoSchizO is all about!
If you really want a defining word, I can try to tell you that ThanatoSchizO is Dark Metal with an ever-present depressive aura, mixed up with such strange things as ethnic music. ThanatoSchizO - at least in this album - deconstructs all the metal clichés that are kind of boring. To all this you can add lyrics that are sometimes ironic and sometimes expose what we really are (the undisguised version of the lyricism).
You have chosen to mix a lot of different styles, are you not afraid that this will "scare" away a lot of people? … or you just don't really care about it! (laugh)
This will never be music for a regular/normal individual, for a regular metal fan that loves all the clichés inherent to this style of music. You know, I really care for bands like Arcturus that created something unique and - as they are - we don't really give a fuck if one can't understand our deep world.
To what extent did the new formation influence the making of this album?
This is a band! Not a pseudo-band where one guy makes all the things and teach the others to play it. Everybody in this band contributes (and will always contribute) with ideas, riffs, visions, etc.
What are the main differences between "Schizo Level" and "Melégnia", 'cause there are quite a few.
In a word: maturity. As we move forward, it's quite natural that we begin to perceive some details that we weren't aware of before. Moreover, maturity brings the eternal search for good taste in our music and feelings.
"Schizo Level" has an approach somehow different from the one present in "Melégnia". It's globally more powerful and live-oriented with a direct feeling that was not included on the EP. "Melégnia" was more oriented to the progressive path without big and strong heavy moments.
I can just say that our album takes in the progressive veil of the EP and turns it stronger and heavier. The progressive way is still there but with other links, in order to show our ideas as you can feel in the ethnic and the (little) electronic stuff.
Both records are two steps in a long, long walk …so be aware of that.
Looking back to the first CD, and comparing it to the new one, what do you feel? Are you still proud of it? Do you still feel it to be the right choice for the time?
Of course I am proud of it. "Melégnia" represents what we were back in 98/99. And we have only reasons to face it in a positive way. It opened the scene for us. It showed us for the first time to the world…and I still love all its songs.
By the way, is it still available?
Yes it is…at any good store or by contacting us.
In this album you have giving new steps in the story of Suturn, the character around which all the lyrics evolve. Can you tell us more about it's, or he's meaning?
Suturn is the real personification of us, dramatized in a schizophrenic world. We use this character in order to expose our deepest feelings. Suturn is a fact!
How have been the reactions to this work at the moment? Did it meet your expectations?
We were a kind of surprise to everybody. Like it or not, almost everyone was like: "WOOOO…is this u, guys?!?!" (laugh) and that is really, really great to hear. Surprise - as I said - is our "middle" name.
The sells are going just fine and the feedback is very strong in a positive side.
As for the reviews, they're in 90% of the cases very congratulating specially outside Portugal. You see…even though we get a real support from some parts of the Portuguese scene, there's still a lobby, which insists to suffocate the scene and refuses to believe that bands like ThanatoSchizO exist and are really healthy and catching attention.
I was not familiar with your new label, Misdeed Records. How did the chance to work with them come to be? Did you have other offers?
We had three more offers. Two of them were from foreign labels. But we already knew the people from Misdeed (that worked under other names and had other aims in the underground scene) since "Melégnia". The guys were great fans of our sounds/philosophy and were the most professional, honest and motivating during all the "Melégnia" promotion.
Thus, why signing for a foreign label?
It became quite natural to join forces with Misdeed Records!
Now that sometime has passed since the release of the album, do you fell that the label is fulfilling its obligations?
Misdeed Records is fulfilling everything that was agreed. The album is being distributed abroad; we've answered dozens and dozens of interviews since the releasing of "Schizo Level". Then, this can only be a good sign. And recently, Misdeed Records invested on the merchandising of t-shirts, in order to promote the band more widely.
You are now going to start a tour to promote this album. What can be expected from a ThanatoSchizO live performance, and where are you going to play?
It is going to be sweaty, dramatic, ferocious and intense, very progressive, but violent too. There are going to be some impromptus.
We will play just in a few places, where we can find the adequate conditions. We have already performed more than a hundred gigs until now. Therefore, we are more than able to handle an audience. But we will no longer play unless the minimum conditions are assured, because that can completely distort everything the band stands for.
Now, I know you have been working real hard on your upcoming album, what can be unveiled about it at this time?
It is going to be recorded in the first trimester of 2002 and it is already completely pre- -produced. As for the sound, I don't want to reveal anything but I can guarantee that it will be (once again) a surprise and that is more focused on the aspects we think to be our best ones.
Eduardo has composed almost every song, then he has been having a much more intense participation in this phase leaving me more space to focus on the structure of the themes. Besides this, he also plays - very well - guitar, contributing to the strength of our sound.
The releasing is scheduled to middle 2002. Prepare yourselves for another surprise.
Well, we must end this conversation. I hope to see you soon live, 'cause I really am curious about the effect of the songs in a live performance.
Thank you very much for this interview. I hope you have the guts to taste our "Schizo level".


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Kashish Of Kahiin To Hoga Aamna Sharif Is Getting Married This December
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News Helpline | September, 18 2013
TV actress Aamna Sharif is getting married to her producer-boyfriend Amit Kapoor very soon. Aamna and Amit have been dating for almost a year, and have decided solemnise their relationship with a wedding in December.
Aamna Sharif, best remembered as Kashish in Ekta Kapoor's soap Kahiin To Hoga (which aired a few years back), was linked with co-star Rajeev Khandelwal at that time. Later, as she tried to make it in Bollywood, she was seeing Aftab Shivdasani with whom she starred in two films Aao Wish Karein and Aloo Chaat. The couple parted ways after the debacle of these films. Last year, Aamna had returned to the small screen with Honge Judaa Na Hum.
Amit is producer Shabnam Kapoor's son. His production venture, One By Two along with co-producer Abhay Deol recently went on the floors. Adds the source, "Ever since their roka ceremony, the small screen folk have been congratulating Aamna even though she prefers to be tight-lipped about it." The roka ceremony, a Punjabi custom to formalise the relationship, was held recently. Says a source, "Aamna has kept a low-profile of late, avoiding the social circuit. Their romance was a well-kept secret. But she has known Amit for a while now. They are serious about each other." Looks like we are going to have a Punjabi wedding to look forward to this winter. Advance wishes to the beautiful couple.
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