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I have noticed that a lot of my posts are focused on eating and drinking and unintentionally this blog is fast becoming mostly about food, drink and general overindulgence. Basically, my life appears to revolve around eating out, drinking too much and coffee dates (I'm not complaining) so in order to redress the balance, this post brought to you on World Vegetarian Day (after all I am a vegetarian albeit not a particularly good one) is still about food and drink but this time of the healthy variety and some exercise too!
I have been participating in weekly Pilates classes at the Bodytree studio (read previous post Finding My Inner Core) for the past four years, firstly at its former original smaller shared location when it was known as Soma Pilates and Yoga Tree and from summer 2012 at its new home in a spacious converted villa.
One of my favourite things about Bodytree moving to its new location, apart from the obvious addition of more space, dedicated large and airy exercise rooms, changing facilities, easy parking (not so much at the moment with the demolition/rebuilding of a mosque opposite and the relaying a whole street of drains at the same time, welcome to the world of Abu Dhabi planners) and the increased class schedule, was the introduction of the Nectar cafe in the refurbished kitchen area.
The popular juice bar is the brainchild of former chef Mira Naaman and is a very welcome addition to the capitals healthy choices. Alongside the extensive juice and smoothie menu, Naaman has just introduced a range of healthy Raw Energy bites.
A creature of habit, I always have the 'Sustain(able) Energy' juice, a blend of spinach, apple, pineapple, celery, cucumber, avocado and lime. I always ask the lovely ladies who create these marvellous drinks to omit the cucumber and replace it with banana and then either add a shot of chia seeds or scoop of whey protein. I can't tell you how delicious this creation is, really I'm not exaggerating it's fantastic! Every week I think I must try another option but I always cave to the lure of the Sustain(able) Energy.
All of the juices and smoothies can be tailored to individual requirements, suiting all taste buds and as well as the chia seeds and whey protein there's the option to add a range of organic extras such as goji berries, flaxseed, manuka honey, acai powder or freshly grown organic wheatgrass. The addition of the healthy bites, after a week of free samples, has been well received at the studio. I bought some of the Antioxidant Powerhouse balls, a tasty concoction of organic dates, flaxseeds, chia seeds, goji berries, coconut oil, raw cocoa powder, walnuts and cinnamon. Also on offer were Tahini Dream and Lemon Meringue varieties.
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TYRONE — A consultant hired to evaluate whether there are enough biosolids available to justify construction of a digester at the borough's sewer plant has returned with good news, according to an official who spoke to Borough Council recently.
Material Matters Inc. of Elizabethtown checked with about a dozen parties involved in biosolids disposal and those generally expressed "strong interest" in bringing their materials to Tyrone, if Tyrone builds a digester, said consulting engineer Kevin Nester of GHD in Huntingdon.
"It looks very promising," Nester said.
Tyrone, however, isn't the only jurisdiction in the area thinking about a digester.
The Altoona Water Authority's director of sewer treatment operations, Todd Musser, is at least flirting with the notion of using the authority's sewer capabilities for digester functions.
The authority has been losing revenue because of a steady long-term reduction in water consumption, and could use an additional revenue stream, authority officials have indicated.
There is the possibility that both agencies could work together, he said.
Currently, there is a surplus of biosolids in western Pennsylvania, Musser said.
There seems to be many alternative ways for sewer plants to handle biosolids, requiring varying degrees of investment.
One possibility for Altoona is to accept certain types of food waste as an enhancement to the biological processes that already digest the regular nutrients that come into the sewer plant, Musser indicated.
Another possibility is facility enhancement to allow the authority to accept larger amounts and different types of biosolids, he indicated.
Biosolids, which sewer plants produce in the form of sludge, can also come in the form of sludge from other sewer plants and in the form of food waste, including oil and grease, from restaurants, institutions like hospitals and nursing homes and from food processing plants.
Digesters can process the biosolids to produce gas, which can be burned to produce electricity to run the sewer plants.
Digesters can also produce compost that can be sold to landscapers and gardeners.
Aside from exploring the possibility of generating revenue by accepting biosolids, the Altoona authority was recently working on a deal by which it would charge for accepting brine collected on the tarps that cover rock salt piles at a facility in a nearby county.
Authority officials were also discussing the possibility of accepting wastewater generated by pipeline companies — including clean hydrostatic test water that nevertheless can't be returned to streams and muddy water from boring operations under rivers, Musser said.
"We're working hard to keep up the revenue stream," Musser said.


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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.06-1515
Title: Identification and characterization of a novel mutation in the carbonic anhydrase IV gene that causes retinitis pigmentosa
Authors: Alvarez, B.V.
Vithana, E.N.
Yang, Z.
Koh, A.H.
Yeung, K.
Yong, V.
Shandro, H.J.
Chen, Y.
Kolatkar, P.
Palasingam, P.
Zhang, K.
Aung, T.
Casey, J.R.
Issue Date: Aug-2007
Citation: Alvarez, B.V., Vithana, E.N., Yang, Z., Koh, A.H., Yeung, K., Yong, V., Shandro, H.J., Chen, Y., Kolatkar, P., Palasingam, P., Zhang, K., Aung, T., Casey, J.R. (2007-08). Identification and characterization of a novel mutation in the carbonic anhydrase IV gene that causes retinitis pigmentosa. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 48 (8) : 3459-3468. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.06-1515
Abstract: PURPOSE. The autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (adRP) gene on chromosome 17, region q22 (RP17), was recently identified as a glycosylphosphatidylinositol membrane-anchored zinc metalloenzyme (protein CAIV), highly expressed in the choriocapillaris of the eye and undetectable in the retina. Only two missense mutations have thus far been identified in the gene CA4. Functional analysis of these mutations demonstrated that retinal disease may result from perturbation of pH homeostasis in the outer retina, after disruption of CAIV and sodium bicarbonate cotransporter 1 (NBC1)-mediated bicarbonate transport. CA4 was screened in a panel of patients with RP, to expand the mutation spectrum of this novel adRP gene and understand its pathogenic mechanism. METHODS. A total of 96 patients with simplex RP and adRP of Chinese ethnicity were screened for mutations in the eight coding exons of the CA4 gene by bidirectional sequencing. Functional consequences of CA4 mutations on the NBC1-mediated bicarbonate transport were studied by measuring bicarbonate fluxes in HEK293 cells cotransfected with NBC1 and CA4 mutant cDNAs. RESULTS. Thirteen sequence alterations were identified, including a novel mutation within exon 3 of CA4 (R69H) in a patient with simplex RP. R69H was not found in 432 normal chromosomes. R69H CAIV impaired NBC1-mediated pH recovery after acid load. CONCLUSIONS. A novel mutation has been identified in CA4 that provides further evidence that impaired pH regulation may underlie photoreceptor degeneration in RP17. This study indicates that, as with European patients with RP, mutations in CA4 also account for ≤1% of Chinese patients with RP. Copyright © Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
Source Title: Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-1515

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Droits de l'homme dans le Golan syrien occupé - Vingt-huitième session de CDH - Projet de résolution
Approved by a vote of 29 in favor, 1 abstention & 17 against on 27 March 2014
A/HRC/28/L.3
Twenty-eighth session
Agenda item 7
Human rights situation in Palestine and other
occupied Arab territories
Bahrain* (on behalf of the Group of Arab States), Cuba, Nicaragua,* Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation), Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of): draft resolution
28/...Human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan
The Human Rights Council,
Deeply concerned at the suffering of the Syrian citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan due to the systematic and continuous violation of their fundamental and human rights by Israel since the Israeli military occupation of 1967,
Recalling Security Council resolution 497 (1981) of 17 December 1981,
Recalling also all relevant General Assembly resolutions, the most recent being resolution 69/94 of 16 December 2014, in which the Assembly declared that Israel had failed to comply with Security Council resolution 497 (1981) and demanded that Israel withdraw from all the occupied Syrian Golan,
Reaffirming once more the illegality of the decision by Israel of 14 December 1981 to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan, which has resulted in the effective annexation of that territory,
Reaffirming the principle of the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law,
Taking note with deep concern of the report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories, and in this connection deploring the Israeli settlements in the occupied Arab territories and expressing regret at the constant refusal of Israel to cooperate with and to receive the Special Committee,
Guided by the relevant provisions of the Charter, international law and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and reaffirming the applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949 and the relevant provisions of the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 to the occupied Syrian Golan,
Reaffirming the importance of the peace process, which started in Madrid on the basis of Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November and 338 (1973) of October 1973, and the principle of land for peace, and expressing its concern at the halting of the peace process in the Middle East and its hope that peace talks will be resumed on the basis of the full implementation of resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973) for the establishment of a just and comprehensive peace in the region,
Reaffirming also the previous relevant resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights and of the Human Rights Council, the most recent being Council resolution 25/31 of 28 March 2014,
1.	Calls upon Israel, the occupying Power, to comply with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, the Security Council and the Human Rights Council, in particular Security Council resolution 497 (1981), in which the Council decided, inter alia, that the decision of Israel to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan was null and void and without international legal effect, and demanded that Israel rescind forthwith its decision;
2.	Also calls upon Israel to desist from its continuous building of settlements, the most recent of which is the settlement campaign being conducted by the so-called Golan Regional Council under the slogan "Come to the Golan", and to desist from changing the physical character, demographic composition, institutional structure and legal status of the occupied Syrian Golan, and emphasizes that the displaced persons of the population of the occupied Syrian Golan must be allowed to return to their homes and to recover their property;
3.	Further calls upon Israel to desist from imposing Israeli citizenship and Israeli identity cards on the Syrian citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan, and to desist from its repressive measures against them and from all other practices that obstruct the enjoyment of their fundamental rights and their civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, some of which are mentioned in the report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories;
4.	Calls upon Israel to allow the Syrian population of occupied Syrian Golan to visit their families and relatives in the Syrian motherland through the Quneitra checkpoint and under the supervision of the International Committee of the Red Cross, and to rescind its decision to prohibit these visits, as it is in flagrant violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;
5.	Also calls upon Israel to release immediately the Syrian detainees in Israeli prisons, some of whom have been detained for more than 28 years, and to treat them in conformity with international humanitarian law;
6.	Further calls upon Israel, in this connection, to allow delegates of the International Committee of the Red Cross to visit Syrian prisoners of conscience and detainees in Israeli prisons accompanied by specialized physicians to assess the state of their physical and mental health and to protect their lives;
7.	Determines that all legislative and administrative measures and actions taken or to be taken by Israel, the occupying Power, including the Knesset's decision of 22 November 2010 to hold a referendum before any withdrawal from the occupied Syrian Golan and East Jerusalem, that seek to alter the character and legal status of the occupied Syrian Golan are null and void, constitute a flagrant violation of international law and of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949, and have no legal effect;
8.	Again calls upon States Members of the United Nations not to recognize any of the above-mentioned legislative or administrative measures;
9.	Requests the Secretary-General to bring the present resolution to the attention of all Governments, the competent United Nations organs, specialized agencies, international and regional intergovernmental organizations and international humanitarian organizations to disseminate it as widely as possible and to report on this matter to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-first session;
10.	Decides to continue the consideration of the human rights violations in the occupied Syrian Golan at its thirty-first session.
*Non-member State of the Human Rights Council.


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The Great Giana Sisters, 1987 platform game
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Feminine: Gianna, Gia, Giovanna, Jane
Masculine: Gianni, Giovanni

People

First name
Giana Roberge (born 1970), American female road cycle racer
Giana Romanova (born 1954), female middle-distance runner who represented the USSR
Gia'na Garel, writer, producer, filmmaker, composer and entertainment consultant based in New York City

Surname
Adalgisa Giana (1888–1970), Italian operatic soprano
Tom Gianas (born 1964), American comedy writer, director and producer

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A.S. Giana Erminio, an Italian football club based in Gorgonzola, Lombardy

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The Penza Region is located in the southwestern part of the Mid-Volga area, at the meeting-point of three native zones: forests, steppe and forest-steppe; it occupies the ter-ritory of 43 thousand square kilometers. Representatives of almost 100 nationalities live and work here. The city of Penza was founded in 1663 as a fortress to protect the borderlines of the Moscow state from the incursions of the nomads. Since 1801 Penza has become a provincial center that played an important role in the political and cultural life of Russia.
The region has a powerful industrial and economic potential. Its enterprises manufacture chemical equipment, compressors, medical and pharmaceutical products. The volume of international trade increases with every passing year. The Penza Region belongs to agricultural Russian re-gions. The rapidly developing local processing industries manufacture highly competitive products.
The tourist potential of the Penza Region is significant. There are more than 100 historical and cultural monuments in it. In the southwest of the region there is a famous culture preserve «Tarhany» where Mikhail Lermontov spent his childhood. In the region there is also the Belinsky Museum and his country estate, which is one of the best literary museums of the country. Besides there is the Radishchev Memorial Museum situated in his former family estate.
Five-domed Troitsky Cathedral in Narovchat (the 17th century), Spas-Preobrazheniya Gospodnya Church in Penza, Rozhdestvenskaya (Christmas) Church in the village Ablyazovo with its unique gilded wood carved iconostasis (the 18th century), Troitse-Scanov Monastery (the 17th century) with a cave complex, built by monks, always attract thousands of tourists and pilgrims.
Simple life in a small rural house - what can be better after the stone jungle of a megalopolis? People have been settling down in the Sura region since olden days. Wonderful mild climate, gross vegetation, rivers full of fish, abundance of berries and for living in harmony with nature.
Even after few hours of journey the whole world of new opportunities arises before the traveler. Morning fogs over steppe, hunting, fishing, mushrooms, horse rides and breakfast on the grass. And in the evening - a real Russian bath and swimming in a river. Almost virgin beauty of the local nature leaves nobody indifferent. This land is covered with the peculiar coat of mystery because of its history events of which are reminded by the ruined fortresses of Peter times, battle places with Mongolian conquerors and legends about sacred springs. The Sura land conceals many secrets and certain people only can reveal them. But the one, who will listen to the rustle of leafage of venerable woods and silence of dawn over Sura, will understand the soul of this land. And he will keep deep in his heart the happiness of a free cheerful person for ever.
Sura river, forms an extensive water storage basin. Because of its size, the water storage basin received the name of the Surskoye Sea. According to old fishermen's legends, the bream bites excellently here. Fisher's catch may also include roach, crucian carp, ide, chub, perch, zander, pike and sheatfish.
In the 17-18th centuries, service class people received from the Tsar not only allotments and meadows, but also fishing places as an award. In those days, the Caspian salmon dwelled in Sura, and the trout dwelled in cold channels.
Even wives of landlords enjoyed fishing and especially for them planters were constructed. During the journey through Penza, it would be convenient for a fisher to call at Alferyevka, Ust-Uza, Shemysheika on the way and then at Old Yaksarka that are located on the coast the Surskoye Sea. If you want to go fishing on Sura below Penza, it is necessary to go the North on the highway Penza - Nizhni Novgorod by car. Bessonovka, Grabovo and Lunino are the settlements adjoining here the river's flood plain. Besides, these places are striking beautiful and they'll stick in your memory for ever.
The Penza Region is famed for skillful craftsmen. The folk craft, the most traditional of which are pottery, ceramics, crystal and glassware, are widely spread all over the region.
Poim history architect museum
It is mentioned from the end of 17 centuries, but it is more known as an ancestral lands of Sheremetyevi. The village is remarkable that it was and remains the centre of church split in the Volga region, well-known for the crafts.
Museum exhibits have been carefully gathered within the last 45 years. These are ancient subjects of a life and art of settlers. The village always was a popular place for fans of rare antiques and admirers of olden time, both among Russians, and among foreigners. In 1995 Alexander Solzhenitsyn visited Poim, he has enthusiastically responded about the careful relation of local residents to the heritage. Some of exhibits, for example, the silver coffin, subjects of fulfilment of religious practices represent special art value and contain in special storehouse. For their viewing the special permission is required. Poim — an open-air museum. Folk customs, crafts, religion of Old Believers and new orthodox, various architectural styles — all has intertwined here. The modern shape of village has the big art value. Here it is possible to glance in the house-museum of the writer A.P.Anisimova.
Address: Penza region, BeLinskiy district, Poim
Belinsky's memorial estate
History has given to Belinsky a role of a literary critic. However he has allocated the key figures of the intellectual mainstream which have become a world heritage - Lomonosov, Gogol, Pushkin. Today a rich collection of materials about a life and creativity of the critic it is placed in . a building of the former district school and the two-storeyed house of merchants Artushini.
Address: Belinsky city, Borisheva St., 4. Ph.+7 (841-53) 2-16-57
A.N.Radishchev's state museum
The museum displays household things belonged to Radishchevs, rare, unique ' books and engravings of the late 18th century, and a manuscript of the writer's main book "Traveling from Petersburg to Moscow". While in Radishchevo, pay attention to the Nativity of Christ Church built by Radishchev's great-grandfather in 1724. The original iconostasis of this ancient temple is executed in baroque style of the mid 18th century.
Address: Penza region, Kuznetsk district, village Radishchevo. Ph.: +7 (841-57) 6-16-25.
Zolotarevskoye gorodishche
One of the latest finds - an archaeological monument of medieval history. Here for 6 centuries a large city existed, which in 1237 has rebuffed groups of khan Batiy. Up to 7000 people died in fight.
Museum of Kuprin
We advise to visit a museum of the Russian writer A. Kuprin. The museum of the Russian writer Alexander Kuprin is opened at the support of the writer's daughter K.A.Kuprina, who transferred the family archive of the emigration period to the museum, as well as the writer's personal things and books from his library. The collection is also interesting by the lifetime editions of Kuprin's works, with original illustrations to them. Here one can see film and photo materials depicted A.I.Kuprina's stories about her father.
Address: Penza region, village Narovchat, Kuprin Street, 3. Ph.: +7 (841-63) 2-13-41
Nikolsky museum of glass and crystal
In 1789, owner of the Nikolsky crystal factory N.A.Bakhmetev started to collect the best pieces of the factory's production.
Crystal was really excellent - from Nikolsk it was delivered to the imperial court and crowned persons in different parts of the world, and also to high nobility, churches and monasteries. In 1829, at the first exhibition of manufactured products, the factory received a gold medal for the presented exhibits.
Special admiration causes an exhibit "a glass with a fly", made by request of the landowner which son has conceived a liking for alcohol. How many the son poured an ominous potion - it seemed to him, that there a fly floating in a glass. Today, the museum houses items from different national schools, and ancient crystal from the Nikolsky factory decorates the collections in the Hermitage and Pavlovsky Palace.
Address: Nikolsk, Komsomolskaya Street, 27, ph.: +7 (841-65) 3-83-46.
The cultural life of the region is diverse. The love to the stage, drama, music and art has always been one of the regional features for more that 2oo years.
The State Lermontov Culture Preserve in Tarkhany
A world famous Russian poet M. Lermontov spent his childhood and adolescence in a family estate of his grandmother E. Arsenyeva in Tarkhany where he found real delight and repose.
The culture preserve was opened in 1939. Nowadays hundreds of tourists come to that place to show their love to the national genius. All Russian Lermontov's celebrations annually take place every first Sunday of July.
The hospitable land is ready to welcome tourists from every part of the world and to create necessary conditions for their good recreation.
Penza is the birthplace of the Russian circus, which was opened there in 1873.
Many great discoveries await museumlovers in the Penza region!
Sports Complexes
Restaurants, Entertaiment Complexes
Spiritual Relics
Museums of Penza
Trinity-Scanov monastery and Scanov caves
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Cherry blossoms in Washington D.C. are not only a huge attraction, tourism revenue generator but these beautiful trees are an over 100-year-old symbol of friendship between the United States and Japan. But like many flowering plants, the Yoshino cherry trees are being affected by climate change and daylight and heat trigger the tree's dormancy thus making them bloom earlier each year. As Roll Call explained, warming annual temperatures would likely mean earlier blooms, and average temperatures at the Martin Luther King Memorial have risen 1.3 degrees Celsius (about 2.3 degrees Fahrenheit) between 1895 and 2017, according to Patrick Gonzalez, the National Park Service's principal climate change scientist. Gonzalez explained that "despite a lot of variation each year, a study of the Tidal Basin cherries found that overall, peak bloom is occurring about a week earlier than when they were first planted" and while any one year doesn't make a difference, the long term trend is showing a warming planet is having an impact on D.C.'s most iconic trees.
Cherry blossoms will likely bloom even earlier in the future, according to a 2011 study published by researchers at the University of Washington.
Long term warming could become even more severe: peak bloom dates at the Tidal Basin are likely to be accelerated by an average of five days by 2050 and 10 days by 2080," the study University of Washington study found. The researchers said the bloom date could come even earlier — 13 days for 2050, and 29 days for 2080s — under a more accelerated global warming scenario.
As Climate Central explained, Washington D.C. is not the only area where this has been observed, as similar results have been found for cherry trees in Japan and Korea.
Why This Matters: Patrick Gonzalez explained to Vox in a separate interview what early blooming could mean for the health of the cherry trees and the surrounding ecosystem.


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I'm a massive Islay fan but Bowmore's always sat apart from the other distilleries on the island for me.
Sure, it's the oldest and so probably has the biggest claim to being the epitome of whisky from the region but something about it for me puts it in a different category.
The older Bowmores I've tried have tended to be stunning but so spectacularly expensive that they're beyond the reach of us mere mortals. The younger, well, didn't stand out much at all.
This bottling piqued my curiosity since it ticks a lot of boxes: It's lightly peated, cask strength, small batch, cheap, NCF, colouring free, and matured for ten years in first fill Bourbon. Can't knock any of that!
So how is it in the glass?
Nose: Massively citrus. Orange sherbet, tangerines, and lemons. A good whiff of coastal salt, bonfire ash, and chalky rocks. After a while, a little coconut ice and lime skin.
Palate: Rich, sweet, and malty with metallic tinned pineapple. More citrus, juicy and sweet: satsumas and bitter grapefruit. Tingly peat builds with numbing red pepper and an Opal-Fruits-esque synthetic fruit flavour.
Finish: Bowmore signature parma violets with a touch of earthy oaky peat and bitter lemon.
Mmmmmm. We have a winner.
That tropical citrus core character works well with the 1st fill Bourbon characteristics and the Bowmore smoke. This is absolutely worth buying a whole bottle of and I'm now keen to see how the other batches compare.
Thank you, Bowmore, for releasing a whisky that's interesting, characterful and (most importantly) affordable.
At £45 per bottle on Master of Malt, this is cracking value and a perfect Summer dram for a warm evening as the sun sets.


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Swedish First Hill campus is seeking a full-time Internal Medicine physician to join an established practice. In this role, you will collaborate with a tight-knit team and serve a medically diverse patient population. First Hill is a robust facility with an in-house pharmacy, imaging and behavioral health services and state-of-the-art technologies. Enjoy meaningful work and system-wide support in the cultural hub of Seattle.
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Swedish Medical Center's First Hill campus is a 697-bed, general medical and surgical hospital in downtown Seattle. The largest of Swedish's five hospitals, First Hill is considered the main Swedish campus. In addition to the hospital and emergency department, the campus is home to the Swedish Cancer Institute and the Swedish Orthopedic Institute. The hospital provides a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, including the area's largest childbirth center, NICU and specialty pediatric care.
Seattle is the Pacific Northwest's largest urban center, with a metro population of 3.25 million, and is home to world-class arts and entertainment, a robust economy and an outstanding school system. The city hugs Puget Sound and offers magnificent mountain views to the north, east and south. Home to the world's biggest tech giants, Seattle offers some of the highest minimum wages in the country, along with a notable music and arts scene, outdoor lifestyle and amazing coffee.
Swedish is a comprehensive health network with a long history of excellence. The Seattle-based system operates five hospitals with more than 1,500 beds, and more than 115 primary and specialty care clinics. Part of the Providence family, Swedish is world-renowned for its innovative and ground-breaking diagnoses, treatments and medical research at its five award-winning institutes: cancer, digestive health, heart and vascular, neuroscience and orthopedic. Its mission is to improve the health and well-being of each person it serves.
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Yolo County Chief Deputy District Attorney Michael Cabral said Tuesday his office was waiting for information from investigators and would not comment on what charges prosecutors would file against Gardner until they were able to review reports on the case.
Gardner, who also goes by the name Malik Mahammad, has a lengthy criminal record in Sacramento County with arrests ranging from auto theft to domestic violence and criminal threats to drug possession and firearms violations, according to Sacramento Superior Court records.
Gardner faced charges in Yolo County of stalking and threatening Pinkston and her mother, Carla Crane, at their Winters home in January and was scheduled to face trial Monday in Yolo Superior Court on the allegations.
The alleged threat against Pinkston was "so unequivocal, unconditional, immediate and specific as to … cause that person reasonably to be in sustained fear for his or her own safety," court records show. Pinkston was identified as the victim by the initials "L.P."
The court issued a criminal protective order to protect Pinkston from Gardner in connection with the January case.
Gardner was released on bail from Yolo County Jail on Nov. 15, where he had been held on a warrant out of Sacramento Superior Court after failing to appear for a hearing on an unrelated domestic violence case dating back to August 2011.
Pinkston was shot at close range the morning of Nov. 18 as she sat in her car in downtown Winters a short distance from the Aleco Electric office where she worked. She died a short time later at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento. Pinkston was 32.
The Las Vegas tip was the first break investigators had had in weeks, Nájera said. U.S. marshals had launched a nationwide search and posted a $2,000 reward for information leading to Gardner.
"We don't know how long he was there. It was the first time he had surfaced anywhere. … This was a very high priority for the marshals' office," Nájera said, adding that when Winters police called, "This was a 911 call to us."
Investigators shook out more clues leading to the East Tropicana Avenue apartment where Gardner was holed up with a man, woman and small child, but Nájera said Gardner "clearly had some help staying under the radar. He was doing a very good job staying under the radar."
A U.S. marshals task force and local police negotiators were eventually able to persuade Gardner to give up, but not before the Sacramento man called Channel 13 (KOVR) as officers walked the roof above the apartment.
"I know that even if I told police the full story, the full story is never going to come out. That's just how the cookie crumbles," Gardner told the Sacramento television station. "Those that know me, they actually know me … They know how solid I am as an individual. Those that don't know me, they can only speculate."
The man, woman and child in the apartment were not hurt. Nájera said the three "were not family, but there was at least a friendship" with Gardner. The unidentified man surrendered to officers, according to Las Vegas police officials. The woman, identified by Las Vegas police as Brittany Ulmer, 24, was arrested on suspicion of obstructing a public officer.
Back in Winters, word of the standoff and arrest hundreds of miles away in Las Vegas flew through the small community still shaken by the violence that visited the quiet town last month.
"We were getting minute-by-minute play-by-play," said Winters City Manager John Donlevy, who received updates throughout the evening Monday. "It really reverberated through town."
At the Tuesday news conference, Gutierrez said he called Pinkston's mother upon word of Gardner's capture.
"She told me she was able to sleep in peace now," Gutierrez said.
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By Aleena T Sabu on 24 Sep 2020 • ( 1 Comment )
Feminist Movement across the times
The feminist movement (also known as the women's movement, or simply
feminism) refers to a series of political campaigns for reforms on issues such as
reproductive rights, domestic violence, maternity leave, equal pay, women's
suffrage, sexual harassment, and sexual violence, all of which fall under the label
of feminism and the feminist movement. The movement's priorities vary among
nations and communities, and range from opposition to female genital mutilation
in one country, to opposition to the glass ceiling in another.
Feminism in parts of the Western world has gone through three waves. First-wave
feminism was oriented around the station of middle- or upper-class white women
and involved suffrage and political equality. Second-wave feminism attempted to
further combat social and cultural inequalities. Although the first wave of
feminism involved mainly middle class white women, the second wave brought in
women of colour and women from other developing nations that were seeking
solidarity. Third-wave feminism is continuing to address the financial, social and
cultural inequalities and includes renewed campaigning for greater influence of
women in politics and media. In reaction to political activism, feminists have also
had to maintain focus on women's reproductive rights, such as the right to
abortion. Fourth-wave feminism examines the interlocking systems of power that
contribute to the stratification of traditionally marginalized groups.
Feminism in the United States, Canada and a number of countries in western
Europe has been divided into three waves by feminist scholars: first, second and
third-wave feminism. Recent (early 2010s) research suggests there may be a fourth
wave characterized, in part, by new media platforms.
The women's movement became more popular in May 1968 when women began
to read again, more widely, the book The Second Sex, written in 1949 by a
defender of women's rights, Simone de Beauvoir. De Beauvoir's writing explained
why it was difficult for talented women to become successful. The obstacles de
Beauvoir enumerates include women's inability to make as much money as men
do in the same profession, women's domestic responsibilities, society's lack of
support towards talented women, and women's fear that success will lead to an
annoyed husband or prevent them from even finding a husband at all. De Beauvoir
also argues that women lack ambition because of how they are raised, noting that
girls are told to follow the duties of their mothers, whereas boys are told to exceed
the accomplishments of their fathers. Along with other influences, Simone de
Beauvoir's work helped the feminist movement to erupt, causing the formation of
Le Mouvement de Libération des Femmes (The Women's Liberation Movement).
Contributors to The Women's Liberation Movement include Simone de Beauvoir,
Christiane Rochefort, Christine Delphy and Anne Tristan. Through this movement,
women gained equal rights such as a right to an education, a right to work, and a
right to vote. One of the most important issues that The Women's Liberation
movement faced was the banning of abortion and contraception, which the group
saw as a violation of women's rights. Thus, they made a declaration known as Le
Manifeste de 343 which held signatures from 343 women admitting to having had
an illegal abortion. The declaration was published in two French newspapers, Le
Nouvel Observateur and Le Monde, on 5 April 1971. The group gained support
upon the publication. Women received the right to abort with the passing of the
Veil Law in 1975.
The Women's movement effected change in Western society, including women's
suffrage, the right to initiate divorce proceedings and "no fault" divorce, the right
of women to make individual decisions regarding pregnancy (including access to
contraceptives and abortion), and the right to own property. It has also led to broad
employment for women at more equitable wages, and access to university
In 1918 Crystal Eastman wrote an article published in the Birth Control Review,
she contended that birth control is a fundamental right for women and must be
available as an alternative if they are to participate fully in the modern world. "In
short, if feminism, conscious and bold and intelligent, leads the demand, it will be
supported by the secret eagerness of all women to control the size of their families,
and a suffrage state should make short work of repealing these old laws that stand
in the way of birth control." She stated "I don't believe there is one woman within
the confines of this state who does not believe in birth control!"
The United Nations Human Development Report 2004 estimated that when both
paid employment and unpaid household tasks are accounted for, on average
women work more than men. In rural areas of selected developing countries
women performed an average of 20% more work than men, or 120% of men's total
work, an additional 102 minutes per day. In the OECD countries surveyed, on
average women performed 5% more work than men, or 105% of men's total
work—an additional 20 minutes per day. However, men did up to 19 minutes more
work per day than women in five out of the eighteen OECD countries surveyed:
Canada, Denmark, Hungary, Israel, and The Netherlands. According to UN
Women, "Women perform 66 percent of the world's work, produce 50 percent of
the food, but earn 10 percent of the income and own 1 percent of the property."
The feminist movement's agenda includes acting as a counter to the putatively
patriarchal strands in the dominant culture. While differing during the progression
of waves, it is a movement that has sought to challenge the political structure,
power holders, and cultural beliefs or practices.
Although antecedents to feminism may be found far back before the 18 th century,
the seeds of the modern feminist movement were planted during the late part of
that century. Christine de Pizan, a late medieval writer, was possibly the earliest
feminist in the western tradition. She is believed to be the first woman to make a
living out of writing. Feminist thought began to take a more substantial shape
during the Enlightenment with such thinkers as Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and
the Marquis de Condorcet championing women's education. The first scientific
society for women was founded in Middelburg, a city in the south of the Dutch
republic, in 1785. Journals for women that focused on issues like science became
popular during this period as well.
The women who made the first efforts towards women's suffrage came from more
stable and privileged backgrounds, and were able to dedicate time and energy into
making change. Initial developments for women, therefore, mainly benefited white
women in the middle and upper classes.
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24 Sep 2020 at 10:00 pm
Crazy to think that although women work more than men, men still claim that women shouldnt be in top paid jobs or are less likely to due to maternity leave. Interesting and informative post 🙂
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Cannot access home Page : mod_rewrite problem?
The problem seems to be in the first .htaccess file. Indeed, if I enter the URL base/blog then I get a 404 error. but if I go to base/blog/public, then everything is fine and I can see the home page (You are now flying with Phalcon).
This is the standard file generated by the phalcon tool and I can't find what is wrong with that file. My configuration is Windows 7 / EasyPHP / Apache 2.4.7 My project URL is located in a subdir of an aliased URL. I tried to move the project in the Apache webroot directory, just in case the aliased URL would be the problem, but then I get an internal server error due to recursion.
Anyone can help me on that one?
Thanx @screenas for your answer. mod_rewrite is indeed enabled and working well.
I did some more tests and finally found that when I move the phalcon project directory under the Apache Main Web Root dir then everything is working well (contrary to what I though initially).
But I have not been able to make my aliased directory work well with the rewriting rules.
I finally resorted to create a virtual host for my original phalcon project directory and it is working the way it should, at last.
But still... I am curious about how I could have made my aliased directory work well at the first place!! If you have a hint, please let me know!
hope it works, and as I said, I can't test.
I have not wandered yet on the side of controller config, but sure will meet the point sooner or later, so your advice will make itself useful when I get there. As for the rewriting stuff, I guess I am done with the issue. Indeed, the virtual server is working well, and the rewriting rules as you put them are just fine. Thanks again @screenas for your answer.
Hi , I have a similar problem , when I work development environment (Ubutu), the proyect run well but when I´m deploying in the produccion enviroment (Centos 6.3) I have the problem with "Mod-Rewrite is not enabled"


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Science of the Saints, 26-VI-2019 (13 June), The Holy Martyr Aquilina
The Holy Martyress Aquilina, a native of the Phoenician city of Byblos, suffered under the emperor Diocletian (284-305). Her parents raised her in Christian piety. When the girl was but twelve years of age, she persuaded a pagan friend to convert to Christ. One of the servants of the imperial governor Volusian made a denunciation that she was teaching her peers not to honour the religion of their fathers. The girl firmly confessed her faith in Christ in front of the governor and said, that she would not renounce Him. Volusian tried by persuasion and by flattery to sway the young confessor, but seeing her assuredness, he then gave orders to hand her over for torture. They struck her upon the face, and then, having been stripped they whipped her. The torturer mockingly asked: "Where then is thy God? Let Him come and take thee out of my hands." The saint answered: "The Lord is invisibly here together with me, and the more I suffer, all the more shalt He give me strength and endurance."
With red-hot rods they drilled at the head of the martyress at the ears. The holy martyress fell down as though dead. The torturer decided that the girl had actually died, and he gave orders to throw out her body outside the city for devouring by dogs. By night an holy Angel appeared to Saint Aquilina, roused her and said: "Arise and be well. Go and denounce Volusian, that he himself and his intent are thus come to naught before God." The martyress, offering up praise to God, and having been restored unharmed, went to the court of the governor and stood before Volusian. Seeing Saint Aquilina, Volusian in fright called for his servants and ordered them to keep watch over her until morning. In the morning he delivered a death sentence against Saint Aquilina on the grounds of being a sorceress and not obeying the imperial decrees. When they led the saint to execution, she prayed and gave thanks to God, for having granted her to suffer for His Holy Name. A voice was heard in answer to her prayer, summoning her to the Heavenly Kingdom, after which the martyress gave up her spirit to God (+293). The executioner feared to disobey the orders of the governor, and although already dead, he cut off her head. Christians piously buried the body of the martyress. Later on, her relics were taken to Constantinople and placed within a church named for her.
Previous Science of the Saints, 25-VI-2019 (12 June), Our Venerable Father Onuphrius the Great
Next Science of the Saints, 27-VI-2019 (14 June), The Holy Prophet Elisha


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The Legend of Sicily
This legend dates from the Byzantine rule and is called the Legend of Sicily. It was born to give an explanation to the island's name Sicily (its ancient name was Trinacria - land of the three capes). It tells the story of a beautiful Lebanese princess, whose name was Sicily. An oracle had predicted that before she became 15 years old she was to leave her country alone in a boat, and if she did not do so she would end up in the jaws of the monster "Greek-east" that would have appeared under the terrible form of the cat-monster. To avoid this terrible fate, upon the completion of the fifteenth year of age of the princess, her parents, crying and desperate with pain, put her in a boat and entrusted it to the waves. After three months adrift at sea the poor princess Sicily believed that her life had come to an end, since there was no more food or water. Her boat was taken by good winds upon a gorgeous beach at the slopes of Etna – this beach consisted of lumps lava and golden sand, full of flowers and fruits, but completely deserted and lonely. The young princess was in despair and cried until she no longer had tears, when suddenly a young beautiful man appears next to hear, to give her comfort and love. The young boy explained that the islanders had all died of plague, and that fate had chosen him and princess Sicily to repopulate the island with a stronger and kinder breed.
Just him and her, two young and beautiful humans,,, things could not have turned out better, and you can imagine how happy they were. Sicily did indeed marry this young man, who was really capable and brave, with the looks of a true knight.
Being now king of the entire kingdom, a kingdom filled with so many treasures and with all that that land was producing, he was glad and esteemed Sicily as the apple of his eye. Because of this he wished to call their land Sicily, and this has been its' name ever since then.
Carridi (Charybdis)
Charybdis was a sea monster in Greek mythology. In the beginning, Charybdis was a woman, daughter of Poseidon and Gaia, a great thief famous for her voracity.
One day she stole the bulls of Geryon from Heracles, she ate a few of them. Zeus got mad and struck her with lightning so that she fell into the sea, he there turned her into a monster, with the shape of a whirlpool. This monster was able to swallow all the ships that passed by. Charybdis was placed where we today find the harbour of Messina, on the other side of the Strait of Messina there was the monster Scylla. All the ships had to pass by close to either of these two monsters. There are indeed whirlpools in the Strait of Messina because sea currents, but not very relevant.
Legend has it that only the Argonauts (a band of heroes) managed to get by without losing their lives to one of these monsters, thanks to the protection of Thetis, mother of Achilles and one of the Nereids.
Colapesce
There is a legend regarding a young man named Nicola, called Cola. He was the son of a fisherman from Messina, and they called him Colapesce ("Cola the fish") because of his extreme ability to go under water.
Every time that Cola the fish came home from one of his adventures under the sea he would tell of all wonderful things he had seen, and once he even brought home a treasure.
When the King of Sicily, Emperor Fredrick II, heard of the ability of this young man he decided to put him to the test. The King and his court went out at sea on a boat, the King then threw a goblin into the water. Cola the fish dived and brought back the goblin. The King then threw his crown into the water, in a place where the water was even deeper, and Cola the fish dived and brought back the crown too. The third time the King decided to throw one of his rings in a place where the water was even deeper, Cola the fish dived in, time went by, Cola the fish never surfaced.
Legend has it that Cola the fish went so deep that he discovered that Sicily was held by three columns, and he saw that one of these was about to crumble. Cola the fish then decided to stay under water and hold this column so that Sicily wouldn't go under. Cola the fish is still down there, holding the island of Sicily.
The Legend of the Alcantara River
Once upon a time, the Alcantara river was a quiet river, it ran calmly in its placid bed, there were no tosses, rapids or jumps. Thanks to the river the whole valley was fertile. Only the men were evil: they harmed each other and did not respect nature.
In the valley lived two brothers, together they grew wheat in a field. One of the two was blind.
When it was time to split the crop the healthy brother was supposed to split equally – one bucketful for him and one for his brother. The healthy brother got wicked and decided to split so that most of the crop became his. An eagle was flying over them, it saw everything and told what he had seen to the Lord. The Lord got furious and struck the cheating brother with lightning and killed him.
This lightning also struck the huge part of the crop that the evil brother had put away for himself, and this pile of wheat turned into a red mountain, out of which came a red river of lava that found its way through the valley and down to the sea.
When Neptune saw this river of lava about to reach the water he stopped it with his hands – the precise point was in Giardini-Naxos, and on the lava-rocks there is today a sculpture representing the wings of victory Nike. Since Neptune had stopped the river of lava it had nowhere to go, and so an abyss opened up in the valley of Alcantara and all the lava was sucked down.
The lava that remained on the walls of the abyss cooled and became hard as steel – theses walls are the Gorges of Alcantara.
The inhabitants of Castelmola have their own theory about how their town was founded. According to a legend the town-walls were built by no other than Ham, son of Noah, after having managed to send away his brother Japheth from Sicily. The town belong to the descendants of Ham and his people from that moment.
The Cyclops that lived around Mount Etna loved to stroll in these hills, and it surely didn't take them long to get here. A beautiful walk in the middle of hills and sea, and they would often grab the peak of a hill and use them as benches to sit on, to be able to admire the beauty of nature and rest their tired bodies. The Cyclops had another hobby: they would compete at throwing hill-peaks into the sea, all along the Ionian coast, in order to create more beauty along bays and beaches. The waves would hit these rocks, surrounded by a crystal sea.
Legend has it that Cape "Sant'Andrea", between Mazzarò and Isola Bella, was made of the peak of Mount Ziretto, thrown down just for fun by a Cyclops.
I Lupinari
The inhabitants of Castelmola have their own theory about how their town was founded. The "lupinari" were terrible sorcerers who lived in the borough of Luppineria. Every full moon , they poured into the streets of Castelmola sowing terror and fear. The particularity of these lupinari was that they transformed themselves from human beings into porks and in order to make them turn human again(man or woman) people had to prick them with a blessed nail called "ugghiata", (taken from a rod of chestnut two meters high), used by villains. These sorcerers lived in the cabin of the big oak and near Giulio Pizzo on Mount Lapa.
It is said that on a full moon in summer two local farmers met the sorcerers at "Pietra Iudio" and they got so scared that they died a couple of days later, after having told their families about the scary encounter.
This legend remains in stories told by the elder, even if it is slowly being erased from popular memory.
La leggenda del Castagno dei Cento Cavalli
The chestnut tree of the one hundred horses is the largest and oldest known chestnut tree in the world.
It is generally believed to be 2,000 to 4,000 years old. It is located in Sant'Alfio, near Mount Etna.
The tree's name originated from a legend:
A Queen was out hunting with a hundred knights and some chaperones. The company was surprised by a violent thunderstorm when they where close to a giant chestnut tree, so they escaped the tempest by hiding under the branches of this tree. Sunset came and the thunderstorm wouldn't stop, so the Queen passed the night under the tree, legend has it that she spent the night with some lovers chosen among the hundred knights.
There is no way to know for sure who this queen was, but some say it had to be Joanna I of Aragon, others say it had to have been Joanna of Anjou, and in this way the queen's night with lovers was contributed to the insurrection of the Vespers (during the 13th century). All of this is probably just another legend invented by people. For example, Queen Joanna of Anjou, although widely known for her love affairs, almost certainly never came to Sicily.
Le Sirene di Sirina
Below the hill of Mola runs a small river that ends in the sea. This small river is called Sirina or Sifone (this second name comes from the sound made by the water). The mostly used name, Sirina, comes from the fact that the beauty and the echoes of this river made the inhabitants of Castelmola think that mermaids lived there.
These popular beliefs created a legend:
"Down in the valley, in the middle of the rocks of Castelmola, the hill of "Mastrissa" and of "Curria", murmurs the river Sirina, the biggest spring in the area.
It is a night of full moon. The water sparkles of silver, the shadows have a tremor of mystery.
A sweet chant rises, soft, nostalgic.
There comes: down from the emerald caves, a strange group, producing a melodic harmony of many voices, melody that reaches all the boroughs and the town of Castelmola.
Just like in the town of Hamelin, attracted by the sound of the magic piffero all the children went out in the streets to follow the mysterious stranger, who would lead them beyond the hill, taking them to another life, but far away from their families, just like them all the beautiful young men and women of Castelmola went down to this dreamy paradise.
No one remembers their return: transformed into mermaids, and went on to live, or die, in that enchanting place.
Every night the melody of the mermaids renews, with the sound of the water and the chants of numerous nightingales that came from far away in the month of April.
Aci and Galatea
An ancient Greek legend tells that Neptune, god of the sea, when running one day on the sea, riding on the back of a dolphin, saw a beautiful island, an immense gulf of beauty, enclosed by two rivers, one of which was just a stream, all with a background that was very impressive: a volcano, beautiful, snowy, and its slopes full of jagged lava, forests and caves. It was Sicily, and the god was so pleased that he made all of his children come out of the sea and sent them to live on this island.
They were gigantic creatures with one eye placed in the middle of the forehead, and they were called Cyclops. The Cyclopes lived in Sicily, grazing flocks of sheep and goats. They were good shepherds, and taught men to make butter and cheese.
But Neptune in his wanderings soon forgot about them.
These Cyclops, though they were the sons of gods, with the passing of time, having been abandoned on this wonderful island, became increasingly rude and bad.
.. each commanded their children and wives, regardless of each other .. there were no meetings or counsels, no law ..
Two of these especially tried to overwhelm the others, and their names were Polyphemus and Bronte. Each of these two had been able to obtain the largest and most beautiful cave, and the largest flocks of goats and sheep.
At dawn of every new day they sat upon the slopes of Mount Etna in search of good pastures for their herds, and when they found it they exalted with joy, grumbling and slamming their fists on the ground or against the rocks, shaking the whole mountain .
Acis, son of Faunus and a the nymph Simeto, fell madly in love with the nymph Galatea.
Galatea was poor and desperate because she was a nymph loved by the Cyclop Polyphemus, who was ugly and crude, and aroused enormous fear with his unique and terrible fiery eye. This eye radiated the hatred and fear in his heart from his forehead. Polyphemuses favourite waste of time was to bring fear and terror to the people he met on his stroll with the sheep, and when he was lounging with his friend Bronte, on the hillside of Mount Ziretto around Castelmola, when they spotted fishing boats or ships they would aim and throw huge rocks. They would both rejoice, grumbling of their evil deeds. (In particular, Polyphemus and Bronte were mad at Teocle and Ulysses was angry at one Teocle and one called Ulysses – Polyphemus in the future would have known Ulysses by the name of Nobody)
But for the love of Galatea Polyphemus stopped seeing Bronte and would no more throw rocks at ships sailing along the coast.
One day the Cyclops, filled with excitement to see his beloved Galatea, began looking for her in the forests around Mount Etna, which he knew very well.
Huge was his anger when he saw from afar his beloved Galatea in the arms of Acis. Out of his throat came a horrible roar.
He uprooted dozens of trees his powerful hands, took them and threw them against them. Full of anger began to beat with his fists on a large boulder, and the upheaval shook the whole mountain.
Galatea got frightened and dove under water in the nearby sea, but the Cyclops Polyphemus, blinded with jealousy, picked up a huge rock and threw it on Acis, crushing and killing him.
The body of the poor shepherd boy was there, under the rock without a flicker of life.
As soon as the news reached Galatea she realized that it was the body of Acis. At the sight of her beloved one, she cried all the tears that she had in her body. Galatea awakened the compassion of the gods, and they wanted to relieve her sorrow, so they transformed Acis into a beautiful river that runs from Etna down to the beach where the two lovers used to meet.
The gods had transformed the blood coming out of the body of the dying Acis into water, that would turn into a river. Thus the two lovers reunite, and when the waves meet from the slopes of Etna to the sea, it seems to hear the sweet melody of the innocent.
Not far from the primary road, near the current fishing village of Cape Mills, renowned for its restaurants with fish and shellfish, a few kilometers from Acireale, there is a small spring that locals call "the Spring of the blood of Acis" because of its red colour.
Ulysses and Polyphemus
Ulysses, king of Ithaca, a Greek island, in his pilgrimage with his twelve ships in the Mediterranean sea, met the wrath of Zeus who had unleashed another storm, and Odysseus and his men were so tossed about that they lost the notion of time and not were not able to focus anymore. So when they saw a large, green island dotted with rocks and inlets created by prehistoric lava flows and a volcano that spit fire, smoke and incandescent stones, but white with snow and beautifully looking, well-fed sheep on its' lower slopes – at this view they jumped for joy. But they did not know that this was Sicily, the land of the Cyclops.
On the island of Sicily, near the volcano Etna, lived seven brothers and they were all gigantic and terrible. Only the names of four of them were known: Bronte – Sterope – Arge and Polyphemus. Polyphemus was the eldest and the most monstrous, he was particularly fond of his brother Bronte. These seven brothers were the sons of Poseidon and they belonged to the breed of the Cyclops – they had one single big eye in the middle of the forehead. They all lived on sheep-farming, and they were rude and nasty villains. Every time they saw some ships at the horizon they would hide to spy on the ships with their single eye – their eyes were filled with red veins and emanated all the hatred and malice that they felt towards humans, and the mere thought of meeting them was enough to scare anyone. When the ships came within shooting-distance the Cyclops took aim and began throwing stones and big boulders, but since they only had a single eye the Cyclops did not score very often. But when they managed to score they got so excited that they would beat, with all the superhuman power they had, their fists on the ground causing terrible quivers and sounds of explosion throughout the island. Polyphemus was grazing his flock when Ulysses and his comrades arrived at his enormous cavern, and since these visitors believed in the hospitality of the Cyclops, they brought a lot of wine as a gift and they waited for Polyphemus to return. Suddenly they heard a roar and heavy footsteps that shook the rocks. Terrified, the visitors hid behind a big boulder in the cavern. A scary looking giant arrived, he crouched at the entrance and croaked "Come here, my flocks. Come to Polyphemus to be milked. " Ulysses jumped. He had heard of Polyphemus and the Cyclops and knew that they were in trouble. Indeed, the Cyclops do not work the land ".. trusting in the immortal .. "they do not know how to navigate, they do not live in larger groups but only with their small family" .. each command their children and wives, regardless of each other .. ".. They have no assemblies of counsel, no law .." When Polyphemus was done milking he lit a fire, and it was not until the flames became tall and bright that he noticed the twelve men hiding behind the boulder. Polyphemus roared with anger: "Foreigners, sheep thieves! I will tear you into pieces and eat you for dinner!". At these terrible words, some of the twelve visitors died of fright. One moment later Polyphemus grabbed two of the men and put them in his mouth, grinding them with his sharp teeth. Then, having rolled a large boulder in front of the entrance of the cave, he lay down to sleep. While his snoring echoed between the walls, Ulysses tried to devise a plan. But he remembered nothing. So, the next morning, the giant took two other men and devoured them as he had done with the first two. After that Polyphemus went out of the cave with all of his sheep and again put the boulder in front of the entrance. They were trapped! Ulysses observed a log thrown on the ground, and got an idea. He sharpened the log until it became a long sharp pole. They were all hiding when Polyphemus returned. Just like the night before, Polyphemus milked his sheep and devoured two other men. Then he made a mighty belch, and after having rolled the boulder in front of the entrance he lay down on the ground. But this time he did not fall asleep immediately, and Ulysses jumped out to talk to him: "Cyclop, oh Cyclop, perhaps you would like some wine, ruby-red, after such a big meal of meat. Everyone knows that red wine goes well with a large piece of meat oh big Cyclop". (and here comes to mind the first sommelier of the story) This way you will know what kind of beverage that we brought on our ships, said Ulysses shyly with a lump in his throat thinking of all the men that he had lost. Polyphemus replied "How dare you advise me what to do, and who are you?" And Ulysses answered, well aware of the fact that he could not tell the truth: my name is "Nobody " and I am the leader of these helpless men that by mistake came to disturb you." Polyphemus hesitated for a moment, and remained suspicious of this confidence. The fire had by now spread a nice warmth in the cave, and Polyphemus held out his huge hands to warm them. "Well done," he said. "You men are really small and insignificant creatures, but you have lit a nice fire." Ulysses pretended to be grateful. "We just want to serve you, great Polyphemus,". Ulysses gave Polyphemus a bowl of wine, and the Cyclop drank all of the sweet drink, and then said: 'Give me more, boy. Tell me again your name, because I want to give you the gift of hospitality. We Cyclops also produce wine, but you wine is pure nectar and ambrosia". Ulysses said: "Cyclop, you ask me again for my name, and I'll tell you: you give me, as you promised, the gift of hospitality. Nobody is my name: Nobody is what my mother and father call me, and Nobody is what all the other comrades call me, and I am the leader of the men who were lost due to the storm. " " Well (said the Cyclop) the gift that I will give to you is that I will eat you last of all". When the monster collapsed after getting drunk by drinking the sweet nectar that Ulysses gave him. When all seemed quiet in the cavern, Ulysses and then his men took the big sharpened log and put it into the fire, and when it was well heated they grabbed it together and stuck it in the eye of the Cyclop. Polyphemus made a terrible scream that shook the whole mountain. The Cyclop then pressed his hands on his eye, shouting and roaring to the point that the Greek visitors almost became deaf. "Why is it so dark?" Polyphemus roared. "I do not see anything,". Polyphemus began to feel the walls and the floor of the cave, searching for Ulysses and his comrades. His huge fingers kept hitting the ground near them: the fingers were big enough to crush them. Ulysses ran toward the pile of sheepskins. Quickly he threw one to each partner. "Cover up and get on all four" , he said. "Then crawl towards the entrance". Quickly the Greek did as Ulysses said. Suddenly he felt the fingers of the Cyclop touching the sheepskin that covered his back: they had a huge weight. Polyphemus then touched the skin of a sheep, then another and another. Under each of them there was a Greek. "They ran away" he roared. "Those clever rascals! They blinded me and fled. Only the sheep are left in this cave!". As fast as they could, Ulysses and his men crawled out of the cave. Once outside, they The faster they could, Ulysses and his companions came crawling from the cave. Once outside, they took off the sheepskins that had saved their lives and ran towards the beach. "The ship is too damaged to sail", Ulysses immediately said. "But the boats are fine. Hurry! Put them in the water and lets go away from this island. In the meantime, the brothers of Polyphemus heard the dreadful cries and went to the cave to try to find out what had happened. But since they knew Polyphemus' temper, no one had the courage to ask. Finally Bronte, his favourite brother, asked: "Polyphemus what happened? Why are you shouting and screaming so loud? ". Polyphemus answered: "It was Nobody". The Cyclops looked at each other not knowing what he meant, and again on the advice of the others Bronte asked: "Why do you scream and cry, what happened to you? " and Polyphemus replied: "It was Nobody, Nobody blinded me, and Nobody with his men ran away!". Now the cyclops felt mocked, they turned around and left. Ulysses and his six remaining comrades , using the sails and the oars, reached the ships that the crew had already prepared and they quickly sailed away, leaving the coast behind them.
Meanwhile, Polyphemus, who imagined what had happened, tried as he could to reach the fugitives, but since he was blinded he could not catch the fugitives in time. The boats were heading fast towards the sea. At that point, Ulysses, feeling sure that they could not be reached, from the prow of the ship, in a tone of mockery and not without a good dose of pride for having come away with, yelled at the Cyclops: "Polyphemus, oh Polyphemus! If someone should ask who blinded you, do not say that it was Nobody, but tell them it was Ulysses, king of Ithaca. "
Polyphemus, when he heard these words, got furious. He had heard of this King of Ithaca called Ulysses, and he knew that sometimes that Ulysses and his fleet of ships lined the shore, and when they were close to Taormina Polyphemus with his brother Bronte had several times thrown huge rocks at his ships but they never managed to hit him. Livid with rage, he took the top of a hill and hurled it toward the direction from which came the voice of Ulysses.
The gesture had no effect. The boat floated gently with the waves produced by the fall of the boulder and went to sea. Polyphemus did not give up. He seized the crest of another hill and hurled it against the ships. But even this attempt failed miserably.
Those of you who don't believe in all of this can easily verify: the tops of the hills are still there in the sea of Acitrezza, a few hundred meters from the coast – they are the so called "Faraglioni dei Ciclopi" (the Cliffs of the Cyclops). In despair, Polyphemus raised his arms to heaven and prayed for his father Poseidon, the god of the sea.
"Father – implored the Cyclop – make Ulysses suffer just as I am suffering, and may he only arrive at home after many misadventures, without ships and without companions."
But Ulysses and his men, with a favorable wind, in less than a day's sail arrived to the Aeolian Islands, where dwelt Aeolus, the god of winds.
Many other adventures awaited Ulysses and his companions before they returned to Greece and to their homes. But they would always remember the night that they escaped the Cyclop as the most hideous and dangerous of all.


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In the mid-1980s, Square entered the Japanese video game industry with simple RPGs, racing games, and platformers for Nintendo's Famicom Disk System. In 1987, Square designer Hironobu Sakaguchi chose to create a new fantasy role-playing game for the cartridge-based NES, and drew inspiration from popular fantasy games: Enix's Dragon Quest, Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda, and Origin Systems's Ultima series. Though often attributed to the company allegedly facing bankruptcy, Sakaguchi explained that the game was his personal last-ditch effort in the game industry and that its title, Final Fantasy, stemmed from his feelings at the time; had the game not sold well, he would have quit the business and gone back to university.[93][94][95] Despite his explanation, publications have also attributed the name to the company's hopes that the project would solve its financial troubles.[94][96] In 2015, Sakaguchi explained the name's origin: the team wanted a title that would abbreviate to "FF", which would sound good in Japanese. The name was originally going to be Fighting Fantasy, but due to concerns over trademark conflicts with the roleplaying gamebook series of the same name, they needed to settle for something else. As the word "Final" was a famous word in Japan, Sakaguchi settled on that. According to Sakaguchi, any title that created the "FF" abbreviation would have done.[97]
Really enjoyed their happy hour here! Sushi here is pretty expensive but with 40 dollars st happy hour... you can really feed yourself here. My boyfriend and I cane for our monthaversary. Personally, for a Wednesday night it's pretty busy. You're jam packed close to strangers... and for me it... I found myself not enjoying conversing with my boyfriend cause I felt like everyone can here us... like the parties in both sides of us... it doesn't make for a private event at all. I wish the tables were spread out further apart so we could enjoy talking more. But we did manage to stuff our faces with ahi tacos, a spicy tuna hand roll, eel sushi, and a couple of their other special rolls. To be honest, the sushi wasn't that special compared to other places I've been... but the prices were relatively great! On the bright side, the waiters were kind, and the sushi chefs got food to you quickly.
I tried Board Game Bento one month just as a present to myself. Honestly, I could have purchased all the games for cheaper from "that big online store." And there was one game I never would have purchased for myself, ever. It is a theme I just don't care for. The other 2 games I haven't played yet. Honestly I don't know if they are any good. I've never heard of either of them. There were a couple mini surprises in the box (which was nice), but it wasn't overwhelming.
Personally, for a Wednesday night it's pretty busy. You're jam packed close to strangers... and for me it... I found myself not enjoying conversing with my boyfriend cause I felt like everyone can here us... like the parties in both sides of us... it doesn't make for a private event at all. I wish the tables were spread out further apart so we could enjoy talking more.
Final Fantasy[a] is a Japanese science fantasy media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi, and developed and owned by Square Enix (formerly Square). The franchise centers on a series of fantasy and science fantasy role-playing video games (RPGs/JRPGs). The first game in the series was released in 1987, with 14 other main-numbered entries being released since then. The franchise has since branched into other video game genres such as tactical role-playing, action role-playing, massively multiplayer online role-playing, racing, third-person shooter, fighting, and rhythm, as well as branching into other media, including CGI films, anime, manga, and novels.
Planet Surprise by Notre Game is a scratch and play, disposable game, much like scratch-off lottery tickets. I love playing scratch-off tickets, so I was intrigued, however, this one fell flat for me. Gianna and I tried this one and we both felt the same - it's an interesting concept, but we didn't feel it had any strategy involved or any real benefit to playing it against other people.
Several video games have either been adapted into or have had spin-offs in the form of manga and novels. The first was the novelization of Final Fantasy II in 1989, and was followed by a manga adaptation of Final Fantasy III in 1992.[62][63] The past decade has seen an increase in the number of non-video game adaptations and spin-offs. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within has been adapted into a novel, the spin-off game Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles has been adapted into a manga, and Final Fantasy XI has had a novel and manga set in its continuity.[64][65][66][67] Seven novellas based on the Final Fantasy VII universe have also been released. The Final Fantasy: Unlimited story was partially continued in novels and a manga after the anime series ended.[68] The Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy XIII series have also had novellas and audio dramas released. Two games, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance and Final Fantasy: Unlimited, have been adapted into radio dramas.
I had the charcuterie board and every single thing on it was delicious. My favorite bites were the pork comfit, the terrine and last but not least was a small bite of Lardo. Lardo is a cured slice of fat from prosciutto. I first had this on a trip to Florence, Italy and its only available there for a short time in the spring. It is wonderful spread on a piece of toasted bread.
As for the quality of the games, they appear to come from experienced publishers. None of the games included generally have stellar ratings, but we would not call any of the titles "bad" games. They're not the cream of the gaming crop, but they also don't appear to be games that would get seriously negative ratings from us. That being said, one month's game box included Walled City: Londonderry and Borderlands which happens to be one of my favorite games of all time.
It's ok. Very small and lighting is too dim, I'm a fan of natural light and this place has little to none and they have very low lighting. Lunch specials are at a good price but probably not the best thing to order. Their hand rolls and sushi rolls are the real stars of this place. Their sushi bar is small so it will be tough to get a seat there if you go during high peak times.
First impressions of the box was that I had never heard of any of these games, which is not a bad thing. Part of the reason I wanted to try this service is like the fun of exploring new games at conventions. After getting into each game and having read the rules, it became obvious to me that I liked the sound of each game, but I quickly realised that as much as the board game Capitals appealed to me, it would not be a game that my family would like to play.
I'm actually happy about Burger Boss since I figure this would actually get played more than FCM in my house. I also just learned about Foodfighters from The Game Boy Geek's review and I was hoping it would be included. I was even more pleased that one of the expansion factions was included as well. I already have Sushi Go, though I have an first edition from Adventureland Games, and the one in the box was the new one from Gamewright.
Following in the successful footsteps of Agar.io, Slither.io is essentially multiplayer Snake for the 21st century. Players begin as small snakes, and they must eat food (i.e. little blobs on the map) to grow. Larger snakes have an easier time trapping smaller ones and making them disappear. When an enemy snake gets trapped, it will become food for others. The simplicity of Slither.io makes it a great choice for quick, fun multiplayer gaming when bored. Plus, a broad selection of neon-colored skins results in eye-catching, pleasing graphics.
Board Game Bento's tag line is "A Box of Board Games Every Month," with the additional promise that at least $80 worth of games are in every subscription box, and a monthly charge of $50 plus shipping and handling for a single box, or $270 plus shipping and handling for a six month subscription. To the uninitiated tabletop gamer, that could sound pricey, but when you understand that the good tabletop games range from 25 bucks to 75 bucks, with the sweet spot being around $50, you can see that getting a good board game subscription box can be a no-brainer if you are a hardcore gamer.
The biggest game in the box belongs to Heroes Wanted by Action Phase Games. The game, for one to five players, has players making their heroes using a pair of cards, with strengths and weaknesses, as well as a unique quirk. Players then take on villains, minions and each other to become the hero with the most fame at the end of the game. The game features quite a few scenarios to try as well. Between the scenarios and the variety of heroes you can become, Heroes Wanted will offer quite a bit of replay.
I decided not to sub to Bento because of the fact they just blindly send you something. Subscribed to Game Box Monthly instead since Brian actually tries to find something you don't have. I have a prepaid 6 month sub there. My husband also got me AwesomePack for my birthday. After 6 boxes, I'll cancel if they haven't proven to be good fits for us (especially since I got GBM on sale @ 50% discount).
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