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Articles, History, The Book of Orange
1966: In The Beginning
Cliff Cooper, Founder & CEO of Orange Amplification
" I named it the CTI Pixy Mk V…. there weren't any earlier ones but I figured Mk V was a good starting point. "
In 1966 I built my original studio on the first floor of a commercial building I had rented in Amity Road, Stratford, East London. Neighbours soon started to complain about the noise, so I had the idea of making a miniature transistor guitar amp and fitting it with an earpiece.
CTI stood for 'Cooper Technical Industries'. About a year later, other companies were bringing out similar products which could be used with headphones.
I made the Pixy amplifier on a tag board and I found that this worked very well. The earpiece was a crystal design made by ACOS and the amp itself was powered by a 9-volt battery which fitted into the base of the unit. For the case I rolled thin aluminium using a metal forme, and covered it in black vinyl. The circuitry fitted into this case. I named it the CTI Pixy Mk V… there weren't any earlier ones but I figured Mk V was a good starting point.
I remember going to the Melody Maker offices, where I met two journalists – Chris Hayes and Chris Welch. I showed them the Mk V and asked if they could give me a write-up in their weekly music paper. They told me that they couldn't personally help me, but put me in touch with the advertising department, who then quoted me what I considered to be a small fortune for a half-page advertisement. Needless to say, I decided to economise and take a small square space advert instead. I was really surprised when, within a month, I had sold about a hundred for just under £2 each.
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Patrice Vigier says:
This story tells that if you want you can. Thank you M.Cooper !
My first experience with Orange was in the late 70′, I was a teenager and a guitarist on stage was playing Black Night and his sound was, by fare, the best one I heard at that time.
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Lab worker finds vials labeled 'smallpox' at Merck facility
By Maureen Breslin - 11/17/21 09:45 AM EST
A researcher at a Merck facility outside of Philadelphia found several vials that were labeled "smallpox," according to a local TV station.
The vials were found in a freezer on Monday night and an alert was sent out to the Department of Homeland Security, reports WPVI. The news outlet noted that there are two Merck sites near Philadelphia; however, it said that it cannot confirm where the vials were discovered.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in an email to The Hill that there is "no indication that anyone has been exposed to the small number of frozen vials."
"The frozen vials labeled 'Smallpox' were incidentally discovered by a laboratory worker while cleaning out a freezer in a facility that conducts vaccine research in Pennsylvania. CDC, its Administration partners, and law enforcement are investigating the matter and the vials' contents appear intact," the CDC said.
"The laboratory worker who discovered the vials was wearing gloves and a face mask. We will provide further details as they are available," the CDC added.
Yahoo News reports that the CDC will arrive at the lab on Wednesday to obtain the vials.
According to Yahoo News, smallpox, which is also known scientifically as variola virus, is so deadly that only two labs worldwide are authorized to store samples of it. One is in Russia and the other is at a CDC site in Atlanta.
In 1980, the World Health Organization declared that smallpox had been globally eradicated following joint vaccination efforts across nations.
Prior to widespread vaccination, the highly contagious virus infected about 15 million people every year and killed nearly one-third of them, WPVI noted, adding that the last outbreak in the U.S. was in 1947.
Merck, the Department of Homeland Security and the National Institutes of Health did not immediately respond to request for comment.
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CHESS Photo Contest: The Suburbs Around You
May 11, 2014 May 11, 2014 2 minute readby Sean Kheraj
Late afternoon facing towards the Vegas suburbs. Source: Daniel Ramirez.
With the school year over and spring (pollen) in the air, it's time to pick up your camera, head outside, and take some pictures! The theme of this year's Canadian History and Environment Summer School (CHESS) is suburban environmental history, so we are having a photo contest on that same theme.
We invite all NiCHE members to participate in the contest. If you are not a member, you can sign up for free. You don't need a fancy camera and Photoshop skills. All you need is some kind of image-making device plus an interest in suburbia, the environment, and history. The winning entry will receive a fabulous prize package that consists of some great books in suburban environmental history.
Send us images of suburban environments around you. Send us your macros and wildlife shots; send us landscape and street photos. Send us photos of people and of places. Send photos directly related to your research, perhaps from exotic faraway suburbs that you've visited and that have an unusual historical story attached to them. Send photos of your everyday surroundings that have inspired you to think about the intertwined histories of suburbia and the environment. Got aerial photos? Send them. Got a rephotography project underway? You know what to do.
Contest entry is simple, and you are welcome to submit as many entries as you like. Please send the photograph (as a jpg smaller than 10mb) and an accompanying text of no more than 500 words in English or French (as a Word document) in a single email to kherajs@yorku.ca by June 15, 2014. We will post the submissions on NiCHE's Flickr page and will also tweet some of the entries in the lead-up to and aftermath of CHESS 2014. The organizers of CHESS will serve as the contest judges. Please make sure that you own the rights to the photo and its communication. Have fun!
Sean Kheraj
Associate Professor at York University, Department of History
Sean Kheraj is the director of the Network in Canadian History and Environment. He's an associate professor in the Department of History and vice dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies at York University. His research and teaching focuses on environmental and Canadian history. He is also the host and producer of Nature's Past, NiCHE's audio podcast series and he blogs at http://seankheraj.com.
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Jessica DeWitt 9 years ago /Reply
Good idea posting them to the Flicker page. Look forward to seeing the entries!
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Doris Colby writes in "Highlights of One Hundred Years", "The spirit of missions came alive in an unexpected corner of the world, when Mr. T. Devairakkam returned with his wife Victoria and family to the home of his boyhood in Malaysia. Educated in our Velacherie Bording School in India, he was eager to spread the gospel among Tamil speaking Indians. He officially became associated with the A.A.M. Society in 1959. The first church was organized in June, 1960. In December of the next year, Mr. Devairakkam was ordained to the Christian ministry by Dr. Moses C. Crouse" while he was there.
So it came about in May 1959 that the American Advent Mission Society executive board approved the opening of the Advent Christian work in Malaysia under the leadership of Rev. and Mrs. Thambusamy Devairakkam. It began in the town of Rengam, primarily among people from India who had come to Malaysia to work on the rubber plantations. Sewing and Tamil language classes were soon started, and by 1960, services were being held monthly in Kluang. In July 1960, India missionary Marion Damon arrived to spend a month working with the Devairakkams. They organized an Advent Christian church with eleven baptized charter members. Before long, services were being held on 32 estates by gospel teams from the churches and a Women's Society was formed. Bible classes, children's and youth programs, and prayer meetings soon blossomed. Three older Devairakkam children were assisting in the services. In 1962, the Rengam church sent Mr. Lucas Devasahayam to began work in the Kluang area until he could go to India for Bible School. A new church was started in Kluang. By the end of the decade, the Advent Christian Conference was registered. In the 1970's Rev. Lucas Davasahayam organized a church at Banting and Rev. Dorai Raja, started a Bible School in Pandan, Johore Bahru in 1975. In 1976, the first Biennial General Conference of Malaysia was held in Port Dickson. Active churches at the time were Johore Bahru, Kluang, Port Dickson, and Banting, with work in many estates. Relatives of all of these founders have continued the work that was started half a century ago. Also from these early works, one Advent Christian Conference has been established.
From May 1960 Advent Christian Missions magazine…
The Malaya Mission
Mr. and Mrs. T. Devairakkam
"In the southernmost part of the Malay Peninsula, the area just north of the Island of Singapore is called Johore. Our mission work began in the southern portion of this province, an area of about 3,800 square miles. About 37,000 Indians live here; the majority in the northern part, the minority scattered throughout the southern portion. At present our main station is situated in the town of Rengem. On November 29, 1959 Rev. C.L. Kirby conducted our first Advent Christian Church's opening meeting to the glory of God, in the upper room of our house. From that time the work is growing in the midst of struggles."


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Rarely Visited Country Opens $2.3B Airport
Weekly_Article September 21, 2016
[World News ★★★]
(P1) The capital of Turkmenistan, a country largely closed to outsiders, has opened a $2.3 billion new international airport terminal in the shape of a flying falcon. The terminal, whose roof in profile resembles a bird with spread wings, adds to Ashgabat's vast array of unique buildings, the AP reports. The terminal, which officially opened on Saturday, is designed to process at least 2,000 passengers every hour and speed up the "full integration of Turkmenistan into the world economic system, according to Central Asia's Trend news agency.
(P2) Strict visa regulations in Turkmenistan mean relatively small numbers of tourists and businessmen ever visit the isolated, energy-rich Central Asian nation. In 2013, the Guinness World Records recognized Ashgabat as having the greatest density of marble-clad buildings, estimated at more than 540. Many official buildings are noteworthy for literal or eccentric designs, including the state publishing house, which is in the shape of a book.
SOURCE: http://www.newser.com/story/231243/rarely-visited-country-opens-gleaming-23b-airport.html
VOCABULARY: outsiders, falcon, integration, isolated, density, noteworthy, eccentric
Briefly, summarize the content of the article in your own words.
Would you like to visit Turkmenistan? Why or why not?
Why do you think an international airport was built if people rarely visit there?
Are there unique buildings in your country? If so, describe some.
READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS:
What's the capital of Turkmenistan?
What does the airport look like?
Turkmenistan has a vast supply of energy. (T or F)
Ashgabat made the Guinness Book of World Records for having the most stone covered buildings. (T or F)
What does the state publishing house resemble?
EXPRESSIONS or PHRASES:
What do the following expressions or phrases mean?
in the shape (P1)
a vast array of unique buildings (P1)
at least 2,000 passengers (P1)
energy-rich
marble-clad buildings (P2)
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Sully Lands a Win
Entertainment, Weekly_Article September 21, 2016
[Entertainment ★★★] (P1) Sully took flight in theaters this weekend and has landed with a solid $35.5 million to take the top spot at the box office, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Clint Eastwood-directed film about the Miracle on …
Christmas in the Zoo
Weekly_Article January 1, 2017
[Animals ★] (P1) This news is from the London Zoo. The animals get presents early this year. (P2) The Sumatran tiger cubs are six months old. These cubs were born in June. They do not wait to open their Christmas presents. There are pieces …
St Petersburg wins top title during World Travel Awards Grand Final 2016
★★★★, Weekly_Article December 8, 2016
[Travel ★★★★] (P1) World Travel Awards has recognized St Petersburg's potential for tourism growth, arguing the Russian destination has a bright future on the international hospitality stage. (P2) The city earlier claimed the title of the World's Leading Cultural City …
PEOPLE, NOT TECHNOLOGY, ADVANCE CHANGE
Opinions, Weekly_Article July 24, 2015
[OPINION ★★] PEOPLE, NOT TECHNOLOGY, ADVANCE CHANGE (P1) We live in a time of both BREATHTAKING technological surprise and UNNERVING global challenges. The result is that we are chattering away on our increasingly technologically sophisticated smart-phones, and social media platforms, about …


Did you check what the subreddit was before posting this?
There was not enough frog related posts here, so here we go. The thing on that woman's head perfectly resembles frog's egg masses. The shape and the fact that they are all gathered to form a single entity particularly make it so.
And because the room she's in looks like some sort of lab, it's possible she was trying to mimic the life cycle of frog all by herself. If all the eggs on her head hatch, it might look like this. I know that's a little disgusting. But that's just her, I guess.
Do you not understand basic English?
Oh I understand it. Still trying to figure out how this relates to French bulldogs other than the nickname frog dog given to them.
No, I was talking about frog only. And you're trying to distorting my words. I didn't lurk this particular subreddit before I posted this.
And don't you have any other life than lurking computer websites and other people's private lives? How can you reply immediately?
Nonetheless, I'm deleting this account because who cares, right?


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If you did see my installation Denali blog post you might have seen the below step. This is the step where you can choose the features you would like to install.
As seen in the image I also changed the shared features location directories and that is where it went wrong.
As you can see I changed it to E:\Microsoft SQL Server and E:\Microsoft SQL Server (86).
A lot of the shared components are still in the default location even after giving a specific location during setup.
I used Process Monitor (Current by Microsoft formaly known as Sysinternals) to see what was happing during double click of the Data Correction DFT task. My first discovery was that is kept looking for a 110\DTS folder on the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\110 shared folder location. And as seen in the images it's not there.


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Hi, my name is Teresa and I am a CVT. I have lived in the Sandy area most of my life and worked for BTVC for the last 14 years. I enjoy riding horses and motorcycles with my husband and two children. My favorite aspect of veterinary medicine is surgical assisting.
I am an Oregonian born & raised, with an academic background in forest science & technology and have a decade of retail experience. I've been lucky enough to have some amazing experiences – student government in college, a full-ride scholarship for a womens leadership conference in Washington, DC, and a season working in sport fishing in Alaska. I love to read, identify neat plants & mushrooms, cook meals from scratch, and play video games with my husband after our daughter goes to bed. While I work as a cross-trained assistant and receptionist at Barlow Trail, I'm beginning the process to become a certified veterinary technician.
Stacy graduated from Oregon State University in 2006 with a Bachelor's in Animal Science. Shortly thereafter, she began working in private veterinary practice as a veterinary technician/assistant. Stacy recently moved to this area and is looking forward to getting to know the community and everyone here. Stacy currently has two cats (Anya and Mina), and two dogs (a block lab, Noche, and a border collie mix, Nova). In her spare time she likes to go hiking and camping, read, visit family, and spend time working with and training her dogs.
I was born in Lebanon and raised in Sandy Oregon. I'm a true Oregonian! Growing up around animals has always made me want to work with these beautiful creatures since I was little. I graduated from Carrington college in 2017 and joined the Barlow Trail and Village Vet teams immediately afterwards. I'm currently working towards my CVT degree. During my spare time you can find me around my horses and with my family.
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Hi, Tyler Grimes here. I've been in the veterinary business since 1992 and a certified veterinary technician(CVT) since 2003. My home is occupied by 2 horses, 2 cats, two daughters under 10, and a wife who is a general practice (GP) veterinarian in Oregon City. I graduated from Oregon State University with a Bachelors in Microbiology and have held many other occupations throughout the years including kennel assistant, gym associate, dairy milker, slaughterhouse processor, construction/demolition assistant, freight hub driver at PDX, parcel sorter/loader, ranch hand, and most recently a certified chauffeur for the last 5 years with a limousine company. Many of these previous occupations were in addition to/on top of veterinary work as I have always kept a hand in the field somehow. As a CVT I have worked in neurology for a year, Internal medicine for 5 years, and a year as an overnight technician at a small animal surgical facility. Coming to work as a CVT for the Village Vet and Barlow Trail has been a learning/relearning process for me since this is my first time ever working as a CVT in general practice, which my wife as a GP veterinarian finds quite amusing. She still asks me about internal medicine stuff, and I seem to be constantly asking her some of the finer points of GP protocols. My outside interests include ice hockey, which I played for a number of years and hope to go back to soon, fishing for salmon, rock fish, tuna, and surf perch, projects on the 5 acre hobby farm we have, and woodcutting of which I cut, haul, and process most of by hand. An average year is 5-7 cords, but has gone as high as 10 cords in a season. Its a busy life, but a life we have chosen. Cheers.
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The occurrence of the winter solstice, also known as Yule, has been celebrated in cultures across the world for thousands of years.
In fact, many of the customs, lores, symbols and rituals associated with "Christmas" are actually linked to winter solstice celebrations of ancient Pagan cultures.
In the UAE, it might not necessarily be as cold as it is at Stonehenge in the UK – but the nights are getting darker earlier, and the temperatures have certainly dropped.
If you want to mark the occasion of winter solstice yourself, New Evolution has gathered five ideas on how you can incorporate traditional décor into your home.
The custom of burning a Yule log for winter solstice goes back to, and before, medieval times. Originally a Nordic tradition, folklore says if you throw a sprig of holly onto your yule log fire it will burn away your troubles from the past year.
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I persevered, however, and was glad I did because there is some excellent walking to be done here.
I'm staying on the Vila Nova de Gaia side of the river, which is where all the port houses are and is a a little bit quieter than the Porto side. So, first I walked across the Dom Luis bridge which is a very cool iron arch with two levels, both accessible to pedestrians. The top level carries the Metro yellow line and has great views, dropping you off about halfway up the hill that Porto sprawls over. The lower level, open to regular traffic connects directly with the Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia quays.
Does it look a little bit familiar? It should. It was engineered by Teophile Seyrig, former business partner of the famous Gustav Eiffel.
I took the high way over and the low way back and then collapsed by the hotel pool for the rest of the afternoon.
The next day, I followed the Gaia riverfront trail to the sea, about a four-mile trek. There's a wooden boardwalk for much of the way and lots of shady benches to sit on so it's not too strenuous. Along the way I passed some intriguing ruins.
When I finally reached the sea it reminded me of a Northern California beach where you look at the waves and craggy rock formations but only an idiot (sorry surfers) would actually dive in.


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The 36-year-old DJ and socialite recently started dating 31-year-old actor Chris Zylka after six years of friendship and Paris is sure that he is "the one".
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G.R. No. 209383, March 11, 2015 - SEACREST MARITIME MANAGEMENT, INC., ROLANDO B. MAGCALE, AND SEALION SHIPPING LIMITED – UNITED KINGDOM, Petitioners, v. MAURICIO G. PICAR, JR., Respondent.
SEACREST MARITIME MANAGEMENT, INC., ROLANDO B. MAGCALE, AND SEALION SHIPPING LIMITED – UNITED KINGDOM, Petitioners, v. MAURICIO G. PICAR, JR., Respondent.
Picar then filed a complaint for permanent disability compensation, balance of sick wages, reimbursement of medical expenses, moral and exemplary damages, and attorney's fees.
WHEREFORE, premises considered, judgment is hereby rendered ordering respondents to pay jointly and severally the complainant his permanent disability compensation in the sum of US$60,000.00, balance of sick wages in the sum of US$1,890.00, moral damages in the sum of P200,000.00, exemplary damages in the sum of P200,000.00, and ten percent (10%) of the judgment award as attorney's fees.
On appeal, the NLRC affirmed in toto the decision of the LA.9 The NLRC ruled that Picar's disability was permanent as he was totally unable to perform his job for more than 120 days from his repatriation. In support of its ruling, it cited the case of Remigio v. NLRC10 where it was held that if an employee was unable to perform his customary job for more than 120 days and did not come within the coverage of Rule X of the Amended Rules on Employees Compensability (which, in more detailed manner, describes what constitutes temporary total disability), then the said employee undoubtedly suffered from permanent total disability regardless of whether or not he lost the use of any part of his body.
Aggrieved, petitioners elevated the matter to the CA.
Petitioners filed a motion for reconsideration of the said decision, but it was denied in the CA Resolution, dated September 9, 2013.
For resolution is the sole issue of whether the CA committed reversible error in dismissing the petition for having become moot and academic.
Petitioners contend that the settlement of the judgment award was by virtue of a writ of execution duly issued and was effected specifically without prejudice to further recourse before the CA. There was nothing voluntary about the satisfaction of the judgment award made in strict and compulsory compliance with Rule XI, Section 8 of the 2011 NLRC Rules of Procedure. The terms of the settlement were fair to both the employer and the employee. Hence, the ruling in Career Philippines, relied upon by the CA, was inapplicable.
On April 14, 2014, Picar filed his Comment14 wherein he stresses that the CA committed no error in dismissing the petition. He asserts that the voluntary satisfaction by petitioners of the full judgment award rendered the said petition moot and was a clear indication that petitioners believed on the merits and judiciousness of the award for disability compensation.
Petitioners fault the CA for dismissing outright the petition for being moot and academic instead of resolving the same on its merits.
As correctly argued by petitioners, the petition for certiorari before the CA was not rendered moot and academic by their satisfaction of the judgment award in compliance with the writ of execution issued by the LA The CA cited Career Philippines, but it finds no application here. Career Philippines was resolved on equitable considerations. In the said case, while petitioner employer had the luxury of having other remedies available to it such as its petition for certiorari pending before the CA and an eventual appeal to this Court, respondent seafarer could no longer pursue other claims, including for interests that may accrue during the pendency of the case. Thus, it was held that the LA and the CA could not be faulted for interpreting petitioner's "conditional settlement" to be tantamount to an amicable settlement of the case resulting in the mootness of the petition for certiorari.
In this case, no such document was executed between the parties. The payment of the judgment award without prejudice by petitioners required no obligations whatsoever on the part of Picar.
Petitioners never moved for a reconsideration of this Order regarding the voluntariness of their payment to Sonia, as well as the dismissal with prejudice and the concomitant termination of the case.
However, petitioners argued that the finality of the case did not render the petition for certiorari before the CA moot and academic. On this point, we agree with petitioners.
In the landmark case of St. Martin Funeral Home v. NLRC,16 we ruled that judicial review of decisions of the NLRC is sought via a petition for certiorari under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court, and the petition should be filed before the CA, following the strict observance of the hierarchy of courts. Under Rule 65, Section 4,17 petitioners are allowed sixty (60) days from notice of the assailed order or resolution within which to file the petition. Thus, although the petition was not filed within the 10-day period, petitioners seasonably filed their petition for certiorari before the CA within the 60-day reglementary period under Rule 65.
In Career Philippines, believing that the execution of the LA Decision was imminent after its petition for injunctive relief was denied, the employer filed before the LA a pleading embodying a conditional satisfaction of judgment before the CA and, accordingly, paid the employee the monetary award in the LA decision. In the said pleading, the employer stated that the conditional satisfaction of the judgment award was without prejudice to its pending appeal before the CA and that it was being made only to prevent the imminent execution.
The CA later dismissed the employer's petition for being moot and academic, noting that the decision of the LA had attained finality with the satisfaction of the judgment award. This Court affirmed the ruling of the CA, interpreting the "conditional settlement" to be tantamount to an amicable settlement of the case resulting in the mootness of the petition for certiorari, considering (i) that the employee could no longer pursue other claims, and (ii) that the employer could not have been compelled to immediately pay because it had filed an appeal bond to ensure payment to the employee.
In the present case, the Receipt of the Judgment Award with Undertaking was fair to both the employer and the employee. As in Leonis Navigation, the said agreement stipulated that respondent should return the amount to petitioner if the petition for certiorari would be granted but without prejudice to respondent's right to appeal. The agreement, thus, provided available remedies to both parties.
Verily in this case, petitioners satisfied the judgment award in strict compliance with a duly issued writ of execution and pursuant to terms fair to both parties. Thus, the equitable ruling in Career Philippines would certainly be unfair to petitioners in this case as they still have a remedy under the rules. The CA, therefore, was in error in dismissing the petition for being moot and academic.
WHEREFORE, the petition is GRANTED. The May 2, 2013 Decision and the September 9, 2013 Resolution of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 124763 are REVERSED and SET ASIDE. The case is ordered REMANDED to the Court of Appeals for decision on the merits.
1 Rollo, pp. 102-114. Penned by Associate Justice Priscilla J. Baltazar-Padilla with Associate Justices Rosalinda Asuncion-Vicente and Agnes Reyes-Carpio, concurring.
12 650 Phil. 157 (2010).
15 628 Phil. 81 (2010).
16 356 Phil. 811 (1998).
17 SEC. 4. When and where position filed. - The petition shall be filed not later than sixty (60) days from notice of the judgment, order or resolution. In case a motion for reconsideration or new trial is timely filed, whether such motion is required or not, the sixty (60) day period shall be counted from notice of the denial of said motion.
18Leonis Navigation v. Villamater, supra note 16, at 91-92.
19 G.R. No. 202791, June 10, 2013, 698 SCRA 280.


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Anthony Stephen Patrick Loska (born 11 February 1950) is an English former footballer who played as a left-back. He scored 10 goals in 304 league games in a 12-year career in the Football League with Shrewsbury Town, Port Vale, Chester, and Halifax Town. He was promoted out of the Fourth Division with Chester in 1974–75.

Career
A naturally left footed player, Loska began his career at Shrewsbury Town. Harry Gregg's "Shrews" finished 17th in the Third Division in 1968–69, and then 15th in 1969–70 and 13th in 1970–71. He made 12 league appearances during his three seasons at Gay Meadow.

Loska joined Port Vale in July 1971. In August, after just one game he broke his collarbone, but recovered to post 30 Third Division and five cup appearances in the 1971–72 season. He scored his first goal in the Football League on 6 November, in a 4–4 draw with fallen giants Aston Villa at Vale Park. He scored three goals in 44 games in the 1972–73 campaign, as manager Gordon Lee led the "Valiants" to a sixth-place finish. He played ten games at the start of the 1973–74 season, but switched to Chester in December 1973 as part of an exchange deal that saw Neil Griffiths move in the opposite direction.

Ken Roberts's "Seals" finished seventh in the Fourth Division at the end of the 1973–74 season. He was then an ever-present in the 1974–75 promotion season, and also played his part in the club's surprise run to the semi-finals of the League Cup. Chester finished in 17th spot in 1975–76. Loska scored five goals in 110 league games at Sealand Road.

He moved on to Halifax Town in October 1976 along with fellow Chester defender Chris Dunleavy. The "Shaymen" finished in the re-election zone in 1976–77, before finishing one place above the re-election zone in 1977–78 and then second-from-bottom in 1978–79. In his three seasons at The Shay, Loska made 102 league appearances.

Loska joined Stafford Rangers in 1979 to play in the newly formed Alliance Premier League and played for Droylsden, before joining Nantwich Town in December 1980, helping the club to become Cheshire County League champions in the 1980–81 season. He left in the summer of 1982 after a stint as caretaker-manager to become player-manager at Alsager Town, and later served Leek Town and Winsford United. He became a coaching assistant for Eastwood Hanley, worked as a youth coach at Stoke City and was employed by Abbey Life Insurance.

Career statistics
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Honours
Chester
Football League Fourth Division fourth-place promotion: 1974–75

Nantwich Town
Cheshire County League: 1980–81

References

People from Chesterton, Staffordshire
English footballers
Association football fullbacks
Shrewsbury Town F.C. players
Port Vale F.C. players
Chester City F.C. players
Halifax Town A.F.C. players
Stafford Rangers F.C. players
Droylsden F.C. players
Nantwich Town F.C. players
Alsager Town F.C. players
Leek Town F.C. players
Winsford United F.C. players
English Football League players
National League (English football) players
North West Counties Football League players
Association football coaches
Stoke City F.C. non-playing staff
1950 births
Living people

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Since she started as a crew member, Barnett has ascended the ranks at McDonald's to a vice president position in their corporate headquarters near Chicago.
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Sites work right now, but last time they were offline for 10-20 minutes per day. Hoster is doing too much with the ip blocking (if a lot of calls come from one ip - it's blocked), I uploaded the site and I was blocked. The robot of affiliate program was also blocked (they asked me to name the exact ip to unlock, and the affiliate program only gives me the ip zone). Now I am going to switch hosting, good thing that I only paid for the month.
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This easy spelt pasta recipe is a new favourite for meal prep!
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1. Boil the carrots and broccoli together in a saucepan until they are slightly tender.
3. Meanwhile, chop the chicken and gently fry in a small amount of olive oil. You can also grill them if you prefer, both ways are tasty.
4. Drain the vegetables and pasta.
5. Once the chicken is cooked, on a low heat stir it in with the pasta and then add half the pesto.
6. Mix it together until completely covered and then gently fold in the vegetables with the rest of the pesto.
*If you want to add cheese, wait until you are going to eat it before adding it otherwise it goes funny when being reheated.
This looks easy for a weeknight meal! A great go-to idea.
I love cook ahead meals also. I cook on weekends and reheat the rest of the week!
That looks like a nice quick meal. I used to eat spelt pasta it is very nice and satisfying.


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'Gilmore Girls' Set Pictures Confirm Lorelai's Relationship Status and Rory's Job
It's all happening. Just, all of it.
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Gilmore Girls is in the midst of filming its 4-episode revival for Netflix, and set pictures have finally been released. (!!!!!!!!)
The photos don't give away too many spoilers, but one thing is for certain: Luke and Lorelai are together. Either that or they're bitter exes who wander around the street grinning and holding hands.
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A large and beautiful kitchen opens to the spacious living room in this popular modular home floorplan. A chef's island and loads of cabinets make this kitchen the homemaker's dream! Separate His and Hers walk-in closets in the master bedroom, with a double vanity and walk in shower to top off the master suite.