Mismaloya si trova a soli 5 miglia a sud di Puerto Vallarta al largo di Hwy. 200, la strada principale lungo l'oceano. Ristrutturato nel 2009, condominio con tutti i pavimenti in marmo in tutto. Cucina completa, aria condizionata, telefono, fax, TV satellitare, governante, gestore di proprietà / concierge in loco, posti a sedere in sala da pranzo 6. Una camera da letto (letto king size e 2 lunghi divani-letto matrimoniale) e 2 bagni - questo lussuoso appartamento per 4 persone. Una splendida vista dal balcone a figura intera attende la scoperta dell'oceano, della spiaggia e della giungla. Dal tuo balcone puoi vedere il set del film 'La notte dell'iguana', vedere i tramonti, osservare le balene e nutrire i pesci dai colori vivaci della barriera corallina sottostante, il tutto mentre sorseggi quel margarita fresco e rinfrescante. È possibile noleggiare jet ski o andare parapendio dalla spiaggia. Esplora la giungla sopra Mismaloya dove è stato girato il film "Predator". Ristoranti in loco, palestra, tennis, un sacco di attività - 8 campi da golf, zip line, giardini botanici nelle vicinanze, zoo e numerosi ristoranti a Mismaloya.
Activiites Galore: affitta una panga (piccola barca) da una guida locale per viaggiare nell'area o andare a Yelapa.
Questo complesso condominiale confina con l'hotel 5 stelle La Jolla de Mismaloya. Sia il condominio che l'hotel sono stati costruiti dallo stesso team di progettazione. Ci sono 5 ristoranti nell'hotel e altri 3 ristoranti raggiungibili a piedi. Uno dei ristoranti vicini, 'Tony's', si trova in una casa sull'albero con una splendida vista sulla baia di Mismaloya.
Il complesso condominiale La Jolla de Mismaloya dispone di piscina privata, jacuzzi, palestra, tennis e un ristorante privato presso la piscina del condominio. Non avrai bisogno di un'auto, dato che c'è un buon servizio di taxi e autobus in città. L'autobus si ferma nelle vicinanze di fronte all'ufficio del condominio.
Grande pesca, snorkeling, surf, vela, equitazione, kayak, immersioni subacquee (vedi i raggi di Manta), zoo, escursioni a baldacchino con zip line e passeggiate sulla spiaggia.
Condo completo - tutto il necessario: cucina completa, TV satellitare, telefono, fax, servizio di pulizia, gestore di proprietà / portineria sul posto, comunità chiusa, piscina, ristorante a bordo piscina, palestra, tennis.
Altre attività: Inviamo un opuscolo di 65 pagine con informazioni sulla zona.
River Swim in the Jungle.
Molte zone di seduta intorno aree piscina e lounge esterne. Spa e piscine in comune. Ristorante / bar privato in piscina. aperto da novembre ad aprile. Ristoranti nel villaggio di Mismaloya, aperto tutto l'anno. Lavatrice e asciugatrice nella zona comune. Governante prima e dopo il soggiorno, più una volta durante il soggiorno, con un minimo di 7 notti.
The pool area is a great place to spend reading a book and checking out the action in the bay with boats coming and going.
The wifi in the condo unit goes in and out. We ended up using the wifi for the condo association since it was a little more reliable.
FELT LIKE 'COMING HOME' !!
Just back from another great stay in La Jolla De Mismaloya Condominio. We were warmly greeted by 'staff' and our condo felt like home.....The extensive exterior renos started last spring have been completed and look great. Well done! The flowers and plants, in general, were lovely. A big Thank You to Jose! Approx. 2-3 hours per day were spent on our balcony, with our binoculars in hand and camera at the ready.....getting reacquainted with the resident iguanas, fish, birds and beach life! Always something to watch or check out. The Mismaloya Grill gets better every year; thank you Pablo & helpers. Local bus fares have gone up 2 pesos to 10 pesos per ride; still a good deal if you don't have a rental car or want to take a taxi. Not much 'negative' to report but really would like to see Recycling include more than just beverage containers and paper! Baby steps. Internet service continues to be sporadic but English- speaking TV (for news junkies like my hubby) more than compensates! A couple of suggestions, in general, especially for Canadians. ATM machines offer good rates for Cdn $$$ to Pesos, so no need to go overboard prior to your trip. Also, always pay in Pesos. It works out to be a far better deal, in the end. A big thank you to Amy for handling our rental. She's always prompt with answers to questions and/or requests.
All in all, a wonderful experience if you're wanted a relaxing, safe place to stay.....yet only a bus ride away from the 'excitement' of PV!
We enjoyed our stay immensely! From watching the fish, stingrays and dolphins right off of the deck to swimming in the pool. This property is very clean, perfectly located and very comfortable. Thank you!
Thanks for the great review - I've never seen stingrays below - how fun!
Overpaid for this condo, and having TERMITES did not help the stay of 5 weeks!
Upon arriving at the condo the place needed a good cleaning so when I called for maid service they said I needed to wait until Tuesday because that was her cleaning day! So no I DID NOT LOVE IT! I have been in Mismaloya for about 15 years and this is the first time I felt I overpaid for such low class conditions.
Really relaxing spot. Loved watching the fish below our balcony!
Thanks for your note, Natalie.
We're glad you enjoyed your stay.
Mismaloya is a quiet lovely area with great views.
NO NEED TO LEAVE YOUR BALCONY!!
Just back from a fabulous stay in this great condo, and have dozens of pictures to affirm this condo's great location within the complex. Iguanas in the tree canopy, fish galore in the waters below, birds entertaining us with their antics, boats heading out/coming back from their latest adventures, various other ocean & beach activities, including folks visiting the site of the Night of the Iguana movie set..... There's no need to leave your balcony if you've got your camera & binoculars! If you do feel the urge to join the fish, just don your snorkel gear and explore, without leaving the bay!
When venturing into town, just hop on the local bus (8 pesos each, one way); cabs, too, are always an option. Stroll into the village of Mismaloya to buy most of your provisions; you'll be surprised at the variety available! A nearby stand offers fresh fruit, at a reasonable price. Speaking of food....the "Mismaloya Grill" is located on the condo property. Enjoy a tasty dinner without leaving home.
Having stayed in a different building, on a prior visit, my husband and I agree that we prefer this condo's location, despite the lack of elevator. Folks with mobility issues might be challenged at times, however.
and the well-provisioned kitchen made 'eating in' a pleasure. Mexican artwork adorns the walls; colourful and a nice touch! Living-room furniture was comfy and yes, TV in English, and free Wi-Fi are rather nice. The bedroom is very spacious, with lots of storage. The king-size bed was a tad firm but we soon got used to it!
The entire complex, including the pool and pool deck, received a major renovation and upgrade during this past summer. Now the complex is 'accessible', for the most part, and features 2 fountains, painted and mosaic murals, and 2 new 'palapas'.....providing much needed shade. Well done!
The staff at "La Jolla de Mismaloya Condominio" was as great as ever......helpful, friendly, and easy-going. Booking our 5 week vacation was very easy; Amy answered our emails within a few hours, at most. Thank you!
How much did we enjoy our stay? So much so that we're already booked for next year!
Thank you for such a nice review and helpful tips. The onsite restaurant Mismaloya Grill, will also do grocery shopping for you. In fact they will prestock the kitchen as you wish. I asked for a price, it was 200 pesos to do light shopping. At today's rate, 200 pesos is $11 USD. Sounds like a bargain. The other thing you can do is bring breakfast items along on your trip for the first night, and then go to Costco, WalMart, Sam's Club, Mega Comercial or Soriana the next morning.


Thousand of Europeans observed glowing and bright shine of Jesus emerging clouds out of the sky in Rome Italy. Moment strengthened the faith of Jesus in their Hearts like never before. many Europeans cried and put the list of wishes, desires, and problems to Jesus and asked for forgiveness. Many people claimed this as unicorn moment in their life and believed them as extremely lucky souls. They hoped Jesus noted there demands and wishes and they expect their life would be better in the future.
Roughly it happened 4 decades back in France Europe that time and people who witnessed had same reaction. They believe the generation who got a chance to witness this moment or in any other way considered as special people. This time in Italy hundreds of witnesses claims to have a better future after Jesus assure them to be blessed.
Dramatic pictures have emerged showing what looks like a glowing image of Jesus above an Italian town as sunlight broke through the clouds. Alfredo Lo Brutto, from Agropoli, Italy, captured the figure bursting through grey skies above the sea while at his home. The shape created by the spectacular light show, at sunset on Friday, seemed to resemble the renowned Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.


text:
Works Published in 1998
View as JSON
Export 1998 as plain text
Export 1998 in RIS format
Copy Embed Code Experiment
You can embed this resource into your own website. To do so, either use the code generated by us, or use the link and tweak the rest to your preferences. Copy the respective code or link below.
Displaying works 101 - 120 of 149 in total
Sorted by most recent date added to the index first, which may not be the same as publication date order.
2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1972 No Year
Show More Years Show Fewer Years
1998 personal communication
On locally invertible rate-1/n convolutional encoders
By: D. Bitzer, A. Dholakia n, H. Koorapaty n & M. Vouk
Evaluation of AGV routeing strategies using hierarchical simulation
International Journal of Production Research, 36(7), 1961–1976.
By: R. Seifert, M. Kay & J. Wilson
10.1080/002075498193057
Sources: NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Three absolute perturbation bounds for matrix eigenvalues imply relative bounds
SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications, 20(1), 149–158.
By: S. Eisenstat* & I. Ipsen
Theoretical and practical aspects of fiber length comparisons of various cottons
Textile Research Journal, 68(7), 467–472.
By: X. Cui*, T. Calamari* & M. Suh
Robust solution of Richards' equation for nonuniform porous media
Water Resources Research, 34(10), 2599–2610.
By: C. Miller *, G. Williams*, C. Kelley & M. Tocci
10.1029/98WR01673
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com (publisher PDF)
Performance analysis of a photonic single-hop ATM switch architecture, with tunable transmitters and fixed frequency receivers
Performance Evaluation, 33(2), 113–136.
By: M. McKinnon, G. Rouskas & H. Perros
L-2 sufficient conditions for end-constrained optimal control problems with inputs in a polyhedron
SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 36(5), 1833–1851.
By: J. Dunn
Basis partitions
Discrete Mathematics, 179(1-3), 277–283.
By: J. Nolan, C. Savage & H. Wilf
10.1016/S0012-365X(97)00101-5
doi.org (publisher)
Augmented gradient projection calculations for regulator problems with pointwise state and control constraints
In W. W. Hager & P. M. Pardalos (Eds.), Optimal control: Theory, algorithms, and applications (pp. 130–153).
Ed(s): . W. W. Hager & P. Pardalos
10.1007/978-1-4757-6095-8_7
A fast iterative algorithm for elliptic interface problems
SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, 35(1), 230–254.
By: Z. Li
Toward a model theory of actions: How agents do it in branching time
Computational Intelligence, 14(3), 287–317.
By: Publons
Soil bulk density, soil strength, and regeneration of a bottomland hardwood site one year after harvest
Transactions of the ASAE, 41(5), 1501–1508.
By: A. Hassan & J. Roise
10.13031/2013.17273
Rank modifications of semidefinite matrices associated with asecant update formula
By: M. Chu, R. Funderlic & G. Golub
1998 conference paper
On L-2 sufficient conditions for end-constrained optimal control problems with inputs in a polyhedron
Proceedings of the 37th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Tampa, FL, December 16-18, 1998.
10.1109/cdc.1998.758679
Cornelius Lanczos: Collected published papers with commentaries
Raleigh, NC: College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, North Carolina State University.
By: W. Davis, M. Chu, J. McConnell, P. Dolan, L. Norris, E. Ortiz, R. Plemmon, D. Ridgeway ...
and 7 other authors, including 5 NC State authors
, B. Scaife, W. Stewart, J. York, W. Doggett, B. Gellai, A. Gsponer, C. Prioli
A dispersion model for the hepatic uptake and elimination of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
Mathematical and Computer Modelling, 28(1), 9–29.
By: H. Banks, C. Musante & H. Tran
A case study in off-line quality control: characterization and optimization of batch dyeing process design
International Journal of Technology Management, 16(4-6), 358–382.
By: G. Koksal, W. Smith, Y. Fathi , J. Lu & R. McGregor
10.1504/IJTM.1998.002676
Viscous scalar conservation law with nonlinear flux feedback and global attractors
Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 227(1), 271–299.
By: K. Ito & Y. Yan
10.1006/jmaa.1998.6016
An unconstrained convex programming approach to linear semi infinite programming
SIAM Journal on Optimization, 8(2), 443–456.
By: C. Lin, S. Fang & S. Wu
10.1137/S105262349427621X
citeseerx.ist.psu.edu (repository)
A pentagonal number sieve
Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series A, 82(2), 186–192.
By: S. Corteel n, C. Savage , H. Wilf* & D. Zeilberger*
10.1006/jcta.1997.2846

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Angie Ward
Tim McGraw, Jon Meacham and Frank Sinatra's Ghost!
posted by Angie Ward - Jun 28, 2019
I recently had the good fortune to attend one of the most enlightening and entertaining shows I have ever seen, Grammy award winner Tim McGraw and Pulizter Prize author Jon Meacham's Songs Of America Book Tour at the Coca-Cola Roxy in Atlanta, Ga. Songs of America: Patriotism, Protest, and the Music that Made a Nation (the book) was released on June 11, 2019 and immediately shot toward the top of the Best Seller list. McGraw and Meacham set out on a 7 city "book" tour like no one has seen before to support it.
"We're basically inviting people to a fireside chat." Meacham told me a few weeks prior to their Atlanta stop and that was exactly what it felt like.
With the backdrop of a large American flag surrounded by other symbols of our nation, the two sat in what looked to be comfortable chairs and took us on a journey through history with music. Meacham, the historian telling the stories of our country, and McGraw performing the songs shaped those periods in time. The journey of America's history through music was fascinating!
McGraw not only sang many of the songs that are featured in the book, but also shared his personal connection with them. His stories ranged from his being a two year old growing up in Louisiana to a chilling tale about his daughter Gracie having run in with the ghost of Frank Sinatra in LA while the family was house hunting. (Yes! They leased Sinatra's home after that!)
The show wrapped with McGraw singing his hit "Humble and Kind." After hearing the struggles of our nation from her inception to now, and then listening to the words that song, it's clear how even that song is a cry of hope for our future.
The book tour is over, but there were many camera's rolling so I am hoping for a TV special! Until then, definitely take the time to read or listen to Songs of America: Patriotism, Protest, and the Music that Made a Nation. It will definitely give you a new look at some of the songs that shaped your life too.
Want to know more about Angie Ward? Get their official bio, social pages & articles on iHeartRadio! Read more
Email angieward@iheartradio.com


Empoli vs Genoa – Serie A:Empoli and Genoa face off this Monday night on a match counting towards the 21st round of the Serie A.
Empoli is in 17th place of the Serie A with 17 points conquered, thanks to a record of 4 victories, 5 draws and 11 losses.
In terms of goals, they count with 24 goals scored and 39 goals conceded. Their performance at home has been the most productive, with the team getting 4 wins on the 9 rounds they've played as hosts. They are on a poor moment of form, not recording any victory on the last 5 matches.
Genoa occupies the 14th place of the league table with 20 points conquered, with 5 victories, 5 draws and 10 losses.
Their performances away from home have been very weak, with the team getting 1 win on the 9 rounds played away from home. The team is going through a negative period, having only gotten 1 victory on their last 15 matches.
I believe that we will see a match with some goals, more precisely on the first 45 minutes. The two teams score goals with some consistency, but they are very weak from the defensive point of view, which means that goals have been a trend.
Empoli and Genoa are two of the three teams with higher percentage of goals in the first halves in the Italian Serie A. We have seen goals in the first 45 minutes on 85% of the matches played by the two teams, and I expect it will be no different here.


If you have any questions or wish to schedule one of the above services that Dr. Zunkeler offers, please call our friendly staff at the Baltimore/Towson office at 410-337-8201, extension 11, or submit a service request online. We will be glad to share our fee schedule with you upon request. We try to address any of our clients' budgetary questions or concerns up front in a fair and open manner. Our goal is to provide every one of our clients with an exceptional, high quality work product at a reasonable cost.


text:
Il cosiddetto Papiro Ossirinco 1007 (P. Oxy. 1007, VH5, LDAB 3113, Rahlfs 907) è un manoscritto pergamenaceo frammentario della Septuaginta, databile al III secolo.

Descrizione
Il manoscritto consiste in un frammento di un foglio, vergato in onciale greca al recto e al verso su due colonne per circa 33 righe lacunose, e contiene alcuni versetti del secondo e del terzo capitolo della Genesi: 2,7-9.16-18.23-3,1.6-7.

Il testo ha la peculiarità di recare il tetragramma biblico, scritto in caratteri ebraici nella forma abbreviata con la doppia jodh iniziale, in due passi: in Genesi 2,8 (verso, col. I 4) e 2,18 (verso, col. II 14). Vi si trova pure il nomen sacrum  (abbreviazione di θεός), per quattro volte al nominativo e una al genitivo.

Storia
Il manoscritto fa parte della collezione dei Papiri di Ossirinco ed è stato pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1910 da Arthur Surridge Hunt nella collana The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, a cui deve il nome. Nella lista dei manoscritti della Settanta compilata da Alfred Rahlfs è indicato con il numero 907.

Attualmente è conservato a Londra nella British Library (Inv. 2047).

Note

Bibliografia

Manoscritti biblici del III secolo
Papiri di Ossirinco
Manoscritti della Septuaginta

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
Goldfinger: the first 'A-movie' comic book film?
Posted on September 10, 2014 by Bill Koenig
Goldfinger poster
Here's a thought as Goldfinger celebrates its 50th anniversary. In a way, the third James Bond film may have been the first "A-movie" comic book film.
Before Goldfinger, comic book films existed as serials. Lewis Wilson, father of Eon Productions co-boss Michael G. Wilson, played Batman in a 1943 serial, for example. Serials would run for weeks in 15-minute or so installments ahead of the main feature.
Goldfinger, of course, was based on Ian Fleming's novel, not a comic book. Still, some Fleming novels seem to draw their inspiration from pulp adventure stories (also a source of inspiration for comic books).
In Fleming's novel, Goldfinger's henchman Oddjob was already over the top. With the film, that increased. A gold bar bounced off his chest without causing Oddjob harm. Harold Sakata's Oddjob crushed a golf ball to show his displeasure with Sean Connery's Bond. The henchman used his steel-rimmed hat to kill with precision. Oddjob, for a time in the Fort Knox sequence, bats Bond around like a cat playing wth a mouse.
Nor did the comic book style action end there. Bond's tricked out Aston Martin became the inspiration for "spy cars," with far more weaponry that a few extras the novel's Aston had. The deaths of both Oddjob and later Auric Goldfinger could be described as comic book like. It was as if Jack Kirby of Marvel Comics drew the storyboards.
The difference, of course, was this all occurred in a $3 million A-movie where the audience could see the story all in one night.
Goldfinger's success certainly was felt in the 007 series. In Thunderball, Bond flew a jet pack and in the climatic underwater fight had an oversized air tank that had additional weapons. You Only Live Twice included a helicopter snatching a car with a giant magnet and Blofeld's volcano headquarters set that cost more than it took to produce Dr. No.
The success of such movies demonstrated audiences had an appetite for such uber-escapist sequences when executied in an entertaining way. You could make the case that Goldfinger blazed a trail that the likes of Star Wars, Indiana Jones and, yes, movies based directly on comic books, exploited.
The path from Connery's Bond to, say, Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man may be shorter than it appears.
The most obvious sign: director Christopher Nolan, a self-described 007, adapted Bond bits (the Bond-Q briefing evolved into Bruce Wayne getting new equipment from Lucius Fox) into his three Batman movies. Director Sam Mendes in Skyfall returned the favor, saying Nolan's 2008 The Dark Knight influenced the 2012 007 film.
Filed under: Comic book movies, James Bond Books, James Bond Films | Tagged: Batman, Christopher Nolan, Goldfinger, Goldfinger as comic book movie, Harold Sakata, Indiana Jones, James Bond Films, Lewis Wilson, Sam Mendes, Sean Connery, Star Wars, The Dark Knight, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice |	2 Comments »
007 degrees of separation of James Bond trivia
Posted on February 24, 2012 by The Spy Commander
001: Barry Nelson (1917-2007) was the first actor to play James Bond in the 1954 CBS adaptation of Casino Royale.
002: Barry Nelson also played the captain of the airline plane in 1970's Airport. (Dean Martin was only the co-pilot.)
003: Aiport was the last film to be scored by Alfred Newman (1901-1970), who was also composer of the "20th "Century-Fox Fanfare" that starts every film released by that studio.
004: Alfred Newman is the father of film composer Thomas Newman (b. 1955).
005: Thomas Newman is the composer for Skyfall, the 23rd James Bond film made by Eon Productions. It's his first 007 assignment. He got the gig because he has done other films directed by Sam Mendes, the director of Skyfall.
006: Barry Nelson was once a panelist on an installment of To Tell The Truth, the game show hosted by Bud Collyer (1908-1969), who was the first person to play Superman (albeit on radio, later as the voice of Clark Kent/Superman in movie and television cartoons).
007: That's all we got; we'll conveniently ignore the often-cited trivia that Skyfall producer Michael G. Wilson is the son of Lewis Wilson (1920-2000), the first actor to play Bruce Wayne/Batman in a 1943 serial.
Filed under: James Bond Films | Tagged: 1954 Casino Royale, Airport, Barry Nelson, Batman, Bond 23, Bud Collyer, CBS, James Bond Films, Lewis Wilson, Michael G. Wilson, Skyfall, Superman |	Leave a comment »


After the Easter break everyone is back into the swing of things with pupils, students and staff preparing for end of year exams and summer events, others getting ready to join the DNEAT family in June and July and one academy preparing for an Olympic record. With five days to go St Peters and St Pauls Church of England Primary Academy Carbrooke are taking part in the World Orienteering experience. Excitement abounds as everyone prepares for this challenge and more details can be found at www.worldorienteeringday.com where the map showed that up until this week Carbrooke were the only school in Norfolk who had registered for the special occasion. We look forward to hearing if world records will be made with the help of our academy pupils.


Many organizations do not put enough though into the types of packaging materials they use within their supply chains.
Manage and understand your warehouse better by implementing the improvements made throughout this course.
Key to implementing 3P in your organization is understanding the phases of 3P that you will go through.
This course explores methods to persuade employees who may be resistant to Lean efforts.
Just-in-Time is a core principle of Lean. This course addresses each of the fundamental aspects of a Just-in-Time office: Takt Time, Flow, and Pull.
When establishing the best possible flow for a layout, there are a number of considerations that must be taken into account.
There are many topics involved in the most appropriate utilization of personnel in a Lean Layout.
Before taking on any process improvement effort, it is important to know what you will need and what to expect.
Because 3P promotes a radical change, it is good to gain a perspective on the differences between 3P and other production and process styles.
Kaizen events are all about tapping people's creative problem solving abilities. This course will guide you through each important element of this decision making process.


You can't say "crap" now?
I live in LA, CA, USA, and I'm unable to get a free download from your file sharing service?
The Mission of the "Replacements Live Archive Project" is to track down, digitize, share and archive all Replacements and related recordings. This project is overseen by the MatsTapes Collective, ColorMeImpressed.com and the Archive's Facebook page. If you have something to share, please contact us.


text:
Q: PostGIS geography returns area < 0.0 I am trying to convert a geometry column to a geography column and calculate the area using this query:
SELECT dccode,SUM(CAST(St_Area(geom::geography,true) AS NUMERIC)) as Area
       FROM  schema.table
       GROUP BY dccode

but I am getting a strange error:
...
NOTICE:  Coordinate values were coerced into range [-180 -90, 180 90] for GEOGRAPHY
NOTICE:  Coordinate values were coerced into range [-180 -90, 180 90] for GEOGRAPHY
NOTICE:  Coordinate values were coerced into range [-180 -90, 180 90] for GEOGRAPHY
NOTICE:  Coordinate values were coerced into range [-180 -90, 180 90] for GEOGRAPHY
NOTICE:  Coordinate values were coerced into range [-180 -90, 180 90] for GEOGRAPHY

ERROR:  lwgeom_area_spher(oid) returned area < 0.0
********** Error **********

ERROR: lwgeom_area_spher(oid) returned area < 0.0

I've run this query to verify that there is no invalid geometry:
select gid, dccode, st_isvalidreason(geom) from table.schema where st_isvalid(geom) = false;

but it doesn't return anything. How can I isolate the geometry that is < 0.0?

A: I encountered this issue with geometries that spanned the antimeridian, but which were brought into PostGIS with SRS 4326. Casting to the Geography type seemed to introduce some issue with vertex ordering, although I'm not sure about the exact nature of this issue. Projecting to an appropriate antimeridian-spanning CRS for my region of interest before calculating the area addressed the issue. So: ST_Area(ST_Transform(geom, 3851)), using https://epsg.io/3851

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
Dwight MacDonald, Jana Prikryl
By Our Readers and Jana Prikryl
Dwight Macdonald, the Man
Occidental, Calif.
Jennifer Szalai's "Mac the Knife" [Dec. 12], on Dwight Macdonald, perpetuates the intellectual's self-righteous concern about Macdonald's acerbic and near academic theories about movies in particular and life in general. I knew a quite different Dwight Macdonald.
I met Dwight when he was admitted to Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley, where I was chief X-ray technician. Like all kidney stone patients, he was in agony. When I saw his name on the requisition slip I went to his cot and said, "The famous Dwight Macdonald. Now I get back at you for all those nasty comments in The New Yorker." Dwight's response, through screams: "Oh God! A literate X-ray technician!"
His inscription in the copy of Parodies he gave me: "For Chet Aaron—in alphabetic altabatic friendship—from Dwight—June, 1964." We became friends. During recovery, Dwight and his wife, Gloria, stayed at our (my wife's and my) home. We shared meals and stories about past and current experiences. Dwight was funny, indulgent, loving and attentive to Gloria at all times.
I had worked in Hollywood in the '50s and had spent much time with several émigré film people, including Bertolt Brecht, Salka Viertel and Christopher Isherwood. My stories—especially about Brecht—often reduced Dwight to shouts of laughter. He made pages of notes and pleaded for my permission to relay the stories. I told him about meeting Garbo (thanks to Salka), and he memorized and repeated the story word for word. I do not think he ever wrote those stories.
For years after his and Gloria's return to New York we remained connected via mail and phone. He sent me letters—witty and insightful and unpretentious. Mary McCarthy, in Berkeley for a lecture, called me to inform me that Dwight had insisted she meet us. She accepted our invitation to dinner. She raved about Dwight's wit and warmth even more than we did. Her concern: his critics ignored these qualities because having no experience with such qualities in themselves, they could not recognize them in others.
I have the galleys of Dwight's manuscript of his movie book, and I have somehow preserved (and recently found) a letter from Dwight during his last year at The New Yorker. I wrote to inform the editors of the letter and asked if they wanted it for their files. Never heard from them.
That letter (on New Yorker stationery, dated June 8, 1964): "…tomorrow we are going to Middletown, Conn. Where Wesleyan University is presenting me with an honorary degree. I'm going to sign my movie column from now on 'Dwight Macdonald, B.A., Litt. D. (Hon.).' Let Sarris match that!… What is your position on The New Yorker? If you're foolish enough to want to read it regularly (despite complete absence of DM for last year and a half and probably for next ditto) I can get you a sub at half price. Let me know. How did you like Mary McCarthy? She liked you. Aff'ly. Dwight."
CHESTER AARON
Photos in Dumbo
Ocala, Fla.
Jana Prikryl's "Erosion" [Dec. 12], on documentary photography, raises some interesting questions about the genre. But she tries to sum up what she sees as an overarching trend away from the decisive moment and toward an impersonal omniscience, a kind of giant all-seeing eye in the sky (rather than the "unique perspective" of a witness who seeks telling moments), which has a corollary in the swallowing up of personal "Kodak moments" by the great maw of Facebook.
She bashes the photographers who exhibited last summer at St. Ann's Warehouse during the NY Photo Festival, curtly dismissing their works and their ideas about photography, before trying to shoehorn them all into her thesis, basically because some of them chose to make large prints. You can tell that Prikryl is aiming for the kind of revelatory criticism of Walter Benjamin or Susan Sontag, but her ideas never take flight. Moreover, the separate elements of the essay—the group examined at the beginning, then Errol Morris, and finally Luc Delahaye and others who owe their perspective to the work of Gursky et al.—are not unified very well.
I wasn't at the exhibition, but I am familiar with the work of the people mentioned, and I felt that the nuances of their various approaches were overlooked. Ever since Joel Meyerowitz started photographing city streets while assiduously avoiding the "decisive moment," photographers—artists or realists (a distinction that has caused far more trouble than it ought to have)—have been exploring ways of capturing reality without ceding to the human subject more than its due. This is not news, though Prikryl seems to think it is. And while this newly arisen "giantism" is perhaps indicative of an erasure of the privileged witness, there are also people working in veins that suggest a heightened sense of the subjectivity of the viewer, such as Christopher Anderson, to name just one. The work of contemporary documentary photographers is highly varied and bears closer examination. I doubt that Prikryl is aware of their existence, which is typical of most academically trained culture critics.
Prikryl Replies
Brooklyn, N.Y.
While it's peculiar that Jon Anderson opines on the "aims" of my essay without saying anything about its main subject, Errol Morris's book, this should probably be put down to his criticizing a very different piece from the one I wrote. Rather than "bashing" and "curtly dismissing" certain photographers exhibited in Dumbo, I devoted four detailed paragraphs to their work, pointing out the contradictions in a negative New York Times review of it and describing the images I thought less than successful. I found they wore their art-photography influences awkwardly for a few reasons—mainly the "painterly, confected" gloss of their prints combined with a tired approach to composition—not just size. But my point was to offer a recent instance of the borrowings and mutations of genre that have made up photography's evolution since the 1800s. To toss aside the distinction between "artists or realists," as Anderson styles them, is to betray an indifference to photography's history and ethics at a time when digitization invites many documentarians, for better and worse, to get artful with reality.
I never suggested that the objective, large-format style is "news"—though since Anderson accuses me of that and then calls it "newly arisen" himself, perhaps we can agree that novelty in art-historical terms is an elastic concept—that's why I traced the style back more than thirty years; though I did hope to show how the art-photography look has become a lingua franca among mainstream photojournalists. That certain contemporary photographers are going in the opposite direction is hardly news either, but alleging that I don't know about photographers who didn't contribute to my argument in an essay that was ultimately about something else is a curious way to read a magazine. I certainly agree that their work is "varied and bears closer examination"; that's why I acknowledged "the sprouting variety of documentary photographs being taken today" before moving on to my consideration of Errol Morris's book.
JANA PRIKRYL
Our ReadersLetters to the editor submitted by our readers.
Jana PrikrylJana Prikryl's first book of poems, The After Party, has just been published. She is a senior editor at The New York Review of Books.


Today, the newly released issue of Weekly Famitsu included a batch of screenshots of Valkyria: Azure Revolution, alongside more info on the beautiful and lethal valkyria Brunhild.
Brunhild is a mysterious lady who suddenly appears on the battlefield singing with a beautiful voice. Yet, she wields a scythe in the darkness of the night, and she is a terrible enemy that appears not only on main points of the story, but also over time across normal missions.
One of the important elements of the game is in how to confront this terrible and difficult opponent.
In the past, King Claudius of the former Rushien Kindgom attacked the Temple of the Valkyria in the Kingdom of Jutland in order to acquire the power of the Valkyrie. In the process, he had the orphanage where the hero Amleth used to live burned down, and stole the "ring of the contract." Having acquired the power of the Valkyrie, his kingdom grew to its current size of an Empire.
Amleth, who failed to kill Claudius, promised to seek revenge, and resolved to involve his homeland in that purpose, even if that meant engulfing the country in the flames of war.
At times, Brunhild appears dressed at the legendary God of Death. When she removes her mask and cloak, she shows her beautiful appearance. Among the screenshots in the gallery, you can see some of her lethal attacks.
While Brunhild instills overwhelming fear among enemy soldiers and reduces their combat power, Princess Ophelia can counter that effect. She could be the only hope to fight the power of the Valkyria.
You can also find the latest trailer here, showing the formation of Amleth's anti-valkyria unit Vanargand. An extensive chunk of gameplay was also recently broadcasted by Sega.
If you want to see more of Brunhild herself, you can also watch how I beat her in the demo, in my own full-resolution gameplay. Apparently, looks like this will only be one of the many battles we'll have to fight against her. Considering her undeniable charms, I'm not complaining.
Valkyria: Azure Revolution will release in Japan on January 19th for PS4 and PS Vita. No western release has been announced just yet.


Clements posted a 6-1 record in league games with a 2.12 earned run average. He topped the MIAA in strikeouts with 58 in 47 innings pitched. For the regular season he posted a 7-2 record to become Hope's career leader for victories (24-7) and complete games pitched (20). His career record in MIAA games was 18-5.
A two-time All-MIAA honoree, Clements is joined on the first team by battery mate Jon Ponte, a senior from Novi (Dearborbn Divine Child HS).
Hope players named to the All-MIAA second team include junior second baseman Ty Peterson of Wheaton, Ill. (Warrenville South HS), sophomore third baseman Eric Dawson of Grand Haven (Midland HS), senior shortstop Chris Mattson of Muskegon (Mona Shores HS), junior outfielder T.J. Klein of Circle Pines, Minn. (Centennial HS), and junior pitcher Cory Schmidt of Milan, Ohio (Edison HS).
Coached by Stu Fritz, the Flying Dutchmen tied for second place in the MIAA standings and posted a 22-18 regular season record.


text:
A Psammobatis a porcos halak (Chondrichthyes) osztályának rájaalakúak (Rajiformes) rendjébe, ezen belül az Arhynchobatidae családjába tartozó nem.

Tudnivalók
A Psammobatis-fajok előfordulási területe Dél-Amerika déli felének a partjai mentén van. Mindegyikük megtalálható az Atlanti-óceán délnyugati részé, azonban három faj a Csendes-óceán délkeleti részén is előfordul. Ezek a ráják fajtól függően 22-49 centiméteresek.

Rendszerezés
A nembe az alábbi 8 élő faj tartozik:

Psammobatis bergi Marini, 1932
Psammobatis extenta (Garman, 1913)
Psammobatis lentiginosa McEachran, 1983
Psammobatis normani McEachran, 1983
Psammobatis parvacauda McEachran, 1983
Psammobatis rudis Günther, 1870
Psammobatis rutrum Jordan, 1891
Psammobatis scobina (Philippi, 1857)

Források
Psammobatis FishBase
McEachran, J.D. and K.A. Dunn, 1998. Phylogenetic analysis of skates, a morphologically conservative clade of elasmobranchs (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae). Copeia 1998(2):271-290.

Arhynchobatidae
Halnemek


India signs Audiovisual Co-Production agreement with Spain.
The Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Smt. Ambika Soni and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Mr. Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo Marfil exchanging the signed document of an agreement between India and Spain in the Field of Audiovisual Co-Production in the presence of the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh and the King of Spain, His Majesty Juan Carlos I, in New Delhi (October 26, 2012).


text:
ANGELITO AGCAOILI studied guitar under the tutelage of Mario Rodriguez at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines, with Jose Luis Rodrigo at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Musica in Madrid, Spain and in the U.S. with Elliot Frank at East Carolina University and Frank Koonce at Arizona State University. He has also participated as a performer in the workshops and master classes conducted by world-renowned guitarists such as Leo Brouwer, Jose Tomas, John Williams and David Russell.
A prize winner in guitar competitions in the Philippines (1st prize at the Concurso de Guitarra del Centro Cultural de España en Manila and 3rd prize and Honorable Mention at the National Music Competitions for Young Artists), Angelito Agcaoili has also been the recipient of several scholarship awards including grants from the Spanish government through the Agencia Española de Cooperacion Internacional and from the Young Artists Foundation of the Philippines.
Copyright © 2022 Angelito Agcaoili - Classical Guitar Lessons - Phoenix, AZ | Website Powered by Rocket Digital


The California Faculty Association reached a tentative agreement over contract negotiations with the California State University system Oct. 15 Though not set in stone, the agreement is a step closer to a finalized contract.
The agreement came shortly after the CFA held a week of action at campuses across the state earlier this month. According to SF State CFA chapter president Sheila Tully, the agreement is directly related to the union's demonstrations.
According to the CFA's Oct. 16 release, the proposed salary package addresses key issues the CFA raised during negotiations. The package aims to remedy inversion, when senior faculty members earn less than new hires and compression, which means similar salaries are given to faculty with unequal experience. If approved, faculty members will receive raises in the coming months.
The package will also make salary adjustments for tenure track faculty, faculty with three-year contracts and coaches with at least six years of service whose salaries are below the salary step increase maximum.
The CFA highlighted workload issues during negotiations and the tentative agreement is the first CSU proposal to include a workload relief program for faculty. The program is designed to alleviate senior faculty whose teaching loads qualify.
"For the union it is really significant that the chancellor's office is recognizing that workload is an issue. It's a big step," said Tully.
The contract outlines salary increases for the next three years. CFA's bargaining team plans to continue negotiations over salary increases for years two and three before finalizing the contract. While a ratification vote will solidify most of the contract, salary increases will be brought back to the bargaining table in May.
Specific details of the agreement will be published next week and the CFA bargaining team will travel to the 23 CSU campuses to address questions before a ratification vote by all CFA members. If the members' vote approves the contract faculty could see a raise in salary as early as January 1.


This Saturday, I attended a local "If: Gathering." Although I loved the content, almost the entire time I felt angry.
Then Christine Cain spoke, and I knew that her prophetic words were coinciding with my spirit. Translation: my anger was righteous.
Christine said that God had woken her up at 4 a.m. because he was pressing on her the need to tell us the importance of keeping God's Word at the forefront of our hearts and minds. She referred to Joshua 1:8.
Ding, ding, ding! That was exactly the reason my chest burned with such frustration.
You see, I have recently been learning the importance of feeding my body with more than sugar—I mean this literally and figuratively.
I really like sugar. It's embarrassing to admit, but for about the entire month of January, I ate pancakes every single morning for breakfast. I pretty much did an opposite new year's resolution.
It wasn't that I was depressed, self-loathing, or trying to gain all sorts of weight, I just really like sugary carbs. And pancakes are my all-time favorite version of sugared carbohydrate.
But they didn't help my energy level, and I realized after some research that perhaps new skin breakouts were due to an overconsumption of flour and maple syrup first thing in the morning.
So, I started altering my diet. I bought avocados, red peppers, and eggs. I combined them together with toast and ate it. Reluctantly.
I did not like it at first. I missed my fluffy pillows of pancakes.
But after a few days, I realized I didn't crave them as much. My body felt better. My skin began to clear up. A few days more, and I actually desired the protein I ate in the egg/toast/red pepper/avocado combination. I even added them to more meals.
It may be a slight stretch, but I will offer that this is similar to "eating" God's Word.
But reading his Word is not always easy. My dad told me once when I was much younger that reading can be like "eating oatmeal." Or avocado and egg. It's all protein and no sugar at times.
But the more I study it, the more I eat it, the more I realize I want more of it. Each morning, when I break my fast with a protein-filled breakfast and a meaty reading of his Word, I am left feeling full, focused, and craving more.
So, why the anger Saturday morning?
It's because as I have been learning to crave the Word, I believe I have been growing closer to the heart of God. And as we grow closer, we become one with him—and I believe, learn to feel even a fraction of what he feels.
And what I sensed him feeling Saturday morning is that we do not value his Word enough.
Too many of us are going along our bippety boppety way, thinking we know what is best. Why read the Word when we know the stories, we know the dos and don'ts, and we know that there is a chance we might feel convicted about a life we like to live?
What's the point in that? That is not fun.
No. It's not. It's like eating a lot of protein for breakfast. But guess what? Protein helps you live fuller and stronger. Eating it first thing helps you to make better food choices throughout the rest of the day.
Some verses that recently shocked me into wanting to study more was 1 John 2:4-6.
Daily bread. Daily protein-filled meal.
Let's hunger and thirst after it.
If you attended an "If: Gathering," you probably heard about the "If: Equip." It seems like a great way to read daily, hear an interpretation, and study alongside a group of people.
Thanks Laurie, great words and encouragement!
As someone who has had to cut out sugar and eat more protein in her diet to balance her blood sugar, I find this post to be awesome!!


text:
Daily Archives: 21:28, 12 March 2021
Democrats remanded in custody after judge upholds decision to deny bail
by Selina Cheng 21:28, 12 March 2021 18:07, 23 November 2022
Twenty-one of the 47 democrats who have been charged under the national security law will remain in custody following a court hearing on Friday, after they were either denied bail once again or withdrew their applications. Scores of people gathered at West Kowloon Court to show their support amid a heavy police presence. The 47 […]
Reporters at Macau broadcaster told to support 'Hong Kong governed by patriots', ordered not to oppose the authorities
by Selina Cheng 17:50, 12 March 2021 17:52, 12 March 2021
Hong Kong electoral overhaul is 'minimally invasive surgery,' Beijing official claims
by Kelly Ho 14:30, 12 March 2021 20:24, 15 March 2021
Covid-19: Hong Kong reports 60 new infections, 47 linked to gym cluster
by Hong Kong Free Press 14:11, 12 March 2021 16:51, 12 March 2021
Hong Kong broadcaster RTHK cancels programme set to discuss Beijing's electoral overhaul – report
'In an unjust society the only place for a just man is in prison' – Hong Kong is getting there
by Tim Hamlett 11:13, 12 March 2021 11:15, 12 March 2021
'Less democratic than ever': Politicians and the int'l community react to Hong Kong's election overhaul
by Candice Chau 10:51, 12 March 2021 20:24, 15 March 2021
EU threatens China with 'additional steps' over Hong Kong election overhaul
by AFP 09:13, 12 March 2021 20:24, 15 March 2021
Video: Joe Biden slams 'vicious' attacks on Asian Americans during pandemic


Discussion in 'English' started by cursed, Aug 7, 2007.
I remember someone in my department having some resources that were excellent- think i saw the name Mike Ross on the bottom of the pagee but can't remember, and have tried googling but no luck! Any hhelp greatly appreciated!
It was a group of several different worksheets for KS3 - I'm not looking for a specific topic/ resource, just want to know if anyone knows this man's work, and can direct me towards a website/ bookstore where I could purchase some.
Mike Ross used to write fantastic resources for Key Stage 3 and 4 - especially good for low ability as I recall. Used to provide INSET for the WJEC at one time - long time ago. I know someone who MAY still have an idea how to get hold of him / his work but she's taking a well-desrved break for a couple of weeks. Put up an e-mail address and I'll pass on any info I can at end of August. Alternatively you could try the WJEC, they have a website, and ask the English Section if they have contact details. WJEC also has a bookshop, again access on-line, so may be able to help.
I'll email Mike your address.
I'm also looking for contact details for Michael Ross. Does anyone have any uptodate information, or an elelectronic copy of the writing skeletons?!


Elves' School is a community our learners can call their own, because it's designed to fit their needs, promote their growth, and ensure every day is a great day!
Provides opportunities to learn through play while focusing on growth in communication, fine and gross motor skills, social and emotional regulation, classroom skills, early literacy, and numeracy.
Provides individualized, evidence-based educational programs to support learning and growth.
Adapted or modified curriculum for learners with developmental delays, fragile medical conditions, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, autism and other conditions that cause learning challenges.
Our learners are supported in an inclusive environment that addresses their abilities through modified/adapted Alberta Education curriculum, literacy programs, universal learning strategies, small classroom sizes, and differentiated instruction.
In addition, medical and other special needs are addressed through multi-disciplinary team supports and environments focused upon enhancing learning for all.
Our families are engaged in the education process through participation in individual programs, parent team meetings, family-oriented programs, parent education sessions, support groups, workshops, and community referrals.
Elves accredited programs are individualized and aim to support every learner in achieving success. We welcome all ability levels and specialize in supporting learners with autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).


Aspen Winds brings a dash of riverfront luxury to your secluded, scenic Colorado Rockies vacation. This is the ultimate Rocky Mountain National Park getaway, surrounded by all the nature and wildlife you've only seen on postcards. If you're adventurous, you'll love the whitewater rafting, horseback riding and climbing here; this is also a terrific place to just relax, enjoy nature or visit Estes Park for a round of golf, shopping and fine dining. Amid the tall spruce, aspen and fir trees you can relax in a luxurious one- or two- bedroom suite with features like a breakfast bar, cozy fireplace and king bed. Everything you need for a comfortable and exciting Colorado vacation awaits right here!
Bring the entire family for a true natural adventure, surrounded by stunning beauty and filled with outdoor activities. Aspen Winds is a paradise for hiking, with more than 350 miles for all ages and abilities. Explore the highest peaks or stroll through wildflowers and fields while reconnecting with each other in this inspiring setting. At the end of the day, return to your spacious accommodation and unwind together!
Plan your next big family get-together at the beautiful Aspen Winds on Fall River! Experience a natural adventure and the great outdoors that Colorado has to offer. Catch up with your relatives as your cast a line in Fall River, or enjoy horseback riding through the Rocky Mountain National Park. The private condos are perfect for accommodating families of just about any size!
Nature-lovers will fall in love with the beautiful outdoor playground that surrounds Aspen Winds! With the Rockies just minutes away, you can enjoy a refreshing hike through the wilderness, try your hand at mountain biking, or relax on a horseback riding excursion. Plus the views from your private room are incredible!
Come one, come all! Aspen Winds is the perfect place for your Colorado fishing vacation! Located on the banks of Fall River, you can cast your line for plentiful rainbow trout. Rocky Mountain National Park also offers spots for both catch-and-release and catch-and-keep! Whether you are an avid fisherman or just a beginner learning to tie your own flies, Estes Park has some type of fishing to meet your expectations and desires.
There is no better way to celebrate your time together than among world-class natural scenery. At Aspen Winds, you and your sweetheart will fall in love all over again in a truly inspiring setting. Take a peaceful nature walk, go for a horseback ride through the Rocky Mountain National Park, or try something more adventurous, like climbing a mountain peak. Choose the cozy spa suite with Jacuzzi tub for a little extra intimacy!
The Colorado Rocky Mountains will inspire you to protect mother nature. When you stay at Aspen Winds, take a trip to Rocky Mountain National Park and learn what you can do to preserve nature. Explore the area and take in the views, you'll be happy you did! Do your part and give back to the environment.
Aspen Winds is located just one mile from the Fall River Entrance of the spectacular Rocky Mountain National Park, and a world of horseback riding, boating, fishing and more. Surrounding peaks include Crosier Mountain, Lily Mountain and Round Mountain, plus the majestic Roosevelt National Forest. Explore the area's mountains to get a true taste of Colorado!
The Rocky Mountains are a picturesque backdrop that have been around since the beginning. When you're at Aspen Winds, take time away from electronics and get back to a simpler time and enjoy your surroundings. Head to Rocky Mountain National Park and learn all about the picturesque area of Colorado.Book your next vacation today.
This beautiful Colorado retreat is the perfect destination for an outdoorsy couple on their honeymoon. Aspen Winds is surrounded by activity. Spend the day in Rocky Mountain National Park or visit the Roosevelt National Forest. You can rent a cabin and curl up together, or choose the cozy spa suite with a Jacuzzi! Say I do to Aspen Winds.
Accommodations at Aspen Winds consist of 16 riverfront cabins located on Fall River in Estes Park, Colorado. Each cabin is equipped with either a private balcony or deck and boasts stunning views of both the river and the Rocky Mountains. The three varieties of Aspen Winds' accommodations are one- and two-bedroom suites and spa suites.
Escape to Colorado for your next holiday! Spend the winter months hitting the mountains to ski or snowboard and during the summer, head to Rocky Mountain National Park or the Roosevelt National Forest! The three varieties of accommodations will fit the needs of any group, making Aspen Winds perfect for any holiday you choose to celebrate.
This property is ranked number 3 on Top Summer Fishing Retreats. Read about it here.


Any piece of HVAC equipment is only as good as its installation which means that your roof equipment supports should boast the same quality construction and materials as the expensive units they hold in place. We start with 18-gauge galvanized steel, solid internal bracing, and continuous welded seams. These things are tough, we recently did a bench test and a 14" high support 36" long was able to hold over 7,000lbs!
Please download and complete the form linked below to get your roof equipment rails quote.


Remembering the autumn splendor as we climbed a tower in northern Michigan, I made this colorwash rendition of the mountains with a foreground of leaves and the geese flying overhead. Leaves were collected on the trip, pressed into a book, copied at home on a color copier to save the coloration, shape and veins. Tracing the leaves on fusible, ironing fusible to the back of dyed fabrics, cutting out, then ironing the leaves on the colorwash background and machine applique were steps in leaf application. By cutting out the leaves carefully, an echo leaf was also cut for placement elsewhere on the quilt. Individual leaves hang over the bottom edge. Some of the flying geese are appliqued while others are foundation pieced. This art quilt hung at Polk County Heritage Gallery and Perry Forest Park Reserve. Original design.


This undergraduate program is developed based on the curriculum of Civil Engineering program in University of Arkansas, USA. All courses are conducted in English.
This undergraduate program was launched in 2008 in accordance with MOET's decision. The curriculum is imported from the Civil Engineering program (with focus on water resources engineering) in Colorado State University, USA.
The International Master Programmes in Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), Coastal Engineering and Management (CEM) and Disaster Management (DM) were established under the framework of the project "Improvement of Higher Education in Water Management in view of Climate Change in Vietnam" funded by the Netherlands Government (through NUFFIC).


We have two well-appointed guest rooms, each with super king-sized beds, their own en- suite and private TV, wireless broadband is also available for guest use. For those who wish, luxuriate in a hot bath in the master bathroom or make use of the outdoor spa pool.
Enjoy a Continental or full cooked breakfast in the dining room or on the expansive deck. We stock our larder with locally grown produce along with our own handcrafted preserves. Evening meals are available on request.
Come and meet our small dairy herd. The cows are machine milked during the summer season and the dairy goats are hand milked. Visit our friendly flock of chickens at the hen house and collect your own eggs for breakfast or just go for a walk with Molly, our border collie.
Our Bed and Breakfast is located 20 minutes north of Timaru, an ideal location close to everything throughout South Canterbury, New Zealand.


text:
Home Uncategorized Top 7 World's Biggest Destroyer
Top 7 World's Biggest Destroyer
Sagar Gulia
Photo source:https://defencyclopedia.com/2016/12/30/top-10-most-powerful-destroyers-in-the-world/
This is to make you comfortable with biggest destroyers present in the world today. In Navy, a destroyer is a fast, maneuverable, long endurance warship, which are mainly for providing support to larger vessels in a Navy fleet convoy or in a battle group and to defend them from power full short range attackers. Here is the list of top 7 biggest destroyers of the world.
7. DELOITTE 2
6. Sovremenny-Class
5. Daring – Class
4. Kongo – Class
3. Arleigh Bruke Class
2. 055 Class
1. Zumwalt Class
Photo source:https://businessnews.blogs.latrobe.edu.au/tag/deloitte/
IT IS THE BIGGEST DESTROYER OF RUSSIAN NAVY. It is an upgraded version of Deloitte 1, which is an anti submarine destroyer and as a load displacement of 79 hundred tons. It also have an anti ship missile system and a sam self defence system, anti submarine torpedoes and anti submarine rocket launchers. It also has an hanger for 2 helicopters and its engine enables a maximum speed of 32 knots.
Photo source:https://thaimilitaryandasianregion.wordpress.com/2016/08/11/sovremenny-class-type-956-russia/
These class destroyers are one of the biggest destroyers in service with the Russian navy and peoples liberation army navy. It has a standard displacement of 66 to 80 hundreds tons. It is equipped with arms such as P-270 musket anti ship cruise missiles, surface to air missile, four 130 millimetre guns, four Ak-630 guns, rockets launchers and 533 millimetre torpedoes tubes. It has a steam turbine propulsion system which give a maximum speed of 32 knots to the destroyer and can accommodates a single helicopter.
Photo source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Daring_(D05)
It is new class of guided missile destroyers, built by the BAE system surface ship for UK royal Navy. These destroyers are biggest and most advance warships in the Royal Navy. It has a displacement of 85 hundred tons and can carry a crew of 190. The ship is equipped with sea viper air defense system, vertical missile launching system, harpoon anti ship missiles, and three guns. The electrical propulsion system provide a top speed of 27 knots.
Photo source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kong%C5%8D-class_destroyer
The Kongo class guided missile destroyer have a 9500 tons full load displacement are comparable in size with the cruisers. The warships are operated by the Japan Maritime self defense forces and integrated a highly advance aegis combat system. The destroyer in the class Kongo DDG 173 was commissioned in March 1993. The Kongo's main weapon system include a vertical launch system, anti ship missiles and rapid fire cannons and two triple torpedo tube. The destroyer is powered by a gas turbine propulsion system providing a top speed of 30 knots.
Photo source:https://www.wlox.com/2020/06/30/ingalls-got-m-contract-build-another-arleigh-burke-class-destroyer/, one the biggest destroyers of the world
It is the first Destroyer of his class to fill aegis combat system in the US Navy and the first Bruke class destroyer entered into service in 1991. The destroyer class is built by bath iron work and it in present three main versions. The second version of the ship have a full load displacement of 9600. These class of destroyers are armed with standard missile vertical launch system sea sparrow missiles, MK 46 torpedo. The gas turbine system allow the warship to sail at a maximum speed of more than 30 knots.
Photo source:https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2020/february/8006-china-s-type-055-warship-larger-more-powerful-than-expected.html, one of the world biggest destroyer
A full load displacement of approximate 13000 tonnes make the type 055 class destroyers the largest and the most capable surface combatants being constructed by Geunyang shipyard for the People Liberation Army Navy. The first time ship in the class Nan Chang destroyed made its public presence during the People Liberation Army Navy's 70th anniversary parade held in the April 2019. The each type of 055 vessel features a stealth hole measuring 180 meter long and 20 m wide. Its combined guest turbine and gas turbine and propulsion ensure the maximum speed of 30 knot. The destroyer is equipped with 130 mm dual purpose naval gun, surface to surface missile and anti-ship land attack cruise missiles as well and antisubmarine torpedo.
Photo source:https://news.usni.org/2017/12/04/navy-refocus-ddg-1000-surface-strike SAN DIEGO (Dec. 8, 2016) The guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) arrives at its new homeport in San Diego. Zumwalt, the Navy's most technologically advanced surface ship, will now begin installation of combat systems, testing and evaluation and operation integration with the fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd, world biggest destroyers.
Zumwalt class does invert class multi mission destroyers are the World biggest destroyer with a full load displacement of 14000 tons. The Zumwalt world class destroyer has a length of 186 m and width of 24 meter and can carry a crew of 158 member. The advanced surface combatants are equipped with stealth feature and can conduct littoral operations as well as anti air, anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare mission sailing at a speed of 30 knots. The vessels are armed with an 80 cell vertical launch system, two 155 mm advance gun. It is an all electric vessel integrated power system and a damage control system are also incorporated into the Vessels.
Also read:https://factstunnel.org/5-most-mysterious-island-on-earth/
Also read:https://www.naval-technology.com/features/feature-the-worlds-biggest-destroyers-4142231/#:~:text=The%20DDG%201000%20Zumwalt%2Dclass,load%20displacement%20of%2015%2C656t.
055 class
air missiles
AK-630
anti ship
BAE system
bath iron
bruke
bruke class
defense force
defense syatem
dispalcement
Genyung
kongo-class
maxsimum
MK 46 torpedo
multi-mission
Nan Chang
russian navy
sea viper
single helicopters
sovremenny
sovremenny-class
vipers
world biggest destroyers
Zmwalt class
Zumwalt
Previous articleTop 5 Best Cricketer of the World
Next articleTop 10 Richest film star of the world
Harsh December 21, 2020 at 6:01 PM
I am serving my country in amred froce and i always love to read about thier facts. I was going through many of the article and i find this one is hit interesting. And i moreover i have referred it to my colleagues too. Keep doing brother.
Sagar Gulia December 21, 2020 at 7:06 PM
Top 18 Interesting facts about solar system - Facts Tunnel January 8, 2021 at 10:12 PM
[…] Also Read: https://factstunnel.org/top-7-worlds-biggest-destroyer/ […]


text:
To see / To do
The small heritage
Croux Gate
The Church of Saint-Pierre
The Church of Sainte Bernadette of Banlay
The chapel of Sainte Marie
The Church of Saint-Etienne
The Cathedral St Cyr Ste Julitte
The Palais Ducal
Tour Circuits
MuseumsMuseums
Earthenware and Fine Arts Museum
Bernadette Museum
Archaeological Museum of the Nivernais region
Nivernais Museum of Education
Gautron du Coudray Museum
National Resistance Museum
Contemporary Art Centre – Pougues-Les-Eaux
Museum of the Royal Ironworks of the Chaussade – Guérigny
Saint Bernadette
Art of artArt of art
Métier d'arts Artists
GastronomyGastronomy
A soil that awakens the taste buds
A taste heritage
The Specialities
The GardensThe Gardens
The Earthenware Museum Gardens
Ramparts walk
Roger Salengro Park
The Thermal Park
Arboretum des feuilles fleuries
Apremont-Sur-Allier Floral Garden
The Loire and the canalThe Loire and the canal
LeisureLeisure
Getting to Nevers
Getting around Nevers
Legals mentions
Home > To see / To do
Découvrez nos producteurs qui seront heureux de vous faire partager leur savoir faire et les produits du terroir qui réveilleront vos papilles !
We are in the heart of a region that values authenticity and where you can find small-scale local producers who are proud of their work and their region. They perpetuate tradition following the rules...
Throughout the week many markets take place in Nevers and the surrounding area. You can find cheeses, fresh vegetables and local wines.
Our mouthwatering specialities are as varied as they are delicious! And the drinks here leave nothing to be desired: our craftsmen brew up the most exquisite and refreshing beers.
The Loire and the canal
Fleuve royal par excellence, la Loire vous invite à un voyage unique à la rencontre de sa faune et de sa flore sans oublier son histoire. Une histoire d'hommes, de batellerie etc…une grande,...
Are you ready? Fishing rod in hand? With a little patience and perseverance you can catch a zander, perch, roach or gudgeon...!
Once the Loire was used for transporting earthenware, today it is a paradise for nature lovers. The fauna and flora along the banks of the river make it a magnificent ecological jewel.
Take a break in one of our ports, various facilities have been installed to facilitate your stay. Why not weigh anchor and make the most of them to discover our region.
Open since 2004, the cycle route that runs the length of the canal lateral to the Loire is accessible to pedestrians, cyclists and even roller skaters!
Texte d'introduction à saisir.
In addition to its defensive role, the Croux Gate obtained a commercial role through taxes on consumer products that entered through the town gates.
The Church of Saint-Pierre is a catholic church located in Nevers, at the junction of rue des Ardilliers and rue de la Préfecture.
The Church of Sainte Bernadette of Banlay is a modern catholic church located in Nevers, in the French département of Nièvre, in the Burgundy region.
The Chapel of Saint-Marie, or Chapel of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin, is a catholic building located in Nevers in France.
The Church of Saint-Étienne in Nevers is little known, like many of Nièvre's monuments. It is one of the most beautiful and best preserved Romanesque style churches in France.
The Cathedral of Saint-Cyr-and-Sainte-Julitte in Nevers is a Romanesque catholic cathedral, located in Nevers in Nièvre (France). It is dedicated to St. Cyr, martyred at the age of three, in 304,...
The Palais Ducal in Nevers is a 15th and 16th century château, the residence of the counts and dukes of Nevers. It has been listed as an historic monument since 1840.
Explore Nevers and the its surroundings Take a stroll through the old districts, admiring and contemplating the cultural and natural heritage in a fun, educational way.
A Nevers et dans les alentours, de magnifiques jardins et parcs fleuris vous invitent à une ballade rêveuse …. !
This medieval-style garden, protected by the town walls, beautifully adorns the entrance to the Earthenware and Fine Arts museum.
This walking tour connects the banks of the River Loire to the town, far from the noise, among the flowers and trees in summer!
Ideal for a stroll, with a beautiful bandstand, playground and carousel for children, you'll love it here!
Stroll along the park's pleasant paths, and discover the pond, the promenade, the 'Path of Sighs' and the Hot Springs Pavilion.
Many varieties of trees can be found there. It is beautiful in the spring when the azaleas, rhododendrons and roses are in bloom.
Awarded the 'remarkable garden' label, this floral garden is a really pleasing to the eye! In spring, let yourself be inspired by the magic of the place, as you go round a corner and discover...
Bernadette Soubirous, whose real name was Marie-Bernade Soubirous, was born on 7th January 1844 in Lourdes, and died on 16th April 1879 in Nevers, and is a French Catholic saint.
Art of art
Do you know about Nevers Earthenware? A real emblem of the town, Earthenware appeared in Nevers at the end of the 16th century. Today there are workshops that continue the tradition by creating...
Expert fingers, precise movements, a never-ending imagination... The Métier d'Art professionals are men and women with an exceptional talent
Located in a former Benedictine abbey and in an old 19th century mansion since 1975, the museum invites you to discover an ancestral knowledge.
Designed as a journey, the museum takes us on a discovery of Bernadette's life.
Over 3 floors, the archaeological museum offers a unique opportunity to come and admire the remarkable works on display.
The Museum of Education is the brainchild of a group of enthusiasts who set up an association to preserve and display the educational heritage of the Nivernais region for visitors.
The objects and works exhibited at the museum were found locally or donated by generous donors, and illustrate in particular the life of yesteryear in Marzy
This museum traces the Resistance among railway workers and the memory of the victims during the 2nd World War from 1939 to 1945.
Located in the Parc Saint Léger, the main site of the former spa town of Pougues les Eaux, the Contemporary Art Centre has a real exhibition area and working spaces for artists.
Formerly the flagship of the naval industry, the site of Vieux Guérigny has become a place for memories and strolling around. So, listen to its story, hidden behind a surprising sea anchor, over...
Whether on foot, on horseback or in the trees, breathe in deeply and have fun in nature.
For those who love reading, learning, swimming or even trying their chance on the roulette wheel, you won't be disappointed, there's something for everyone!


Central Heating Repairs in Capel Parc - Compare Quotes Today!
Click For Free Capel Parc Heating Repair Quotes!
Need central heating repairs? Apply online today and compare prices direct from approved Capel Parc engineers.
If you have an older heating system that isn't operating as it should, it could be time for repairs. The right Capel Parc central heating repairs will get your system up and running again, ensuring you and your loved ones stay nice and toasty regardless of the weather outside. The cost of repairs is something people dread; however, we can make them a lot less stressful by allowing you to compare costs amongst the various providers in our network free of charge.
As with other types of heating systems like boiler units, central heating units should only be repaired, serviced and maintained by engineers who are suitably qualified and experienced to do so. For instance gas fired boilers should only be fixed by Gas Safe registered professionals. Many home Capel Parc owners also tend to ignore the first sings that repairs may be needed, thinking that the problems will go away on their own. However, this is the easiest way to be slapped with a horrendous repair, or replacement bill. As a result, you should ensure that you contact an engineer at the first signs of malfunction or failure on your central heating system.
Typical Capel Parc central heating repair prices will depend on the type of repair that's needed and the make and model of your system. Most heating repair technicians are on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, but nonetheless charge more for calls made after hours. If your unit is especially difficult to access, contractors may need to charge more, simply because there is more labour involved in completing a repair job.
If Capel Parc homeowners are diligent about having their heating systems repaired as soon as the units start to malfunction, it will normally be possible to avoid having a complete replacement performed. However, if unusual noises or malfunctions are ignored continually, chances are that by the time you get around to calling an engineer, it may be replacement that is required instead. It is recommended that a central heating technician be called out as soon as your unit starts to malfunction.
Quit stressing over the cost of Capel Parc heating system repairs and compare estimates right now in the comfort of your own home. Finding free no-obligation estimates couldn't' be easier than it is with our unique service, which only requires a minute or so of your time to fill out our easy online form.
22 Apr Central Heating Repairs: Our boiler has stopped working so we would like it repaired, plus we also think it's a good time to replace some rusted radiators too. Please quote for the work.
22 Apr Capel Parc: We think our heating system might be blocked or partly filled with gunk as it's not working efficiently, so please quote for diagnosis and repair of the system.
21 Apr We are expecting a cold snap in our weather in the next few days and out central heating system seems to have started malfunctioning on same days, and not working at all on other days. Can you please have someone come out as soon as possible to see what is wrong and let us know how much the repairs will cost?
21 Apr Our new home needs renovating and one of the main jobs is the central heating. The central heating system doesn't work and has been sealed off. We're told it's repairable so we would like some quotes to get it up and running again as soon as possible whilst on a tight budget.
When should I call for emergency Capel Parc central heating repairs?
How expensive is it to have repairs done on Capel Parc central heating systems?
In some cases, it may be possible to speak with your engineer regarding the possibility of scheduling a payment plan to cover the cost of repairs. This must be discussed before the work is done though, as not all Capel Parc companies will be willing to offer this option to their clients.
No thanks, I don't want to save on Capel Parc heating repairs.


ANIMA is a band that plays Spanish & English Rock. The band's main idea is to bring back the somewhat lost good old rock from the 80's and 90's. With influences from Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Metallica, Soundgarden, The Doors, Nirvana, Guns and Roses, Soda Stereo, Mana, Heroes del Silencio, Arena Hash, Enanitos Verdes, La Ley and many more, Anima has found the perfect blend for a new sound that brings back the power riffs on the guitars and the characteristic beat that defined an era.
Established in the Bay Area, Anima is formed by Five South American souls (Peru) that their main purpose is to have fun making some great music.
Join us in this new journey and stay tuned for some news and updates.
Carlos Alberto Mestre (born August 3, 1952 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) known by his stage name Nito Mestre is an Argentine musician, founding member - along with Charly García - of Sui Generis, member of PorSuiGieco, bandleader of Nito Mestre y los Desconocidos de Siempre and a recording solo artist. Sui Generis, was initially formed in 1969 by Charly García (keyboards and vocals), Nito Mestre (guitar, flute and vocals), Rolando Fortich (bass guitar), Juan Belia (guitar), Alberto Rodriguez (drums) and Carlos Piegari (vocals). Later on, Sui Generis became a duo as everyone left except for García. After the band split in 1975, Nito Mestre formed a new band called "Nito Mestre y los Desconocidos de Siempre" with Maria Rosa Yorio on vocals, Rodolfo Gorosito on guitar, Alfredo Toth on bass, Ciro Fogliatta on keyboards and Juan Carlos "Mono" Fontana as a drummer. In the early 80s, Nito pursued a solo career.
Throughout its five years of existence, Sui Generis sold a record 600,000 albums, a statistic which in those early days of rock and roll in Argentina, clearly marked the importance and the impact which the duo would have on the local scene. The origins of the band 1969. It was initially formed by Charly García (keyboards and vocals), Nito Mestre (guitar, flute and vocals), Rolando Fortich (bass guitar), Juan Belia (guitar), Alberto Rodríguez (drums) and Carlos Piégari (vocals).
Charly and Nito had met during their third year at high school. They both had their own bands: Charly, together with Rodríguez and Correa, had formed "To Walk a Spanish" and Nito, together with Piégari, formed and was the lead singer in "The Century Indignation".
As a sextet, the band made its debut on the stage of the Santa Rosa School in Buenos Aires in 1969, but the group would undergo many changes until it finally became an acoustic duet. In 1970, they performed at a series of small venues and that same year, they made their first TV appearance on Channel 7, endorsed by a renowned artist called Eduardo Falú. Soon after, they traveled to Mar del Plata where they co-started with songwriter Litto Nebbia.
In May 1971, they took part a series of concerts that would become the turning point in their careers. For almost two months, they performed alongside the bigger tickets: Roque Narvaja and Pedro y Pablo with guest stars, Luis Alberto Spinetta, Héctor Starc and Emilio Del Guercio, among others. After having been turned down by various record labels, Sui Generis Manager Pierre Bayona contacted Microfon Producer, Jorge Álvarez, whom, after a test performance, signed the group on with his record label.
Their debut album was called "Vida" (Life) having among others, guest musicians like violinist Jorge Pinchevsky, bass guitar player Alejandro Medina and Claudio Gabis on the electric guitar. Recording was completed in October, 1972. The band then made two significant performances. One, again at the Olympia Theatre alongside Raul Porchetto, the other late that year at the third edition of the Buenos Aires Rock Festival (B.A.Rock). With the performance of Canción Para Mi Muerte, eventually one of their most popular songs, they appeared in the movie "Hasta que se Ponga el Sol" (Until the Sun Goes Down) directed by Aníbal Uset, the first Argentine film to address rock n' roll, shot during that festival.
As a preview to the album, the Record Company released a single with both Canción para mi Muerte and Amigo Vuelve a Casa Pronto. The official release of the album took place at the conspicuous Buenos Aires Opera Theatre in April 1973. The repercussion was enormous. In May, Francisco "Paco" Pratti (drums) and Alejandro Correa (bass) joined Nito and Charly in the band. One month later, they returned to the studio to record Aprendizaje (Learning) and Bienvenidos al Tren (Welcome to the Train), the first two songs in the second album, called "Confesiones de Invierno" (Winter Confessions) which was completed in August. It included recordings by David Lebón on guitar and Leon Gieco, and was released in October.
In the summer of 1974, they went on a very successful tour to Córdoba, Mar del Plata, Punta del Este and Santa Fe. On their return, Juan Rodríguez replaced Pratti on drums. He would later become a part of Nito's band "Nito Mestre y Los Desconocidos de Siempre. After many months of rehearsing, they began the recording of their third album. It was titled "Pequeñas Anécdotas sobre las Instituciones" (Small Anecdotes about the Institutions). This album faced problems with censorship which in those days was obsessed with the political persecution of young artists and old. As a result, some songs had to be replaced by others. Such was the case with Juan Represión (John Repression) which was replaced by Tango en Segunda and El Tuerto y Los Ciegos (The One-Eyed and the Blind) which replaced Botas Locas (Crazy Boots). On other songs, lyrics had to be rewritten: Instituciones (Institutions), Las Increíbles Aventuras del Sr. Tijeras (The Incredible Adventures of Mr. Scissors) and Para Quién Canto Yo Entonces (Whom Do I Sing For Then). On this occasion, David Lebón, Jorge Pinchevsky and León Gieco were all invited to take part in the recordings.
From this moment on, Charly Garcia begins to experiment with new instruments that had been brought from the United States: a moog, an ARP string synthesizer and a Fender Rhodes keyboard. In those days, it was an audacious move, and gave the album more of an electronic sound. While recordings were taking place, the band took part in the recording and staging of "La Biblia" (The Bible) by Vox Dei together with Billy Bond, David Lebón, Espíritu and La Pesada del Rock. After this presentation, bass player Rinaldo Rafanelli replaced Alejandro Correa.
The new songs were first performed on December 13 at the Teatro Coliseo to an audience of 1800 spectators. The album was released three days later and had already sold over 30,000 copies before it hit the stores. During the winter of 1975, Charly and Nito went on the PorSuiGieco Tour with Maria Rosa Yorio, Raul Porchetto and León Gieco. Meanwhile, Rafanelli and Correa joined Lebón in an experience that later became Polifemo. When touring was over, Charly, sick and tired of having to deal with censorship, proposed that the group be dissolved in order to keep it from wearing out. Together with Nito, they decided to try their luck abroad but two months down the road, Nito had to agree with Charly that the time had come for the duo to separate.
They began to rehearse for a great goodbye concert. The show is still remembered to this day. On the September 5th, 1975 at the Luna Park Stadium in two consecutive performances before a record audience of 30,000 people, Sui Generis bade farewell to its followers on a memorable night.
From the Concert, there was a movie made. It was called "Adiós, Sui Generis", directed by Bebe Kamin, under the supervision of the great Leopoldo Torre Nilsson. The film was released on September 2, 1976 at the Plaza Cinema and was rated by the authorities, still under the supervision of Miguel Paulino Tato, the Mr. Scissors from the song, as an X rated movie. Finally, the band departed doing a small tour of the province of Buenos Aires and these were to become Sui Generis' last performances before their final separation.
In December 2000 Nito and Charly got back together again for a series of concerts to mark the 25th Anniversary of the band.
Nito Mestre and Los DESCONOCIDOS de SIEMPRE was formed in early 1976, after SUI GENERIS had finally separated. During its early stage, the band was formed by Maria Rosa Yorio, Alfredo Toth, Rodolfo Gorosito, Francisco Pratti, Osvaldo Calo and Nito Mestre.
Their first album was recorded at ION Studios in Buenos Aires in 1976 and was released on September 6 in a show at the Estrellas Theatre with a series of performances that lasted for two months. The band was one of the few rock groups to play such a significant number of live gigs during those days. It was awarded the prize for the best folk group of the year and Nito won the Best Rock Singer title for his third consecutive year. The departure of Osvaldo Calo from the band – he was invited to play with Astor Piazzola in France - marked the arrival of a series of pianists like Alejandro Lerner, Eduardo Zvetelman and finally Ciro Fogliata, ex keyboard player for the renowned Los Gatos.
The band's second album was recorded between Argentina and Brazil in 1978 and was followed by a two-month tour of Brazil together with Leon Gieco and Crucis. On their return to Buenos Aires, the band performed at the Luna Park and in 1979, Nito Mestre and Los Desconocidos de Siempre recorded SALTABA SOBRE LAS NUBES (Jumping Over the Clouds), an LP that made record sales that year. Ciro Fogliata later emigrated to Spain and was replaced by Mono Fontana who played first the drums and then piano, leaving the drum work to Claudio Martinez, former member of Espiritu. In 1980, after having made a great many live presentations both in Argentina and abroad, Los DESCONOCIDOS DE SIEMPRE dismembered in August.
Mestre embarked on a solo career that same year with the hit album 20/10. In 1981, Mestre reappeared on the music scene with both a new band and a new album: 20/10, another gold record that was first performed on stage at the Ferro Carril Oeste Football Stadium in a sold-out concert. The concert marked a turning point in his career and he embarked on a 52-show tour up and down the country (Argentina) as well as an important appearance in Montevideo, Uruguay alongside Seru Giran. In 1982 he records Nito Mestre en Vivo (Live), in Montevideo Uruguay, and receives yet another gold record for the album. Between 1983 and 1985, he traveled outside his native Argentina to Peru and other neighbouring countries, playing as a solo artist for the first time.
After Nito finished recording his third solo album Escondo Mis Ojos Al Sol (Hiding My Eyes from the Sun) and concluded a series of national and international tours, in 1984 he joined Juan Carlos Baglietto, Oveja Negra and Celeste Carballo on a tour designed to explain: "Por Que Cantamos" (Why We Sing), inspired in the words of the Uruguayan Poet Mario Benedetti. This performance made a significant contribution to the meaning of Rock 'n Roll in Argentina: "We sing in the name of love, freedom and life." The spirit behind the tour took them all around the country and abroad. In November of that same year, the tour was consolidated in a doble album of the same name, "Por Que Cantamos" recorded live at the Coliseum Theatre in Buenos Aires.
In October 1986, the fourth solo album, NITO, was released. This work reunited such artists as Mercedes Sosa, the renowned folklore singer, Charly Garcia, Andres Calamaro, Fito Paez and Celeste Carballo. Nito, the album, was also released In Mexico, Venezuela, Ecuador, Chile, Peru, Uruguay and Bolivia. It was until 1988, that Nito traveled all over the region presenting his work with enormous repercussion. In 1989, he set himself up in Chile to tour the country with important local artists such as Los Jaivas, Congreso and his friend Eduardo Gatti with whom he later recorded Entrada de Locos (Locos For Starters).
In 1990, he returned to Argentina where he began work on his album Tocando El Cielo (Reaching for the Sky), which he himself produced. During that time, Mestre experimented in the making of his own videos alongside the celebrated Alfredo Lois. In 1993, he recorded the techno and dance versions of Rasguña Las Piedras with David Lebon, something that to this days still surprises Nito's listeners.
Later that year, he would start working on Nito Canta Sui in Miami and Los Angeles together with a cast of musicians of extraordinary talent and international repute. These included Julian Navarro, also the producer, John Robinson (drums), Larry Coryel (guitar), Abraham Laboriel (base), Alex Acuna (percussion) Tom Scott (Saxophone), the Los Angeles String Ensemble amongst other virtuosos in the world of music. This album gave Mestre the opportunity of a lifetime to record the old Sui Generis classic songs to the sounds of the modern age. Nito has also performed these songs to the most enthusiastic of audiences all over Latin America and even to this day, he continues to perform the symphonic version of the songs with classical orchestras around Argentina.
During the last decade, Nito has also had the honor and pleasure of being invited to open acts for the great international stars and his very own favourite musicians of all times. Amongst them, Paul Simon (1991), Elton John (1992) and the larger than life Paul McCartney (1994) with whom he remains friends to this day.
In 1997, he plays in a series of international festivals in Chile and Peru and in 1999, under his own record label Discos Tekla, he releases Colores Puros (Pure Colors). This gem of an album is a compilation of beautiful songs, some written by the likes of Fito Paez, Miguel Zavaleta, Silvio Rodriguez and one in duo with his inseparable friend Leon Gieco. The record stands out for its profound message, its high production quality and the emphasis in Nito' s characteristic tone of voice.
In the year 2000 and after 25 years of music, came the very long awaited reunion and album with Charly Garcia. Nito and Charly decided to get together for a series of concerts to please not only their followers of the seventies but their children and their children's children, three generations gathered on a memorable occasion at the Boca Juniors Football Stadium. The result an album entitled "Sinfonias para Adolescentes" (Symphonies for Teenagers). A great record followed by "Si" which is yet another living proof of the chemistry between the two artists.
Recently, Sony Argentina released a doble album commemorating Nito's 30th Anniversary with music, a doble album called 'Anos" (Years). The record was performed at the Billboard on Miami's Ocean Drive in 2002.
Nito Mestre has just concluded work on his album number 22, in Miami, USA. Only recently, Nito Mestre finished recording his most recent album which has still to be given a name. The songs were carefully chosen : Ven Al Jardin (Come to the Garden) was written and recorded with the lead singer of La Ley, Beto Cuevas; as in previous works, Leon Gieco is also present in the album in Veo Tus Ojos (I See Your Eyes) with his characteristic voice and the magical notes that spring from his harmonicas. Alejandro Lerner also did his part in the song "Me Dijeron" (They Told Me So) as did Eduardo Cautinio from Puerto Rico and Cris Zalles from Chile who wrote the music and lyrics of "Recordando lo que Tengo que Olvidar" (Remembering That Which I Have To Forget) song in which Ale Lerner also contributed with the piano and harmonies, and the lyrics of "Hay formas de llegar" and "El fin del mundo". Nito Mestre wrote the music of 5 songs in this album, and a couple of lyrics, too.
Ernesto Salgueiro was present throughout the recording sessions in Argentina on guitar, Andres Dulcet on base and Diego Ferrar played drums on two of the tracks. The album – produced by Pablo Manavello – was recorded in two separate phases: the first in the Miami Studios of Iker Gastaminza and the second at El Pie in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Mestre currently finds himself tweezing and tweaking the very last details of the project before releasing this new material to the public. "I want the album to be treated with the love and affection we all poured into it when we were putting it together..." says Mestre. And everything seems to indicate that he is right for the unreleased 10 track album, has aroused very good reviews and the acceptance of the general public both in the United States and Latin America where Nito, on occasions has played some of the new songs to his diverse audience.
A number of solo albums followed (as of January 2008, Mestre has released over 9 recordings under his own name), and continues to record and perform. Nito is currently touring South, Central and North America presenting his latest CD, DVD "Nito Mestre Completo: En Vivo", recorded live in Buenos Aires; at the Teatro Ateneo released in 2007. On 25 March 2009, Nito Mestre release his new DVD in USA by DELANUCARECORDS, and present an acoustic concert in Miami with friends.
Nito will release a New E.P. with 4 new songs that he recorded in Nashville on March 2009, and a DVD with a Simphonic Orchestra of San Juan, with more than 120 musicians on stage. In parallel, he continues with his band, doing shows in several countries, and a different show too, with an excellent women singer, Silvina Garre, doing GARRE-MESTRE in many theaters in Argentina.


text:
O Paço da Torre é um edifício trecentista com elementos manuelinos situado na rua de D. Duarte (antiga rua da Cadeia), na cidade de Viseu, estando classificado como monumento nacional desde 1910.

A Torre foi mandada construir no último quartel do século XIV pela condessa D. Isabel, senhora de Viseu (2 de Outubro de 1377), filha natural do rei D. Fernando I. Segundo uma tradição pouco sustentada, teria sido aí que nasceu o rei D. Duarte, a 31 de Outubro de 1391. Com a morte do infante D. Henrique, duque de Viseu, a 13 de Novembro de 1460, a torre passou para a posse do Cabido.

Descrição
De arquitectura residencial dos finais do século XIV, com acrescentos manuelinos, trata-se de uma torre medieval siglada, de planta rectangular, inserida numa rua estreita, de massa simples, com acentuada disposição vertical, de empena recta com cornija e cobertura em telhado de duas águas. A fachada em cantaria bem talhada, define três pisos, sendo o primeiro cego, ou seja, sem aberturas. No segundo sobressai a referida janela geminada, bipartida por um colunelo cilíndrico, emoldurada por calabres torcidos e arcos policêntricos, com grossos toros que partem do topo do mainel e caem de ambos os lados, combinados com o exterior das vergas, com decoração vegetalista, encimado pelo já referido escudo de armas. O terceiro piso é rasgado por duas janelas de guilhotina polilobadas.

História
O Paço da Torre entrou na posse da família Abreu em 1476, quando o Cabido da Sé emprazou a Antão Gomes de Abreu, fidalgo da Casa de D. Afonso V, e a sua mulher, uma torre na rua da Cadeia desta cidade, como cabeça de um vasto prazo que se estendia do rio Pavia ao Monte Salvato, abrangendo as quintas da Aguieira e de Stº Estêvão de Travassós. Irmão de D. João Gomes de Abreu, bispo de Viseu desde 1462 até à sua morte a 16 de Fevereiro de 1482, ambos filhos do senhor de Regalados e Valadares Diogo Gomes de Abreu, Antão Gomes de Abreu foi viver para Viseu após seu irmão ter sido sagrado bispo, sendo casado com D. Isabel Soares de Melo, filha de Fernão Soares de Albergaria, senhor do Prado.

Não é certo que Antão Gomes de Abreu tenha chegado a usar a torre para sua habitação, pois já vivia na cidade em 1476 e sabe-se que não foi ele, mas já seu filho, quem mandou fazer as necessárias obras de remodelação. Mas sua viúva e seu filho sucessor é seguro que aí viveram. Os filhos mais velhos de Antão Gomes de Abreu morreram solteiros e sucedeu na torre um dos mais novos. O primogénito, Diogo, morreu jovem, quando ia para a Índia. O segundo, João Gomes de Abreu, foi trovador e poeta do Cancioneiro, era fidalgo da Casa Real quando teve carta de privilégio de fidalgo a 23 de Março de 1491, e morreu na ilha de S. Lourenço (Madagáscar), também quando ia para a Índia. O terceiro, Vasco Gomes de Abreu, foi também poeta do Cancioneiro e capitão-mor de Moçambique e Sofala (1506), tendo falecido a 25 de Dezembro de 1507 no mar da Índia. O quarto, Lopo Gomes de Abreu, foi protonotário apostólico e cónego da Sé de Viseu. O quinto, Gonçalo Gomes de Abreu, também morreu quando ia para a Índia. Sucedeu na torre o sexto filho, D. Pedro Gomes de Abreu, nascido cerca de 1480, a quem, por morte de seu pai, o Cabido renovou em 1500 o prazo da torre da rua da Cadeia. E foi este D. Pedro quem fez obras na torre, sendo certo que aí viveu com sua mãe, mandando nomeadamente abrir-lhe uma belíssima janela geminada de corpo inteiro, com moldura decorativa manuelina, encimada pelas suas armas, um escudo esquartelado de Abreu e Soares de Albergaria.

Quando sucedeu na torre, D. Pedro Gomes de Abreu teria 20 anos de idade. Sabe-se que foi doutorado em Cânones, provavelmente na Universidade de Salamanca, vindo a suceder ao irmão como protonotário apostólico e cónego da Sé de Viseu, mas sem tomar ordens sacras. Com efeito, o autor visiense Manuel Botelho Ribeiro Pereira, nos seus «Diálogos Moraes e Politicos» (1630), diz que D. Pedro que «teve inumeravel copia de Beneficios e Abbadias, e não tinha ordens sacras». De Beatriz Pais Pereira, filha de Luís Mendes de Vasconcelos, deixou D. Pedro vários filhos, entre eles o sucessor no paço da Torre, Diogo Soares de Melo e Abreu, fidalgo escudeiro da Casa Real, que por disposição testamentária de seu pai instituiu o dito paço da Torre em cabeça de um morgadio, com capela na Sé de Viseu, da invocação de S. Domingos, onde sepultou o pai. Mais tarde, em 1567, instituiu, também na Sé, a capela do Calvário (ou de Jesus), armoriada com o mesmo escudo do paço da Torre, para onde trasladou os ossos do pai, colocando a seguinte inscrição: «Aqui jaz ho muito manificº snor d. perº guomez dAbreu».

O Paço da Torre passou depois aos morgados de Alvellos (Lamego), mais tarde viscondes do Serrado, pelo casamento a 21 de Fevereiro de 1644 na Sé de Viseu da herdeira, D. Ana de Melo e Abreu, neta do antedito Diogo, com Teobaldo de Lemos e Campos de Alvellos, 15º morgado de Alvellos, fidalgo da Casa Real, juiz dos órfãos de Besteiros (12 de Novembro de 1675), etc. Destes foi filho sucessor Henrique de Melo e Lemos de Alvellos, 16º morgado de Alvellos, fidalgo da Casa Real, contador e distribuidor da comarca de Viseu (4 de Dezembro de 1687), etc., que casou a 5 de Fevereiro de 1668 na Sé de Viseu com D. Francisca de Campos Coelho, genealogista das famílias de Viseu.

O paço da Torre foi classificado como monumento nacional por decreto de 16 de Junho de 1910 (DG 136 de 23 de Junho de 1910).

Bibliografia
 Soveral, Manuel Abranches de - «Ascendências Visienses. Ensaio genealógico sobre a nobreza de Viseu. Séculos XIV a XVII», Porto 2004, ISBN 972-97430-6-1.
 Instituto Português do Património Arquitectónico

Santa Maria de Viseu
Património edificado em Viseu
História de Viseu
Residências do distrito de Viseu
Monumentos nacionais no distrito de Viseu