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The two chromosomes that make up each pair are called homologous chromosomes or homologs; they contain similar genes arranged in the same (or almost at the same ) order. A pair of chromosomes, one inherited from each parent, that have corresponding gene sequences and that pair during meiosis. Diploid organisms possess two copies of each gene.
Alternative forms of a gene that code for the same trait and are at the same location on gomologous chromosomes are called alleles.
The allele whose presence is completely masked (p) is said to be a recessive allele.
Phenotype. What you look like (outward expression of your genes).
Codominance is a pattern of inheritance in which two different alleles of a gene are equally expressed in a heterozygote and no blending of the characteristic occurs.
In icomplete dominance, neither member of apair of alleles dominant ovet the other, and the heterozygote has a phetotype intermediate between the homozygous dominant and the homozygous recessive phenotypes.
A person with a dominant genetic disorder has a 50% chance of passing it on to any given offspring.
Huntington's disease (HD) results from genetically programmed degeneration of brain cells, called neurons, in certain areas of the brain. This degeneration causes uncontrolled movements, loss of intellectual faculties, and emotional disturbance. HD is a familial disease, passed from parent to child through a mutation in the normal gene. Each child of an HD parent has a 50-50 chance of inheriting the HD gene.The normal gene has three DNA bases, composed of the sequence CAG. In people with HD, the sequence abnormally repeats itself dozens of times. Over time—and with each successive generation—the number of CAG repeats may expand further.
Error in meiosis resulting in abnormal number of chromosomes.
Aneuploidy is an abnormal number of chromosomes. Chromosomes added or missing. Is a condition in which an organism has either more or fewer chromosomes than normally exist. Generally one chromosome too many or too few. Usually caused by nondisjunction during meiosis. Also can may be an error in meiosis called translocation, location of chromosome segment is moved during crossing-over between 2 nonhomologous chromosomes.
Entire full set of chromosomes added or missing. Polyploidy is tolerated well by some species, particularly plants: cotton, soybeans, peanuts, bananas, durum wheat.
Trisomic cell has additional chromosome (2n +1). Down Syndrome – trisomy 21 – 3 hromosomes on 21st chromosomes.
Fragile X syndrome is a genetic condition involving changes in part of the X chromosome. It is the most common form of inherited mental retardation in males and a significant cause of mental retardation in females.


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use Yii;
use yii\base\Model;

/**
 * LoginForm is the model behind the login form.
 */
class LoginForm extends Model
{
	public $username;
	public $password;
	public $rememberMe = true;

	/**
	 * @return array the validation rules.
	 */
	public function rules()
	{
		return array(
			// username and password are both required
			array('username, password', 'required'),
			// password is validated by validatePassword()
			array('password', 'validatePassword'),
			// rememberMe must be a boolean value
			array('rememberMe', 'boolean'),
		);
	}

	/**
	 * Validates the password.
	 * This method serves as the inline validation for password.
	 */
	public function validatePassword()
	{
		$user = User::findByUsername($this->username);
		if (!$user || !$user->validatePassword($this->password)) {
			$this->addError('password', 'Incorrect username or password.');
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Logs in a user using the provided username and password.
	 * @return boolean whether the user is logged in successfully
	 */
	public function login()
	{
		if ($this->validate()) {
			$user = User::findByUsername($this->username);
			Yii::$app->user->login($user, $this->rememberMe ? 3600*24*30 : 0);
			return true;
		} else {
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Dismukes v. Department of the Interior, Civil No. 84-0757 (D.D.C. Dec. 19, 1984).
Resolving a question of first impression, D.C. District Court Judge Joyce Hens Green has held that the FOIA does not require an agency to provide information in the particular format specified by a requester. Mr. Dismukes sought access to a computer tape listing the participants in oil and gas leasing lotteries held by the Department of Interior. In response, Interior offered the information on microfiche cards, the format in which it was routinely made available to the public, but Dismukes insisted on receiving it in computer tape form. Relying particularly on FBI v. Abramson, 456 U.S. 615, 631-32 (1982), where the Supreme Court focused upon "information" as opposed to the records containing it, Judge Green concluded that the resolution of FOIA disputes logically turns not upon the format of what is requested, but rather on the nature of the information and the effects of its disclosure. Rejecting Dismukes' claim that Interior's choice of microfiche cards was "a deliberate tactic to hinder him," Judge Green noted that more people were purchasing the information on microfiche than, otherwise, and that Interior's release of the information in the form most useful to the general public "does not erect unreasonable barriers to plaintiff's access to [it]." Accordingly, she held that the agency had met its obligation under the FOIA to "provide responsive, nonexempt information in a reasonably accessible form."
Washington Post Co. v. HHS, Civil No. 80-1681 (D.D.C. Feb. 8, 1985).
In a decision of significant precedential value on two inter-related issues, U.S. District Court Judge Harold H. Greene ruled that documents listing financial interests held by individual part-time consultants to the National Cancer Institute, which are protected by the civil discovery privilege for "confidential reports," are therefore likewise protected from FOIA disclosure as "privileged" financial information under Exemption 4. Judge Greene noted that these very documents had been held privileged from civil discovery in Association for Women in Science v. Califano, 566 F.2d 339, 346 (D.C. Cir. 1977), but that the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals (in a 1982 decision in this case published at 690 F.2d 252) had nevertheless suggested that the documents' privileged status could not protect them under the FOIA. On remand, however, Judge Greene field that more recent Supreme Court reasoning requires parallel protection: "For the reasons stated in [United States v. Weber Aircraft Corp., 104 S. Ct. 1488 (1984)], the policies underlying this discovery privilege would be thwarted if a party could obtain through the FOIA information not discoverable under the Federal Rules." In addition to being the first FOIA decision to apply the "confidential reports privilege," this decision is also the first to apply Exemption 4 exclusively on a privilege basis.
Shaw v. FBI, 749 F.2d 58 (D.C. Cir. 1984).
In another FOIA case concerning FBI investigative records on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held that photographs taken by a foreign law enforcement agency at a public demonstration qualify under the second clause of Exemption 7(D) as "confidential information furnished only by [a] confidential source" in the course of a criminal investigation. Overturning the lower court's holding that the photographs were "public" rather than "confidential," the D.C. Circuit held that the "fact that an event occurred in public does not make it public in the relevant sense of 'generally known.'" That any number of 7 people could have taken these photographs did not nullify Exemption 7(D) protection, it reasoned, because the phrase "information furnished only by the confidential source" most assuredly cannot mean 'obtainable only from the confidential source.'" The court of appeals also rejected the requester's contention that the source could not be "confidential" where the FBI had previously disclosed information from that very source, declaring that "[d]isclosure of one piece of information received from a particular party -- and even the disclosure of that party as [a] source -- does not prevent that party from being a 'confidential source' for other purposes."
General Electric v. NRC, 750 F.2d 1394 (7th Cir. 1984).
In a "reverse" FOIA suit involving a request to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a report generated by General Electric Co. that criticized the design of GE's own nuclear reactors, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed the district court's ruling that the report was an "agency record," but remanded the case to the NRC due to the serious inadequacy of the agency's administrative record on the issue of competitive harm under Exemption 4. The Seventh Circuit's determination on the agency record issue turned simply on the fact that the report "was demanded and received by the agency for use in a formal proceeding." However, as to the report's disclosability, the court of appeals pointedly noted that the NRC had failed to provide any specific reason for rejecting GE's claim of competitive harm, which it said "validates congressional criticisms of the excessive casualness displayed by some agencies in resolving disputes over the application of exemption 4."
Van Bourg, Allen, Weinberg & Roger v. NLRB, 751 F.2d 982 (9th Cir. 1985).
Applying a rigid interpretation of Exemption 5's "inter-agency or intra-agency" threshold, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has refused to accord attorney work-product protection to employee witness statements compiled by NLRB investigators in an unfair labor practice investigation. The Ninth Circuit, which last year was reversed by the Supreme Court on a similar issue involving witness statements in United States v. Weber Aircraft Corp., 104 S. Ct. 1488 (1984), recognized that "if an internal document would be immune from civil discovery, it is similarly protected . . . under the FOIA." However, it narrowly construed Weber Aircraft by holding that the presumably privileged witness statements before it failed to qualify under Exemption 5 because they were not "internal agency documents or documents prepared by outsiders who have a formal relationship with the agency." In a sharp departure from the majority view, it also refused to protect the witness statements under Exemption 7(D) because the witnesses knew that their names and testimony could be revealed if the investigation led to a formal hearing. A petition for rehearing is pending.


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After Failings, FDA Prepares to Reassess Regulation of Preoperative Skin Preparations
| 20 November 2012 | By Alexander Gaffney, RAC
Regulators with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are preparing to conduct a meeting on preoperative skin preparations, a type of over-the-counter (OTC) product now used to reduce the number of bacteria on a patient's skin before surgery or injections in the hope of reducing infections.
The products are more commonly seen as wipes or swabs containing alcohol, iodine or chlorhexide gluconate (CHG). Though the products are widely used and available, their antimicrobial properties don't always protect the products from contamination, and the products are not-contrary to popular belief-always sterile.
FDA regulators have been blasted in recent years for failing to prevent the distribution of contaminated wipes manufactured by several companies, including one in New York thought to have distributed hundreds of millions of alcohol pads now linked to a number of deaths and serious adverse events.
FDA has taken note of these contamination episodes before in public forums, noting that the contamination usually occurs on the user end when doctors or other users dilute a bulk solution using unsterilized water or contaminated storage containers. It's similarly difficult to figure out when contamination has occurred. FDA has explained that the patient groups, context of use, myriad of personnel, various physical settings and numerous infection control measures make pinpointing the source of contamination difficult, if not impossible in some cases. This latter form of contamination is known as extrinsic contamination.
It is the other type of contamination, intrinsic contamination, which FDA said it is most worried about, as it has the potential to adversely impact many more people. Such contaminants get into products through sloppy application of current good manufacturing practices (CGMP). "Bacterial contaminants have been isolated from pharmaceutical water supplies and non-sterile antiseptic manufacturing environments," FDA explained.
CGMP standards require companies to have in place methods of detecting and preventing the growth of microbial contaminants in supposedly sterile drug products, but FDA explained that the current standards may not be sufficient to account for some types of contamination.
"The microbial limits test (United States Pharmacopeia Chapter 1111 (Ref. 2)) currently in use by many manufacturers may not detect very low levels of microbial contamination and does not screen for the types of intrinsically antiseptic-resistant organisms frequently identified as contaminants in patient preoperative skin preparations, such as Burkholderia cepacia and Bacillus cereus," it wrote.
Therefore, even supposedly safe products that meet all CGMP requirements could still potentially be of significant risk to patients. As a consequence of both the theoretical and actual risks to patients, FDA said it has decided to hold a public hearing on ways to address the sterility issues of preoperative skin preparations.
A number of issues are set to be discussed, and while drug manufacturers will likely focus much of their attention on intrinsic contaminations, FDA's explanation of the issues to be raised regarding extrinsic contamination have much to do with FDA's regulatory processes as well.
For instance, FDA wishes to know if, given the risks of extrinsic contamination, products should be packaged in single-use containers, with clearer labeling conventions, in safer packaging, or with Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy-like requirements for training.
Intrinsic contamination will be subject to similar questions and considerations, including new methods of validation for sterilization and aseptic manufacturing, manufacturing challenges, and the possibility of requiring all preoperative skin preparations to be manufactured sterile.
The two-day meeting will be held between 12 and 13 December 2012 in Silver Spring, MD.
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Title Lockheed C-130H Hercules "City of Chicago" : 928th Tactical Airlift Group, Air Force Reserve.
Physical Description 1 poster : col. ; 41 x 51 cm., framed at 44 x 54 cm.
Summary Poster shows a photograph of the C-130H Hercules "City of Chicago" flying over Lake Michigan past the city of Chicago.
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You can look at data in a hundred different ways. Traditionally, marketers will look at AdWords data and focus on volume or CPC metrics as selection criteria. Looking for opportunity in the long tail is another way to sort through a mountain of keyword phrases. Whatever technique you use to select keywords can be augmented by using industry standard BI techniques. This allows you identify search themes that are not apparent at first glance. This process allows you to apply a statistical approach to developing original content.
To make this work you have to look at each query and classify it to a category of behavior. What is the query about? What problem was the searcher trying to solve when they typed in that keyword phrase?
As an example, I classified over 800 keyword phrases used by consumers to search for a Family Restaurant. Overall there are just 25 categories of behavior associated with a consumer's search for a family restaurant. Further, you can see that there are under ten broad themes in this data. Searching for a Type of restaurant, or specifying an important Quality about the restaurant are two good examples in the following table.
One important theme is Quality vs.Value. Hands down, consumers are much more interested in Quality. There are over 1.6 million search queries associated with Quality, and 158K with Value. Statistically the word Best is the most important search term in the consumer's search vocabulary.
A second theme is the consumer's search for specifically named content. You can see that they are interested in Menus and Guides, however there is nearly a six fold increase in interest for Menus over Guides. Being included in a restaurant guide is strategically important, but providing easy access to a menu is much more important.
Other themes can be identified in this table, such as the search for a Service and for a Type of restaurant or a Type of food. Consumers search for a type of product or service in very large numbers across all industries. It very useful to understand how they do so in your market.
This type of analysis provides you with additional options for creating new content and focusing ad copy. It also allows you to experiment with custom landing pages that target a category of behavior. The great thing about this technique is that it augments what you already do with your existing keyword strategy.


Determining if you need to apply for a Labour Market Opinion (LMO).
Applying for an LMO from Service Canada (if required).
a copy of the positive LMO confirmation letter for the job offer, including the file number; and a detailed job offer.
Completing the work permit application.
Ensuring the foreign worker receives their work permit.
Depending on their country of citizenship, foreign workers may require a temporary resident visa (TRV) to enter Canada.
Depending on the type of work to be done in Canada and where they lived in the last year, foreign workers may have to take a medical examination before entering Canada.
If you are a Quebec employer, the person you wish to hire may also need to get a Certificat d'acceptation du Québec (CAQ) from the Quebec government before a work permit can be issued.


Mugs by Julie Covington. Stoneware with wax resist vine pattern.
Microwave and dishwasher safe (hand wash recommended).
*These mugs are part of our Earth Water Sky exhibition. April purchases will ship the week of May 6th and May purchases will ship the week of June 3rd - unless other arrangements are made.


DAY 1 – Wednesday May 19th – Our annual pilgrimage to the London International Wine Fair proved to be very positive again for Seven Springs Vineyard. On Wednesday Vaughan and Tim attended the event and met with a good friend of Seven Springs, David Derbyshire aka http://oenotype.blogspot.com/, and we spent most of the day going around the show with him. Some of the highlights of the day saw us catch up with our old friend Ken Forrester of www.kenforresterwines.com and we sampled his fantastic range of Chenin Blanc's culminating with the fabulous FMC. Moving on we then met with Liesl Rust and Paul Cluver of www.cluver.com and tasted the wonderful wines they produce from the Elgin region of South Africa. Try their Noble Late Harvest Riesling, one of South Africa's best sweet wines (along with Ken Forrester's T and Mullineux's Straw Wine). We then met with near neighbour Peter Finlayson of www.bouchardfinlayson.co.za and tasted his stunning range of wines, flagship Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from the Hemel en Aarde Valley. Then we moved on to see The Wine Gang, www.thewinegang.com, where all the 'gang' were there Olly Smith, Tom Cannavan, Tim Atkin MW, Antony Rose and Joanna Simon. They hosted a stand displaying their top 100 wines based on their top scoring wines of the last 12 months. Highlight of this visit was Antony Rose attempting the hoola hoop…ring a ring a rose! Whilst tasting some of the wines we met our friend Chris Mullineux, http://mullineuxwines.com/, who was paying a flying visit to the show between trips to California and the south of France. Then we met with Tara O'Leary aka http://winepassionista.com/, Tara being the first person to write an article on Seven Springs Vineyard. After lunch we spent time with our brand designer Marcel de Quervain of www.curv8.com and spent the afternoon with him. David then introduced us to Rowan Gormley of www.nakedwines.com. Rowan has asked if he can taste our wines once they are bottled as he would be interested, if the wines are of a good quality, in adding Seven Springs to his impressive portfolio of South African wines. We then met up with daughter Kim who spent the last two hours with us culminating in a tasting of the legendary Simonsig Estate, www.simonsig.co.za , where we spoke with owner Pieter Malan and tasted their lovely range of wines. Fabulous Chenin Blanc's as always from Simonsig..their recently bottled 2010 is a very fruity and vibrant example of this variety. Vaughan then drove back to Warwickshire and Kim, Marcel and Tim headed off for a curry and a bottle of Cobra. Who should we bump into at the curry house?…none other than Pieter Malan from Simonsig….a small world indeed. Then off to bed, ready for Thursday and day 2.


Great place to chill and relax or have a livelier holiday.
Agios Nikolaos is a very picturesque town, the Lake is a very unusual feature; it being like a natural extension of the harbour, crossed by a bridge and circumnavigable by foot. Typically Greek with its bars and restaurants right on the pavement and their ever present employees trying to entice you in. I can see why my niece and her husband chose to get married there, where they met. Some form of motor transport would be an idea for those wanting to explore the wider area.
Agios Niklaos is a very attractive Greek town with many good restaurants and plenty of shops to browse.
Well located for trips to Spinalonga & Knossos.
place plenty of eating places bars and shops.
appeal to the young i guess.
Agios Nikolaus is a busy vibrant resort with a multitude of different tavernas and shops for all price ranges. There were plenty of different things to do from taking the boat to nearby Spinalonga Island (a former leper colony) to taking the road train around the town.
The water in the harbour is clear enough to watch the fish swimming along while you sip a Frappe. Litter wasn't really a problem and the streets and buildings seemed very clean.
paradise appartments is quite a walk from agios but there are local buses you can catch or a taxi is 7 euros. there is a lovely beach(havania) across the main road from the resort 10 mins away.
The resort was very hilly, not for people with walking problems. we found it a bit exspensive in some of the small cafes for drinks, as was a lot of the boat trips etc.
Almyros Beach was our favourite beach but is a short taxi ride away.
The marina was buzzing at night and there are plenty of bars, restaurants to go to within a short walk.
There are plenty of boat trips should you wish, the agent opposite the Armida cocktail bar is very helpful and can arrange a lot cheaper than the reps.
Elounda Village is lovely, it has quite a few tavernas and bars to choose from, but does not feel too much like a tourist trap. There are quite a few shops which cater for the tourists but you didn't feel like it is over run. The local people are extremely friendly.
There are quite a few tavernas to choose from for your meals. As you pass each taverna you are asked if you would like to sample their food, but they are not aggressive and when you decline they are still friendly and not at all pushy.
The setting in Elounda is beautiful especially if you choose to have a meal at one of the tavernas which is right on the water looking out over the sea and the boats harboured there.
There a few public beaches there but we did not use them, but they looked quite clean.
We visited Spinalonga Island (was once a leper colony) which is a must when you visit there, very beautiful and steeped in history. We took a boat over there and had a barbeque on a small beach located on Plaka which was very stunning, we had a great day. The only downside to that trip was we only had an hour to explore the island which we didn't feel was enough.
I would recommend Elounda only for people who are looking for a relaxing holiday as there is no nightlife there apart from the local bars and tavernas which we really liked.


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Bloody Henry and Common Starfish
A few random highlights from recent rockpooling sessions at South Landing, Flamborough ....
Shannies - still the greatest
Butterfish
Squat Lobsters
Long-spined Sea Scorpion
Porpoise vertebrae
Sea Hare
Common Grey Sea Slug and eggs
Common Prawn
Dahlia Anemone
Bloody Henry
A depressing example of plastics in the marine environment - a Smarties lid embedded in limestone and encased in keelwoms and barnacles
Flamborough Dotterel, May 2018
I know, what a beauty.... from a few weeks back in the field next to my workplace at the Living Seas Centre, South Landing. Despite finding a few at Filey, it's a species which has given me the runaround on several occasions at Flamborough - not that it mattered after this very satisfying and privileged one-on-one experience. The bird had been there a few days, and I'd had crappy views as it remained generally distant and skittish.
Not so on this evening, however, when - after a particularly manic day helping to run the Yorkshire Puffin Festival over at North Landing - a little downtime with a seriously quality bird was exactly what I was hoping for. After watching its feeding pattern for a few minutes and realising that it didn't care about my presence, I sat down and waited in a position that seemed most likely to gain close views; it worked, and then some....
Talking to Wheatears
Ah, Wheatears. From this morning, up on the moors above Nidderdale, where I came across two pairs close together – one nesting in a dry stone wall, the other a rabbit hole – and this over-inquisitive juvenile which responded to a little conversational tacking by giving it back and then some, much to the annoyance of its frustrated dad, which then out-tacked both of us. It took me back to surveying in the highlands and islands a good fifteen years ago, when often the only company I'd have on remote rocky peaks would be affirmingly cocky families of Wheatears, counteracting the initially plaintive but eventually annoying whine of Golden Plovers, also clocked on this morning's survey (see last photo).
Israel '18 - Pharoah Eagle Owl
Last but, well, nowhere near least - what a bird. The perfect last day of the trip for the terriers began with the Champions of The Flyway awards ceremony in Eilat, continued with long and ridiculously bird-filled, migrant-plastered sessions at Hadoram's Pumpkins (K19-K20) and Yotvata, followed by a dusk session with our friends the Welsh Red Kites back at K19 for a successful meeting with Lichenstein's Sandgrouse (the preceding evening, over a hundred jostled for poor or non-existent views on race day), and ended with a final fling back at Yotvata for around 2000hrs; our target, the mighty (and to us almost mythical) Pharoah Eagle Owl.
Thanks to the kind guidance of Duncan (from Team Living With Birds), we knew which dust track to off-road along, and which pointy rock doubled as the throne of the Pharoah on its way from the mountains to decimate the local rat population. Instant success, with good views in the headlights at maybe 25 metres - which would've been more good enough for us... but a slow trundle in first along the sandy track for more Egyptian Nightjar action soon resulted in cries of "F#*k, it's there!" "Where?" "Right by the car on the passenger side!" - the owl had landed much closer, and even let us turn the car around so everybody could get perfect, point-blank views in the headlights....
.... after much squealing and back-patting (and after getting all the Spurn boys onto it as they followed in a minibus, later apparently liberated from the sand with the help of the Kites), we headed back to Eilat for a celebratory drinking session with various lovely comrades (including James, Toni and John and Jean-Michel from our friends the mighty World Youth Birders). What a trip...
Israel '18 - raptors
I know, I know, but it's been an insanely busy few weeks.... a few more raptors from Israel, in no particular order: Short-toed Eagle, Lesser Kestrel, Black Kite, LOng-legged Buzzard, Egyptian Vulture. Hopefully more catching up to follow soon, when I come up for air.


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provides new clothing, personal care kit, jacket, reading book along with a Watch Me Grow booklet for parents of new babies and preschool children. School uniforms are provided to Head Start programs. This program is carried out in collaboration with local social service agencies and several schools whose staff determine which at-risk children will be the recipients.
In 2020-2021, 3,933 children and their families were impacted and member volunteers contributed 2,240 hours in support of this program.
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for infants, newborn through three months, a baby gown lovingly sewn by member volunteers
I am a Family Support Worker with The City of San Antonio through the Head Start Program and I just wanted to take a minute to say THANK YOU to all of your volunteers through the Togs for Tots Program. These awesome bags you all put together for our families in need mean so much to the little children we serve and although you don't get to see their excited faces when they receive them I assure you it has made their day. So again, a BIG THANK YOU to your agency and the people who selflessly serve their time to put these together. I am so thankful and appreciative of your organization and dedication. Keri, Family Support Worker, Head Start/Department of Human Services
Dearest Assistance League of San Antonio, I received my son's package and we want to thank you for your assistance you provided us especially during this hard time. We appreciate it very much. We are very grateful to be here in the Blessed Sacrament Academy Parenting Class and blessed we have so many people that care and are willing to help me out. Thank you once again.
Dear Assistance League of San Antonio, Thank you for the big bag of baby goodies. I really appreciate it so much. I've been struggling a lot moneywise and it's nice to know there's good people that really care. The things in the bag were some things I was actually going to go buy today. I just wanted to thank you and I really appreciate the handmade pajamas. It's my favorite. Thank you so much for it.
There is someone that care! People as kind as you bring more inspiration to me. Make me have hope! For the people of Assistance League of San Antonio, just know that you make a difference in people's lfie. Y'all my most joyest thanks.
I just want to say thank you Togs 4 Tots for the clothes and hygiene products for Cristian. It really means a lot to us and it made me and Cristian happy. I didn't have socks nor money to buy them. Thank you so much. God bless your hearts.
Yessica & Cristian
To the members of the Assistance League of San Antonio, Thank you for the clothing you gave to my son and to me. The socks will always come in handy! The jeans for my son are very nice! I love them! The Little Golden Books Collection book was so nice. It gave me a very happy warm feeling because on the cover is the Pokey Puppy. I love that book and I grew up with all the Little Golden Books. My mom had just sent me some of the books she held on to! Have a blessed holiday and a very Happy New Year.
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Love comes in many forms, and the love you have shown through your generous donation of childlren's clothing makes a tremendous impact on the families we serve. As our families work to overcome obstacles on their paths to independence, your love offers them hope for a brighter tomorrow. Thank you for your gift of clothing to help homeless famlies.
As SAMMinistries works to overcome homelssness in San Antonio, your gift helps provide basic necessities to families as they take their first steps toward self-sufficiency. Many families come into SAMMinistries programs with little more than the clothes on their backs. Your support helps them find the courage to continue on towards stability and success.
Many different circumstances lead families to homelessness and SAMMinistries programs and support services. Yet, the families have three things in common — they have lost their homes, they are determined to become self-sufficient, and they are extremely grateful for you and your gift of clothing, which has made their journey a little easier.
Thank you for your recent gifts of children clothing. Although by law we are not allowed to value your donation, we can tell you that it would have cost us approximately $335 to purchase the items you so thoughtfully gave. Your gift allows us to use that money instead for client services like case management, job training and educational programs.
To our families, your generous gifts are not just towels or food or toiletries. These items are a physical representation of hope and love, which is so important to families experiencing the lowest point in their lives. By donating, you help put our famlies on a new path, one that ends in self-sufficiency.
Thank you for your recent gift of children clothing. By giving items like these, you are providing for more than just physical needs; you are offering hope for a better future to people like Loren and her 2-year-old son. Now 24, Loren was homeless from age 15 after her step-father found a girlfriend and asked Loren to leave. She survived on the streets as best she could, but, when she found herself pregnant, she was determined that her baby would have a better life. At SAMMinistries' Transitional Living and Learning Center, Loren has been provided with living space, life skills classes, case management, and some basic household necessities. This is the first time in her life that she has been the recipient of such generosity and positive care, she said, and these gifts have been the physical symbol of hope to her and her son. You helped give her and others like her that hope, and Loren is forever grateful.
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Leading health sciences researchers undertake radical new cancer survivorship study
Researchers from the Macmillan Survivorship Research Group (MSRG), at the University of Southampton, have developed the first study of its kind looking at the experiences and needs of people after primary treatment of colorectal cancer.
It is estimated that around two million people are living with, or beyond, cancer in the UK, with this figure rising by 3% each year. On average over 6,000 patients are diagnosed with cancer each year in Hampshire alone.
Whilst increasing cancer survival rates are to be celebrated, the experiences and needs of those who have completed their treatment have been relatively neglected until now.
The University of Southampton, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, has a long standing history of cancer research. It has developed the ColoREctal Wellbeing (CREW) study to look at a number of factors influencing recovery which takes into account the disease itself, the level of treatment patients receive, the support available to them and the range of coping skills they have.
Factors influencing recovery studied within the research include the time it takes a patient to return to feeling 'well', the length of time symptoms of treatment last and the range of things people can do to help return to 'normal' more quickly.
Results from this rigorous theory-informed study will, for the first time, inform health care providers and professionals across the country about what helps or hinders rapid and effective recovery and who has the confidence and ability to manage their own problems. It will also help identify areas for the development of interventions to aid the recovery process of those who may be at risk of experiencing problems.
More than 1,000 patients have been recruited to the study, one of whom is Susan Restorick-Banks from Totton in Hampshire.
Susan was diagnosed with a tumour in her colon in early 2011. She has endured Radiotherapy, surgery to remove the tumour and six months of chemotherapy. She says: "It's been really important for me to participate in this study. By speaking out and giving my views, I feel I'm contributing to the wellbeing of future cancer survivors and it's really the only way researchers have of finding out how people like me cope.
Susan Restorick-Banks (left)
"Whilst I've had a very supportive network around me, and have continued to enjoy life throughout my treatment, I know that other people going through cancer treatment can experience things very differently."
Colorectal cancer has been chosen as the focus for the study as it is one of the most treatable cancers in the UK. It affects both men and women equally and can involve all three forms of basic cancer treatment: surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
The participants, 187 of whom are from Southampton, will be followed over a two-year period establishing the natural history of the recovery of their health and wellbeing and assessing how quickly they recover after colorectal cancer.
Senior Research Fellow at the University of Southampton and chief investigator for the research Dr Deborah Fenlon says: "Up until now the general focus for cancer research has been on cure and prevention for the disease. Macmillan is uniquely concerned with helping to improve the lives of people living with cancer, and for us it is absolutely imperative we understand the experiences of the two million cancer survivors in order to positively inform the professionals who interact and support these survivors, helping them get the best out of life once treatment is over."
Professor Jessica Corner, Dean of Health Sciences at the University of Southampton and Chief Clinician of Macmillan, says, "As a leading health sciences research-based Faculty, and the only research unit funded by Macmillan, we are extremely proud to be undertaking this radical new research. Our ultimate joint-aim is to help improve the lives of people with cancer by informing health care providers and professionals in practice which help care for the two million plus cancer survivors across the UK. Recruiting more than 1000 patients is a real milestone for the study and we are incredibly grateful to Susan and all those participating and involved in the research."
This study forms part of a trio of research projects being undertaken by Health Sciences researchers from the MSRG. Initial research was conducted into how people manage cancer and cancer-related problems followed by creating and testing an online intervention to support self-management.
Ciarán Devane, Chief Executive of Macmillan Cancer Support, says: "We are delighted to congratulate our Macmillan Survivorship Research Group in their recruitment of their 1,000th research participant to the CREW research study. Macmillan is committed to understanding and using evidence, to help the 2 million people living with cancer in the UK. Work with our academic colleagues is helping us to increase our knowledge and will allow us to develop our services in the future.
"The CREW study is important in helping us learn more about bowel cancer patients and their different needs after treatment. The information gained through research will help us support and improve the lives of the increasing numbers of people who are living with and beyond cancer."
Further information about the Macmillan Survivorship Research Group can be found at www.soton.ac.uk/msrg
1 http://www.swpho.nhs.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=9339 South West Public Health Observatory average new cases of cancer diagnosis per year across Hampshire in males and females.
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Heathrow Terminal 1 focuses primarily on domestic flights, though there are a few longer-haul flights on the roster. Check-in desks are situated around Level 1 and the Mezzanine, generally on the left-hand side of the concourse as you enter through the man doors. Signs directing incoming passengers to the correct counters are clearly posted.
As you walk you through the main entrance to Terminal 1, there are two prominently displayed information kiosks on site, with a third located farther on to the left near the fall wall. Enquire here if you have any questions about your flight, the check-in process or the location of other facilities and services within the terminal.
Beyond the security checkpoint, there is also a multi-faith prayer room and three different airport lounges.


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omposer Frank Ilfman is set to reteam with director Navot Papushado on action thriller Gunpowder Milkshake. The film starring Karen Gillan, Lena Headey, Paul Giamatti, Angela Bassett, Michelle Yeoh, Carla Gugino, Carla Adam Nagaitis and Ralph Ineson centers on a young woman and her estranged mother (both assassins) who must join forces on the run to take down a male-dominated crime syndicate they used to work for. Papushado also co-wrote the screenplay with Ehud Lavski. Andrew Rona (Non-Stop, Unknown) and Alex Heineman (The Commuter) are producing the StudioCanal and The Picture Company production. Ilfman (Ghost Stories, The Etruscan Smile) has previously collaborated with Papushado on his last two features Big Bad Wolves and Rabies. Gunpowder Milkshake is currently in post-production and is expected to be released in 2021


Lauren Jauregui cozies up to boyfriend Ty Dolla $ign as they arrive for NYLON's Annual Rebel Fashion Party held at Gramercy Park Hotel on Wednesday (September 12) in New York City.
The event also celebrated the 22-year-old singer's recent cover story, where she opened up about her upcoming music, sexuality and more.
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Squirrels are small to medium-sized rodents. In Nevada, Yuba, and Sutter Counties squirrels are common. There are several different kinds including Gray Squirrels, Ground Squirrels, Douglas Squirrels and Flying Squirrels. They are generally clever and persistent animals. In residential neighborhoods they are notorious for eating out of bird feeders, digging in potted plants either to bury or recover seeds, and for inhabiting sheltered areas including attics. While many companies sell bird feeders which are supposedly "squirrel-proof", very few of them really are. Although expert climbers, and primarily arboreal, squirrels also thrive in urban environments that are largely free of trees.
Urban squirrels have learned to get a great deal of food from over-generous humans. One of the more common and inexpensive foods fed to squirrels is peanuts. Recent studies however have shown that raw peanuts contain a trypsin inhibitor that prevents the absorption of protein in the intestine. Wildlife rehabilitators in the field have noted that neither raw and roasted peanuts or sunflower seeds are good for squirrels, since they are deficient in several nutrients needed. This type of deficiency has been found to cause Metabolic Bone Disease, a somewhat common ailment found in malnourished squirrels. Thanks to its agreeable appearance, intelligence and its eating styles and habits, squirrels are one of the most successful wild urban animal species.
If the baby appears uninjured (no bloody nose, no wounds), and is warm to the touch, place it in a shallow, towel-lined box at the base of the tree and leave it undisturbed for four to six hours. Often, the mother will come down and carry off the baby. She will not come down if people or pets are nearby, so stay clear. If the baby is cool or cold, it should be warmed before placing out for reclaiming. Place a hot water bottle under the towel the baby is resting on. Humans handling the baby will not make the mother reject it. If the mother does not reclaim the baby within three hours, or by dark, bring the infant inside and keep it warm until it can be transported to Wildlife Rehabilitation & Release, 530-432-5522. Injured baby squirrels should be brought in immediately.
If you find an injured or sick squirrel (bloody nose, shivering, attacked by cat or dog), place the animal in an escape proof, ventilated box lined with a towel or soft cloth. Wear gloves and wash your hands before and after handling the animal. Cover the container with a light sheet or towel and place it in a warm, dark, quiet place until you can get the animal to Wildlife Rehabilitation & Release, 530-432-5522. Follow the "Guidelines for the Public in Handling Sick, Injured, or Orphaned Wildlife" listed at the top of the page. Note exactly where you found the animal. This will be important for its release.


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Orissa: Hunt on for collector kidnapped by Maoists
Last updated on: February 17, 2011 13:59 IST
District Collector R V Krishna, who has been kidnapped by Maoists, on Thursday remained untraced even as the authorities launched 'back channel' efforts to seek the release of the IAS officer from the custody of the Naxalites.
In perhaps the first-ever abduction of an IAS officer by Maoists, the 30-year-old district collector of Malkangiri was kidnapped on Wednesday evening by a group of 50 Maoists when he was on a visit to the remote Chitrakonda area, a Maoist stronghold, to attend a camp for local development, said the police.
The officer was taken hostage after he went from the public interaction camp held at Badapada bordering Andhra Pradesh to inspect a nearby culvert on a motorcycle along with two junior engineers and another person, Chitrakonda Tehsildar D Gopal Krishnan said.
While the collector and a junior engineer were held hostage, two others reached Badapada late on Thursday night with a letter and handed it over to senior officials, he said. The Maoists have set a two-day deadline for the authorities to fulfil their demands to halt the anti-Naxal operations and release jailed ultras.
The exact location of the officer is being ascertained, Superintendent of Police Anirudh Singh said.
In Delhi, Home Secretary G K Pillai said, "He (Krishna) was abducted by the Maoists and they sent the engineer back with a chit asking for their so called demands. The state government and other officers are working on this".
Strongly condemning the abduction, Pillai said, "I don't think there is any need for any operation to release him. I am sure that the local support that he has and the state government will be able to negotiate and get his release."
"I think it will take some time because the area is quite cut off, but back-channel efforts are underway. I think it will take a few days but we are quite confident of getting him back," he said.
Terming Krishna's abduction as 'unfortunate', Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik made an appeal for his early release and said all options were being evaluated by the government which was closely monitoring the situation.
Chief Secretary B K Patnaik said the letter sent by the Maoists was apparently written by the abducted collector in his own handwriting. The letter demanded an immediate halt to anti-Maoist joint operations and the release of all those lodged in jails on charges of being Maoists.
Steps were being taken for the early and safe release of Krishna, a 2005 batch IAS officer, Patnaik said.
Social activist Swami Agnivesh offered to help the government if his services were sought for the safe release of the officer.
"I would like to appeal to the Maoists who have taken Krishna as a captive not to cause any bodily harm to him," he said, noting that the Naxalites should give up their deadline of two days for the authorities to meet their demands.
The incident has also rocked the state assembly with Opposition Congress storming the well of the House and asking the Biju Janata Dal government to spell out the steps being taken for his release.
The assembly was adjourned twice following the uproar, with the Congress demanding an immediate statement on the issue by the government. Though it was immediately not clear as to where the collector had been taken, he is believed to have been kept somewhere in Janbai area, close to Andhra Pradesh, official sources said.
The area, covered with dense forests, is inaccessible, they said, adding Krishna along with other officials had gone to the place after crossing Gurupriya River by a boat. Communication links with many areas in Chitrakonda were snapped as the ultras allegedly damaged a mobile tower in the area, the sources said.
BJD leader Jay Panda said, "The government is actually doing a lot of things behind the scenes in trying to tap the source of the network of informers and trying to locate Krishna".
Panda said that the collector had been helping the tribals by conducting remote camps to provide relief to them on various issues. The incident has shocked the people in Malkangiri district. Most shops and business establishments remained closed and roads witnessed thin traffic, they said.
A rally was taken out in the district headquarter town by volunteers from different sections of the society demanding early release of the collector. Sources said the government was trying to handle the matter with utmost care and caution while trying all channels for Krishna's release.
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It is easy to overlook the modest plaque on the side of the brick veneer building at 275 Sacramento Street in a block dominated by Building Two of the massive Embarcadero Center.
The Sacramento Block was built in the 1850's as a warehouse. In 1856, the San Francisco Vigilance Committee made it their headquarters and arsenal and fortified it with gunnysacks.
The Vigilance Committee erected a scaffold in Davis Street near Fort Gunnybags and executed Brace and Heatherington (alternately, Hetherington) on July 29, 1856, for unrelated murders.
The Sacramento Block warehouse was a simple, two-story Classical Revival building built of brick and stucco. The first floor had casement doors and the second floor had tall casement windows. Although the Sacramento Block building was destroyed in the Great Earthquake and Fire, surviving warehouses in the nearby Northeast Waterfront Historic District are similar to the lost building.


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Nick Hahn's debut novel is a riveting exploration of friendship, race, and courage, told through the intersecting stories of two fascinating women caught in a storm of politics, intrigue, and spiritual struggle. Skillfully written and tight as a drum, Under the Skin will leave you breathless.
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Author of Ethical Wisdom: The Search for a Moral Life, Mark is a multi-book published author, reviewer, and writing coach.
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In Under the Skin, a brutal African dictator is challenged by two young women from different worlds: Maggie Kincaid, born to wealth and privilege in New York, and Nabby Kibugu, born to poverty and obscurity in the African bush. Their unlikely friendship sparks a fiery political drama with the potential to upend the leadership of a country and change the lives of millions.
Maggie is working as an intern for an American company in Uganda when she meets longtime pen pal Nabby. She becomes ensnarled in a clandestine political campaign to elect Nabby as the first female president of Uganda. The women risk everything as they take on a corrupt, abusive government. In a startling move, they decide to enlist the improbable help of a notorious warlord, and it's anyone's guess as to whether their dangerous gamble will pay off.
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Nick Hahn started his career as a writer while a student at the University of Notre Dame. He went on to become President and CEO of New York-based Cotton Incorporated (Cotton, The Fabric of Our Lives). Leaving Cotton in 1997, he formed Hahn International, LTD, an agribusiness consulting group focused on the Third World. For fourteen years, Nick has lived and worked among indigenous peoples from Africa to Latin America, his travel diaries often reflecting social and political unrest. Under the Skin is his first novel.
Nick is married with four children and six grandchildren. He makes his home in rural eastern Connecticut near Long Island Sound, where he writes and narrates audiobooks.
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"Everybody can be great. Because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve…. You don't have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love." -Martin Luther King, Jr.
In high school spending most of my Saturdays with my volunteer group became a routine. It was a time when we all came together traveled to different parts of Michigan and even the U.S to show compassion, unity and continue to be grateful for all that we had. After graduating high school it was time for me to move to Michigan State University which is about an hour and a half from where I live and start my new journey there.
East Lansing was now my new home and I didn't know how to contribute to it, I felt estranged. I started joining clubs and taking part in their volunteering services but a year later it still didn't feel like it was enough. I still felt like an outsider who didn't know what the community needed. I couldn't do the same work I did back home because every community has their own specific needs and that was something that was hard for me to understand. I felt like I wanted to take part in something to help me comprehend that and so I searched and knew there had to be a club on campus that would be exactly what I was looking for. I stumbled upon Alternative Spartan Breaks and noticed such a huge variety of service trips with great purposes and knew that their values upheld mine. After debating which trip to choose I finally chose a trip outside of my comfort zone, "Education, Sustainable Farming and Ecotourism" in Monteverde, Costa Rica. I knew that if I went to a different country where I did not even speak the language and was still able to do service that I would be able to do service when I got back home to MSU. Going in I that I thought I might not be as effective at knowing what individuals in the community needed because I didn't speak the language. I also knew that this would challenge me emotionally. Every service project I have done has always pushed me to make changes in my life which made me appreciate the trip even more and I was excited to see how this trip would give me a new perspective.
In Costa Rica the first thing I learned was to actually stop and notice how beautiful, happy and simple everyone's life was. The amount of knowledge I came back home with really inspired me to be more conscious about our environment. I never realized how many different ways we can save the planet for future generations. Working side-by-side with the coffee pickers and trying my best to communicate with my hands was probably the funniest part. They worked from 6am-3pm and still came to the English classes that were offered from 6pm-7pm. Even though we were teaching them English I think they taught us more about hard work and I have never had more respect for anyone else. I spent time with a young man teaching him about 15 body parts in English and he memorized them all in less than 45 minutes. At that moment my heart was ready to explode and I had a smile on for the rest of the night. I went in thinking I was not going to be as effective because I couldn't speak Spanish and was wrong. As soon as I got home I knew exactly how to make East Lansing my new home.


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Francisco Ximenes de Texada fu uno dei Gran Maestri dell'Ordine più odiati dai maltesi e dagli stessi cavalieri di Malta, sia per il comportamento che mantenne nei confronti dell'Ordine e dei suoi sottoposti, sia per le errate riforme che applicò in campo militare e finanziario; per questi motivi il suo regno venne demarcato da numerose rivolte, fra le quali la cosiddetta Rivolta dei sacerdoti del 1775.

Morì nello stesso anno per una febbre polmonare. Venne sepolto nella Concattedrale di San Giovanni de La Valletta, in una piccola tomba che, al contrario di quanto prescritto dalla tradizione per i Gran Maestri, non reca iscrizioni o monumenti distintivi, fatto che per secoli ne ha resa difficile la corretta identificazione.

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Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Gran Maestri del Sovrano Militare Ordine di Malta
Morti assassinati

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The simple fact is the oils in your car work best when they are uncontaminated. Continuous friction of moving parts creates tiny metal particles that are measured in microns. A micron is one millionth of a meter. 25 microns is .001"… yeah, one thousands of an inch. Oil filters can remove particles larger than 35 microns, but what happens to the rest? They get circulated back through your engine wearing down your parts even more.
That is where Dimple comes in. Their magnets are the strongest high-temperature grade neodymium magnets in the world. They rip those smaller metal particles out of the oil stream. Regular neodymium magnets start to lose their magnetism at 175F but Dimple's have been proven to hold their magnetism at well over 300F.
A couple of years ago Subaru switched from a M20 engine drain plug to the smaller M16X1.5X12. If the wrench required to take off the plug is 14mm then your car needs the M16 plug. This size also fits the transmission oil pan on the 2004-2007 STI.


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Roy Irwin Unveils Singles 'No Question' & 'Goodbye Youth' + Video
C.C. / Photo credit: Joe Locke / Friday 20th December, 2019 11:15AM
Tāmaki Makaurau's Roy Irwin is back with two new slices of guitar-pop genius, the woozily emotive 'No Question' and mid-tempo summer reflection 'Goodbye Youth'. The former tune comes accompanied by a vividly coloured, single-shot cinematic clip filmed and edited by Greg Burrows, depicting the artist awash in a neon lit watery dreamscape, with lyrics to sing along to featured in both English and Japanese.
"'No Question' is a song about becoming apathetic towards somebody in a friendship or relationship. It's about allowing second chances but not thirds. I was pretty sad and confused about something that I experienced in the last year when I wrote it.
The video was filmed and edited by my friend Greg Burrows (@d00m95) at his childhood home out West Auckland in a broken down spa pool. The water was freezing cold and it sucked but I love how it turned out and I think Greg did a great job.
Anri Yaszuto from Watusi Zombie helped translate my lyrics to Japanese for the subtitles."
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They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and the graphic arts is no stranger to that. When a new trend or application catches on, print buyers take notice. More often than not, print service providers (PSPs) are asked "Can you do this?" and are shown an example of the graphic in question.
Digitally printed wallcoverings and wallpaper are no exception. "Once people are introduced to the concept of custom printed wallpaper—and it is still fairly new—the demand to replicate it in other spaces grows almost immediately from those who do not have it within an organization. We have seen this happen repeatedly," shares Harvey Meister, CEO/owner, GDS Retail & Display Graphics/BranDecor.


As the 21st Century dawned several new wineries appeared in the foothills of western Nevada County. Among these are Solune and Montoliva vineyards and wineries. I had added these to my Google Wine Tour Map (Tour Maps) but only now finally had some time to drop in to both of them. They are both small -- their owners are the winemakers and each bottle about 1500 cases per year with their own bottling equipment in the corner of the tasting room.
Solune Vineyard and Winery sits on a 15-acre estate, with 4 acres of vines nestled in an open area among the trees on a hilly site. As you approach the winery from the Grass Valley direction you will see a simple 2-foot square sign on the right side of the highway with only the words "Solune Winery." Don't be mislead, as I was, that the winery is nearby. You have to drive another half mile to a mile before you come to a more artful Solune Winery sign at their road, Jewett Lane. They are at 16303 Jewett Ln, but you will need this number only if you are entering it into a navagation system. Turn right from Hwy 174 onto Jewett Lane and wind up the lane until you come to the winery, a red barn-like building.
Owners Jacques Mercier and Andrea produce wine as a team, with Andrea inclined toward growing the grapes and Jacques toward developing them into fine wines. Please take time to visit their website to learn more of their vision and many other interesting facts. Among these is that Jacques has a Ph.D. in Applied & Engineering Physics and Physical Chemistry from Cornell University. I have a Ph.D. in Applied Mechanics & Physics, from Stanford. I didn't have a chance to talk in any depth with Jacques, but will have to make a point of it on our next visit! My research professor taught at Cornell before moving to Stanford, so Jacques and I come from the same engineering culture.
A pleasant place to chat, have some Solune wine, and perhaps a sandwich.
Andrea greeted us just inside the door in a very pleasant tasting room.
Longer view of the tasting room.
Bar, also seen in the previous picture, and bottling equipment in the rear.
Mary and I tasted 6 of the 9 wines featured on the day of our visit. I liked all of them but chose to buy two of their white wines, Sauvignon Blanc Musqué 2012, and Florrontés, because each had a unique fruity flavor that I had not tasted at other wineries. I look forward to sharing them with friends on a special occasion. They also had a wonderful rosé wine, Rosé of Barbera 2013. I generally don't care much for rosé because it is often bland, but this rosé had a crisp fruity flavor that makes me want more -- saved for our next visit. I highly recommend that you visit Solune, even if you already have.
Montoliva Vineyard and Winery is farther along Hwy 174 toward Colfax, in Chicago Park. At the bottom of a hill you will see the Chicago Park general store on the right. Turn right onto Mt. Olive Rd., which is on the near side of the store. Proceed about 3/4 mile as you focus your attention on the left. Montoliva Vineyard is at 15629 Mt. Olive Rd., just past Chicago Park Elementary School on the left. The entrance is an elaborate gate on the far side of the winery. Turn left and park almost immediately, in front of the owner's garage, which is the winery. Walk on the right side of the garage to the bottling and tasting room at the back.
We were greeted by the owner's daughter (in the foreground) and her friend. The bar setup is primative but welcoming.
The couple on the left kindly allowed me to include them in the picture.
Just to the right of the bar are these wine-aging barrels and bottling equipment.
The vineyard is immediately in back of the winery and house.
About one acre is in vines at present and they plan to purchase 7 more acres as soon as possible.
The land to be added includes everything you see here except the far right home in the background.
This view is rotated to the left from the view above (use the red building to relate the photos).
Rotated left once more. The low building is associated with the school.
This final rotation brings the home's back yard into view, with inviting tables and umbrellas.
Owner Mark Henry prefers to set up tasting here when weather permits.
This is slightly zoomed, looking straight back at the beautiful view from the winery as in the first picture.
Much more information about these wineries is available at their websites (click on their names at the top of this page).
Also, click for my roadmap to Nevada County vineyards more generally.


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The Walking Dead returns this Sunday, and what better way to prepare yourself for the wildly popular show's premiere than to take a deep dive into the pilot that started it all, "Days Gone Bye?"
If you're a fan of the show and you re-watch the pilot, the most striking element is the silence.
As the seasons have progressed, the cast has shifted, the herds of zombies have grown in size, and the horror of the show has been replaced with action.
That's what a popular show with an increased budget tends to get you, but the pilot is far more minimalist.
The shots are longer, with Rick meandering throughout a number of interesting settings—abandoned camps, his abandoned home, abandoned streets, abandoned cities.
The stretches of silence with minimal dialogue are like body shots, giving the viewer a sense of unease and tension, giving the larger set pieces of the show more punch.
A steadiness and patience is present here, building tension and dread. The zombie scares are treated as events, and doled out for maximum effect.
The use of silence and the steady, patient hand of Frank Darabont (writer and director of the pilot) makes the first look at a herd of zombies in downtown Atlanta even more memorable and harrowing.
One of the key questions the pilot asks is far different than your typical television fare. Instead of building up tension and curiosity based on WHAT WILL HAPPEN?, the WD pilot focuses primarily on WHAT HAS HAPPENED?
Darabont shows us the aftermath in multiple scenes, leveraging the power of a viewer's imagination.
When Rick encounters the ruins of a military camp, with a destroyed chopper, scorched asphalt, and vacated vehicles, we aren't fed the explosions and SFX to show us what happened. We effectively imagine it, not sure if we are correct, putting the horror of the zombie plague more in our minds and imaginations rather than the screen.
This is a primary tenant of effective horror, and the pilot is one of the few WD episodes that maximizes its impact.
Other uses of aftermath for powerful storytelling include the scene when Rick wakes up from his coma. He's got a beard, the clock's battery is dead. The flowers are dead. He's woken up to a dead world and doesn't even know it yet.
The titular image of the series—Rick riding a horse into a deserted Atlanta while cars are all stacked up on the way out of town—uses aftermath to hit you with maximal impact from just a single scene.
Perhaps the most signature sound of The Walking Dead is a single gunshot, usually applied with moral hesitation by one of the heroes, into the head of an enemy.
In many ways, the shift of morality and innocence is the transformation that has carried the cast through the series, Rick in particular. However clunky this execution was throughout the seven seasons, it's surprising to see how the pilot set up this thematic undercurrent early in the show.
The first abandoned camp that Rick explores is heavy on the loss of innocence motif. The ruins of the first camp are thick with signs of childhood. Dolls. Strollers. Children's clothes, dirty and bloody.
The first zombie we see is in fuzzy slippers. It's a little girl with blond hair, and Rick calls out to her, hoping to be a child's savior.
Instead, he's forced to play executioner and put a child-zombie out of commission. He's got the moral hesitancy, and later in the episode, he even verbalizes it during a mercy killing: "I'm sorry this happened to you."
This morality and hesitancy will erode as the series progresses. The world has rendered them useless for survival, but they are vital for humanity. The conflict is artfully set up right away, and the character of Morgan really drives the point home.
It's rare that a secondary character becomes as beloved as Morgan is. His presence is felt throughout the series, forcing him into the regular cast years later—but by then, he's a very different character.
This is a stock character. A trope. It's the grieving father faced the with the horrific decision we see in so many zombie movies—someone has to deal with a loved one who has "turned" and must come to grips with the fact that she must be killed.
Here is where the space and breadth of television are allowed to shine. In a film, this scene must take place quickly, packed into a ninety-minute story. With the infinite space of a television series to use, the canvas is bigger, so Morgan is allowed to struggle with this decision in two different scenes—and still not pull the trigger.
This could have been a comical misstep with an actor who chews too much scenery, but Lennie James has the chops to pull it off. It's rare that I go over the top to acclaim an acting performance, but what James accomplishes here is first rate grief and suffering. Watch his scenes in this episode, and then listen to his voiceovers as Shaxx from the video game Destiny. There, I just made your day.
The episode ends with a fitting metaphor of the world as a whole—Rick, trapped in a small space, no way to escape the relentless hunger of the walking dead, relying on the humanity of a stranger for hope.
While this isn't a pure cliffhanger, a theme is emerging in the pilots I've looked at—they use some of their biggest curiosity-driving cliffhangers at the end of the pilot episodes. It's like a "get out of jail free" card, a break glass in case of emergency trope to try and capture as much of the casual audience as possible for the next episode.
With pilots, you have a lot of casual viewers kicking the tires, deciding if they want to buy. The cliffhanger at least gives the show a better chance to get them to take that second test drive, and "Days Gone Bye" is no different.
While maintaining the immediacy of that tension, a single scene with Rick's family puts a benchmark out there into the future--his best friend Shane is alive and having a relationship with his wife, who is also alive, along with Rick's son, Coral—I mean Carl.
Rick's family is all that matters, and he just needs to escape this impossible situation to continue his quest to find them. Tune in next week to see if he escapes!
The choice to bring in some heavy-hitting British actors as the leads in the pilot brings a gravitas you don't encounter too often in genre fare.
A steadiness and patience is present here, building tension and dread. The zombie scares are treated as events, and doled out for maximum effect. Some of the images are iconic and earned.
It's no surprise that this pilot is popular and well-received, so if you're crafting genre, you could do worse as an example of how to do it right.
I give it five out of five exploding zombie skulls.
Have you seen The Walking Dead's pilot? Are you excited for season eight? Sound off in the comments!
Unfortunately, the show was never again as good as the pilot, and went completley off the rails after Frank Darabont left.


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Robin Soderling Announces He Will Miss Australian Open
by Staff | December 8th, 2011, 5:12 pm
Robin Soderling announced today that he will not be able to play the Australian Open next month.
"I am very sorry for being away for so long and for not giving many updates but my recovery has been longer than expected," Soderling posted via twitter. "I am feeling better with each day but it will still take some time before I can start practicing in full speed. My goal is to start with practice in January and I hope for tournament comeback in February but at this stage it is hard to know when and where. I hope my body will allow me to do that. I will try to give you more updates. I love reading your messages and appreciate your support and encouragement very much."
The 27-year-old Soderling hasn't played because of mono since winning the Bastad title in early July.
Despite missing half the season the Swede still finished No. 13 in the final ATP Rankings.
Soderling is the first player in the Top 20 to withdraw from the first Grand Slam of the 2012 tennis season.
After winning just two matches in his career there, Soderling enjoyed his best Australian Open last year reaching the fourth round where he lost to Alexandr Dolgopolov in five sets.
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11 Comments for Robin Soderling Announces He Will Miss Australian Open
oh, poor him! get well soon soda pop. he has played very well in the last three years, hope this does not take away his momentum.
December 8th, 2011 at 7:25 pm
skeezerweezer Says:
Can the Fed haters five Fed a break now with the Mono excuse thing? It was and is a serious condition that can especially afflict athletes. Get well Sod….
December 8th, 2011 at 10:11 pm
dari Says:
Wow, this is taking a long time for him to get well :/
Wish robin all the best and that when he comes back he comes back strong!
steve-o Says:
Best wishes to Soderling, hope he has a swift recovery.
December 9th, 2011 at 12:09 am
Sorry to hear this news. Love watching Soderling play. Roddick suffered with it for months, Fed, Cilic were really bad with it and Ancic retired from it as was never the same player again.
Horrible. What is the best medicine for this type of infection?
Sad for Soda – we all hope he is well soon. Bad timing too as he was really playing his best the last two years or so.
carlo Says:
Come back strong Robin! You are missed.
Dory Says:
That's too bad. Hope he comes back ASAP to give the big boys a run for their money, every once in a while.
December 11th, 2011 at 11:06 pm
Mono is having a devastating effect on Soderling who is finding it tough to compete and resume the sport. I wish him a very speedy recovery and let us hope that he attains the standards he has set for himself when he resumes from a long break.
alison hodge Says:
i will be the 1st to admit robin was never one of my favourites,but i do think hes a great player who never quite lived up to his potential,2 grand slam finals but he didnt build on that great form,also unlike jmdp who at least is still young and has time on his side,robin is a good few years older,tennis moves on so quickly and the problem he will have is if he returns early spring summer time he will be rusty having been out for so long,maybe he will be a late bloomer though we will see,i wish robin all the best for a speedy recovery.
Cymru08 Says:
Gosh, I really feel for the guy. Speedy recovery, Robin.
Giles: https://cbox.im/i/RZlLp.png Vamos Champ!


Many people dream of owning their own restaurant one day. You get to work with people every day, prepare delicious food, and own your own business, allowing you to be your own boss! To many this sounds perfect! While there are many benefits to owning a restaurant, especially if food and hospitality are your calling, there are also many down sides to the business. Here are 5 common myths about running a restaurant.
It's glamorous. Actually, it can be quite the opposite when you are starting a restaurant. As the owner, you often have to pick up the slack when others are unable to work or fail to meet your expectations. This will involve messy work like cooking, cleaning, rearranging furniture, cleaning toilets and other maintenance. Be prepared to get your hands dirty and put your blood, sweat and tears into this restaurant in order to be successful.
It's an easy way to make money. While owning a restaurant can be lucrative, it is also risky and your business may fluctuate regularly. There are sometimes slow seasons or times when business just isn't as consistent or reliable. Unfortunately, if you don't make the money you had predicted or hoped for, you get paid last. Sometimes in order to pay your employees, this may mean you go a month without a paycheck for yourself and are only able to cover your bases and make ends meet.
You can enjoy being your own boss. While working for yourself has many advantages, it also has down sides. As your own boss you don't have to take orders from anyone else, but you do have to make all the big decisions. Therefore, a lot of responsibility falls on your shoulders and you need to be up to it. This involved financial obligations and responsibilities as well as dealing with employee disputes or problems in the workplace. This can become quite stressful and requires serious organization and multi-tasking skills.
You don't have to work a 9-5. Depending on your restaurant's hours, this may be true. However, you will likely end up working much, much more than an 8 hour day. Often owning a restaurant involves tons of overtime hours as well as unusual late nights or early morning. You will also have to say good-bye to weekends for a while. Restaurants make most of their money during the weekends, so this is the time you will need to especially invest in being at your location and working to provide a high quality dining experience for your customers.
Security. In reality it is quite insecure. Aside from money and income, you also have to think about benefits, insurance and healthcare. When you work for someone else, often these are included employee benefits. However, when you own your own business, you have to pay for your own coverage and this is often at a much higher rate since you are buying independently.
Although owning a restaurant provides many opportunities and benefits to owners, there are many misconceptions about what really goes into starting and running a business. Not only do you need to deal with customers, employees and companies like my national grocers, but you also have to worry about finances, insurance and other major decisions. It is essential that you know the facts so that you can weigh the pros and cons of restaurant ownership before diving in!