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Signatope is a new biotech company that has been offering innovative biomarker assays for application in drug discovery since August 2016. The company's assays can be used in all phases of drug development to detect potential adverse drug effects on the kidneys, liver and other organs in any species whatsoever using minute amounts of sample.
Around 12 months before founding Signatope GmbH, Dr. Oliver Pötz's team of researchers from the NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute in Reutlingen had already attracted attention with an innovative biomarker assay. In July 2015, the researchers achieved a respectable 6th place in the Science4Life business plan competition to which over 60 business plan proposals had been submitted. In August 2016, the seven researchers were ready to spin out Signatope GmbH from the NMI. Signatope is the 13th life sciences start-up company that has been spun out of the NMI in the 30 years that the institute has existed.
Signatope GmbH's founding team (from left to right) Prof. Dr. Hugo Hämmerle, Dr. Oliver Pötz, Dr. Hannes Planatscher, Dr. Octavian Schatz and Dr. Thomas Joos. © Signatope GmbH
The NMI researchers' success was not just a matter of chance. They worked hard for many years to lay the foundations for the new biomarker assay: "We were part of several major European projects in which our task was to validate our protein marker candidates in human urine samples characteristic of kidney damage. Such markers can be used in clinical Phase I studies to detect at an early stage adverse effects of the drugs under investigation," says Pötz, Signatope GmbH's CEO. However, the NMI team did not just want to develop a Phase I test method, but had a far more ambitious goal right from the outset, i.e. to develop a biomarker assay that could be used in all phases of the drug development process rather than just in clinical Phase I trials. The researchers also wanted the test to be suitable for application in a broad range of animal models used in preclinical studies. This is a mandatory step in the lengthy process of drug development and always precedes clinical testing in human patients.
Dogs, cats, humans – a biomarker assay for all species
However, the crux of the matter is that although many metabolic pathways and proteins are basically the same in all species, there are nevertheless some molecular features that vary from species to species. The devil is in the detail, as the saying goes. In addition, healthy and diseased metabolisms differ from each other, and consequently so do the quantities of biomarker molecules produced. Signatope GmbH's solution to these problems is using antibodies that Pötz and colleagues have been studying for a long time. These antibodies have rather short (four amino acids) recognition sequences (signatures) that match the epitopes of relevant marker molecules. These small epitopes are identical in all species. The team based the development of its XIM (cross-species immunoassays) tests for use in the pharmaceutical industry on these findings. The company name Signatope reflects the researchers' scientific idea and is derived from the words signature and epitope.
Using a mass spectrometer enabled the team to accelerate its test method. The photo shows a Signatope team member operating the device. © Signatope GmbH
"The prerequisite for our approach is, of course, that the epitopes are identical in all animal species used in preclinical trials," says Dr. Hannes Planatscher, a founding member of the company and bioinformatician who ran the time-consuming database screens required for identifying suitable epitopes. Planatscher is also studying business administration, which is useful for his role as the start-up's CFO (chief financial officer). Bioinformatics also helped the team develop a method to analyse the specificity of an antibody under investigation and identify the molecule to which it binds.
The problem associated with such small recognition sequences is their relative abundance. A method to accurately determine protein concentration in blood or urine samples was therefore required. The team chose mass spectrometry, which sorts all peptides that have bound to an antibody according to their mass to charge ratio. Signatope's technology combines XIM and mass spectrometry. Pötz explains how Signatope's unique method works using names as an example: "Let us assume that we want to identify the name Christoph and that we have an antibody that targets the fragment 'Chr'. It goes without saying that the antibody also targets names such as Christopher, Christiane and others that start with Chr. In a second step, a mass spectrometer will therefore have to be used to identify the name we are looking for, i.e. Christoph, based on its specific mass."
Rapid results for very little material thanks to antibodies and mass spectrometers
The technology is fast and versatile. The practical application concept convinced the jury of the BMBF's GO-Bio competition back in 2012. The German Federal Ministry of Research and Education granted the researchers financial support for a period of four years. Funding will end in 2017, but will have enabled the start-up company to optimise the technology for further applications whilst it is already active on the market. Signatope targets mainly big research-based pharmaceutical companies, but also small biotech companies and research groups. In short, the company targets all companies and institutions involved in the drug development process. For the time being, Signatope is mainly focused on biomarker proteins involved in the metabolism of drug candidates in the liver and kidneys.
"Enzymes of the cytochrome P450 complex, which are responsible for the biotransformation of drugs, and liver transport proteins are excellent examples of proteins whose expression is up- or downregulated when certain compounds are degraded. The analysis of these proteins is key to discovering interactions with new drug candidates. Our method enables these proteins to be rapidly quantified based on a relatively small amount of sample," says Pötz summarising the advantages of the method for potential clients. In the long term, Pötz and his colleagues also plan to offer biomarker assays that specifically detect potential damage to blood vessels and other organs.
The demand for non-invasive biomarker assays is huge and will continue to increase in the future, as Planatscher explains. "In the drug discovery area, traditional histopathological investigations will increasingly be replaced with biomarker assays. The fact that regulatory authorities are increasingly tending to recommend biomarkers for testing new drugs supports this assumption. It can also be assumed that such assays will become mandatory for drug discovery. Generally speaking, we believe that such assays have great future potential." The reduction of the number of histopathological tests will also contribute to reducing the number of animal experiments or help improve the data collected, which is another factor that favours biomarker assays in general and innovative Signatope assays in particular.
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EU referendum campaign intensifies this weekend as vote date nears
By Christian Nordqvist Published May 14, 2016 at 11:40 AM GMT
The EU referendum campaign intensifies this weekend as the vote date – 23rd June – gets nearer, with both sides trying to get the elusive undecided voters to come to their side. According to several polls, the country is just about equally split down the middle, but there are millions of voters out there who have yet to make up their minds.
The 23rd June referendum will ask Britons whether they want the UK to stay or leave the European Union (EU). As happens in most modern elections, the floating voters will determine the outcome.
The Conservative and Labour Party leaders – Prime Minister David Cameron and Jeremy Corbyn – will separately push for the Remain vote, as part of over one thousands events across the country, trying to persuade people to vote to stay within the EU.
For the next few weeks, the EU Referendum campaign will intensify further. The country is split down the middle, even households and political parties are divided. Best friends, family members and lawmakers will probably fall out as the debate becomes more heated.
Former Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, who leads the Leave campaign, will explain in a speech why voters should choose to leave the EU, while Grassroots Out are holding several events UK-wide.
One thousand events across UK today
The official Britain Stronger in Europe campaign said that just on Saturday there would be about one thousand events across the country.
In his Oxfordshire constituency of Witney, Mr. Cameron will unveil a poster reminding people about why they should not vote to leave. The poster depicts an envelope on a doormat with the words '£4,300 for every household', which is how much it would cost each household if the country left the EU.
Mr. Cameron said lawmakers everywhere were coming together to announce with 'one voice' that the UK should vote to Remain – adding that Britain's future in the EU was 'bigger than party politics'.
Mr. Cameron said:
"We'll see the effects of this referendum in our lives: the jobs we do, the opportunities our children have, the public services we rely on, the prices we pay and the bills that land on our doormats."
David Cameron and Boris Johnson. They went to the same school and university, and have been the best of friends most of their lives. They even belong to the same party. However, Mr. Cameron wants to Remain in the EU, while Mr. Johnson wants to Leave. Will the campaign cost them their friendship?
According to Vote Leave, the Prime Minister has not been entirely honest with voters. It claims that remaining in the EU costs each household £4,600 per year, because membership has a fee for which the UK must pay £50 million per day.
EU good for women – Harriet Harman
Labour Deputy Leader, Harriet Harman, gave a speech at Lloyds of London on Friday in which she argued that UK women are safer, stronger and better off thanks to EU membership. Leaving the EU, she warned, would put women's jobs and rights at risk.
Ms. Harman, a Labour MP for Camberwell and Peckham, used her speech to present a Britain is Stronger in Europe Report on the economic bloc, which she claims has advanced women's rights.
Ms. Harman argued that women's rights and job security are guaranteed because the UK is an EU member.
During her speech, Ms. Harman made the following comments:
"You work here in the financial services industry, an industry which is crucially important to the economy of this country and for the employment of women."
"Financial services generate over £126 billion for our economy every year and half a million women work in it. Not just here in London but in Leeds, Edinburgh, Bristol and throughout the country."
"It's easy to overlook, but it's impossible to overstate, how important the EU has been in our struggle for women's rights at work. Some of our rights came directly from the EU, some rights were enhanced because of the EU and our rights as women at work can't be taken away, as they are guaranteed by our membership of the EU."
Immigration out of control – Priti Patel
Employment Minister Priti Patel, who has been an MP for the Witham constituency in Essex since 2010, argues that immigration – the influx of people coming to live in the UK from abroad – is out of control. She adds that this growing problem can only be addressed if we leave the EU.
Ms. Patel argues that we need to leave the EU if we want to control the immigration situation, which she describes as currently 'out of control'.
Ms. Patel said:
"The scale and impact of immigration from Europe is even higher than previously admitted. It is out of control – and cannot be controlled as long as we stay in the EU."
Ms. Patel was responding to the publication of national insurance number registration statistics by the ONS (Office for National Statistics) that suggests that the number of immigrants entering the UK over the past few years has been greater than previously admitted.
Ms. Patel added:
"These figures – which had to be dragged out of the government – show the scale and impact of immigration from the EU is even higher than previously admitted. It is out of control – and cannot be controlled as long as we stay in the EU. This puts huge strains on the NHS, housing, schools and other public services."
"Short term migration is highly significant, and arguably most damaging in terms of wages and work conditions. The only way we can take back control, and deliver on our manifesto commitment to reduce migration is to Vote Leave on 23 June."
Vote Leave says families would prosper outside the EU
Vote Leave founder and Chief Executive, Matthew Elliot, former Chief Executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance and Big Brother Watch, said:
"David Cameron knows that not a single British family would lose that amount of money if we Vote Leave. In fact they would prosper as we spend our money on our priorities."
Mr. Elliot is also Founder and was the Chief Executive of Business for Britain.
Many Labour MPs, as well as much of the British press, wonder how pro-EU Jeremy Corbyn really is. He has a history of making anti-EU comments.
Major IMF warning about leaving EU
On Friday, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, warned that leaving the EU could precipitate a steep fall in house prices and a stock market crash. She added that the British economy would likely shrink for two consecutive quarters, i.e. it would slide into an economic recession.
Ms. Lagarde said:
"We have looked at all the scenarios. We have done our homework and we haven't found anything positive to say about a Brexit vote."
The IMF said investor mass panic would trigger serious shockwaves across the whole economy following a vote to leave, sending property prices and shares into a downward spiral.
An IMF report, which came as an injection of pure oxygen for the Remain campaign, said that even over the longer term, UK GDP (gross domestic product) growth would be undermined.
US President Barack Obama made it clear during his April visit to the UK that he would prefer to see a strong Britain within the EU. If the UK left the EU it would go to the 'back of the queue' for trade deals with the United States, he warned.
Vote Leave said IMF is consistently wrong
Vote Leave reacted to the IMF's warnings by claiming that the UK Government is planning to circumvent purdah rules by using the IMF, which the EU and UK Government fund. It added that the IMF has been wrong about its forecasts for the UK government 'consistently', and it is wrong now. It reminded voters that Chancellor George Osborne has castigated the IMF for its past errors.
According to Vote Leave, the IMF has recommended tax increases on items such as children's clothing and food if we vote to remain in the EU.
Priti Paterl MP is quoted in a Vote Leave press release as saying:
"The IMF warned Britain it was playing with fire when it set out a plan to deal with the deficit. Now our economy is stronger than nearly every other major economy. Today, the IMF is talking down Britain because we want to take back control from Brussels. They were wrong then and they are wrong now."
"The EU-funded IMF should not interfere in our democratic debate a week before polling day. It appears the Chancellor is cashing in favours to Ms. Lagarde in order to encourage the IMF to bully the British people – it is a sign of the desperation in the IN campaign."
How pro-Remain is Jeremy Corbyn?
Jeremy Corbyn will attack the Tory government in a rally in London, in an attempt to rally Labour support for a Remain vote. Mr. Corbyn is seen as the Labour Party's most Eurosceptic leader in a generation.
Many of Briatin's problems, Mr. Corbyn insists, lie with the Tory government and not the EU. He has been encouraged by several Labour MPs to take a more prominent role in the campaign. Earlier this week, his own MPs criticized him for deciding to take a one week holiday during the referendum campaign.
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Later, Alfredo di Lelio came to New York, opened another restaurant, and that is how American's came to call this dish Alfredo.
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Kogi High Court sitting in Lokoja has struck out for want of diligent prosecution, the case of alleged assassination attempt on Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West Senatorial District.
The trial judge, Justice Fola Ajayi who struck out the case on Tuesday in Lokoja said his decision was premised on the fact that the prosecution had failed to open its case in spite of four adjournments.
Ajayi said that the failure of the prosecution left him no choice but to strike out the case in the circumstance, however gave a consequential order that the prosecution could start their case afresh whenever they were ready.
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The legal icon said that the prosecution had presented same excuse on four previous adjournents and granted them and 45-minute stand down to enable the prosecution get the case file but failed.
Recalled that the defendants, Alhaji Taofiq Isa, Kogi chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) and Ade Obege, Abdullahi Isah, Michael Bamidele and Ahmed Ajayi were standing trial for alleged conspiracy to murder the Senator.
They were said to have while acting in concert and armed with guns invaded the resident of the Senator on April 14, 2017 and fired guns severally at the house and rooms while Melaye, his family and security aides were in the house.
The defendants In the case No. HCL/58c/2017 between the Inspector General of Police and Alhaji Taofiq Isah and four others were arraigned on a five count charge of conspiracy to commit culpable homicide punishable with death.
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The prosecution alleged that Isah authorised, during the attack, the use of the ambulance of General Hospital, Iyara, for the operation to kill Melaye and his household.
Other offences include causing wrongful damage to the properties contrary to section 326 and punishable under section 327 of the penal code as well as possession of firearms without licence contrary to section 27(1)(a) of the Fire Arms Act CAP F28 LFN 2004.


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I'm on the $10 data add-on and now the mandatory $3 rate plan. I guess that doesn't count.
I suppose I can top up with $25 every two months, since my costs are now $26 or more.
Here is the first half of the email. I think they are tricking me into getting the $10 rate plan, which you can't switch back.
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Customers with a 30-day rate plan do not need to top up to keep their remaining account balance from expiring. As long as you have a rate plan that is set up to automatically renew from your account, your remaining balance will not expire.
There were a number of folks on the old pre-pay plans which were pay-by-text and pay-by-minute. To keep their plans active they would buy a monthly, or bi-monthly top up. Due to lack of use, as many of these were 'emergency phones' or similar low use phones, the balance would creep up. These unused balances are a liability to Telus, so they put a policy in place to address this.
If you have a 30 day plan, and are reducing your balance regularly, you should not have any worries. And yes, you could top up with a $25 top-up every two months, plus a $10 every 10 months, if you wish.


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All violators will be prosecuted. Be safe and responsible while using your facilities, parks, open spaces, and trails!
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The BTBA are delighted to announce the appointment of Steve Allen as the new Youth Team England Manager.
Steve has outlined his priorities as part of Youth Team England:
"It is a huge honour and a privilege that I have been offered the position of Youth Team England Manager. It has always been an ambition of mine to work with Team England after all my recent dedicated years being part of the NAYBC Committee as Tournament Director.
I want to create a more positive outlook and to provide constructive feedback with any negativity especially around Social Media. I will work with all the parents and bowlers throughout Youth bowling to build up a positive relationship within the bowling community and Team England. Bringing back the identity of Youth bowling at Team England level is a huge step in the right direction having a team of people dedicated 365 days a year to this age group.
I feel this role is a perfect fit for me working with the Youth section on the Team England Committee as I have devoted all my time and efforts over the years to this age category. I look forward to being part of a new team and helping drive the sport in England forward at International level.
Our sports future are the Youth bowlers of today. The development of these bowlers will be the future success of Team England."
Steve can be reached on steveallen@btba.org.uk
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Der Feigenkaktus () ist ein Roman der palästinensischen Schriftstellerin Sahar Khalifeh. Die arabische Ausgabe erschien 1976.

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Das Buch spielt in den Jahren nach dem Sechstagekrieg im von Israel besetzten Westjordanland. Der junge Palästinenser Usama kehrt nach einem jahrelangen Aufenthalt in den Golfstaaten zu seiner Familie, den al-Karmi,  nach Nablus zurück. Schon beim Grenzübertritt wird ihm schmerzlich bewusst, dass dies nicht mehr das Land ist, das er sich in seinen  Träumen und Kindheitserinnerungen vorgestellt hat. Seine Mutter vertraut auf die Lösung der Probleme durch Gott und will von Widerstand nichts wissen. Sein Onkel, der Patriarch der Familie und einer der Notabeln des Orts, ist krank. Er hat seine Orangenplantagen wegen Arbeitskräftemangels verloren, träumt aber von vergangener arabischer Größe und hält  Pressekonferenzen ab, auf denen er politische Erklärungen verliest. Er hat drei Kinder: Sein Sohn Adel arbeitet heimlich in Israel und ermöglicht der Familie damit das Überleben. Seine Tochter Nuwar ist in einen gefangenen Kämpfer verliebt, ihr Vater will sie aber mit einem jungen Arzt verheiraten. Sein zweiter Sohn Basil, der zeitweise inhaftiert wird, macht Nuwars Liebe öffentlich, um ihre Verheiratung zu verhindern. Usama hat den militärischen Auftrag erhalten, Busse mit Arbeitern, die aus den besetzten Gebieten nach Israel fahren, anzugreifen. Er kommt bei der Erfüllung des Auftrags ums Leben. Schließlich entdeckt das israelische Militär ein Waffenlager im Keller der al-Karmis und sprengt ihr Haus in die Luft.

Der  1980 erschienene Roman Die Sonnenblume setzt die Handlung des Buches fort; Adel, der Vetter Usamas, ist eine der handelnden Personen.

Stil und Rezeption
Rezensenten beschrieben Khalifehs Stil als knapp, hektisch und temporeich. Fast alle Kapitel sind kurz und durch schnelle Abfolge von Bildern, Gefühlen und Handlungen gekennzeichnet. Selbst lyrische Passagen erlauben kein längeres Verweilen, nur wenige ausführliche innere Monologe unterbrechen die Rastlosigkeit. Khalifeh macht intensiv von der arabischen Diglossie Gebrauch, mit der sie soziale Unterschiede und unterschiedliche Kommunikationsebenen verdeutlicht. Die Schriftsprache wird zur Erzählung und intellektuellen Kommunikation eingesetzt, die Umgangssprache dient, oft abgestuft, der Umgangskommunikation. So gelingt es der Autorin, Koranzitate und deftige Gossensprache, gelehrte Diskussionen und Volksweisheiten, aufeinanderprallen zu lassen. Ihre Verwendung von Flüchen und Kraftausdrücken wurde aber auch kritisiert.

Der arabische Titel des Buchs, aṣ-ṣabbār, bedeutet "Feigenkaktus", das homonyme Wort ṣabbār bedeutet "geduldig wie ein Engel". Im Fortsetzungsroman Die Sonnenblume wird ein Gedicht der palästinensischen Autorin Fadwa Tuqan zitiert, in dem es heißt: Sie wuchsen im verlassenen Walde der Nacht auf, im Schatten des bitteren Feigenkaktus. Das 1976 erschienene Buch brachte Khalifeh den Durchbruch und machte sie international bekannt. Deutsche Ausgaben erschienen 1983, 1990 und 2002.

Das Buch wurde auch ins Hebräische übersetzt, in den Palästinensergebieten war zunächst nur die hebräische Übersetzung erlaubt, das arabische Original war verboten.

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 "Der Feigenkaktus" in der Bibliographie beim Unionsverlag, deutsche Ausgaben

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DOE Data Explorer Dataset: Materials Data on Ca2Al3Si3O13 by Materials Project
Title: Materials Data on Ca2Al3Si3O13 by Materials Project
Ca2Al3Si3O13 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pnma space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Ca sites. In the first Ca site, Ca is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O atoms. There are a spread of Ca–O bond distances ranging from 2.35–2.67 Å. In the second Ca site, Ca is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to eight O atoms. There are a spread of Ca–O bond distances ranging from 2.23–2.75 Å. There are two inequivalent Al sites. In the first Al site, Al is bonded to six O atoms to form AlO6 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one AlO4 tetrahedra, corners with four SiO4 tetrahedra, and edges with two equivalent AlO6 octahedra. There are a spread of Al–O bond distances ranging from 1.86–2.05 Å. In the second Al site, Al is bonded to four O atoms to form AlO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent AlO6 octahedra and corners with three SiO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 57°. There are a spread of Al–O bond distances ranging from 1.75–1.83 Å. There are three inequivalent Si sites. In the first Si site, Si is bonded to four O atoms to form SiO4 tetrahedra thatmore » share corners with two equivalent AlO6 octahedra, a cornercorner with one AlO4 tetrahedra, and a cornercorner with one SiO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 53°. There are a spread of Si–O bond distances ranging from 1.61–1.65 Å. In the second Si site, Si is bonded to four O atoms to form SiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent AlO6 octahedra and a cornercorner with one SiO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 52°. There are a spread of Si–O bond distances ranging from 1.60–1.65 Å. In the third Si site, Si is bonded to four O atoms to form SiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with four equivalent AlO6 octahedra and corners with two equivalent AlO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 47–48°. There is one shorter (1.65 Å) and three longer (1.66 Å) Si–O bond length. There are ten inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Ca, one Al, and one Si atom. In the second O site, O is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Ca, two equivalent Al, and one Si atom. In the third O site, O is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two Ca and one Si atom. In the fourth O site, O is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ca, one Al, and one Si atom. In the fifth O site, O is bonded in a linear geometry to one Al and one Si atom. In the sixth O site, O is bonded in a bent 150 degrees geometry to two Si atoms. In the seventh O site, O is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Ca, two equivalent Al, and one Si atom. In the eighth O site, O is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two Ca, one Al, and one Si atom. In the ninth O site, O is bonded in a distorted water-like geometry to one Ca and two equivalent Al atoms. In the tenth O site, O is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to three Al atoms.« less
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crystal structure; Ca2Al3Si3O13; Al-Ca-O-Si
The Materials Project. Materials Data on Ca2Al3Si3O13 by Materials Project. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.17188/1663654.
The Materials Project. Materials Data on Ca2Al3Si3O13 by Materials Project. United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.17188/1663654
The Materials Project. 2020. "Materials Data on Ca2Al3Si3O13 by Materials Project". United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.17188/1663654. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1663654. Pub date:Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 EDT 2020
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abstractNote = {Ca2Al3Si3O13 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pnma space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Ca sites. In the first Ca site, Ca is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O atoms. There are a spread of Ca–O bond distances ranging from 2.35–2.67 Å. In the second Ca site, Ca is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to eight O atoms. There are a spread of Ca–O bond distances ranging from 2.23–2.75 Å. There are two inequivalent Al sites. In the first Al site, Al is bonded to six O atoms to form AlO6 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one AlO4 tetrahedra, corners with four SiO4 tetrahedra, and edges with two equivalent AlO6 octahedra. There are a spread of Al–O bond distances ranging from 1.86–2.05 Å. In the second Al site, Al is bonded to four O atoms to form AlO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent AlO6 octahedra and corners with three SiO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 57°. There are a spread of Al–O bond distances ranging from 1.75–1.83 Å. There are three inequivalent Si sites. In the first Si site, Si is bonded to four O atoms to form SiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent AlO6 octahedra, a cornercorner with one AlO4 tetrahedra, and a cornercorner with one SiO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 53°. There are a spread of Si–O bond distances ranging from 1.61–1.65 Å. In the second Si site, Si is bonded to four O atoms to form SiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent AlO6 octahedra and a cornercorner with one SiO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 52°. There are a spread of Si–O bond distances ranging from 1.60–1.65 Å. In the third Si site, Si is bonded to four O atoms to form SiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with four equivalent AlO6 octahedra and corners with two equivalent AlO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 47–48°. There is one shorter (1.65 Å) and three longer (1.66 Å) Si–O bond length. There are ten inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Ca, one Al, and one Si atom. In the second O site, O is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Ca, two equivalent Al, and one Si atom. In the third O site, O is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two Ca and one Si atom. In the fourth O site, O is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ca, one Al, and one Si atom. In the fifth O site, O is bonded in a linear geometry to one Al and one Si atom. In the sixth O site, O is bonded in a bent 150 degrees geometry to two Si atoms. In the seventh O site, O is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Ca, two equivalent Al, and one Si atom. In the eighth O site, O is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two Ca, one Al, and one Si atom. In the ninth O site, O is bonded in a distorted water-like geometry to one Ca and two equivalent Al atoms. In the tenth O site, O is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to three Al atoms.},


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la Prača, une rivière, affluent gauche de la Drina ;
Prača, un village situé sur le territoire de la Ville d'Istočno Sarajevo, dans la municipalité de Pale et dans la République serbe de Bosnie ;
Prača, un village situé dans la municipalité de Pale-Prača, dans le canton du Podrinje bosnien et dans la Fédération de Bosnie-et-Herzégovine ;

 Praca, un village dans la voïvodie de Łódź

Prača, un village situé dans la municipalité de Dimitrovgrad, district de Pirot.


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Little more than a month into the new season, Hawkes Racing has brought up its 12th three-year-old win with Swear taking out the Ming Dynasty Quality at Randwick.
Co-trainer Michael Hawkes said the colt was an example of the team's patience with last season's juveniles which was now paying off.
Swear made a winning debut in April after which he was given a rest to prepare for his three-year-old year.
Punters jumped on the Hawkes wagon, backing the colt from $5 to $3.80 in Saturday's Group Three race over 1400m.
He travelled on the pace, and although not really comfortable on the heavy ground, Swear held off High Mist ($5) by a half length.
Skylight Glow ($7.50) held on for third another short half head away after leading for most of the race.
"A lot of these horses have just needed time and it's about quality over quantity for us," Hawkes said.
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Sutton Valence in Kent
(seized from Simon de Montfort)
Sutton Valence in Kent lies on the old A274 Tenterden to Maidstone road, between Headcorn and Maidstone . The village lies on the top of the hills overlooking the flat lands towards Staplehurst and Headcorn .
The earliest remains found in the village are a Roman road, possibly the one running to Beauport near Battle . Roman cemetery has also been found nearby, which could mean this was a staging post lying on the edge of the forest of Anderida.
Local legend believes that on the playing field which is known as bloody mountain was a Saxon Battle field, but no concrete evidence has been found .
The village is recorded in the Domesday Book , before 1066 it was owned by Leofwine Godwin (Half brother of King Harold), and after the conquest was granted to Odo bishop of Bayeux .
The village consisted of a large meadow and mill and a wood which supported 50 swine.
During the reign of King Henry III in 1254 the village was granted the right to hold a three-day market, which became one of the county's largest cattle markets carrying on till the 1800's.
Originally known as Sutton , then Town Sutton , in 1265 the land and the small castle was seized from Simon de Montfort after his defeat at Evesham and given to William de Valence (The ruins of the castle are now looked after by English Heritage). Because of William's patronage the name was changed to Sutton Valence possibly via Sutton de Valence .
The village was involved in the Broadcloth industry , which was introduced into Kent by Edward III in 1331 . He made illegal the export of unwashed wool from England and encouraged weavers from Flanders to settle in the area. In 1531 William Lambe became master of the Clothworkers Company in London, and became an advisor to Henry VII , the church received his patronage, and a chapel dedicated to him was created. In 1576 he founded the Sutton Valence free Grammar School which has grown from its original 20 boys to about 400 boys and girls.
The centre of Sutton Valence in Kent is a very pretty place, but the roads are narrow, and care must be taken both in the village and turning across the main road, as the junction is on a corner.
The views from much of the village and church are stunning, and on a clear day hills as far south as Brightling in Sussex can be seen.
The main A274 passes through a corner of the village, which leaves the village centre untouched, although the church is on the opposite side of this busy route.
There are a few local shops and public houses, but the main shopping centre is in Maidstone , about 3 miles north.
The nearest train service runs into Maidstone , providing links to London and the Kent coast, however the easiest to get to is Headcorn, which gives an excellent service to London and Dover.
Sutton Valence is shown as the red symbol on the map.
Boughton Monchelsea
(Miraculous vision) 3.07 miles
(Soldiers and Duels) 4.59 miles
Headcorn
(King Johns Oak) 3.23 miles
(Cavalier loses House) 3.75 miles
(Broadcloth and Agriculture) 5.32 miles
Staplehurst
(Charles Dickens train crash) 3.97 miles


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El Salvador competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, from 15 September to 1 October 2000. This was the nation's seventh appearance at the Olympics.

Comité Olímpico de El Salvador sent a total of 8 athletes to the Games, 4 men and 4 women, to compete in 7 sports. Weightlifter Eva Dimas was chosen to carry her nation's flag during the opening ceremony.

Competitors
Comité Olímpico de El Salvador selected a team of 8 athletes, 4 men and 4 women, to compete in 7 sports. Cyclist Maureen Kaila, at age 35, was the oldest athlete of the team, while pistol shooter Luisa Maida was the youngest at age 20.

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games.

Archery

Men
In El Salvadors's debut archery competition, the nation entered only one man. He lost his first match.

Athletics

Men
Track & road events

Women
Track & road events

Cycling

Track

Women

Judo

Men

Shooting

Women

Swimming

Men

Weightlifting

Women

See also
El Salvador at the 1999 Pan American Games

References
General
Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. .
International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
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Nations at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000
2000 in Salvadoran sport


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It's a year and a half before the European elections of May 2019, which will be the voters' first turn to give a verdict on the Macron presidency at the ballot box, but already the parties are maneuvering for the occasion. Today comes the news that Benoît Hamon, late of the Socialist Party and now the leader of a barely audible movement known as Génération.s, has forged an alliance with Yanis Varoufakis, the flamboyant ex-finance minister of Greece and leader of another barely audible movment, this one transnational, known as DiEm, for Democracy in Europe Movement.
The image that first came to mind when I heard this news was of Renoir's film, Boudu sauvé des eaux, in which the clochard Boudu is rescued from the Seine after a suicide attempt. His rescuer is an amiable bookseller, who will in due course discover reasons to regret his good Samaritanism. The analogy doesn't really work, because in this case Hamon, the drowning man, is perhaps a more amiable personality than his rescuer, who in any case is also drowning.
Still, one has to wish their two floundering movements well. There is a crying need for a calm and rational voice on the left between the hectoring Mélenchon and the all-conquering République en Marche, which often seems in danger of forgetting that it was supposed to be et de droite et de gauche. The Génération.s-DiEM alliance may find it difficult to establish a foothold in the increasingly fragmented French political landscape, but it might just be capable of articulating a few good ideas.
Well, I *like* Hamon, and I suppose that he represents the sort of left that I should support- not a Blair/Macron type convert to free markets, nor a Trot anachronism. I don't like Varoufakis, but I suppose that the is the most conspicuous symbol of the correct left-wing position on Europe: stridently opposed to Eurozone enforced austerity, nevertheless pro European integration.
I fear that Varoufakis unpopularity and his disastrous tenure in office also make him a symbol of why this sort of politics no longer works in the EU. The Euro has broken the traditional European center-left beyond repair.
Art, I'd be very interested to hear more on your view of Varoufakis. I know many people find him insufferably arrogant, but I was impressed by his book on the Greek crisis and think it's remarkable that he's actually trying to do something to bring about change in the Europe that he describes there, rather than withdrawing into cynicism. The substantial document that constitutes the DiEm manifesto (i.e. the long version) could be something that deserves Tocqueville's attention?


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Runcorn Bridge may refer to several bridges over the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal in England:

 Mersey Gateway, a road bridge opened in 2017
 Runcorn Railway Bridge, a rail bridge opened in 1868
 Silver Jubilee Bridge or Runcorn–Widnes Bridge, a road bridge opened in 1961
 Widnes-Runcorn Transporter Bridge, opened in 1905 and demolished in 1961


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An interesting Los Angeles workplace discrimination case that Vincent Howard has been watching, has recently dominated the Los Angeles, California employment law headlines--after a prominent African-American surgeon filed a lawsuit against the UC Board of Regents in April, alleging that UCLA failed to stop harassment, discrimination, and retaliation based on race during his employment with the university.
Dr. Christian Head, an African-American head and neck surgeon at UCLA Medical Center, reportedly filed the complaint, claiming that UCLA failed to address the racial slights against him during his career, hoping that the lawsuit will put an end to the hostile work environment that he clams he endured while working as a UCLA surgeon and faculty member.
Head has also posted a six-minute video on YouTube, discussing the alleged harassment, discrimination, and retaliation, accusing the university of turning a blind eye to workplace racism. In the video, Head discusses an annual resident graduation event from 2006, where his head was photoshopped onto the image of a gorilla on all fours, and his boss' head was photoshopped onto a naked white man who was sodomizing the gorilla from behind, smiling.
After allegedly reporting the demeaning depiction, Head claims that the request for responsible action to be taken was dismissed, and he claims he was told to focus on tenure and not draw attention to the issue. Head claims that instead, after he received tenure, the alleged racial harassment and discrimination grew with each complaint, resulting in retaliation that included pay cuts and the denial of other employment opportunities.
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Soledad uncensored: Racism and the hyper-policing of Black bodies, Part 2
The Bay View is serializing the introduction to "Annotated Tears, Vol. 2," by Talib Williams, who is currently incarcerated in Soledad, California, and has written the history of that storied place. In the spirit of Sankofa, we learn the past to build the future. Part 2 begins with the continuation of a letter written by George Jackson to his lawyer, Kay Stender, from his book, "Soledad Brother."
'Soledad Brother' John Clutchette granted parole – will California Gov. Jerry...
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Ruchell Cinque Magee, sole survivor of the Aug. 7, 1970, Courthouse...
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I have read your publication periodically over the years, and after some discussion with fellow prisoners, it was suggested I seek your assistance with getting the message out there that I need help! The enclosed documents tell a lot of the story of what I've been up against for years. Most of my support system has died – mother, wife, daughter and sister. The Brother Keith Wattley took my case and fought it to a short lived victory.
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Beverly Henry died. I just got the email today. The state of California owes women prisoners their lives back – imagine going into prison healthy and leaving with a terminal illness. This is the case for many of the women there. Beverly Henry told me to tell her story and I plan to begin right now. A warrior to the end, it was her voice that told women to stand up for their rights even perhaps especially behind bars.
The revision and origin of Black August
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Soledad Brother: Memories of Comrade George
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Boston Public Library Hosts Children's Storytime With Drag Queens
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Tim Brown / July 5, 2017
In continuing the push for the perverse in our society as some sort of "right" and "normalcy," The Boston Public Library recently decided to invite two drag queens to host their children's storytime.
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In honor of homosexuals' June "Pride Month," (Bill Clinton was the first US president to honor June as "Pride Month") the library allowed the "Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence," which are men dressed in drag, to mock Catholic nuns for "Drag Queen Storytime."
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence is also a non-profit group out of San Francisco. What in the world are they doing with a non-profit status?
The Boston Public Library posted on their Facebook page, "We're closing out #PrideMonth today at the Boston Public Library with a Drag Queen Story Time at the Children's Library, Boston Public Library, featuring The Boston Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence!"
We're closing out #PrideMonth today at the Boston Public Library with a Drag Queen Story Time at the Children's Library, Boston Public Library, featuring The Boston Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence!
Posted by Boston Public Library on Thursday, June 29, 2017
How is this not a form of adding to the delinquency of a child and furthermore, a form of child abuse to put such degenerates before young impressionable minds?
Mark Hodges wrote:
Believing that guilt "chains the human spirit," the group advocates that every person do whatever their passions dictate. It uses Christian terms and contorts them to mock the sacraments and church life in general, such as "Sister Inferior" and "Sister Hysterectoria."
The men call themselves "queer nuns," even though the anti-Catholic group is openly devoted to promiscuity. Their slogan is a ridicule of Jesus' words to the woman caught in sexual sin. Instead of "Go, and sin no more," the men "queers" have created their trademark slogan as, "Go forth and sin some more!"
ChurchPop summarizes the focus, goal, and purpose of the male queers as "essentially an inverted mockery of Catholic religious life for the purpose of promoting sexual perversion."
The Boston Public Library not only championed the queer group, but promoted their brand of anti-Christian bigotry to the youngest of impressionable children. The Boston Children's Library promoted the self-described queers' visit on Facebook as well, posting, "Let's end Pride Month with a drag –Drag Queen Storytime, that is! Join us on Thursday, June 29th at 3:30 for another visit from the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence."
Reaction on Facebook was not positive. The group defends its brand of blasphemy as "irreverent wit," but faithful Catholics consider it blatant "hate speech."
After the posting on June 29th on Facebook, the reaction was mixed. Almost 700 comments were made with 813 shares and nearly 2,000 reactions.
Melanie Vargas wrtoe, "How stupid. What kind of parent would even take their kids?"
Robert Manor commented, "I couldn't imagine going to this as a kid I would of definitely felt awkward in that room."
Tom Richards had a very good insight to children being in attendance at this perversion. "It was an event at the public library," he wrote. "Do you think these kids wandered there on their own? Probably not, their parents took them. So all these comments are judging the parenting skills of some Bostonians. Isn't it evident by the mere presence of Red Sox fan base that parenting skills in the greater New England region are suspect?"
Chris Keating echoed Richards sentiments.
"I mean, parents have a choice of whether or not they bring their kids to it so… ♂," he wrote. "Sounds like people have a problem with the parents more than anything."
I assume it wouldn't still be a thing if there weren't enough interested people.
"STOP. THIS. NOW," demanded Beth Neverdhimmi.
Nicholas Mancino added, "Progressive left lost everything this year. Including their minds."
"I can't help but wonder what book they were reading to the kids…," Debbie Vallo responded.
Then there was this reaction…
Some saw it as an opportunity to see if the library would have a Christians charity or church come and read a story to the children.
"Would y'all be willing have a local Christian charity or church come read a story? #diversity," wrote Christian Raymond.
Then there were the supporters of this madness.
"The hate in these comments just shows how far American bigots have to go," commented Adam Henry.
William Stone added, " <3 <3 <3 Love the sisters!"
"If you need a quick reference list for all the half brained bigots, cone to the comments section," wrote Allex Illion, a woman with some sort of jewel on her forehead, multiple piercings in her nose, and self-proclaimed "former sales rep." "Clearly, all leaders and innovators in STEM and other high IQ fields, no doubt. I am really struggling to see where the ignorance ends and the humor begins. God, I've never been so disappointed in my family state. I guess if you don't have logic, you have most of Boston. The rest are actual academics."
Princeton Professor of Jurisprudence Robert P. George blasted the sodomites and the Boston Public Library for promoting the hatred of Catholics to the 2-10 year old who were present.
"Is there an honorable liberal anywhere in this country who will speak out against the #antiCatholic bigotry on display here?" George asked. "Imagine the chorus of outrage from liberals … were it #Islam and its teachings, symbols, and practices being mocked."
He added that the group was "one way the sex lib lobby and movement reveal that what they're really all about is not 'equality,' but self-indulgence –hedonism."
According to Life Site News, the "Sisters" "have made a regular practice of creating disorder at Christian services. In 1982, they disrupted an interfaith prayer service at St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco. On Easter Sunday, the anti-Christian group has blocked off Castro Street for wild parties, complete with 'Hunky Jesus' competitions."
"In 1995, the 'Sisters' initiated the first group tour to 13 gay bars in order to ridicule the Stations of the Cross," Life Site added. "At each bar, men dressed as the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene and other biblical women shout their adoration. At the end of the tour, they commune on vanilla wafers and Jägermeister."
Jesus warned such people about causing little ones to stumble.
"Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened round his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe to the world for temptations to sin! For it is necessary that temptations come, but woe to the man by whom the temptation comes! -Matthew 18:6-7
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Есау́ловка — станция (населённый пункт) в Архаринском районе Амурской области, входит в Ядринский сельсовет.

География
Станция Есауловка стоит вблизи правого берега реки Хинган, недалеко от административной границы между Амурской и Еврейской автономной областью.

Рядом со станцией Есауловка проходит автотрасса «Амур».

Расстояние до районного центра Архара (на запад по автотрассе «Амур») — около 85 км.

Дорога к административному центру Ядринского сельсовета селу Ядрино идёт через территорию Облученского района Еврейской автономной области, на север от автотрассы «Амур», по мосту на правый берег реки Хинган. Расстояние до Ядрино — около 15 км.

История
Основана в 1908 г.

Топонимика: название дано по чину казачьего отряда — есаула.

Население

Инфраструктура
Станция Есауловка Дальневосточной железной дороги.

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 Архаринский район

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Customs busts car used as parallel-trading goods collection point
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The Macao Customs Service said in a statement last night that its officers caught two local parallel traders earlier this week who were using a car parked in a public car park as a goods collection point with the intention of smuggling goods to Zhuhai on foot.
According to the statement, the Macao Customs Service had recently received a report from a resident who said that a number of people were engaging in parallel-trading activities in a public car park in the peninsula's northern district.
According to the statement, customs officers discovered that the two parallel traders drove a car loaded with goods into the car park from where they picked up a small quantity of goods each time and carried them to Zhuhai via the Barrier Gate border checkpoint in order to evade the two cities' customs checks. In Chinese smuggling jargon, this kind of activity is known as "ants moving home" tactics. Parallel traders are known as "water goods travellers" in the jargon.
The statement said that on Tuesday customs officers who put the car park under surveillance saw the two parallel traders picking up some goods from a car. The officers informed their colleagues at the Barrier Gate checkpoint to check the duo once they appeared there. Soon afterwards, customs officers at the checkpoint found six video game consoles and 26 video game discs, worth a total of MOP 25,000, in the duo's luggage when they were leaving Macau.
The duo, a couple aged 59 and 57, failed to present any valid declaration documents for the export of the goods. They admitted to engaging in parallel-trading activities, in which they delivered goods by car to the car park and used the car as a "mobile goods collection point", from which they picked up a small quantity of goods each time and carried them to Zhuhai, according to the statement.
The statement did not identify the car park.
The statement said that it was the first time that local customs officers have busted parallel traders collecting goods from a car "used as a mobile parallel-trading goods collection point".
The statement said that with constantly changing modes of parallel-trading activities, the Customs Service will adjust its tactics to combat and investigate the activities from time to time. The statement also said that the customs rely on information provided by residents to help towards their success in combating parallel-trading activities.
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Classic Captions – The 2004 Honda Civic Coupe Edition
Jim Brennan
Welcome to the Hooniverse Classic Captions Post. This is a series of postings that are set to go off around this time almost every Tuesday, so let's review the premise; I search for images that were used by the car companies in their print advertising or brochures, and it is your job to provide a humorous, snarky, or thought provoking caption that is some how tied in with the image. This image is only about a decade old, so let's see you try and come up with a clever caption for this week.
Last week, we had an image of a Movie Star standing with an ordinary Dodge, and you guys tied in the image to the movie "My Fair Lady" very well. Kudos to you all.
One of the best tie-ins was from our own Tanshanomi (Yes, again) when he used one of the title songs from the movie, which had a chorus like this:"The Rain in Spain stays mainly in the Plain". His delightful caption drew inspiration from the song, and for the rust issues experienced by the early Aspens: "The crust of rust stays mainly…oh, hell, it goes everywhere″. Oh so close Tanshanomi…
However it was the Photoshop skills of Irishzombieman that was the winner this time. The original posting used the image from the print ad with the word "Unbelievable". The image was changed by simply inserting the word "Unreliable"… See the image on the left. Congratulations Irishzombieman!
It's now time to take a look at this weeks illustration. This is an advertising image for the 2004 Honda Civic Coupe. The group of guys that are standing around the car is the band "Dashboard Confessional", and Honda sponsored their tour for that year. Does anyone know what this band is currently doing? I can only remember their song "Vindicated" that was featured in the closing credits from the movie "Spider-Man 2", and, well, that's about it. I suppose this was a great tie-in for Honda at the time, but looking back at it, I'm not so sure. Here is your chance to try and tie in any of the band's song-titles to this image. It's not as easy as any of the other Classic Captions in the past, so dazzle me with all the brilliance that I know our fans truly have. (You can click here to see the full size image)
You have the next five days to come up with a great caption. The editors will deliberate entries, and after listening to "Dusk and Summer" at least twelve more times we will pronounce a winner. So, get to work and create you're own caption for this thought provoking image.
Photo Credit: Alden Jewels Flickr Photostream
51 responses to "Classic Captions – The 2004 Honda Civic Coupe Edition"
Keith Moon may have crashed a Rolls Royce into a swimming pool, but we parked a Civic near some carpet.
Three years after their fame peaked, The Icy Hot Stuntaz still weren't very cool.
FunWithBuns
I don't know man, all of them have shirts on (and not a single wife-beater!).
"Our Civic makes us feel like the Belle of the Boulevard!"
lilwillie
We've tested twelve different sticker packages for your Honda, find out which is Hands Down the one to add the most horsepower in this weeks episode of "VTEC KICKED IN YO!"
$kaycog
Yay, Irishzombieman! The best caption last week, for sure. Here's a Dodge for you.
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You know, if you would have picked a Mustang or Camaro there would have been a great grabber/hugger orange joke in there. What kind of world play do I have with "Hemi Orange"?
Maybe I'm just not creative enough.
I'm sure you can think of something clever. ;D
Irishzombieman
Woo hoo! Gracias!
<img src="http://craftcans.com/cards/big_cards/aspenipa.jpg"> Hey, somebody named IZM deserves a drink! If this is the brew I think it was, I've had it, and it was fine.
Mmmm. Looks tasty.
We're here "For You To Notice" the Honda Civic. It is 'Hands Down" our favorite car.
I think the most telling indication of this band's legacy is the lack of votes for captions which reference their actual songs.
You're definitely right about that.
dwbf11
I prefer my Civics in Blue and Yellow.
Although as a Toyota man, I'd really be Screaming Infidelities if I had to drive a Civic anyways.
ptschett
I'd rather reference Dashboard Confessional's 'grandparent' band, Strongarm. When Strongarm broke up their guitarists, bassist & drummer formed Further Seems Forever with Chris Carrabba, who then went on to start Dashboard Confessional.
Strongarm is still one of my favorite ways to get my occasional metalcore fix…
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There is a vehicle that says "I rock", and says it almost as loud as your shows. Any stickers just put a finer point on it. It doesn't have the standard wheels, it's painted several different colors, it's reliable, it's inexpensive.
It's a fifteen passenger van with a bunch of junkyard body panels.
fodder650
Which is more fake in this picture. The horsepower the stickers are adding or the tattoo sleeves?
Number_Six
Christian rockers Matthew, Mark, Luke, and Goran had very little success in the street-racing world with their dove-themed, mostly-stock Civic coupe. Removing the nitrous because "David didn't use a MAC-10 to bring down Goliath" was just one of their many errors in judgement that year.
It's a little known fact that Dashboard Confessional started in the back room of a Pep Boys.
Dodge unsuccessfully tried to sponsor this tour, knowing that the band's emo fans would appreciate how the mould release lines on the interior panels would cut their arms.
HA HA HA HA HA!
"So any wagers on who is going to be most embarrassed by this photo in 9 years?"
Damnit, we should have been a country band. Montgomery Gentry got Jim Beam as a tour sponsor. We're stuck with the Honda Douche-mobile!
onrails
To steal a line from one of my favorite comedians (Dana Gould)…
The 2004 Honda Civic – "I thought you had to actually ACHIEVE grace before you could fall from it."
racer139
The civic after all these years is instantly recognisable…. these guys not so much.
their fame must have been really minor cause at first glance I didnt remember them at all.
Thought it was Good Charlotte for a second but I believe theirs was more recent.
Pretty good marketing really!
Target29
This reminds me of Offsprings "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)"; just replace Pinto in the lyrics with Civic.
Alcology
10 years too late.
"This Honda will be going strong in 20 years. We won't."
C³-Cool Cadillac Cat
We have something in common with this Civic, but we were Minute Rice.
The cut-price alternative to a Mitsubishi Evo; introducing the Honda Emo!
The boys thought their Civic duty was to upgrade the Judge's Honda. Instead they found out that there Instincts were wrong and were going to be put into a Pilot program for graffiti. The Judge said that although they may have thought they'd be Legends in their own time they were going to Inspire anyone. Instead they would be placed in a Shuttle heading to jail.
JayP2112
I'd have to call this the Magic Bus.
Why Magic Bus?
Because WHO are these guys? Never heard of them.
Peter Tanshanomi
I got a rad Civic. I got rad bros. I don't need no chick draped over my finder.
Wait, that didn't come out right.
Actually, it did, but you'll never know that.
muthalovin
Just like Dashboard Confessional, the Honda Civic was once a one time wonder. Remember that time?
Much like the world of our teenage screamo music, the inside of a Honda Civic is a depressing place to be. Notice how they photographed us outside of the car.
Van_Sarockin
Posers is as posers do. And you, my friends, are no Posies.
TurboBrick
Dashboard Confessional Steve Jobs Fan Club of America presents the 2004 Honda Civic
RichardKopf
Someone told us that mimicking Nickelback was a good idea.
In a departure from the conventional "If You Can't Leave It Be, Might as Well Make It Bleed" school of Civic modification, Dashboard Confessional's car was relatively tasteful, functional and unmolested.
HycoSpeed
"In 10 years we'll still be living at our mom's house."
pwned88
The Honda FireDove. "Suck it GM"
http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3somoo/
<img src="http://i.qkme.me/3somoo.jpg"> Okay, that deserves a courtesy embed.
Thank you sir. The damn meme generator wouldn't co-operate.
EnsignSlow
You may regret it if you Don't Wait, because the next generation Civic is Hands Down a better car, but Tonight I'll Take What I Can Get, because there's Reason to Believe that Honda's reputation will suffer Slow Decay afterwards.
BobWellington
Guy on the right: "Look ma! No hands."
Ach so! Die Vier 'Gang' Fuchs! Alles Klar jetzt.


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Robert Armetta has studied extensively throughout the United States and Europe, at schools including Columbus College of Art and Design, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Barnstone Studios, Atelier Lack, the Florence Academy of Art, the New York Academy of Art where he earned his M.F.A., and the Water Street Atelier.
He has exhibited widely, at venues including Sotheby's, the Allen Sheppard Gallery, Grenning Gallery, Arcadia Gallery, John Pence Gallery, Nabi Gallery, and Seraphin Gallery, and at the National Academy of Design, in New York City, and the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, in Indiana.
Armetta's work has won numerous awards, from such institutions as the Portrait Society of America and the Art Renewal Center, and has also appeared in several publications, including a full-length article in the Artist's Magazine and, most recently, the book Portrait Painting Atelier, which features a portrait of his on its cover.
He has taught drawing and painting at Long Island University, Southampton, and currently teaches drawing and painting at the New York Academy of Art and the Long Island Academy of Fine Art, in Glen Cove, New York, which he founded in 2000. His teaching at LIAFA has recently earned him the Distinguished Service in Art Education Award from the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, which honored him as an outstanding arts educator. His own studio is in Brooklyn, where he lives with his wife and daughters.
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Dead bridge
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View from the Upper Barracca gardens in Valletta, Malta
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Malta, at just over 300 square kilometers, is the smallest country in the European Union and also the source of the only semitic language which also is an official language of the EU. The language is a flavor of Arabic, which developed on the islands from some 1000 years ago, even though it was the Phoenicians, also speakers of a Semitic language, who were the first to introduce that flavor of languages to the islands that make up the archipelago that is the republic of Malta.
However, the Phoenicians did leave something of a legacy. A type of traditional boat, a gondola resembling the venetian kind, are derivatives of Phoenician originals.
The cross, prominently displayed on the country's flag, is in fact the St. George Cross, awarded by Great Britain for Malta's heroic resistance during the second world war.
The country was a British colony until 1964 and only joined the EU in 2004, introducing the euro a mere four years later. And that is of course mightily convenient. And with my upcoming trip to morocco, it was surprising to find that it was easy to book cheaper accommodation here than pretty much anywhere in morocco.
Besides this personal link between Malta and Morocco, there's also a more geographical, or perhaps cultural, one. Well, besides the Phoenicians, ottoman, Spanish, Brits and others occupying both countries. The capital of Gozo, the smaller of the three islands which make up Malta, is called Victoria, but used to be known as Rabat, also, of course the administrative, but not de facto, capital of Morocco.
Victoria is the name the British colonizers gave to the city, in celebration of their queen, but also perhaps to avoid some confusion with a town on the main island also called Rabat.
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Wikitravel claims that 'Rabat' means suburb, from the Arabic, but sources on Morocco claims the name derives from the Arabic for 'fortified camp'. In either case ,it's surprising that there aren't more towns called Rabat in Semitic language speaking countries, though Afghanistan seems to have three small ones. Then again, Pashtun, the second language of Afghanistan after the Farsi dialect Dari, is a Semitic language as well.
Also surprising is the rather long list of Dutch synonyms which match the word Rabat.
Gozo's claim to fame is being the home of the Ggantija (the first g is a soft g, like dz) complex, a megalithic structure built from some 5500 years ago, ranking it amongst the oldest still standing structures in the world.
Valletta, the Maltese capital, was named for Jean Parisot de la Valette, a French nobleman who was Grand Master of the Order of St. John and leader of the defenders during the Ottoman siege of Malta in 1565. How many cities, let alone capitals can claim to be named after a foreigner?
And the fact that the Frenchman defended the country against invaders is also relative, as the whole population exists because of the island suffering consecutive invasions. Then again, perhaps the Turks were a bit more special, once carting off the inhabitants of Gozo as slaves.
Though prices, on the whole, are comparable to other northern Mediterranean destinations, the cost of accommodation is surprisingly reasonable. My mom decided to join me on my trip to the former crusader stronghold and our twin room, though sleeping three, in the town of Sliema, only came in at some 25 euro per night. The Europa hotel offers basic but large rooms, ours even with a sea view.
Though Internet isn't free, in fact quite expensive at 2.50 euro per hour, the English style pub across the road on the waterfront offers free wifi, which I can pick up, even from within the room.
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Malta is an interesting mix of British and Mediterranean styles, where English is the second language by design, but the cuisine is sourced from the region. A big plus, though fish and chips seems to be a staple too. Then again, it is wherever Brits go on holiday.
For our first dinner, mom was adventurous and ordered pizza, but I went for one of the local specialties, rabbit stew, which was enjoyably tasty.
Interesting enough, with the country's Christian foundations, many of the regular houses, most of near monumental proportions, are decked out with the typical Ottoman treat of having one central upper floor window sticking out, so that Muslim women, restricted to living in doors, still had the ability to keep track of everything happening in their own street.
Valletta is a pretty little town with lots of interesting history. And the main streets and sights are completely overrun by tourists. By far the number one sight and site is the St. John Co-Cathedral (there is also a pro-cathedral, but there doesn't seem to be an actual cathedral in town). On the outside, not a very imposing church, but decked out in extensive baroque decorations on every bit of wall inside.
Also, the tour's audio guide taught me that the Maltese cross has eight points because they represent the eight langues, or chapters, of knights who had set up shop on Malta after being kicked out of Jerusalem.
Defending the faith required knights from similar background to flock together in their own langues, which indeed were originally, but loosely, grouped around similar languages. For example, the Dutch joined the Germans, but so did some of the Nordic knights. It's specifically in the co-cathedral, where each langue competed with the others to outdo them in creating the most elaborate chapel, where these langues, and the eight pointed maltese cross, are the most prominent.
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It's surprising that even with the influx of so many Europeans and their languages, Maltese is still the primary language of the island, with english the second only because of the country being an English colony until a few decades ago.
With all the knights speaking indo European languages, I can't imagine Maltese was the lingua Franca, during their prominence, so it's interesting it managed to stay put.
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