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Versus Video Games
by Daniel Tidwell
© Copyright - Daniel Tidwell / Daniel Tidwell (614346059105)
14 tracks of high-flying intense guitar-driven metal/rock renditions of songs from classic video games.
Genre: Metal/Punk: Instrumental Metal
1. Very Bloody Tears (Castlevania II: Simon's Quest)
2. The Winds of 600 AD (Chrono Trigger)
3. Ken's Heavy Hadouken (Street Fighter II)
4. Doctor Wily Created Rock n' Roll (Mega Man II)
5. The Moon (DuckTales)
6. Welcome to the Contra Jungle (Contra)
7. Kong's Donkey Ditty (Donkey Kong Country)
8. Those Who Fight (Final Fantasy VII)
9. Battle (Final Fantasy VI)
10. The Dark Messenger of Destruction (Final Fantasy IX)
11. Korobeiniki (Tetris)
12. Green Hills and Blue Blurs (Sonic the Hedgehog)
13. Over the World of Hyrule (The Legend of Zelda)
14. Super Duper Mario (Super Mario Bros.)
Daniel Tidwell's "Versus Video Games" is 14 tracks of high flying and intense guitar-driven metal/rock versions of songs from your favorite classic video games.
Ordering this today!
I must admit, I haven't listened to this whole album, just the samples online but I will be ordering this album TODAY because of those samples! As a lifelong video game addict, these songs are the songs of my childhood, many of my younger years lost to Castlevania, Mega Man, Chrono Trigger and more. Considering my favorite bands are metal bands like Metallica and Lamb of God, this is the culmination of metal and video games I've been waiting for!
Brad at CD Baby
While covering old-school video game theme songs has definitely been done before, it's very possible that it's never been done with this much precision, intensity, and attention to detail. Tidwell's an ace guitar player, and his mastery of these songs speaks both to his technical talent and his passion for the music he's reworking. These aren't just rough approximations of the originals, shredded through for the sake of novelty. These are meticulously crafted tracks that don't miss a single nuance of songs a lot of us still love and cherish. Also impressive are Tidwell's song choices. While Super Mario Bros. and Tetris are tackled here (as well as some other familiar themes), there's also more obscure titles like Chrono Trigger, and perhaps most random of all, DuckTales. This one's a must for any metal-loving gamer.
C.Lynx
Marvelous!
I honestly can't believe that I liked this so much! In fact, in some ways I can't even believe I like it at all? The very idea of video game soundtrack themes played in an instrumental power metal style? It just sounded too gimmicky. Well, I'm slapped stupid after hearing this! I can't quit spinning this gem! Every track is a lustrous nugget of solid and precious melodic metal. One of the best albums I purchased in 2010! Do it again Daniel :-D

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2000 Kawasaki KDX 220R (2000)
This is a very nice,clean,and,great running bike, suited for the trails as well as messing around on the track. You know all about these bikes if you are looking at this ad so i'll spare you the trully fantastic specifics of the bike. It has a Bill's Pipe (stock one comes with it,clean and re-packed) Fnt & Rear sprocket...i did put on a new chain,but,that was a couple years ago..........and i did not ride it last season,or,this either.
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2003 Kawasaki ZRX 1200r Green (2003)
2003 Kawasaki ZRX 1200r with only 14800 miles in near perfect condition! Completely stock, has new Michelin Pilot Power 3's tires and rcent oil change. These bikes are getting harder to find in this condition and mileage.
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Hodaka 125 WOMBAT RAT DIRT Used Speedo Speedometer Vintage 1973 1974 1972 #MT500 (0)
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2006 Monster Energy Edition 6236miles. New front and rear tires with less than 1,000 miles on them. Power Commander, K&N air filter, M4 exhaust all new this year.
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I need to sell this bike i just dont have anytime for it anymore. good bike runs good. road legal.
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Reduced price! Ultimate MX Winning Bike! Like new! (2013)
REDUCED PRICE!!!! 2013 Kawasaki Kx 85, Ultimate WINNING mx race bike!! Only raced 5 times, all the UPGRADES possible, runs and looks like new!
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2001 W650 (2001)
Rare color Custom pipes (originals included) Progressive springs, Ikon shocks, Michelin Activs. Factory low bars (U.S. models came with higher cruiser type bars).
2008 Other Makes (2008)
Great Kawasaki Ninja sport bike in excellent condition. Like new women's helmet and jacket (Black/White) free with $2000 purchase.
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as of monday I put a new battery in. has some rust and a hole in the muffler pipe but doesn't make it loud. has a few scratches on and a small dent in the gas tank. The springs are broke in carb. but the person who works on my bike said he dont something that I won't need to replace springs. also a little rust $50.00 must be paid in 24 hours and ther rest in 7 days
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2006 KAWASAKI VULCAN 1600 MEAN STREAK. The Vulcan Mean Streak handles and stops like a sport bike. 8,000 miles, Custom tail light and food pegs everything else is stock. The Bike is in immaculate condition.
Selling a 1972 Kawasaki H1 500, very clean motorcycle. Most all original , painted fenders , exceptDenco pipes, aftermarket turnsignals, handlebars , Everything is there, starts ,runs. could use tune up.Purchased from family of original owner, this is a beautiful motorcycle.My eyesight, and pending bills force selling this and other nice 70's rides as being postedon Ebay.
2014 Kawasaki 650 Versys This motorcycle only 690 miles, bought new in June 2015. Fun and easy bike to ride. ABS brakes, 6 speed trans, all stock.
Uniondale, Indiana, United States
Rare 2001 W650 (2001)
Rare color, Retro motorcycle with modern technology. 8 valve engine, both kick and electric start. Custom exhaust (original included in sale) Progressive front springs, Ikon rear shocks, Factory low bars.
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This is basically a 650 ninja with an upright seating position. Has upgraded led fog lights that were $300 dollars and hid headlight. This bike has always been garaged and only has a few blemishes.
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Up for auction is a nicely restored 1977 KZ 200. This machine is in beautiful condition with less than 9500 original miles on the clock. I am the 3rd owner of this classic "single", which was recently freshened up (6 weeks ago) by an expert Kawasaki mechanic. This process included a complete carburetor cleaning/rebuild using genuine Kawasaki parts, points adjustment, an oil/filter change, and a new battery. The bike starts, idles, runs, shifts and operates as it should, and all of the brakes, lights, turn signals, and horn function properly. The original exhaust system is in pristine condition, as are the chrome fenders and rims. There is some minor corrosion on a few of the spokes however, but that hardly detracts from the bike's overall beauty. The gas tank and side covers were repainted 3 years ago, and the metallic blue paint w/pinstripe looks awesome. The motor is super clean and looks like new. The original Kawasaki seat has no rips or tears and also looks like new. Also included is an original owners manual and Kawasaki shop manual, and an NOS Kawasaki key. This bike is turn-key and needs nothing - drive it to your local cruise-in where it will surely draw a crowd! I have the clear title in my name. As usual, the bike is being sold as-is, where is, with no warranty included or implied. With that being said, the bike is even nicer than the pictures show, so check my feedback and bid with confidence. Prospective buyers are welcome to view the bike in person before the end of the auction, and I will be happy to answer any questions. A $200 deposit is due via paypal within 24 hrs of the end of the auction, and full payment via certified funds must be received within 7 days of auction end. Winning bidder may pay entire purchase price via paypal, but the 2.9% paypal fee must be added. The bike is located in zip code 22520; shipping and/or timely pick-up is the sole responsibility of the winning bidder, and I will assist your shipper with loading the bike. I can safely store the bike for a reasonable amount of time provided the arrangements are made ahead of time. Depending on the location of the winning bidder, I may be able to deliver the bike for an additional fee that will be far less than hiring a bike shipping company. This is a no-reserve auction, so don't miss out on a great opportunity to own this classic KZ!
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This bike was my daily rider until I got a new toy. She's in great shape for a 16 year old motorcycle. this bike has normal wear but no major damage like big dents or gouges in the tank it is a complete bike - the chain guard .
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Kawasaki Unveils 50th Anniversary Street and Neo-Classic Z900 and Z650 editions
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Z-Series, the Greens have prepared colorways for two families of motorcycles that replicate the look and feel of the legendary Kawasaki Z1 from 1972. At the same time, the color and graphic schemes of the neo-retro motorcycles - Z900RS and Z650RS - will be as close as possible to those of the historical Z1 model, and the Z900 and Z650 street will receive a creatively redesigned coloring, referring, nevertheless, to the roots of the Z-series.
The Real "screamer": Kawasaki Ninja ZX-25R
It seemed that the glorious times of the tiny "fours" - 250cc sportbikes with boosted engines to almost 50 hp are long gone. But the Indonesian branch of the Kawasaki enterprise resurrected this breed! The Kawasaki Ninja ZX-25R sportbike with a 51hp at 15,500 rpm four-cylinder engine is entering the local market, as well as the markets of some other countries of the Far East, including Japan.
Combat mask: Kawasaki has upgraded the Ninja 650
Now the Ninja 650 is stylistically similar to the Ninja 400, the ZX-6R, and the 'one-liter' Versys. The optics are LED, the visor is narrower and higher. The second upgrade is a new 4.3-inch TFT instrument panel that can connect to a smartphone via the Rideology app.
Aging Liter: Kawasaki has updated the Versys 1000 crossover
In addition to the upgraded basic version, the SE version with semi-active suspension is presented. For the 2019 model year, the asphalt tourer, built around a 1,043cc (120 hp and 102 Nm) inline-four, received an electronic throttle, cruise control, KTRC traction control, and Sport, Road, Rain and Rider power modes to choose from. Moreover, the introduction of the IMU inertial sensor, according to Japanese designers, made the electronics work more delicately than before.
Japanese jokes: Kawasaki introduced the "new" sports bike Ninja ZX-6R
The quotation marks are not accidental - the old ZX-6R is hidden under another dress. However, there are still some innovations. The first thing the 2019 sportbike differs from its predecessor, which debuted in 2013, has completely different lining and LED optics in the spirit of the younger Ninja 400.
Kawasaki Ninja H2R overtook the F-16 fighter jet
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The Japanese fantasized about the new Kawasaki Ninja 250
Sun, 25 Dec 2016
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Kawasaki Electronic Service Book
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2015 Kawasaki Vulcan S Announced
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The Ciphers of the Monks: A Forgotten Number-notation of the Middle Ages (dt. Die Mönchsziffern: Ein vergessenes Nummernsystem aus dem Mittelalter) ist ein 2001 in Deutschland veröffentlichtes Buch des britischen Wissenschaftshistorikers David A. King. Es beschreibt das Ziffernsystem, das Zisterziensermönche vom 13. bis zum 15. Jahrhundert, und seither sporadisch, verwendet haben. Das System ermöglicht die Aufschreibung der Nummern 0 bis 9999.

Das System

Das überwiegend auf senkrechten Linien basierende System wurde im 14. Jahrhundert etabliert, vielleicht durch Johannes von Basingstoke, der sie in Athen fand, vielleicht sind  sie von englischer Stenographie übernommen. Sie fanden durch Agrippa von Nettesheim (1533) Eingang in Druckwerke und wurden immer wieder unter Spezialisten thematisiert. Am oberen, mittleren oder unteren Teil des Senkrechtbalkens werden Ergänzungsstriche angebracht, die somit die Werte 1–9 ausdrücken.

Rezeption
Kings Buch wurde vom Mathematiker Detlef Spalt dafür kritisiert, weil es die Bedeutung des Nummernsystems der Söhne von Cîteaux übertreibt. Es komme in weniger als 50 Handschriften vor und hat stets eine begleitende Funktion. Die zisterziensische Nummerierung sei fehleranfällig; ja selbst der Autor King, so behauptet Spalt, habe die Ziffern in seinem Buch falsch angewendet.

Die Historikerin Ann Moyer begrüßte das Buch als Türöffner zu einer vertieften Auseinandersetzung mit so gut wie vergessenem Kulturgut. Sie stellte allerdings fest, dass die Mönchsziffern nie zur Komputation angewendet wurden, sondern für bibliographische Zwecke wie die Kennzeichnung von Bibelstellen.

Beinahe alle Rezensionen zollten King Lob und begrüßten die wissenschaftliche Aufarbeitung eines Themas von großem kulturgeschichtlichen Interesse.

Weblinks
 Inhaltsverzeichnis auf der Homepage des Verfassers, abgerufen am 8. Jan. 2021, archiviert auf Permalink.
 The Ciphers of the Monks (Open Library).

Einzelnachweise

Geschichte des Zisterzienserordens
Geheimsprache
Geschichte der Mathematik

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Questions arise over Essex County's distribution of aid to the needy
Updated: Mar. 30, 2019, 12:37 a.m. | Published: Oct. 06, 2013, 10:18 a.m.
Essex County Executive Joe DiVincenzo, pictured in this file photo, denied there was anything inappropriate about the way aid was delivered to the needy.
By David Giambusso/The Star-Ledger
NEWARK — For years, the East Orange Community Development Corp. has been a last line of defense for needy residents of Essex County.
The agency receives funding from such sources as the United Way, the state Department of Youth and Family Services and community development block grants. It distributes those dollars to people who need help paying the rent, a utility bill or an emergency expense. To qualify for help, each of the hundreds of clients that come through the agency doors every year has to prove they are in need.
At least that is the way it worked until 2009, when Essex County's Division of Community Action — or DCA — set up a mysterious account to help distribute new federal and state money that was pouring into county coffers to help people in the wake of the financial crisis.
Suddenly, the standards changed and the money began to flow to those without demonstrated need for help. According to Connie Crawford, who had been running the program for 20 years, pressure to approve these grants came from the office of Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo.
Among those receiving DCA money:
• A well-connected religious figure who first listed his family's income at $144,999 and then lowered it to $72,499 on applications — still far above normal guidelines. Regardless, he received more than $1,100 to pay utility bills.
• At least 12 individuals without children who exceeded income cutoffs, earning between $40,000 and $60,000 a year. Together, the dozen received more than $37,000. Federal guidelines discourage aid to people who earn more than $35,000 and have no children.
• At least 13 people on public payrolls, including four employees of Essex County.
The money in this account came from three sources, each with a different standard of eligibility. One was earmarked for those earning less than 250 percent of the federal poverty level; a second was for those under 350 percent of poverty, and a third had no income guidelines but was intended to prevent homelessness.
Crawford herself had long restricted aid from her agency to those with documented need earning under 350 percent of poverty, or about $40,000 a year. In a series of interviews, Crawford said that county officials told her to disregard that standard and award the money to those they recommended, even those with flimsy or nonexistent documentation.
"It can be used whenever they choose, however they choose," she said she was told.
Crawford said she and her employees often questioned clients referred by the county but were told, essentially, to mind their own business. Two agency employees confirmed Crawford's story but requested anonymity, fearing retribution.
"We caught hell," Crawford said, when resisting some applicants. "It was always the threat of: 'This is coming from Joey D's office.' "
In a statement, DiVincenzo denied he exercised any influence over the awarding of aid.
"In this difficult economy, people from all socioeconomic backgrounds experience hardship and seek help from Essex County," he said. "Any Essex resident who meets the program criteria and completes the required paperwork is eligible to receive assistance. These applications are reviewed by our staff and contracted vendors, without any recommendations from my office."
The Essex County Department of Community Action, which set up the account in East Orange, is part of a larger Department of Citizen Services, run by Newark North Ward Councilman Anibal Ramos, a candidate for mayor.
Ramos, who recently stepped down from his county post to campaign full time, declined to comment, referring the newspaper to a county spokesman.
County officials did, however, say they looked into their practices after The Star-Ledger raised questions.
"We found no improprieties whatsoever," said Essex Inspector General and former FBI agent Dominic Scaglione. "There's a lot of needy people here that need this money, and from what we've been able to determine, they've done a great job disseminating it."
Scaglione also denied there was ever any pressure from the county executive's office. But he conceded that he did not ask DiVincenzo, Ramos, or Crawford about whether such influence was brought to bear.
"I went by what was written on the files," he said.
Records show the clients who came to East Orange for help were referred by, among others, Ramos; L. Kathy McCarey, who worked for Ramos; Joyce Goldman, an employee of DiVincenzo's office; and Sammy Gonzalez, the former freeholder and aide to Ramos who was forced to resign from public office after he was charged with voter fraud.
Proving a need
As clients enter the doors of the CDC, they are asked to present summonses, shut-off notices or foreclosure letters to prove their need as well as photo ID, Social Security cards, birth certificates of children, proof of income and a justifiable reason for needing aid.
The newspaper reviewed 109 of the agency's files from 2009-11, and found 61 appeared legitimate: Money went to victims of domestic abuse, the ill and the recently laid-off.
But the remaining 48 files raised questions about the standards for awarding aid. On applications reviewed by the newspaper some people gave scant reasoning as to why they might qualify. Reasons ranged from needing money for funeral expenses to simply, "need to move." The files also included conflicting information, excessive income levels and, in many cases, no income verification at all.
At least 13 public employees received aid, including four county employees. Of those, 10 of the applicants had conflicting information about their incomes or lacked documentation. The public employees listed incomes ranging from $17,000 a year for a part-time employee to $67,000 a year for a full-time post. Six of them had incomes greater than $40,000 a year.
Slightly less than half of those reviewed would not have passed the standard means test Crawford said she and her employees use for most cases. Together, the 48 applicants received just under $95,000 in federal money out of a total $180,000 distributed, records indicate.
Rev. Ron Christian, pictured in this 2012 file photo said he was in need when his family applied for aid from the county. (Aaron Houston/For The Star-Ledger)
Perhaps the most interesting request for aid came from a well-known figure in Essex County public life: the Rev. Ron Christian of the Christian Love Baptist Church.
Christian is a regular figure alongside some of the county's most powerful politicians. He participated in Donald Payne Jr.'s victory party when Payne won the nomination in June 2012 to replace his father in the U.S. House of Representatives.
In September 2011, DiVincenzo gave Christian a symbolic "Key to Essex County."
In 2011, DiVincenzo donated $1,000 in campaign money to Christian's church.
And this summer, Christian stood beside Ramos, endorsing his run for mayor.
Income crossed out
Christian's file, obtained by The Star-Ledger, shows he and his wife, Tami, listed their annual income as $144,999. The income was then crossed out and listed as $72,499.
Even the lower number is well above the normal guidelines used by the East Orange charity. But this grant came from the federal fund for homelessness prevention, which county officials say has no income limit.
Christian requested $1,174 to pay for late utility bills at his West Orange home.
Christian said his wife filled out the application and he was not involved.
"I never made the request," Christian said, but added that his house was in foreclosure at the time he requested aid. "At the time, because of what we were going through, I think we qualified."
Christian denied he received aid because of political connections.
"I pastor Joe D, along with thousands of other people," he said, adding, "It wasn't like Joe D gave us money."
Christian's file did not include any information regarding foreclosure.
In it, Crawford writes, "Their income can cover expenses and they do not have a shut-off notice, however Kathy (McCarey of the DCA) insisted using DCA (funds) to help with this particular client."
Again, DiVincenzo said there was nothing untoward about Christian receiving aid.
"Our inspector general independently examined the application being questioned by this newspaper and conducted interviews with the people involved in the application process," DiVincenzo said. "Their thorough investigation determined that the family met the program requirements and was eligible to receive assistance."
Crawford said the incident with Christian was not isolated.
On another file, the husband of a couple earning $64,000 received $5,811 for funeral expenses. In the couple's file, Crawford writes: "When asked for proof of his payment towards mother's funeral, he stated he paid cash. Ms. McCarey said he didn't need proof because these are through DCA funds."
In an interview, Crawford said she was uncomfortable with the DCA's influence from the start. The account set up by Ramos and other Essex County officials was shut down around 2011 when much of the federal money stopped flowing. Crawford said she was relieved.
Crawford said she thought the county's actions were inappropriate, but aside from protesting there was little she could do.
"It makes you angry," she said. "And then you just throw your hands up."
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Read the article and see the pictures and weep.
That was a long read, but eye-opening. It's like that ALL OVER the South, where ever there's a Tyson's or Smithfield's, jobs that used to be done by Americans now lowballed out to illegals. Some plants have entire towns that have relocated from SOB.
The corporations are to blame for the illegal employment, the illegal aliens are to blame for the squalor.
Which is EXACTLY why we need enforcement of our current laws. Let a few of these greedy corporate bass-turds do a little time and watch how fast they change their hiring practices.


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John Rentsch, Former Director of Marketing and Publicity for Paramount Pictures, Dies at 67
7:20 PM PDT 4/12/2019 by Trilby Beresford
Courtesy of Robert Green Photography
While at Paramount, Rentsch worked on such titles as 'Titanic,' 'The Accused,' 'The Addams Family' and 'Mission Impossible.'
John Walter Rentsch, former director of international marketing and publicity for the motion picture division of Paramount Pictures, died Friday from complications due to Parkinson's disease. He was 67.
Rentsch was born in Australia in 1952 and completed studies at Horsham Technical College before going on to cover politics for The Australian newspaper. He later transferred to a position with the New York Post in 1976, covering entertainment in Manhattan.
In 1979, Rentsch moved to Los Angeles to cover entertainment for The Star. Then, after writing press releases and press kits in the publicity department of Lorimar Motion Pictures, he was hired by Paramount in 1987, where he remained until 2002.
While at Paramount, Rentsch worked on such titles as Braveheart, Titanic, The Hunt for Red October, The Accused, The Butcher's Wife, The Addams Family and Mission: Impossible.
He retired in 2012, after which his life included much international travel with his husband of 37 years, Carl Levine.
Rentsch is survived by Levine, along with his sister Sue and brother Mark and their children.
A celebration of Rentsch's life is set for May 18 in Rancho Mirage, California.


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A Woman Unafraid of War–Florentia Sale
Adele Fasick	Women in history, World History	Afghan War, Florentia Sale, Victorian women	2 Comments
Throughout history, women have seldom started wars, but it is surprising how many women have played important roles when wars come to them. Florentia Sale, for example, was a Victorian-era woman whose journal helped the British to navigate a tricky situation in Afghanistan in 1842. After that war ended, the journal became a bestselling book and it remains today an enduring record of a brave and clever woman.
Lady Florentia Sale
Florentia Sale was born in Madras, India, in 1790. into a family of British civil servants. Like many British civil servant and army families of the time, her father and his family spent very little time in England. At the age of 19, Florentia married a British army officer, Sir Robert Sale. Most of the rest of her life was spent in farthest reaches of the British empire. All of her ten children were born abroad and spent most of their lives outside of England. Florentia was already a grandmother when her life was changed by one of England's most unnecessary wars—the first Anglo-Afghan War.
The British entered the Afghan War because they were afraid Russia might be planning to invade India through Afghanistan, although the Russians had no such plan. Both British and Russian leaders apparently misunderstood which ruler the Afghan people would accept, or perhaps they didn't care, but each country pushed support for its own choice. The British Army and the British East India Company, which fought beside them, invaded Afghanistan. As usual, the armed forces were accompanied by many women and children. When the British moved into Kabul, the citizens rose against them. On November 2, 1842, Lady Sale describes in her journal "This morning early, all was in commotion in Kabul. The shops were plundered and the people all fighting." The British decided to retreat.
A large number of hostages, most of them women or children, were taken by the Afghans to ensure that the British would leave. Lady Sale was one of them. This group was to be marched to Kandahar. The march was long and slow and it started during a cold Afghan winter. Conditions were not comfortable, but Florentia made the best of them. The group walked for several days with only a few stops and no access to the clothes and supplies they had packed for themselves. When they finally were reunited with their belongings, Florentia describes how good it felt. "We luxuriated in dressing, although we had no clothes but those on our backs; but we enjoyed washing our faces very much, having had but one opportunity of doing so since we left Cabul. It was rather a painful process, as the cold and glare of the sun on the snow had three times peeled my face, from which the skin came off in strips.
Wars moved slowly in those days and various envoys from the British came and went from the Afghan camp, although they could do nothing to free the hostages. But Lady Sale was able to send letters including pages of her journal to her husband, to let him know where the hostages were and how they were being treated. Parts of her journal were published in London newspapers so even as she was living through the hostage crisis, she became famous. Dubbed the 'soldier's wife par excellence' by The Times, Lady Sale was also known as 'the Grenadier in Petticoats' by her husband's fellow officers.
Throughout her long ordeal, Lady Sale stood up for her rights and for the well-being of her fellow hostages. When the Afghans and the British forces were negotiating the terms of ransom for the hostage women and children, Lady Sale protested "against being implicated in any proceedings in which I have no vote."
Cold weather was not the only difficulty the women had to overcome. Many of the younger women were wives of British officers and during their nine-month-long ordeal, four babies were born to add to the list of hostages. None of this seemed to bother the indominable women who coped with weather, childbirth and earthquakes without losing hope.
Even as she observed the war and bargained with soldiers, Florentia continued to pay attention to the beauty of the countryside. In April she wrote "I saw plenty of amaryllis in bloom; as also of the Persian iris (the orris of the druggists), which quite scented the air with a perfume resembling that of mingled violets and wall-flowers."
After nine long months, the hostages were released. Nothing had been gained by the war. In 1843 British army chaplain G.R. Gleig wrote a memoir about this disastrous war. He wrote that it was "a war begun for no wise purpose, carried on with a strange mixture of rashness and timidity, brought to a close after suffering and disaster, without much glory attached either to the government which directed, or the great body of troops which waged it. Not one benefit, political or military, was acquired with this war. Our eventual evacuation of the country resembled the retreat of an army defeated".
If you would like to read more, you can find Florentia's journal on Amazon and in some libraries. Sale, Florentia. Lady Sale's Afghanistan: an Indomitable Victorian Lady's Account of the Retreat from Kabul During the First Afghan War.
Revisiting Favorite Books–May Sarton
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Now that Christmas and the other gift-giving holidays are over, it is time to look back on the gifts we received and savor them. For me, this was a very book-heavy year. One of the books I received was a collection of essays and reviews by Ursula Le Guin called Words Are My Matter: Writings on Life and Books (2016). The essays cover a wide range and reintroduced me to several writers I had read in past years but had not revisited. To start the year off, I decided to go back to some writers I remember enjoying years ago. One was May Sarton, a favorite of earlier years, who has faded from public notice since her death in 1995. She is well worth revisiting.
Reading Faithful Are the Wounds (1955) now is like revisiting another world. I felt as though I was watching an old movie; cigarettes are lit every few pages, people drink cocktails before meals and wine at dinner while wives uncomplainingly cook and serve meals to preoccupied academic husbands. At Harvard, where this story takes place, students revere their professors, male students humbly call for the female students at their dormitory doors, and the suicide of a literary scholar is front-page news across the country.
But behind the propriety of this quiet life, political issues are as divisive as they are today. The time is the late 1940s and the scholars are deeply involved in the postwar struggles between Russia and the West. Sarton mentions the tremendous shock to American intellectuals caused by the suspicious death of Jan Masaryk, president of Czechoslovakia. His death—which could have been either suicide or murder—led to Czechoslovakia's fall into Russian-style communism. The disillusionment of American liberals at the country's fall from democracy is a potent force in this story.
Jan Masaryk
A dramatic clash at a quiet meeting of the local Civil Liberties Union signals the beginning of a painful confrontation between the close-knit group at Harvard. Edward Cavan, a professor of American literature, refuses to sign a letter certifying that all the leaders of the group are free of Communist taint. His refusal leads to arguments and threatens long-standing friendships. When Cavan commits suicide, his friends and students try to discover why they could not understand his pain and were unable to help him.
Most of the story is told through conversations between friends of Cavan and his sister who comes from California to arrange his funeral. The contrast between academia and the world of successful medical doctors appears very sharp. How much does family background and childhood experiences influence Cavan's political ideas and personal decisions? Every reader will have to decide individually. Sarton includes a postscript chapter covering the day five years after the suicide when unforeseen political changes shed new light on the feelings of Cavan's old friends and the direction of the country.
Faithful Are the Wounds is more relevant than ever in these times of clashing political loyalties. Reading about a different but equally bitter historical period in our country helps us to understand what is going on now. Sarton wrote a story that many readers will think about long after the reading is finished.


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Movie Title: World Trade Center
Director: Oliver Stone
Written by: Andrea Berloff
Main Cast: Nicolas Cage, Michael Pena, Maria Bello, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon
Runtime: 2 Hours 5 Minutes
Reviewed by: James
What did you think of World Trade Center?
Review written on: August 11th, 2006
Oliver Stone's movies have a certain reputation – a reputation for conspiracy theory and eye-rolling allegation, and a reputation as a once-great director gone to seed with movies like Alexander. As I knew the director only by this reputation, I entered World Trade Center with trepidation, fearing that Stone would offer up a slice of pseudohistory pushing whatever his latest political angle might be. What I got instead was a nonpolitical, poignantly human drama as much about the inherent goodness of humanity as about the tragic events of September 11th.
The movie stars a mustachioed Nicolas Cage as Port Authority Police Sergeant John McCloughlin, a serious man who at one point contends that he was never made a Lieutenant because he does not smile enough. When the two towers of the World Trade Center are struck, McCloughlin leads his team of PAPD cops down to Ground Zero, where they intend to help with the evacuation effort at Tower 1. As they go the tower, however, they become buried under the rubble. Only McCloughlin and one of his men, Will Jimeno (Michael Pena) survive, but both are pinned under the rubble and have no way to get out; they can only wait for help to come. Meanwhile, their wives (Maria Bello, in a role as far from her MOD Squad member of Thank You for Smoking as can be imagined, and Maggie Gyllenhaal, respectively) are frantic over the safety of their husbands, about whom they can get no information and don't know how to cope with the situation.
With so much going on, it could have been difficult to fully understand what was going on, but Stone's transitions between the two desperate wives and their husbands are deftly done and, most importantly, they make sense. The transitions also contribute to the pacing of the film, making sure that the audience does not get bored, which Stone clearly knows it would if it had to spend two hours doing nothing but watch Cage and Pena talking in a hole.
Stone intersperses this action with the reactions and actions of people around the country, from the Wisconsin police to discharged Marine Dave Karnes (Michael Shannon), who goes to New York to help in the disaster and is eventually the one to find McCloughlin and Jimeno. Through it all, Stone is able to capture the confusion, outrage, and heartbreak that swept the nation with the fall of the twin towers.
Cage gives a strong performance as McCloughlin, bringing out the character's believable repressed emotion and reconciling it with his utter devotion to his wife. Still, one criticism that I have read elsewhere, and that I must agree with here, is that Cage is too much of a superstar for this role, his face too recognizable. If Nicolas Cage were a lesser-known actor, his portrayal of McCloughlin would have been picture-perfect; but Nicolas Cage is always Nicolas Cage, and so it is difficult to accept him as an unsmiling cop. This is what makes Michael Pena's Jimeno so compelling to the audience: he matches Cage blow for blow with a charismatic, heartbreaking performance (and then some), and he has no star power to get in the way. Although Jimeno spends almost the entire duration of the film's two hours pinned under a concrete block, he is nonetheless able to bring out all the fright, longing, and dimension that makes his character.
Similarly, Maria Bello and Maggie Gyllenhaal, despite having almost no screen time with their respective husbands, nonetheless succeed in creating compelling portraits of women desperately in love with and frantic about their partners – Bello especially turns in an exceptional performance as Donna McCloughlin. Lastly, Michael Shannon rounds out the cast with his small part as Dave Karnes, the ex-Marine. To him belongs the lone political line in the movie, the ominous "We're going to need some good men to avenge what happened here." Shannon has the right face for the role, and he is totally believable as Karnes, who says he feels 'called by God' to help with the rescue effort. It would have been easy to make Karnes an unpleasant character, but Shannon never allows him to fall into the all-too-easy trap of antipathy. He is different in many ways from the rest of the characters in the movie; but like all of them his only desire is to help those in need, and Shannon brings this out marvelously.
The movie is not without flaws – it stumbles at times, and it often feels claustrophobic, as so much of the action takes place within very small, well-defined areas. And despite the quality of the film, it is still too soon after 9/11, I think, to be making movies about it, and I felt that some of the film's visceral impact was gained cheaply, by bringing back images in CGI and onscreen that we, horrified, actually saw happening on the television screen. Still, this is a movie that every American should watch. World Trade Center is a movie that unashamedly wears its heart on its sleeve; that reminds us that, ultimately, that which unites us is stronger than that which divides us; that reminds us that out of tragedy is often born great nobility, sacrifice, and heroism. You will come from this film moved, saddened, and hopeful, and it is, I think, well worth your time.
Some Random Reviews from James
Flags Of Our Fathers


Yesterday, we had the opportunity to share some of the principles of Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University with a small group of Arab women. These are some of the same women who are currently in sewing training classes and who will hopefully be making the Ten Thirty Three bags. It went well, and they seemed interested for the most part. Hopefully, it peaked their interest enough that they will want to continue developing some of the habits and skills to appropriately budget their income. Even though their income is nearly nothing. Some of these women live in homes with young children and are living on about 350 dollars a month. It is hard to talk to them about financial choices when most of their income goes to buy food. Milk can cost $6 a gallon. Regardless, they still have some choices, and we want to help them make the best ones.


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Q: Кастомный ListAdapter Здравствуйте!
Есть лист вью и стандартный адаптер. Как написать свой адаптер который будет в один элемен лист вью, состоящий из двух TextView , выводить данные. т.е. как на картинке
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A: Можно использовать SimpleAdapter, пример
A: Чисто навскидку без проверки работы (выдрал "мысли" из старого проекта)
Делается разметка типа этой в файле например mylayout.xml
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="horizontal" >

<TextView
android:id="@+id/text1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

 <TextView
android:id="@+id/text2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
</LinearLayout>

Может придется повыравнивать относительно друг друга поля в разметке.
Далее классик
public class ViewHolder2{
 TextView text1;
 TextView text2;
}

Далее
public class LogAdapter extends BaseAdapter {

private ArrayList<LogItem> data;
private LayoutInflater lInflater;

public LogAdapter(Context paramContext, ArrayList<LogItem> arrayList)
{
  lInflater = LayoutInflater.from(paramContext);
  data = arrayList;
}

@Override
public int getCount() {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    return data.size();
}

@Override
public Object getItem(int arg0) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    return Integer.valueOf(arg0);
}

@Override
public long getItemId(int arg0) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    return arg0;
}

@Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent)
{
    ViewHolder2 localViewHolder = new ViewHolder2();

    if (convertView == null)
    {
         convertView = lInflater.inflate(R.layout.mylayout, null);
         localViewHolder.text1 = ((TextView)convertView.findViewById(R.id.text1));
         localViewHolder.text2 = ((TextView)convertView.findViewById(R.id.text2));
         convertView.setTag(localViewHolder);
    }

    localViewHolder = (ViewHolder2)convertView.getTag();
    LogItem item = (LogItem)data.get(position);

    localViewHolder.text1.setText(item.text1);
            localViewHolder.text2.setText(item.text2);
            return convertView;
}
}

Далее
public class LogItem {
public String text1;
public String text2;
}

public class MyActivity extends ListActivity{
private ArrayList<LogItem> Data;
private LogAdapter _LogAdapter;

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
     super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
     setContentView(R.layout.my_activity);

     loadLog(); //это метод в котором вы заполняете массив Data
 }

 protected void loadLog() {
 //это метод в котором вы заполняете неким образом массив Data
     //и далее
      _LogAdapter = new LogAdapter(this, Data);
  setListAdapter(_LogAdapter);
 }
}

файл разметки my_activity.xml

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<ListView
android:id="@android:id/list"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"/>
</LinearLayout>

как-то так примерно. если где опечатался, не ругайтесь :) на лету сочинял

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Remarkable custom home on one acre in sought after Woodhaven with a circular Driveway, 3-car Garage, and fully fenced Backyard with a covered Porch that has a masonry gas Fireplace. The interior features a main level Master Suite with his & hers walk-in Closets and Baths, large Formal Living Room and Dining Room, two Study/Offices, custom Wet Bar that opens to the Family Room. Grand Kitchen has two islands, top-of-the-line appliances, Breakfast Room and Morning Room. Upper Level boasts 3 Bedroom Suites and a Sitting Room with Wet Bar. Lower Level features a large Recreation Room, Wet Bar, Fitness Room, two Bedroom suites with Living area and two full Baths.


An ongoing list of things that need fixing.
This will wait until Punkley is back from Japan, but I might look for a non-blindingly-white option if enough people want one.
Punkley: "they are easy i will look into them" - let us know which ones you want!
Punkley needs to wrangle some code for this, but it'll happen. Soon. Really soon.
...this will need some discussion with the Player Attack team. When we didn't have a forum, it made sense to offload the comments section. Now that we do, it raises interesting questions. Leave it with us.
moderated post issue for new users - New users are no longer moderated.
Default new user permissions allow other users to email you, disable for anti-spam purposes! - Gone and gone.
Quick Reply - Now added!
Avatars are limited to 6kb - Avatars are limited to a seemingly arbitrary 63KiB - we know this may still cause issues for gifs, this is not final.
1. Avatars are limited to 6kb.
2. Default new user permissions allow other users to email you, disable for anti-spam purposes!
I may come back with more.
New users are now able to post. This is great news. Now, to fix the other things.
Agreed, it's counter intuitive.. we read from left to right - hopefully something that is easy to fix? A view new posts button would be good too, since that's what I always end up book marking.
New Posts is available via the Quick Links menu in the top left.
Would rather avatars on the left too. Not sure how easy that is to change without doing the whole skinning business to make it look all Player Attack-y.
possible a quick reply post box thing to cut out the post a reply page reload?
It's actually surprisingly easy to navigate on a phone, but yeah down the track that would be good.
You could be right, at least it's an easy fix though!
Now that I've found the new posts button I'm happy (until the avatars end up on the right side anyway). But I'll spend some time in here over the next few days and might think up some new ideas.
Also Kingsley, could you please possibly fix my name up? the "b" is supposed to be a capital.
Matty wrote: We should bring back.
We need more tags, including normal internet videos as well that can be sized if possible.
Is there going to be a way to comment on news articles without having to log into facebook?
You can have my left bollock in exchange for a 'view your posts' option.
Yes, I'm a narcissist, what of it?
DarkMellie wrote: You can have my left bollock in exchange for a 'view your posts' option.
Try this link. It's one of the options in Quick Links in the top left.
Giblet wrote: Is there going to be a way to comment on news articles without having to log into facebook?
This would be nice I imagine player attack is going to get a little bit of a tweaking to adjust to the new forum community it picked up pretty much over night. So i could see this happening, forum ingegration with a "sign in using facebook feature" to get the best of both worlds.


There are plenty of stunning beaches, walkways and activities around Whangarei and the Tutukaka Coast for you to visit. If you don't have a car Whangarei Coastal Commuter can take you there and pick you up when you are ready to go back to your accommodation.
Matapouri Bay is a spectacular white sandy coastal beach with an estuary.
From Matapouri there is a walkway via the coast to Whale Bay with splendid coastal views (40 minutes one way).
The Whangarei Coastal Commuter Tutukaka Shuttle can drop you at the Whale Bay carpark in the morning and pick you up outside the Matapouri store in the afternoon (by arrangement only).
Matapouri Bay offers a local store, playground, tennis courts and toilets.
Matapouri is ideal for a day trip to the beach from Whangarei.
Whangarei Coastal Commuter can provide the transport to take you to Matapouri Bay, then bring you back to your accommodation at the end of the day.
Idyllic white sandy, bush fringed beach just north of Matapouri Bay on the Tutukaka Coast.
Walkway access is from either the car park on Matapouri Road through groves of ancient Puriri trees (30 mins round trip), or via Matapouri Bay (40 mins one way).
Whale Bay is a great beach for swimming and snorkelling. Bring a picinic and spend the day in a little piece of paradise.
For transport to Whale Bay contact Whangarei Coastal Commuter. We can get you from your accommodation to Whale Bay and then back again, when it suits you.
Sandy Bay is one of the East Coast's most popular board surfing beaches. Sandy Bay is located on the main road between Tutukaka and SH1. It is the last road heading North before the road turns inland.
Whangarei Coastal Commuter can provide you with transport to and from Sandy Bay, including your surfboard.
If you would like to hire a board or take lessons this can be arranged with Tutukaka Surf Experience in Tutukaka Marina.
Where the road from Whangarei meets the coast you will find picturesque Ngunguru village on the shores of the estuary. Great for water sports, a game of golf, a bit to eat or a stroll along the beautiful estuary waterfront. Try the walkway that runs amongst the mangroves.
Amenities include: store, takeaways, doctor's surgery, motel, school, nine hole golf course, bowling greens, tennis courts, church and 2 x cafés. It is also home to the popular children's playground – Whale Tail Park.
Ngunguru has plenty of accommodation options including holiday houses, B&Bs and a motel. With all the services you need within walking distance Ngunguru is an ideal holiday location when you don't have your own car. To get to Ngunguru contact Whangarei Coastal Commuter.
If you are looking for a little art and culture, some shopping or a movie then Whangarei Coastal Commuter can transport you from your accommodation to Whangarei City Centre. Shops, cafes, movie theatres, bowling and all the amenities you need can be found in Whangarei.
The Whangarei Town Basin is an attractive inner-harbour precinct with cafes, shops & galleries, children's playground, art museum, car museum, clock museum and a stunning 4km art & history walkway that runs along the waterfront.
On the outskirts of Whangarei City (off the road to Tutukaka) you will find the dramatic Whangarei Falls. You can view these viewing platforms above, walk down to the bottom to see them from below and also enjoy a longer circular walk to the AH Reid Memorial Kauri Park, which takes around 1 hour to complete.
Whangarei Coastal Commuter can transport you to the Whangarei Falls or bring you back to your car or accommodation if you plan to do the Whangarei Falls to Town Basin Walkway.


With a name derived from the Arabic word sharab — "to drink" — the acidulated concoction of fruit juice and sugar known in Colonial America as a shrub fell out of favor as a go-to cold drink around the same time industrially produced foods began their rise to prominence.
The advent of home refrigeration dealt the final blow to the shrub, whose syrupy base was the primary method of preserving a fruit harvest long after it had been picked. Traditionally, home shrub makers would combine fruit or juice with sugar and vinegar, allowing the mixture to steep over several days or weeks before use. The sugar acts as a preservative of the concentrated syrup, which would be mixed with cool water to create a refreshingly tart warm-weather beverage.
Since acid stimulates the salivary glands, the sweet-tart liquid both quenches thirst while piquing the appetite, making it ideal for inclusion in apertif-style cocktails. Brandy or rum was added to shrubs in the nineteenth century; today, Esmon suggests starting with gin or whiskey as a complimentary base.
Unlike a cocktail brightened with citrus juice, which tradition deems should be stirred, shrub drinks can be shaken; they remain clear and won't turn a cocktail cloudy, the way citrus will.
You can make your own shrub at home by macerating one part fresh, stemmed fruit — halved or quartered if large — with one part granulated sugar in a bowl in the fridge overnight. The sugar will extract the liquid from the fruit. Strain out the solids and mix your fruit syrup with one part vinegar — champagne and apple cider both make interesting pairings — whisk to combine, and voila, a historically accurate cocktail enhancer with a modern feel.
Hull and slice 1 pint of strawberries. Place them in a pot with 1 quart of apple cider vinegar. Bring to a boil, then remove the pot from the heat and allow the mixture to cool to room temperature. Strain out the fruit, then add 1 cup of simple syrup to the remaining liquid.
Combine gin, simple syrup and strawberry shrub in an ice-filled Collins glass, stirring until chilled. Top with club soda, then garnish.


The NIRWN was delighted to have the opportunity to welcome Michel Barnier, EU Chief Negotiator for Brexit to NIRWN to share with him and his team the realities of the current and potential impacts of Brexit for rural women in our region.
We shared with Monsieur Barnier that the EU has always understood the importance of the role of women in their communities; peacebuilding, bridgebuilding and through the Rural Development Programme; Peace monies, ESF etc they invested in our rural women encouraging their development and leadership skills and we fear a future without this. Rural women currently receive only 1.3% of government funding for women's programmes in NI.
NIRWN explained that the EU Withdrawal Bill has the potential to gravely impact on the hard won social, human and economic rights for women in NI. EU law has had a significant impact on the rights of women, especially in the areas of economic activity e.g. maternity rights; working time directive.
Mr Barnier in response to our concerns raised about a 'hard border' and associated infrastructure said: 'I have to work for no border', he was clear that the EU did not want a 'hard' border for people living their daily lives traversing the border region but that a 'solution for goods needs to be found'.
The delegation shared with the Commissioner recent research from NIRWN and the Women's Regional Consortium on Brexit.


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Mob Wives' Renee Graziano Wants You to Know 'No Drugs or Alcohol Were Involved' in Recent Car Accident
Mob Wives' star Renee Graziano is addressing reports that she was taken into custody for a drug-related DUI in Staten Island on Tuesday.
via People:
Sharing a photo of her and her late father Anthony Graziano, former consigliere of the Bonanno family who died in 2019, the reality star said that things sometimes "go left" in a person's life. While she admitted she was involved in a car accident, she insisted "no one was touched" or "injured."
She continued by saying that "no drugs or alcohol were involved" and denied reports that she was charged with a DUI or DWI.
"I was taken to the hospital as a precaution cause I did bang my head, however no physical harm was done to my head or body, no ticket, no charges," she wrote, claiming that the case was "thrown out" and that she "never" saw a judge.
She went on to ask fans to "respect my privacy" and shared, "I have been though [sic] enough in MY life and I will be the 1st to say I have crossed THAT line…"
She reiterated that "no one was hurt" and seemed to suggest the weather played a factor in the incident, telling her followers to "beware of black ice."
Graziano then wrote a short note to her father, whom she called her "personal angel," and shared a quote he often said: "Tough times don't last, tough people do."
The star concluded by stating, "If there was an arrest it's their job, however any and all charges were dropped [and] thrown out of court."
The New York Police Department did not immediately return PEOPLE's request for comment.
According to Fox News, Graziano was charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence on Tuesday. A spokesperson from the NYPD told the outlet that she was arrested after hitting a parked 2020 Jeep Wrangler, which was unoccupied at the time.
She was reportedly evaluated at a local hospital.
Graziano told authorities she had taken Adderall ahead of the crash, per the New York Daily News, which also reports that her 2020 Nissan Murano was overturned during the accident. The district attorney's office reportedly deferred prosecution pending its investigation.
Officials are waiting for the results of her blood test to determine if she took a prescribed drug, according to the Staten Island Advance.
In 2012, Graziano's publicist confirmed to PEOPLE that she was entering rehab, adding that "it is not for any current drug or alcohol use of any kind."
The rep said at the time: "Her choice to enter rehab was made entirely on her own. She has made this decision for the betterment of her son AJ [Pagan]'s life, as well as to improve her physical, mental and spiritual health." She was reportedly at Miami's Transitions rehab center.
Did they ever decide if they were moving forward with that Mob Wives reboot or nah?
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College Days // Ugh. I forgot how time consuming going to college can be. But the worst of it, is that its a class that normally I'd be totally interested in, Psychology of Gender, but instead its just making me frustrated and angry.
Good Eats // I seriously forgot how much I love to cook! Granted, we'll see how long this lasts, but now that I don't have the convenience of being able to buy lunch from a variety of outlets, packing my lunches is going to be a daily occurrence at the new job. I have been scouring Pinterest for easy meal ideas and am totally diggin' that I have to start playing in the kitchen. What are some of your quick, go-to meals for work lunches?
Still Lookin' // So, The Dude. I'm guessing since I've not heard boo from him since his return from vacation, it's likely time to "move on". Which in all honesty is o.k. As I mentioned before, he had NOTHING in common (honestly, you can really only go on so many motorcycle rides) but still had fun when we hung out. But when it comes down to it, it doesn't matter if he's the nicest guy in the world, if we don't have anything in common I'm not quite sure how that would work.


CONNECTED IN MISSION is an international conference taking place at St Michael's Church, Stoke Gifford, Bristol BS34 8PD on Saturday 11th May 2019. The conference will highlight the work of Transform Europe Network (TEN) through mission, church planting and compassion ministries. With more than 60 partners in 12 European nations, TEN has supported indigenous church leaders and Christian NGOs across Eastern Europe for more than 50 years.
The conference is aimed at prayer supporters, donors, church leaders, mission representatives and anyone with a keen interest in mission, especially in eastern Europe. TEN offers opportunities for short-term mission trips, long-term church partnerships, and welcomes interest from prospective mission ambassadors and a range of other volunteer roles.


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SMGA Exhibitions
2012-2013 SMGA Exhibitions
Posted on: August 21st, 2013
2012-2013 Exhibition Schedule for the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art
2013 Windgate Fellows Exhibition
Reception: April 11, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
This third biennial exhibition features the work of ten Department of Art and Art History undergraduate studio program students who have been awarded Windgate Fellowship support to create new work for this exhibition. Awardees are Elizabeth Alexander, Emee Barrow, Morgan Deems, Kayla Huguley, Heather Orlando, Greg Randall, Lori Taylor, Kristen Tcherneshoff, Shannon Thacker, and Joi West.
Department faculty members use a jury process to select students to conduct research and produce a new body of art work specifically for this show. The fellowship funding supports both research and production costs.
A broad range of studio media is represented in the exhibit including painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography and glass. Some artists have worked collaboratively and several have combined media processes in their work. Funding support for the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art comes from the Department of Art and Art History and the College of Arts and Sciences at The University of Alabama. For further information, contact the gallery at 348-1891. Past Windgate Exhibitions: 2013 | 2011 | 2009.
Thornton Willis: Structural Abstraction
October 4 – November 16, 2012 | Slideshow
The Sarah Moody Gallery of Art is pleased to announce the opening of an exhibition of paintings by New York artist and UA alumnus Thornton Willis. Willis will be in Tuscaloosa for an artist's reception on Thursday, October 11 from 6-8 p.m. At 7 p.m., during the reception in the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, he will answer questions about his work.
The exhibit features abstract oil paintings that represent several bodies of work spanning a decade: lattice paintings, triangle paintings and his latest work. What his art works have in common is the "allover surface plane held in tension, between figure and ground, as an interwoven field," writes Lance Esplund, arts contributor to the Wall Street Journal.
Willis's awards include a painting fellowship from the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, painting and printmaking fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Fellowship, the Pollack-Krasner Foundation Painting Fellowship. He was awarded membership in the Southern Mississippi College of Arts and Letters Wall of Fame, his undergraduate alma mater. Thornton Willis has art work in more than forty collections, including the Museum of Modern Art; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; the Whitney Museum of American Art; the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo; the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC; the Herb and Dorothy Vogel Collection in the National Gallery, Washington, DC; the High Museum of Art, Atlanta; the Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock; the New Orleans Museum of Art; the Denver Museum of Fine Art; and the Portland (OR) Art Museum.
Catch and Release: Brian Novatny, Selected Paintings and Drawings
August 23 – September 21, 2012 | Installation images in pdf | Slideshow
New York artist Brian Novatny brings figurative drawings and paintings to the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art. This exhibition features more than a decade Novatny's work. Novatny's figures are both preoccupied and disconnected from narrative, constructed from a litany of elements, whether a patterned fabric, a figure falling, or a June Allyson look-alike. There is a feeling of unease in the work as if his subjects are trapped in the background of the works. Novatny has had solo exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Seattle, Saint Louis, Berlin and Frankfurt and is represented by ADA Gallery in Richmond, Virginia. His work is in the collections of Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Fine Arts, Knoxville Museum of Art, Progressive Insurance and Microsoft Corporation. The artist will be lecturing on his work on Wednesday, September 5, at 7:00 p.m. in 205 Gorgas Library on the UA campus. For further information, contact the gallery at 348-1891.
Amy Feger: Local Journeys
July 6 – August 3, 2012
Opening reception: July 6, 103 Garland Hall 5-7 pm
The Sarah Moody Gallery of Art will feature works by Master of Fine Arts candidate Amy Feger in the exhibition Local Journeys July 6 – August 3 2012. An opening reception will be held Friday, July 6, from 5:00 – 7:00 PM. The public is invited to attend.
Originally from Louisville, KY, where she received her BFA from the University of Louisville, Ms. Feger moved to Montevallo, AL with her partner in 2002. Dividing her time between homes in Montevallo and Tuscaloosa, Feger explores the conceptual and narrative potential of the map as a means of describing place. She states that each painting is the archaeological remnant of a re-constructed memory of her ritual road trips from home to home for the past three years. The paintings vary from oil paint to acrylic, from solid surfaces to roadmap "webs." This series of works began as a response to the April 27, 2011 tornado.
The Sarah Moody Gallery of Art is supported by the College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Art and Art History. It is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 am – 4:30 pm, and Thursday evening 5:00 – 8:00 pm. We are located at 103 Garland Hall in the heart of the UA campus on Woods Quad. There is no admission charge.
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Sonic Pi és un entorn de programació en viu (live coding) basat en Ruby. Ha estat dissenyat per ensenyar música i programació a les escoles.

Va ser creat i desenvolupat per Sam Aaron al laboratori d'informàtica de la Universitat de Cambridge en col·laboració amb la Raspberry Pi Foundation. Gràcies a l'ús que fa del motor de síntesi i del model de sincronització exacte de SuperCollider, també s'utilitza per a la programació en viu (live coding) i per a altres formes d'interpretació i producció musical algorítmica, incloses les algoraves.

La seua investigació i desenvolupament ha comptat amb el suport de Nesta, a través del projecte Sonic Pi: Live & Coding.

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Enllaços externs
 Pàgina oficial: Sonic Pi
 Tutorials Mehackit en català: http://sonic-pi.mehackit.org/index_cat.html

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/* This is the read data program written by Ruibin Xi Oct 12, 2009.
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#ifndef READ_HX_XI
#define READ_HX_XI

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <math.h>

#define LR_BUFFER 1000
/*The minimum memory allocated to ll_buffer*/

char * lr_read(FILE *); /*read a line; if error, return NULL*/

double * read_table(FILE *, int *nrow, int *ncol, int lines,int skip);
/*read a file into a double array (a matrix).
  nrow will be assigned as the number of rows of the matrix;
  ncol will be assigned as the number of cols of the matrix;
  lines tells maximum number of lines that need to be read, -1 means that read until the end of the file;
  If the end of file is reached before lines number of lines, then the returned matrix will have less than lines number of rows.
  ignore any row that has different columns from the first row.
  skip is the number of lines that need to be skipped
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#endif

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The Science Granting Councils Initiative in sub-Saharan Africa (SGCI) is a multi-donor initiative developed jointly by IDRC, the United Kingdom's Department for International Development, and South Africa's National Research Foundation.
Strengthening the capacity of Africa's science granting councils in the use of evidence in policy and decision-making
The Science Granting Councils Initiative in sub-Saharan Africa (SGCI) is a multi-donor initiative supported by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, the United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, IDRC, South Africa's National Research Foundation, and the German Research Foundation.
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Low and middle-income countries are experiencing the burden of nutrition-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, largely driven by increasingly unhealthy food environments.
The Cost of Eating Healthy in Kenya: Comparative Analysis of Healthy versus Unhealthy Foods
In response to the rising burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Kenya, the Ministry of Health launched the Kenya National Strategy for the Prevention and Control of NCDs 2015-2020.
Making Markets Work for Nutritious Diets - Co-creation of Knowledge
Poor quality diets are considered one of the leading contributors to the global burden of disease.
Readiness to Adopt Food Related Non-Communicable Disease Prevention Policies in Africa
Increasing consumption of unhealthy diets is fuelling the growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) across Sub-Saharan Africa.
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The burden of disease from environmental and occupational health hazards and climate change is a growing concern in eastern Africa.
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Tobacco use is one of the main risk factors for the rapidly growing non-communicable disease (NCD) burden in low- and middle-income countries.
Improving Child Nutrition in Ghana, Kenya, and Zambia to Prevent Non-Communicable Diseases
Researchers have identified changes in nutrition in Africa as one of the main causes of the rising epidemic of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
Integrated Human and Animal Disease Control for Tanzanian Pastoralists Facing Settlement
In the drylands of East and Southern African, pastoralists are facing degrading environments due to increased population, climate change, and agricultural policies.
Investing in knowledge: IDRC and The Rockefeller Foundation launch new research partnership
The Rockefeller Foundation and IDRC are pleased to announce a new five-year, CA$11-million research funding partnership. "Catalyzing change for healthy and sustainable food systems" aims to improve quality of life for low-income and vulnerable people in East Africa who face the double burden of malnutrition and environmental threats like climate change.
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Shri Jasnath Asan is the oldest educational & Spiritual institution in the Marwar Valley of colorful Rajasthan, blessed with the responsibility of healing with yoga. We welcome all to Yoga Lifestyle Workshops during the winter months at the ashram & throughout the world during the summer - for families, schools & communities.
Well the food was out of this world! A new adventure every day.
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The things that stood out the most for me were moments of personal realization, made possible by the insights and our experiences here. On a day to day level – fire dancers, sun salutation in the desert, the light, calm, beauty of the ashram, wonderful food moments. The birds at the ashram and tree farm, the crescent moon above us during puja, the bougainvillea and jasmine in the garden. Our room!
The whole lifestyle experience is one step towards having a healthier and more conscious future. So it is a kind of long term investment!!
The WOW factor is to have Guruji as our instructor every day. What a privilege.
5 days after arriving at the ashram, with daily yoga class and individual therapy for back, hips and knees, I can almost sit cross-legged on the floor.
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A conversation about bringing back the Micronauts in a macro way, and how all your favorite action toys fit together!


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Thread: U.S. signs agreement for $11 billion arms sale to Qatar key Hamas supporter
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U.S. signs agreement for $11 billion arms sale to Qatar key Hamas supporter
U.S. signs agreement for $11 billion arms sale to Qatar
WASHINGTON Mon Jul 14, 2014 6:14pm EDT
AH-64E Apache attack helicopters which are equipped with AN/APG-78 Longbow Fire Control Radar and purchased from the U.S. take part during a commissioning ceremony at the Tainan military base in Tainan, southern Taiwan December 13, 2013.
CREDIT: REUTERS/STRINGER
(Reuters) - The United States signed an agreement with Qatar on Monday to sell the Gulf Arab ally Apache attack helicopters and Patriot and Javelin air-defense systems valued at $11 billion.
"Today's signing ceremony underscores the strong partnership between the United States and Qatar in the area of security and defense and will help improve our bilateral cooperation across a range of military operations," Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby said in a statement.
The agreement was signed at the Pentagon by U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Qatar's defense minister, Hamad bin Ali al-Attiyah.
It was the biggest U.S. arms sale so far this year, according to media reports.
Hagel visited Qatar in December when he and al-Attiyah signed a 10-year Defense Cooperation Agreement to govern interaction between U.S. and Qatari forces and enable the continued assignment of American troops to installations in the area, including the Combined Air Operations Center at Al Udeid Air Base.
"This is a critically important relationship in the region," said Kirby. "And the secretary is pleased to be able to continue to make it stronger."
Qatar is holding for a year five Taliban prisoners released from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in exchange for U.S. Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who had been held captive in Afghanistan.
(Reporting by Peter Cooney; Editing by Jonathan Oatis)
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Israel singles out Qatar as key Hamas terror sponsor
Gulf emirate is branded the villain behind Hamas belligerence, with PM's former security adviser saying it funds tunnel diggers and rocket launchers
BY ELHANAN MILLER
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, shakes hands with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, right, as the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, center, looks on, after signing an agreement in Doha, Qatar, Monday, Feb 6, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Osama Faisal)
Elhanan Miller
Elhanan Miller is the Arab affairs reporter for The Times of Israel
President Shimon Peres accused Qatar on Wednesday of becoming "the world's largest funder of terror" due to its financial support for Hamas in Gaza.
"Qatar does not have the right to send money for rockets and tunnels which are fired at innocent civilians," the outgoing statesman told UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Jerusalem. "Their funding of terror must stop. If they want to build then they should, but they must not be allowed to destroy."
A spokesman for Peres would not comment on the information on which the president was basing his accusation, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's former security adviser said Qatar was relentlessly financing Hamas terror..
Qatar's recently attempted to transfer funds for the salaries of Hamas civil servants in Gaza, following the formation of a Palestinian unity government, but was blocked by the United States, which pressured the Arab Bank not to process them. But former national security adviser Maj. Gen. (res) Yaakov Amidror told The Times of Israel that the emirate's funding for the organization's terror apparatus, including tunnel diggers and rocket launchers, has continued unabated.
"Hamas currently has two 'true friends' in the world: Qatar and Turkey," Amidror said. The small Gulf state is currently Hamas's closest ally in the Arab world, after the movement's relations with Egypt soured following the ouster of Muslim Brotherhood president Mohammed Morsi in June 2013. Qatar, which has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in reconstruction and infrastructure projects in Gaza, is also home to the movement's political leader Khaled Mashaal in Doha.
"The one supporting this organization financially, almost alone, is Qatar," Amidror said.
In this Monday, April 8, 2013, photo, Palestinians work on a Qatar-funded road in Gaza City photo credit: AP/Hatem Moussa)
Qatar isn't only being accused of funneling funds to Hamas. Israel and Egypt are also blaming it for blocking Egypt's efforts to broker a ceasefire in Gaza. On July 17, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri said that Qatar and Turkey were undermining Egypt's quiet-for-quiet ceasefire initiative, a position echoed by Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman.
As reported in these pages, Qatar drafted its own ceasefire plan last week, adopting most of Hamas's demands. The plan — penned before the start of Israel's ground offensive – was reportedly presented to Western officials and to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Hamas has denied the existence of any ceasefire plan besides that put forth by Egypt.
A Western source close to the Qatari regime, speaking to The Times of Israel on condition of anonymity, denied that Qatar was blocking the Egyptian initiative.
Former Israeli national security adviser Yaakov Amidror (photo credit: Flash90)
"Qatar is not blocking anything, it simply realizes that a ceasefire needs to take Hamas into account," the source said. "You can't have a ceasefire agreed upon between Israel, Egypt and Fatah while the actual authority on the ground doesn't have a say. The only solution is to use Qatar's leverage over Hamas to come up with an initiative that all sides can agree on."
However, the ceasefire draft presented to Abbas in Qatar over the weekend "had Hamas's handwriting all over it," the source acknowledged, even while Qatar claims neutrality as a mediator. "Qatar is clearly biased toward Hamas over Fatah."
"The international and Arab communities want a solution between the PLO and Israel, but Qatar wants to see a ceasefire agreed between Hamas and Israel, without PLO involvement," he said. Qatar doesn't necessarily see the solution in Gaza in the context of a comprehensive solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, "but within the immediate context of the Gaza war."
Another aspect of Qatar's destructive influence, Israel believes, is state-backed news channel Al-Jazeera. Communications Minister Gilad Erdan requested of the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Council this week that it stop broadcasting Al-Jazeera due to its "extremely severe incitement against the State of Israel as well as enthusiastic support for Hamas and its terrorist actions." Liberman said his ministry was examining the possibility of shutting Al-Jazeera's offices in Israel, Israeli news site Walla reported.
On Tuesday, the channel evacuated staff from its Gaza bureau after coming under fire, allegedly from Israel. Speaking to Israel's Army Radio, the channel's Jerusalem bureau chief, Walid Al-Omari, accused the Israeli ministers of inciting against his channel and placing TV crews at physical risk.
Meanwhile, a diplomatic tug of war has been underway in the Arab Gulf between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates — both staunch supporters of the new Egyptian regime — on the one side and Qatar on the other. On Tuesday, Qatari emir Tamim bin Hamad arrived in Jedda, Saudi Arabia, to discuss the Palestinian situation with Saudi King Abdullah. No details of the meeting were immediately available.
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PLoS One. 2012;7(5):e36756. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036756. Epub 2012 May 10.
The genome characteristics and predicted function of methyl-group oxidation pathway in the obligate aceticlastic methanogens, Methanosaeta spp.
Zhu J1, Zheng H, Ai G, Zhang G, Liu D, Liu X, Dong X.
State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
In this work, we report the complete genome sequence of an obligate aceticlastic methanogen, Methanosaeta harundinacea 6Ac. Genome comparison indicated that the three cultured Methanosaeta spp., M. thermophila, M. concilii and M. harundinacea 6Ac, each carry an entire suite of genes encoding the proteins involved in the methyl-group oxidation pathway, a pathway whose function is not well documented in the obligately aceticlastic methanogens. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the methyl-group oxidation-involving proteins, Fwd, Mtd, Mch, and Mer from Methanosaeta strains cluster with the methylotrophic methanogens, and were not closely related to those from the hydrogenotrophic methanogens. Quantitative PCR detected the expression of all genes for this pathway, albeit ten times lower than the genes for aceticlastic methanogenesis in strain 6Ac. Western blots also revealed the expression of fwd and mch, genes involved in methyl-group oxidation. Moreover, (13)C-labeling experiments suggested that the Methanosaeta strains might use the pathway as a methyl oxidation shunt during the aceticlastic metabolism. Because the mch mutants of Methanosarcina barkeri or M. acetivorans failed to grow on acetate, we suggest that Methanosaeta may use methyl-group oxidation pathway to generate reducing equivalents, possibly for biomass synthesis. An fpo operon, which encodes an electron transport complex for the reduction of CoM-CoB heterodisulfide, was found in the three genomes of the Methanosaeta strains. However, an incomplete protein complex lacking the FpoF subunit was predicted, as the gene for this protein was absent. Thus, F(420)H(2) was predicted not to serve as the electron donor. In addition, two gene clusters encoding the two types of heterodisulfide reductase (Hdr), hdrABC, and hdrED, respectively, were found in the three Methanosaeta genomes. Quantitative PCR determined that the expression of hdrED was about ten times higher than hdrABC, suggesting that hdrED plays a major role in aceticlastic methanogenesis.
Circular representation of the M. harundinacea genome.
The circles show (innermost to outermost): (1) GC skew; (2) G+C content; (3) genes included in the genome of M. harundinacea but not in the genomes of M. concilii and M. thermophila; (4) genes involved in methane metabolism; (5) genes found in all the three Methanosaeta genomes; (6) core genes found in the methanogen genomes sequenced; (7) RNA genes, including tRNA (red) and rRNAs (yellow); (8) genes on the plus and minus strand, respectively. All the genes were colored by functional categories according to COG classification.
The Genome Characteristics and Predicted Function of Methyl-Group Oxidation Pathway in the Obligate Aceticlastic Methanogens, Methanosaeta spp
PLoS One. 2012;7(5):e36756.
Gene organizations of formylmethanofuran dehydrogenase (fmd or fwd) in the genomes of M. harundinacea (A), M. concilii (B), and M. theromphila (C) compared with those in the genomes of Msr. mazei (D), Msr. barkeri (E) and Msr. acetivorans (F).
Phylogeny of enzymes from the pathway of methanogenesis.
A. representative enzymes from the C-1 branch. B. other representative enzymes. a. Formylmethanofuran-tetrahydromethanopterin formyltransferase (Ftr), b. N5N10-methenyl-tetrahydromethanopterin cyclohydrolase (Mch), c. F420-dependent N5N10-methylene-tetrahydromethanopterin dehydrogenase (Mtd), d. and F420-dependent N5N10-methylene- tetrahydromethanopterin reductase (Mer), e. methyltetrahydrosarcinapterin: CoM methyltransferase A (MtrA), f. MtrH. Protein sequences were aligned with ClustalX and phylogenetic analysis was performed with MEGA using the neighbor-joining algorithm. Bootstrap support was obtained from neighbor-joining (first value), maximum-parsimony (second value) and maximum-likelihood (third value) methods based on 1000 replicates. The accession number of each reference sequence is shown in . Framed sequences refer to those involved in the methyl methanogenesis pathway. The bar represents 10% estimated sequence divergence.
Western blot assays for FwdC (A), Mch (B) and McrA (C).
Lane 1, 5 and 9, 0.2 µg purified FwdC, Mch and McrA as the positive control; lane 2, 6 and 10, 10 µg cell extract from the pre-exponential phase culture; lane 3, 7 and 11, 10 µg cell extract from the exponential phase culture; lane 4, 8 and 12, 5 µg cell extract from the stationary phase culture. The molecular masses of subunit FwdC, Mch and McrA are about 27.5 kDa, 34 kDa, and 61 kDa, respectively. The migrations of molecular mass standards are shown on the left of pictures.
Organization of acs genes in M. concilii (A), M. thermophila (B), and M. harundinacea (C).
Closest homologs between species are indicated by the identical patterns.
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Archaeal Proteins*/metabolism
Genome, Archaeal/physiology*
Methane/metabolism
Methanosarcinales*/enzymology
Methanosarcinales*/genetics
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Oxidoreductases*/genetics
Oxidoreductases*/metabolism
Archaeal Proteins
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