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THE show must go on, declares Perdana ParkCity Sdn Bhd group CEO Lee Liam Chye. Perdana ParkCity is the property arm of Samling Group and the developer of the highly successful Desa ParkCity in Kuala Lumpur.
Like many developers in the country, Perdana ParkCity held back its launches last year due to the soft property market, which was attributed to the government's cooling measures and Bank Negara Malaysia's tightening of housing loan regulations.
However, despite the current cautious sentiment, the developer has decided to go against the headwinds and launch Westside III in the 473-acre Desa ParkCity. The township, which is located adjacent to Bandar Menjalara, is accessible via the Damansara-Puchong Expressway, Guthrie Corridor Expressway and Middle Ring Road 2.
"Last year, we did not launch anything because we expected the market to soften. The government implemented cooling measures, then the oil prices fell, among other things … We held back, but we are ready to go [now]. We think there will be an appreciable demand for our products," Lee says, adding that it will launch only one project in the Klang Valley this year.
He says the 49-storey luxury condominium Westside III will be unveiled on May 30. The single-phase project has a gross development value (GDV) of RM505 million.
"This is our largest condominium project. Back in 2000, we had envisaged the master plan of Desa ParkCity. What you see today is not improvised as we develop," he says.
Westside III will sit on 1.73ha of freehold land. It will offer 469 units with built-ups of 1,077 to 1,927 sq ft and prices starting at RM636 psf. The maintenance fee is 36 sen psf.
The partly furnished units will come in three layouts — two bedrooms with two bathrooms, three bedrooms with two bathrooms, and three bedrooms with four bathrooms.
There will be 1,079 parking bays for residents across five levels. The project is expected to be completed in May 2018.
The gated-and-guarded development will have facilities such as a gym, Jacuzzi, swimming and wading pool, multipurpose hall and barbecue area at level six. At the ground level, there will a jogging track, tennis court, playground and outdoor water amusement park with water jets.
Lee says the facilities will be exclusively for Westside III residents and their guests.
"We had about 2,000 registrants without [above-the-line] advertisements within three months [since the registration began in March]. Of the number, 500 are repeat buyers and the rest, new buyers," he says. "Based on our track record, we can achieve about 60% sales within a month."
He says the target market is families, especially those aged between 30 and 45. The company is also targeting first-time homebuyers and upgraders.
"We are keeping our design concept for condominiums, which is to create a happy neighbourhood where everyone knows everybody. Interaction doesn't take place only at public facilities but also at the lobby and the outdoor park," says Lee. "At the lobby, we will have water dispensers because we want to encourage community-building. The furniture [and fittings] must encourage that sort of activity.
"All our condominiums today are moving towards that direction — we have done the same for Westside I and Westside II. However, I think the social interaction will be stronger at Westside III because of what we will put in ... We will have a traffic-free area in front and a drop-off zone at the back. This way, the lobby will engage the open space [which will have a jogging track, water amusement park and parlour]."
To give the units more space, Perdana ParkCity will do away with the wet kitchen and maid's room. It will instead allocate space for a washer and dryer.
Lee notes that an increasing number of families are not hiring maids as they are harder to come by and cost more these days. This prompted Perdana ParkCity to start its own premium maid service, ParkCity Cleaners.
"We will be managing the maid service ourselves and it will start in July. The service will help the residents manage their lifestyles and free their time," says Lee.
The fee for the service will be between RM25 and RM35 per hour, with a minimum of two hours. The service will be made available to all residents in Desa ParkCity.
Targeting the young
Lee says after Westside III, the company will build another condominium, tentatively named Project R2, in its ParkCity TownCentre.
Upon completion, the 55-acre ParkCity TownCentre will have shops, offices, condos, small offices/home offices (SoHos), a hotel, private international school, private hospital and medical and wellness complex. Already in operation are the 300-bed Sime Darby Medical Centre and the 54-classroom International School @ ParkCity. Also, The Breezeway homes have been completed.
Project R2 will comprise 471 condos, targeted at young professionals. Lee says the estimated GDV is more than RM500 million.
"This is for the lively, robust urbanites and yuppies ... I was in America and I saw similar mixed-use developments, and they told me they are for the grey [-haired] market, not the yuppies. They (the older folk) want to be in a happening place because they have money and still think they are young. So, I will also expect older folk to buy units in this project," he says.
He adds that Project R2, to be located next to the 11.32-acre Plaza Arcadia, will be about the same scale as Westside III, with slight variations in the built-ups.
Plaza Arcadia, which comprises retail and commercial units, was launched in March 2013 and is fully sold. It is expected to open its doors in end-2016.
Lee believes Project R2 will be a hit among the young as Plaza Arcadia will have F&B outlets such as pubs and al fresco eateries. Residents can expect to find Korean, Western and Japanese cafés and restaurants as well.
He says Project R2 is expected to be launched by 3Q2016 and completed in 40 to 42 months.
Meanwhile, Villager Grocer will take up 25,000 sq ft in Plaza Arcadia and open at the end of next year.
Appreciating values
Despite the slowdown in the property market, values and rents in Desa ParkCity have been resilient.
"[In fact,] rents are going up because there is a growing expatriate community here," Lee says.
KGV-Lambert Smith Hampton (M) Sdn Bhd director Anthony Chua concurs with Lee. He says Desa ParkCity's properties are able to fetch premium prices because of the medical centre and international school.
He adds that the project is designed to provide conveniences, security and various amenities to the residents, which is a plus point for capital appreciation.
"Prices and rents have been higher than the neighbouring schemes. For example, the earlier condominium in Desa ParkCity — The Northshore Gardens — is still commanding prices way above those in the [neighbouring] Kepong area and matching those in Mont'Kiara," says Chua.
The Northshore Gardens was launched in 2008 and priced at RM650 psf for the smaller units and about RM500 psf for the larger ones. Currently, they are going for RM1,000 psf and RM800 psf respectively.
According to theedgeproperty.com, Westside I had a priority launch on June 5, 2010, with an average selling price of RM600 psf. Chua says the present asking price for units of this project is between RM700 and RM900 psf.
Lee says generally, 70% of Perdana ParkCity's customers are owner-occupiers while the rest are investors. "We have many repeat buyers, who have bought three to four properties in Desa ParkCity for investment. One of them has bought 15 properties since 2002 and has not sold any of them because he's renting them out. That's why we see prices going up."
He adds that properties in Desa ParkCity have a gross yield of as high as 7% per annum.
However, transactions in the secondary market have dropped. Citing The Northshore Gardens as an example, Chua says transactions fell from 40 units in 2013 to fewer than 20 units last year.
Accordingly to Lee, there is about 32.37ha of undeveloped land in Desa ParkCity, which has an estimated GDV of RM4 billion to RM5 billion. He expects the land to keep the company busy until 2025.
Chua believes the residential property market in Desa ParkCity will remain stable until the end of the year. He does not expect transactions to rise substantially this year due to the weak economic outlook. However, once the market picks up, he says, "the well-planned schemes will usually rebound first and at a faster pace".
DTZ Malaysia managing director Eddy Wong agrees with Chua. "Sales [in Desa ParkCity and its surrounding area] are expected to pick up later this year, if not early next year, once the market sees that a price correction, which is on everyone's wish list, is unlikely to happen in a major way," he says.
As for Lee, he expects the overall property market to be slower this year. "However, business must go on. We think that after tweaking [the product design], it is the right product [to sell] … Initial response proves that we are right," Lee says of the decision to launch Westside III.
Building outside the Klang Valley
In Miri, Perdana ParkCity launched a 100-unit development called SoHos Kenyalang Corner @ Arcadia Square on April 18. The 7.77ha Arcadia Square is part of the 550-acre Marina ParkCity township.
The partly furnished SoHos, with built-ups of 603 to 958 sq ft, are priced from RM550 psf upwards. The maintenance fee is 35 sen psf.
"SoHos Kenyalang Corner is the first of its kind in Miri. SoHos are good for those who want to live and work in the same place. It has been proven everywhere that when you have a residential component in a mixed-use development, it will do well because of the synergies and convenience. That's why they are selling [at] higher [prices] than offices [which are going for RM380 psf]," says Lee.
The SoHo development, which has a GDV of RM48 million, is slated for completion in April 2018. To date, 80% to 85% of the units are sold to mostly local buyers, with about 40% of them being repeat buyers.
Marina ParkCity is developed by Pantai Bayu Indah Sdn Bhd, a joint venture between Perdana ParkCity (which holds a 70% stake) and Pelita Holdings Sdn Bhd (30%), which is wholly owned by the Sarawak government.
Lee says the company has no plans to increase its landbank in Miri as 93% of Marina ParkCity's land is not developed.
Optimistic progress in Hanoi
Perdana ParkCity ventured into Hanoi, Vietnam, in 2010. Its maiden project there is the 77.4ha ParkCity Hanoi, which is developed by its wholly-owned subsidiary Vietnam International Township Development JSC. According to Perdana ParkCity, the project has a GDV of more than US$2 billion (RM7.19 billion).
Hanoi was not the first choice, says Lee. Initially, he was looking for land in Ho Chi Minh City but "could not find any".
"We went there (Ho Chi Minh City) in 2007. Every time we established contact with [property] agents there and flew over, someone would beat us to it," he says.
"ParkCity Hanoi is within Hanoi, about 13km from the city centre. It is also very near the new administration centre. All the big hotels are moving there, and there is a light rail transit under construction. [ParkCity Hanoi] is 500m from an LRT station, which should be ready by next year."
Following the success of its first phase, Nadyne Gardens, in 2010, the developer is ready to launch Phase 2 — Evelyne Gardens — in July. This phase will feature 147 units of 3-storey townhouses and 18 units of 3-storey semi-detached villas on a 1.9ha parcel. The units will have built-ups of 2,605 to 3,807 sq ft.
The gated-and-guarded Evelyne Gardens will have a plaza, pavilion, children's playground and fitness corner. Its completion date is being finalised.
Lee says the 6.46ha Nadyne Gardens, which comprises 24 semi-detached villas and 153 townhouses, was handed over to buyers four months ago.
"I'm very hopeful that Hanoi will take off as the markets are improving. There is a lot of foreign direct investment coming to Hanoi ... Japanese, Korean and Singaporean [investments] for the infrastructure and manufacturing [sectors]," he says.
He adds that the majority of his customers are Vietnamese.
He has obtained approval to build about 7,000 homes in the town centre of ParkCity Hanoi, including those at Nadyne Gardens and Evelyne Gardens. ParkCity Hanoi still has 68.8ha of undeveloped land, which, Lee says, will keep the company busy for at least 10 years.
Consideration for expansion plans
Lee says if given a chance, he would like to expand to Java, Indonesia, because he foresees the Indonesian economy improving due to an increasing population and the strong leadership of President Joko Widodo.
In the Klang Valley, Lee is looking for land parcels of more than 500 acres in zones of tiers one and two to develop townships. He considers Bandar Utama as a tier one zone.
"Our forte is in masterplan projects. If we develop in the Klang Valley, we will need about 500 acres. We are looking at a couple of locations in Selangor, which we will announce later," Lee says.
Ultimately, what makes a township successful is its focus on the residents, he says. "You must think of your customers more than any other people because what you give them will determine their quality of life. It is one of the biggest investments they will ever make."
This article first appeared in City & Country, The Edge Malaysia Weekly, on May 25 - 31, 2015.


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|Train Booked by self – 19305- Indb-Ghy Exp.
|17 Nov: Kamakhya Rly Station – Kaziranga National Park (220 kms / 5 hrs.)
Reach Kamhya Railway station at 1:45 Pm. Pick up and transfer to Kaziranga National Park, the home of "One Horned Rhinoceros", Check in at your hotel. Evening is free for leisure. Overnight stay at Kaziranga.
|18 Nov: Kaziranga National Park
Early morning explores any one zone of Kaziranga National Park on back of Elephant. Apart from the Rhino, other species found are Hog Deer, Swamp Deer, Wild Buffalo, Elephants and if you are lucky then tiger also. It is also home to pelicans, storks and darters as there are a number of water bodies inside the Park. Return to the resort for breakfast. In the afternoon enjoy jeep safari through the National Park. Return to the hotel. Overnight stay at Kaziranga.
|19 Nov: Kaziranga National Park – Shillong (295 kms / 7 hrs.)
After breakfast proceed for Shillong (4,900 ft.), called 'Scotland of the East". Enroute visit Umium Lake, a majestic placid lake with its surrounding sylvan hills. On arrival at Shillong, check in at your hotel. Evening is free for leisure. Overnight stay at Shillong.
| 20 Nov : Excursion to Cherrapunjee (60 kms / 2 hrs.)
After early breakfast drive to Cherrapunjee (4,400 ft.), the wettest place in the world. You will see the beautiful waterfall known as Nohkalikai. You can also explore the caves known as Mawsmai. Evening return to Shillong, enroute visit Elephanta falls and Shillong peak for some breathtaking views. Overnight stay at Shillong.
| 21 Nov: Shillong Sightseeing – Guwahati (100 kms / 3 hrs.)
After breakfast visit Don Bosco Museum & Ward's Lake. After that drive to Guwahati surface approx . Arrive and check in at hotel. Later visit Kamkhya Temple. In the evening visit 'Kalakshetra, a place where Assamese history and culture is presented through Light and sound show. Return to hotel. Overnight stay at Guwahati.
| 22 Nov: Leave Guwahati (Train booked by self- 12505 – North East Exp.)
After breakfast drop at Railway station. Train for New Jalpaiguri at 9:45 Am. Reach NJP at 5:15 Pm. Pick up from R/ Station and transfer to Gangtok. On arrival check inn at hotel. Overnight at hotel.
| 23 Nov: Excursion to Tsomgo Lake & Baba Mandir
After breakfast start for an excursion to Tsomgo Lake (12,400 ft.) & Baba Mandir (13,200 ft.) which is 55 kms one way from Gangtok city. Overnight stay at Gangtok.
(In case of Land slide or any other reason Tsomgo Lake is closed we will provided alternate sightseeing.)
| 24 Nov: Gangtok Local Sightseeing
Start for a Full day city tour covering Tashi view point, Ganesh Tok, Hanuman Tok, Flower show, Cottage Industry and Handicraft Centre, Institute of Tibetology, Dro-dul Chorten, Enchey Monastery & Banjakhri Falls (maximum 6 hours). Overnight stay at Gangtok.
| 25 Nov: Gangtok – NJP Rly Station / IXB airport (120 kms / 5 hrs)
After breakfast Check-out from hotel and take the departure transfer to NJP Railway Station / IXB airport for your onward journey. (Train- 19306- Guwahati-Indore Exp.)
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Author of The Complete History of the Return of the Living Dead and screenwriter of the Vinnie Jones thriller Kill Kane.
AUTHOR: Christian Sellers
The Complete History of the Return of the Living Dead
Having graduated from university with a degree in media and screenwriting, Christian Sellers put his cinema passion to use by entering the world of journalism with UK horror magazine GoreZone. This would serve as his initial introduction to the industry and his time with the publication would last two-and-a-half years.
Eventually he grew restless and, disappointed with the direction that the magazine had taken, decided to part ways and set his sights on a new medium. Joining forces with artist Gary Smart, Christian began researching the possibility of writing a book on the Return of the Living Dead franchise, a series of films that had begun with Dan O'Bannon's 1985 splatter punk classic.
The result was The Complete History of the Return of the Living Dead, which featured exclusive interviews with dozens of participants from the entire series. The book would receive positive reviews from the likes of Fangoria, Bloody Disgusting and SFX, while the Los Angeles-based book store Dark Delicacies held a cast and crew signing to promote its release in January 2011.
Within days of its release in the United States, Christian and Gary were contacted by the producer of Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy, the acclaimed retrospective of the long-running A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, about a collaboration on a Return of the Living Dead documentary. In October 2011, just nine months after their book had debuted, the two-hour film More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead was released on DVD to critical acclaim.
Following on from works published in such magazines as Shock Horror and Paracinema, Christian co-wrote Cheerleader Camp: To the Death, a low-budget spoof of the '80s slasher genre, before developing the screenplay for the Vinnie Jones revenge thriller Kill Kane.
I love revisiting a classic, especially one that doesn't get half the love it deserves.
Bloody Disgusting's Ryan Daley went full-on undead this past weekend as he went back to 1985 and enjoyed Dan O'Bannon's classic zombie flick Return of the Living Dead. In the film a bumbling pair of employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air that cause the dead to re-animate and go on a rampage through Louisville, Kentucky seeking their favorite food, brains. You can read Daley's fresh review here.
His trip back in time was inspired by Christian Sellers and Gary Smart's The Complete History of the Return of the Living Dead, a new book now available at a retailer near you. or the first time in 25 years, the cast and crew of all five films in this franchise reveal the stories behind the movies, offering their own opinions and details about life on the sets of some of the most fraught productions in cinema history. Supported by dozens of cast and crew members, the book features hundreds of previously unreleased behind-the-scenes photographs and exclusive artwork.
Inside you'll find Daley's thoughts on the book that should be sitting on each and every one of your coffee tables (or tank lid).
The great thing about niche publishing is that there's something out there for everybody on the planet. So let's say you're an adult movie-lover still trying to outgrow a punkish youth that included pegged pants and spiky blue hair? Well, Fantagraphic Books can totally hook you up with Destroy All Movies!!!: The Complete Guide to Punks on Film. And let's say you've never shaken your obsession with the staggeringly inconsistent Return of the Living Dead series? Plexus Publishing has got your fix with The Complete History of The Return of the Living Dead, a gloriously glossy, 288-page dissection of the entire franchise. Sometimes it can feel like a book was written just for you.
Authors Christian Sellers and Gary Smart are nothing less than exhaustive in their approach to the material. Beginning with Night of the Living Dead and the agreement between co-creators George Romero and John Russo to go their separate ways (with Romero taking "____ of the Dead" for his future titles as Russo adopted Return of the Living Dead for his own), the book studiously observes the behind-the-scenes shenanigans of every single film in the series, even the last two super shitty ones that nobody really likes. The title doesn't lie–as far as the Return movies go, this book is as complete as it gets.
Understandably, more pages (and most of the juiciest off-screen gossip) are devoted to the original Return of the Living Dead. Opening on 1,500 screens in August of 1985, the horror comedy would end up totally smoking Romero's more somber Day of the Dead (released a month prior) at the box office. Although the film has amassed a sizable cult following in the years since its release, Sellers and Smart depict a film set dominated by uncertainty and egos gone berserk.
The interviewees attest that many of the problems could be blamed on the confrontational nature of director Dan O'Bannon, who was still riding the success of his Alien screenplay. "We were bitter enemies," states star Clu Gulager (Burt), who had repeated run-ins with the director, frequently to the admiration of his fellow cast members. Co-star Beverly Randolph (Tina) says, "My fondest memories of Clu are when he let Dan have it and threw a vase at him!…I had a rough time shooting with Dan." And Don Calfa ("Ernie") recalls "Dan said something derogatory to me–I don't even fucking remember–and Clu jumped over the table….he said, `Don't ever talk that way to Don Calfa, one of the finest actors in North America.' He jumped at Dan…we had to hold him back. And Dan sat in this chair…he was shaking head to toe." Authors Sellers and Smart provide a juicy peek behind the curtain that is hard to resist.
Along with the in-depth text, the book is loaded with vintage behind-the-scenes photos. Some are crisp, some are sloppy, but perusing the sheer variety of photos makes you feel like you just spent a few hours on a Return movie set. (While the The Return I wrap party photos will leave you desperate to tip cocktails with an obviously blitzed James Karen and Don Calfa.) Storyboards, conceptual art, and international movie posters round out the package. Hell, it's worth purchasing solely for the in-depth coverage of the franchise's make-up effects, especially in regards to the gleefully gruesome third film. "Using real make-up is not just a practice in nostalgia for past techniques," says director Brian Yuzna (Return of the Living Dead III). "Traditional make-up and prosthetics and puppetry have an aesthetic that communicates a kind of reality that the CGI can`t duplicate." Wise words from the halcyon days when latex ruled supreme.
Back in 1985, a movie was released that would shatter conceptions about what a horror/comedy could be while pushing boundaries, influencing how a mainstream audience would eventually demand their genre films behave. Christian Sellers and Gary Smart's The Complete History of the Return of the Living Dead (now out from Plexus Publishing ) berings every aspect of that classic film to vivid life, and even covers the four loose sequels it spawned.
From the opening pages paying tribute to the pioneering work of George A. Romero, Sellers and Smart elaborately lay out the bloodsoaked, brain-munching blueprint that eventually became writer/director Dan O'Bannon's magnum opus. Delving deeper into the original novel of the same name written by Night of the Living Dead co-scripter John Russo, the authors exlicitly detail O'Bannon's changes in all their gore-splattered glory. We also get the story behind the "Tarman" zombie, with stills illustrating how actor Alan Trautman was transformed into the gruesome, iconic ghoul, dripping with wet, black slime. Other highlights include interviews with and rare stills of actors James Karen, Clu Gulager and, of course, Trash herself, Linnea Quigley. Much of this info is available on the various DVD/Blu-ray editions, but it's nice to have it in print, at your fingertips.
While obviously focusing more on the first breakout film, The Complete History of the Return of the Living Dead covers the follow-up features with equal care and enthusiasm. Though none of the follow-ups ever recaptured the counterculture thrills the original offered, they always had something unique to drive them. Return of the Living Dead Part II brought back the duo of Karen and Thom Matthews, but what you might not know is the actor Brian Peck (Scuz in O'Bannon's movie) also encored to play seven different zombie roles, including the "Thriller" ghoul.
Brian Yuzna's third entry saw a further exploration into the military's use for 2-3-4 Trioxin, and added a Romeo and Juliet-esque doomed romance to the mix; the book reveals that it was Yuzna's intent to parallel the couple's love and brain-lust with that of Sid Vicious and girlfriend Nancy Spungen's decent into drugs. With the dubious back-to-back productions of Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis and Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave changing the filming location from the U.S. to Romania and showcasing ghouls that were no longer indescructible, much of the original fan base was lost, but the chapters devoted to them are fun, packed with fantastic FX shots and cast and crew interviews.
Outside of being an essential tribute to the franchise, The Complete History of the Return of the Living Dead also stands as a homage to the late O'Bannon, a major talent who, as a screenwriter, was instrumental in bringing genre classics like Dark Star, Alien and Total Recall into the world. To paraphrase one of Return's key gabbing ghouls: "Send more paramedics...and while you're at it, more visionaries like Dan O'Bannon." Lord knows the genre needs 'em.
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Apellai (Greek: ἀπέλλαι), was a three-day family-festival of the Northwest Greeks similar with the Ionic Apaturia, which was dedicated to Apollo (Doric form:Ἀπέλλων).[1] The fest was spread in Greece by the Dorians as it is proved by the use of the month Apellaios (Ἀπελλαῖος or Ἀπελλαιών in Ionic Tenos).[2]
The word is derived from the Ancient Greek word pélla (πέλλα), "stone", and it appears in some toponyms in Greece like Pella (Πέλλα).[3]. The Doric word apella (ἀπέλλα) originally meant wall, enclosure of stones, and later assembly of people within the limits of the square . The word usually appears in plural.[4][5] Apella was the popular assembly of Sparta, which corresponds to the ecclesia, in other Greek city-states.[6]
When a pubescent was received into the body of grown men, as a grown Kouros (male youth) he became ἀπελλάξ (apellax, "sharer in secret rites") and he could enter the apellai. The apellaia were the offerings made at the initiation of the young men at a meeting of a family group.[7]
Apellaion is the offering of a part of the hair to the god, and corresponds to the Koureion of the Apaturia.[8] Apellaios is the month of these rites, and Apellon is the "megistos kouros" (the great Kouros).[9]
Ancient practice[edit]
There is evidence for this festival in Epidavros, Olous, Kalchedon, "Heracleia" at Siris, Tauromenion, Chaleion, Lamia, Oite, Tolophon, Delphi and also in Ancient Macedonia.[10][11] The phratry ('brotherhood') controlled the access to civic rights. The three-day family-festival included initiation ceremonies, not concerning the state:
- A father introduced his young child
- A father presented his son again, later, as grown youth (kouros)
- A husband presented his wife after the marriage
The corresponding names for the offerings made were paideia (child), apellaia (kouros) and gamela (marriage, Greek: γάμος gamos).[1]
It is almost sure that the fest belonged originally to Apollo, because his name is used in the oaths only near Poseidon Phratrios and Zeus Patroοs. In Athens a common epithet of Apollo as family-god is "Apollo Patroos".[12][13][14]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b Walter Burkert (1985) Greek Religion. Harvard University Press. p. 255
- ^ Ἀπελλαῖος
- ^ πέλλα / pella, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek–English Lexicon
- ^ Spartan verb: ἀπελλάζειν: "to assemble", and the festival ἀπέλλαι, which surely belonged to Apollo: Nilsson, Vol I, p. 556
- ^ απελλάζω
- ^ Hesychius: apellai (ἀπέλλαι), sekoi (σηκοί "folds"), ecclesiai (ἐκκλησίαι "popular assemblies"): Nilsson, Vol I, p. 556
- ^ ἀπελλαῖα
- ^ Nilsson, Vol I, pp. 137, 556
- ^ Jane Ellen Harrison (2010): Themis: A study to the Social origins of Greek Religion. Cambridge University Press. p. 441. ISBN 1108009492
- ^ Martin Nilsson, Die Geschichte der Griechische Religion, vol. I (C. H. Beck), 1955, pp. 555–556
- ^ Compare Hesychius: ἀπέλλακες ἱερών κοινωνούς: Sharers in secret rites Nilsson, Vol I, p. 556
- ^ Plato, Euthyd., 302c
- ^ Demosth. XVIII 141: "To Apollo Pythios, who is the father of the city.": Nilsson, Vol I, p. 556
- ^ Temple of Apollo Patroos


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Language and text-based curriculum catering for 5 different English levels.
Comprehensive written reports sent to families, agents and schools every month.
A Personal Development class once a week to encourage students to take responsibility for their learning and to allow discussion of the intercultural and developmental issues they face.
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Our High School Preparation course is an integrated skills-based program that focuses on language learning and practice, along with the relevant study skills and strategies.
The syllabus is divided into monthly programs, within which new units of work are undertaken each week. Units of work revolve around multidisciplinary themes, such as media studies, government and Australian history and culture. A specialist Maths teacher also takes classes in Maths and Science to ensure students are familiar with the language and practices expected in these subjects.
Students in our High School Preparation study from level and age-appropriate textbooks, as well as a variety of stimulating resources, such as readers, print media, CDs, film clips and field trips
Each Friday afternoon students participate in sport.
At least two excursions or events are organized for all students every month. Every four weeks there is a monthly test and for all High School Preparation students there is no class on the following Monday. On this day teachers review students' progress, prepare reports and develop programs for the following month.
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What is AyoJam and the JamFam?
AyoJam is a dance fitness wellness system created by AyoDamola Akinyemi which incoporates wellness, fitness, nutrition, and movement to the invigorating music and dance from Africa and the Caribbean.
How do I join AyoJam? Which level will I be in?
Anyone can join AyoJam at each of our four levels. The very first level is the JamFam: to join you buy the fitness DVD and Jam out at home. You keep connected to our online fitness community via social media. You can also join the Facebook group and follow us at home during our Facebook Live Classes. The next level the AyoJam University, which is geared for the student looking to make a deeper commitment during an 8 weeks to transform their wellness. Upon graduation, the AyoJammer can join our AyoWarrior Camp, a one-week in person intensive bootcamp that incorporates hands-on training, wellness, participation in the Ayo Fitness Hercules Challenge obstacle course race, and training as a AyoJam Fitness ambassador, which prepares you to take the AyoJam fitness experience into your local community as a facilitator. The final level is the training of AyoJam Elite Trainers, who are certified AyoJam fitness educators who can be hired to teach the AyoJam system around the world.
Do I need to have previous fitness or dance experience to be a part of AyoJam?
Not at all. The AyoJam experience was created for anyone who can move! We incrementally build your mobility, strength and endurance throughout the AyoJam University experience.
Do I need to believe in a particular religion to meditate?
No! AyoJam is a non-denominational community that believes in a higher power but we leave it to you to determine whether that's relevant to your meditation practice. We practice meditation as a way to center ourselves and build our personal awareness. If you can breathe and find a quiet place to sit, you can meditate with us.
Do I need equipment or weights to work out at home?
Light dumbbells (5-10 lb. dumbbells for women and 15-20 lbs for men), and things around the house, like chairs, a yoga mat or a soft surface. The workouts will involve your own body weight and we will get you moving!
Are there additional costs associated with the nutrition component?
The AyoJam philosophy is that less is more. This will simplify your life and improve your health tremendously. We recommend a select assortment of foods that you will rely on throughout the course of your program. They are oatmeal, egg whites, broccoli, chicken or fish, quinoa and sweet potato. We recommend using almond milk and perhaps adding in an apple or peach daily if need be. Most importantly, we recommend a gallon of water with lime a day.


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How to Create a Mastermind Group
The concept of a mastermind group was first introduced in Napolean Hill's classic book, Think and Grow Rich. The concept is a simple one and yet not enough people do this.
Dr. Hill wrote, "The Master Mind means a mind that is developed through the harmonious cooperation of two or more people who ally themselves for the purpose of accomplishing any given task."
To create a professional mastermind group, you should bring together several people (two to seven members) to meet once a month to discuss your business affairs. It is best to bring each member from a different background. Each member is required to set weekly and monthly goals.
By sharing your business goals with a small, intimate group of peers, you open yourself up to constructive critique and support. Each member is held accountable. The group becomes a valuable place where members share the challenges of their business, while assisting others by providing sound advice and opinion.
I joined a private mastermind group on Facebook and have found the meetings to be beneficial. The group shares information and support via private Zoom video chats. I believe meeting in-person would be most beneficial, but geography shouldn't hold you back.
How to create a mastermind group
If you plan to create your own group, I recommend setting some rules up front. One such rule should insist members attend meetings regularly. Too many absences will result poorly for the other members. Also, privacy is paramount. If information is leaked, it will ruin the group.
Begin each meeting by asking what each member has been working on. Let them do the talking, but limit the amount of time so that everyone gets a turn.
My friend, David Hooper describes this well in his book, The Rich Switch:
"A successful mastermind group will keep your focus on your goals as well as develop ideas on the conditions you can put in place to make sure those goals happen without question. The feedback and support you'll receive from a mastermind group is invaluable."
What about you?
Do you belong to a Mastermind? Would you like to join one? Please leave a comment with your thoughts.
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Mama Shelter, yes, it sure is a tradition for me having dinner there when I'm in Paris. And no, I never get tired of their food. With the great 2 stars Michelin rated chefs Alain Senderens and Jérôme Banctel who has created a menu together nothing can go wrong. Simple and good quality French food just the way I prefer it :-)
This time there were some new dishes on the menu but I couldn't resist the starter I always order, so marinated salmon and avocado without even hesitating. As a maindish I had the spices and coffee roasted codfish with gourmets peas, soy and cilantro…my lord! Their chef knows how to prepare cod in the most excellent way. The cod I was served was in the state of perfection, not overdone and not too raw..and almost melted in my mouth. The gourmet peas that it had been prepared with enhanced the whole experience and I truly wish I will learn how to prepare a codfish like that one day….
The Dessert with a big D. I ordered something that totally blowed my mind and still gives me cravings to go back asap. It deserves a separate blogpost so stay tuned ;-)
Having a Green London at Mama Shelter in ParisThe bread is always perfect at Mama Shelter, crusty on the outside and soft interior…served with butter :-)The starter no. 1, marinated salmon with avocado at Mama Shelter in ParisMy friends plate :-)Having delicious cod at Mama ShelterCabillaud torréfié aux épices et café, pois gourmands,soja et coriandreHaving dinner at Mama Shelter in Paris


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'Higher-level exam should not carry fear of failure tag'
Leaving Certificate students need to be encouraged to try higher-level papers without running the risk of being "labelled with the awful moralising tag of failure".
That's according to the head of the task group on changes to the exam-grading structure and CAO points system.
Professor Philip Nolan, president of Maynooth University, was responding to some negative reaction to changes for the 2017 State exams.
Prof Nolan said the reforms were designed to encourage all students to achieve to the best of their ability and people needed to recognise that they were based on research evidence.
The changes include reducing the current 14 ABC grading bands to eight and a new scale for converting grades into CAO points. The new measures will also see students being rewarded for achievement of between 30-39pc on a higher-level paper.
Prof Nolan said the evidence showed that an E grade at higher level under the current system represented the same level of achievement as a grade C at ordinary level.
"Why is one ranked as a good result and the other failure?" he said at the annual conference of the Joint Managerial Body, representing management bodies in more than half of second-level schools.
"Shouldn't we be encouraging students to take risks rather than punishing them if they come up short?
"In terms of developing our society and our citizens, what sort of a signal are we giving people at such a delicate and formative stage of their lives if we feel the need to insist on categorising them as failures rather than recognising their achievements?"
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Dallas House Fire Kills Resident After Firefighters Leave
Posted By The Carlson Law Firm || 21-Feb-2012
A Dallas house fire left a man dead after firefighters left the scene when smoke was reported by neighbors, officials said.
According to reports, neighbors begged firefighters not to leave the scene of the Texas apartment fire when officials arrived initially. Fire crew members said they knocked on various doors of the apartments when smoke was reported, but left soon after when they found no fire.
Apartment resident 58-year-old Byron Forester was pronounced dead at the scene of the house fire in Dallas.
Authorities are still looking into what may have sparked the blaze that left Forester dead.
House fires are more common during cooler winter months because of the increased use of heater and other appliances that can sometimes spark a fire. Defective products and appliances can create unsafe conditions, creating sparks when we may least expect them and giving us little time to react.
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PharmaMar Presents Positive Results of the Pivotal Phase III Trial With Plitidepsin in Multiple Myeloma During the ASH Meeting
MADRID, December 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
- As previously informed, the Phase III trial, ADMYRE, which compared plitidepsin in combination with dexamethasone versus dexamethasone alone met its primary endpoint, progression free survival, and secondary objectives, overall survival and safety - With regards to the primary endpoint, in patients who received the combination of plitidepsin with dexamethasone, a 3.8 month progression free survival (PFS) was observed in comparison to 1.9 months with dexamethasone alone, according to the investigator's assessment - With respect to overall survival, all patients obtained an overall survival that almost doubled the comparative with dexamethasone (11.6 months versus 6.4 months). In patients that experimented stable disease (65%), overall survival was 17 months - With reference to safety, PharmaMar presented a comparative table on adverse events in which plitidepsin was shown to be better tolerated than other drugs already used for multiple myeloma - Quality of Life evolution, this being evaluated according to a deterioration in the performance status, was better in patients treated with the combination of plitidepsin plus dexamethasone - A novel mechanism of action was also presented, demonstrating that plitidepsin is complimentary to actual treatments - Plitidepsin reduces the number of osteoclasts and inhibits its function. Osteoclasts are the cells responsible for bone destruction in multiple myeloma. This data, from a preclinical study, were also presented during ASH ((poster #3065 [https://ash.confex.com/ash/2017/webprogram/Paper101533.html ])
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PharmaMar (MCE: PHM) has presented positive results from the ADMYRE Phase III pivotal trial of plitidepsin in combination with dexamethasone versus dexamethasone alone in patients with relapsed or relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma. The data presented at the 59th American Society of Hematology annual Meeting & Exposition from December 9th to 12th in Atlanta, was already submitted to the EMA in the framework of the assessment process of the Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for plitidepsin.
The poster entitled "Randomized Phase III Study (ADMYRE) of plitidepsin in combination with dexamethasone vs. dexamethasone alone in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma" presents the data obtained from the ADMYRE pivotal study that enrolled 255 patients, after at least three, but no more than six prior therapeutic regimens, from 83 medical centers across 19 countries (including the U.S, Europe and Asia-Pacific). On March 31st of 2016[i] , PharmaMar announced the study met its primary endpoint.
In the group of patients who received the combination of plitidepsin with dexamethasone (n=171), according to the investigator's assessment, a 3.8 month progression free survival (PFS) was observed in comparison to 1.9 months on dexamethasone alone. According to the Independent Review Committee (IRC), the progression free survival was 2.6 months for the combination versus 1.7 months for the dexamethasone monotherapy arm. The study met its primary endpoint, this being the improvement of progression free survival. Plitidepsin showed a statistically significant reduction in the risk of progression over the comparator.
With regards to overall survival (OS), a statistically significantly superior increase in the plitidepsin plus dexamethasone arm was observed according to the two-stage Latimer et al method. In the patients that received the combination with plitidepsin, the registered overall survival was 11.6 months against the 6.4 months of the comparator. According to the IRC, the objective response rate (partials + best response) in the patients that received plitidepsin was 13.8%, with a median duration of response of 12 months. In the patients that responded to the treatment of plitidepsin with dexamethasone (12%), the registered median overall survival was of 37.8 months, and in those that reached stable disease (65%) the OS was 17 months.
Safety data
With regards to adverse effects, the hematological toxicity was low. The most common toxicities, hepatic and muscular, were transient and in a majority of cases were reversible and manageable when applying a dose adjustment.
One of the most common grade 3-4 treatment-related adverse events (% of patients in Arm A/Arm B) was myalgia (5%/0%). The most common grade 3-4 hematological/non-hematological adverse events (% of patients in Arm A/Arm B) were: anemia (31%/35.4%), thrombocytopenia (22%/27.9%), neutropenia (16%/5.1%), CPK increase (20%/0%), ALT increase (14%/0%) and AST increase (9%/0%). Most of these events were transient and reversible. 15 patients (9%) discontinued treatment due to treatment-related adverse events in Arm A; 3 (6.5%) in Arm B.
During the presentation of the results at the ASH meeting, a comparative on the treatment related deaths of different compounds already approved for multiple myeloma: plitidepsin with dexamethasone, 0.6%; pomalidomide with dexamethasone, 4.6%[ii]; panobinostat with bortezomib and dexamethasone, 7.8%[iii]; daratumumab, 0%[iv]; bortezomib, 1.3%[v]; and lenalidomide with dexamethasone, 2.8%[vi].
In the ADMYRE study, the evolution of performance status was evaluated, this meaning that the time that patients took for their physical condition to deteriorate and that this affected their everyday life from the beginning of the study was calculated. The patients treated in the plitidepsin plus dexamethasone arm took double the time to performance status (PS) (4.6 months) in comparison to dexamethasone as a single agent (2.3 months).
Mechanism of action of plitidepsin
The target of plitidepsin is the eEF1A2 protein. The bonding of plitidepsin to this protein blocks its pro-oncogenic property and impedes the transportation of the misfolded proteins, which are toxic to the tumor, to the proteasome for their destruction. It also inhibits the activation of the aggresome by eEF1A2 and the destruction of the aggresome in the lysosome. This provokes an excess of misfolded proteins, this causing cell death through apoptosis. Other treatments are complementary to plitidepsin and they are going to block the proteasome or the cereblon that identifies the misfolded proteins.
In another in vitro study that PharmaMar has also presented at the ASH Congress, it is concluded that plitidepsin also has the capability of cancelling out the activity of the osteoclasts, the cells responsible for bone destruction, in a concentration of up to 100 times less to that which is considered necessary for the elimination of myeloma cells.
i. http://www.pharmamar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/PR_Positive-Results_ADMYRE.pdf
ii. San Miguel J, et al. Pomalidomide plus low-dose dexamethasone versus high-dose dexamethasone alone for patients with relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma (MM-003): a randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncol (2013) 14 (11): 1055-66.
iii. Richardson PG, et al. PANORAMA 2: panobinostat in combination with bortezomib and dexamethasone in patients with relapsed and bortezomib-refractory myeloma. Blood (2013) 122 (14): 2331-7. Richardson PG, et al. Panobinostat plus bortezomib and dexamethasone in previously treated multiple myeloma: outcomes by prior treatment. Blood (2016) 127 (6): 713-21.
iv. Lonial S, et al. Daratumumab monotherapy in patients with treatment-refractory multiple myeloma (SIRIUS): an open-label, randomised, phase 2 trial. Lancet (2016) 387 (10027): 1551-60.
v. Richardson PG, et al. Bortezomib or high-dose dexamethasone for relapsed multiple myeloma. N Engl J Med (2005) 352 (24): 2487-98.
vi. Dimopoulos M, et al. Lenalidomide plus dexamethasone for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. N Engl J Med (2007) 357 (21): 2123-32.
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text: Rulers of the Sky In 2012 two hilltop villages near Batumi became one of the most important birdwatching sites for Ornithologists[1], where number of the counted migrant raptors reached a million. Nowadays Batumi bottleneck[2] is the third largest long distance raptor migration site in the world (After Panama and Jerusalem watch point). Above mentioned villages are Sakhalvasho and Shuamta in Kobuleti municipality, where the most of the raptors are saving energy by soaring in a thermal[3]. There are some days when rainy and windy weather conditions inhibit aerial activity among the raptors and up to 100 000 birds gathered in this area, fly between these villages. With its 360° visibility of the area, these watch points are the hub of the bottleneck. (Photo source: Wild horn) Every autumn, when the migration starts, more than 500 ornithologists mostly from Western Europe visit bottleneck and divide into groups on that hilltops in order to count and observe migratory species. The birdwatching starts early in the morning and requires equipment such as binoculars, camping chair, bird identification guide, bird counter, photo camera and so on, therefore visitors prefer to stay in an authentic style guesthouses nearby the hotspot in order to easily carry the gear. There is a network of 24 guesthouses (run by the local people), where guests can enjoy local cuisine and overnight for a moderate fee. Majority of the Sakhalvasho and Shuamta based guesthouses are valid distance from the watch points and do not complain about the occupancy. Guesthouse owners have been trained by several organizations in order to improve the management practices and support further sustainable development. Income generated by locals help them upgrade the guesthouse infrastructure, as well as increase awareness on importance of conservation and reduce illegal hunting of the migratory birds. (Photo source: Wild horn ) With the partnership of Local Guides Association and Department of Tourism and Resorts of Ajara (DTRA), 25 local guides got first time theoretical training on wildlife watching tours in order to deepen the knowledge in local flora and fauna and to get practical experience on how to apply theoretical knowledge in practice. As a result 30 % of the guides have already used received information in the nature based tours organized afterwards. Every year, DTRA with local conservation organizations conduct Batumi Birding Festival in order to popularize these birdwatching sites along with other sites such as Mtirala National Park, Kolkheti Lowland and Chorokhi Delta, were rural population generate income from providing services to birdwatching tourists. (Photo source: Batumi Raptor Count ) Here is the short promotional video about birdwatching in Ajara created by Ecotours Georgia. [1] Ornithologists- field of zoologist that studies every aspect of birds, including bird songs, flight patterns, physical appearance, and migration patterns. [2] Batumi bottleneck- The corridor between black sea and the lesser Caucasus Mountains where migratory birds concentrate the route to Africa and Southern Asia [3] Thermal Soaring– is a form of flight where the birds use the heat transfer of fluid-Sun and Black Sea in the case of Batumi bottleneck, to stay in the air without any additional power source-wings in the case of birds. Share this:Facebook LEAVE COMMENT Cancel reply Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email.


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If any of you out there read Tom Clancy books, you know that he wrote of an alliance between Russia and China and India, and I'm not sure if any other countries were included. That's a work of fiction, people, but the potentialities are frightening.
And now we see that in reality, Russia and China have partnered up on something – they are intent on sticking to the side of Syria in that they don't support the U.N.'s determination to conclude Syria's attacks on its own people and declare a cease-fire.
The questions are why, and who wins?
As for why, you could state what many globally consider the obvious – that they want and intend to have world domination.
But maybe there's another reason. After all, there are even many Americans who think the United States should stay out of Middle Eastern conflict altogether; to keep our resources at…
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That is a picture of me from roughly a decade ago. At the time I worked for the Landmark River Oaks Theater, which means I basically ate nothing but popcorn which contains A) few calories and B) some chemical that makes you forget what hunger is. I was also training to be a luchador twice a week, two hours at a time, on the carpet-covered driveway of a 60-year-old Mexican wrestler who worked construction during the day and thought water breaks were a sign of terminal pussydom. I had to quit wrestling literally because my body wouldn't hold enough fat to cushion falls and it hurt too bad. Also because a drunk opponent broke my wrists, but that's another story. My point is, I was in shape.
Now, I'm a professional writer and I sit for eight hours a day trying to make dick jokes and news appear in the harsh white space of my word processor. There's not a lot of exercise involved, and with the demands of a day job and a toddler I don't really have the energy to work out. That's why I bought Arkham City, so I could channel Batmanedness through the PS3 because I have about as much of a grip on science as I do on physical fitness.
About a month a go my scale looked up at me and snarked, "200 lbs is creeping up on you, brah. I'm just saying that rock and roll superstardom stops at one Justaburger." So I downloaded myself the MyFitnessPal app on my iPhone (Great fucking app by the way!), and decided to start carving some of the jelly out of my belly. Get myself back down to skinny goth boy that looks like the last girl he slept with had tuberculosis. You know what I found out? Dieting turns many everyday tasks into ass-chapping nightmares of inconvenience and frustration. Things like...
Keeping track of your calories is difficult, even with something as handy as the app. This goes double with cooking because you quickly find that accurate tracking mean spending at least 10 minutes per cooked dish entering ingredients and recipes into a database and waiting for it to spit out your total.
Sure, once you have it it's saved, and most of us have a kitchen repertoire that makes McDonald's look like varied dining in comparison, but even once that's done you have to deal with the fact that every recipe is meant for four people and you have to quarter your meal like a mental patient with severe OCD just to stay accurate. Of course, before you cook you have to...
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One of the things I love about the MyFitnessPal app is that you can scan your food's barcode right into your food diary. It ensures an accurate calorie count, and is awesome future technology to boot. I started with a pretty staple dish in my house, broiled sausage. Throw it in the oven on a rack for ten minutes and done.
I scanned it in and wholly fuck! A single package is supposed to be seven servings. Seven. I was making it two. Once you're dieting you begin realizing that all food is packaged to keep you fat, and every purchase is a grim reminder. I bought Pringles, and a serving is 16 chips. This is really difficult to overcome in a culture where clean your plate is like a commandment from God. This brings me to...
How big a plate did you eat your dinner off of this evening? I bet it was roughly the diameter of a basketball. Let me tell you something, unless you have a physically demanding job or bike to work or something, filling that plate will make you Jabba faster than you can say, "Pointless prequel cameo."
My prescribed daily limit is 1,680 calories a day, and the sausage meal I mentioned with a plain baked potato makes up more than a quarter of that, even if all I drink with it is water. I set that meal down on the plates I got at my wedding and it was just painful. One sad little link and a scared looking starch surrounded by a sea of existentially horrifying white porcelain. When you're dieting, every serving on a normal plate glares at you like you're an inadequate lover.
Eating Out
Eating out is supposed to be either fun, or at the very least save you the hassle of cooking. But not so fast. You're on a diet, and you have to track what impact the food other people prepare is doing to your progress. Of course, those people really don't want to let you know how many calories you're consuming most of the time.
But most programs have the major chain restaurants and fast food joints entered in their databases... a point that becomes moot when you discover that the Quarter Pounder meal with a Coke you've been regularly eating is a whopping 1,100 calories. Even comparatively healthy choices like Subway are a hassle to work with because you end up trapped in a maze of different variations on your sandwich. And if you decide to take a date somewhere not on the national Cheesecake Factory level? Good luck trying to figure out the total for your meal.
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I've mentioned my love of alcohol so many times in the Houston Press it's probably a coded cry for help. I'm a writer, damnit. Booze makes word things come out.
But booze carries calories, and even though that whole beer belly thing is a myth, you still have to account for your consumption. And let's be honest, you had better account for it before you do it because alcohol impairs judgment faster than daddy issues.
That means if you're going to drink, you'd better be aware of exactly how much. My advice is to stick to wine at home because it scans right in and is pretty cheap from a calorie standpoint. Start with the fancy cocktails, and you wouldn't believe how close to Big Mac territory you get with just one chocolate martini.


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Why Is It Important To Book a Refresher Course?
If you're not aware of when your CITB qualification expires, you may miss the cut off to sit a refresher course. Which means you'll have to attend the full course again, costing you more time and money.
Prior to 31st December 2015, delegates who had an SMSTS, SSSTS, SEATS or Temporary Works certificate had a six month grace period after the certificates expiry date in which they could sit a refresher course to renew the certificate. On January 1st, the CITB (Construction Industry Training Board) removed this six month grace period, and now, as of this date, when a CITB certificate has reached its expiry, it will no longer be valid without a formal appeal to the CITB.
CITB Refresher Courses
Sitting a Site Safety Plus renewal course (whether it's for SMSTS, SSSTS, SEATS or Temporary Works) is a much quicker and cheaper way to renew your certificate than sitting the full course again. Refresher courses only take one or two days and are significantly cheaper.
Other Refresher Courses
Some courses do not require a formal refresher course, but it is still advised that one-day training courses, such as Fire Warden, Abrasive Wheels and Manual Handling, are attended yearly so that you are working to the correct standard and your knowledge is refreshed.
If you are unsure of your certificate expiry date, we would be happy to find it out for you. Even if you didn't complete the course with 3B Training. All you need to provide us with is your name, National Insurance Number and date of birth.
To book a course click here, or if you would like to inquire about your CITB certificate expiry please Contact Us.
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24" x 24" mixed media painting composed of acrylic and oil spray paint with light weight medium and glitter
It was created to be hung as a diamond, with the upper left corner being the top point. This is a sister piece to "...The Other" The red, black and silver paint in the background of this piece dripped down to make the background of the second painting. I then used the blues from the music note and it's background to drip down, back onto this piece. The paintings were inspired by my love and need for music in my life, especially while I'm creating. I have such a deep respect for all passionate, hardworking musicians and wanted to show how deeply quality music has touched my heart.
Framing available upon request for an additional charge.


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July 26-29, 2019
INquiry, Curiosity, & wonder in a community
The Bird School Project offers a training designed for classroom teachers to gain experience and inspiration for teaching students science and nature connection in an outdoor setting. Together we will practice core routines for outdoor science and:
Provide time and space to explore, develop, and hone your own inspiration for natural history.
Create and share an experience of community, fun, and leadership in education.
Build knowledge and understanding of leading outdoor teaching pedagogy developed by the BEETLES project at the Lawrence Hall of Science. This year's theme will be: Field Journaling with Students
a place to learn & experience
The Big Sur coastline is full of science mysteries and amazing scenery. It's location in the Monterey Bay makes it a perfect place for science educators to go for inspiration and practice. Join us for a secluded adventure and three nights camping in Big Sur, California at the UCNRS Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve.
For additional info please email email@example.com.
Dates: July 26-29
Depart for Big Sur on Friday July 26, meeting at Big Creek at 12 noon. (carpooling options available)
Return to Santa Cruz by 2 pm on Monday, July 29
Trip Fee: $185
The trip fee covers all food from Friday lunch to Monday breakfast, reserve fees, and all group camping gear (tents, stoves, cookware, fuel, maps, binoculars, field guides, and hand lenses).
Participants are responsible for bringing all of their own personal gear including hiking shoes/boots, a backpack, a journal for the field, sleeping bag, sleeping pad, and clothing. For a complete personal packing list, click the link below.
*BEETLES is a trademark of The Regents of the University of California, which does not sponsor, authorize or endorse The Bird School Project.


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The Phonics Screening Check
The Phonics Screening Check - Advice for schools supporting the learner with dyslexia-SpLD. This booklet has been produced as supplementary advice to the guidance provided by Department for Education entitled; 'Departmental advice for Reception and Yr1 teachers'.
The Phonics Screening Check - Responding to results
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To all the "Good Guys" (the ones that girls don't go for because their too nice); Yes, girls don't tend to go out with the nice guys, the good guys, the guys in the friend zone.
-We don't date you because we don't think we are good enough to deserve a great guy like you. We are afraid of our faults being much worse than yours. We think we can take the jerks and mold them into someone we want because then, well, the credit is all ours. This never works. We date the other guys because we want crazy times and know the good guys are the type we shouldn't fuck around with their hearts. And we shouldn't mess with your heart. We date the other guys because we don't realize what we are missing out. Seriously.
But fear not, the nice guys are the ones we want. The jerks are not the marrying kind. We want the good guys to be our husbands, our children's fathers and our better half. We tend to have to find this out the hard way. We need to have our hearts broken by the other guys, we need to realize the good guys are the ones we can lean on, the ones that will always be there for us.
Please don't stop being the nice guy, the good guy, the best guy friend. You are what we want, and yes I get that its hard to wait but believe me your type is our type.
In other words: Take heart, wait until you're in your 30's, have forgotten about those women and developed careers and lives on your own, and when these women are finally done dating assholes and grow up, congrats! Now you can have them! ...Great..? I'll stick with the ones who weren't messed up to begin with, thanks. Seriously, this post is an unfortunate way to phrase it..
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text: Rokhsane Zadeh is an comedian from Brooklyn, really from D.C., and really not really from Iran. You can find her comedy writing on Reductress and her comedy producing at Caveat. In her spare time, she pays Columbia University a lot of money to get a masters in Bioethics. She also works at TED (yes, like the Talks, and no, you cannot have a TED Talk).


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As a Congressional Research Service report (CRS Report RL32612) characterized the process, the President of the United States is elected "…under a complex arrangement of constitutional provisions, federal and state laws, and political party practices known as the electoral college system."
It is an indirect method of election in which, by constitutional design, the voters do not have the final word on whom the president will be; a group of electors does. For this reason, and others cited below, the Electoral College should be abolished, or failing that, a process needs to be adopted to ensure that the national popular vote total is the sole determining factor in who becomes President.
The delegates to the Constitutional Convention considered several options for electing the President, including direct popular election, but they ultimately settled on what in their minds was an indirect but still democratic method, the Electoral College. To that end, the Constitution provides that each state shall appoint a number of electors equal to the number of Senators and Representatives it has in the Congress.
Electors are selected in a manner prescribed by the state legislatures. Most state electors today are elected by the voters (but that has not always been the case), but the public has no constitutional right to vote for electors, affirmed most recently in the case of Bush v. Gore (2000).
Among the reasons for adopting the Electoral College, as opposed to direct popular election, was the desire to take the selection of the president from the hands of a popular majority and put it into the hands of a group of citizens presumably better informed and less subject to influence by special interests, foreign governments, and political factions. The delegates to the Constitutional Convention saw that type of influence as a real possibility in the early days of this country, and it was anticipated that electors, meeting in the individual states, would find it difficult to enter into such intrigues or to be subjected to such manipulation. Thus, the Constitution does not prohibit electors from acting as free agents and exercising their discretion in casting their ballots for president.
Nevertheless, some state laws attempt to bind electors to support the winner of the popular vote in that state, but there is really no effective way to enforce that. Electors can choose whomever they wish as long as their choice meets the constitutional qualifications for holding the office. In practice members of the Electoral College have become—in fact, almost immediately upon the establishment of this nation they became—political party functionaries who routinely and without thought, deliberation, or assessment of the qualifications vote for their party's nominee. Thus, in this regard, the Electoral College has not functioned as intended.
But there are other problems with the Electoral College:
- The candidate with fewer popular votes can be elected over the candidate with more. (e.g., 2000 election). (This has happened in three other elections.)
- The winner-take-all system in all but one state means that Republican voters in solidly Blue states (e.g., California) and Democratic voters in solidly Red states (e.g., S.C.) might as well not show up at the polls since their votes do not count in awarding electoral votes—thus they do not count in determining who is to become president.
- Presidential campaigns are able to ignore certain states and focus on a handful of battleground states. Only 9 "swing" states mattered in the 2012 election. With direct popular election of the president, all votes and states would be in play, and the focus would be on winning individual voters and not states. All voters in all states would have a chance of their votes counting.
- Since the electoral vote is based on each state's representation in the House and Senate, it gives disproportionate weight to small states, because each state is guaranteed two senators and at least one representative regardless of population. Neither does it conform to the "one man one vote" rule, which the Court has mandated must be used for the drawing of the Congressional Districts and districts in state and local elections.
- The latest potential for manipulation of the Electoral College for partisan purposes which might contravene the popular vote has to do with states changing the way electoral votes are allocated from winner-take-all to allocation on the basis of Congressional districts. Some states have discovered that candidates who win the state using the winner-take-all system would have lost enough electoral votes with the district allocation system to have altered the outcome of the election nationwide in favor of their candidate. This would mean that although a candidate received the majority of the popular votes in a state, the electoral vote allocation system would be structured in a way to give some of the electoral votes to the candidate who lost the state. This does nothing to move the system to direct popular election of the president or to make one voter's ballot equal to another voter's ballot (one man, one vote). It simply allows further political and partisan manipulation of the system.
Despite strong public support for direct popular election of the President, formally amending the Constitution to make this change is a process deliberately made difficult to accomplish, so little progress has been made using this route.
However, there may be another option to effectuate the change without actually amending the Constitution. An organization called National Popular Vote (http://www.nationalpopularvote.com/) advocates that states use the interstate compact clause of the Constitution to enter into an agreement among themselves to award all of their electoral votes to the presidential candidate who receives the most popular votes in the nation as a whole.
According to NPV website, if their proposal is adopted in the states, or at least in a number of states sufficient to control 270 of the total 538 electoral votes (270 is the number needed to win), all the electoral votes from those states enacting the NPV reform would be awarded to the presidential candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states (and DC) combined. It would essentially be an end run around the Electoral College. The NPV proposal has thus far been adopted by 9 jurisdictions (VT, MD, WA, IL, NJ, DC, MA, CA, HI) possessing 132 electoral votes, or 49% of the 270 electoral votes necessary to implement the process which would award the winning electoral vote total to the candidate receiving the largest number of popular votes. It is a reform which needs to be implemented.
This may or may not be a feasible option, but perhaps it can provide additional momentum to the effort to amend the Constitution to abolish the electoral college. And this is something that needs to be done.


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Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences Camp
Penn State will not be hosting a Summer Camp in the Summer of 2019. The next Camp will be available in Summer of 2020.
Camp Description
- Learn more about the veterinary and biomedical professions through laboratory exercises, lectures, and a tour of a local veterinary practice.
- Biomedical sciences are multidisciplinary fields providing an understanding of the scientific basis of animal and human health and diseases, infection and immunity, mechanisms of drug actions, and environmental toxicants.
- Spend time in state-of-the-art laboratories guided by veterinary and biomedical sciences department faculty, post-doctoral fellows, and graduate students.
- Student participants will have an opportunity to interact with veterinarians, immunologists, and toxicologists.
Typical Program Content:
Possible hands-on laboratories, Lectures, and Field Trips are a blend of new and past year's labs which are subjected to change for the upcoming camp in 2020.
Hands-on Labs:
- Surgical Suturing Lab
- Microbiology Lab: antibiotic resistance
- "Cow Sense", Calving Positions
- Parasitology Lab
- Imaging, Ultrasound, and X-Ray lab
- Avian Anatomy Lab
- "Puppy Wellness Check"
- Immunology Lab
- Equine Health and Management Lab
- Zoonotic Diseases
- "If there is no animal research, there is no cure"
- Student Panel
- "Why is agriculture so important?"
Field Trips
- Centre Wildlife Care
- Metzger's Animal Hospital
- Penn's Cave Wild Animal Park
- Deer Research Pens at University Park
Admission Information
- Admissions counselor explains the application process for PSU!
- Majors Information
- Veterinary and Biomedical Science
- Toxicology
- Immunology and Infectious Disease
- Schreyer's Honors College Information
Registration Information:
Who is eligible? High school students who are in the 11th and 12th grade in the Fall 2019.
Contact Information