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Will There Be More 'Gilmore Girls'? Alexis Bledel Weighs In
Alexis Bledel has already lined up her first post-Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life gig, but questions about more episodes of the revival could not escape her at the Television Critics Association's winter press tour.
Appearing Saturday on a panel to discuss her upcoming Hulu drama The Handmaid's Tale, the actress was asked about the future of the beloved drama.
"We want to tell a great story," Bledel told reporters following the panel. "[A Year in the Life] came together so naturally, in a way. We had the fan reunion in Austin [at the ATX Television Festival] and we picked up momentum from there and it came together so quickly and it really seemed like the right thing. I think most of us are just wanting to tell a good story, and I think that came together in A Year in the Life. The only thing I can say about a future installment of the show is it would be about the story and certainly the timing."
However, she stressed that there have been no talks about more episodes. "I haven't heard anything," said Bledel. "It hasn't been a conversation as of yet."
As die-hard fans already well know — spoiler alert — the four-part revival ends with Bledel's Rory telling her shocked mother Lorelai (Lauren Graham) that she's pregnant. Although those words were long known to be how series creator Amy Sherman-Palladino intended to end the original series when it aired on The WB in the early 2000s, the uncertainty of who the father is and how Rory will handle motherhood has left the door open for potential future episodes.
When asked, Bledel said she had no preference or idea about who the father is. "It all lives in Amy's imagination," said the actress. "She has a very clear vision and always has, and we haven't had input as to the story or the characters on that show very much. On Year in the Life, we did a little bit more than the original run of the show, but it really is all Amy."
Questions about future installments come a little more than a month after Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life launched around the world on Netflix. When asked about the potential for more, Sherman-Palladino told The Hollywood Reporter there had not been any talks about returning to the world of Stars Hollow (yet).
"We pitched this as close-ended. We pitched it as: 'This is the year in the life. This is the way it was ending,'" Sherman-Palladino told THR in December after the revival had been released. "Netflix and Warner Bros., we all went into this sort of saying that this was it. So there really haven't been any more discussions about 'Is there going to be anything else?' I don't know."
Other series regulars have already expressed interest. Days after the revival's release, Kelly Bishop told THR she would "always jump at the chance" to work again with Sherman-Palladino. "I'll work with Amy anytime she wants to write something for me," said the actress.
Scott Patterson was even more bullish about the potential for more episodes. "It'd be nice to do it every year. Maybe every two years, do a three-month thing, do four more chapters," the actor told THR. "It was really rewarding and people got a sense that, if this was going to be the last thing, that we now have some closure."
It seems safe to assume that Netflix would be open to more new Gilmore Girls installments, given the revival performed so strongly straight out of the gate. When it was released the day after Thanksgiving amid much fanfare, nearly six million adults 18-49 watched the premiere in the live-plus-three-day window, and 83 percent of those viewers went on to watch all four 90-minute chapters.
In the meantime, Bledel can be seen in The Handmaid's Tale, which is set to launch April 26 on Hulu.
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"Real Husbands of Hollywood" Season 4 Episode 12 aired on BET Tuesday night (Jan 26).
Kevin flirts with a "cougar," who surprisingly returns his attention.
Watch "Real Husbands of Hollywood" Season 4 Episode 12 (VIDEO) Below:
About the show (via BET):
The new season continues to follow Kevin and his Hollywood pals as they navigate their surreal celebrity lives. As always, "REAL HUSBANDS OF HOLLYWOOD" packs a punch – both literal and figurative – as the mockumentary style series gets down and dirty shining a light on the male ego and "bestie" beef presented from the "celebrity spousal" perspective.
In this season, Kevin continues to seek every opportunity to propel his career as a superstar. Along with his growing thirst for fame, the competition between Kevin and his frenemy, Nick, increases as well.
Gossip, betrayal, and even an intervention take place in the midst of Kevin's ongoing quest for superficial love. Nonetheless, the husbands maintain their bond through the jokes and cattiness that has grown to define them.
Comedians Wayne Brady, Jackie Long and Luenell join in the season filled with more Hollywood-spoofing cameos than ever before including Chris Brown, Nia Long, Bobby Shmurda, Faith Evans, Nene Leakes, Terry Crews, EJ Johnson and Paula Abdul.
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Children on funded places have the option to bring a packed lunch to nursery instead of paying for meals. However we have very strict guidelines on what is allowed in.
A Healthy Packed Lunch
An example of a healthy lunchbox is pictured above. These should include foods from all food groups. We will still provide water and milk for children on funded places.
Foods that are not allowed in
It is our legal responsibility to encourage healthy eating for all children, so please do not add any of these processed foods to your child's lunchbox as well will not give them. This includes chocolates, chocolate bars, chocolate biscuits, any crips, any foods containing Nuts, drinks high in sugar, fizzy drinks, sweets and cakes. Please do not bring takeaway foods such as burgers, chips and kebabs to nursery as we will send them home with you.


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Fan Feedback is Vital to Destiny's Future DLC
Destiny has evolved significantly since its release last September. Thrillingly enough players should be extremely excited that Bungie is taking in all suggestions by fans that are going to be used to improve December's DLC, "The Dark Below", which is still diligently being worked on.
Speaking on the Guardian Radio podcast, Community Manager David "Deej" Dague revealed the company had taken on board early reactions from fans and were looking to improve future 'episodes' of the game from what they had learned.
Deej went on to say "We are putting the finishing touches on DLC, we've been working on DLC for weeks, DLC is a work-in-progress at Bungie, it is something we are pouring are hearts and minds into right now."
He admitted that the game was heavily flawed upon its release, but if you keep up with all the patches and updates to the game you can see that both Bungie and gamers alike have been learning about what it takes to make Destiny one of the best and balanced games out to date.
As you can see with the patch history, Bungie wastes no time making critical changes to the beloved game, whether it be shutting down loot caves, nerfing weapons, or even changing the bosses in order to keep the gamers playing at the pace that they want them too.
Deej ended off saying ""We're very deliberately taking action on how the game can be stronger, or more stable, or more diverse. In the way you are all powerful."
That quote sums it all up, your Guardians are powerful and your voice is just as powerful to Bungie.
Destiny's first DLC "The Dark Below" is set for release sometime in December, so be aware of the changes that you might see when the DLC pack hits!
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- My sister (one of the 7) Terri got married
- The busy season was awesome, busier but smoother than the year before
- Pretty relaxing Christmas and New Year's (spent in NC...a little sad I didn't get to see my family but I needed some rest)
- Attended Imaging USA in New Orleans (AWESOME!!! I got a great new gadget to help me entertain the little ones while I'm taking their photos)
- Painted and redecorated the Gallery (not totally finished but it's going to be AMAZING)
- Got a new car (Toyota Highlander, which I will be adorning obnoxiously with the Images by Michele logo!)
- Jessy got her license! Ahhhhh!!!! I'm pretty sure I have a whole head of gray hair! She's actually a really good driver but I still worry like crazy.
That pretty much sums up the last few months. I also discovered that I am gluten and dairy sensitive and that if I eat anything with either of those, my immune system gets thrown into a hiatus. Needless to say, once I gave up all of my favorite foods, I lost 10 lbs! :D I actually feel great and even though it's been rough, I've found lots of substitutes for some of my favorite eats.
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My Solo Recording
The musical journey of From Her Nona's Drawer, Sephardic Folk Songs: The Journey Continues, begins in Spain with an interpretation of a Sephardic romansa from the 1920s and ends with Anderleto, one of the oldest traditional ladino ballads.
FORWARD's SOUNDTRACK of Our Spirit: 21 Jewish Voices That Move Us
Song: "La Orasion de la Mujer"
("The Woman's Prayer")
by Flory Jagoda
Susan was selected as one of the top five best voices in Jewish music in the "Soundtrack of our Spirit, Jewish Voices that Move Us", a digital project of the Forward.
I sing Sephardic music and inspire listeners to remember — through a musical journey — the deep roots of our collective past. The music is traditional, so I carefully follow the nuances: Sephardim have a history of adopting rhythms and melodies of wherever they emigrated from, which encourages me to feel a new heartbeat of musical interpretation; to sing soulfully and from within, and to feel true to the source. I see myself as a preservationist, an interpreter and a creative bridge between the traditional music and its future.
I share music that celebrates a meaningful story that many have not heard before. It enriches those who hear it, and it comes from the voices and hearts of the women who carried the tradition before me. It's a rich musical inheritance, and I am dedicated to making it vibrant and alive in today's world. — Susan Gaeta
INFLUENCES: My primary influence has been Flory Jagoda, my mentor and friend. She is an extraordinary singer, composer and storyteller, often referred to as "The Keeper of the Flame" of Sephardic music. Rachel Hersh Epstein, the cantor of Adat Shalom, has been a joy to learn from and listen to, and I appreciate her invitations to teach and sing together. And my parents, Frances and Philip Feltman, who have instilled in me a love for the Jewish people, our music and our culture.
Read more: http://forward.com/series/soundtrack/2015/susan-gaeta/#ixzz47EpdAh00
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- Clifton Crossroads 2007
- Arvolika, 2005


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How where you effected by our floods?
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It hit at 9am Friday morning, 333mm of rain with 277mm of that falling in a short 3 hours. Scary doesnt begin to describe what was felt by our community. It certianly made patrols for Friday night that little more difficult but we got throught safely and where still able to fulfill our obligations to our clients.
Sadness also washed across our community once we heard of the lives lost during this down poor.
We would like to send our sympathys to the family and friends of those people whos lives were so sadly taken.


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Bigfoot Bicycle Club's Forks of Salmon Century ride draws near. This is a challenging ride overall, with mileage and elevation similar to the TUC. But that's where it stops. There is significantly less motor traffic, the pavement is spectacularly smooth, the most challenging climb, up to Etna Summit, is in the first thirty or so miles, there is a brewery in Etna if you're so inclined to stop there for lunch, and my favorite part, the 25 mile descent back to Forks of Salmon.
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Due to lack of response, Lacks Creek Trail work has been canceled Sunday, May 24, 2014.
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Lacks Creek trail work day Sunday, May 25, 2014. We're working on multi-use trails on the east ridge, and looking for a half dozen or so people to help. If you have tools (McLeods, Pulaskis etc,) bring them. For details and directions please contact me via e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com, or call me at 707-668-1716.
ARCATA COMMUNITY FOREST Trail Stewards
Saturday, May 24, 9 a.m.
We will begin as usual at 9 a.m. and meet at the upper Fickle Hill Road parking area (where Trail #9 begins). We will be working on Trail #7 in the upper portion of the Forest doing some basic maintenance on the water bars, bridge, and moving some logs into position to help reinforce an eroding section of trail. From the parking area we will carpool into an area closer to Trail #7 (otherwise it would be a good half hour walk each way). Let me know if you need more specific directions.
I realize that the 24th is the beginning of Memorial Day Weekend and at noon the Kinetic Sculpture Race will begin in downtown Arcata. Certainly it will be possible to leave early.
There will also be a National Trails Day event on Saturday, June 7th . . . when work will be focused on the Beith Creek Loop in the Sunny Brae Forest. On our June 28th work day, we too will be working to complete the Beith Creek Loop in the hopes that it will be open later this summer.
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Greetings Fellow Cyclists,
The Dyerville Loop was our final Banana Slug Series training ride of the year. With only fourteen riders, it was a smaller than usual crowd, and in fact I was expecting a larger than usual crowd because of the beautiful weather. Maybe it was just a bad weekend for people to drive out to Weott for a four to five (and almost six for some of us) hour ride. Regardless, if you didn't join us, y'all missed out on an awesome ride.
The weather for our final Banana Slug Series training ride was spectacular. It was cool and damp at Humboldt Redwoods State Park Visitor Center when we arrived shortly after nine a.m. The ride started almost promptly at ten, and we headed north on Avenue of the Giants. The morning fog lifted as we turned right onto Dyerville Loop Road, and the temperatures rose to a comfortable level very quickly; the sun graced us with its warmth the rest of the day.
Traffic was virtually non-existent all the way to Alderpoint Road where the traffic picked up noticeably; from Garberville to Redway it was uncomfortably busy, and the stretch of 101 we rode wasn't any more pleasant. Once back on Avenue of the Giants, the traffic calmed down to the occasional tourist, and they were all thoughtful, careful drivers.
The day wasn't without a couple minor mishaps. At least one rider, maybe two, made a wrong turn up on the ridge, and cut the ride short. Fortunately, they didn't choose to go in a direction that would have taken them farther out into the hills.
A huge thank you to John Dostal for officiating/timing. It's been two years since I've had the opportunity to ride Dyerville Loop. I love this ride, and really appreciate it. Thanks again John!
So without further ado here are the final results of the ride:
Jess Couch 4:01
Michael Chapman 4:01
Andrea Achilli 4:08
Rick Beale 4:10
Rocky Brashear 4:24
Wally Coppini 4:58
Grant Lay 4:58
Steven Jones 5:00
Trevor Goff 5:16
Frank Demling 5:50
Tim Daniels 5:50
Chris Johnson Wrong turn?
Kevin Beirnacki Wrong turn
John Dostal Short loop/timing official
Stay tuned for RCMBA's Harvest series rides starting in August. The schedule will be posted when it has been finalized.
See you on the roads and on the trails.
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Greetings Fellow Bicyclists,
This Saturday, April 12, 2014 is our final Banana Slug ride of the season. This is our only "away" ride this year, but it's a classic and worth the motor out there. The views from the ridge are spectacular, and the weather is looking like it will be perfect for a ride in the hills above southern Humboldt. The Dyerville Loop ride will start almost promptly at 10:00 a.m. and is leaving from Humboldt Redwood State Park Visitor Center located at 17119 Avenue of the Giants, Weott, CA.
We ask that everybody be self sufficient. The ride has about 18 miles of gravel road, and will cause flat tires if you're not careful. Some of the paved sections are not much better. Be prepared; carry your own water, food, tools, tubes, and pump/CO2. Beware, there are significant portions of this ride you will NOT have cell phone coverage. Here's a link to a description of the ride on Jim Robbins' Northcoast Bike Rides Blog. Thanks Jim!
As usual, we'll have hot coffee, fresh fruit, bagels, and water on hand. We ask that you be a member of Bigfoot Bicycle Club to sign in on the ride roster. At the end of the day we will make sure everybody on the roster is accounted for. If you're not a member, and you want to ride along, we cannot make you join. Just beware, you're on your own.
See you out there!
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Back by popular demand, the Salmon River Century!
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So we jumped right into summer, or so it seems. The low level coastal fog and overcast was already burning off as we arrived at Freshwater Park, and it was shaping up to be a glorious day for a bike ride in the nearby hills.
We started almost promptly at 9:00 a.m. with twenty riders on the roster. I figured I could squeeze in a ride up to the airport and back after I packed up all the stuff into the van, so a friend and I headed up the hill to enjoy the day from our two wheelers. We barely made it back to Freshwater before the fast guys started rolling in. Kevin Biernacki turned in a blistering time of 2:54:40 with Chris Johnson coming in second almost ten minutes behind.
Here are the finishing results:
|Kevin Biernacki
|Chris Johnson
|Michael Davies-Hughes
|Errin Odell
|Michael Chapman
|Robert East
|John Bergenske
|Chris Schinke
|Andrea Achilli
|Grant Lay
|Ali Osgood
|Justin Graves
|Jim Christopher
|Frank Demling
|Rick Beale
|Andre Guimares
Todd Flackus
|Sandra Rosas
|Wally Coppini
|Lawrence Creek
|Mike Woychak
|Lawrence Creek
Don't forget to join us for the final Banana Slug ride of the season, the beautifully scenic, and epic Dyerville Loop, Saturday, April 12, 2014.
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Personal Trainers in the UAE – Robyn's diary on competition preparation
After struggling to conceive for almost 2 years, we finally found out we were expecting a little bundle of joy – the pregnancy went well and so did my eating …. I had this fascinating craving for chocolate, I would literally eat 2 bags of the mixed chocolates (you know, the ones with the Milky Way, Mars Bar, Twix combinations) a week. By the end of my pregnancy I had gained over 20kg's – for those who know me, I am quite short, so for me to gain over 20kg's was a massive weight gain. GULP!!
Our little one was born and with that came postpartum depression and more eating and self-pity – luckily I married the most caring individual I know and he was the most amazing pillar of strength. Soon after I decided to get back into shape (round is not a shape after gaining a huge amount of weight) – I did a lot of research on the internet and came across a lady by the name of Jamie Eason. She was such a huge inspiration and I had learnt a lot from her regarding nutrition and exercise (she is one of the ambassadors of bodybuilding.com).
12 Week LiveFit Trainer Program…
I followed her LiveFitTrainer program for 12 weeks and lost a considerable amount of weight, after 2 weeks' friends were recognising the huge difference eating correctly and training 5 days a week was making. I yo-yo'd a bit after the 12 weeks and decided to start taking things seriously again. My mind was made up and I was extremely focused – I wanted to be in the best shape ever. I wanted to prove a point too – being a mom of 2 children did not mean you had to neglect yourself – I wanted to prove that you can juggle a healthy lifestyle, 2 young children, a marriage, work and a family. I trained super hard and followed the LiveFitTrainer program again – the results were amazing.
Making The Decision To Compete…
A few months later after discussing my plan with my husband, I decided I wanted to compete – this would help me with my low self-esteem and I've always been so fascinated by the ladies I'd see in the fitness magazines – strutting on stage, showing off their immaculate physiques and beaming with confidence. I did a lot of research and found myself a coach, Louise van der Nat is classified as one of the best competitor coaches in South Africa – I got in touch with her, met her for a consultation and a few days later she sent me my first competition diet and training program.
Thrilled, excited and scared …. I started working on improving myself and preparing for my first competition. It was hard – no … hard is an understatement, preparing for a competition literally challenges you like nothing else. It's more mentally than physically – going to gym, twice a day, 6 days a week was the easy part …. The challenge was eating every 3 hours and fighting the hunger in between meals. Some days I'd eat my meal so fast that it wouldn't take me 2 minutes to complete it …. 5 minutes later, I'd be counting down the minutes to my next meal. But I was focused and determined – I wanted to finish what I had started..
Competition Day – The Stage…
The big day arrives …. You are hungry, gone through 5 days of water depletion, you are tired, your brain is numb due to water depletion …. But you are so excited and on your first competition, you are oblivious to what's going on around you – who is competing with you in your line up … I was just going with the flow and thankfully Louise was with me to support me all the way and show me what to do and where to go back stage.
The time had finally arrived and it was my turn to step on stage for the absolute first time – knowing my family was in the crowd made it even more nerve wrecking (I cannot disappoint them – especially my husband who was such an amazing support through the whole process). The first round of judging took place in the morning (known as pre-judging) and this was with a black bikini and black heels, this ensured all competitors were judged fairly and they all looked the same, followed by another round of judging wearing the bikini colour of your choice and with jewellery.
Later in the afternoon, when all the spectators would attend the show – the final judging process would take place. All glammed up in your colour bikini – you would once again step on stage with your fellow competitors and pose for the spectators and judges.
The Results…
The judges would ask the final 6 competitors to remain on stage and call out the placings starting from 6th place to first place. I was blessed to win my first competitions – I went on to compete in Provincials and placed 4th, being selected to partake in the South African IFBB Championships … and I am proud to say that with just 5 months of training and dieting really hard, I placed an overall 4th place at the SA Championships.
The journey was tough – emotionally, physically and mentally but I am glad I challenged myself and did so well. The process taught me a lot about food – food is fuel, you only need enough food to keep you going (almost like filling your car up with petrol – you only need to fill the tank to keep going). I learnt that getting the body you want is more about WHAT you put in your mouth than how many hours you spend at the gym.
Will I compete again? Probably not – I would like to savour the year as a fond memory where I challenged myself and accomplished what I had set out to do.
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The Aegis agency took the business in a final shoot out against WPP's MEC and Ominicom Group's Manning Gottlieb OMD.
Stuart Newman, managing partner at Vizeum, said: "This is an awesome win and it's great to work with the market leader in a highly competitive sector."
The account was previously held by independent agency the7stars, who declined to pitch for the account when the review was called last month.
Procurement consultant Tina Fegent is understood to have assisted William Hill in running the pitch process.
William Hill's creative agency, Beattie McGuinness Bungay became the third to work with the bookmaker within a year when it was appointed in January and is unaffected by the media review.
Earlier this year, William Hill signed up to sponsor the UK coverage of the Italian, Russian and Dutch football premier leagues on the sports broadcaster ESPN.
BMB had followed Brooklyn Brothers and The Bank on the William Hill business and has created a series of ads focusing on William Hill's betting services. Spots feature flashing words and images to communicate its range of services and technology.
The win closes a resurgent year for the Aegis network, with sister agency Carat picking up the £28m media business for price comparison site Gocompare.com and the £23m account for builders merchants Wickes.
In June, car marque BMW appointed Vizeum to its consolidated £23m media planning and buying account.
The agency, which was the incumbent on the main buying business, also added the digital planning and buying account that was previously handled by ZenithOptimedia Group.
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Soy pinitol acts partly as an insulin sensitizer or insulin mediator in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes
Genes & Nutrition volume 2, pages359–364(2008)
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The blood glucose-lowering property of pinitol is mediated via the insulin signaling pathway. This study was carried out to evaluate the effects of soy pinitol on adipogenesis in a 3T3-L1 cell line; 3T3-L1 preadipocytes were treated with pinitol (0–1 mM) together with insulin for 9 days. The regulation of lipid metabolism was assessed by oil-red-O staining of intracellular lipids and real-time PCR of adipogenesis-related factors. The inhibition of cell proliferation was estimated by MTT assay. Pinitol treatment did not inhibit lipid accumulation, nor did it affect expression of adipogenesis-related factors, including ADD1, aP2 and FAS, in a dose-dependent manner. Expression of adiponectin, GLUT4, IRS, C/EBPα and PPARγ mRNAs, however, increased in cells treated with 0.5 mM and/or 1 mM pinitol. Pinitol treatment did not affect the inhibition of cell growth and proliferation in a dose-dependent manner. Accordingly, we suggest that pinitol is nontoxic to this cell line, and that it enhances adipogenesis by acting as an insulin sensitizer or insulin mediator via the upregulation of adiponectin, GLUT4, IRS, C/EBPα and PPARγ in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes.
Adipose tissue consists of adipocytes, which store triacylglycerol as a fuel for the body. Excess adipose tissue leads to insulin resistance, thereby increasing the risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases [1]. In many obesity-related studies, the fibroblastic 3T3-L1 preadipocyte line is widely used to investigate the mechanism of preadipocyte proliferation and adipocyte genesis, due to the ability of this cell line to undergo complete differentiation into mature adipocytes, which differentiate according to a program coordinated by adipogenic molecules, including a variety of growth factors, cytokines and hormones [2, 3]. Insulin promotes lipogenesis and inhibits lipolysis when treated with appropriate agents such as dexamethasone and isoutylmethylxanthine (IBMX). The 3T3-L1 preadipocytes change from an extended fibroblast-like morphology to a round morphology with cytoplasmic lipid vesicles made from newly biosynthesized triglycerides [4].
d-Chiro-inositol (DCI)—recently found in inositol phosphoglycan—is thought to be a mediator of insulin signaling pathways and to be involved in glycosylphosphatidyl-inositol protein anchors [5]. DCI is obtained mostly from dietary pinitol (3-O-methyl-d-chiroinositol), a methylated derivative of DCI. Pinitol is a prominent component of dietary legumes, soy and pine trees [6]. Some reports have reported a hypoglycemic effect of pinitol—it affects glucose uptake via a postreceptor pathway of insulin action in normal, STZ-diabetic rats [7]. Bates et al. [8] reported that d-pinitol provides a substrate for the phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K)-mediated step of insulin signaling, thereby enhancing a very weak insulin signal and action in order to mimic, in part, the PI3K pathway of insulin action. However, it has been also reported that pinitol does not improve the action of insulin in carbohydrate- or fat-metabolism [9]. On the other hand, pinitol has been suggested to possess various biological effects, including anti-inflammatory [10], cardiovascular disease-preventing [11], and creatine retention promotion properties [12]. Reaven et al. [13] reported that dietary pinitol as a supplement may be recommended to help maintain normal metabolic functions.
In the present study, we investigated the effects of pinitol on the regulation of cell differentiation and adipogenesis by using oil-red-O staining, quantitative real-time PCR, and an MTT assay in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes.
Material and methods
Cell culture and treatments
Mouse embryo 3T3-L1 cells (American Type Culture Collection, Rockville, MD) were cultured in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM), which was supplemented with 10% fetal calf serum (FCS) and penicillin/streptomycin at 37°C in 5% CO2. After the 3T3-L1 cells became confluent, the medium was replaced with differentiation medium (DM) containing 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS), 1% penicillin/streptomycin, 10 μg/ml insulin, 1 μM dexamethasone (Sigma, St. Louis, MO), and 0.5 mM IBMX (Sigma, St. Louis, MO), and cultured for 2 days. The cell medium was then replaced with 10% FBS plus 10 μg/ml insulin only, and the cells were fed every 2 days with the same medium. At 9 days after differentiation, the cells were either harvested for real-time PCR or stained with oil-Red-O. Pinitol (Fig. 1) was purchased from Amicogen (Jinju, Korea) and cells were treated different doses of pinitol (0–1 mM) for 9 days during differentiation after confluence.
Oil-red-O staining
To determine the state of adipose differentiation by visual inspection, the cells were washed with phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) twice, fixed with 10% formalin at room temperature for 10 min, and stained with 0.5% oil-red-O (Sigma) for 1 h. After staining, the cultures were rinsed several times with 70% ethanol. Pictures were taken using an Olympus (Tokyo, Japan) microscope.
Quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction
Total RNA from cultured 3T3-L1 cells was isolated with TRIzol reagent (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA) according to the manufacturer's protocol, and RNA was treated with DNaseI at room temperature for 15 min to remove genomic DNA contamination. First strand cDNA was synthesized using a cDNA synthesis kit (Promega, Madison, WI). Gene expression levels were analyzed by quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) using a ABI 7500 Real Time PCR system (Applied Biosystems, Foster city, CA). The primers used in the experiments are shown in Table 1. After an initial incubation for 2 min at 50°C, cDNA was denatured at 95°C for 10 min. The results shown were from at least three independent experiments. The mRNA levels of all genes were normalized using GAPDH as an internal control.
Cytotoxicity assay
Growth inhibition by pinitol was determined by MTT assay [14]. Before treatment, cells were first grown overnight on a 96 well plate at a density of 1 × 104 cells/well. After 24 h, various concentrations of pinitol (0–1 mM) were applied to the cells in serum-free DMEM, and cells were incubated for an additional 48 h at 37°C. After 48 h of oxidant treatment of cells, the culture medium was aspirated under vacuum, and 200 μl MTT (1 mg/ml) was added and further incubated for 4 h at 37°C. The MTT solution was discarded by aspirating, and the resulting formazan product, which was converted by viable cells, was dissolved in 150 μl dimethylsulfoxide. The absorbance was read by an ELISA plate reader at 540 nm with a 620 nm reference. Cell viability, or the inhibition of cell population growth, is expressed as a percentage of the absorbance seen in untreated control cells.
Statistical analysis
Statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS 11.5 program package. Data were expressed as mean ± SD. Analysis of variance was performed using ANOVA procedures. Significant differences (P < 0.05) between the means were determined by Duncan's multiple range tests.
Effect of pinitol on lipid accumulation in 3T3-L1 adipocytes
To test whether pinitol inhibits adipocyte differentiation, we used a DM medium containing insulin, dexamethasone and IBMX to induce 3T3-L1 preadipocyte differentiation. During DM induction, soy pinitol was added to the medium at day 0 to observe its effects on 3T3-L1 adipocyte differentiation; lipid accumulation and adipocytes were assessed by staining with oil-red-O on day 9. At concentrations reanging from 0.05 to 1 mM, pinitol did not alter adipocyte differentiation or adipogenesis (Fig. 2).
Effect of pinitol on mRNA expression of adipogenesis-related factors in 3T3-L1 adipocytes
Figure 3 summarizes the expression of adipogenesis-related factor genes as tested by real time RT-PCR analysis. Adiponectin mRNA levels were highest in cells treated with 1 mM pinitol (Fig. 3a), and those of the glucose transporter 4 (GLUT4), insulin receptor substrate (IRS), peroxisome proliferators-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) and CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein α (C/EBPα) were increased in cells treated with 0.5 and 1 mM pinitol (Fig. 3b–e). However, expression of the adipocyte determination- and differentiation-dependent factor 1-sterol-regulatory element-binding protein 1c (ADD1/SREBP1c), adipocyte bindgin protein aP2, and fatty acid synthase (FAS) genes were not significantly different upon addition of different concentrations of pinitol (Fig. 3f–h).
Effect of pinitol on inhibition of cell population growth in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes
To assess whether pinitol inhibited the population growth of 3T3-L1 cells, preadipocytes were treated with 0–1 mM pinitol and the cell population growth was determined using a MTT assay. As shown in Fig. 4, pinitol did not affect cell population growth in a time- or dose-dependent manner. Therefore, it was concluded that pinitol did not induce cytotoxic responses.
Adipogenic capacity is affected by the combined effect of proadipogenic and antiadipogenic hormones and growth factors. Following induction of adipogenesis, preadipocytes upregulate key adipogenic transcription factors including C/EBPα, PPARγ and ADD1/SREBP1c [15–17]. C/EBPα plays a regulatory role in adipocyte differentiation through increases expression during the adipose conversion of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes, and expression of C/EBPα induces the coordinate expression of a group of adipocyte genes (i.e., aP2, GLUT4, IRS) [18, 19]. PPARγ was originally shown to play an important role in adipocyte differentiation, glucose homeostasis and insulin signaling; PPARγ agonists are useful in the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes, because they stimulate adipogenesis and, at the same time, reduce insulin resistance [20]. Recently, it was reported that PPARγ mRNA expression in the adipose tissue of humans was inversely associated with cardiovascular risk factors, and that there was a significant association between PPARγ polymorphism and coronary artery disease [21]. ADD1/SREBP1c plays a crucial role in fatty acid metabolism and insulin-dependent gene regulation, especially in the regulation of lipogenic gene expression in fat and liver for whole body energy homeostasis [17, 22]. In this study, 0.5 and 1 mM pinitol upregulated the expression of PPARγ and C/EBPα mRNAs without altering the gene expression of ADD1/SREBP1c. Notably, PPARγ agonists or synthetic ligands of PPARγ result in both increased gene expression and increased circulating levels of adiponectin [23, 24]. Our results show that pinitol treatment increase adiponectin gene expression—an adipocytokine shown to possess antidiabetic, antiatherogenic and anti-inflammatory properties [25]. Insulin also increases the expression of adiponectin [26], and perhaps the insulin-like pinitol affected the upregulation of adiponectin gene in this study.
It is well established that insulin promotes the translocation of the insulin responsive glucose transporter, GLUT4, from the intracellular compartment to the plasma membrane [27]. The binding of insulin to its receptor triggers the phosphorylation of insulin receptor substrate (IRS) proteins. Tyrosine phosphorylated IRS proteins recruit and sequentially activate PI3K [28], which is one of the key components of the insulin signaling pathway. Hence, there is great interest in glucose transport and PI3K signaling in diabetes mellitus. Pinitol also increased GLUT4 and IRS gene expression, perhaps due to its insulin-mimicking property. Pinitol, however, did not alter the expression of the aP2 and FAS genes, which are related to adipocyte differentiation [29] and de novo lipogenesis via synthesis of long-chain fatty acids from acetyl-CoA and malonyl-CoA [30], respectively.
There are currently no known examples of any adverse side effects arising from the use of pinitol at recommended dosage levels [6, 31]. In this study, the results of the MTT assay clearly indicated that pinitol did not inhibit cell population growth of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes (Fig. 4).
In conclusion, this study reports that soy pinitol did not block adipocyte differentiation, proliferation or lipid accumulation in a dose-dependent manner, and that most factors related to adipogenesis and glucose transport were upregulated by pinitol treatment in real-time RT-PCR assays, although there was no alteration in the expression of aP2, ADD1/SREBP1c or FAS mRNA. Accordingly, we suggest that pinitol may improve glucose transport and insulin sensitivity because high-dose pinitol treatment (0.5 and 1 mM) enhanced the expression of adiponectin, GLUT4, IRS, C/EBPα, and PPARγ mRNA, as a putative insulin mediator or insulin sensitizer. These effects are believed to be similar to those of PPARγ agonists; supplementation with dietary pinitol may help in the prevention and therapy of type 2 diabetes.
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Do, G., Choi, M., Kim, H. et al. Soy pinitol acts partly as an insulin sensitizer or insulin mediator in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes. Genes Nutr 2, 359–364 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12263-007-0071-0
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- Bake for about 22 min, and they might be a little shiney on top and look slighty undone. This is OKAY; they are more chewy and gooey this way.
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Supernova Shock Wave Paints Cosmic Portrait
Photo No: H2003-16
June 5, 2003
Remnants from a star that exploded thousands of years ago created a celestial abstract portrait, as captured in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the Pencil Nebula.
Officially known as NGC 2736, the Pencil Nebula is part of the huge Vela supernova remnant, located in the southern constellation Vela. Discovered by Sir John Herschel in the 1840s, the nebula's linear appearance triggered its popular name. The nebula's shape suggests that it is part of the supernova shock wave that recently encountered a region of dense gas. It is this interaction that causes the nebula to glow, appearing like a rippled sheet.
In this snapshot, astronomers are looking along the edge of the undulating sheet of gas. This view shows large, wispy filamentary structures, smaller bright knots of gas, and patches of diffuse gas. The Hubble Heritage Team used the Advanced Camera for Surveys in October 2002 to observe the nebula. The region of the Pencil Nebula captured in this image is about three fourths of a light-year across. The Vela supernova remnant is 114 light-years (35 parsecs) across. The remnant is about 815 light-years (250 parsecs) away from our solar system.
The nebula's luminous appearance comes from dense gas regions that have been struck by the supernova shock wave. As the shock wave travels through space [from right to left in the image], it rams into interstellar material. Initially the gas is heated to millions of degrees, but then subsequently cools down, emitting the optical light visible in the image.
The colors of the various regions in the nebula yield clues about this cooling process. Some regions are still so hot that the emission is dominated by ionized oxygen atoms, which glow blue in the picture. Other regions have cooled more and are seen emitting red in the image (cooler hydrogen atoms). In this situation, color shows the temperature of the gas. The nebula is visible in this image because it is glowing.
The supernova explosion left a spinning pulsar at the core of the Vela region. Based on the rate at which the pulsar is slowing down, astronomers estimate that the explosion may have occurred about 11,000 years ago. Although no historical records of the blast exist, the Vela supernova would have been 250 times brighter than Venus and would have been easily visible to southern observers in broad daylight. The age of the blast, if correct, would imply that the initial explosion pushed material from the star at nearly 22 million miles per hour. As the Vela supernova remnant expands, the speed of its moving filaments, such as the Pencil Nebula, decreases. The Pencil Nebula, for example, is moving at roughly 400,000 miles per hour.
Image Credit: NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Acknowledgment: W. Blair (JHU) and D. Malin (David Malin Images)
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Whistler's firefighters are volunteering to upgrade Whistler Village's fire hall in their free time.
Fire Chief Rob Whitton explained this week that the Whistler Fire Rescue Service's two new trucks fit on the left hand side of the village fire hall, but they are too long to fit in the centre bay.
Originally, the fire department was planning to spend $10,000 on a minor renovation project to widen the doors on the left hand side of the hall for the trucks. But Whitton said the trucks are often kept in the centre bay.
But the fire fighters' union has now come up with a creative solution to solve the problem.
"The union stated they were well aware of the budget allotment and they had a lot of qualified members that would like to donate their time and take the project on," Whitton told council on Tuesday.
Whitton said of Whistler's 21 career firefighters, four are ticketed electricians, about six are certified in framing and carpentry, and several others are general handymen.
He said all construction work is totally voluntary, and wherever required, other qualified trades people will do necessary work. The department will get all the necessary permits from the municipality.
Whitton added the voluntary project has not created a division among the firefighters. He said, however, "some people are opposed to it and think someone else should do it."
Acting mayor Chris Quinlan congratulated the fire chief on the volunteer project.
"Congratulations to the members who have come forward and volunteered their time for us," said Quinlan. "I know our staff has checked to make sure we are covered liability wise."
The Spring Creek Fire Hall doesn't need to be upgraded for the new trucks, which together cost $1.5 million, since the southern hall was built to more modern standards.
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That question took a front seat at Tuesday night's council meeting, with general manager of economic viability Lisa Landry speaking point-blank about the controversial issue.
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Fedora 15 on Acer 3680
This blog documents my experience with running Fedora 15 on Acer Aspire 3680-2633. Previously, this laptop had been running Linux Fedora 14. I decided t reformat all of the drives to ext4 and reinstall from scratch.
Why use Fedora 15?
Fedora is for people who wants to run on the bleeding edge. It is for people who want to try new things. In this case, Fedora 15 is one of the few distro at the moment using Gnome 3. Fedora is not for people who wants a mission critical system because it can be unstable.
Installation experience
The instruction is fairly straightforward so I won't rehash the basic install here. According to uname -a, my machine is running kernel 22.214.171.124-35.fc15.i686. This is after we apply all of the updates.
|Hardware Component
|Status under OS
|Intel Celeron M520 1.6 Ghz CPU
|Note that there is no frequency or voltage scaling on this Celeron.
|Intel 943 GML Video
|Gnome 3 is able to use the 3D mode.
|14 inch LCD
|Brightness function keys works.
|Intel 82801G HDA Audio
|Correctly detected headphone and disable speaker.Volume function keys work. For some bizarre reason, you can set your volume control to 150%, which makes the laptop speaker actually audible (this laptop has terrible speakers). Mute function key works.
|2 Gb RAM, DDR2
|The full 2 Gb ram is available.
|Western Digital WD800BEVS 80 Gb SATA Hard Drive
|Optiarc CD-RW CRX880A
|Many of the Hot keys works.
|Synaptics Touchpad
|Marvel 88E8038 PCI-E Ethernet
|Atheros AR2413 802.11bg Wireless(Keep in mind that Acer used several different type of wireless, so your hardware may be different)
|Working with modifications
|I encountered a problem where the wireless is discovered but i unavailable. The front switch to turn on and off network apparently does not work under Fedora 15. This appears to be the only distro where the native ath5k appears to work properly and I didn't need to install madwifi.
|I can see the soft modem driver, but did not test it.
|TI 5-in-one Card Reader
|Tested only with SD card
|TI Cardbus
|Probably works
|Sitecom Bluetooth (third party install)
|This is a USB module that plugs into the Acer 3680's internal bluetooth connector. Note that this is a third party module.
|Laptop Power Management
|Note that Celeron do not have frequency scaling. Sleep and hibernation works properly.Gnome 3 apparently remove the option to set your laptop lid close.
|Suspend to RAM (suspend)
|Suspend to Disk (hibernation)
|However, there is no suspend menu item, so you end up programming the sleep or power button to trigger a hiberation.
|Multimedia playback
|Working with modification
|Fedora never comes with flash and codec. I had to manually install flash and VLC.
Problems with Wireless
The Atheros AR2413 was detected, but failed to detect any wireless. This was because the wireless was turned off. Pressing on the physical switch did not switch it on. I fixed it by doing the following:
- Open a terminal and su to root.
- Run yum install rfkill to install rfkill.
- Remove the driver by running rmmod ath5k, apparently we have to run rfkill when ath5k is down.
- Run rfkill unblock all.
- Reinstall the ath5k by using modprobe ath5k.
Video screen shrinks if you logout after sleep or hibernate in Linux
On my Averatec 2370 running the binary Nvidia drivers "Nvidia", if I set it to go to sleep or hibernate, then wake the computer, and then logout, the screen goes from the 1280×800 to 1024×768. This problem affects both Ubuntu 7.10 and Fedora 8.
Xorg gets the screen size from reading the Extended display identification data (EDID) information from the monitor. It appears that the EDID is read correctly when you start up, but after hibernation or sleep the info gets scrambled.
To correct the problem, I copied the correct EDID info into file when the EDID info is not scrambled. I then have xorg read the file instead of reading it from the monitor.
Instructions for Ubuntu
- Login as a user who can sudo.
- Open a command line window.
- Run the following command to launch the Nvidia Settings application:
gksudo nvidia-settings
- Click on the "DFP-0 – (Seiko) option. This brings up the options for the LCD monitor
- Click on the "Acquire EDID" button. This gets the EDID config info from the LCD monitor and ask where to save it. I saved it as "/etc/X11/SeikoEdid.bin".
- Sudo edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. Add the following line to the section for "Monitor".
Option "CustomEDID" "DFP-0:/etc/X11/SeikoEdid.bin"
What seems to be happening is when you start X, it reads the EDID from the monitor. After a suspend or hiberate, you can no longer read the EDID for some reason. As a result, the driver defaults to a lower resolution, causing the screen to shrink. What I am doing is to record the correct EDID information into a file when it is correct and have X read from the file instead of the device. This should work around the problem.
For Fedora 8, the instruction is similar, except that you login as root and run the Nvidia-Settings menu from the menu.
Fedora 7 Desktop effect causes Multimeda playback problems
Recently, I enabled the desktop effect on my Fedora 7. Shortly afterwards, none of the videos can be played back. Whenever I play a video file, it would load the file and then suddenly quit the application. This happened with any sort of video player.
If you run the video from the command line, you'll see the following message:
X Error of failed request: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation) Major opcode of failed request: 140 (Xvideo) Minor opcode of failed request: 19 () Serial number of failed request: 84 Current serial number in output stream: 85
The message is from running VLC. However, running gxine and totem also result in essentially the same bad alloc message.
There is some sort of incompatibility between the Desktop effect and multimedia playback. This problem does not occur if you run as the root account. Whenever you run as a non-root, multimedia playback would failed as long as Desktop effect is on. You either have to turn off Desktop effect or run as root.


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Computer gaming addiction is real. In this short film, three gamers share their personal experiences that led them to fall into this condition.
A Portrait of the American Opioid Epidemic
A mother tells the painful story of her son's short life. He was a happy young man with unlimited potential who made a few questionable decisions that led him down a dark pathway.
Imagine living a life that feels like hell every day. Well, that's the reality a surprisingly high amount of Americans are facing.
For the last few years the United States has been going through the worst drug crisis in its history. This is tearing families apart.
On July 8th, 2014 Washington began offering the sale of recreational marijuana. A few months later in October of 2015, Oregon followed suit and began to offer the same service.
By 2003, filmmaker David Graham Scott had been addicted to heroin and opiates for 20 years. To free himself of this lifetime of addiction, he decides to try a 'quick fix' and take the unlicensed drug, Ibogaine, that had been known to set users free from their addictions after enduring 36 hours of horrendous hallucinations.
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Rick Kirkham was born in Oklahoma City in 1958, into what seemed to be the perfect family. In fact, life was good right up until Rick's dad went to do three tours in Vietnam.
You might have seen Randy rolling on the sidewalk and drooling. The stench of his body might have caused you to cross the street.
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This award-winning documentary film, shot in Vancouver, Canada's notorious Downtown Eastside, caught the eyes of audiences, film makers and critics world wide for its unusual and sensitive depiction of life on the street.
Montana Meth paints a broad, harrowing picture of the meth problem in Montana, which ranks second in the nation for teenage and adult abuse of the drug.
Crackheads Gone Wild consists of footage of troubled people deeply addicted to crack cocaine. The film showcases how easily, regardless of upbringing, self-destruction can occur to a drug addict.
As a bright schoolboy from a loving, middle-class family Ben Rogers was expected to make a success of his life. Raised in a quiet, picturesque village Ben was a Boy Scout, loved cricket, played in the school orchestra and looked forward to the annual family holiday.
The documentary frames the lives of three addicts against this background; particularly their hopeless situations, while exploring them as human beings.
This documentary is about Scott, a 40-year-old divorced father, his four children Job (20), Craig (18), Heather (15) and Sam (13).


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Amina Sheikh Biography
Amina Sheikh is beautiful and famous Model as well as actress of Pakistan. She is most talented Woman of Pakistan. Actress sheikh is getting success not only in modeling but also in acting. Her refined quality of gracefulness and good taste makes her prominent in Pakistan. She reached the heights of success in a very short time. In the profile of Model Amina Sheikh her family pics, her career photos and pictures of her photo shoots are included. Amina is getting great popularity among all the people being Model as well as Actress.
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Amina Sheikh Showbiz Career
Pakistani Model Amina Sheikh belongs to a noble family. Her family supported her every time therefore she always says that I proud myself having a supporting family. Her husband's name Mohib Mirza who also supports her. She gives credit of her success to her family members, her husband and her close relatives. In the recent past she has been blessed with a title of Amina Haq of today because of her beauty and attractiveness of her charming figure.
Pakistani Model Amina Sheikh is also working in television ads. Recently she has been seen in the ad of a shampoo name "Clear" by showing off proudly her beautiful and shiny hairs. The amazing and impressive beauty, she also Modeled for one of the big and popular designers Maria B in the recent past. It was a great opportunity for her. She has also done acting in many Drama and plays. Amina Sheikh has also done ramps for many big fashion designers. She has worked for many fashion magazines also. She is a marvelous actress as well as great Model.
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Most of the people think that being so slim and smart she is following long diet schedule but she says that mostly she does not follow diet schedule and eats everything she wants. But some time she also follows dieting. She says that she was interested in Mohib Mirza and gets married with him when she saw all the ability of a good husband in him and she is spending her life with him very happily.
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Nations Harvest Assemblies
Decatur, Alabama, USA
Where everybody is somebody and JESUS is the main attraction
1209 Danville Rd SW, Decatur, Alabama, USA
Nations Harvest Assemblies website: www.nationharvest.org
LIGHT House Fellowship
Smyrna, Delaware, USA
Apostolic Christian casual and contemporary fellowship - focusing on teaching and reaching - marriage and growth
Contact us for directions (home fellowship - we don't give out address) Smyrna, Delaware, USA
LIGHT House Fellowship website: www.housefellowship.org
Brazilian Baptist Church
Valrico, Florida, USA
Serving The Portugese Community Since 1995
4929 Bellshoals Rd, Valrico, Florida, USA
Brazilian Baptist Church website: www.BrazilianBaptist.org
Ministerios Fe Oracion y Adoracion
Sacramento, California, USA
Ministerios Sacramento Fe y Adoracion es liderado por el pastor Eduardo Alves y por un grupo de cristianos llenos del Amor de Dios. Queremos compartir con usted las bendiciones que Nuestro Senor ha derramado en nuestras vidas.
4433 Florin rd suite # 870, Sacramento, CA, 95823 USA
Ministerios Fe Oracion y Adoracion website: eduardoalvesministries.webs.com
City of Hope Church
Broken Arrow, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
A community of people dedicated to Being the Church, not just going to one.
2102 West Greeley St, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, United States 74012
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Open Door Baptist Church
Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA
A loving group of people here to help grow together in the Alamogordo area. We enjoying serving our military families. Come enjoy practical Bible teaching, inspirational music, and loving church family.
700 E First St #720, Alamogordo, NM, 88310 USA
Open Door Baptist Church website: www.opendoornm.org
Christian Alliance Ministries
Port Richey, Florida, USA
"Reaching the world of Jesus Christ"
9438 US Hwy,19N #17 Port Richey, Florida USA
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McGee's Crossroads, Angier, North Carolina, USA
Helping people become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ.
2850 Old Fairground Rd, Angier, NC 27501 USA
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Phoenix, Arizona, USA
We are a non-denominational, Christian bible based church.
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"I love to watch animals. They're alive to everything going on around them. At the same time, they're completely focused on what they're doing. If a bear isn't good at fishing, she may starve to death. If a deer is not alert and fast, he may be shot. Good hunters respect their prey and shoot accurately. Some of them thank the animals for giving them their life. I try to be a good hunter with a brush."
Ed Maryon was a great Utah artist and educator, having served as the Chairman of the excellent University of Utah Art Department.
Paul Davis was a professor of Art and Chairman of the Department at the Univeristy of Utah. He is an accomplished painter and revered by his former students. He has been featured in publications including Southwest Art Magazine and Utah Painting and Sculpture by Vern Swenson. His work has been shown in New York City, San Francisco, Santa Fe and of course, Torrey. Paul Davis created the lithograph while at the University of Utah.
Wallace Lee passed away in may of 2005. We lost a remarkable artist and man. Wallace Lee was adept in watercolor, oil and pastel. Southern Utah and southwestern landscapes are the main body of his work. He was a Signature Member of the Nevada Watercolor Society and a Signature Member of the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies. Wallace received numerous awards for his artwork including: -2002 "Mini 50" Arts for the Parks Competition, "REGION II WINNER" Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
-2002 "Best of Show" Nevada Watercolor Society Signature Member Exhibit, Las Vegas, Nevada. -1999 and 2000 "Award for Excellence" Jackson Hole, Wyoming. -1998, 1999, 2001, 2002 & 2003 "Juror's Commendation Award" and "Merit Award" Western Federation of Watercolor Societies Exibit San Diego, California and Park City, Utah.