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|2004-09-05, 16:54
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Holland, Westland, Naaldwijk
Age: 31
How to draw anime/manga characters?
Can anyone help me,
I want to lern how to draw anime / manga characters.
I dont have a tablet or pen, I'll have to use the mouse, and drawing on paper at first and maybe I'll buy a tablet or pen sometime later if I really like this.
I'll have to start with basics and stuff, I like drawing but I'm not gifted...
And what kind of program should I use ?
Maybe someone knows a toturial or something like that.
thnx in advance
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|2004-09-05, 19:11
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Austin, TX
Age: 36
You're welcome
|2004-09-06, 06:10
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Just Married, Oct. 28th!
Join Date: May 2003
Age: 40
Word of advice, if you're serious about drawing, start with realism. Learning how to draw realism gives you a much greater understanding of any cartoony drawing style and more flexibility.
Also keep in mind that the best and most creative anime artists themselves do not stick completely to other anime artists for their stylistic influence.
Also, keep practicing all the time, and don't get discouraged!
|2004-09-06, 15:10
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You´re under my commaand
Yupp. Realizm is the best way to start.
besides. the part you said first about being gifted. Suuuuure some people learn fast. But everyone were rookies at some point.
Look at me for instance. My drawings still suck (acording to me anyways).
Mostly cause i haven´t practised very much lately. But that's how it is with everything. Practise,Practise,Practise. ^_^ Just hang in there. Do your best. And go with the style you find suits you the most in the end. belive me, it's the best to do.
Though if you like. You can drop me a line on msn and i can give you a few pointers and send you a few pages with basic, "yet extremely important" art consepts.
I'm looking forward to see your art in the future.
|2004-09-06, 16:00
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Practice makes perfect. If you're new to drawing, start by drawing stuff in every day life and learn to "see" things in volumes rather than lines. If you already have experience, just remember that anime figures like most things can be broken down into simple shapes like cylinders, rectangular prisms, etc. As for anatomy style and such, anime tends to focus on "perfect" bodies or rather perfect proportions. Check out http://www.howtodrawmanga.com and look under their tutorials if you have questions.
|2004-09-06, 16:27
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: MAO
"I like drawing but I'm not gifted..."
I suggest you not think about your drawings like this now, it will haunt you later on. Not saying you need to be arrogant or anything, but if you think you are not good before you start, it will slow your progress down by a lot.
Secondly watch the way you make strokes when drawing. If you start off with bad strokes, they will be incredibly hard to correct later on.
I wonder if my suggestions are of any use
|2004-09-06, 16:49
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Holland, Westland, Naaldwijk
Age: 31
hmm thnx, I'll work on my strokes
I think I'm gonna put a lot of spare time on drawing, and get real good at it,
I've gotta get some good pencils and stuff... have to wait with that untill I've got my salary
|2004-09-07, 04:50
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004
Well, if you simply like to draw manga characters, it's probably quicker to find a model.
Choose a style you like, find all the pictures you can of that style, then trace it, copy it, devour it. When you can recreate a model without the picture, you pretty much have your intended results.
|2004-09-10, 06:12
|Link #14
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Holland, Westland, Naaldwijk
Age: 31
Just drawn a fuw heads "based on tuturials" 1 turned out almost human...
I've read 2 "how to draw anime/manga" books, I lerned af fuw usefull things. I can draw a basic head now not detailed and I'm gonna practice other positions of the head now... After that I'll start with basic positions.
|2004-11-07, 14:46
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Just Married, Oct. 28th!
Join Date: May 2003
Age: 40
Yeah, just don't let drawing become a chore. Draw anime and cartoons all you like for fun, just as serious practice, realism will offer you the skills you need to eventually reach pro abilities.
It's a long process, though. I have been drawing all my life, and I would not say my drawing abilities were even decent until late into my time at art school. It took me longer than that to develope decent colouring skills. I'm 26 now, 4+ years out of art school, and I still think I have a long ways to go before I'm even near the talent of many professionals I admire.
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Clark Clenning WHELAN
Little Phyllis was the daughter of Jeremiah M. "Jerry" CUPP and first wife, Ellen MORGAN, who died in 1895 when Phyllis was 6 months old.
Clark was the only child of Mary HUMMER and first husband, Marcus W. WHELAN.
If "Hummer" sounds familiar, you read about Mary's sister Emma in yesterday's Thursday Drive. Emma was married to Jerry Cupp's brother Tom.
Now the part where you might want to get out the Crayons to keep it all straight.
Mary Hummer Whelan was Dovie and Robyn Cupp's aunt; Jerry Cupp was their uncle. Emma Hummer Cupp was Clark Whelan's aunt.
Before Mary divorced Marcus Whelan and before Ellen Morgan Cupp died, Clark and Phyllis were already cousins, and both were Dovie and Robyn's cousins too. Which makes it especially odd that Robyn wasn't taken in by his Aunt Mary or Uncle Jerry.
When Clark was 11 and Phyllis not quite two, Mary Hummer Whelan married Jerry Cupp. Now the kids were step-siblings as well as cousins. I'm guessing these studio portraits were made to commemorate their new relationships.
Now the rest of the story.
By the time widow Emma Hummer Cupp wrote to Dovie and Robyn's grandmother in Kansas fishing for money, Mary (McClellan) Cupp had had her fill of the Hummers.
Family tradition says Mary Hummer put the idea in hubby Jerry Cupp's head to kick his mother off her own farm when his dad was still warm in the grave. His dad had willed the farm to Jerry, but only after his mother died.
Mary Hummer totally misjudged her mother-in-law.
Instead of going away quietly, 70-something Mary McClellan Cupp (left) beat a path to the county courthouse, got her farm back, and in her will, left Jerry exactly $1. The farm went to eldest son Will instead.
She left nothing to Dovie, Robyn or their mother Emma except a notation in the will that "they have already received their inheritance".
Jerry had become the black sheep of the family. He, Mary Hummer and Clark moved to Topeka, where Jerry worked for Santa Fe until 1932. He died in 1936. Robyn Cupp and wife Leila came up from Tulsa for the funeral.
I have no idea what happened to little Phyllis. She was supposedly put out for adoption after her mother Ellen died, but she was with her father and Mary Hummer in the 1900 census. However, there's no mention of a daughter in Jerry's obituary, which states his only survivors were nieces and nephews.

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Star Studded Fleet Assembles In Tallinn For 2010 Marinepool Melges 24 World Championship
6 August 2010
Tallinn, Estonia - 6 August 2010 - With several days of pre-regatta registration now completed and on the eve of the official start of racing, all seventy-nine boats competing at the 2010 Marinepool Melges 24 World Championship in Tall inn Estonia, were successfully launched before this evening's six o'clock deadline and the regatta's Opening Ceremony at the Kalev Yacht Club. This year's Championship has attracted entries from eighteen nations across three continents and features crews from as far afield as South Africa and Japan. As is expected at major Melges 24 championships, the pedigree of the fleet is impressive as ever, boasting past Melges 24 World Champions, Olympic medallists, America's Cup veterans, any number of dinghy, one-design and offshore national and world champions, as well as some of the most talented international Corinthian crews to be found anywhere.
The meticulous efforts of the competitors readying themselves for this event has been matched in equal measure by the lengths to which the organisers have gone to ensure that this regatta runs smoothly and according to plan. Tallinn of course is no stranger to high profile yachting events, having been the Olympic Regatta venue for the 1980 Moscow Games and in more recent times played host to a string of major dinghy and keelboat championships. Melges 24 World Championships however set the standard for one-design sportsboat regattas and the preparation for this event began more than two years ago, involving countless hours of combined effort from the International Melges 24 Class Association, the Finnish/Estonian Class Association and the hard working members of Tallinn's Kalev Yacht Club. Based on the highly positive reaction so far from the competitors about the hassle free registration and launching process, it appears that everyone's hard work is already being rewarded.
With only hours to go now to the start of the twelve-race series, the atmosphere around the regatta centre is best described as electric. Although there are certainly some obvious candidates for the podium positions here in Tallinn this week, the 2010 World Championship looks likely to be one of the most open in recent history. The twelve-boat Italian squad is the largest at the event and perhaps also has the greatest potential to produce a winner, including as it does the likes of 2008 Melges 24 World Champion Lorenzo Bressani helming Uka Uka Racing, the highly accomplished Luca Valerio on the helm of All In, as well as the yet unfilled potential of Alberto Bolzan steering Hurricane Murphy & Nye. Additionally, rising Italian star Nicolo Bianchi on Saetta recently won the 2010 Italian Volvo Cup Series and will be looking to make a further name for himself on the world stage this week.
Strong as the Italian squad is, there are also a significant number of crews from other countries with the skills and experience to enable them to mount serious challenges for the 2010 world title. An Italian sailing under a Swiss sail insignia, Flavio Favini at the helm of Blu Moon is the only other helmsman competing this week who has lifted the World Championship trophy before and he has left no doubt that his intention is to repeat the experience in Tallinn. Despite only being in his first full season in the Melges 24, South Africa's Ian Ainslie is said to be on deadly asymmetric form right now, having narrowly missed out on victory at the recent SB3 World Championship on Lake Garda. Norway's Star Class Olympic campaigner, Eivind Melleby, who finished third at last year's World Championship in Annapolis, USA, has also been turning in some impressive results so far this year and is very unlikely to be phased by the size of the fleet or the level of competition here in Tallinn.
Melges 24 World Championships are raced as one fleet but include a Corinthian Division which strictly excludes ISAF Category 3 sailors. Competition in this division is understandably fierce and with some of the most talented amateur teams in the world racing here this week, it will be no surprise to see Corinthian crews getting in amongst the leaders of the main fleet. Certainly 2008 Melges 24 Corinthian World Champion and reigning Corinthian European Champion helm Oyvind Peder Jahre steering Norway's Storm Capital Sail Racing Team has proved capable of winning races in the past and could well be a main contender in both divisions here in Tallinn. Also likely to prove potent Corinthian challengers this week will be local heroes Tonu Toniste on Lenny and Tiit Vihul on Rock City, as well as Italian helm Mario Ziliani on Fishdog, Switzerland's Sonke Boy on Music 55 and Austria's Christoph Skolaut on Franz Rocks.
Championship racing runs from Saturday 7th to Thursday 12th August, with up to three races per day and a maximum of twelve races total scheduled. Five races are required to constitute a series. When six or more races have been completed a boat's series score will be the total of her race scores excluding her worst score. The first start of racing each day is schedule for 12.00 except for the final day when the first start is schedule for 10.00 and there will be no warning signal after 14.00.
Tallinn is the capital of Estonia, and in 2011 it will also be the capital of culture for all of Europe. This will be the biggest cultural event in the history of Estonia. Welcome to the city of culture! www.tallinn2011.ee
You can follow the racing live at the IM24CA Blog. Further information is available from the 2010 Marinepool Melges 24 World Championship Event Website and via the event's Facebook Group.


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What makes Robert Coello's story so much more remarkable, is that he hasn't been pitching all that long. The Florida native was originally drafted in 2004 by the Reds as a catcher. He went from behind the plate to the mound as an Angels minor leaguer in 2007. The Red Sox plucked him from the scrap heap prior to the 2009 season. Now he has the words "Major Leaguer" on his resume. Coello admits that some times that even he can't believe what has happened in the last couple of years. "Sometimes you wake up and you have to really remember where you are. I start out in Portland and was doing my thing, getting into my routine. Then, I'm in Pawtucket and I start to do my thing here. Then, all of a sudden, I'm in Boston, or we're in New York, or where ever you are. It's been fun, but I'm always ready to keep it on a straight plane, and keep making more strides."
It shouldn't come as a surprise that two of Roberts' biggest influences are two of the more beloved members of the Red Sox family. One a current star and the other, a great former star. "When I first got here, Luis Tiant was phenomenal. We talked and he has always been good to me. He is like another father to me. David Ortiz, same thing. Fantastic. All the bullpen guys, just terrific. Honestly, all the guys have been great."
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Coello is blessed with strong family support. It's not uncommon to see his mom, brother or even his little nephew, Vincent, Jr. at McCoy. When little Vincent is not at the game, I speak directly to him over the air. I tell him it's time to put down the video game and pay attention. Uncle Robert is pitching. His dad says he responds, and immediately puts down the game. Ahhh, the power I wield. Coello doesn't take his familys' support for granted. "They are always behind me. The ups and downs. From catcher to pitcher. No job, to here with the Red Sox. It's so good."
When Coello (Kway-oh) arrived in Pawtucket for the first time in 2009, even his manager, Ron Johnson, didn't know how to pronounce his name. "Cool-oh, or Cwell-oh" were just a couple the ways it was said. Another year in 2011 like the last, and everyone will be saying it correctly.


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3 dead, 2 wounded in Del. courthouse shooting
Sgt. Paul Shavack offers updates before noon from the scene of Monday's shooting at the New Castle County Courthouse. Two women were shot to death and two male Capitol Police officers were wounded. The (Wilmington, Del.) News Journal
Police say Thomas F. Matusiewicz, 68, opened fire in the courthouse, killing his former daughter-in-law and her friend.
WILMINGTON, Del. — The father of a man who kidnapped his three young daughters in 2007 opened fire with a handgun at the New Castle County courthouse this morning, killing his former daughter-in-law and her friend and wounding two police officers, law enforcement and legal sources said.
The gunman, identified as Thomas F. Matusiewicz, 68, was fatally shot and died outside the revolving doors of the courthouse, where his body lay covered with a blanket all day while police investigated. It was unclear if he took his own life or was killed by courthouse police, who returned fire.
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Killed was Christine Belford, 39, of Pike Creek, Del. She once was married to the shooter's son, David, who at one time was a well known Newark, Del., optometrist. Belford and David Matusiewicz battled for custody after their 2006 divorce, and David absconded with the girls and his mother to Central America for 18 months.
Both were at the courthouse for a child support hearing.
"It's a terrible tragedy," said Carolyn Belford, who is married to the slain woman's father, Jim Belford. She spoke by telephone while leaving the hospital.
The other victim, gunned down in the lobby, was identified by law enforcement sources as Laura Elizabeth "Beth" Mulford, a friend of Belford's who was accompanying her for moral support.
Two Capitol police officers, both wearing bulletproof vests, took bullets to the chest, but were treated and released from Christiana Hospital by midday, police said. "Both of them are doing well," Lt. Gov. Matt Denn said.
Police identified one officer as Steven Rinehart, a retired New Castle County police officer, and sources identified the other officer as Michael Manley.
The background
David Matusiewicz, 45, who was released from federal prison in Texas last year after being convicted in Delaware of kidnapping and bank fraud, was at the courthouse Monday for a child support hearing involving his ex-wife and their three daughters, ages 11, 10 and 7, law enforcement sources said. He went inside the courthouse, where he was taken into custody, said the sources, who added that he was being questioned Monday night.
Christine Belford, who had worked as a contact lens technician, told The News Journal in December that she and David Matusiciewiz, whose parental rights were terminated, were still battling in court about overdue child support. "Kids are doing OK," she wrote to the newspaper. "Some lingering issues, as expected, for all of us."
Besides her three daughters with Matusiewicz, Belford also had a teenage daughter from a previous marriage. Neighbors said Belford feared the Matusiewicz family and also had installed security and surveillance for protection.
The elder Matusiewicz once owned a home near Smyrna, Del., with his wife, Lenore, but records show they had moved to Texas.
The couple, who have property in Hidalgo County, Texas, declared bankruptcy there in 2011. In their bankruptcy petition, they claimed to own at least one 9 mm pistol and 100 rounds of ammunition.
Lenore Matusiewicz, 68, was convicted in Delaware Superior Court of helping their son kidnap the girls and take them on an 18-month odyssey to Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico and Nicaragua. In March, after an international manhunt, authorities found David and Lenore Matusiewicz and the children, one of whom is autistic, living in a dirty and cramped trailer.
Lenore Matusiewicz, 67, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for three counts of child endangerment. At her sentencing, her son sat in the back of courtroom, where he said nothing but was visibly angry.
She and her son left with the girls in an $80,000 motor home after telling Christine Belford they were taking the kids to Florida for a vacation at Disney World. They never returned, and the kidnapping drew national media attention. The case was featured on the television series "America's Most Wanted," and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's website.
Thomas Matusiewicz had contacted The News Journal twice in 2009, while his son's case was winding through the courts, to complain about the one-sided account being portrayed in the media.
He said his son, who was then being held in the Salem County, N.J., jail, wanted to be interviewed about the case. David Matusiewicz, however, later denied a reporter's request for an interview.
He defended his son as a good father and optometrist who treated "his patients very well." Taking the children out of the country, he said, was done to "protect his children."
The shootings
Thomas Matusiewicz opened fire shortly before 8 a.m. as employees, attorneys, prospective jurors and people with court hearings were streaming into the New Castle County Courthouse, authorities said.
He entered from the side door, adjacent to the parking garage, and began firing a handgun after passing through the revolving doors that open to the lobby, killing Belford and her friend.
Matusiewicz exchanged fire with Capitol police, striking two unidentified officers before he reached the security checkpoint or metal detectors. Although authorities would not say who shot him, they said Matusiewicz died inside the lobby.
Moments before the shooting, Chick Chinski, 62, who was reporting for jury duty, said he had ridden the garage elevator to the ground level with the gunman, who wore a Timberline jacket and carried a satchel. Upon going through the revolving doors, he turned around and saw the man holding a gun.
"I just saw him walk in, point the gun and I heard the shots. The women went down," he said. "I saw the cop hit the floor, then I hit the floor, then everybody else was going down. There was maybe 50, 60 people in the lobby."
Chinski said he saw an exchange between Capitol police and the gunman and watched the glass on the lobby door shatter. Chinski said he was standing about 50 feet from the women who were killed, adding it was clear they were the intended target.
"He just seemed like he came right after them," Chinski said. "When he come in the door that's exactly what he did. Instantly."
Thomas Warren of New Castle, Del., who also was reporting for jury duty, saw a body on the ground outside the entrance. Police arrived in droves, Warren said, and one ordered him and several others back into the garage.
He watched as police threw a sheet over the body and emergency responders took four people out on stretchers. He said they were "desperately performing CPR" on a woman and a police officer.
"We didn't know if the gunman was still on the loose," he said. "People didn't know what was going on. They just wanted to get the hell out of there."
County, city and state police rushed to the courthouse, along with Mayor Dennis Williams, as employees were ushered out of the building. Police Chief Christine Dunning remained in Philadelphia, where she was participating in an anti-violence roundtable with Vice President Joe Biden.
At Belford's home Monday in Meadowdale, neighbors were stunned to learn that she had been killed, but noted that she had installed security and surveillance cameras because she feared retaliation from the Matusiewicz family. Neighbors also said she had hired a private detective who told Belford someone might have been rummaging through her mail.
"Many people have a little bit of security, but not as much as she had," neighbor Bob Thomas said.
Added neighbor Lois Dawson: "She had all the windows changed with special locks. She had cameras around the house. She had two huge dogs. She didn't know whether she should get a gun. … Her house is like Fort Knox, so I thought she was safe."
Praise for the officers
As authorities began piecing together what happened, Attorney General Beau Biden urged anyone who witnessed the gunfire and needs counseling or other services to call state police at 1-800 VICTIM1.
Biden also applauded the police officers, saying that because of their bravery, "a greater tragedy was averted." He also said the courthouse would be closed Tuesday.
Gov. Jack Markell, who was traveling in Bangalore, India when he learned of the shooting, will cut off his trip early, arriving back in Delaware on Thursday instead of Saturday.
In an interview from India, at nearly 2:30 a.m. local time, Markell said he made the decision to return home early after speaking by phone with the two officers wounded in Monday's shooting.
"Obviously I want to express my deepest condolences to the victims," Markell said. "Thank God they're both doing OK."
Contributing: Esteban Parra, Sean O'Sullivan, Adam Taylor, Mike Chalmers, Wade Malcolm, Nichole Dobo, Robin Brown and Jonathan Starkey, The (Wilmington, Del.) News Journal


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King's Name
"GYANENDRA" is written in all caps as if it were his family name. It isn't; as I understand it, it's his given name, and his family name is "Bir Bikram". -phma 06:06, 6 Dec 2003 (PST)
i am a nepali. Gyanendra is his first name and shah his last name, and also the name of the dynasty. 'Bir Bikram' is just a middle name. The first king of Nepal, as a kingdom, was Prithvi Narayan Shah, Narayan being his middle name and Shah his last name. just to prove a point.
"Dev" means "deity". It may be tacked on because of the belief that the king is divine. This only applies to the current king. Dead kings have outlived divinity and crown princes don't have it yet. LADave 02:06, 8 June 2007 (EDT)
The part Bikram is interesting. It did not exist in the name of the kings until Rana Bahadur Shah. After him, the tradition of Bikram started because Rana Bahadur Shah made Girban Juddha, not the first child born to him, a king. It literal translation means 'not in order'. So all the kings after Girban Juddha are called Bikram and this applies to the currently 'suspended' king.
CIA Factbook
We're not really disputing the facts in the CIA World Factbook 2002 import, are we? B-) I've stripped the CIA factbook crap off this article -- it needed to be done -- and moved it to Talk:Nepal/CIA World Factbook 2002 import. --Evan 10:25, 6 Dec 2003 (PST)
Hmm, I dont think I agree with moving the whole Volunteer in Nepal article into the Nepal article. It was never part of the Nepal page before. We have seperate travel issue articles for driving in different places, etc, so there is a precedent for detailed info. I'd include a graph or two about it on the Nepal page of course... but there is a difference between the travel info and the travel topic. Majnoona 23:32, 25 Mar 2004 (EST)
I'm all for the big warning at the top, but is there some way to deal with the crummy layout? There's about two pages of white space along the side-bar... I don't get wikimarkup enough to do anything about it, but maybe just moving the sidebar down or something? Help? Majnoona 10:56, 8 Feb 2005 (EST)
Not mention of the civil war?
The article fails to mention that about 60% of the country is under Maoist-rebel controll and that sporadic firefights occur near military bases. There should be quite an extensive section added to it. --22.214.171.124 20:11, 13 Feb 2006 (EST)
The Parliament has been reinstated by the popular movement in April 2006 (the Jana Andolan-II) So the type of the government should be changed in the Infoox.220.127.116.11 04:30, 17 May 2006 (EDT)
Rs500 notes
Regarding the latest addition, are you sure it's a punishable offense to carry the notes, or just unwise? My understanding was that, due to excessive counterfeiting, they were just pretty hard to get rid of... but this is the first I've heard of it being illegal... – cacahuate talk 16:35, 18 April 2007 (EDT)
Carrying Indian currency of 500 is punishable offence under the act! I understand this was due to many bad experiences of fake notes of 500 in the past.
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Nepal regions
The following comments were added to my Talk page by contributor David. WindHorse 01:06, 6 June 2007 (EDT)
The government's super-zones must have been set up for administrative convenience. They lack geographic, historical & cultural validity. Of course travelers might be better equipped to deal with the bureaucracy if they are somewhat familiar with the government's schema. So let's leave this scheme alone for bureaucratic purposes.
However for other travel purposes it made more sense to me to organize things by drainage basins: (1) Kosi in the east, (2) Bagmati (Kathmandu Valley), (3) most of the Gandaki basin, (4) (west) Rapti and Babai basins and stuff north of them (technically in the Gandaki and Karnali/Bheri basins) through the Dhaulagiri range and valleys behind, and (5) the remainder of the Karnali/Bheri basin and Mahakali up to the Indian border. Perhaps these could be called Kosi, Bagmati, Gandaki, Rapti-Dhaulagiri, and Karnali-Mahakali Regions.
For travel purposes it seemed really unnatural to divide Mid-West and Far-west at the Karnali River! Nepalis and trekkers quickly get across rivers via primitive ferryboats or bridges. Major drainage divides -- these tend to be high ridges -- make more sense than rivers as boundaries. Getting up to these ridges can be a serious hike! Nepalis are as practical as anyone else and try to avoid it, thus drainage divides are cultural divides too.
The way I did it has more historical validity too. Khas peoples speaking the progenitor of Nepali developed their core identity in the Mahakali and Karnali/Bheri basins. They detoured around the Babai/Rapti basins into the Gandaki basin to settle and grow rice. Prithvi Narayan appears there in the 1700s and heads east to conquer the Bagmati region (Kathmandu valley), then the Kosi region beyond. He or his heirs also consolidate the rest of the country -- the "Chaubisi" (24 principality confederation of the Gandaki basin) and the "Baisi" (22 principality confederation of the Karnali/Bheri basin).
Each river-oriented region can also be subdivided by elevation into Terai (Madesi and Tharu), Lower hills (Brahman-Chhetri), upper hills (Magar, Gurung, Tamang, etc.), then Bhote (Tibetan). It may be a little complicated, but travelers exposed to this stuff will be better prepared for "ground truth".
The new district designations are very practical and helpful, and as a frequent visitor to Nepal, your efforts are appreciated. It should be a final goal, however, to produce a totally new hierarchy to replace the government designated zones, and so we could keep the information on the front page short and succinct (like perhaps Bhutan or even India). Do think we could use your list as it stands? It needs to be kept to no more than nine places max (which it is). Under this hierarchy, where are the Solu Khumbu and Dolpo regions. Presumably they are classified under Himalaya? This article might be helpful: Wikitravel:Geographical hierarchy#Regions. Maybe some of the more popular tourist areas could be mentioned in the blurb. What do you think? However, I replaced the dab for Pashupatinath and Dakshinkali as these are just temple complexes, not destinations with hotels like Boudhanath. Please see: Wikitravel:What is an article?. Anyway, thanks for all your input. Your practical knowledge is very helpful. So, at the moment, do you want to replace the original list with your new hierarchy? That is fine with me. We can tweak as we go along. WindHorse 01:09, 7 June 2007 (EDT)
Moved my detailed discussion of regions to ;Understand' section and put capsule summaries in 'Regions'. I hope this improves flow of this article: lay out key concepts first, develop them later. I also added topic headers under 'Understand' for future development. LADave 14:20, 10 June 2007 (EDT)
Hi Dave, thanks for continuing to add your knowledge and insights to the Nepal page. It is looking good. However, Wikitravel has a policy that lists of places (cities, other destinations etc) should not exceed nine, and so I have removed 4 of the places you recently added to the list. Sorry about that. Anyway, please check to see if you agree with my choice of deletions. The cities that are listed should be chosen by their popularity with tourists, and is drawn up to give them easy access to info, like an index. It is not a promotion of places. Obviously, KTM, Pokhara, Patan, Bhaktapur and Namche Bazaar should be listed, but the others are open. Also, the info on the front page should be kept succinct (see India and Bhutan as examples), and more in depth info should be placed on the actual articles themselves. Anyway, thanks for all your efforts. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me or one of the regular contributors. Take it easy. WindHorse 21:08, 8 June 2007 (EDT) Ps. you might find the info on this page of use: Wikitravel: Manual of style
So now we have kind of a matrix: south to north and west to east. I think we need to explain both. The south to north is obviously important in understanding the geography. West to east explains the flow of history, as well as certain aspects of geography.
Most treks are along the north-south axis, along rivers and streams. Going east or west means going against the grain with a lot more up and down. Exceptions might be Trisuli(Nuwakot)-Gorkha-Pokhara, Baglung-Dhorpatan(-Jumla), and the Terai or Inner-Terai. This seems to argue for a structure like this:
* Mahakali, Karnali-Bheri, (west) Rapti region o Terai, Siwaliks and Inner Terai o Mahabharat Range and Hills o Himalaya o transHimalaya * Gandaki o (repeat elevation structure) * Bagmati o Kathmandu Valley * Kosi o (repeat elevation structure without transhimalaya)
Probably the text about regions can be boiled down some. However after looking at the India article, I don't think the Nepal article has gotten too long. Bhutan is far simpler.
OK, Let's collapse Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur into a single entry. Something like "Kathmandu (the capital) and its satellite cities Patan and Bhaktapur. Also we can delete Biratnagar, Birganj and Nepalganj in that top-level city list because they are transportation hubs, not tourist destinations. Transportation hubs can be dealt with regionally and in conjunction with itineraries.
For the western half of the country, I would add Tansen, Gorkha (possibly combined with Pokhara) and maybe Jumla. This leaves slots open for tourist destinations in eastern Nepal besides Namche. I hardly know eastern Nepal at all, so let others advocate for their faves.
BTW, -gunj endings (Birgunj, Nepalgunj) break with conventions for transliterating devanagari into roman and should be changed to 'ganj'. 'U' in a transliterated word should always rhyme with 'moo', but the sound we call a 'short u' gets transliterated as 'a', which must be where the confusion arose. 188.8.131.52 05:13, 10 June 2007 (EDT)
New regions
Hi Dave, I notice that you have changed all the regions. It looks good. However, does the new hierarchy cover the whole country in its entirety? In addition, the new regions will need to be linked to new articles and any useful information from the previous regional articles transferred to these pages. Furthermore, if there is an overlap, the previous regional articles can be redirected to the new pages, but if they are totally incompatible, then we need to submit them for deletion. I think with the new hierarchy, we can perhaps omit the district articles, except with a few famous ones like 'Solu-Khumbu' and just concentrate on the main centers of population. What do you think? Also, we need to replace the original list of regional names, such as Annapurna, Everest, Dolpo etc on the front page as people will look for these. Thanks for all your hard work, and let me know what I can do to help to complete the new set up. WindHorse 00:18, 11 June 2007 (EDT)
Hi Windhorse, The new regional workup is comprehensive. Perhaps a workup on himalayan subranges and noteworthy peaks should be worked into the Understand section. Are there other titles we could ad to 'Understand' to try to solicit contributions? Maybe if we put in 'Mountaineering' someone would actually write it up.
I have linked to all articles I am aware of, except some development region articles that have almost no content. But there may be articles I don't know about yet. If you could post a list, I'll link to any with significant content.
I modified the reference to the food poisoning article slightly. It's a good article with a misleading title. Food poisoning is what you get when food isn't kept hot or cold enough to retard bacterial growth, so toxic metabolic byproducts build up. Botulism would be an extreme example. Treatment is mostly about getting the toxins out of the body or neutralizing them. The article lumps this with issues that might be called 'fecal-oral contamination'. Poor sanitation gets specific disease-causing organisms, cysts or eggs into your body via food and drink. Then treatment tends to involve killing off the organisms that are trying to multiply in your body.
Tropical medicine also seems like a misnomer because Nepal is subtropical, and by the time you reach Kathmandu it's borderline temperate. This rules out many tropical diseases. Some of it still applies, so I kept the link but put it further down in the subtopic. 220.127.116.11 05:53, 11 June 2007 (EDT)
Restoration of former regional hierarchy
I have restored the former regional hierarchy to allow access to information on districts and cities not listed on the front page. These can be removed when the new hierarchy is complete. WindHorse 09:55, 13 June 2007 (EDT)
Nepal can also be divided into elevation zones from south to north and river basins from west to east.
Elevational Zones
River Basins


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One of country music's most promising new stars on the rise is getting ready to throw down weekend – Cinco de Mayo style. On Saturday (May 5), Frank Ortega will headline a special event in downtown Franklin, Tenn., where he and locals will attempt to hold the world's largest tequila toast.
The toast is only a part of the Cinco de Mayo celebration — Ortega will also perform, as well as honor the legendary clothing designer, Manuel. This is the second consecutive year in which Ortega has headlined this particular event.
"I'm honored to be part of this celebration for the second year in a row, and I am excited to lead the way into the Guinness Book of World Records," Ortega says. "If it's anything like last year's event, this is one party you don't want to miss."
The event will kick off at 4PM local time in downtown Franklin with Ortega taking the stage soon after, performing many songs from his forthcoming new album. The event is expected to conclude around 9PM, with the much-anticipated tequila toast taking place at 7PM.
During last year's performance and toast, Ortega surprised Manuel with an official proclamation declaring May 5 as Manuel Day in the town of Franklin. Manuel, along with Franklin, Tenn. Mayor Ken Moore, M.D., will be on hand to help Ortega kick off the toast.
The event is sponsored in part by Dos Equis Lager and Milagro Tequila, as well as Franklin Plastic Surgery, Nashville Scene, Red Pony, 55 South, My Second Home Pet Resort, Jay Jay's and SOL.
Tickets to participate in the Tequila toast are just $5, and the proceeds are being donated to the Mercy Children's Clinic of Franklin. Tickets can be purchased the day of the event or in advance at SOL restaurant, located at 108 Bridge Street in downtown Franklin.
Ortega has created quite a buzz in Nashville in recent years with his independent single 'Hot Women Cold Beer,' which was produced by Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter James House. The song went on to top the Indie World country music chart in 2009. His follow-up release, 'Honky Tonk and the Altar,' showed a different side to the Arizona native, and it received rave reviews across the board within the country music industry. Ortega is currently in the studio putting the finishing touches on his forthcoming new album, with his upcoming new single slated for release sometime this summer. Keep up with the latest on Frank Ortega by visiting his official website. And best of luck to him on his Cinco de Mayo goal!


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Although snow has recently fallen, the anticipation for outdoor activities has been building. Early spring offers a plethora of family-friendly events throughout the Northern New Jersey area. With Easter around the corner, many local communities are promoting egg hunts and bunny-themed photo opportunities.
Acres Away Farm in Flemington is giving their own unique spin on traditional Easter egg hunts. While on horseback, children and adults are invited to search the grounds for Easter eggs containing candy and toys. Reservations are required and the event is reoccurring on weekends throughout the month of April.
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The Celebrate Life Studio will be holding a very fun and very edible workshop on April 1st from 3:00 to 4:00 pm. All participants receive a set of delicious freshly-baked sugar cookies shaped into Easter eggs. An instructor will then walk the group through the process of decorating the cookies and provide all the tools required. Attendees are provided with a gift box to bring home their treats. Registration is required.
On April 1st at 1:00 pm, Terhune Orchards in Princeton will be giving a presentation on the mouth-watering history of wine and chocolate. Participants will be provided with ten different types of Belgian chocolates alongside a perfectly paired wine selection from the Terhune Orchards vineyard. This is a ticketed event with limited seating available. Tickets can be purchased through the Terhune Orchards website.
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Sci is OFF to SFN TODAY!! We'll you there! And in the meantime, let the pre-blogging continue!
We're skipping Friday Weird Science this week, in order to begin Sci's graceful swan dive into the morass that is SFN. Sci's been getting lots of email from awesome scientists, and she hopes to show up at their posters! And she's also been getting tweets and emails from people wanting some advice, and she can see why.
SFN is big.
Ok, Not as big as Experimental Biology. Or that one Microbiology meeting. (Apparently it's bigger than BOTH of these! Someone told me once that ASM topped out around 40K but I guess not! Neuroscience FTW!!!) But for many neuroscientists, it's easily the biggest meeting we've ever been to, and often, it's also the first. And so, Sci's little heart aches in sympathy when she gets an email like this:
Hi Sci,
This is my first time to a meeting and to SFN.
I specifically would like to socialize with people who are working in my area of research...
I am generally a shy person and I am trying to break the ice this time. Advice on how to make connections and how to find and approach people in my area of research is what I am looking for.
Have you ever attended SFN sponsored socials? Are they useful? What should we expect at a social?
Any general advice to get the most out of the meeting.. It seems like there is a lot and very little time.
I've been there. Believe me. Her first time, Sci felt like a tiny speck in a sea of neuroscience. Or sometimes (depending on crowds) like a salmon swimming the wrong way in the current. But neuro-salmon, we aren't just here to show our flashy pink tummies and research! No, we are here to SPAWN (not literally, well, some people are, I've heard rumors). We are here to network and spawn research ideas, and if we're little post-doc salmon, we are here to spawn some possible collaborations and faculty opportunity!
So, SFN. How do you approach it? There's a lot to see, and not a lot of time. There's just no way you can see EVERYTHING that you want to see. So here's some advice from someone who's been a few times. Keep in mind though, that Sci's experience is not everyone's. She would welcome advice from those who have been going for longer and who really know what they're doing. Chime in in the comments!
The itinerary:
Oasis (the meeting planner thingy) is a good resource. You can even apparently access it on your smartphone. For first time attendees, it may seem impossible to fit everything in. Sci has not so fond memories of getting the 10 thick booklets of the program, and sitting there for a good three hours trying desperately to figure out what she was going to do. And when you're a young grad student, EVERYTHING seems interesting! What to see?
1) The people you should know: Ask your advisor if you can, or if you can't, look at the lit closely related to the lab you're in and the work you're doing. Who are the authors? Are they presenting posters closely related to your work? If this is the field you want to pursue, you need to get out there and meet others in it. Look for names to recognize, and see if people from their lab are giving posters that interest you.
2) The stuff you should know: What are your main research topics? Search by keyword for the main things you want to learn about, and go after the titles that interest you. If you're diligent and have time, by all means read the abstracts, but we all know you probably won't have time.
3) The stuff that interests you: this should just be stuff you're interested in, like "hey, that hippocampus stuff looks cool, not related to my work, but...". However, if you're a grad student trying to get introduced around YOUR field, you want to save these posters for last in a day. Spend your time at the posters you know you NEED to see.
4) The people you need to get to know: If you're a student looking for a post-doc, find the PIs you're interested in listed in the planner (this is especially important if you're already in contact with them). Drop by their posters when you KNOW the presenter will be there (the hour listed in the planner). Introduce yourself. Ask questions.
Aim for no more than about 25 posters in a session to look at in detail. If you're going to stick around and ask questions, you won't get through that many, even. Go after the most important first and save the rest for later. Organization and prioritizing are your friends.
Oh, and if possible, try and group your posters, see a few at one end, and then hike off, but make sure you're not bouncing back and forth across the poster floor. And wear good shoes (not heels, like comfy shoes). You're going to need them.
Oh, shy new student, Sci's been there. She's not the most outgoing person herself, and when I first started, I was very easily intimidated by people who I was SURE must know more than me. Keep in mind, most people are weirded out approaching someone they don't know. You are NOT alone. And Sci is not the expert on this topic, and would REALLY welcome some further advice in the comments for her own use.
Official socials: sometimes, they're pretty good things. The snacks, though, suck. They might be free, but I can only take so much of that nasty pretzel mix.
First of all, if you're a student and your advisor is there, ask them to introduce you around a bit. It is in their best interest to help you with this, to get you in contact with good people, and to talk up your work. Go with them to the socials for your field, and they will introduce you to their buds. Even if you don't start talking with the big wigs, you can talk with post-docs or other grad students in the field, making connections and getting ideas. Don't be afraid to talk about your work. Ask about the work that other people are doing. Most of them are glad to talk about it.
If your advisor ISN'T there, go with someone you know, someone from your lab, preferably someone more experienced. See if you can find people you know or recognize from earlier in the meeting. Say hi, introduce yourself (you often have to do this many times, it's HARD to remember the numerous people you meet at SFN), and chat. Ask more questions if you're interested in their work. Avoid the snack mix, and grab a bottle of water if someone is handing those out. Might want to get there kind of early, socials easily become PACKED.
A lot of the real socializing, though, takes place over lunches and dinners, when your PI gets together with old labmates or collaborators. If they invite you along, GO!
Networking at posters
The first opening at any poster, if the presenter is unoccupied is "hey, can you run me through it?" If the presenter is already talking, go ahead and listen in, and pick up what you can.
And even though you're new, do NOT be afraid to ask questions. Shy people have points that are just as important as those from people who are outgoing. Shy salmon have nice pink bellies just like loud salmon. We're just less flashy about it. Just walk up and ask a question. Even if you're shy, say it good and loud, it's noisy on the poster floor, and loud sounds confident. And most people will be nice, after all, we LIKE having people ask questions! We like poster traffic, particularly if the person is interested! And even if you may not think you're question is important, it can raise ideas for the presenter that they had never even thought of. It's what we come to the meetings for.
Do not be afraid to introduce yourself. Mention something your work has in common with theirs. Invite them to your poster. If you're a student, state your name and who you work for. For most people in the field, stating your university doesn't help much (some PIs move around a bit), but stating your PIs name can spark instant recognition. If you need to speak with them about experiments or collaboration, get their email. Don't be afraid to contact. Worst case scenario, they won't email back, in which case, their loss.
And the big thing: don't stress any more than you have to. Seriously, hyperventilating about your poster will only take years off your life. You know your own work better than anyone else, usually because you did each experiment lovingly with your own little hands. Have confidence in that. If people ask you questions you can't answer, be honest! Ask for their input. Speculate.
The things you need to worry about: getting there, getting back, getting to your poster on time, and doing the best you can at it. Meet who you can. Get enough coffee. Everything else is bonus.
For the meeting in general: it's huge. You will NOT see everything. It's going to look really overwhelming. See what you can, focus on what you can, and when you're brain dead, take a break, get a coffee, and stop by the Jackson lab booth to see if they're handing out the cute stuffed mice this year. And breathe. It's just a meeting. 🙂 This is the opportunity for many people to meet new people, see old friends, and see the latest stuff those friends have been working their butts off on. For a lot of us, SfN is a lot of fun!
And for those more experienced than I: Am I right? Can you add anything? Am I completely out of my tree? Give some grad students some advice, and let's hear how you weather your SFN.


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Aleppo Cookbook, TheCelebrating the Legendary Cuisine of SyriaMarlene Matar
Published 2017 7 x 10 • 352 pages • full-color photosISBN 9781566569972 • paperback • $25.00 •
An extraordinary new cookbook by Marlene Matar, The Aleppo Cookbook: Celebrating the Legendary Cuisine of Syria, has finally brought the delights of the Aleppo kitchen to a wider audience. We could not have a better guide... Her recipes draw on the knowledge of Aleppos great chefs as well as experienced home cooks. Her gorgeous and comprehensive cookbook covers every aspect of Aleppo cooking, from its fish and lamb dishes to its famous jams. The book is not only a love letter to the citys cuisine, but a crucial means of safeguarding its food heritage for generations to come... To cook from The Aleppo Cookbook is both bittersweet and deeply emotional. Though it may seem like a strange time to celebrate Aleppos food when so many in the city are suffering, many from hunger, I would argue that there is no better time. For so many Syrians I know, their food is a potent reminder of who they really are.The Wall Street Journal
Syrias venerable cuisine draws together diverse strains of Middle Eastern traditions to form a rich amalgam. As the nations largest city, positioned close to Turkey and Lebanon, Aleppo is home to Arabs, Kurds, Turks, Jews, and other ethnic communities, each of which has contributed to its culinary traditions. Moreover, Aleppo was the western terminus of the ancient Silk Road, so even Chinese influences are detectable in its cooking. Professional chef and cooking instructor Matar offers detailed instructions for preparing multiple versions of kibbeh, the Middle Easts renowned ground-meat dish. Other recipes offer tasty ways to cook vegetables for serving both hot and cold. Rich, sweet desserts conclude the book. Recipes are easy to follow and rarely demand hard-to-find ingredients. Its hard to imagine a cookbook that can make a reader weep, but poring over the books richly colored photographs of Syrians crowding souks amid a sumptuous array of foods and utensils, one can only mourn their probable ruin in Syrias current civil war. Booklist, starred review The rich culinary heritage of Aleppo comes to life in this tribute to the Syrian city at the ancient Mediterranean crossroads. While acknowledging that war, migration, and climate change challenge modern-day Aleppo, Marlene Matar, Lebanese chef of television and cooking school fame, offers delicious ways to celebrate the diverse historical roots of Middle Eastern cooking in over 200 recipes for foundation dishes and fancier meals. Chapters include appetizers, grains, and stuffed dishes; stews, soups, and sauce-based recipes; flatbread, pickles, and preserves; and drinks and desserts. Nearly 30 variations of kibbeh are featured, including quince in a pomegranate meat stock. Numerous vegetable main dishes are included, such as a stew of lentils, bulgar, and caramelized onions, and a traditional Aleppian dish with the delightful name of Hidden Love that consists of stuffed zucchini cooked with green beans in a tomato sauce. Desserts include lemony milk pudding infused with rosewater and orange blossoms. Ingredients are regional but accessible to home cooks, and theres a glossary. This introduction to Middle Eastern cooking techniques will equally satisfy beginners or experienced fans of the regional fare. Cityscape photos and colorful prepared dishes captivate as Matar brings Aleppos aromas, marketplace, and table to life.Publishers Weekly, Best Books of 2016
It is hardly surprising that Aleppo, one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities, is also home to one of the world's most distinguished and vibrant cuisines. Surrounded by fertile lands and located at the end of the Silk Road, which passed through Central Asia and Mesopotamia, Aleppo was a food capital long before Paris, Rome, or New York. Its diverse communities of Arabs, Kurds, Armenians, Circassians, and others contributed to its culinary traditions and produced a vast selection of different types of dishes—and no less than 20 kinds of kibbeh recipes. Here, one of the Arab world's most renowned chefs unlocks the secrets to this distinctive cuisine in this comprehensive cookbook filled with practical guidance on Middle Eastern cooking techniques as well as step-by step explanations of over 200 irresistible recipes, such as Chili and Garlic Kebab, Syrian Fishcakes, Lamb Stuffed Eggplants, Semolina and Butter pudding, and the queen of the mezze table, Red Pepper and Walnut Spread. Divided into 15 chapters (Basic Recipes, Appetizers and Mezze, Soups, Salads and Accompaniments, Grains, Fish, Poultry, Meat, Kibbeh, Stuffed Dishes, Vegetables, Stews, Bread, Desserts and Sweets, Pickles and Preserves, and Beverages), traditional cooking and preservation methods go hand-in-hand with modern combinations of flavors and today's desire for healthful and natural meals. Wonderful full-color photography of the food, people, and markets of Aleppo make this a stunning cookbook, a great gift for food lovers, and a fitting tribute to a beautiful city and the suffering its people have endured.
Marlene Matar is a highly accomplished chef and cooking teacher. She attended Beirut's L'Academia Italiana Bella Cucccina, Montreal's Ecole Professionnelle de Cuisine Chinoise and received a Grand Diplôme in cooking and pastry from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. In 1999, Marlene started her own cooking school and has since amassed a devoted following. She appears regularly on Lebanese TV and her work has been featured in numerous publications. She lives in Beirut, Lebanon.
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Le livre de Madame Matar est détaillé et riche et fera référence en matière de gastronomie.Walid Mouzannar, Secrétaire Général de lAcadémie Libanaise de Gastronomie
Lebanons answer to Martha Stewart.The Executive Magazine, Lebanon
Trained at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, [Marlene] Matar is an artist of the taste buds
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A fun way to improve on your cooking skills under the watchful eye of a professional cook.At Home in Beirut
The reader will enjoy a fascinating trip to the city whose people are so proud of their cuisine.Nouhad Dammous, publisher, Taste and Flavors
The Syrian Academy of Gastronomy is always proud to encourage good books about Syrian dishes in general, and Aleppian dishes in particular, especially when written by Marlene Matar, in view of her vast knowledge of cooking and her many years of experience in the field.George Husni, president, Syrian Academy of Gastronomy and honorary president of the International Academy of Gastronomy
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The change, which was instituted July 13, significantly alters the way residents can challenge development and building practices generally across the city.
Now, for the first time, residents are limited to a 45-day comment period once a building work permit goes up on the street. In the past, there have been no time limitations on lodging complaints.
The change forces people to get their words in quick or forever hold their peace. It favors developers, who will surely find ways to exploit the system, avoiding as much government oversight and regulation as possible.
To the city's credit, after massive initial opposition DOB did extend the proposed 30-day comment period by an additional 15 days. And the plan also requires DOB to post responses to complaints online, theoretically streamlining the regulatory process - or so the city claims.
Not surprisingly, elected officials, community activists, and residents aren't buying it. Councilman Tony Avella, who attended a recent rally protesting the rule change, even went so far as to say its unconstitutional, because it unfairly limits city residents' access to make complaints to their government.
Whether that's true or not, once again the city has passed a policy change that is deeply unpopular. Once again, a broad opposition coalition is threatening to sue. You would think after enough threats of litigation, the city would start reconsidering its policies. Not this city, apparently. Not this administration.


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Seshat (Sesha, Sesheta or Safekh-Aubi) was a goddess of reading, writing, arithmetic and architecture who was seen as either the female aspect of Thoth, his daughter or his wife. They had a child called Hornub. This actually means "gold Horus", so Seshat was sometimes associated with Isis. She was the scribe of the pharaoh, recording all of his achievements and triumphs including recording both the booty and the captives taken in battle. She was also thought to record the actions of all people on the leaves of the sacred persea tree.
She was known by the epithet "Mistress of the House of Books" because she looked after the library of the gods and was the patron of all earthly libraries. She was also patron of all forms of writing, including accounting, auditing and the taking of census. According to one myth, it was actually Seshat who invented writing, but it was her husband Thoth who taught the people to write. It is interesting to note that she is the only female character who was actually depicted in the act of writing. A number of other women were depicted holding the scribes palette and brush, indicating that they could write, but not actually engaged in writing.
She was also given the epithet "Mistress of the House of Architects" and from at least the Second Dynasty she was associated with a ritual known as "pedj shes" ("stretching the cord") which was conducted as part of the foundation rituals when erecting stone buildings. The "cord" refers to the mason's line which was used to measure out the dimensions of the building. She was occasionally associated with Nephthys. For example, in the Pyramid Texts she is given the epithet "The Lady of the House" (nbt-hwt, ie Nephthys) while Nephthys is described as "Seshat, Foremost of Builders".
So far, no temple specifically dedicated to her has been located and there is no documentary evidence that one ever existed. However, she was depicted on a number of other temples and we know that she did have her own priests because Prince Wep-em-nefret (Dynasty Four) was described as "Overseer of the Royal Scribes" and "Priest of Seshat". However, it seems that as Thoth grew in importance he absorbed her roles and her priesthood.
She was depicted as a woman wearing a leopard skin dress (as worn by Sem preiests) wearing a headdress composed of a flower or seven pointed star on top of a pair of inverted horns. She was ocassional called "Safekh-Aubi" (or "Safekh-Abwy" meaning "She of two horns") because of this headdress, although it is also suggested that "Safekh-Aubi" was in fact a seperate (if rather obscure) goddess. However, others have suggested that the horns were originally a crescent moon, representing her husband (or alter ego) Thoth. Finally, it is sometimes suggested that the "horns" actually represent a bow. Unfortunately there is no clear evidence to confirm which view is correct. Her headdress also represents her name which was not spelled phonetically (the semi-circular breadloaf and the seated woman are both female determinatives). She is often shown offering palm branches (representing "many years")to the pharaoh to give him a long reign,
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- Budge, E Wallis (1904) The Gods of the Egyptians
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- Watterson, Barbara (1996) Gods of Ancient Egypt
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Prince Harry Threatened by Taliban in Afghanistan
Now that Prince Harry has officially left the Las Vegas party circuit for the frontlines of Afghanistan, he's facing a threat from the Taliban there.
Harry, 27, who arrived in the war zone early Friday morning to begin his four-month tour of duty, is set to finish the first phase of his initial training at Camp Bastion before he steps up as a co-pilot of an Apache attack helicopter. The camp is situated in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, considered a hub of the Taliban.
"We are using all our strength to get rid of him, either by killing or kidnapping," a Taliban spokesman has said, according to reports.
Britain's Ministry of Defence has not commented on the Taliban's statement, according to Reuters, and few details about Prince Harry's time in Afghanistan have been released for security reasons.
Once the prince completes his two-day RSOI (Reception, Staging, Onward-Movement and Integration) course in first aid, shooting and IED (Improvised Explosive Device) awareness Sunday, he's due to head into the cockpit Monday for his helicopter-specific training.
While honing his flying skills, Captain Wales – as he's known in the Army – will also face nature: During the day, temperatures soar to about 95º.
Harry, a captain in Britain's Army Air Corps, previously served in Afghanistan in 2007 and 2008.
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