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In 2013, Puneh Ala'i snuck inside of Syria, walking into a war zone with a backpack full of crayons and coloring books.
She risked her own life to bring a bit of love and hope to those she felt were unseen, to show that someone cared.
After that life-changing trip, she vowed to dedicate her life to serving others and founded the non-profit For The Unseen , with the mission of providing sustainable solutions to alleviate human suffering worldwide.
What made her leave the comfort of her home to walk into a war zone? What did she see there? What can we do to help?
Back in June, Puneh kindly answered these and many other questions in this insightful and inspiring conversation.
Hope you enjoy it as much as we did!
You are the CEO of "For the Unseen" – who are the unseen?
Everyone that's unseen, essentially, obviously. My particular focus on the unseen is anyone in developing countries, mainly, because those are the ones that are not seen in the world. And we know that because of Media – as we all know, the Media doesn't put much attention on certain things that depending on the region or the culture, end up being less of a priority, and I'd like to change that.
I'm trying to make it so that we're all seen, we're all known, and we're all recognized – because we're all human beings.
You're very focused on Syrian refugees, right?
Yes, so far, yes. When you sneak inside of a war zone, and you go into a country, and you meet the people, and spend time with their children, and you learn of the culture… you see the suffering they're going through. Unfortunately, today, that's the worst humanitarian crisis ever, to have existed. So that's where I started, and I'm still there. I've done other projects as well, but it's my primary project.
You're a California girl… when was the eureka moment that you said: "f*ck this I'm going to Syria"?
Well, I don't think there's just one moment… there are little things that lead you to this big thing.
I had little things happen – I walked in on my best friend as he was dying, and that was a big breakthrough moment for me.
Another thing was a girl I was very close to told me what was going on in Syria, and she is Syrian. I'll admit – I didn't even know where Syria was on the map! So, I thought to myself, "what? People are being treated unjustly?". For me, lack of justice is…
Is that your strongest value, justice?
And diversity, yes, absolutely. And together, they have to be together.
You have Iranian origins – did that have anything to do with your decision, did you feel connected to the Middle East in any way?
The connection was not even the Middle East, necessarily, although when I was inside Syria, I was able to connect because of the cultural similarities. It was that my parents were immigrants and they fled their country due to a mistreatment. They fled because my parents are Baha'i, and the Baha'i faith is prosecuted every day in Iran, up until even today!
My core beliefs in diversity, oneness of humanity, oneness of man and women… another one is self-investigation of truth – that each of us has to discover what is true to ourselves, what we desire. Those are all principles of the Baha'i faith.
When we met, I asked you why you felt that mission and you told me a lot about service. Does that come from religion, from your parents…?
It's both – it's my parents, it's who they are – they believe in giving to people that are less fortunate, no matter what. I'd say for them is far more of just a part of who they are as human beings, maybe a part of the Iranian culture… also just a part of their story, of their journey. They fled Iran, they went to NY, the way they survived there, the way they went from there to California… so it's a mix.
And how did they feel about you going to Syria?
That's a good question! I first told my father. I told him, "Dad, I'm going to go to Turkey, and I'm going to go to the south" – and I didn't tell many people this then, but I said "I'm gonna help the Syrian refugees", and I looked at him and he stared at me, and then I said, "and I'm probably going to sneak inside of Syria.".
He was quiet, he stared at me and he had tears well up in his eyes – and I realized the tears were of joy, of pride!
And he said, "I would do the same thing…". And then he goes, "don't tell your mother I said that!".
And then what happened? You went to Turkey first, right?
Yes, I flew into Istanbul, straight away flew into Gaziantep to the south. We went there because I had a contact there from the Syrian-American girl I was friends with, but when I arrived there… My friend that I was traveling with, Nesrin, she is Syrian-American, she was translating, I don't speak any Arabic.
We went there, we looked around and I just didn't feel like it was right. I told her, "tell them we're gonna come back to continue talking, and we're gonna go eat". So we walk out and I'm walking fast and Nesrin says, "what's going on?", and I said: "we're not helping them, they have help – when you were walking ahead, I took a left turn into the building and I went into two different rooms with so much food, so many books, so many supplies… those refugees are going to be fine!".
I just had this need of going inside of Syria, "we have to go inside, we have to go inside!".
So we left, we took a bus. We literally asked someone on the street which bus was going south, and a guy said "that one", and I said "let's go!", and Nesrin starts crying, "what are you doing, that's crazy!".
Why did you feel that need to go inside?
Because I didn't believe the Media. Because the Media was not accurate, it's still not accurate! The Media is never accurate, ever, ever, ever!
What is happening there that we are not seeing? What did you see and you want to tell the world?
Well, for starters, there's no difference between them and us, they're just like us, they're just like you… They wanted their right to have a voice, they wanted to speak, they wanted to be able to vote, they didn't want a dictatorship anymore.
They wanted to be able to speak openly and freely in their own homes. Something that even someone in my country was defending, Edward Snowden, defended the Americans in that way. It's very similar if you think about it, it's strange how similar it is, it's kind of freaky, actually.
The point is Syrians are no different than us, no different than an Iranian-American, or than a Portuguese person.
They want their right to be free, to do things like this... They couldn't do this, they still can't do this, without feeling that someone will come in and kill them...
I snuck inside of Syria 4 times in 2014, did immediate aid, but it's not sustainable.
I was fundraising and then I would feed many people and then that's it… one week later they're like, "hello?".
We heard of a man in Tripoli who was educated, he had gone to Damascus University, so he was an educated Syrian refugee. There were kids that he had there, he wanted to start a school and he needed our help. So Sama, she went there – we had fundraised money – she went there and helped to establish the school.
In one of your interviews, I heard you say "these kids, they are the future generation, they are millions outside of Syria, so if we don't educate them in the right way…"
It's going to become a bigger problem! That's a big point that most people in the world don't understand – we think it's just a Syrian issue… it's not! It's a world issue, it's a world crisis, it's a humanitarian crisis at large!
Because those kids, if we don't psychologically deal with the traumas they have endured, there are going to be thousands more not-so-good-people in the world.
How many Syrian refugees are there right now, outside of Syria?
13 million Syrian refugees that are IDP – internally displaced – 8 million are out of the country, the last I checked, it's increasing every day.
That means that all of those people will be part of our society…
Yes, and we can implement them on a great scale.
We can pick up their strengths, and we can improve their weaknesses, and we can create a better world together.
That's what you're doing in your school, right?
I'm trying, yes.
Something I thought was very interesting – you told me you're trying to build this very democratic education, you wanted the kids to vote for the name of the school…
Yes, it is a democratic approach, focused primarily on equality, and diversity, and mutual respect, and to integrate the benefits of all the things – whether it's cultural values, religious values, educational values – to bring them all together in a loving way.
I even have trouble helping the school right now, because "the refugees they don't have papers, so how do I know they're not terrorists?"
This is the argument I have all the time, not just with people that donate, but with higher people in the US.
How do you answer to those people that are afraid of refugees because they think they might be terrorists?
I show them pictures and I humanize them, I make them real.
So, let's humanize them – who was the person that impacted you the most in Syria?
Ziyad, this man his name is Ziad. I stayed in his home my first time and every single time that I went.
He has a wife and 3 children, I think he has a newborn, so 4, but I wasn't around the 4th. He treated me like I was his family, even though I wasn't. He was amazed, when he met me, he said: "you're not Muslim, you're not Syrian, why are you here?" and thank God I know one word in Arabic and I said:
"Because I believe in Allah, I believe in God and I believe that we're family. You and I, we're family.".
He looked at me, still very skeptical, and then this is what it came down to, and this is my underlying principle and belief – I said to him: "I came here because, if something were to happen where I live, in my family, with my mother, father, brother, sister – I have 2 nephews that I love – with my friends and the people I love, I hope to God, to Allah, to the higher powers, whatever you want to call them – if you don't believe in God you can call them Earth, Universe, whatever – that someone, from another place, would see here and come to serve, come to help, come give a hand."
I'll never be disconnected from that village in Syria, and I think about them, and I think about how, one day, maybe I'll go back and help rebuild.
There was something you said and you got pretty emotional, and I got pretty emotional, you said – "I want to be in those places where no one else wants to be because people there are just more alive than anywhere else in the world."
They are.
Why is that? Is it because they have the threat of death every day?
Their ego is pretty much non-existent or dead. It's there, I don't think they're without ego, but it's very small, it's like the smallest ego you can ever get. You know gurus, Buddhists, meditative people…? It's that small.
And so, there is a sense of awareness of self, of emotion, of connection, of quality time – I didn't learn this until inside Syria.
They don't get on the phone, they don't have phones.
Do they still manage to have good moments in spite of all the pain and all the suffering?
It's incredible, like nothing I've ever seen in my life!
Literally, bombs are falling, and we sit together around a meal that a woman just spent 3 hours making, bent over, uncomfortable, and we just eat with our hands and connect with each other.
On my first trip, a bomb fell near me and I saw things, I came home, I cried and I literally said: "I have to help people like this.".
What moved you to go from California, where you could have a normal life, to a place where you are so uncomfortable and you know that probably after you're going to have PTSD and everything… but you still go?
I don't know… that's a great question, that's the best question actually. Because I've asked myself. I don't know what it was, I just had to do it.
Do you feel more alive there?
I don't know... it was the curiosity, it was my heart saying, "go, go, go".
Because I knew that this world is not just here. I mean, look at where we are right now [the interview took place in Lx Factory in Lisbon]. It's so beautiful here, look at the light, look at nature. We can go eat all these great things, we can walk to the sea. But I know there is the opposite. For this to exist, the opposite exists.
Do you believe that for us to have this, someone else needs to be on the other side?
I don't think that there has to be the opposite in order for this to exist, but the way we've been created thus far, up until now, the extremes are there so that we can learn some things.
I think the extremes are ok – and I hate to say that because that means I'm ok with certain things that are happening, like "how does it feel to have the President that you have?".
I don't like it, but it's necessary, in some ways, so that the people that think he's right can see that he's not right. Right now, the supporters of this man, I'm telling you, are going "what was I thinking?". This has to happen in some ways. We have to have this thinking that "this shouldn't be the case".
But I don't think it has to remain this way. I think that we start bridging the gap between these extremes, and we rise up together.
What can we do to help? For those of us who don't have the courage to walk into a war zone, but that want to contribute in some way?
You can fundraise on your free time – potentially you could do this – purchase tennis rackets and tennis balls, and you could take off one week of your time, instead of going on vacation to that amazing island in the south – Mallorca, Ibiza…
Which I don't say don't go at all, you can go to those places! But you can spend a week and go to a refugee camp in Jordan, in Greece – there's many of them – and you can spend a week teaching them how to play tennis.
And it will not only… those kids will forever be impacted, they will never forget you. They will... I'm going to cry... they will never forget you!
You will always be in their hearts, and you will teach them something they will never forget, and you will connect with them on a level that they don't get to have.
You touched a point there when you said, "you can still go to Mallorca and Ibiza"…
When I read Angelina Jolie's book about her work in Cambodia, she said that when she came back and she had to go to this red carpet event, she felt so out of place and so ridiculous. But at the same time, you still have the right to also have those good moments.
How is that with you, did you feel that? When you go back to California, do you feel guilty or displaced?
My first trip, 2013, I felt guilty, so much guilt! I tortured myself – intentionally, unintentionally, subconsciously, unconsciously… whatever. And then, one of my mentors who I love, Sammi, said to me:
"How can you give from your cup if your cup is empty?"
"And if you continue to deplete your cup – how can you do this work for the rest of your life? Do you really want to make an impact? Do you really want to do something sustainable? In order to do something sustainable for others, you have to sustain yourself."
How do you fill your cup?
Well, the first thing I said to you when I got here was "I'm so sorry I'm late, I'm hungry." Before, I wouldn't have done that, so that's one example.
Learning meditation and yoga. Being comfortable, wearing comfortable attire when I can and when I need to. 2 days at the conference [Horasis Global Meeting] I was dressed not professionally. Usually, I wouldn't do that, I'd put the heels and put the make-up on and be uncomfortable, but now I don't! Because I have to take care of myself and I have to be who I am.
Just finding ways to check-in with yourself, check-in with your breath, check-in with your heart.
How does your family deal with it when you go away? And how do you deal with knowing they are worrying about you?
That's very difficult… My sister was pregnant my first time I went inside Syria.
She would take my hand on her belly and be like, "you have to come back, you understand? He only has one auntie!".
So that was hard.
It's a challenge, I'm human. And I do have an ego too, I am selfish – I asked for this bowl [of açaí] before I wanted to be interviewed. I was being selfish. But it's required, because if I didn't do it, maybe I would've been not as nice during my interview. I would be a grumpy person sitting here.
There are ways, always, to do things. And it's a circle, you know – what goes around comes around.
That's a great way to end! Thank you so much.
Yes, thank you guys, thank you.
All photos are the property of Puneh Ala'i and For the Unseen.
Know more about Puneh's work at fortheunseen.org and read all about her experience inside Syria on her blog .
Thank you for reading!


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Saturday, February 23, 2013
The Power of Relocation, Part One
Some missional reflections on the power of relocation and leadership development from my seminary class I am teaching this semester, from John Perkins book With Justice For All, on community development:
Week 3: Relocation, Part One: A Strategy For Community Development
Background Lecture Notes to Reading, chapters 6 and 7, and Discussion Question
Which of the 3 Rs (relocation, redistribution, reconciliation) do you begin with? That is a question I get asked when I do workshops and talks on community renewal and the 3Rs, and it is one I have pondered as well. It is the desire for the end or aim of reconciliation that often causes us to want to relocate where greatest need is, and in a way it is the willingness to re-distribute ourselves that leads to re-location. But, as Perkins says clearly in this week's reading, re-location comes first. Action, instinct, trust, showing up is the first step, even when we don't have things worked out in our heads and heart, even when the aims aren't clear, even when reconciliation seems unattainable and broken and our very actions cause setbacks.
Perkins talks about the shocking scandal of his "being alongside" the people in work, in play, in life, throughout the week and not just on Sunday or evening committee meetings. This is a frame that is echoed in the recent work of community mission, "Right Here, Right Now: Everyday Mission For Everyday People" by Alan Hirsch and Lance Ford in their four "moves": move out (into missional engagement), move in (burrowing down, or incarnational living), move alongside (engaging in relational networks), and move from (challenging certain aspects of our culture). In a sense, Perkins pivotal moment of faith and transformation came when he was in California, after he had left the initial struggles of growing up in Mississippi's oppressive land, when he was engaging in biblical study with prisoners, reading the bible with them began to open up his own eyes, and he was struck by the verse from the Apostle Paul in Galatians:" I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me." This is at heart a scripture about relocation within one's relationship with Christ, emptying one's sense of the world, moving it out of one's lives, so that Christ's sense of the world and of you can move in. As Perkins often writes about the incarnation of God into the world as a critical act of relocation, so Christ moving into him/us is an act of relocation that then prompts our own into the world. The famous "praise speech" in Paul's letter to the Phiippians, of "kenosis" or emptying in order to help fill up the world with God, exemplifying servant leadership, is another often inspiring text for church in community settings.
Perkins quotes the black liberation theologian James Cone in order to posit the primacy of Christians becoming and living out faithfulness as they identify with the poor. This is something that Jim Wallis of Sojourners also holds forth when he reminds us of scripture pointing out that the community, the person, that follows Jesus faithfully will always "have the poor among you." That is one of the ways one's Christian faith will be known by others, to the degree one has the poor among them. What happens when this happens, Perkins says, is that "your needs become my needs" and this shared approach creates relationship, and in the relationship the church becomes as much a receiver as a giver. To what extent are we as communities of Christ putting ourselves in the position to receive? This in itself has benefits for the church because the church that only sees itself as a giver, as a doer, will begin to take on the idolatrous notions that it is indispensable one, and often as that church may age or find itself in the midst of cultural change and not in the same position of power and giving ability as it once had the church will then be filled with shame, sense of failure, of helplessness, and in turning inward will put its limited energy into its own destructive conflict; it is a classic case of community burnout as the always giving church, never putting itself in a position to receive from others, never having shared needs, will burnout and not be able to do any giving at all.
You might be amazed at the breadth and depth of the ministries and programs and initiatives begun and that took root through the ministry Perkins was leading in that abandoned part of the Empire; so many are listed and chronicled in our reading. You might think that the church was a mega-church for all that was mentioned, but in some ways in its own local area it has de-centralized and spread its influence rather than amassing it; and Perkins re-located again from Mississippi back to California in the 1980s and most of the 90s, back to one of the highest crime areas and gang areas in California. Such re-seeding spread his influence nationally and helped his own learning, but it meant not growing only in one particular place with his organization, especially after he started the national CCDA. And, his methods were not always understood and were not popular by even many in the African American religious community in Mississippi, but his local connections and ministries were aided by the relationship and relocation of others to serve with his ministries there.
One question that often comes up, in looking at the kinds of social services and helping ministries that he and others in his group helped launch, is "But aren't those things that others are or should be doing, such as social and civic groups and the government, so that the church can focus on its own agenda?" But that often betrays a position of privilege and expectation, one that assumes that there are civic groups and that government has resources and willingness to renew poor and suffering communities, when in reality the decline of the communities and of any of their residents being people with influence, and the difficulties of the poor making it hard to take time to organize and advocate and to be able to support their own non-profits in their own communities means that there are really no other groups in the area that can, or will, fill in the huge gaps. Perkins ministries became engaged in these projects because no one else was, though they succeeded through cooperation with others. As he describes the various groups that have been involved in their community renewal work it reveals that all the legs of the anti-poverty stool have been used as a foundation: non-profit, business, and government cooperating with one another.
While the social service and organizing of neighbors became the visible face of the ministry, don't neglect Perkins point that it was also a way of evangelizing through action, because people astounded at what was going on would begin to ask why they were doing what they were doing in the place they were doing it, when people with sense they would say, had left the area, including churches. But that gives them an opening to then share their testimonies of faithfulness guiding them, and sharing in a way that might not be possible only on the face of it without the corollary stories of holistic needs being met.
Relocating helps to inoculate against the tendencies he describes of people starting programs that those in the community don't need, as badly at least, and thus creating things meant to save a people that instead helps to further their own demise. It is important for us to keep this uppermost in our minds and to question our ministries and our partners on how their laudable desire for helping could be hindering. At the other end of the spectrum you have an equally destructive tendency: those who stay out of making any connections or relationships or commitments to communities of the poor because they are afraid of stumbling, hindering, putting their needs first.
So, in the second chapter in our reading for this week, we see one alternative for this dilemma of who gives leadership, who controls and decides on programs, etc. It is for the community itself to create and grow and multiply its leadership from itself instead of having to rely so much on the presence of those from outside, even from those who have returned and relocated. Bear in mind too how he says those who are returning, like himself, often have the hardest difficulty in relocating, because of their having the experience of desiring to leave in the first place. And note that this undertaking, of growing leaders who will return and help the renewal, is shaped by a long-range vision, multi generationally in some cases. This is another distinction of the Christian Community Development strategies or practices that set it apart from other approaches, especially governmental ones, but even personal ones, that want to see quick results and statistics to prove success. Note also the section on success in chapter 7; it is a good description of that difference he wrote about earlier between God's Dream and the American Dream. This being success in the eyes of the world approach can be counter-productive though to the long-term health of the community. It reminds me of the 300 year trajectory of the early church, even from before it was identified as a church, and how the early followers of Jesus left a model that is being picked up by many today like Perkins. One good resource for seeing how relocation, remaining, redistribution and reconciliation all worked together in the early church is in Rodney Starks work The Rise of Christianity.
As you look at the impact of your ministry sites and partners, consider how leadership development factors in, presenting challenges and opportunities. How focused are they on people or on programs, and how much of a permission-giving culture (see Bill Easum's work on this too) has been created to facilitate leaders, granting authority and expecting responsibility and accountability?
For other experiences, related but also different, in community renewal and especially honoring the centrality of leadership development indigenously, become familiar also with the work of the Industrial Areas Foundation and its practices of partnership. See more at http://www.industrialareasfoundation.org/ There may be such faith work going on in your own community.
Question For Reflection and Response:
It takes relocation to fully recognize and engage in leadership developement, and Perkins writes that "I am convinced that the key to bearing lasting fruit is not in developing programs but in developing people—leaders. I believe that developing creative leaders is both the most essential and the most difficult part of community development. It was the heart of Jesus' strategy. It must be the center of our strategy too." How is, or is not, or how can, your community ministry site and partner follow this admonition and vision quoted by Perkins regarding the centrality and necessity of leadership development?
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This must have been one of the most frustrating projects I have done in a while. It's right up there with this bag!
I found this cute and seemingly easy tutorial on this blog. I know, it's free and I should be nice. And the frustration was probably caused on my part anyway.
A couple more projects got finished over the weekend. I will show those later. Have a great start to the week! Did you go shopping on Black Friday??? I did! Yes! First time, ever! And the only store I went to was Joann's! Couldn't pass up the 1.12$/yrd flannel.... ;-)


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How is it the first day of February already? Seriously!
I haven't even recovered from Christmas and New Years etc and already I've been to New Zealand and back and fallen behind in work . . . only one month into the new year!
Anyway, speaking of New Zealand, on the way home I sat next to a mother of two travelling on her own back to Melbourne from Wellington. She had a four month old and a two year old and they were already settled when I got to my seat. I could see the strained look on the mother's face and instantly thought of my friends Bree and Gemma who travel with their little munchkins on their own all the time.
So I smiled and introduced myself to the two year old and offered to help out during the flight. The mother described me as a "Godsend", I think I've racked up enough karma points to last me the year!
Anyway, part of the kids morning tea on the flight was a lamington but Ariel (the two year old) had never had one before. As luck would have it, her Mum had packed Possum Magic to read during the flight so we got stuck into the picture book and discovered all sorts of yummy Aussie treats (they were kiwis but now living in Melbourne).
The timing was perfect as Australia Day closely followed so I got into the spirit and whipped up a batch of Donna Hay's cheats lamingtons. No, I didn't make my own sponge, but if it's good enough for Donna, it's good enough for me.
I took them to long weekend drinks with my friends Lill and Shuggie at the Pop Up Patch veggie garden in Federation Square. A gorgeous afternoon in the sun with vodka lime and sodas - and sexy straws. Shuggie brought Toobs and Burger Rings and a delicious beer and Lill supplied Prosecco. I was well and truly tickled by the time I stumbled home.
I love following my instagram feed over the weekend and seeing how all my friends and family were celebrating Australia Day. There were lots of pavs and lamingtons and lashings of Vegemite. I spent the public holiday at the Hanging Rock Races which felt very Aussie with kangaroos jumping past the track.
And now here we are at February. I hope it's a good month for you all.
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- dessicated coconut, to coat
Make 1 quantity basic sponge cake in an 18cm-square cake tin and cool on a wire rack. Cut into 6cm squares. Sift together the icing sugar and cocoa. Mix with the boiling water and melted butter. Using 2 forks to hold the sponge squares, dip in the chocolate icing and roll in desiccated coconut. Allow to set on a wire rack. Makes 9.


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Energy Differences in the Inner Molecular Orbitals of tert-Butyl and Trimethylsilyl Phenyl Ketones.код для вставкиСкачать
be accelerated by the addition of catalytic quantities of OH@, and by the methylation of (3b) with CH31 under s N 2 conditions, the ambident anion (6) giving the S-methyl ether of ( 2 b ) , m.p. 88-89 'C. All the compounds were pure on thin layer chromatography and o n analysis. Table I . Melting points and I R spectra of thiacyclols and cyclothiodepsipeptides. v (crn-1) NH Amide I Arnide I1 3236 - - - - 3268 1645 1550 1 1 (3~2) (4Qj (361 (46) 129-130 195-196 122-123 222-224 3236 - - - - 3289 1642 1553 c-o (thioester) I I c=o (thiazinone) -~ 1 I 1613 1605 - Sa-Hydroxy-6, 8.9-1 trahydro -5aH,I1 H-pyrido[Z,I - blbenzo[el-[I ,3]thiazin I-one (3a) Ag acetate (955 mg, 5 % excess) is added under nitrogen to a solution of (S-acetyl-o-mercaptobenzoy1)valerolactam (1.50 g, 5.40 mmole) [m.p. 99-100 "C, synthesized according to ref. 1311 in methanol (30 ml) and pyridine ( 2 ml). The mixture is stirred for 30 min at room temperature, poured into water, and the colloidally dissolved Ag thiolate is salted out with H N 0 3 . The solid thus obtained is filtered off, dissolved i n acetone/water (5: 1) (50 ml), and H2S is introduced into the solution with stirring. Afier the AgS has been filtered off and the acetone removed under vacuum, 950 mg (75 %) of the crystalline thiacyclol (3a) (m.p. 129-130 "C) is obtained. Compound (30) rapidly turns yellow to form (5a), but is stable at -15 OC. (3a) (10.0 g) is recrystallized from a mixture of acetone (150 ml), water (75 ml), and triethylamine (0.5 ml). 75 mg of (4a) (m.p. 195-196OC, from acetic acid) in the crystalline state is obtained at room temperature. excitation energy of the n + x S transition responsible for the color: (a) "Through space" interaction dsi/no between the free electron pair no of the carbonyl oxygen, which is orthogonal to the CO x-system, and unoccupied 3d atomic orbitals of the silicon leads to a "superchromophore" Si-C=O [41. (b) The x*co molecular orbital is lowered by dsi/x*co splitting (51. (c) The a-donor and Tc-acceptor properties of R3Si groups stabilize the n + x * excited state of the ketone x system relative to the ground state [61. (d) The strong inductive effect of R3Si groups increases in particular the level &no) of the free electron pair o n the oxygen[71. It should be possible to decide between these interpretations on the basis of additional energy data for alkyl and silyl ketones. Investigations on the substituent effects of R3C and R3Si groups o n linear and cyclic x-electron systems have shown that the following values can be used to determine the energy differences between the inner molecular orbitals x , n, and x*: According to Koopmans' theorem 181, vertical ionization energies IE found by mass spectroscopy correspond to the energy of the highest occupied molecular orbital E(n) or E(x) in the ground state 191. Charge-transfer excitation energies + z T of suitable donor-acceptor complexes are proportional to the energy E(x) of the highest occupied x molecular orbital [9,101. Half-wave reduction potentials ERed v2 can be correlated with the energy E(x*) of the lowest unoccupied T: molecular orbital [ I l l . With the aid of the electronic ;l;* ' and +n+n*, these energy values excitation energies * m can be used to construct approximate energy level diagrams for the inner molecular orbitals [I21 by introduction of simplifying assumptions concerning the differentiation of molecular orbitals and electronic states. The approximate energy level diagrams (Fig. 1) for tertbutyl ( I ) and trimethylsilyl phenyl ketone ( 2 ) may be deduced from the experimental values (Table 1). Received: August 5, 1968 [Z 860b IE] German version: Angew. Chem. 80, 909 (1968) [*I Prof. Dr. M. Rothe and Dip1.-Chern. R. Steinberger Organisch-Chemisches Institut der Universitat 65 Mainz, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 18-20 (Germany) [* *] We thank the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie for financial support, Farbwerke Hoechst AG for awarding the Karl-Winnacker grant to M.R., and the Dr.-G.-Scheuing-Stiftungfor a grant to R.St. [***I It has become common practice to use the name cyclol for the grouping Table 1. Experimental values for rrrt-butyl ( I ) and trimethylsilyl phenyl ketones ( 2 ) . I A where X = 0, S, NH, etc. Representatives having X = 0 are usually called just cyclols and are only rarely termed oxacyclols. [l] Part 13 of Reactions with Activated Amides. - Part 12: M. Rothe, Angew. Chem. 80, 245 (1968); Angew. Chem. internat. Edit. 7, 233 (1968). 12) M . M . Shemyakin, V. K . Antonov, A. M . Shkrob,' V. J. Shchelokov, and Z . E. Agadzhanyan, Tetrahedron 21,3537 (1965); A . Hofmann, H . O f t , R. G . Griot, P . A . Stadler, and A. J . Frey, Helv. chirn. Acta 46, 2306 (1963). [31 M . Rothe, T . Tdfh,and R. Daser, Chern. Ber. 99, 3820 (1966) 0.84 I 7600 I 2000 I -0.27 I -2000 [ a ] Measured for methyl and trirnethylsilyl 9-naphthyI ketone [13]. AIE is due to the different energies E(n0) of the free electron pair on the carbonyl oxygen, and is also reflected in the different p K values [I41 of the two compounds. The lowering of the x * level in the silyl ketone ( 2 ) deduced from the large is condifference in the n + x * excitation energies Ap** m firmed by the fact that the half-wave reduction potential ERed of ( 2 ) is more positive. A similar lowering of the x '/2 level suggested by the smaller difference in the x + x * excitation energy A+X+X* is confirmed by the different m Energy Differences in the Inner Molecular Orbitals of teri-Butyl and Trimethylsilyl Phenyl Ketonest11 By H . Bock, H . Alt, and H. Seidl[*I In contrast to the colorless alkyl ketones, monosilyl ketones are yellow 12741 and disilyl ketones are violet [31. The following interpretations are offered in the literature for the reduced Angew. Chem. internat. Edit. Val. 7 (1968) / No. I 1 charge-transfer excitation energies ~2 of tetracyanoethylene complexes of methyl and trimethylsilyl @-naphthylketone 1131. The fact that the n + x* excitation energy of the yellow silyl ketone is lower than that of the colorless tert-butyl ketone can be explained (on the basis of a o / x separation) as follows: The strong inductive effect of the trimethylsilyl group +Is~R> ~ + ICR, raises all the inner molecular orbitals. However, this becomes observable only in the free electron pair of the carbonyl oxygen, which is orthogonal to the x 885 [lo] H. Bock and H. Alt, Angew. Chern. 79, 934 (1967); Angew. Chem. internat. Edit. 6 , 9 4 3 (1967); Chem. Commun. 1967,1299; J. organometallic Chem. 13, 103 (1968). 1111 H. Bock and H. Alt, Angew. Chem. 79, 932 (1967); Angew. Chert. internat. Edit. 6, 941 (1967); cf. also F. Gerson, J. Heinzer, H . Bock, H. Alt, and H. Seidl, Helv. chim. Acta 51, 707 (1968). [12] H. Bock and H. Seidl, J. organornetallic Chem. 13,87(1968); J. chem. SOC. (London) ( B ) 1968,1158; J. Amer. chem. SOC.90, 5694 (1968). [131 In the case of the phenyl ketone derivatives, the CT band is situated in the self absorption region; it was therefore necessary to use analogous substances. 1141 K. Yutes and F. Agolini, Canad. J . Chem. 44, 2229 (1966). I A New Test for the Determination of Pyruvate Decarboxylase Activity By A . Schellenberger, G . Hubner, and H . Lehmannc*J The hydroxide ions formed in the pyruvate decarboxylase reaction( PDC, 2-oxoacid carboxylase, EC 18.104.22.168) in accordance with (no)- Fig. 1. Approximate energy level diagrams for lert-butyl (Z) and trimethylsilyl phenyl ketone ( 2 ) . permit the accurate determination of the reaction rate by pHstat titration. It can be seen from Figure 1 that the acid consumption increases linearly with time and that the slope of the curves is proportional to the enzyme concentration. system and is situated in the p poyition with respect to the silicon. The energies of the ground state and the excited states, on the other hand, are lowered by the possibility of back-donation Si t C , from the x system into empty atomic orbitals of the silicon, which is in the a-position in this case. As expected, this interaction is greater in the excited states because of the smaller energy difference in relation to the unoccupied Si acceptor orbitals. The acceptor function of trimethylsilyl groups, which must be of x symmetry, may involve unoccupied 3d atomic orbitals of the silicon. Received: August 5, 1968 12 861 IE] German version: Angew. Chem. 80,906 (1968) ['I Priv.-Doz. Dr. H. Bock, Dip1.-Chem. H. Alt, and Dr. H. Seidl Institut fur Anorganische Chemie der Universitat 8 Munchen 2, Meiserstr. 1 (Germany) [l] Lecture to the 2nd International Symposium on Organosilicon Compounds in Bordeaux, July 1968. Part 13 of d-Orbital Effects in Silicon-substituted x-Electron Systems. - Part 12: H. Bock and H . Seidl, J. chem. SOC.(London) ( B ) 1968,1158. [2] A. G. Brook, J. Amer. chem. SOC.79, 4373 (1957); A. G. Brook, J. M . Duff, P. F. Jones, and N. R . Davis, ibid. 89, 431 (1967); E. J . Corey, D. Seebach, and R . Freedman, ibid. 89, 434 (1967). [3] A. G. Brook and G . J . D. Peddle, J. organometallic Chem. 5, 107 (1966). [4] A. G. Brook, M . A . Quigley, G . J. D. Peddle, N. V. Schwarz, and C. M . Warner, J. Amer. chem. SOC.82, 5102 (1960); A. G. Brook, and J. R . Pierce, Canad. J. Chem. 42, 298 (1964); cf. also W. K . Musker and R . W. Ashby, 3. org. Chemistry 31, 4237 (1966); W. K. Musker and G. L. Lurson, J . organometallic Chem. 6, 627 (1966). [5] D. F. Harnish and R. West, Inorg. Chem. 2, 1082 (1963); R. West, J. organometallic Chem. 3, 314 (1965). [6] L. E. Orgel in C. Eaborn: Volatile Silicon Compounds. Pergamon Press, London 1963, p. 81. [7] G. J. D . Peddle, J. organometallic Chem. 5, 486 (1966); F. AgoIini, S. Klemenko, J. C. Csizmadiu, and K. Yates, Spectrochim. Acta 24 A, 169 (1968). [8] Cf., e.g., L. Salem: Molecular Orbital Theory of Conjugated Systems. Benjamin, New York 1966, p. 155. [9] H. Bock and H . Seidl, Chem. Ber. 101, 2815 (1968). 886 Owing to the sensitivity of the test, the pyruvate conversion is low, so that there is no inhibition of the reaction by the acetaldehyde formed. The fact that investigations can be carried out in buffer-free media, thus eliminating salt and foreign-ion effects, represents a further advantage. The enzyme activities found in the optical test described by HoZzerLlJ and in the Warburg test agree to within a good approximation with those found in the pH-stat test (Table 1). Table 1. Comparison of enzyme activity measurements. 5.2 5.6 6.0 6.4 6.8 7.5 0.29 0.70 0.88 0.79 0.62 0.16 0.90 0.80 0.62 0.16 0.82 Angew. Chem. internat. Edit. J VoI. 7 (I968) 1 No. I I


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Tablas Creek in California, first brought Counoise plants to North America in 1990. Using plants sourced from Tablas Creek, Ciel du Cheval planted its current block of Counoise in 2000. It was thought that Counoise would be used as a blending component and combined with Ciel's other Rhone varietals (Syrah, Mourvédre and Grenache). However, once in the winery, winemakers took notice of it. It was fresh, delicious with great mouthfeel and bright acidity. Over time it use as a blending component has declined. Most of it is now bottled as varietal Counoise.
The 2013 Vintage is the only time Cotes de Ciel had made Counoise. We will make it again in 2016.
Ruby Red in color with Black undertones. Aromas of black cherries, earthy notes and just a hint pepper. The mouth reinforces the black cherry theme, but in a subtler way than expected. Berries and even the slightest hint of stone fruits join the mid-palate with subtle hints of cocoa on the finish. The tannins are soft, yet the wine fills the mouth. Well balanced, with a long finish. 92 Cases. Learn more ...
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Its time in 22 months in neutral oak leads to aromas of cherries, blueberry and chocolate-covered marshmallow with a whiff of campfire smoke and anise. Inside, it carries a muscular stature expected from Red Mountain reds that envelopes flavors of blackberry, dried cherry and pomegranate. The finish of bittersweet chocolate, vanilla extract and currant seals the deal for its balance and length. This won a gold medal at the 2016 Great Northwest Invitational Wine Competition
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Conference Match vs. Mount Olive Ends In 2-2 Tie
Mount Olive, NC – North Greenville tied the Mount Olive Trojans 2-2 this afternoon. Gareth Greene and Dillon Erkens both scored a goal and Cameron Ward was credited with an assist. The Crusaders recorded fifteen total shots with nine being on goal.
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- Score: North Greenville – 2 Mount Olive – 2
- Location: Mount Olive, NC
- Records: NGU 3-6-1, 2-3-1 CC / UMO 6-3-1, 2-2-1 CC
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- In the 22nd minute of the first half, Mount Olive struck first when Sebastian Loibl scored his 11th goal of the season with an assist by Baptiste Tajan.
- With three minutes remaining in the first half, Gareth Greene scored his sixth goal of the season.
- UMO's Matheus Oliveira was charged with the first yellow card of the game with less than a minute remaining in the first half.
- Seven minutes into the second half, the Trojans took the lead back when Tyler Hall scored his fourth goal of the season with assists by Baptiste Tajan and Sebastian Loibl.
- In the 28th minute of the second half, NGU's Marlon Evans was charged with a yellow card.
- Three minutes later, Dillon Erkens scored his first goal of the season. Cameron Ward provided the assist.
- With six minutes remaining in regulation, Andrew Sweat was charged with a yellow card.
- NGU's James Max Miller recorded two saves in the final two minutes of the second half.
- In the first overtime period, Mount Olive recorded three shots but were unable to score.
- UMO's Grant Conybear was charged with a yellow card with three minutes remaining in the first overtime period.
- Both teams recorded one shot in the second overtime period, but neither were on goal.
- Mount Olive's Lewis Xiberras was charged with the fifth yellow card of the game with just two minutes remaining in the game.
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- James Max Miller - 7 Saves at goalkeeper.
- Gareth Greene - 6 Shots (led team), 3 Shots on Goal, 1 Goal
- Dillon Erkens - 2 Shots, 2 Shots on Goal, 1 Goal
- Kike Molina and Chris Inman - 2 Shots each
The Other Team
- Sebastian Loibl - 13 total shots, 5 Shots on Goal, 1 Goal
- Tyler Hall - 5 Shots, 2 Shots on Goal, 1 Goal
- Baptiste Tajan - 2 Assists
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- NGU returns to Tigerville for their next game against the Belmont Abbey Trojans Wednesday, October 11th with a scheduled start time of 7:30 PM.


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Supersonic Ejectors
Supersonic Ejectors are passive compression devices that can be employed for a range of applications, from aeronautic high-speed propulsion systems, to nuclear reactor cooling, pumping of volatile fluids in power plants and compression of working fluid in refrigeration systems.
In particular, the use of ejectors in refrigeration applications discloses promising alternatives to standard vapor compression and absorption cycles. These alternatives constitute the subject of our research.
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1 – Development of a Supersonic Ejector Cycle working with Refrigerants, REC:
Scope and Goals:
The aim is to develop and optimize a standard supersonic ejector cycle for industrial use. The system may operate on waste heat and solar power resources. The low production costs, simplicity and high reliability of the system may represent competitive features with respect to standard vapour compression and absorption systems.
Status of research and critical aspects:
Currently, a test bench of 40kW of cooling power is running at our laboratories. The plant was built in collaboration with Frigel S.p.a. (Scandicci, Italy) and its COP has reached 0.5. An optimization of the supersonic ejector design is required to increase the cycle efficiency and condensing temperature. Passive configurations are also attempted by substitution of the pump by means of injectors. Training periods within Frigel are available. In addition, possible partners on this research field may be Georgia-Tech (USA) and Politecnico of Milano (Italy).
Future research and thesis proposals:
a) Tests of new refrigerants inside the plant. Experimental and CFD analysis of alternative refrigerants on the existing geometry (BT, MT). Design of a new ejector profile suitable to the refrigerant properties (BT, MT).
b) Installation of injector to substitute centrifugal pump. Literature research on the method to design two-phase injector (BT). Selection of a proper design method, construction of the injector and experimental tests (MT). CFD analysis of the injector (MT, DT).
c) Optimization of the supersonic ejector profile. Entropy generation analysis using CFD (MT). Development of a theoretical 1D model of the supersonic ejector to give a first approximated profile (MT). Detailed numerical optimization by means of CFD analysis coupled with a suitable optimization algorithm (MT, DT).
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2 – Development of a Steam Ejector Cycle, StEC:
Scope and Goals:
The aim is to build a new supersonic ejector cycle working with steam.
The system can operate with solar energy or waste heat from industrial applications.
The absence of turbomachinery and the use of water makes the system extremely cheap, simple and reliable. These features may be ideally suited for use in developing countries.
Status of research and critical aspects:
Of importance in this research is the development of reliable numerical tools. In this respect, the prediction and analysis of the condensation shocks is a complex but fundamental aspect.
Furthermore, the description of the steam properties in metastable regions and the prediction of ice formation are critical for the correct operation of the system. Partner of this research are the Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium) as well as the Ural Federal University (Russia).Exchange programs and International PhD degree are available.
Future research and thesis proposals:
a) Construction of a new Steam Ejector Cycle inside the ICE-Lab. Project and sizing of the main components of the system as well as the measurement apparatus (MT). Design of the Two-Phase steam ejector by testing and comparison of various design techniques (BT, MT). Study of the possibility of removing the pump by use of a steam injector to feed the generator (MT, DT).
b) CFD analysis of the supersonic steam ejector. Literature research on the modelling of condensation shocks and prediction of ice formation (BT). Extension of the steam property libraries inside the meta-stable region (MT). CFD analysis of various ejector profiles (BT, MT).
Relevant publications:
3 – Development of an Ejector Expansion Cycles, EEC
Goals and Scope:
The aim of this research is to exploit the simplicity and reliability of supersonic ejector to replace the expansion valve without recurring to complex rotary and turbo-machinery solutions.
The recover of expansion losses inside conventional refrigeration systems can lead to COP increase of the order of 5 to 20% depending on the specific application and refrigerant. This may produce a substantial impact if applied on a worldwide scale.
Partners in this research are Frigel S.p.a. (Firenze) and Université Catholique de Louvain (Prof. Bartosiewicz, Belgium). In addition, collaborations may be found with Dorin Compressori (Firenze) and REASE research group (Prof. Ferrara, Unifi).
Status of research and critical aspects:
Currently, the group has a research contract with Frigel Spa (Italy) to study the use of ejectors on a train of compression chillers working with R410a. Thermo Group will conduct both CFD simulations of the flash expansion ejector as well as experiments on the complete refrigeration system.
Past research activity in this field has mostly concentrated on a CFD modeling approach. An Homogeneous Equilibrium Model (HEM) for a commercial CFD code has been developed for this purpose with fluid properties of carbon-dioxide taken from REFPROP database.
The most critical aspect of this activity is the lack of detailed experimental data for the tuning of numerical models. Moreover, numerical difficulties are connected to the modeling of flow at supersonic speed with phase change.
a) Experimental and Numerical activity on the flashing of synthetic refrigerants inside an ejector expansion cycle working with R410a. This work is partly financed by Frigel S.p.a. (BT, MT). Literature research on design procedures for the ejector (BT). Design, construction and tests of the supersonic flashing ejector (MT).
b) CFD analysis of the two-phase flashing flow inside the ejector. Literature research on the physics and models of the high speed cavitation and related fields, like supersonic propulsion (BT, MT). Development of new numerical procedure by means of open source software, like OpenFoam or dedicated software from aerospace research (MT, DT).
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** BT – bachelor thesis, MT – master thesis, DT – doctoral thesis


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William Webbe (1568-91) was educated at St John's in Cambridge, where he knew both Spenser and Harvey, though clearly not well. It is not the least importance of the Discourse however, that it reflects the sort of critical notions with which Spenser grew up. Apart from the more general comment printed here, lines from the Shepheardes Calender are used by Webbe to illustrate 'the different sortes of verses'.
A Discourse of English Poetrie (1586), sig. Biii; repr. G. Gregory Smith, Elizabethan Critical Essays (Oxford, 1904), I. 232:
Wherevnto I doubt not equally to adioyne the authoritye of our late famous English Poet, who wrote the Shepheards Calender, where lamenting the decay of Poetry, at these dayes, saith most sweetely to the same.
Then make thee winges of thine aspyring wytt,
And whence thou earnest flye back to heauen apace. &c.
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Whose fine poeticall witt, and most exquisite learning, as he shewed aboundantly in that peace of worke, in my iudgement inferiour to the workes neither of Theocritus in Greeke, nor Virgill in Latine, whom hee narrowly immitateth: so I nothing doubt, but if his other workes were common abroade, which are as I thinke in the close custodie of certaine his friends, we should haue of our own Poets, whom wee might matche in all respects with the best. And among all other his workes whatsoeuer, I would wysh to haue the sight of hys English Poet, which his freend E.K. did once promise to publishe, which whether he performed or not, I knowe not, if he did, my happe hath not beene so good as yet to see it.


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Grand Muthu Forte da Oura
Albufeira, Algarve
Spacious apartments and just a short walk from the Oura beach and the lively 'strip' area with its bars, nightclubs and restaurants.
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## Please note that stag and hen parties are not permitted at the property. The hotel also reserves the right to refuse accommodation to any other groups that might disturb the regular operation and family atmosphere of the hotel. ##
Forte da Oura has an outdoor swimming pool with children's pool and surrounding sun terrace furnished with parasols and loungers. Further facilities include a tennis court, a children's playground, a bar with pool table and a restaurant.
The complex has a supermarket and a car park. Services available to guests include 24-hour reception with free WiFi zone and a laundry service.
Local charges may apply to some hotel facilities and others may be seasonal.
Apartments are spread over four floors of the hotel and consist of 94 junior one-bedroom apartments and 18 plus one-bedroom apartments.
All accommodation features a bathroom, one bedroom, air-conditioning, kitchenette with cooking rings, fridge, microwave, kettle and toaster, safety deposit box (charged locally), direct dial telephone, satellite TV and a furnished balcony or terrace. Some of the rooms have sea view.
Local charges may apply to some hotel facilities and others may be seasonal.
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This accommodation has previously been known as : Forte Da Oura Aparthotel, Forte Da Oura Hotel
Map of Grand Muthu Forte da Oura
The complex is located within a short walk from Praia Da Oura beach (approx 600m downhill) and only 350m from the entertainment area. Albufeira Old Town is approx 3km away.
The resort of Albufeira is approx 38km from Faro Airport.
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Grand Muthu Forte da Oura Reviews
Mr M Pammenter, Cambridge
|20th Sep 2017
|Grand Muthu Forte da Oura
|Junior Suite
|All Inclusive
On arrival only had two people down instead of three. Had to ask for extra towels. So 3rd person didn't receive tooth brush/slippers. Reception area was beautiful, our apartment was fine. Receptionists were very nice. Food not the best, more or less the same each evening or night before added to something. Also not one meal was hot. Bar meant to be available from 11am to 11pm but staff just disappeared so you could always get drink this was even at meal times. Hotel quiet so no trouble getting sunbeds. All was clean.
Mr M Armitage, Peterborough
|13th Apr 2017
|Grand Muthu Forte da Oura
|1 Bedroom Apt - Garden View
|Half Board
Mrs W Charles, Mansfield
|13th Oct 2014
|Grand Muthu Forte da Oura
|1 Bedroom Apt
|Self Catering
My husband and I had a lovely holiday staying at this hotel. The location is perfect for the new town and only a 10 minute walk to the old town. Rooms were cleaned everyday and clean towels provided, all the staff were friendly. We paid an amazing price for 9 nights booking with sunshine holidays and we will definitely return to this hotel.
Mrs D Patterson, Magherafelt
|8th Oct 2014
|Grand Muthu Forte da Oura
|1 Bedroom Apt
|Self Catering
Really enjoyed my stay here. This hotel has been taken over by MGM so renovations were starting which meant not all facilities were available. Rooms are very spacious and cleaned daily. The reception staff were very pleasant and went out of their way to help.
Mrs J Credidio, Liverpool
|30th Sep 2014
|Grand Muthu Forte da Oura
|1 Bedroom Apt
|Self Catering
Lovely hotel although a bit tired. It is going to be refurbished though and we will look forward to staying here again next year.
Mr P Howard, Newport
|13th Aug 2014
|Grand Muthu Forte da Oura
|1 Bedroom Apt - Garden/pool/sea View
|Self Catering
We have stayed at Forte da Oura for last 3 years. It has recently changed hands to MGM group. There were teething troubles with towels and cooking utensils. However, we visited the other local MGM hotels and they all looked well kept, therefore it is a bit unfair to give bad review.
Miss S Parrott, Cheltenham
|8th Aug 2014
|Grand Muthu Forte da Oura
|1 Bedroom Apt - Garden/pool View
|Self Catering
Basically fine but in need of a facelift. Room was fairly well equipped (microwave, kettle, rusty fridge) and generally clean but furniture and decor tatty. Sofa bed in lounge unbearably hard and pillows horrendous. Maids only came twice during our stay, no clean towels and no change of bed linen. We did not use the pool as it was very small overrun with gangs of teenagers - probably the price to pay for being so close to the strip - this also meant being woken up every night on their return from clubbing. Reception staff were very helpful. Cannot comment on restaurant and bar as we preferred to go out in the evenings. Location extremely good, close to beach, shops, restaurants. Definitely not a family friendly hotel but if you're looking for a boozy holiday with loads of night-life then it's perfect.
Mr J Couser, Bangor
|30th Jul 2014
|Grand Muthu Forte da Oura
|1 Bedroom Apt
|Self Catering
Good location, nice pool and clean, beds are like concrete and needs updating, was probably a 4 star when built. More suited to young people. Limited sun loungers and pool area for size of hotel.
Mr G Holland, Macclesfield
|21st Sep 2013
|Grand Muthu Forte da Oura
|1 Bedroom Apt - Pool View
|Self Catering
Overall we enjoyed staying in the Luna Forte and will definitely be going back (five rooms in total). Big rooms especially the superior rooms (higher up, better views, separate bedroom). Cleaning to a high standard throughout. Only downsides were not enough safe locks available, a bit strange as you would expect a lock per room, a good few loungers needed replacing as you couldn't use them in a sitting up position/some a bit old and some parasols didn't fit their bases and tended to take off when there was gusts of wind (a bit dangerous). Was a very enjoyable holiday in a good location run by mostly happy staff.
Mrs L Fisher, Chichester
|16th Sep 2013
|Grand Muthu Forte da Oura
|1 Bedroom Superior Apt
|Self Catering
Excellent apartment, very clean and cleaned everyday. Staff very friendly and very helpful. Near good restaurants, beach and a cheap taxi fair to the Old Town. Couldn't fault all facilities and would certainly go back to the Luna Da Oura Hotel.
Mr M Newman, Southend-on-sea
|8th Jun 2012
|Grand Muthu Forte da Oura
|1 Bedroom Apt - Garden/Pool/Sea View
|Self Catering
This was a lovely hotel with a beautiful view. The rooms were spotless. The only downside was that it was hard to always get a sun lounger.
MR P Doherty, Strabane
|16th Oct 2009
|Grand Muthu Forte da Oura
|1 Bedroom Apt Pool/garden/sea View
|Self Catering
We stayed in the Luna Forte da Oura in a self catering apartment. It was a great place to stay and very handy to everything. We would have no problem returning. The staff were more than helpful nothing was a problem. The food was very good and reasonable in the restaurant.
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A previous post on this blog talked when Orange County, California, parents can seek modification of their child support obligation. Generally speaking, a parent can do so whenever they can demonstrate that there has been a change in circumstances.
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Over seven seasons of "Game of Thrones," it's been hard to tell whether sisters Arya and Sansa Stark like each other.
But when it comes to Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner, the actresses who the play the embattled Stark siblings, the bond is more than solid. It is, well, sisterly — to the extent that Turner asked Williams to be one of her bridesmaids in her upcoming wedding to Joe Jonas.
In an interview with RadioTimes on Sunday, Williams revealed that she had accepted Turner's request to be a bridesmaid. Williams said of the wedding planning: "It's very, very exciting. It's kind of bizarre, though."
Williams said that no major decisions about the wedding had been finalized — presumably including a date — due to production for the HBO show's last season, which wraps up filming in the next year.
"We're waiting until this season's done until we get into any of that," said Williams. "But I think she's already let her little heart wander and imagine."
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LMU 2018 Mandarin Teacher Summer Institute
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The LMU 2018 Mandarin Teacher Summer Institute will continue to respond to the demand for highly qualified teachers of Chinese by providing support and resources through the provision of two pathways for teacher preparation: 1) The continuing graduate-level Mandarin language credential, and 2) the Certificate in Teaching Mandarin in PreK-12 Settings. Pathway 1: Credential program outcomes include: 1) recruiting and admitting highly qualified K-12 Chinese language teacher candidates for entrance into the secondary or multiple subjects requirements and master's degree program; 2) Supporting Summer Institute participants in passing state testing requirements; 3) Providing 2 cohorts of teacher candidates (21 total) with 6 units of graduate-level coursework applicable to their credentials and masters. The credential program offers 110 hours of coursework, independent work and clinical practice for graduate credit. Pathway 2 is the Certificate in Teaching Chinese in Pre-K – 12 Settings with a targeted enrollment of 13 participants (5 new and 8 returning) who teach in heritage or other programs. Pathway 2 participants complete a hybrid course-series offered through LMU Extension for up to 12 continuing education units of credit (120 professional development credit hours). Upon completion of this second Summer Institute Pathway, participants will: 1) Expand knowledge of content-based Mandarin language and literacy, with a focus on the arts and movement education (Content-based Language Instruction and Curriculum Development in Mandarin); 2) Incorporate research-based practices in assessment linked to instruction (Assessment Basics and Oral Proficiency); 3) Apply new skills in content instruction in Mandarin and engage in reflection about their practices (Practicum in Teaching Mandarin); and 4) Deepen knowledge and skill in teaching Chinese grammar (Chinese Grammar Pedagogy course).
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Becca+Charles: The Wedding (Atlanta Wedding Photographer)
Once in a great while, as a wedding photographer, you get the chance to witness a once in a lifetime kind of love. You know, the kind you see in the movies. The kind you know will never fall apart. The kind that is eternal. The kind some call "soul mates."
Last Saturday, I got to witness just that. Becca and Charles are truly soul mates. I have never before seen two people love each other with such a deep, pure, devotion. There wedding was nothing less than I imagined it to be either. It was romantic, and old fashioned, and beautiful, just like their love for each other. From the beginning of the day to their departure, I felt like I was an extra in the latest romantic period piece I often watch on Netflix. I wish them nothing but love and happiness from this day on. I am proud to call them clients...and even more proud to call them friends. So here it is...Becca and Charles...The Wedding.
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Stan Getz – Sweet Rain
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One of Stan Getz's all-time greatest albums, Sweet Rain was his first major artistic coup after he closed the book on his bossa nova period, featuring an adventurous young group that pushed him to new heights in his solo statements. Pianist Chick Corea, bassist Ron Carter, and drummer Grady Tate were all schooled in '60s concepts of rhythm-section freedom, and their continually stimulating interplay helps open things up for Getz to embark on some long, soulful explorations (four of the five tracks are over seven minutes). The neat trick of Sweet Rain is that the advanced rhythm section work remains balanced with Getz's customary loveliness and lyricism. Indeed, Getz plays with a searching, aching passion throughout the date, which undoubtedly helped Mike Gibbs' title track become a standard after Getz's tender treatment here. The quartet's level of musicianship remains high on every selection, and the marvelously consistent atmosphere the album evokes places it among Getz's very best. A surefire classic. (allmusic)
Personnel: Stan Getz (tenor saxophone); Albert Daily (piano); Chick Corea (electric piano); Stanley Clarke, George Mraz (bass); Tony Williams, Billy Hart (drums).
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Costs additional to freight
What does costs additional to freight mean in a letter of credit transaction?
Understanding charges additional to freight in a letter of credit transaction.
If you are working with CIF, CFR, CIP, CPT
trade terms
under letters of credit you are likely to see a statement under field "
47A: Additional Conditions
" such as "Costs additional to freight is prohibited." The logic behind these kinds of statements is to fix the freight cost by the issuing banks to the value that was indicated in the credit.
Normally letter of credit rules allow additional costs which may be shown on the transport documents such as multimodal transport documents or bills of lading. However issuing banks frequently disallow charges additional to freight by inserting a statement in the credits on this effect when the trade term is CFR, CIF, CIP or CPT.
Remember on FOB, FCA and EXW terms freight is payable at destination, so you will not be having any problem arising from prohibition of costs additional to freight. You need to look at the letter of credit text on DAT, DAP and DDP trade terms to determine whether costs additional to freight is prohibited or not.
47A: Additional Conditions:
1. Transport document bearing reference by stamp or otherwise costs additional to freight is prohibited.
2. Costs additional to freight are prohibited.
3. Costs additional to freight are not allowed.
What are the additional costs to freight?
According to the International Standard Banking Practice an indication of costs additional to freight can be shown on the transport documents by two ways:
• by express reference to additional costs
• by the use of trade terms which refer to costs associated with the loading or unloading of goods, such as, but not limited to,
o Free In (FI),
o Free Out (FO),
o Free In and Out (FIO) and
o Free In and Out Stowed (FIOS).
What happens if a letter of credit prohibits costs additional to freight?
According to the International Standard Banking Practice if a credit indicates that costs additional to freight are not acceptable, a transport document is not to indicate that costs additional to the freight have been or will be incurred.
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Re: Difference between Tattoo Home DSL/WiMax/LTE.ChitoReyes Aug 24, 2013 6:24 PM (in response to rawrenz)1 of 1 people found this helpful
First let us try to understand how one differs from the other.
DSL - Digital Subscriber Line... data being transmitted through the existing phone lines
Wimax and LTE being transmitted over the air the difference being Wimax operating at a lower frequency thus theoretically having a wider footprint (than LTE)... imagine a giant wifi zone. LTE operates in higher frequencies and are more integrated into mobile phones and therefore in all probability use the celltowers as their source of transmission and reception. Though speed and bandwidth are theoretically fast, it is still a maturing technology and sites offered by Globe are still very limited and footprints are small.
In theory, DSL should provide you with a more stable and consistent delivery of data regardless of the weather condition as its dependent factor would only be the quality of the physical line.
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Image: the birthplace of Francis in Assisi, Italy
Source: by Tetraktys (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
Life of St Fancis
St Francis of Assisi was born as John Francis Bernardone in Assisi on 26th September 1182 and died on 3rd October 1226.
He was the son of Peter, a wealthy cloth merchant and of Madonna Pica, from one of the richest families in the city. This environment allowed Francis to obtain a good education in Latin and Franco-Provençal, studying literature and music. Not by chance he composed appreciated poems for the various feasts. He entered a company of young wealthy who dedicated themselves to parties, banquets, to social life and leisure.
He decided to combat for the militia of Assisi in the war against Perugia. Assisi was defeated at the battle of Collestrada. Francis was captured and held prisoner for a year in Perugia. The jail and the long illness made Francis suffer deeply.
Francis decided to make revenge and seek again the glory. Released in 1203, he became a follower of the noble knight Walter de Brienne during the conflict with the emperor, in the kingdom of Naples. But the venture failed. Near Spoleto, Francis had a new disease and afterwards the Lord appeared to him in a vision and ordered him to return to Assisi.
On coming back home, he avoided the previous gallant company, did many alms to the poor, sought the solitude and began to pray intensely. He made a pilgrimage to Rome travelling as a poor beggar. His conversion was complete when at the end of 1205, he was alone to pray in the old ruined church of St. Damiano. Francis saw the crucifix saying: "Go and repair my house which you see is falling into ruin." Francis understood at first that it was referred to the actual ruined building, but then realized that it was related to the Universal Christian Church. So he donated to the priest in S. Damiano the revenue from the sale of his father's fabrics.
The new behaviour and such unwanted charity of Francis caused disputes with his father that lasted until the final break. Father disinherited him, but Francis, not touched, renounced to the inheritance in a dramatic gesture, made in front of the bishop of Assisi and the whole square. He put away all his clothing and stood naked to announce his choice to leave his past life and marry the Poverty. Francis devoted himself to charity among the lepers, helped poor people, living on alms and prayers in the woods of Mount Subasio. His devoted life attracted the first followers as Bernard of Quintavalle, Peter Cattani and Filippo Longo.
After three years, while Francis was at the Portiuncula, that humble and little church located now inside the basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli, in Assisi, the Lord asked him to preach in the world. Francis organized this activity, he found twelve followers and decided to establish a new order. He was elected Superior and wrote the rule of the order, which he presented to Pope Innocent III in 1210 and obtained the approval for the new order of Minor Friars, known also as Franciscan Order.
On his return to Assisi, Francis settled down in a poor hut in Rivotorto (a frazione of Assisi), which later became incorporated in the local church, and later he moved to the Portiuncula. His fame spread extraordinarily attracting new followers, including in 1212 Clare of Assisi, a future Saint who would found afterwards a female Franciscan order with the name of Poor Clares.
The friars grew in number, and in May 1217 the first general chapter was held, at which the order was introduced in several provinces in Italy and Europe.
Francis tried to preach even to non-Christians: he made a first attempt in the Holy Land in 1212, but had to stop due to a shipwreck, and failed as well to reach Morocco in 1214, blocked by a disease in Spain. Finally, he reached Egypt in 1219, where he spoke to the sultan and gained the great respect among the Muslims.
Francis returned home to put an end to the disputes arose among his followers. He tried first to write a new rule, called the rule of 1221, but even involving Brother Elias in the task, he was disappointed to get absorbed in long questions on the future rule of order. He withdrew from the position of the Superior and devoted himself exclusively to prayer and meditation, living as a hermit.
In 1224 on Mount La Verna he received stigmata, the marks of the Passion of Jesus on his hands, feet and body, after 40 days of fasting and meditation.
Francis continued his hard life of penance, asceticism and mortification, until his body collapsed: after a progressive weakening and blindness he came to death at the Portiuncula in the evening of October 3, 1226.
Due to his enormous popularity, Francis was canonized on July 16, 1228, and in 1230 the construction of the Basilica of Assisi began.
Below the St Francis' altar, Eremo delle Carceri, Assisi, Italy (copyright Historia Vivens Web)


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Harddisk troubles, A R-Driver III and Vantec Nexstar 3 review
Posted In: hardware . By Stephen Lee
This might be useful for people who are thinking of buying external hard disk enclosures.
I think most of you guys would have known about my switch in PC after my old one CPU fan died. So there was this problem, my new PC takes in SATA but my old disks were IDE disks, and there are no IDE/ATA slots in my new PC. So what to do buy a casing right!
Contents of the R-Driver III with the lousy PSU and the great adapter
R-Driver III
That's when my troubles started, I got this R-Driver III at Challenger for $28(after seeing some people at my office use it), it has SATA,3.5" and 2.5" connections. Thought it would be good since there were no casing, just plug in a few cables and ur set to transfer your files off your old hard disk Wrong ! I fiddled with it for a few days, reading forums on why such things don't work and so on.
I tried running on different OS, (Vista, XP, Linux), didn't work. Making sure it's the only external HD present (Linux detected it for a short while but while reading the disk it hanged). Plugging the thing in different ports, didn't work.
I finally found out that some problems with these devices is that sometimes their power supply unit don't pump out enough juice to get the hard disk running properly.
Vantec Nexstart 3
So yesterday after work, I went to the techies paradise in Sim Lim to take a look at proper external hard disk enclosures. After shopping around, the cheapest I found was at this shop called Best Buys on the 5th floor (it's quite neat the escalator, can't miss it) compared to the other shops the enclosures are cheaper by quite abit. I got a Vantec Nexstar 3 because it's the cheapest, and looks the best out of all the made in china boxes.
So if you ever see the R-Driver III in Challenger and are looking forward to using it don't get it. Although the adapter design is good, but the power supply leaves much to be desired.
The R-Driver III is a compact little kit that would be useful if you just want to transfer data from harddisk quickly however the 3.5" capability I tested didn't work on all 3 hard disks I have from my previous PC. However the 2.5" inch adpater works probably due to the fact that 2.5" don't really need the power supply unit. I didn't test the SATA portion of it.
List of Harddisks from my previous PC that I used to test:
- Maxtor 20GB from the year 2000
- Seagate Barracuda 80GB 7200rpm 2004
- Seagate Barracuda 160GB 7200rpm 2006


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