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Act 3, Scene 4
The huge doors of the glittering state dining room opened and the King and Queen stood there, smiling. Behind them the long table was set for a banquet. The anteroom was crowded: everyone of importance in Scotland had been commanded to attend – from the great thanes down to the lesser lords and their ladies – and almost everyone had obeyed.
'You all know your own rank,' said Macbeth. 'Come in and sit down. From the greatest to the least you're all most heartily welcome.'
They filed past the King and Queen and took their seats: the more powerful a man was the nearer he sat to the royal couple at the head of the table.
When they were all seated Macbeth stood up and smiled round at them.
'Ourself will mingle with you and play the humble host,' he said. He swung round and beamed down at his radiant queen. 'Our hostess will keep her place for now: she will receive you later.'
'Greet our friends for me, Sir,' she said, 'for I welcome them with all my heart.'
While acknowledging the clapping and table thumping, Macbeth glanced up at the doorway and saw that a new face had appeared among those of the servants. It was one of the murderers.
'See?' Macbeth said to his wife. 'They greet you in turn with their hearts' thanks.'
Lady Macbeth smiled graciously at the applauding guests. When the noise had subsided Macbeth spoke again.
'Both sides are even, then. Enjoy yourselves. In due course we'll drink a round of toasts.'
He made his way to the doorway, stopping every now and then to greet one of the guests, until he stood beside the murderer.
'There's blood on your face!' he said.
'It's Banquo's then.'
'It's better outside you than inside him. Has he been dealt with?'
'My Lord, his throat is cut. I did that for him.'
'You're the best of the cut-throats. But whoever did the same for Fleance would be even better. If you did that you would be the best of them all.'
'Most Royal Sir.' The murderer came closer. 'Fleance escaped.'
Macbeth stared at him. He felt one of his fits of terror coming on. Just when everything was going perfectly; when he was feeling safe – as firm as marble, as solid as rock, as free as air. Now, suddenly, he was enclosed, cramped, full of the most painful fears and doubts.
'But Banquo's safe?'
'Yes, my Lord, quite safe, buried in a ditch with twenty deep gashes in his head – each one of them enough to kill him.'
'Thanks for that,' said Macbeth.
Banquo's death was all very well but Fleance was the issue: he was the mature snake – his escape breeding venom in time – even though it had no teeth at present. There was only one thing in the world to be feared – the seed of Banquo.
'Go now,' he said. 'We'll talk again tomorrow.'
Lady Macbeth watched him and became concerned when he stopped halfway to his chair and seemed to be lost in thought. She got up and went to him. 'My royal Lord,' she said. 'You're neglecting your guests. They might as well be at an inn, paying for their meal, without the warmth of your hospitality. If it was just food they wanted they could have stayed at home. Ceremony adds flavour to the meat: without it it's tasteless.'
'Thanks for reminding me,' said Macbeth.
Lady Macbeth went back to her place and Macbeth clapped his hands loudly. 'Now!' he said. 'Bon appetite! And your good health!' He took a tankard from a table and raised it. They all stood up and drank.
Lennox, who sat at the top end of the table, signaled him to return and sit. He walked towards his old friend who was seated beside Ross.
'All the greatest in the land would be under one roof if we had been honoured with Banquo's presence,' he said. 'I hope I'll have cause to confront him for his discourtesy rather than pity him for any accident.'
'He is at fault for breaking his promise,' said Ross. Ross indicated the vacant chair beside Lady Macbeth's. 'Will it please your Highness to grace us with your royal company?'
'The table's full,' said Macbeth. Lennox pointed to the empty chair. 'There's your place, reserved for you,' he said.
Macbeth looked up. All the colour in his cheeks drained away. He swayed. 'What's the matter?' said Lennox.
Macbeth backed away, not taking his eyes off his chair. Then: 'Which of you have done this?' he shouted.
There was a change of atmosphere as people stopped eating and talking and looked at him. 'Done what?' they asked each other. They watched as the King pointed to the empty chair.
'You can't say I did it!' he screamed. 'Don't shake your gory locks at me!'
Ross sprang to his feet. 'Ladies and gentlemen, rise: his Highness is not well.'
'Sit!' cried Lady Macbeth. She was moving fast to her husband. 'Sit, worthy friends. His Majesty is often like this – has been since childhood. Please, just stay seated. It's only a brief fit. He'll be himself again in an instant. Take no notice of him: if you give it too much attention it will make him worse. Carry on eating and take no notice of him.'
She reached his side: she took his arm and spoke urgently into his ear. 'Are you a man?'
'Yes, and a bold one, daring to look at something that would frighten the devil!'
Lady Macbeth dragged him to the side of the hall. The guests had turned back to their conversations.
'What nonsense!' she said. 'This is just a picture of your fear – the same thing as the dagger which you told me led you to Duncan. Come on, now – these outbursts are ridiculous, far more suitable for women telling winter's tales. You should be ashamed of yourself.'
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It was Petrarch (1304-74) who first evoked the complementary images of the prevailing darkness of the Middle Ages, when the intellectual achievements of the Classical world had been forgotten, and the subsequent illumination of his own period following their rediscovery by scholars such as himself. Thus, the renewal of interest in the antique was first and foremost an intellectual and literary revival. The importance of Classical texts to the development of the visual arts was their inherent view of a world with man at the centre. Also, references to the arts in the antique world revealed that artists were valued for their ability to represent nature with great fidelity and that, furthermore, they enjoyed a higher status than their medieval counterparts. Thus, the beginnings of Renaissance art in Italy should be recognizable by seeking out not only those artists who adopted motifs or borrowed models from antiquity, but also those who sought to represent the human figure and the material world more naturalistically than had their predecessors.
Until the 20th century the generally accepted model for the development of the artistic Renaissance was that constructed by Vasari, writing in 1550. He gave to Giotto the credit for the rebirth of art after centuries of barbarism and structured his chronological model like the ages of man, with Giotto and his immediate heirs as representing the infancy of art; Masaccio, Brunelleschi, Donatello and Ghiberti as the experimental youth; and Leonardo, Raphael and Michelangelo as the perfected maturity. Although notions of rebirth (and the previous death the term implies) and artistic progress are now rejected, and although it is recognized that Vasari was above all a Florentine writer structuring history in Florentine terms in order to set the scene for his friend and idol, the Florentine all-round artist, Michelangelo, Vasari's account is useful in that it does reflect what is a perceptible movement away from an art based on conventionalized representations of a supernatural reality towards an increasing technical expertise (in which Florence mostly led the way) in the representation of a visually convincing and rationally ordered natural world. The subject matter was still preponderantly sacred, but Christ and the saints were now conceived with more corporeality, and increasingly not in an ethereal Heaven, but at the centre of the physical world.
If we accept Vasari's implication that Giotto was a Renaissance artist we should also be aware that he was in fact preceded by a non-Florentine, the sculptor, Nicola Pisano. Both artists imbue the human figure with a new power, dignity and gravity; and, furthermore, Pisano quotes directly from antique Roman sarcophagi, thus fulfilling the second requirement for a true Renaissance artist. Unfortunately, the following century does not present an ordered development from the achievements of these two figures and it is more usual today to agree with Alberti (writing in 1435) that the artistic Renaissance of Italy actually began in Florence in the early 15th century. The strength of this model is that what follows in Florence and in all those centres affected by Florentine art, presents a largely coherent artistic development throughout the century.
Brunelleschi, placed by Alberti in the vanguard of the new art, was the first architect to go beyond the arbitrary usage of the vocabulary (i.e. the recognizable motifs) of Classical buildings towards a perception of the underlying grammar (the order and harmony created by the rational proportional relationships of part to part and part to whole). Brunelleschi also seems to have made the earliest experiments in single point linear perspective and may have advised Masaccio in its possibilities for constructing a rationally ordered picture space. Certainly the fictive architecture in Masaccio's Trinity (c. 1428, Florence, Sta Maria Novella) is Brunelleschian. The earliest surviving use of linear perspective, however, is in Donatello's St. George and the Dragon relief (c. 1417, Florence, Or San Michele). Of the sculptors that looked towards Classical models, Donatello, like Brunelleschi with his architecture, was the one that most clearly understood the underlying spirit of Classicism. Throughout the 15th century (today usually designated the 'Early Renaissance'), Florentine artists were at the forefront of investigations into the representation of the natural world. To some, one particular area of investigation or another might take precedence: to Uccello it was the underlying geometry of form and the organizational possibilities of perspective and to Antonio Pollaiuolo, anatomy. Another hallmark of the Renaissance is that although the overwhelming majority of commissions were still sacred there was also, as the century progressed, a growth in lay patronage requiring portraits and other secular images, particularly those dealing with themes from Classical mythology.
The first quarter of the 16th century is generally termed the 'High Renaissance'. It is the period when the leading artists had sufficient technical expertise to achieve virtually any naturalistic effect they wished, coupled with a controlling, Classically-based intelligence which imposed visual harmony and compositional balance while eliminating gratuitous detail. Although most of the leading protagonists were Florentine - Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael - the centre of production had shifted to Rome (where these three men worked) and to Venice, where Bellini, Giorgione and Titian were creating their own High Renaissance style. The most important architect of the High Renaissance, whose buildings were the first to be considered as having fully recaptured the grandeur of ancient Rome, was Bramante.
It was not until this period that Italian Renaissance ideals began to spread in a significant way north of the Alps, Durer being the first northern artist to fully assimilate the ideals of the Renaissance into his work. Increasingly, from the 16th century onwards, northern artists would finish their artistic education by visiting Italy. Foreign rulers and states also sought to buy in Italian artists, but from the 1520s Mannerism had supplanted the High Renaissance style and thus in France, for example, direct Italian influence in the 16th century is essentially Mannerist (e.g. Francis I's School of Fontainebleau). Nevertheless, Mannerist art is inconceivable without the Classical ideals of the Renaissance (whether to flout deliberately or to exaggerate) and those ideals continued to exert a powerful influence on artists, alongside the art of Classical antiquity, as the supreme exemplar up until the second half of the 19th century and the advent of Realism and Impressionism.


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Sad ... I have always enjoyed our SnS days, even if I haven't participated in every one. I guess all good things must come to an end.
Given Basenotes' recent/recurring connection issues and the leveling off of participation in SotD threads, I'm going to cease dedicating a thread to SnS. Once upon a time, the theme subjects were discussed in depth, and we challenged ourselves to try new scents. These threads have become good reference resources, so, I'll blog the material seen below, in case anyone wants to again finds those links.
Thank you for contributing to the fun and knowledge, BNers.
See you in the regular SotD and especially on Synchronization Fridays. ~ Quarry Joy
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For newcomers, here's the lowdown on this monthly online event:
Every member, any gender, novice or veteran sniffer, is invited to apply a fragrance related to the theme of the month (listed below) and share your thoughts on the first Saturday of the month. This isn't a mandatory assignment; it's just for fun. Because not everyone logs in on weekends, you're encouraged to continue to add comments within this themed thread on subsequent days. If you don't join us for this month's discussion, please look ahead at the tentative lineup and join in at a later date.
JANUARY ~ Oriental
(warmth, flowers, spices, woods & vanilla)
FEBRUARY ~ Animalic
(civet-, castoreum-, leather-, or musk-influenced scents)
MARCH ~ Chypre
(used to be defined by oakmoss presence, but ...?)
APRIL ~ Floral
(single solifore or full bouquet of flowers)
MAY~ Fruity
(single sweet fruits or a bowl of fruity-florals)
JUNE ~ Citrus
(hesperidic: bergamot, lemon, orange, grapefruit, tangerine, etc.)
JULY ~ Green
(fresh leaves & grasses)
AUGUST ~ Fresh or aquatic
(cool, dewy notes and seaside scents)
SEPTEMBER ~ Opposite-Gender Fragrance
OCTOBER ~ Ambery
(dark, light or blond amber as feature note)
NOVEMBER ~ Spicy
(warm notes associated with cooking)
DECEMBER ~ Gourmand
(fragrances with a foody note, but not usually fruity--save for May)
Looking for suggestions?
See previous SnS discussions:
Oriental Jan. 2007, Jan. 2008, Jan. 2009, Jan. 2010, Jan. 2011, Jan. 2012, Jan. 2013
Animalic Feb. 2007, Feb. 2008, Feb. 2009, Feb. 2010, Feb. 2011, Feb. 2012
Chypre March 2007, March 2008, March 2009, March 2010, March 2011, March 2012
Floral April 2007, April 2008, April 2009, April 2010, April 2011, April 2012
Fruity May 2007, May 2008, May 2009, May 2010, May 2011, May 2012
Citrus June 2007, June 2008, June 2009, June 2010, June 2011, June 2012
Green July 2008, July 2009, July 2010, July 2011, July 2012
Fresh Aug. 2008, Aug. 2009, Aug. 2010, Aug. 2011, Aug. 2012
Fougere Sept. 2007
Opposite Gender Sept. 2008, Sept. 2009, Sept. 2010, Sept. 2011, Sept. 2012
Ambery Oct. 2007, Oct. 2008, Oct. 2009, Oct. 2010, Oct. 2011, Oct. 2012
Spicy Nov. 2007, Nov. 2008, Nov. 2009, Nov. 2010, Nov. 2011, Nov. 2012
Gourmand Dec. 2007, Dec. 2008, Dec. 2009, Dec. 2010, Dec. 2011, Dec. 2012
For the months of July and August 2007, regular BN was offline and supporters had access to an abbreviated site. We discussed aquatics and greens, but those posts are no longer accessible.
Sad ... I have always enjoyed our SnS days, even if I haven't participated in every one. I guess all good things must come to an end.
I've trademarked the color bleu
Quarry, those were great fun. Thank you so much for those. You deserve an award.
Hi, Quarry, and what of blind sniffs? I have a concept, and the fragrances (need to restock my decanting supplies).
What do insomniac perfumers do to fall asleep? They count chypres!
I have to be honest, I totally forget about it!!!!! I do the Friday group usually, and then by the time I sign in on Saturdays I have already picked and wearing my fragrance for that day. Suddenly notice oh The Monthly Sniff.
I have somehow managed to miss the SnS thread - have gone back and read some now. Would have liked to participate, and will do so if there is another thread of this kind in the future.
I very much enjoyed participating in the SnS threads. Thank you, Quarry, they were great fun.
"I felt something so intense, I could only express it in a perfume." - Jacques Guerlain
Totally understand Momma Q. Thanks for the past sniff's - they really inspired me to step outside of my box.
"When you become comfortable with uncertainty. infinite possibilities open up in your life"
-- Eckhart Tolle
l'm sad to hear this too, but thanks Q for all the sniffs, l too found them inspiring & helpful on my fragrance journey.
"What is this secret connection between the soul, and sea, clouds and perfumes? The soul itself appears to be sea, cloud and perfume..." - from Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis.
MsQ -- everything evolves, I realize that. Thanks for keeping them threads organized and clickable.
Re: Blind Sniffs -- Warum who was moderating them in 2012, checked in last back in November. I spoke with her on the phone once, she was doing all right at a time. As much as I love the idea, I sometimes feel that we need something different too: some Blind Sniffs were lacking in participation and if only you knew how hard it was to recruit the sniffers! If there is more interest, I would like to know if somebody would want to moderate them in 2013. Please PM me. Please also let us know if there is anything you would do diferently if you were to organize them again.
In closing, please let me mention that group activities are fun, be it a pass or a sync. Or a game of sorts. I personally enjoy all of them.
Twolf, 'tis true, blind sniffs are both time consuming and hard to co-ordinate, as both sniffers and the hosts need to be available. I really enjoyed the one I particpated in. That said, I've noticed that more and more, people are preparing or participating in sample passes. They are great fun with little fuss. I had a blind sniff all but ready to go, and I think I'll just do it as a sample pass instead.
What do insomniac perfumers do to fall asleep? They count chypres!
I really, really loved the blind sniffs, but time wise, they are fairly incompatible with family life for at least three days at a time.
I'm sure a version could be worked out that was slightly less stressful. I had some ideas up my sleeve too, but I couldn't mod them efficiently with all my current family and relly commitments.
I do love online fraggy games though. I shall try and think of some.


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Looks pretty real to me, but it's hard to say with how good some of the people here on the forums are at hacking the game now. Usually the only way I can tell is in motion, screenshots are becoming difficult to discern.
The guy on that Facebook link says they are trying to "complete" it and a release date has been established. Eh.
Edit: on an unrelated note, I was going to put in the title "I HAVE 1.5 AND YOU DON'T, HA, HA, HA!" but I guess it's better to pass on the news without being banned for a lame joke
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Welcome to the Japanese world of BIOHAZARD 1.5!
I hope they release the original, and not just their fan-mod. I suppose the latter would be close enough, but still.
I'm betting that anyone going through the effort of fixing things will release the original as a comparison. It's what I'd do. If it's the Curator's version then it might be kinda interesting, as Faceless Kendo shows it wasn't terribly complete.
To quote the venerable Mr. Spencer...
Ah, this old chestnut again. I can't wait to see how long it takes for that guy to go to the RE1.5 witness protection program. XD
I'm curious as to where on Earth they came from.
Another. Pretty certain that it is legit.
Can't wait. We'll be translating it.
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No big RE anniversaries coming up in the next couple months, right? Hah.
I don't know what everyone is on about, really. AlinHoalissin already posted some pretty convincing proof that he has 1.5 in his possession over on this thread...
Yeah, no.No one here has 1.5, not me, not News Bot, not Alzaire, not Geluda and not even you.
Everyone's joking about 1.5.
The screenshot I posted was just a crappy edit I made in paint.
For the love of my mother please let's just not make this thread another unfunny sarcastic chat box.
Where the hell is Leon with the buzzcut where he looks like a carbon copy of Chris? That's the version of RE2 I want... RE1.25, if you will.
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DENVER – A Colorado doctor who created a health care app will among those sitting with the first lady during President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday.
Peter Hudson of Evergreen is the co-founder and CEO of iTriage. He used government data to create an app people can use to find health care providers to treat them based on their symptoms. It can also be used to store their personal health records and learn about medications, diseases and procedures to help users make better decisions about their health care.
The mother and uncle of a teenager who was killed in the Aurora movie theater shooting, AJ Boik, will also be attending the speech after getting tickets from Reps. Ed Perlmutter and Diana DeGette.
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Enthusiasm for Ghostbusters plateaued soon after its 2009 release, but the game's solid multiplayer variety made it a cult hit for many. That's why, 18 months later, the developer's finally patched a bug that kept players from collecting four achievements.
The studio, Terminal Reality, told fans today that the patch for the Xbox 360 is now live. In June they told fans a fix was on the way but it still took until now to build the thing and get it to pass Microsoft's certification. Problem is, achievement hunters say two of the four (PayDay! and No Job Too Big) are still borked for those who technically earned them before the patch rolled. Those who haven't yet fulfilled the requirements - which, by now, would be very few among those who care enough to complain - are fine, though.
Props to Terminal Velocity for post-release support for a game well off the radar of many but it didn't fix the problem completely. But at this point (wait for it, wait for it ...) who you gonna call?
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MINNEAPOLIS >> The Sparks clinched a WNBA playoff spot on Tuesday, and in the process they sent a strong message to a potential first-round opponent.
Kristi Toliver scored 20 of her 29 points in the second half as the Sparks beat the Minnesota Lynx 71-63.
"We're a playoff team and we wanted to do our own work," said Toliver, who hit five 3-pointers and tied her career high in scoring. "We didn't want to have to rely on other teams losing and different circumstances. We wanted to take care of our own business, and that's why we came out the way we did tonight. We wanted to close the door."
The Sparks (15-17) are battling San Antonio for third place in the Western Conference. Meanwhile, Minnesota (24-8) is locked into second place after Phoenix clinched the top spot in the West by winning at New York on Tuesday.
Beating the Lynx on the road for the first time in four years is a step in the right direction for the Sparks, who were swept by Minnesota in the conference finals two years ago.
"It goes to show that you can play with the big dogs," Sparks coach Penny Toler said. "I told them I need them to play to their potential because right now, nothing else matters. When you get in the playoffs, you're back at 0-0."
Candace Parker scored 12 of her 16 points in the second half as the Sparks rallied from a seven-point halftime deficit.
The Lynx led 63-62 with 2 minutes to play, but Los Angeles closed the game on a 9-0 run. Toliver put Los Angeles on top with a turn-around jumper, and then buried a 3-pointer from the top of the key to give the Sparks a 67-63 lead.
Minnesota had won 11 straight before losing at Phoenix on Saturday. In that game, Diana Taurasi hit a jump shot with 2.9 seconds left and the Lynx couldn't get off a final shot.
"It's not like us. We're used to finishing up games," Lynx guard Lindsay Whalen said. "When it comes down to the last seven minutes, you want to be able to execute."
The Lynx made just 2 of 9 3-point attempts on the night and shot 34.4 percent from the field in the second half. But WNBA leading scorer Maya Moore said it's not time to panic.
"I'm not concerned about it snowballing because we're in control of that," said Moore, who led Minnesota with 20 points. "I think we're absolutely going to respond. The good thing is that for us, it's the small things. We're not having problems with anything major. We've just got to tighten some things up, come together and feel the sense of urgency."


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Easter feasts! brunch/egg hunt options
Many restaurants around town are serving up special Easter brunches this weekend, like l'etoile and Tiffany's Seafood, and we're sure that those that already offer brunch are planning something special. There are a bunch of fun Easter activities as well. Here's a healthy sample to get you started:
March 23, Sunday
Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens: brunch in the Robbins Tea House. 11am to 3pm. 1800 Lakeside Ave., Richmond. Kids welcome. Reservations required. 804-262-9887.
Boar's Head Inn: brunch in the Old Mill Room. Includes an egg hunt for the kids and a visit from Mr. B. 10:45am to 2pm. Reservations required. 972-2230.
Silver Thatch Inn: champagne brunch. 11am to 2:30pm. With chef Ed McLaughlin. $40 prix fixe, children under 12 half price. 3001 Hollymead Drive. 978-4686.
Afton Mountain Bed & Breakfast: Easter winemaker's brunch. Five courses! Noon to 3pm. 10273 Rockfish Valley Highway, Afton. 540-456-8000 ext. 107.
Fellini's #9: Happy Easter Brunch, featuring "88 Keys Wilson" on piano. 11am to 2pm. 200 W. Market St. 434.979.4279.
Tiffany's: Beginning Easter Sunday Tiffany's Seafood in the Seminole Square Shopping Center will be serving brunch. 293-5000.
l'etoile: Reservations only. Two seatings: 11am and 1pm. 817 W. Main. Right across from the Amtrak station. 979-7957.
Veritas Winery: Easter Sunday winemaker's brunch. Four-course wine-paired brunch in Saddleback Hall. $60/person. Reservations. 145 Saddleback Farm.540-456-8000, ext. 108.
Activities and places that serve brunch anyway:
Aqui es Mexico: Homemade Mexican and Salvadorian food. Specializing in Authentic dishes, like carnitas. And be sure to ask Jose about his daily specials! 221 Carlton Road, Suite 12. 295-4748.
Basic Necessities: A gourmet wine and cheese shop serving lunch and dinner in a Mediterranean atmosphere, quirky and charming on Route 151 near Wintergreen. Sunday brunch especially worth the drive, with piperadea French-Basque egg concoction– and mimosas! 2226 Rockfish Valley Highway, Nellysford 434-361-1766
Blue Moon Diner: Classic old diner on West Main with an artsy twist. Burgers, breakfast, brunch, dinner. 512 W. Main. 980-6666.
Bluegrass Grill and Bakery: Humongous portions, plates packed with grits and biscuits. In the glass building on Second St. SE. 295-9700.
Boheme: Belle epoch atmosphere with beautiful outside patio is perfect setting for French-influenced southern comfort food and great service. Seafood-stuffed crepe, roasted duck, fresh fish and triple chocolate cheesecake make a perfect beginning or ending to Mall activities. Serving dinner, lunch, and Sunday brunch. 609 E. Market St. 244-0606.
Cocina Del Sol: Right in the heart of downtown Crozet, a family friendly place with authentic Mexican fare. Brunch on Sundays. 1200 Crozet Ave. Owner also opened a "brassiere" above the location in Charlottesville! 2001 Commonwealth Drive. 823-5469, 872-0270
Escafe: Exotic ingredients with fun, hip, and happening late-nights on the west end of the Mall. Near the Omni. 295-8668.
Fossett's: Swanky dining at a posh resort named for Thomas Jefferson's chef, Edith Fossett. Nouvelle. Reservations required for brunch and dinner. Call for details about high tea! Inside Keswick Hall. 979-3440.
Horse & Hound Gastropub: Relaxed atmosphere, great selection of imported beers and English-Style pub food. Open for lunch, dinner, and weekend brunch. 625 W. Main St. 434-293-3365
Martha's Café: An Elliewood staple for 27 years. Healthy American fare with many vegetarian choices. Brunch on Saturday and Sunday. 11 Elliewood Ave. 971-7530.
Maya: Trending dinner and night spot. Shrimp cakes, fried oysters, BBQ, and tasty meat and fish dishes. 633 W. Main St. 979.6292.
Mill Street Grill: Located in a 19th century flour mill. Offering a variety of items with emphasis on grilled & sautéed dishes. Sandwiches and salads, pastas, chicken dishes, hand-cut steaks, fresh seafood and great barbecued ribs. Vegetarian selections, daily specials, and brunch every Sunday. One Mill St. 540-886-7464
Mono Loco: A colorful Cuban-inspired eatery– inside and out. Red-and-green exterior leads to a menu of chips and salsa, crab meat quesadilla, spiced-up seafood and savory meat dishes. 200 W. Water St. 979-0688.
Pomme: Have your gateau and eat it too at this casual French Provencal restaurant. 115 S. Main St., Gordonsville. 540-832-0130
St. Maarten Café: Burgers, sandwiches, 7 temperatures of wings and other favorites. Booth seating, weeknight specials. late-night menu. Sunday brunch 11am to 2pm. 1400 Wertland St. 293-2233
West Main: Casual American cuisine with drink specials every night. 16 oz. Delmonico steak might be the biggest in town. Apple bourbon chicken is another crowd pleaser. Brunch both Saturday and Sunday. 333 W. Main St. 293-2605.
Easter stuff to do:
March 22, Saturday
Amazement Square: Dr. Seuss egg-inspired easter egg hunt. The Cat in the Hat is in charge this years, and he wants you to wear a creative hat as well. Prizes! Plus a special reading from the Cat man himself! 27 Ninth St., Lynchburg. 10am to 12pm 845-1888.
Charlottesville Recreation & Leisure Services and Albemarle Parks and Recreation's annual Easter Eggstravaganza: Face painting, moon bounces, fire trucks and an Easter egg hunt! Charlottesville High School Athletic Field. Melbourne Ave. Free. 970-3260.
Staunton Downtown: Eggstravaganza egg hunt and bunny express trolley. Egg hunt at Gypsy Hill Park, then ride the Bunny Express Trolley to Byers Street Bistro for a party! 10am to 12pm. 540-332-3867.
March 21 through 23, Friday through Sunday
Wintergreen Resort: Annual holiday egg-stravaganza! Egg hunt, Easter bonnet parade, craft workshops, egg decorating. Route 664, Wintergreen. 800-266-2444.


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Going back to work after a break of a few weeks or months can be difficult. You may feel that you're able to go back to your old job but feel nervous about it. It's common for people to feel awkward. They often wonder whether they'll still be able to do the job and how people will react to them.
For many people, going back to work can help them feel like the cancer is over and they can return to normal life. A job can restore normality, routine, stability, social contact and income.


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MotorStorm: Pacific Rift, released in 2008, and its PSP counterpart MotorStorm Arctic Edge (2009) are losing their online play features on October 1. An announcement on Sony's UK PlayStation site said servers for those two games and SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3 (also PSP) will be closed on that date.
I really enjoyed MotorStorm: Pacific Rift. It was <e href="http://kotaku.com/5077556/motorstorm-pacific-rift-review-a-festival-of-mayhem"one of the first reviews I ever published here. Sugar Rush, Caldera Ridge, lots of good memories of white-knuckle finishes. Damn, I may have to go back and play that some this weekend.
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1953 Chevrolet Truck Wood Bed Refinishing Part 2 - Wooden You Know, Too
The Bedtime Story To End All Bedtime Stories
Glad you stuck around to see this wood-finishing project through to completion. I told you it wasn't going to happen overnight, didn't I! Perfection, or anything remotely close to it, takes time, patience, and even a little more time. If you want people to walk away from your truck stunned by the beauty of your bed wood, be prepared to put forth your best effort-you will thank yourself in the long run (and maybe even remember where you got the inspiration from!).
Last month we left off as the MinWax Ebony oil-based stain was soaking into the ash boards' grains. Staining or even painting isn't necessarily a vital part of finishing the wood; it's all personal taste combined with whatever overall look you're trying to achieve with your truck. As I mentioned, since my '53 will one day end up with a pistachio-lime green and black two-tone on the exterior, I thought adding a black stain to the light wood would make a dramatic effect-we'll soon see. Staining the wood took minimal time to accomplish. The varnishing and subsequent sanding and polishing, however, required much more time and effort. But there's no way around it, so let's dive in.
While finishing off varnish is just like cutting and rubbing a new paint job (color or wet-sanding and polishing), the steps beforehand are completely opposite. With paint, you have an opaque base of primer-sealer on top of any underlying bodywork. The smoothness of your finish on top relies heavily on how smooth the bodywork is underneath. With wood, unless you're painting it (which is commonly done), the smoothness of the finish is dependent on your ability to cut the layers of varnish down evenly-without burning through to the stain-until you achieve the desired look. In other words, you don't have Bondo or spot putty to fill any voids in the grain if you're after that glasslike finish. So that means plenty of layers of varnish, each one taking a full day to apply and fully cure before the next one can go down. Are you starting to see where the big time factor works into the project?
Fortunately, Bruce Horkey supplies customers with very detailed instructions. As a matter of fact, there isn't anything that isn't addressed-from wood preparation to handling to each and every individual varnishing step, it's there for you. Most experienced woodworkers would likely not need the reference; for the so-called amateur like myself, despite having some prior knowledge, the instruction sheets can make the difference between a job you're proud of and one you'd like to do over. I've tried to illustrate the important steps of varnishing, as well as the wet-sanding and polishing, to give you a somewhat decent visual reference to go along with the written word.
Good luck with your efforts. If you follow the appropriate steps and take your time, you'll end up with a bed that'll be envied by all.


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Afghan Trading Networks
Magnus Marsden and Benjamin D. Hopkins
Afghanistan has long been conventionally regarded as a remote space peripheral to the wider world. Yet scholarship produced in the 2nd decade of the 21st century suggests its multiple connections to a wide array of regions and settings. Such connections are especially visible when viewed through the lens of the trade networks originating from the territories of modern Afghanistan. Scholars have come to recognize that Afghan traders have long been active players in many contexts across Asia and beyond. Such traders and the networks they form play a critically important role in connecting different parts of Asia with one another, including South Asia and Eurasia, as well as East and West Asia. The connective role performed by Afghan caravanners and religious minorities in the trade between India and Central Asia are especially well documented by historians. Increasingly so too are the activities of Afghan merchants in Ottoman territories. The trading networks Afghan traders have participated in are historically dynamic. Their orientating values shift across time and space between various forms of religious, ethno-linguistic, and political identity. The capacity to adapt to changing circumstances is helpful in understanding the continuing relevance of Afghan traders to 21st-century forms of globalized capitalism, in contexts as varied as the former Soviet Union, China, and the Arabian Peninsula.
A Historical Sketch of Buddhism in Tibet
Dan Smyer Yü and Sonam Wangmo
With the available historical Tibetan written records from late 8th century on and the existing scholarly works on Buddhism, this historical overview recounts how Buddhism was Tibetanized and how it became both the national religion of Tibet and a world religion spread to Inner Asia, East Asia, and other parts of the world. It also adds interpretive commentaries leading to more historical inquiries and suggestions for alternative historiographical approaches to the formation of Tibetan Buddhism, adopted from disciplines other than history of religion and Buddhist studies. An emphasis is placed on the significance of folk accounts that reveal "the geomythological reorientation" of Buddhist conversion in the historical Tibetan context not merely as an intellectual and doctrinal acceptance of Indian Buddhism but also as a symbiotic process in which Indian Buddhism and indigenous religious practices mutually transformed each other. The emergence of the different Buddhist schools in Tibet is also a result of the politics of the sect-specific powers throughout Tibetan history. It is thus essential to recognize the formation of the five schools also as a set of religio-political occurrences, particularly since the formation of Gelug (dGe lugs) School in the 15th century and later becoming a Gelug-based Tibetan polity in the 17th century. The Gelug School dominated Tibetan Buddhism, and successive Dalai Lamas ruled Tibet from the mid-17th to the mid-20th centuries. Given the regional and global status of Tibetan Buddhism, emphasis is placed on Tibetan Buddhism as a transregional religion in Inner Asia and later as a form of modern Buddhism since the middle of the 20th century. With these emphases, the historical overview presented here is intended to generate more scholarly discussions and inquiries into the history of Tibetan Buddhism in both monastic and lay spheres in and outside Tibet.
Ancient Steppe Nomad Societies
Nikolay Kradin
Throughout more than two millennia, the extensive droughty areas in East Asia were occupied by pastoral nomads. A long history exists of hybridity between steppe and agricultural areas. The ancient nomads had a specific pastoral economy, a mobile lifestyle, a unique mentality that assumed unpretentiousness and stamina, cults of war, warrior horsemen, and heroized ancestors that were reflected, in turn, in both their verbal oeuvre (heroic epos) and their arts (animal style). They established vast empires that united many peoples. In the descriptions of settled civilizations, the peoples of the steppe are presented as aggressive barbarians. However, the pastoral nomads developed efficient mechanisms of adaptation to nature and circumjacent states. They had a complex internal structure and created different forms of social complexity—from heterarchical confederations to large nomadic empires. The different forms of identity in pastoral societies (gender, age, profession, rank) are presented in this article. Special attention is given to how ethnic identity is formed from small groups. The ethnic history of the ancient nomads of East Asia is described, particularly for such pastoral societies as the Xiongnu, the Wuhuan, the Xianbei, and the Rouran.
Archaeology of Buddhism in Asia
Himanshu Prabha Ray
The eightfold path shown by the Buddha in the middle of the first millennium
This essay is framed. Four themes are significant in the archaeology of Buddhism: the history of archaeology in Asia with reference to Buddhism; defining a chronology for the historical Buddha and sites associated with Buddhism; identifying regional specificities and contexts for Buddhist sites as they emerged across Asia; and finally addressing the issue of interconnectedness and interlinkages between the various sites within the Buddhist sāsana. The active participation of learned monks and nuns in the stūpa cult and their mobility across Asia is a factor that is underscored in this paper.
Asia in the Gunpowder Revolution
Scott C. Levi
Contrary to long-held notions that gunpowder weapons technologies were devised in the West and gradually transmitted eastward into Asia, more recent scholarship indicates that innovations flowed in both directions. Scholars have also come to recognize that there was no uniformity in the ways that states implemented gunpowder weapons, and that multiple factors relating to environment, demographics, and cultural preferences informed decisions about when and how to embrace the new technology. The major Asian agrarian states of the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals (the so-called Gunpowder Empires) and the Ming and Qing dynasties in China implemented gunpowder weapons differently. The Ottomans were the most aggressive in this regard, the Mughals preferred a hybrid force, and the Safavids long favored cavalry. Chinese militaries employed hybrid forces to great effect, but in later years a lengthy peace during the Qing era slowed the implementation of new technologies. In Central Asia and other places where rulers could rely on large numbers of well-trained, fast-moving mounted archers and a nearly endless supply of horses, they found little reason to rush to embrace what for several centuries represented an expensive, slow, and unreliable technology.
Asian Indentured Labor in the 19th and Early 20th Century Colonial Plantation World
Richard B. Allen
The period between the mid-1830s and early 1920s witnessed the migration of some 3.7 million Africans, Chinese, Indians, Japanese, Melanesians, and other peoples throughout and beyond the colonial plantation world to work as laborers under long-term written and short-term oral contacts. Studies of this global labor migration over the last forty years have been heavily influenced by Hugh Tinker's 1974 argument that the indentured labor system was essentially "a new system of slavery." There has also been a propensity toward specialized and compartmentalized studies of the indentured experience in various parts of Africa, the Caribbean, the southwestern Indian Ocean, India, Southeast Asia, and Australasia, with a particular emphasis on systems of labor control and worker resistance. Recent scholarship reveals that this labor system began two decades earlier than previously believed, and illustrates the need to explore new topics and issues in more fully developed local, regional, and global contexts.
Asian Piracy
Sebastian R. Prange
Piracy has been an important and persistent feature of Asia's maritime history. In fact, the largest pirate organizations in all of history were found in Asia. Although often regarded as the antithesis of trade, piracy is actually closely related to the world of commerce. Pirates were themselves often traders (or smugglers) and relied on merchants to outfit their ships and sell their plunder. Despite the obvious and primary economic dimension of piracy, pirates were also political actors. This observation is significant because piracy has traditionally been distinguished from other forms of maritime predation (especially privateering, but also naval warfare) by stressing its supposedly inherently private nature. In Asia, however, the history of piracy is very much defined by its political contexts. Pirates themselves formed polities, whether as part of established coastal communities or in their endeavors to build their own states. What is more, as was the case in Europe, pirates often colluded with territorial states that used them as an instrument of state power, in order to harass and weaken their rivals. The political dimension of Asian piracy has long been overlooked due to the preponderance of European concepts and sources, which tend to depict all Asians involved in maritime predation as mere criminals. More nuanced studies of Asian pirates, especially when based on non-European sources, promise fresh insights into the commercial, social, and political worlds of maritime Asia.
Aviation and Asian Modernity 1900–1950
Alan Baumler
Between 1903 and 1950, aviation technology was spread around the world and became a key concern of governments and a cultural marker of modernity. After 1903, Asia had to be explored again. Almost as soon as heavier than air flight became possible, French and British fliers began pioneering new routes to Asian cities and developing new maps and new airports along the way. With these new forms of knowledge, the colonial powers quickly moved to tie together their empires. New mapping techniques allowed for new forms of control, including what the British called "air policing," the idea that judicious use of aircraft, and in some cases bombs and poison gas, could cheaply pacify far-flung colonial populations.
Aviation was one field, however, where the Europeans did not have a long lead on Asians. Just as Europeans were using aviation to express their dominance, Asians were using it to express their modernity. Feng Ru was making and flying his own planes in San Francisco by 1912, and Siam had an air force by 1913. Asian social and political elites, who had once traveled by rail and steamship, now preferred to fly instead. "Air-mindedness" became a marker of global citizenship.
Japan was the first Asian country to have an aviation industry. They proved their technological prowess to the rest of the world when they entered World War II. Their pilots bombed cities and fleets across Asia between 1937and 1945. The experience of being bombed as well as the drills and community organizations that grew out of experience ushered in a societal awareness of the military power of airplanes. The war culminated with two atomic air raids and was followed by a scramble to occupy and connect the newly liberated and independent parts of Asia. The post–World War II period led to an intensified effort to tie Asia together with faster transportation
Beer and Whisky in Japanese Marketplaces
Jeffrey W. Alexander
Japan has a local, centuries-old tradition of brewing sake from rice and distilling spirits from ingredients such as grain and sweet potatoes, but pioneering entrepreneurs began producing imported "Western liquors" (yōshu) in the late 19th century. This Western liquor marketplace was driven chiefly by beer brewing and whisky distilling. Western liquors were marketed, advertised, and consumed with rising popularity through the early 20th century, as living standards rose and ordinary Japanese came to afford them regularly. Following the Second World War (1939–1945), these Western commodities were no longer viewed as foreign imports, and were instead broadly regarded as domestic, if not indigenous, products. The impact of wartime rationing transformed beer into a lighter-tasting beverage that became very popular with women and young people, and whisky advertising focused closely on professional "salarymen" seeking increased prestige as well as escape from their demanding jobs.
Bengali Communities in Colonial Assam
Sanghamitra Misra
The history of the Bengali community in Assam, along with many other communities such as the Marwari traders and the Nepalis, can be dated to the early decades of British rule in Assam when the East India Company found itself relying on Bengali amlahs (court officials) for its policing, legal and revenue administration of the newly acquired kingdom of Assam. The Bengali community grew partly due to the encouragement that the Company gave the Bengali language by using it in its courts, administration, and schools. While in 1873 Assamese replaced Bengali as the medium of instruction and language of the court, with some caveats and exceptions, the province of Assam, which was formed in 1874, brought together four historically distinct spaces in the region, including the two Bengali-speaking districts (Sylhet and Cachar) of the Barak-Surma Valley. The decades leading to Partition witnessed various factors, including employment opportunities and cultural and linguistic belonging, leading to contradictory pulls in Sylhet and Cachar on the question of whether it should be integrated with Bengal or Assam. Another important factor was the growth of linguistically based Assamese nationalism whose politics lay in the articulation of a unique Assamese literary and cultural identity along with the securing of employment opportunities. The latter would lead to a demand of an Assamese homeland free of competition from the Bengali middle class. A referendum in July 1947 based on limited franchise led to Sylhet being integrated to Pakistan while Cachar remained part of Assam and India. Other than the Bengali-speaking communities of Sylhet and Cachar, a history of the Bengali-speaking communities in Assam involves the story of peasant cultivators from East Bengal who continuously migrated into Assam in the early decades of the 20th century. While earlier pre-colonial patterns of migration were seasonal, the colonial state's primary aim of acquiring high agrarian revenue led to specific policies and schemes that encouraged peasant migration into Assam from East Bengal. This further encouraged an intensification of commercial agriculture especially jute, changes in the transport network in the Brahmaputra valley, a developed credit network, and some local elements such as Marwari businessmen and Assamese moneylenders. However, with time this migration created conditions of insecurity for Assamese peasants who faced ejection from their lands as a result of the growing competition for cultivable land and higher rents. The colonial state's attempt at regulating the migration—such as through the Line System in the 1920s—became a site of contestation among many emerging nationalist and political perspectives, whether of the Congress, the Muslim League or others. The tussle between the preservation of the rights and claims of indigenous peasants over grazing and forest reserves and those of Bengali Muslim immigrants over land defined the politics of the 1940s in Assam until Partition.
Bollywood in Africa
Ned Bertz
The presence of Bollywood films in Africa has a long history, one embedded in larger cultural and commodity exchanges between the continent and South Asia. "Bollywood" is a modern signifier for older film industries located in colonial and postcolonial India, with the largest export being commercial Hindi-Urdu movies produced in Bombay. Their circulation played out distinctly in different parts of Africa, based on colonial connections, Indian diasporic networks, regional trading linkages, and audience tastes. East Africa first saw the arrival of Indian films in the 1920s, imported by diasporic Indian entrepreneurs who opened movie theaters and screened Hollywood and British films as well. Indian and African communities both consumed Bombay movies and they increasingly came to lead East African box office shares for decades, even as moviegoing declined toward the end of the 20th century. Bollywood films reached South Africa in the 1930s and later were the preserve of isolated Indian communities under Apartheid in cities like Durban, home to a large South Asian population as a result of colonial indentured labor flows. Hindi and Tamil movies formed a cultural touchstone for settled diasporic populations who engaged with representations from a perceived homeland, although Bollywood films were mainstreamed in South African society in the 1990s.
In West Africa, lacking robust Indian diasporic networks, Lebanese traders introduced Bollywood films in the 1950s. They became immensely popular among African audiences in places like northern Nigeria and Senegal. As in East Africa, West African audiences interpreted foreign films in line with localized cultural and political values. By the 1990s, Nigerians were making some movies that riffed off popular Indian films in a global milieu of cultural mixing. In North Africa, distributors first marketed Indian movies in the 1950s to Egypt, where they attained a cult following. Bollywood stars and paraphernalia gained social prominence, although the public screening of films dwindled in the 1990s, forcing Arab fans to rely on alternate circulations, which continued into the early 21st century throughout the continent thanks to satellite television and other media technologies. The long-standing popularity of Bollywood in Africa should be no surprise given the worldwide spread of Bombay films from their inception, a tradition of exchange between South Asia and Africa, especially across Indian Ocean and imperial worlds, and Africans' historically vigorous participation in regional and global cultural economies.
Buddhist and Muslim Interactions in Asian History
Johan Elverskog
In the popular imagination, the meeting of Buddhism and Islam is often conceptualized as one of violence; namely, Muslims destroying the Dharma. Of course, in more recent years this narrative has been problematized by the reality of Buddhist ethnic cleansing and the genocide of Muslims in Sri Lanka and Myanmar. Yet, what needs to be recognized is that the meeting between Buddhists and Muslims has never simply been one of confrontation. Rather, the interaction of these two religions—which has been going on for more than one thousand years across the length and breadth of Asia (from Iran to China and Indonesia to Siberia)—has also involved much else, including artistic, cultural, economic, and intellectual exchanges.
Buddhist Culture in Early Modern Japan
Nam-lin Hur
Buddhist culture was most active and prosperous in early modern Japan (1600–1868). Buddhist temples were ubiquitous throughout the country, and no one was untouched by Buddhism. Buddhist priests wielded considerable power over the populace, and Shinto was largely subject to Buddhist control. Buddhist culture attained this considerable influence in early modern Japan through the performance of death-related rituals and prayer.
Death-related rituals (also known as funerary Buddhism) were rooted in the nationwide anti-Christian policy of the Tokugawa bakufu that utilized the administrative machinery of Buddhist temples. Using the opportunity provided by the anti-Christian policy, Buddhist temples were able to bind all households to death-related rituals and this, in turn, gave rise to the danka system in which dying a Buddhist soon became the norm in early modern Japan.
Given the rigid social status, mutual surveillance, and highly regulated nature of everyday life in Tokugawa Japan, people through prayer often turned to Buddhist deities to seek divine help for their wishes or ad hoc solutions to worldly problems. Beyond being sites of prayer services, Buddhist temples also served as spaces of learning, relief, and/or leisure, thus catering to people from all walks of life. Both prayer and play were also integral to Buddhist culture in early modern Japanese society.
Buddhist Medicine and Its Circulation
C. Pierce Salguero
"Buddhist medicine" is a convenient term commonly used to refer to the many diverse ideas and practices concerning illness and healing that have emerged in Buddhist contexts, or that have been embraced and carried by that religion as it has spread throughout Asia and beyond. Interest in exploring the relationship between mind and body, understanding the nature of mental and physical suffering, and overcoming the discomforts of illness goes back to the very origins of Buddhism. Throughout history, Buddhism has been one of the most important contexts for the cross-cultural exchange of diverse currents of medicine. Medicine associated with and carried by Buddhism formed the basis for a number of local healing traditions that are still widely practiced in much of East, Southeast, and Central Asia. Despite the fact that there are numerous similarities among these regional forms, however, Buddhist medicine was never a cohesive or fixed system. Rather, it should be thought of as a dynamic, living tradition with a few core features and much local variation. Local traditions of Buddhist medicine represent unique hybrid combinations of cross-culturally transmitted and indigenous knowledge. In the modern period, such traditions were thoroughly transformed by interactions with Western colonialism, scientific ideas, and new biomedical technologies. In recent decades, traditional, modern, and hybrid forms of medicine continue to be circulated by transnational Buddhist organizations and through the global popularization of Buddhist-inspired therapeutic meditation protocols. Consequently, Buddhism continues today to be an important catalyst for cross-cultural medical exchange, and it continues to exert a significant influence on healthcare practices worldwide.
Buddhist Religious Practice in Imperial China
Natasha Heller
Buddhist practice transformed the religious landscape in China, introducing new forms of mental cultivation and new ritual technologies within an altered cosmology of spiritual goals. Buddhist practice was carried out by individuals, but was equally as often a communal activity. A basic unit of religious practice was the family; Buddhist cultivation was also carried out by communities of practice at monasteries, which were also sites of large-scale rituals. Forms of religious practice included meditation, oral recitation, ritual performances including confession and vow making, and merit-making activities. Meditation encompassed following breath and exercises that recreated Buddhist images in the practitioner's mind. Meditation could be carried out while sitting, or while walking, and might also incorporate recitation of scriptures, names of the Buddhas, and dhāraṇī. Indeed, meditation practices were most often embedded in liturgical sequences that included confession, vows, and merit dedication. The goal of these religious practices might be personal spiritual development; through the concept of merit transference, religious activities also worked to benefit others, especially the dead. The fundamental of components of Buddhist practice were present very early in the tradition's history in China, and over time these elements were combined in new ways, and with reference to changing objects of devotion. The four major bodhisattvas of Mañjuśrī (Wenshu 文殊), Samantabhadra (Puxian 普賢), Kṣitigarbha (Dizang 地藏), and Avalokiteśvara (Guanyin 觀音) were especially important as objects of devotion, and also were emplaced in the Chinese landscape, where they were incorporated into pilgrimages.
Bukhara under the Mongols
Michael Hope
In Muharram
Bukhara's status as an intellectual, economic, and political capital of Transoxania was diminished during the period of Mongol rule. Samarqand was designated as the administrative capital of Transoxania for much of this period, and the presence of Mongol forces in Nakhshab saw Bukhara subordinated to the itinerate court of the Chaghadaid-Mongol princes. Nevertheless, the city continued to be seen as an important center of religious scholarship, and its prestige was boosted by the fact that it served as the base for two of the leading Sufi movements of its time, the Kubrawiyya and the Naqshbandiyya.
The Canton Trade, 1700–1842
Paul A. Van Dyke
In 1684, China reopened its doors to trade with the outside world, which had a huge impact on the development of global commerce. Canton quickly emerged as one of the few ports in the world where everyone was welcomed and where everyone (except Japanese and Russians) had access to everything including tea, silk, and porcelain. Unlike other ports, individual traders in Canton could buy and sell the same high-quality products as those handled by the East India companies. As the Canton trade grew, international networks became more sophisticated; as more ships went to China, new forms of remittance such as Letters of Credit and Bills of Exchange became standard, which streamlined international finance; as more money flowed into Canton, more goods were distributed worldwide, which gave rise to globalization; as economies in both the eastern and western hemispheres became more integrated with the Chinese market, there was a parallel decline in the risks of conducting trade, which encouraged the advancement of private enterprise. One by one the large East India companies found it increasingly more difficult to compete and went broke.
However, the success of the Canton trade was also its weakness. Because the legal trade was so dependent on silver collected from opium sales, and because a decline in opium sales would likely lead to a decline in rice imports, only minimal efforts were made by local officials to stop the smuggling. Foreigners were eventually able to overcome the system with the outbreak of war in the late 1830s, but this happened because the system had already defeated itself.
Catholic Christianity in Korean History
Franklin Rausch
From its establishment on the peninsula in 1784 to Pope Francis's visit to beatify 124 martyrs, in 2014, 230 years later, the Catholic Church in Korea has experienced massive change as it has sought to navigate persecution, imperialism, national division, war, dictatorship, and democratization. Despite the challenges it has faced, the Korean Catholic Church has managed to transform itself from a tiny, marginalized community into a highly respected part of Korean society with millions of members. This history can be divided into four periods: the time of hope, in which some Koreans came to believe that Catholicism would bring both spiritual salvation and this-worldly knowledge (the early 16th century to 1784); the time of persecution in which Catholics on the Korean peninsula suffered and died for their faith (1784–1886); the time of imperialism (1886–1945), during which Catholics had to balance the demands of nation, state, and faith in the face of increasing Japanese control of their country; and the time of development (1945–2014) as the Catholic Church in South Korea (the Catholic Church in North Korea being essentially destroyed) became an increasingly integral and active part of Korean society.
China and the Asian World, 1500–1900
Matthew W. Mosca
China's relations with the Asian world between 1500 and 1900 were shaped by a variety of political, economic, and cultural factors. A common denominator in these international relationships was a loose framework of ideological principles and administrative procedures later dubbed by scholars the "tributary system." This "system," first posited in the early 1940s, has remained the single most influential concept for interpreting the interactions of Ming and Qing China with Asian countries. However, in recent decades it has been critiqued from various perspectives, narrowed in the scope of its application, and modified by a greater focus on the actual course of specific cases rather than ideological principles. That is, historians have increasingly come to understand China's relations with the Asian world as influenced by pragmatic considerations and changing local dynamics, so that each relationship and the factors shaping it are best understood on their own terms. One approach to the study of Ming and Qing relations with the Asian world is to consider it within the framework of three regional groupings. China's interactions with its neighbors in Northeast Asia were shaped by its largely stable relations with Korea and the Ryukyu Kingdom, and its radically fluctuating relations with Japan, sometimes marked by conflict and sometimes by the deliberate avoidance of political contact. Early Ming political relations with maritime Southeast Asia atrophied as the role of European and private Chinese merchant intermediaries increased. Those with continental Southeast Asia (particularly Burma, Siam, and Vietnam), more enduring, were influenced by intense regional rivalries that occasionally impinged on the borderlands of China's southern provinces. In these two regions, the Ming–Qing transition, although particularly resented in Korea where it involved two invasions, did not radically alter existing patterns of international relations. By contrast, the vast territorial expansion of the Qing Empire did greatly change China's foreign relations to the north and west, where it encountered states that had not had relations with the Ming. In these regions the Qing government drew principles and practices from its foreign relations in the south and east, but modified them to fit new conditions. After 1800, and more intensively after 1850, European and later Japanese imperial power began to penetrate Central, South, Southeast, and ultimately East Asia, in each region undermining existing Qing relationships with Asian neighbors. By 1900, virtually all former Qing tributaries were under the direct or indirect control of the British, Russian, French, or Japanese empires.
China's Imperial Institution
Yuri Pines
Emperors were the symbolic and administrative pivot of the Chinese empire ever since its establishment in 221
The contradiction between the emperor's nominal omnipotence and his limited ability to impose his personal will on his subjects was imbued into the imperial institution from its very inception. Chinese thinkers of pre-imperial age (pre-221


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AUSTIN — Texas' youth movement is now official.
Sophomore Case McCoy and freshman David Ash, who split time rallying the Longhorns to their victory over BYU after starter Garrett Gilbert was removed Saturday, have been named co-starters at quarterback for this week's game at UCLA.
In addition, freshman running back Malcolm Brown, who came off the bench to lead the Longhorns in rushing in each of their first two games, is now a co-starter with Fozzy Whittaker.
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The Navy requested authorization under the Marine Mammal Protection Act because the mid-frequency sound generated by tactical active sonar, and the sound and pressure generated by detonating explosives, may affect the behavior of some marine mammals or cause what the Navy calls "a temporary loss of their hearing."
Mid-frequency sonar can emit continuous sound well above 235 decibels, an intensity roughly comparable to a rocket at blastoff. The sonar blasts travel across hundreds of miles of ocean to reveal objects, such as submarines, underwater.
NOAA's Fisheries Service, which issued the authorization says serious injury or death to marine mammals is not expected as a result of the exercises. But the agency acknowledges that exposure to sonar has been associated with the stranding of some marine mammals, and some injury or death could occur.
The Fisheries Service has determined that these effects would have "a negligible effect on the species or stocks involved."
Protective measures outlined by NOAA require the Navy to establish marine mammal safety zones around each vessel using sonar and shut down sonar operations if marine mammals are seen within designated safety zones.
The Navy must use exclusion zones to ensure that explosives are not detonated when animals are detected within a certain distance.
The Navy must implement a stranding response plan that includes a training shutdown provision in certain circumstances and a memorandum of agreement to allow the Navy to contribute in-kind services to NOAA's Fisheries Service if the agency has to conduct a stranding response and investigation.
Humpback mother and calf in Hawaiian waters (Photo by Fotolen)
The regulations establish an area of extra caution in the Maui Basin because of its high density of humpback whales. The Hawaiian Islands National Marine Sanctuary covers the four island area of Maui; Penguin Bank; and extends off the north shore of Kauai, the north and south shores of Oahu, and the north Kona and Kohala coasts of the Big Island.
Hawaii is the only place in the United States where humpbacks breed, calve, and nurse their young. Approximately 4,000-5,000 whales migrate to the Hawaiian Islands each winter. Although the population of humpbacks is increasing, these whales remain endangered.
NOAA Fisheries Service said in a statement today that these measures "should minimize the potential for injury or death and significantly reduce the number of marine mammals exposed to levels of sound likely to cause temporary loss of hearing."
But environmentalists disagree.
"The role of the National Marine Fisheries Service is to protect the health and welfare of marine mammals and they are abdicating their duty with this authorization," said Taryn Kiekow, marine mammal staff attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council. The nonprofit organization has fought a series of legal battles against the Navy's use of sonar due to its adverse effects on whales and dolphins.
"They are recycling protections for sensitive marine mammal species and habitat near Hawaii that courts have repeatedly found inadequate," Keikow said.
The Navy has been conducting training exercises, including the use of mid-frequency sonar, in the Hawaiian Islands for more than 40 years.
Exercises range from large multi-national, month-long training exercises using multiple submarines, ships, and aircraft conducted every other year, known as Pacific Rim Training Exercises, to two- to three-day exercises to test the readiness of battle groups, known as Undersea Warfare Exercises, and shorter exercises that last less than a day.
NOAA's Fisheries Service and the Navy have developed a monitoring plan to use independent, experienced aerial and vessel-based marine mammal observers as well as Navy watch standers, passive acoustic monitoring, and tagging to better understand how marine mammals respond to various levels of sound and to assess the effectiveness of mitigation measures.
The implementation of this monitoring plan is included as a requirement of the regulations and the letter of authorization.
The letter of authorization, which is required for the Navy to legally conduct sonar activities, is issued annually, provided the Navy abides by the terms and conditions of the letter, submits the required annual reports, and shows their activities do not result in more numerous effects or more severe harm to marine mammals than were originally analyzed or authorized.
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I have been scanning Esther's art into the computer so I can upload the images and make a photo book of all her art so far. I thought I would share some of my favorites.
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|I think this is a dog.
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|"shark and submarine" age 4
|"Esther and Ike" (notice Ike's soccer cleats)
"It's a big problem when bomb rolled in my condo. The adult I would tell is Mrs. Neeson."
|Can you tell we love the Pigeon books by Mo Willems?
|So true, so true....
|She didn't get to go to recess because she got into trouble.
|self-portrait, age 5


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The New England Historic and Genealogical Society in Boston has placed its database on pre-1850 Massachusetts vital records into "Free Search" status. http://www.americanancestors.org/home.html
Under the search menu select the pre-1850 census. During your initial search, you will need to register for the site but look for the free 'guest' tab.


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There is no rest for South Korea's top medical examiner Han Jin Woo (Ryu Deok Hwan). Jin Woo leads a team of forensic experts as they solve tough homicide cases and catch criminals up to no good. "God's Quiz 3," also known as "Quiz From God 3," is the third season of the drama series "God's Quiz," which is written by Park Jae Bum. The first season aired in 2010 and the second season in 2011. It is the first drama series about crime investigation using forensic medicine to air in South Korea.
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Good Morning Everyone,
I have some great news today. In keeping with the holiday season I am able to offer you two chances to win some special prizes.
If you go to http://craftside.typepad.com you will have a chance to win a copy of my new book, THE GRANNY SQUARE BOOK, plus many other chances to win other prizes.
I have also contributed to a book called SIMPLY CROCHET, which is being released in the next week or so. The book includes some small, one skein projects, up to a few larger projects, but none take more than 5 skeins of yarn. Some of the most well known designers in the crochet world have contributed to this book. Interweave has allowed us to give one E Book to one of our blog subscribers. My contest ends at midnight Dec 2, 2011, and I will notify the winner some time tomorrow on how to download your book. All you have to do is leave a comment on this post to be included in the drawing.
Below is a list of all contributing designers, check out their blog posts in the coming days.
Simply Crochet Countdown to Fun Schedule:
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Dec 1 Iced Ascot by Rebecca Velasquez, http://rebeccavelasquezdesigns.blogspot.com/
Dec 2 Flapper Hat by Margaret Hubert, http://margaretshooksandneedles.blogspot.com/
Dec 3 Billows of Baubles Scarf by Sheryl Means, http://sherylmeanscrochet.com/
Dec 4 Twist Cowl Wrap by Linda Permann, http://www.lindamade.com/wordpress/
Dec 5 Mystic Cuff by Robyn Chachula, crochetbyfaye.blogspot.com
Dec 6 Emma Lace Scarf by Simona Merchant-Dest, http://stylishknits.blogspot.com/
Dec 7 Diamonds and Lace Hat by Linda Permann, http://www.lindamade.com/wordpress/
Dec 8 Neck Lattice by Vashti Braha, http://designingvashti.blogspot.com/
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Dec 21 Dots and Dashes Blanket by Ellen Gormley
Dec 22 Spa Shawl Top by Doris Chan, Spa Shawl Tunic by Doris Chan, http://dorischancrochet.com/
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Is there a way in bash to redirect output and still have it go to stdout?
Let's say I do:
ps -ef | grep httpd
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ps -ef into a file at the same time. Like this:
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Is it possible to fork STDOUT in parallel like this? The above is only an example so little hacks like dumping to the file and then grepping the file isn't what I'm looking for.


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Catholic Diocese Boots Anti-Muslim Demagogue Robert Spencer
Add this to the increasing marginalization of radical anti-Muslim views: A Catholic diocese in Massachusetts today rescinded its invitation to Robert Spencer, a prominent anti-Muslim writer and activist, to speak about Islam at an upcoming conference.
"Although the intention of the conference organizers was to have a presenter on Islam from a Catholic's perspective, we are asking Robert Spencer to not come to the Worcester Catholic Men's Conference, given that his presence is being seen as harmful to Catholic-Islamic relations both locally and nationally," diocesan spokesman Raymond Delisle said in a statement to the Boston Globe.
Spencer had been invited to speak at the March conference, organized by the church in Worcester, sparking outrage from local Muslim groups. After an outcry, the diocese rescinded the invitation.
Spencer, whom the Anti-Defamation League's Center on Extremism has called "the godfather of the anti-Muslim movement in this country," has made a career out of writing books and giving lectures on the dangers of Islam. He, along with close collaborator Pam Geller, helped lead the opposition to the Park51 Islamic community center in Manhattan and has been behind dozens of other controversies. More darkly, Norwegian anti-Muslim mass shooter Anders Breivik cited Spencer's writings 50 times, though Spencer has called the shooter "insane" and refuted any association.
The response from Spencer and Geller was predictable: Blame the media. Writing at FrontPage, Spencer claimed that he was "informed" that the Boston Globe's reporter, Lisa Wangsness, "instigated the entire controversy" and that she "asked [Muslim groups] to call the diocese and demand the cancellation." Spencer published his entire, lengthy email exchange with Wangsness, including her phone number and email address, along with a correspondence with Wangsness' editor. They declined to comment in an email to Salon.
More: Catholic Diocese Boots Anti-Muslim Speaker
Spencer's even more deranged crony Pamela Geller is ranting away: BOSTON GLOBE'S LISA WANGSNESS COVERTLY AGITATES TO STRONG-ARM DHIMMI CATHOLIC DIOCESE TO NIX ROBERT SPENCER!!! - Atlas Shrugs.
Those covert strong-arm agitators are the worst.