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Ryan Howard is an American retired professional baseball first baseman who played all of his 13 years of Major League Baseball with the Philadelphia Phillies. Howard became one of the most feared power hitters in the league, leading the National League (NL) in home runs twice and RBI three times. He won the NL Rookie of the Year award in 2005 and went on to become the NL Most Valuable Player in 2006. More about Ryan Howard
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Howard was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on November 19, 1979, and grew up playing baseball and basketball. He played college baseball at Missouri State University, where he set several records and was drafted in the fifth round of the 2001 MLB draft by the Philadelphia Phillies. Howard was called up to the majors in 2004 and quickly established himself as a power hitter, hitting 22 home runs and finishing second in the Rookie of the Year race. His best season came in 2006 when he hit 58 home runs, driving in 149 RBI while batting .313, leading the Phillies to their first postseason appearance in fourteen years.In total, we tracked 2923 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Ryan Howard (2008 W.C. Phillies Team Signed Autographed Baseball JSA Ryan Howard Chase Utley) was sold in May 2022 for $2999.00 while the cheapest item (Ryan Howard certified autograph 2007 Topps # 75 baseball card) found a new owner for $0.01 in February 2022. The month with the most items sold (88) was October 2008 with an average selling price of $50.50 for an autographed item of Ryan Howard. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2016 with $214.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $1.99 was September 2017. In average, an autographed item from Ryan Howard is worth $39.77.
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Baseball Hall of Fame 2022: David Ortiz elected; Ryan Howard falls off ballot (01/25/22): A ballot loaded with star power, record setters and players with Phillies ties produced just a single honoree when the Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2022 was announced Tuesday night. By Jim Salisbury
What's it like to be on a hot stove 'mystery team'? Ryan Howard recalls Phillies (12/12/19): Nine years ago, the Phillies came out of nowhere to land the former Cy Young winner
Baseball star Ryan Howard sells his opulent Florida mansion for $16.5 million (02/01/19): Retired baseball star Ryan Howard has cut a deal for his massive Florida home, selling the waterfront estate for $16.5 million.
Ryan Howard sells his incredible mansion for a record amount (01/31/19): Ryan Howard is now the undisputed real estate king in Tampa Bay. By Josh Ellis
Developer Ben Mallah buys former Phillies slugger Ryan Howard's Pinellas home fo (01/31/19): He said it's a gift for his wife for their 15th wedding anniversary.
Baseball star Ryan Howard sells his opulent Florida mansion for $16.5 million (02/2019): Retired baseball star Ryan Howard has cut a deal for his massive Florida home, selling the waterfront estate for $16.5 million.
Ryan Howard sells his incredible mansion for a record amount (01/2019): Ryan Howard is now the undisputed real estate king in Tampa Bay. By Josh Ellis
Things are getting even worse for Ryan Howard (04/2015): Howard is 4-for-24 (.167) with zero walks and eight strikeouts through six games.
Ryan Howard trade rumors: 9 AL teams which could strike a deal with Phillies (03/2015): Yankees among the American League teams that Ryan Howard would not block a move to.
Charlie Manuel helping Phillies Ryan Howard alter batting stance (02/2015): Ryan Howard has showed up to Spring Training displaying a number of changes this year.
Would Cleveland Indians trade Nick Swisher for Ryan Howard? Hey, Hoynsie! (01/2015): If you were Indians GM Chris Antonetti, would you trade Nick Swisher for Ryan Howard?
In which someone describes A-Rod, B.J. Upton and Ryan Howard as potential offens (12/2014): This needs to happen, people.
A 28-year-old Ryan Howard got an "allowance" from parents (11/2014): On Wednesday, the sad details of the lawsuits lobbied back and forth between Ryan Howard and his family became public. In retrospect, a 2007 HBO Real Sports' profile piece on Howard, and the influence of his family, is more than a little interesting.
Caption Contest winners: Ryan Howard's contract (10/2014): On Monday, I asked for your best caption suggestions for my new Ryan Howard Phillies cartoon. Congrats to puckinweb, who came up with the winning caption, posted above.
Phillies Notes: Was this Ryan Howard's last game with Phillies? (09/2014): If this was the end for Ryan Howard in a Phillies uniform, let it be known he departed Citizens Bank Park to cheers. Howard blooped a single to center in the ninth inning of Sunday's 2-1 loss to Atlanta. Tony Gwynn Jr. pinch-ran for him.
Ryan Howard helps Philadelphia Phillies beat New York Mets (08/2014): Journeyman right-hander Jerome Williams pitched into the seventh inning to win his third straight decision since joining the last-place Phillies.
Sale pending on Ryan Howard's Bluebell home (07/2014): The Phillies' slugger's is selling his six bedroom, 7-bath house and moving to a beachfront mansion in Florida.
Ryan Howard's back-to-back errors doom Philadelphia Phillies in first game of do (06/2014): The fourth-inning errors allowed the Braves to tie the game at 2. They will play again at 7:15 tonight.
Ryan Howard becomes the fastest to 1,000 career RBI (05/2014): It may be 2014, but Ryan Howard was able to reach another offensive milestone on Saturday against the Mets.
Robbed? Questionable Call Costs Ryan Howard the Cycle (04/2014): Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard was a double short of the cycle when he stepped to the plate against the Rockies in the seventh inning on Sunday.
Man robbed of electronics, signed Ryan Howard jersey (03/2014): Police are looking for the man who stole another man's bag while he sat on a bench along the James F. Hall Trail earlier this week.
Phillies' Ryan Howard quietly in the swing early (02/2014): Ryan Howard does not want to discuss his health this spring. Judging by his play Tuesday, the Phillies can be cautiously optimistic.
Ruben Amaro: 'Ryan Howard Is 100 Percent Healthy' (01/2014): Just like the lead up to the 2013 Phillies season, the 2014 version has a lot of "ifs" that have to come true for the Phillies to compete. Not the least of which is "if" Ryan Howard can be healthy, and have a return to the form that made him one of the premier sluggers in baseball.
Ryan Howard thinks he can be a 30-100 guy again (12/2013): This is a few days old, but per MLB.com's Todd Zolecki, Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard thinks he can still be a 30-100 guy (as in 30 home runs and 100 RBI). Howard has been slowed by injuries ever since he tore his Achilles tendon making the final out in Game 5 of the 2011…
Photos: Ryan Howard's mansion rises from the beach (11/2013): Baseball star Ryan Howard's 34,000-square-foot beachfront mansion is coming together in Belleair Shore. Though the property itself is fenced off, much of the under-construction home is visible from the beach, drawing a steady crowd of onlookers.
Ruben Amaro Talks About Potentially Platooning Ryan Howard (10/2013): Ryan Howard will make $25 million to play for the Phillies next season. The idea of a part-time player making that much money is a difficult one to swallow, especially if you're the person who decided to pay that player $25 million.
Ryan Howard joins Phillies in Atlanta for season's end (09/2013): ATLANTA - Ryan Howard tugged on his gray T-shirt. He sat in one corner of the visitors' clubhouse at Turner Field, and his left knee was exposed as he wore red Phillies shorts. A bag of his bats - for use only in batting practice - were shipped overnight and propped against his locker.
Phillies Scoop: Trimmer Ryan Howard makes progress in rehab (08/2013): PHILADELPHIA — About six weeks after knee surgery, and thus just about on schedule, Ryan Howard is preparing to play baseball again.
Fans line up for Ryan Howard action figures (07/2013): Folks lined up at FirstEnergy Stadium Wednesday night to get their hands on their very own miniature version of Ryan Howard. The first 2,500 fans at the Reading Fightin' Phils game received a Ryan Howard action figure. The slugger looks ready to hit his next home run.
Ryan Howard's struggles continue in Phillies' 6-1 loss to Dodgers (06/2013): The three-time All-Star was 0-for-4 with three Ks Sunday and is hitless in 20 consecutive ABs with 11 strikeouts - WATCH HIGHLIGHTS
Hurting Ryan Howard, team taking things one day at a time for Phillies(With Vide (05/2013): BOSTON — Ryan Howard played in pain Monday night, and that is how things need to be for the time being.
Ryan Howard's hot bat keeps Phillies in the conversation (04/2013): With dreary clouds blanketing the sky in Cleveland, the Phillies had a day off on what might be the brightest point of the season thus far.
Philadelphia Phillies' Ryan Howard 's fantasy rankings this season are ridiculou (03/2013): Loading headlines... Loading headlines... Loading headlines... Loading headlines...
Phillies top Braves 10-5 as Ryan Howard homers off Craig Kimbrel (02/2013): Ryan Howard hit his first home run of spring training, an opposite-field drive to left off All-Star closer Craig Kimbrel that helped the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves 10-5 Thursday.
Charlie Manuel visits Roy Halladay, Ryan Howard and scouts Chase Utley, too (01/2013): In three weeks and two days, Charlie Manuel will stroll along the diamonds at the Carpenter Complex as pitchers and catchers take part in their first workouts of the spring.
Roundup: Drunk Guy Passed Out on a Urinal, Woman in Iowa is 115 Years Old & Ryan (12/2012): Oh roundup, how I've missed you. Enjoy the seven videos.
Phillies Notes: Phillies' Ryan Howard done for season after breaking toe (09/2012): MIAMI - This Phillies season was cursed long before Ryan Howard dropped a lead pole on his right big toe while standing in the on-deck circle Thursday, but the $125 million slugger accidentally created the latest fitting image. A broken toe ended his season five games early.
The Return of Ryan Howard (08/2012): Ryan Howard coming around after a slow start.
After video replay, Ryan Howard awarded home run (07/2012): After review, Philadelphia slugger's drive deemed to have cleared the left field fence
Baseball notebook: Phillies' Ryan Howard starts rehab assignment (06/2012): Ryan Howard went 2 for 4 with three RBI Thursday night to start a minor-league rehab assignment that the Philadelphia Phillies will watch...
Phillies fall behind on Ryan Howard story (05/2012): Die-hard Phillies fans, like me, hang on every pitch. We've filled Citizens Bank Park for seasons. When we can't get in, we stay glued to TV. We have every right to be worried about the team's standing, and even more of a right to be worried about superstar slugger Ryan Howard.
Ryan Howard headed to Clearwater for baseball work (04/2012): Ryan Howard has gotten his wish.
Phillies Blog: Bootless Ryan Howard takes grounders, talks (03/2012): The following is the latest from Ryan Lawrence's blog, Phollowing the Phillies.
Infection slows Ryan Howard (02/2012): Infection slows Howard
Phillies hoping Jim Thome can fill in at first with Ryan Howard out (01/2012): Jim Thome was asked a question Friday that he knows he cannot truly answer until March and April.
Phillies' Ryan Howard gives $1.2M to local schools (12/2011): Philadelphia Phillies baseball player Ryan Howard clowns for the cameras after announcing a donation from the Ryan Howard Family Foundation to the School District of Philadelphia during a news conference at City Hall, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011 in Philadelphia.
Ryan Howard Needs 5-6 Months To Recover From Surgery (10/2011): Ryan Howard could miss the start of next season after the Phillies' slugger had surgery Wednesday to repair his torn Achilles' tendon.
Ryan Howard to get cortisone shot for aching foot (09/2011): PHILADELPHIA – For the first time since Aug. 6, Charlie Manuel wrote a lineup that featured his eight regulars Saturday night. The result was an NL East-clinching win.
Phillies slugger Ryan Howard teaches kids about baseball, life at Glen Mills (08/2011): THORNBURY — Though he can power a baseball 420 feet into deep center field, Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard's pep talk to the All-Star Baseball Academy athletes Thursday had a different theme: Balance.
Ryan Howard is Building a Derek Jeter-Like Palace in Tampa (07/2011): The lazy river feature sounds very, very cool.
Lunch With Lesley: Ryan Howard (06/2011): In this edition of Lunch With Lesley, Ryan Howard sits down with Lesley at Morton's Steakhouse to talk about his upcoming charity event.
Ryan Howard is carrying the Phillies offense like no batter in the majors (05/2011): Howard had driven in a fifth of the team's runs through Saturday.
Ryan Howard's slam, 6 RBIs, lead Phillies over Mets (04/2011): PHILADELPHIA - Two big swings by Ryan Howard made it a comfortable night on the mound for rookie fill-in Vance...
Can Ryan Howard carry the Phillies in 2011? (03/2011): CLEARWATER, Fla. - The man who Ryan Howard put out of a job in Philadelphia six years ago can relate to the pressure of being a team's power hitter.
Baseball: The Phillies' Ryan Howard has not watched final NLCS pitch (02/2011): Howard's strikeout clinched pennant for Giants; Cardinals' Jim Edmonds, 40, calls it a career
The Big Piece Puzzle: Which Ryan Howard is most valuable to Phillies? (01/2011): THIRTY-FIVE years ago, the closest thing to advanced mathematical analysis in baseball was Orioles manager Earl Weaver's stack of 3-by-5 cards that recorded how his hitters had fared against various pitchers and vice-versa.


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France: Industrial activity stabilizes in May
Industrial output flatlined on a month-on-month seasonally-adjusted terms in May, improving from April's 0.3% decrease. The softer drop came on the back of an improvement in manufacturing and mining and quarrying output.
On an annual basis, industrial output fell 0.4% in May, moderating somewhat from April's 0.6% fall. Meanwhile, the trend pointed down, with the annual average growth of industrial production coming in at a one-year low of 1.0% in May, down from April's 2.5% reading.

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Learn about the Villiers affiliate program.
VilliersJets.com refers to the website and online platform of Villiers, a global private jet charter service. It functions as a central hub, connecting clients to a network of over 9,000 private aircraft across 40+ countries. The main objective of VilliersJets.com is to provide fast, efficient, and tailored solutions for individuals and organizations seeking to charter private jets. The platform offers on-demand services, allowing users to request a jet for immediate use or schedule one for future travel, ensuring flexibility and convenience for its clientele.
1. Origins: The origins of Villiers can be traced back to the growing need for bespoke air travel solutions, especially for high-net-worth individuals, celebrities, business executives, and organizations requiring swift and discreet travel arrangements. As commercial aviation became more congested, with numerous hassles from long check-in lines to delayed flights, the demand for private charter services surged. Recognizing this gap in the market, Villiers was established, aiming to streamline the process of chartering private jets, making luxury air travel accessible and hassle-free.
2. Platform Evolution: With the rapid advancements in technology, particularly the rise of online marketplaces and platforms, Villiers took the initiative to develop VilliersJets.com. The platform was designed to simplify the private jet booking process. By entering their departure city, destination, and preferred dates, users can receive instant quotes on available jets, making the decision-making process more transparent and efficient.
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4. Flexibility: Unlike commercial flights, where schedules are rigid, using VilliersJets.com provides clients with the flexibility to dictate their travel schedules. Whether it's a last-minute change in plans or a preference for specific departure times, the platform caters to these needs seamlessly.
The rise of platforms like VilliersJets.com indicates a shift in how people approach air travel. As the line between luxury and convenience continues to blur, more travelers are exploring private jet charters as viable options. This has led to increased competition among private charter service providers, pushing them to innovate and offer better services.
With the ease of access provided by online platforms, the private jet charter industry is becoming more democratized. While traditionally seen as a service exclusive to the ultra-wealthy, platforms like Villiers are making private jet travel more accessible to a broader audience.
VilliersJets.com stands as a testament to the convergence of technology and luxury travel. By marrying the two, the platform has managed to offer a service that is both elite and efficient. As the world continues to become more interconnected, and as individuals and businesses place a premium on time and convenience, it's likely that platforms like VilliersJets.com will play an increasingly vital role in shaping the future of aviation.
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The tests were performed in a controlled air conditioned room with temperatures maintained at a constant 25c – a comfortable environment for the majority of people reading this. These results are taken with the system built inside the Lian Li 8GIB Chassis.
Idle temperatures were measured after sitting at the desktop for 30 minutes. Load measurements were acquired by playing Crysis Warhead for 30 minutes and measuring the peak temperature. We also have included Furmark results, recording maximum temperatures throughout a 30 minute stress test.
Our temperatures show that XFX have managed to improve on the reference design with their custom PCB and cooling solution. Despite the large overclocked settings, the cards run cooler than the reference HD5970 . This is particularly noticeable when running Furmark as the ATI board would peak around 90c whereas the XFX solutions were running 8c cooler.


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Wake up with an fresh start! Â Energizing, quick and easy to make, this protein & potassium packed smoothie is creamy, delicious and full of nutrients like electrolytes and antioxidants.
Perfect for breakfast, post-workout or afternoon snack, you can make your favorite smoothie ahead of time and freeze it for a grab-n-go meal.
Cinnamon adds more flavor and has the benefit of assisting with blood sugar control. Cinnamon may also help to lower "bad†total and LDL, triglyceride and cholesterol levels, plus boost "good†HDL cholesterol in patients with type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
Maca, a Peruvian root, is considered a "superfood,†and best known for enhancing virility in men and women. Maca is typically consumed as a powder, added to foods like smoothies, oatmeal, soups.  Read more about maca, .
8 oz unsweetened coconut milk
½ frozen banana
½ cup frozen mango
1 tsp cinnamon plus extra for garnish
1 tsp maca
1 packet/scoop Vanilla Chai plant-based protein powder (I used Garden of Life today).
Add coconut milk to blender.
Add frozen banana and mango.
Add cinnamon, maca and protein powder.
Blend until thick and creamy or desired texture.
Pour and enjoy!
Substitution Ideas:
Coconut milk – almond milk, hemp milk, flax milk
Banana – avocado
Mango – papaya, pineapple
Cinnamon – nutmeg


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Hallmark Channel's 'Spring Fever' Features Six Brand-New Movies
Winter is winding down, and soon it will be March 20, the first day of spring. The weather will start to warm up, flowers will begin to bloom, and love will be in the air.
To usher in the new season, the Hallmark Channel will debut six brand-new romantic films as part of its "Spring Fever" campaign, according to a network press release posted on The Futon Critic website. The new movies will air on Saturday nights at 8 p.m. from March 16 through April 20.
What are the new films about? And which of your favorite actors and actresses will be starring in the made-for-TV movies? Read on to find out.
Flip That Romance
March 16
"Spring Fever" on the Hallmark Channel kicks off with a flick about a pair of house flippers. Jules (Dallas' Julie Gonzalo) and Lance (Warehouse 13′s Tyler Hynes) were once a couple but broke up while flipping a home together. Since they each own half of a duplex, they start a flipping contest to sell it off. While fixing the place up, a storm knocks out the power, and the two are forced to work by candlelight, which leads to a rekindling of their romance. However, after Lance hires a crew to paint the property without Jules' permission, they start fighting again. Each turn to a parent for some advice, but will it help save their relationship?
Love to the Rescue
March 23
Bruce the dog has been waiting to be adopted by a loving family. Now, two families want to give him a forever home, as single mom Kate (Awkward's Nikki DeLoach) and single dad Eric (Timeless' Michael Rady) have both promised their kids that they would be bringing him home. The parents agree to joint custody of Bruce for one month to decide which home would be best for him. But it's not just Bruce that has captured the hearts of Kate and Eric.
A Brush with Love
March 30
Art lover Jamie (Midnight, Texas' Arielle Kebbel) longs for a career as a painter, but is spending her time expanding her children's art school with the help of her father. Her passion gets reignited, though, when she is asked to exhibit in a big art festival. As for her personal life, she must choose between a handsome businessman and her best friend's brother, Max (Originals' Nick Bateman).
True Love Blooms
April 6
Does the community garden run by Vikki (A Series of Unfortunate Event's Sara Rue) have a chance of survival after developer Chace (Gone's Jordan Bridges) chooses the site on which to build new condos? The two understand each other's points of view, but are at a stalemate. Will they be able to find a solution that will appease them both? And will they find true love?
Bottled with Love
April 13
Career-focused Abbey (One Tree Hill's Bethany Joy Lenz) writes an anonymous letter about her desire to find true love and seals it in a bottle that she throws into Boston Harbor. Maine resident Nick (Cuts' Andrew Walker) finds the bottle, emails the note's writer, and soon they start forging an online relationship. However, neither one of them knows that they are actually acquainted in real life, as Nick is the son of her company's CEO, who has just been called back to Boston to work on a project. Of course, he must work with Abbey, and the two are not getting along. What happens when they find out that the person they've been sparring with at the office is the same person they've been falling in love with online?
Easter Under Wraps
April 20
Sales are declining at Cavendish Chocolates, and marketing director Erika (The Good Doctor's Fiona Gubelmann) goes undercover to investigate why. She soon learns from chocolatier Bryan (Chesapeake Shores' Brendan Penny) that automation has led to a decrease in the quality of the products. The two soon team up to bring back one of the company's most famous treats, the Cavendish egg. However, Bryan feels duped after seeing Erika's photo, revealing her true identity, at a company event, and contemplates a job offer from a rival company.


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Broker to take on new AXA motorcycle product
Bennetts has become the largest motorcycle broker to add AXA to its panel of insurers.
The subsidiary of Budget is taking on AXA's newly-developed motorcycle product increasing the number of insurers on its panel to ten.
AXA personal lines account manager Mark Andrew said: "Our motorcycle offering is a key development for us and so working with Bennetts was essential.
"This allows AXA to benefit from the intermediary's considerable expertise and knowledge and support its ambitious growth plans."
Andrew said: "One of the significant elements of the deal has been the speed with which Bennetts has brought the product to market - less than two months, which is highly impressive."
The AXA product has previously been used exclusively with smaller independent brokers.
Bennetts product development director Simon Jackson said: "The addition of AXA to the bike panel further strengthens the relationship we have as a group. We will be very interested to work closely with AXA to develop the product, and this, coupled with the electronic trading capability between us, should lead to significant strengthening of the relationship, panel, and continued improved profitability."


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It was a glorious day to take a walk on Coast Guard Beach, part of the National Seashore. After all of the frigid weather we've had and a forecast of snow tomorrow, we headed out for a walk on the beach. It was chilly enough to need a winter parka and mittens, but you really didn't need a hat. Amazing for January!
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Stand-up comedian and actor Bill Bellamy admits Kurt Cobain wasn't the kind of "rock star" he was expecting. While sharing stories from his new memoir "Top Billin,'" Bill remembers interviewing the Nirvana frontman at the height of the grunge rock movement.
"People forget that grunge came out of nowhere. This was a different type of sound, different type of vibe, and Nirvana was new. And they were huge; they came out of Seattle on fire," Bill recalls.
While Bill says he thought Kurt would arrive at the interview wearing a "super sexy, shirt open" kind of outfit, Kurt had on a "thrift store sweater, some old jeans and greasy hair."
"Dude, did you get dressed for this interview?" Bill jokes.
Bill also remembers Kurt being "so shy," which he says was wildly different from Kurt's onstage persona.
"How could this guy be so shy in real life but then you give him a microphone and a song [and] he turns into a superstar?"
Also check out Bill recalling his first meeting with "crush" Janet Jackson and why he almost "blacked out."


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Community/Service Learning
Community service is an integral part of the School and students are required to perform services for community-based entities in each of the years they are enrolled in the school. The following is a short list of activities conducted by Sidney students recently:
National Park Service |
Bitter Lake Refuge Restoration Project |
ARC Riding Program |
Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art |
Casa Maria Nursing Home |
Bird Sanctuary Cleanup |
Homelesss Coalition Supply Drive |
Animal Rescue Supply Drive |
Caroling at nursing homes |
Paint the bowl at the skate park |
*Service learning is an educational experience where learning occurs through a cycle of action and reflection. Students use academic and civic knowledge to address genuine community needs as they engage positively in their community and enhance citizenship and personal communication skills. Service learning is a type of experiential, project-based learning that drives students' academic interests and passions. Service learning also builds a greater sense of personal efficacy and identity, and aids in moral development. Learning outcomes of the service learning program include
- a positive impact on students' academic learning,
- improve students' ability to apply what they have learned in "the real world,"
- enhance problem analysis and critical thinking skills and,
- an improve students' ability to understand complexity and ambiguity.
*Statement developed from the National Youth Leadership Council and the Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching


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Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204) Study Guide 2023
The Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate certification enables you to implement solutions on Azure while leveraging the tools and services available. This is an intermediate level certification, so I would recommend you to set aside some time to study for the exam and practice using some of the services related to this exam - 'Practice makes perfect'
In this study guide, I will share with you some of the useful resources you can use to guide you during your learning path to get this certification.
Important Updates
In April 23 and August 23, some changes were made to align the Exam AZ-204: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure with the Azure Developer role. Some major changes in April 23 and minor changes in August 23. I suggest you review them using the link below that enables you to access the official exam's study guide. In this section, I will resume the changes to give you an understanding of what changed.
Percentage breakdown
- Develop Azure compute solutions (25–30%)
- Develop for Azure storage (15–20%)
- Implement Azure security (20–25%)
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize Azure solutions (15–20%)
- Connect to and consume Azure services and third-party services (15–20%)
Note: The good news are the percentages breakdown did not change from the previous version of the exam.
April 23
Implement IaaS solutions section was renamed to Implement containerized solutions and some important topics were dropped and others added. Major update is adding a topic related to Azure Container Apps service.
- Provision virtual machines (VMs) [Dropped]
- Configure, validate and deploy ARM templates [Dropped]
- Create and manage container images for solutions [Renamed]
- Create solutions by using Azure Container Apps [Added]
Implement Azure Functions
- Implement Azure Durable Functions [Dropped]
Develop solutions that use Azure Cosmos DB storage
- Select the appropriate API and SDK for a solution [Dropped]
- Implement partitioning schemes and partition keys [Dropped]
Develop solutions that use blob storage
- Move items in Blob storage between storage accounts or containers [Dropped]
- Implement static site hosting [Added]
Implement caching for solutions
- Implement Azure CDN endpoints and profiles [Added]
There are some minor changes applied related to wording which you can review them in the official study guide, but I decided to do not include them in this list to provide a condensed list of changes.
August 23
In August, the only section that suffered minor changes is Connect to and consume Azure services and third-party services (15–20%).
- Implement API Management
- Create and document APIs [Added]
- Implement policies for APIs [Renamed]
So to summarize these changes, you should spend some time understanding how you can create APIs in Azure API Management and how to document those APIs using available features. Links below are available so you can explore these topics.
Certification path
Exam Name | Link |
Exam AZ-204: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure | Exam Details |
Exam AZ-204: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure
The AZ-204 has a length of two hours. There are 45+ questions and you need a minimum of 700 of 1000 points to pass the exam.
First place to go is the Microsoft Learn platform where a dedicated learning path is available, for free. Also, you should have a look to the Resources section in this study guide where you have useful resources to help you consolidate the knowledge that will help you get the exam and certification. If you prefer to watch videos, instead of read, explaining these core concepts and showing how to get prepared to the exam, then I invite you to have a look at the Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure (AZ-204) path, available on Pluralsight.
Skills measured
Develop Azure compute solutions (25-30%)
Implement containerized solutions
Create and manage container images for solutions
publish an image to the Azure Container Registry
run containers by using Azure Container Instance
- What is Azure Container Instances?
- Tutorial: Deploy a container application to Azure Container Instances
- Quickstart: Deploy a container instance in Azure using the Azure CLI
- Tutorial: Create an Azure container registry and push a container image
- Tutorial: Create a container image for deployment to Azure Container Instances
Create solutions by using Azure Container Apps
Create Azure App Service Web Apps
- create an Azure App Service Web App
- enable diagnostics logging
- deploy code to a web app
- configure web app settings including SSL, API settings, and connection strings
- implement autoscaling
Implement Azure functions
- create and configure an Azure Functions app
- implement input and output bindings for a function
- implement function triggers by using data operations, timers, and webhooks
Develop for Azure storage (15-20%)
Develop solutions that use Cosmos DB storage
- Perform operations on containers and items by using the SDK
- set the appropriate consistency level for operations
- Implement change feed notifications
Develop solutions that use blob storage
- set and retrieve properties and metadata
- perform operations on data by using the appropriate SDK
- implement storage policies, and data archiving and retention
- Implement static site hosting
Implement Azure security (20-25%)
Implement user authentication and authorization
- authenticate and authorize users by using the Microsoft Identity platform
- Authenticate and authorize users and apps by using Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), part of Microsoft Entra
- create and implement shared access signatures
- Implement solutions that interact with Microsoft Graph
Implement secure cloud solutions
- Secure app configuration data by using App Configuration or Azure Key Vault
- develop code that uses keys, secrets, and certificates stored in Azure Key Vault
- implement Managed Identities for Azure resources
Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize Azure solutions (15-20%)
Implement caching for solutions
- Configure cache and expiration policies for Azure Cache for Redis
- Implement secure and optimized application cache patterns including data sizing, connections, encryption, and expiration
- Implement Azure CDN endpoints and profiles
Troubleshoot solutions by using Application Insights
- configure an app or service to use Application Insights
- Monitor and analyze metrics, logs, and traces
- implement Application Insights web tests and alerts
Connect to and consume Azure services and third-party services (15-20%)
Implement API Management
- create an APIM instance
- Create and document APIs
- configure authentication for APIs
- Implement policies for APIs
Develop event-based solutions
- implement solutions that use Azure Event Grid
- implement solutions that use Azure Event Hub
- Azure Event Hubs — A big data streaming platform and event ingestion service
- Quickstart: Create an event hub using Azure CLI
- Exchange events between consumers and producers that use different protocols: AMQP, Kafka, and HTTPS
- Features and terminology in Azure Event Hubs
- Azure Event Hubs as an Event Grid source
Develop message-based solutions
- implement solutions that use Azure Service Bus
- implement solutions that use Azure Queue Storage queues
Additional resources
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Looking at the Jaguars unofficial depth chart
By David Levin
When the Jacksonville Jaguars lineup tonight to play the Baltimore Ravens a few starting spots are still available on this roster.
The joint practices between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Baltimore Ravens are over and now it's time to get down to business.
Are you ready for some preseason NFL football?
As both teams take the field tonight from Baltimore, the Jaguars will bring with them a roster that is still trying to recover from injuries during the 2018 season and ones that have affected the team during training camp.
When the Jaguars released its first unofficial depth chart earlier this week, there were a few surprises, but nothing you would consider earth-shattering. There does appear to be a question at right tackle ESPN.com's Michael DiRocco said it is about rookie Jawaan Taylor getting himself ready for the next level.
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""There really aren't any starting jobs open, but it will be interesting to see how things shake out at right tackle once the preseason begins," DiRocco writes. "The Jaguars drafted Jawaan Taylor in the second round, and the logical thought is it's his job to lose — but the Jaguars also signed former first-round pick Cedric Ogbuehi, who has gotten first-team reps, too."Taylor has some lower-body mechanics that he needs to clean up, but he's strong in his upper body and has the nasty approach line coaches love.""
On the other side, Cam Robinson is listed as the team's starter at left tackle, although he has not been on the field since Week 2 of the 2018 NFL season.
When the former second-round pick out of Alabama returns is still up in the air. Josh Wells and Leonard Wester will split reps in his place.
Marqise Lee is still listed on the depth chart as one of the starters at wide receiver, but he has yet to catch a pass from quarterback Nick Foles. The elder statesman of the wide receiver room is still on the PUP list. He is expected to be in the lineup at some point.
The team will line him up opposite Dede Westbrook. DJ Chark and Chris Conley are listed as the primary backups.
We should see plenty of rookie Gardner Minshew tonight under center. The former Washington State star and sixth-round draft pick could start the game as the Jaguars hold regular-season Foles out one more week before facing his old team, the Philadelphia Eagles.
Tanner Lee and Alex McGough should also see playing time tonight.
On defense, Leon Jacobs will start at strong-side linebacker while Ramik Wilson gets the nod with Quincy Williams on the mend from a meniscus tear. Myles Jack will man the middle from the SAM position.


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9 years ago @ Equestria Daily - Discussion: What Do Yo... · 4 replies · +6 points
the toy department here jsut literaly took the fucking chrystal empire assets and slapped it together, creating a monster not fitting into the masterfully crafted balanced ponyville,
questions are, WHY did had to be a completly new entity of building? why couldn´t the fucking box just regrow the three into a castle form? WHY was there adeus ex machina castle in the first place ? we have the castle ruins allready WHICH THE MANE SIX WANTED TO RESTORE BTW.
also it doesn´t even fit in other aspects. twilight tree house was warm had smooth edges was welcoming a home to stay.
the interior we saw was underground doungen like, cold sharp cutting edges, not a welcoming place to live.
also the three house was iconic to the ponyville picture and it jsut got erased to sell a shitty pile of plastic.
9 years ago @ Equestria Daily - Giant Trixie Plushie · 0 replies · +2 points
9 years ago @ Equestria Daily - Poll Results: Unshorn ... · 0 replies · +1 points
9 years ago @ Equestria Daily - 100 Standout Facial Ex... · 0 replies · +1 points
9 years ago @ Equestria Daily - Seasons, Nostalgia, an... · 0 replies · +2 points
9 years ago @ Equestria Daily - Twilight Kingdom - Epi... · 0 replies · +3 points
YES im the stinker with the most pessimistic view on this whole frnachise and i have to admit: with this final i was only to 5% right. because the excuse at the beginning saying that ponies didn´t cared for twilight in manehatten ebcause she was princess of "nothing" is a last secound excuse.
the rest of the episode.......
seriously did mccarthy did this on purpose? did she purposely wrote mediocure or right out bad stuff (EQG) jsut to blow my freakin mind with this one?
the songs where jsut enough to keep a good pacing (MMC 2.0 avoided) the action was so awesome i question hasbro CnD of fighting is magic now (seriously with that final HOW can hasbro keep the excuse up to say it to violent for their IP)
EVEN THE CLIMAX MADE SENSE this is is how you pay of a build up!!!!!! not with an unexspected spiek episode but with and actual pay off to the theme through out the season.
you hear from me guys the one that usual disses the later seaosn: THIS FINAL WAS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD. mccarthy STAY on this path, make mroe good one like this and I probably drop my constant pessimism about you.
9 years ago @ Equestria Daily - Yesterday\'s Tara Ston... · 0 replies · +1 points
this show didn´t knew, and it shows.
also it doesn´t have to be about fairness and such but think of why people go to the olympics not jsut medals but also jsut to be there and show your best.
the mane 6 could helped athlets to over come different obsteals , like stage fright, or a poisonous rivaliry, or lightning dusts false hatred towrds rainbow dash due to the event in the wonderbolt academy. Or something that threatens theentire of the event as a whole.
while spikes "arc" could be in a braod sense seen in that scenario, it still isn´t exclusive to it. it could have jsut been a chrystal empire ceremony or aynthing else, it didn´t had to be the games,.
9 years ago @ Equestria Daily - First Review of Season... · 0 replies · +1 points
9 years ago @ Equestria Daily - Yesterday\'s Tara Ston... · 5 replies · +1 points
im notsaying a spike episode is bad a normal perosn doesn´t exspet a spike episode for an episode hyped for the event in itself. i mean at one point they should have thought; hm the whole scenario we jsut made up could also be done without the games. i mean it could have even been somewierd ceremonial thing of the crystal empire that requires the latest and greatest hero to participate.
9 years ago @ Equestria Daily - Yesterday\'s Tara Ston... · 9 replies · +6 points
AND THAT really fits into this unsastifying equestria games build up. they build it up and jsut then when they about to make that episode they relized they didn´t had anything worthy of that build up.


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SA vs WI: When will South Africa vs West Indies 1st ODI start? Here's the Buffalo Park East London Weather update
Updated on: Mar 16, 2023 5:00 pm IST
In a massive breaking news update, the South Africa vs West Indies 1st ODI match has been delayed due to heavy rains at the Buffalo Park in East London. South Africa recently registered an amazing 2-0 series whitewash against the visiting West Indies team at home and they have also been a dominant force on their homesoil in the white-ball formats. On the other hand, West Indies have not been in the best of forms in ODI cricket having lost four out of their last 5 ODI matches in the recent while.
SA vs WI: When will South Africa vs West Indies 1st ODI start? Here's the Buffalo Park East London Weather update
The toss for the first ODI match between hosts South Africa and West Indies has been delayed at the Buffalo Park in East London. There were heavy showers predicted in East London on Thursday and the SA vs WI 1st ODI was expected to witness some interruptions due to rain.
As the clock ticks down to the scheduled start of play, the weather appears to be uncooperative. The square is covered in a sea of tarpaulin, with a light rain still falling. However, upon closer inspection, it appears that the covers have merely been shifted around and spread out, possibly in an attempt to expedite the drying process while the rain has temporarily subsided. Despite these efforts, progress is sluggish and the wait continues.
The current conditions are undoubtedly frustrating for all involved, particularly given the imminent start time. The uncertainty surrounding the weather can add a layer of tension and unpredictability to any sporting event, and the hope is always that conditions will improve in time for play to begin. It remains to be seen whether the efforts to dry the pitch will be successful, and whether the match will proceed as planned. The situation serves as a reminder that, despite meticulous planning and preparation, unforeseen circumstances can always arise, and that flexibility and adaptability are essential traits in any successful endeavor.
The toss and start of the first Betway ODI have been delayed due to persistent rain ?
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South Africa Squad
Temba Bavuma (c), Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Tony de Zorzi, Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Sisanda Magala, Lungi Ngidi, Ryan Rickelton, Andile Phehlukwayo,Tristan Stubbs, Lizaad Williams, Rassie van der Dussen, Wayne Parnell.
West Indies squad
Shai Hope (captain), Shamarh Brooks, Yannic Cariah, Keacy Carty, Roston Chase, Shannon Gabriel, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Nicholas Pooran, Rovman Powell, Romario Shepherd, Odean Smith.


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Aramaic Sentence Examples
Its source may be an Aramaic or a Hebrew document.
That culture was naturally Aramaic.
Another chief characteristic of Aramaic appears in nouns, viz.
The new Arab invaders who soon pressed forward into their seats found the remnants of the Nabataeans transformed into fellahin, and speaking Aramaic like their neighbours.
As Hebrew became less familiar to the people, a system of translating the text of the Law into the Aramaic vernacular verse by verse, was adopted in the synagogue.
Aramaic targem, to translate.
Syriac is the eastern dialect of the Aramaic language which, during the early centuries of the Christian era, prevailed in Mesopotamia and the adjoining regions.
The form q`tal illustrates one main peculiarity of Aramaic, as opposed to the other Semitic languages, viz.
Hence the head of the Babylonian Jews was the exilarch (in Aramaic Resh Galutha) .
The series of native inscriptions, written in Aramaic, begins a few years after; the earliest bears the date 304 of the Seleucid era, i.e.
AdvertisementIts characteristic civilization grew out of a mixture of various elements, Arabic, Aramaic, Greek and Roman.
The language spoken at Palmyra was a dialect of western Aramaic, and belongs to the same group as Nabataean and the Aramaic spoken in Egypt.
The technical terms of municipal government are mostly Greek, transliterated into Palmyrene; a few Latin words occur, of course in Aramaic forms. For further characteristics of the dialect see Nuldeke, ZDMG.
The language throughout southern and middle Syria as high as Killis is Arabic, which has entirely ousted Aramaic and Hebrew from common use, and tends to prevail even over the speech of recent immigrants like the Circassians.
The last survivals of Aramaic are to be sought in certain remote villages of Anti-Lebanon, and in the Syriac known to the clergy.
AdvertisementThe numerous Aramaisms point to a time certainly not earlier than the 4th century B.C., and probably (though the history of the penetration of Aramaic into Hebrew speech is not definitely known) not earlier than the 3rd century.
Not only are new words employed, and old words in new significations, but the grammatical structure has a modern stamp - some phrases have the appearance of having been translated out of Aramaic into Hebrew.
By about the beginning of our era the Jews had given up Hebrew and wrote in Aramaic; the process of expulsion had been going on, doubtless, for some time; but comparison with the later extant literature (Chronicles, the Hebrew Ecclesiasticus or Ben-Sira, Esther) makes it improbable that such Hebrew as that of Koheleth would have been written earlier than the 2nd century B.C. (for details see Driver's Introduction).
The former literature was generally written in Hebrew or Aramaic, and seldom in Greek; the latter naturally in Greek.
The language was Western Aramaic, the mother tongue of Jesus and his apostles.
AdvertisementThe Jewish War (I Ept Tou'IovIcdKoli 7ro%Egov), the oldest of Josephus' extant writings, was written towards the end of Vespasian's reign (69-79) The Aramaic original has not been preserved; but the Greek version was prepared by Josephus himself in conjunction with competent Greek scholars.
In Palestine and western Syria, the home of pre-Christian Aramaic dialects, the vernacular Semitic speech had under Roman dominion been replaced by Greek for official and literary purposes.
It is now known to have existed in Aramaic as far back as the 5th century B.C., appearing on Jewish papyri which were lately discovered by the German mission to Elephantine.'
The old Syriac version, which is to be found in a number of MSS., was probably made from an early Aramaic version, if not from the original itself (which must surely have been Semitic).
Eastward rose the mountains of Elam, southward were the sea-marshes and the Kalda or Chaldaeans and other Aramaic tribes, while on the west the civilization of Babylonia encroached beyond the banks of the Euphrates, upon the territory of the Semitic nomads (or Suti).
AdvertisementThe marshes in the south like the adjoining desert were frequented by Aramaic tribes; of these the most famous were the Kalda or Chaldaeans who under Merodach-baladan made themselves masters of Babylon and gave their name in later days to the whole population of the country.
Under the second Assyrian empire, when Nineveh had become a great centre of trade, Aramaic - the language of commerce and diplomacy - was added to the number of subjects which the educated class was required to learn.
Aramaic endorsements on business documents repeating in Aramaic transliteration the names of parties mentioned in the texts have also been of service in fixing the phonetic readings of names.
Hence it still seems best to assume some unknown Aramaic form equivalent to 7rapaicX y as, and then to take the latter in the sense of comfort or encouragement.
This hypothesis is not intrinsically improbable - and in Aramaic, a language closely related to Hebrew, " to be " actually is hawa - but it should be noted that in adopting it we admit that, using the name Hebrew in the historical sense, Yahweh is not a Hebrew name.
In the absence of any precise evidence on the point it is impossible to give more than a rough estimate as to the period at which Hebrew, as a spoken language, was finally displaced by Aramaic. It is, however, certain that the latter language was firmly established in Palestine in the 1st century A.D.
By that time, as we know from many sources, Aramaic was not only the language in common use, but had also received official recognition,' despite the fact that Hebrew still remained the learned and sacred tongue.
The practice of accompanying these readings with a translation into Aramaic is, further, so generally recognized by the 2nd century A.D.
The same word is found in Hebrew and Aramaic as well as in ancient Arabic (Sabaean).
This temple had been razed and a fortress built upon its ruins, in the Greek or Seleucid period, some of the bricks found bearing the inscription in Aramaic and Greek of a certain Hadad-nadin-akhe, king of a small Babylonian kingdom.
As a Hebrew scholar he made a special study of the history of the Hebrew text, which led him to the conclusion that the vowel points and accents are not an original part of the Hebrew language, but were inserted by the Massorete Jews of Tiberias, not earlier than the 5th century A.D., and that the primitive Hebrew characters are those now known as the Samaritan, while the square characters are Aramaic and were substituted for the more ancient at the time of the captivity.
There are relatively few traces of it in Nehemiah's memoirs and in the Aramaic documents, but elsewhere the sources are largely coloured, if not written from the standpoint of his age.
This is highly improbable, but he may have derived particular sayings from the Aramaic source itself of that document by independent translation; and may also have learned both sayings and narratives in other ways.
The etymology of the word Tophet is obscure; it is possibly of Aramaic origin and means,"fire-place," cf.
This confirms the view that the Hebrew kipper, which appears to be a late word (specially employed in Ezek, and P.), originally had the meaning which belongs to the Aramaic viz.
This, in fact, is the old Aramaic word for a priest (with suffixed article, kumra).
We further possess a Samaritan Targum of the Pentateuch written in the Samaritan dialect, a variety of western Aramaic, and also an Arabic translation of the five books of the law; the latter dating perhaps from the 11th century A.D.
A god Hadad who was a prominent deity in ancient Syria is identical with Adad, and in view of this it is plausible to assume - for which there is also other evidence - that the name Adad represents an importation into Assyria from Aramaic districts.
However this name may have originally been pronounced, so much is certain, - that through Aramaic influences in Babylonia and Assyria he was identified with the storm-god of the western Semites, and a trace of this influence is to be seen in the designation Amurru, also given to this god in the religious literature of Babylonia, which as an early name for Palestine and Syria describes the god as belonging to the Amorite district.
The ultimate source of the subject matter in question, or of the most distinctive and larger part of it, was in all probability an Aramaic one, and in some parts different translations may have been used.
Aram-Damascus, which means, the Damascus portion of the Aramaic domain; and har-Ephraim, which means, the Ephraim portion of the (Israelitish) highlands - EV "Mount Ephraim."
As they gradually adopted settled life in various parts of the country the use of Aramaic spread more and more (see below, § "Persians").
The large Aramaic infusion had by this time been merged in the general body of the people.
Although Aramaic inscriptions of the Assyrian period, like those of Zanjirli or that of King ZKR of Hamath, have not been found in Mesopotamia, already in the time of Shalmaneser II.
Weights with Aramaic inscriptions (the oldest from the reign of Shalmaneser IV., 727-22) were found at Calah.
By the Achaemenian period Aramaic had become the international language, and was adopted officially.
For the purposes of everyday life, however, the people spoke not Greek, but Aramaic. As elsewhere, the Roman rule tended to obliterate characteristic features of national life, and under it the native language and institutions of Phoenicia became extinct.
The name " Hebrew " is derived, through the Greek `E$3paios, from `ibhray, the Aramaic equivalent of the Old Testament word `ibhri, denoting the people who commonly spoke of themselves as Israel or Children of Israel from the name of their common ancestor (see JEws).
In the New Testament it denotes the native language of Palestine (Aramaic and Hebrew being popularly confused) as opposed to Greek.
In general, the later books of the Old Testament show, roughly speaking, a greater simplicity and uniformity of style, as well as a tendency to Aramaisms. For some centuries after the Exile, the people of Palestine must have been bilingual, speaking Aramaic for ordinary purposes, but still at least understanding Hebrew.
Not that they forgot their own tongue in the Captivity and learnt Aramaic in Babylon, as used to be supposed.
As the popular use of Aramaic was gradually restricted by the spread of Arabic as the vernacular (from the 7th century onwards), while the dispersion of the Jews became wider, biblical Hebrew again came to be the natural standard both of East and West.
No other vernacular (except, of course, Aramaic) ever had the same influence upon Hebrew, largely because no other bears so close a relation to it.
In the Targums. - The word "Shekinah" is of constant occurrence in the Targums or Aramaic paraphrases of the Biblical lections that were read in the synagogue-service to the people.
They are written in an alphabet derived from an Aramaic source and recount the history of the northern branch of the Turks or Tu-kiue of Chinese historians.
Symeon and Simon are both well-known names in Aramaic and Greek respectively, but Cephas and Peter are previously unknown.
Symeon was no doubt his original Aramaic name, and the earliest gospel, Mark, which has some claim specially to reproduce Petrine tradition, is careful to employ Simon until after the name Peter had been given, and not then to use it again.
At the same time the prevalent tone of the populace was, no doubt, Hellenistic, as is shown by the fact that the Jews who settled there acquired Greek in place of Aramaic as their mother-tongue, and in its upper circles Alexandrian society under the Ptolemies was not only Hellenistic, but notable among the Hellenes for its literary and artistic brilliance.
At that time, along with foreign ideas, many foreign words had crept into the language; especially Aramaic terms for religious conceptions of Jewish or Christian origin.
There is, for instance, no difficulty in deriving the Arab meaning of " revelation " from the common Aramaic " salvation," and this transference must have taken place in a community for which salvation formed the central object of faith, i.e.
Milla is properly " word " (= Aramaic melltha), but in the Koran " religion."
Although of the Aramaic dialects none employs the term Melltha in the sense of religion, it appears that the prophet found such a use.
So again the word mathani is, as Geiger has conjectured, the regular plural of the Aramaic mathnitha, which is the same as the Hebrew Mishnah, and denotes in Jewish usage a legal decision of some of the ancient Rabbins.
Aramaic papyri written principally by Jews of the Persian period (5th century B.C.) have been found at Syene and Memphis.
For the following reigns Egyptian documents hardly exist, but some papyri written in Aramaic have been found at Elephantine and at Memphis.
Not improbably they spoke a dialect (or dialects) akin to Arabic or Aramaic. 5 According to the Mahommedans, Ishmael, who is recognized as their ancestor, lies buried with his mother in the Kaaba in Mecca.
It enjoyed a great reputation for letters and the arts (Cicero pro Archia, 3); but the only names of distinction in these pursuits during the Seleucid period, that have come down to us, are Apollophanes, the Stoic, and one Phoebus, a writer on dreams. The mass of the population seems to have been only superficially Hellenic, and to have spoken Aramaic in non-official life.
The nicknames which they gave to their later kings were Aramaic; and, except Apollo and Daphne, the great divinities of north Syria seem to have remained essentially native, such as the "Persian Artemis" of Meroe and Atargatis of Hierapolis Bambyce.
His proverbial sayings, in particular, a great number of which were written down partly in Aramaic, partly in Hebrew, strongly affected the spirit both of his contemporaries and of the succeeding generations.
On the coins struck in India, the well-known Indian alphabet (called Brahmi by the Indians, the older form of the Devanagari) is used; on the coins struck in Afghanistan and in the Punjab the Kharoshthi alphabet, which is derived directly from the Aramaic and was in common use in the western parts of India, as is shown by one of the inscriptions of Asoka and by the recent discovery of many fragments of Indian manuscripts, written in Kharoshthi, in eastern Turkestan (formerly this alphabet has been called Arianic or Bactrian Pali; the true name is derived from Indian sources).
It is derived from the adjective rab (in Aramaic, and frequently also in Hebrew, "great"), which acquired in modern Hebrew the signification of "lord," in relation to servants or slaves, and of "teacher," "master," in relation to the disciple.
A great darkness shrouded the scene for three hours, and then, in His native Aramaic, Jesus cried in the words of the Psalm, " My God, My God, why has Thou forsaken Me?"
But in the Aramaic versions Rekem is the name of Kadesh; Josephus may have confused the two places.
Sometimes the Aramaic versions give the form Rekem-Geya, which recalls the name of the village El-ji, south-east of Petra; the capital, however, would hardly be defined by the name of a neighbouring village.
Thus all Bedouins in that region came to be called Saraceni, in Aramaic Sarkaje, usually with no very favourable meaning.
Most authorities have held that the new form was derived from E by dropping the lowermost crossbar; some have held that it developed out of the old Vau, a view which is not impossible in itself and has the similar development in Aramaic (Tema) in its favour.
The oldest records in Aramaic were found at Sindjirli, in the north of Syria, in 1890, and date to about Boo B.C. At this epoch the Aramaic. Aramaic alphabet, or at any rate the alphabet of these records, is but little different from that shown upon the Moabite stone.
Either two sounds are confused under one symbol, or these records represent a dialect which, like Hebrew and Assyrian, shows sh, z, and c, where the ordinary Aramaic representation is t, d, and t, the Arabic tic, dh, and th.
The Aramaic became in time by far the most important of the northern Semitic alphabets.
Two changes, the inception of which is early, but the completion of which belongs to the Persian period, gave the impulse which Aramaic obeyed in all its later developments.
These characteristics were naturally emphasized in the Aramaic writing on papyrus which, beginning about 500 B.C., during the Persian sovereignty in Egypt, lasted on there till about zoo B.C. The gradual development of this script into the square Hebrew, and the more ornamental writing of Palmyra, may be traced in the works of Berger and Lidzbarski.'
In the land of the Nabataeans, a people of Arabian origin, the Aramaic alphabet was employed in a form which ultimately de- Arabic. veloped into the modern Arabic alphabet.
Probably the earliest example of the Aramaic script in Arabia is the stele of Tema, in north-western Arabia, whereon is commemorated the establishment of a worship of an Aramaic divinity.
Another form of the Aramaic alphabet, namely, the so-called Estrangela writing which was in use amongst the Christians of northern Syria, was carried by Nestorian missionaries into Central Asia and became the ancestor of a multitude of alphabets spreading through the Turkomans as far east as Manchuria.
We have seen that at Babylon itself the Aramaic language and character were well known.
It is probable therefore, a priori, that from the Aramaic alphabet the later writing of Persia should be developed.
The conclusion is confirmed by the coins, the only records with Iranian script which go back so far; but the special form of Aramaic from which the Iranian alphabet is derived must at present be left undecided.
As Buhler shows in detail, the Kharosthi alphabet is derived from the alphabet of the Aramaic inscriptions which date from the earlier part of the Achaemenid period.
The Aramaic alphabet passed into India with the staff of subordinate officials by whom Darius organized his conquests there.
The Kharosthi is then the gradual development under local conditions of the Aramaic alphabet of the Persian period.
The Book of Tobit has reached us in Greek, Latin, Syriac, Aramaic and Hebrew versions; of these the Hebrew are the latest, and need not be considered.
Jerome's version is from the Aramaic, or, as it used to be called, the Chaldee.
It was only in 1878 that the Aramaic version was brought to light, being published by Adolph Neubauer from a unique MS. in the Bodleian Library.
But he is there as the companion and friend of man, which is Aryan and not Semitic. So alien indeed is this from the Semitic mind that in the Aramaic and Hebrew versions the dog does not appear.
The Mishnah is written in a late literary form of Hebrew; but the Gemara is in Aramaic (except the Baraithas), that of the Bab.
With such materials the cuneiform script could not be used; instead, the Persian language was written in, Aramaic characters, a method which later led to the so-called Pahlavi, i.e.
In Cappadocia, Aramaic inscriptions have been discovered (1900), in which the indigenous god, there termed Bel the king, recognizes the Mazdayasnian Religion (Din Mazdayasnish)i.e.
The district of Persis, also, became independent soon after the time of Antiochus IV., and was ruled by its own kings, who perpetuated the Achaemenian traditions, and on their coinswhich bear the Persian language in Aramaic characters, i.e.
The script was derived from the Aramaic.
Henceforward Greek culture practically vanishes and gives place to Aramaic; it is significant that in future the kings of Mesene stamped their coinage with Aramaic legends.
This Aramaic victory was powerfully aided by the ever-increasing progress of Christianity, which soon created, as is well known, an Aramaic literature Christianity.
After that Greek culture and Greek literature were only accessible to the Orientals in an Aramaic dress.
He regarded many books of the Old Testament as spurious, questioned the genuineness of 2 Peter and Jude, denied the Pauline authorship of Timothy and Titus, and suggested that the canonical gospels were based upon various translations and editions of a primary Aramaic gospel.
He also wrote a Hebrew and an Aramaic grammar.
But the question at once arises, was the original Aramaic or Hebrew?
Certain proper names in the Latin Version ending in -in seem to bespeak an Aramaic original, as Cettin, Filistin, &c. But since in all these cases the Ethiopic transliterations end in -m and not in -n, it is not improbable that the Aramaism in the Latin Version is due to the translator, who, it has been concluded on other grounds, was a Palestinian Jew.'
This idiom could, of course, be explained on the hypothesis of an Aramaic original.
And it is indeed likely that Papias himself closely associated the latter with the Hebrew (or Aramaic) work by Matthew, of which he had been told, since the traditional connexion of this Greek Gospel with Matthew can hardly have begun later than this time.
But the original Aramaic Logian document may have been more largely reproduced in our Greek Matthew.
Klostermann, however, takes the ch to be part of the Aramaic root demach, " to sleep "; the word would then mean " field of sleep " or cemetery (Probleme im Aposteltexte, 1-8, 1883), an explanation which fits in well with the account in Matthew xxvii.
Similar forms are also found in early Aramaic, but another form 1 or L, which is found in the Phoenician of Cyprus in the 9th or 10th century B.C. has had more effect upon the later development of the Semitic forms. The length of the two back strokes and the manner in which they join the upright are the only variations in Greek.
When subsequently the Babylonian language went out of use and Aramaic took its place, the latter tongue was wrongly termed "Chaldee" by Jerome, because it was the only language known to him used in Babylonia.
Various attempts have been made to explain the sudden change from Hebrew to Aramaic in ii.
It was long thought, for example, that Aramaic was the vernacular of Babylonia and was consequently employed as the language of the parts relating to that country.
Aramaic. It must be supposed then that, certain parts of the original Hebrew manuscript being lost, the missing places were supplied from the current Aramaic translation.'
That the Book of Enoch was written in Semitic is now accepted on all hands, but scholars are divided as to whether the Semitic language in question was Hebrew or Aramaic. Only one valuable contribution on this question has been made, and that by Halevy in the Journal Asiatique, AvrilMai 186 7, pp. 35 2 -395.
A prolonged study of the text, which has brought to light a multitude of fresh passages the majority of which can be explained by retranslation into Hebrew, has convinced the present writer' that, whilst the evidence on the whole is in favour of an Aramaic original of vi.-xxxvi., it is just as conclusive on behalf of the Hebrew original of the greater part of the rest of the book.
In order to recover the original text, it is from time to time necessary to retranslate the Ethiopic into Greek, and the latter in turn into Aramaic or Hebrew.
It ought to be borne in mind that the Aramaic portion of the Megillath Taanith (a document considerably older than the treatises in the Mishna) gives a catalogue only of the days on which fasting was forbidden.
History, There is good reasonto regard the Druses as, racially, a mixture of refugee stocks, in which the Arab largely predominates, grafted on to an original mountain population of Aramaic blood and Incarnationist tendencies.
Thus the Aramaic languages may be geographically defined as the Semitic dialects originally current in Mesopotamia and the regions extending south-west from the Euphrates to Palestine.
The Aramaic. and Hebrew v, which seem so different, arise from a circle left open at the top, 0, a form which can be traced in Aramaic from the 5th or 6th century B.C. In the Greek alphabets the circle appears sometimes with a dot in the centre, but in many cases it is doubtful whether this mark is, intentional, or is only the result of fixing a sharp point there while describing the circle.
The oldest certain form is the Aramaic Urhai (" Western " pronunciation Urhoi), which appears in Greek as an adjective as Oppor i vi t, 2 -voi 3 (perhaps also as a fortress with spring, as Oppa),4 and in Latin as Orr(h)ei, 5 and (in the inscription on Abgar's grave) Orrhenoru(m).
When Aramaic began to take the place of Assyrian in written documents is not known; but just across the Euphrates the change had occurred as early as the 8th century B.C. (Zengirli, Hamath; see also Pognon).
Certain it is that the earliest documents that have survived in Syriac, or Edessene Aramaic, do not represent an experimental stage.
The names of the other kingsAbgar, Ma`nu, Bekr, &c. - are for the most part Arabic, as the people (in whose inscriptions the same mixture of names occurs) are called by classical authors; but the rulers, among whom an occasional Iranian name betrays the influence of the dominant Parthians, 13 would hardly maintain their distinctness from the Aramaic populace.
Inscriptions there from the third century BC were written in good Persian chancellery Aramaic.
There was a ' general Aramaic indisposition to literary composition at the time in question ' .
He supplies the Syriac evidence that supports the Aramaic retroversion and its meaning.
Also included are Syriac and Aramaic language materials and texts, also studies in comparative Semitics.
Of books of this period which are known to have existed in Hebrew or Aramaic up to the time of Jerome (and even later) we now possess most of the original Hebrew text of Ben Sira (Ecclesiasticus) in a somewhat corrupt form, and fragments of an Aramaic text of a recension of theTestaments of theTwelve Patriarchs,both discovered within recent years.
Its name is derived from the Hebrew shanah, corresponding to the Aramaic tend, and therefore a suitable name for a tannaitic work, meaning the repetition or teaching of the oral law.
It is probable that, as in Palestine an Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew text was found to be necessary, so in Alexandria the Septuagint grew up gradually, as need arose.
Aramaic gives to the noun instead an ending a, 1 On the place of Aramaic among the Semitic languages, and of Syriac among the various dialects, see Semitic Languages.
In the older Aramaic dialects this is used exactly as the noun with prefixed article is used in other languages; but in Syriac the emphatic state has lost this special function of making the noun definite, and has become simply the normal state of the noun.
The main grammatical distinction between Syriac and all the west Aramaic dialects is that in Syriac the 3rd person of the imperfect (singular and plural) of the verb begins with n, but in west Aramaic, as in the other Semitic languages, it begins with y.
In the Phoenician alphabet the earliest forms are or more rounded The rounded form appears also in the earliest Aramaic (see ALPHABET).
KhalepBeroea, we may infer, remained a native town and a focus of Aramaic influence, a fact which will explain the speedy oblivion of its Macedonian name and the permanent revival of its ancient title, even by Greeks.
The Targums are the Aramaic translations - or rather paraphrases - of the books of the Old Testament, and, in their earliest form, date from the time when Aramaic superseded Hebrew as the spoken language of the Jews (see Hebrew Language).
Hence we may reasonably infer that the mass of the people had adopted Aramaic at a considerably, earlier period, probably, as early as the 2nd century B.C., and that the need of Aramaic translations of the sacred text made itself felt but little later.
According to Dalman, 13 its language differs in many material particulars from the Aramaic dialects of the Palestinian and Babylonian Talmuds, and is more closely allied to the biblical Aramaic. On the linguistic side, therefore, we may regard Onkelos " as a faithful representative of a Targum which had its rise in Judaea, the old seat of Palestinian literary activity."
The translation, as a whole, is good, and adheres very closely to the Hebrew text, which has not been without its influence on the Aramaic idiom; at times, especially in the poetical passages, a freer and more paraphrastic method is employed, and the version shows evident traces of Halakhic and Haggadic expansion.
The Targums, or Aramaic paraphrases of the books of the Old Testament (see Targum), date from the time when Hebrew had.
It is idle indeed to rewrite the Gospel narratives in the Aramaic dialect spoken by Christ and the apostles, but the main watchwords of the Gospel theology - phrases like " the Kingdom of God," " the World to come," the " Father in Heaven," " the Son of Man," - can be more or less surely reconstructed from Jewish writings, and their meaning gauged apart from the special significance which they received in Christian hands.
By this time Christianity had secured a foothold, perhaps first among the Jews (see Edessa), and we enter upon the earliest period from which documents in the Edessan dialect of Aramaic, known as Syriac, have been preserved.
The relationship between the Pahlavi and the Aramaic is clearest in the records written in the " Chaldaeo-Pahlavi " characters; the a conclusion which is not invalidated by the fact that some important modifications are found beyond this area, nor by Dr Stein's discovery of a great mass of documents in this alphabet at Khotan in Turkestan, for, according to tradition, the ancient inhabitants of Khotan were emigrants banished in the time of King Agoka from the area to which Buhler assigns this alphabet (see Stein's Preliminary Report, 1901, p. 51).
But the Aramaic version has Greek birthmarks (see especially p. 7, line 18), which other scholars than its editor have thought decisive against its originality.
Nor is it possible to follow the theory of Merx, that Aramaic, which was the popular tongue of the day when the Book of Daniel was written, was therefore used for the simpler narrative style, while the more learned Hebrew was made the idiom of the philosophical portions.
Yiddish is referred to as the "mother tongue," while Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic are called the "holy tongue."
It is now known, however, that they were true Arabs - as the proper names on their inscriptions show - who had come under Aramaic influence.
Iap,apeta from the Hebrew "an outlook hill," or rather from the Aramaic form 7734, whence also comes the Assyrian form Samirina.
The term came in time to mean " a beggar " and with that meaning has passed through Aramaic and Hebrew into many modern languages; but though the Code does not regard him as necessarily poor, he may have been landless.
The legends are in Aramaic characters and Persian (Pahlavi) language; among them occur Artaxerxes, Darius (from a dynast of this name the town Darabjird, "town of Darius," in eastern Persia seems to derive its name), Narses, Tiridates, Manocihr and others; the name Vahuburz seems to be identical with Oborzos, mentioned by Polyaenus vii.
In catalogues and bibliographies, however, the expression is now generally used, conveniently if incorrectly, as synonymous with Jewish literature, including all works written by Jews in Hebrew characters, whether the language be Aramaic, Arabic or even some vernacular not related to Hebrew.
The Arabian tribes began to take possession of the partly cultivated lands east of Canaan, became masters of the Eastern trade, gradually acquired settled habits, and learned to speak and write in Aramaic, the language which was most widely current throughout the region west of the Euphrates in the time of the Persian Empire (6th-4th century B.C.).
The bulk of the population was of Arab race, and though Aramaic was used as the written language, in common intercourse Arabic had by no means disappeared.
The writing is a modified form of the old Aramaic character, and especially interesting because it represents almost the last stage through which the ancient alphabet passed before it developed into the Hebrew square character.
Its form in inscriptions of Melos, Selinus, Syracuse and elsewhere in the 6th and 5th centuries suggests the influence of Aramaic forms in which the head of the letter is opened,9.


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