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Interview with Roosevelt Bynum, development manager for IBM developerWorks
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Battle of Chunuk Bair
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The Battle of Chunuk Bair (Turkish: Conk Bayırı Muharebesi) was a World War I battle fought between the Ottoman defenders and troops of the British Empire. British units that reached the summit of Chunuk Bair early on 8 August 1915 to engage the Turks were the Wellington Battalion of the New Zealand and Australian Division, 7th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment and 8th Battalion, Welch Regiment of the 13th (Western) Division. The troops were reinforced in the afternoon by two squads of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment, New Zealand and Australian Division. The first troops on summit were severely depleted by Ottoman return fire and were relieved at 10:30 pm on 8 August by the Otago Battalion (NZ), and the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment New Zealand and Australian Division. The New Zealand troops were relieved by 8:00 pm on 9 August by the 6th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and 5th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment, who were massacred and driven off the summit in the early morning of 10 August, by an Ottoman counter-attack led by Mustafa Kemal. The capture of Chunuk Bair, (Turkish: Çanak Bayır Basin Slope, now Conk Bayırı), the secondary peak of the Sari Bair range, was one of the two objectives of the Battle of Sari Bair, the British August Offensive at Anzac Cove and Suvla, to try to break the stalemate that the campaign had become. The capture of Chunuk Bair was the only success for the Allies of the campaign but it was fleeting as the position proved untenable. The Ottomans recaptured the peak for good a few days later.
- 1 Background
- 2 Prelude
- 3 Battle
- 4 Aftermath
- 5 Commemoration
- 6 Appearances in Popular Culture
- 7 Footnotes
- 8 References
- 9 Further reading
- 10 External links
August offensive[edit]
The failure of the Allies to capture Krithia or make any progress on the Cape Helles front, led General Ian Hamilton, commander of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (MEF) to pursue a new plan to secure the Sari Bair Range and capture the high ground of Hill 971 and Chunuk Bair. Both sides had been reinforced, with Hamilton's original five divisions increased to 15 divisions and the six original Ottoman divisions having grown to a force of 16 divisions.[1] The British planned to land two fresh infantry divisions from IX Corps (Lieutenant-General Frederick Stopford), at Suvla, 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Anzac, followed by an advance on Sari Bair from the north-west to Hill 971.[2]
Anzac plan of attack[edit]
At Anzac an offensive would be made against the Sari Bair range, by the New Zealand and Australian Division (Major-General Alexander Godley) on the northern flank advancing through rough and thinly defended terrain, north of the Anzac perimeter. The division had been reinforced with most of the 13th (Western) Division (Lieutenant-General F. C. Shaw), the 29th Indian Infantry Brigade and the Indian Mountain Artillery Brigade, to about 20,000 front-line infantry. The attack would be conducted by a Right Assaulting Column up Rhododendron Spur to Chunuk Bair and the Left Assaulting Column would divide at Aghyl Dere and half would advance across Damakjelik Spur and Azma Dere to the Abdul Rahman Spur and then attack Hill 971, the other part of the force would move to the right up Damakjelik Spur to Hill Q. To prevent delays, a Right Covering Force was to take Destroyer Hill, Table top, Old No 3 Post and Bauchop's Hill and the Left Covering Force was to reach Walden Point, cross Aghyl Dere and take Damakjelik Bair.[3]
After the covering forces had captured their objectives by 10:30 p.m. the attacking columns would advance at 10:30 p.m. to reach the ridge an hour before dawn. Once Hill Q and Hill 971 had been captured, the Left Assaulting Column was to dig in and the Right Assaulting Column would consolidate Chunuk Bair and capture Battleship Hill, assisted by dawn attacks on the Nek and Baby 700 from the Nek from Russell's Top, by dismounted Australian light horse from the 3rd Light Horse Brigade, in concert with an attack on Chunuk Bair summit by New Zealanders from the New Zealand Infantry Brigade, who would traverse Rhododendron Spur, the Apex and the Farm. Hill 971 would be attacked by Gurkhas of the 29th Indian Brigade and Australians of the 4th Infantry Brigade.[4]
Rhododendron Spur[edit]
The approach to the peak was made along Rhododendron Spur, which ran from the beach to the peak of Chunuk Bair. The Ottomans had outposts along the spur at the Table Top, Destroyer Hill and nearest the beach at Old No. 3 Outpost. There was also an Ottoman outpost on Bauchop's Hill to the north. All these outposts had to be cleared by the covering force, the four understrength regiments of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, before the main assault column could proceed up the spur to the summit. The Auckland Mounted Rifles cleared Old No. 3 Outpost and the Wellington Mounted Rifles took Destroyer Hill and the Table Top. The Otago Mounted Rifles and Canterbury Mounted Rifles captured Bauchop's Hill, which was named after the Otago's commander, Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Bauchop who was killed during the attack. In all the New Zealanders lost about 100 men in clearing the outposts and while their efforts were successful, the plan was now running two hours behind schedule, making it difficult to reach the summit before first light.
The advance was initially made up the valleys, or deres, on either side of Rhododendron Spur and once past the Table Top, the New Zealanders climbed onto the ridge, leaving about 1,000 yards (910 m) to travel to the summit.
The three battalions travelling along the north side of the spur were in position by 4:30 am, shortly before dawn. They advanced to a knoll dubbed "The Apex" which was only about 500 yards (460 m) from the summit where at the time there were only a handful of Ottoman infantry. The Canterbury battalion on the south side of the spur was lost and delayed. Johnston made the fatal decision to wait for the last battalion to arrive before making the attack.
The attack on Chunuk Bair was a main element in a wider offensive. At 4:30 am a supporting attack was planned at the Nek against Baby 700, intended to coincide with the New Zealanders attacking from Chunuk Bair down onto the rear of the Ottoman trenches on Battleship Hill. The Battle of the Nek went ahead nonetheless, with tragic consequences.
Chunuk Bair (Çanak Bayırı/Conk Bayırı)[edit]
The opportunity for a swift victory at Chunuk Bair had been lost. By 8:00 am the Ottomans had started firing on the New Zealanders on the spur. The commander of the Ottoman 9th Division, German Lieutenant-Colonel Hans Kannengiesser, had reached the summit and was preparing its defence. In daylight, after an exhausting climb and faced by stiffening opposition, the prospects for a New Zealand assault against the peak looked slim. Nevertheless, General Godley ordered Johnston to attack.
Two hundred yards beyond where the New Zealanders were positioned on the Apex was another knoll called "The Pinnacle" from which it was a straight climb to the summit. Off the side of the spur to the north was a small, sheltered plateau known as The Farm.
Johnston told the Auckland battalion to attack. About 100 made it as far as the Pinnacle where they desperately tried to dig in. Around 300 fell as casualties between there and the Apex. Johnston told the Wellington battalion to continue the attack. The battalion's commander, Lieutenant Colonel William Malone refused, stating that he was not willing to order his men to carry out a hopeless attack. He said his battalion would take Chunuk Bair at night.
During the day the New Zealanders were reinforced by two battalions from the British 13th (Western) Division; the 7th Battalion of The Gloucestershire Regiment and the pioneers of 8th Battalion, the Welch Regiment.
Shortly after 3:00 am on 8 August, following a naval bombardment of the peak, the Wellingtons, followed by the Gloucesters, reached Chunuk Bair virtually unopposed. The preceding barrage had driven most of the Ottoman defenders away as the ground was too hard and rocky for deep entrenchments.[5]
Chunuk Bair was hard to defend, it was only possible to scrape shallow trenches amongst the rocks and the peak was exposed to fire from the main Ottoman line on Battleship Hill to the south and from Hill Q to the north. If the original plan for the offensive had worked, Hill Q would have been in Allied hands. Allanson's battalion of Gurkhas reached it briefly the following day but were in no position to offer relief to the troops on Chunuk Bair.
By 5:00 am, the Ottomans counter-attacked the Wellingtonians. The slope of the hill was so steep that the Ottomans could get within 22 yards (20 m) of the trenches without being seen. The New Zealanders fought desperately to hold off the Ottomans, firing their rifles and those of their fallen companions until the wood of the stock was too hot to touch. When the Ottomans got up to the trenches the fighting continued with the bayonet. The Ottomans overran part of the New Zealand trench and took some prisoners. In full daylight, reinforcements were only reaching the summit at a trickle.
The fight raged all day until the trenches were clogged with the New Zealand dead. Around 5:00 pm, Malone was killed by a misdirected artillery shell, fired from either Anzac or a British ship.
The Ottomans had reclaimed the east side of the summit and were reinforced by the arrival of the 8th Division from Helles. As the extent of the Allied offensive became apparent, General Otto Liman von Sanders, the commander of the Ottoman forces in the Dardanelles, appointed his competent officer, Colonel Mustafa Kemal, the commander for the defence of Suvla and Sari Bair.
As darkness fell on the evening of 8 August, the fighting subsided and the Wellington Battalion was relieved. Out of the 760 men of the battalion who had reached the summit, 711 had become casualties. Whereas Malone had resisted sending his men on a suicidal charge when told to follow the Auckland Battalion on 7 August, a day later the outcome would be the same. The New Army battalions had suffered the same. 417 casualties amongst the Welch pioneers and 350 amongst the Gloucester's including all the officers of the battalion. For the wounded the suffering was only beginning. Some took three days to travel from the higher reaches of Rhododendron Spur to the beach, a little over a kilometre away.
The Farm[edit]
Godley remained at his headquarters near the beach, largely ignorant of the state of the fighting. His plan for 9 August was to take Hill Q. The main force for the assault was a brigade commanded by Brigadier General Anthony Baldwin. Baldwin commanded the 38th Brigade of the 13th Division but the situation was so confused that the force he led towards Hill Q contained only one of his normal battalions, the 6th East Lancashires. He also had the 9th Worcestershires and 9th Warwicks from the 39th Brigade and the 5th Wiltshires from the 40th Brigade (who would later be redirected to reinforce Chunuk Bair). Plus he led two 10th (Irish) Division battalions; the 10th Hampshires and 6th Royal Irish Rifles from the 29th Brigade. Most of the 10th Division had landed at Suvla on 7 August.[6]
This force would climb to Hill Q from the Farm. At the same time the New Zealanders on the right from Chunuk Bair and units of General Herbert Cox's Indian Brigade on the left would also attack the hill.[6] The plan failed when Baldwin's battalions became lost in the dark trying to find the Farm which they did not reach until after dawn, around 6:00 a.m. The only force to reach Hill Q was Allanson's battalion of Gurkhas. They suffered the same fate as Colonel Malone, shelled by their own artillery, and their stay on the hill was brief.[7]
With the offensive once again stalled, the New Zealanders on Chunuk Bair had to endure another day of Ottoman harassment. As night fell the remaining New Zealanders moved back to the Apex and were replaced by two New Army battalions, the 6th Battalion of The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and some of the 5th Battalion of the Wiltshire Regiment from Baldwin's force.
On the morning of 10 August Mustafa Kemal led an overwhelming Ottoman counter-attack. If Chunuk Bair, the one Allied success of the August offensive, was recaptured, the battle was effectively over. His plan lacked subtlety but was brutally effective - overrun the defenders by sheer weight of numbers. Mustafa Kemal had stopped the advance of IX Corps at Suvla, with a counter-attack at dawn on 9 August and late in the day reconnoitred Chunuk Bair and planned an attack with six battalions.[8]
There were about 2,000 defenders on or below the summit of Chunuk Bair.[9] Baldwin's brigade at the Farm numbered a further 3,000. The Ottomans swept over the Lancashire battalion on the summit, few of whom survived (510 men were reported missing). The Wiltshires were unarmed and un-equipped and were scattered everywhere. On the right flank, the Ottomans captured the Pinnacle, driving the New Army troops before them. New Zealand machine gunners positioned at the Apex shot down the Ottomans as they tried to continue down the spur. The gunners could not discriminate friend from foe and killed many New Army troops who were amongst the charging Ottomans, as the Leinsters were rushed up to the Apex to reinforce. At the north side of Rhododendron Spur, the Ottomans descended from Chunuk Bair to the small plateau of the Farm and overran Baldwin's brigade, the Warwicks being almost annihilated, the 6th Royal Irish Rifles losing half its number and Baldwin being killed; the survivors retreating to Cheshire Ridge. The Turkish infantry were exhausted and fell back to the main ridge and the Farm plateau became part of no man's land.[10]
The loss of Chunuk Bair marked the end of the Battle of Sari Bair. Fighting would continue elsewhere until 29 August but there would be no more attempts to capture the heights. The Apex formed the new front line on Rhododendron Spur. In 1919 burial teams found the Farm still covered in the bones of the men from Baldwin's brigade, who were interred in The Farm Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery when it was constructed on the site after the Armistice.
Charles Bean, the Australian official historian wrote that the Ottomans had 9,200 casualties in four days at Chunuk Bair and Hill 971, from 1,800–2,000 on the 19th Division sector around Baby 700 and the top of Monash Valley and 6,930 losses in the 16th Division, mainly at Lone Pine. The total of Ottoman casualties at Anzac was about 18,000 men and British casualties were 12,000–13,000 men.[11]
A memorial arch, the Malone Memorial Gate, commemorating Lieutenant-Colonel Malone was constructed in Stratford, New Zealand in 1923 and a plaque unveiled in the New Zealand Parliament's Grand Hall in 2005.[12][13]
Victoria Cross[edit]
One Victoria Cross was awarded for actions at Chunuk Bair to Corporal Cyril Bassett, who repaired phone lines while under fire.[14]
Appearances in Popular Culture[edit]
New Zealand writer Maurice Shadbolt produced a play Once on Chunuk Bair in 1982. A film version Chunuk Bair (Daybreak Pictures) was released in 1991. There is a detailed fictional description of the battle from the point of view of an Ottoman Turkish soldier in Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernieres, author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin.
Musician PJ Harvey sings about the aftermath of this battle in the song "On Battleship Hill" from her 2011 album Let England Shake.
- ^ Aspinall-Oglander 1992, pp. 127, 487–495.
- ^ Aspinall-Oglander 1992, p. 133.
- ^ Aspinall-Oglander 1992, pp. 184–185.
- ^ Aspinall-Oglander 1992, pp. 185–186.
- ^ Aspinall-Oglander 1992, pp. 212–213.
- ^ a b Aspinall-Oglander 1992, p. 216.
- ^ Aspinall-Oglander 1992, pp. 217–219.
- ^ Aspinall-Oglander 1992, pp. 305–306.
- ^ Aspinall-Oglander 1992, p. 304.
- ^ Aspinall-Oglander 1992, pp. 306–308.
- ^ Bean 1941, p. 713.
- ^ Aspinall-Oglander 1992, p. 214.
- Books
- Aspinall-Oglander, Cecil Faber (1992) [1932]. Military Operations Gallipoli: May 1915 to the Evacuation. History of the Great War Based on Official Documents by Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence. II (Imperial War Museum and Battery Press ed.). London: Heinemann. ISBN 0-89839-175-X.
- Bean, Charles (1941) [1921]. The Story of Anzac from 4 May 1915, to the Evacuation of the Gallipoli Peninsula. Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918. II (11th ed.). Canberra: Australian War Memorial. OCLC 39157087.
- Newspapers
- "Colonel's courage gets its due - 90 years later". New Zealand Herald. 9 August 2005. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
- Websites
- "Malone War Memorial". New Zealand History Online. Retrieved 6 August 2005.
Further reading[edit]
- Aspinall-Oglander, Cecil Faber (1929). Military Operations Gallipoli: Inception of the Campaign to May 1915. History of the Great War Based on Official Documents by Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence. I. London: Heinemann. OCLC 464479053.
- Chambers, Stephen (2014). Anzac: Sari Bair. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Military. ISBN 978-1-78159-190-1.
- Ekins, Ashley (2013). Gallipoli: A Ridge Too Far. Wollombi, NSW: Exisle. ISBN 978-1-92196-600-2.
- Fewster, K.; Basarin, V.; Basarin, H. H. (2004). Gallipoli The Turkish Story. St. Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-74114-045-5.
- Kinloch, T. (2005). Echoes of Gallipoli: In the Words of New Zealand's Mounted Riflemen. Aukland, NZ: Excile. ISBN 0-90898-860-5.
- Pugsley, Christopher; Lockyer, John Lockyer (1999). The Anzacs at Gallipoli: A Story for Anzac Day. Auckland, NZ: Reed. ISBN 1-86948-815-6.
- Pugsley, C. (1984). Gallipoli The NZ Story. Aukland, NZ: Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN 0-34033-877-6.
- The Chunuk Bair Memorial, Gallipoli: The Register of the Names of Soldiers of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force Who Fell in the Battle of Sari Bair and in Certain Subsequent Operations and Have No Known Graves. Memorial register. Maidenhead, Berks: Commonwealth War Graves Commission. 1980 [1925]. OCLC 221427142.
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Good News/Bad News: Houston Texans
Good News/Bad News: Houston Texans
After a first winning season and narrowly missing out on the playoffs, expectations are rising in Houston.
But things haven't exactly gone swimmingly for the Texans after losing their top corner Dunta Robinson and the drug-test failure of Brian Cushing. Will this hamper the Texans as they attempt to land a playoff spot, or can they continue their development and finally challenge the big boys of the AFC South for a playoff spot and divisional crown?
1. Schaub making good
It was interesting to see Matt Schaub fail to make the initial Pro Bowl roster. How much of that was because of his lack of name value, you have to ask. His performance in 2009 was superb. Schaub went into the season with doubts over his durability and consistency, but he eliminated these worries with a passer grading topped by only four quarterbacks.
Highlights came early in the season against the Titans (357 yards and 4 touchdowns) and then in a loss Tennessee later in the season (305 yards, 2 touchdowns). The truth, however, is there were many more performances that made Houston's trade for Schaub in 2008 ago look an excellent piece of business. What we really liked about Schaub was his ability to deal with pressure, resulting in a +33.0 grade and completing 62.8 percent of passes on the 362 times pressure got to him.
The challenge for Schaub now is to maintain it, but given his performance in 2009, there's nothing to suggest he can't.
2. Making the receiver position even more explosive
The re-signing of Kevin Walters was good news, but the more interesting development with the Texans' wide receiver group could be the development of Jacoby Jones. Not as sure-handed as Walter (he dropped 5 passes to Walters' 1 despite getting 33 fewer targets), Jones accounted for a massive 16.2 yards per catch and displayed the kind of big-play ability that could give opposing defensive coordinators nightmares.
His threat stretching the field was evidenced by his 6 touchdowns and gives defenses another headache to think about when contending how to stop Andre Johnson (No. 4-ranked receiver) and Owen Daniels (No. 10-ranked receiving tight end despite missing half the season). With the Texans' penchant for rotating their players and formations, the possibility of Jones seeing more playing time in three-receiver sets and stealing away some snaps from Walter in two-receiver sets is mouthwatering.
Jones showed something in 2009 to suggest he can be a difference maker — the big question is if the Texans get more use out of him than the 277 snaps had had last season.
1. Ignorance isn't bliss
It was something of a surprise that the Texans decided to address their woeful defensive interior by … well, by doing nothing other than signing Earl Mitchell, an undersized defensive tackle likely to see action in obvious pass-rushing situations.
How this shores up an interior defensive line that was pushed around at the point of attack is questionable. The likely starters remain the easily moveable object in Shaun Cody (-8.6 rating) and the easily resistible force that is Amobi Okoye (-8.3). While Okoye was useful at generating some pressure (28 total pressures), it hardly negates the kind of run defense that made him the seventh-worst DT in that category.
The Texans have some talent at linebacker and end that masked these deficiencies to a degree, but make no mistake about it:Houston is going to need to get better up front if it's going to challenge.
2. A blindside problem we can all see
It's going to be a big third year for Duane Brown as the time for development being an excuse nears its end and the time to start producing begins.
After a ridiculously poor rookie campaign (-22.9), it was shocking to see Brown start the season off in relatively decent form. Throughout the first five weeks of the season he kept pressure away from Schaub and looked to have turned a corner. Then Cincinatti came to town and his season went rapidly downhill.
The 53 pressures Brown gave up was only topped by Mario Henderson, with Brown particularly susceptible to the outside rush, where he gave up 50.94 percent of his pressure. His run blocking may have improved, but the Texans will be wanting their 2008 first-round pick to do a bit better than our 63rd-ranked pass-protecting tackle.
The Texans are a team with some obvious strengths but some big weaknesses. The moves they've made this offseason seem to have done little to address this and it seems like a case of keeping faith with the development of players, hoping that is enough to catch the Colts. That's asking a lot, but with an offense that explosive anything is possible. Can they be consistent enough?
Target: 10-6


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Cadillac Powertrain Control Module (PCM) Tuning Discussion, What is an Aj tune? in Cadillac Engine Discussion; i have met AJ in person and know that he knows his shit..100% confident in his tuning ability... AJ i ...
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i have met AJ in person and know that he knows his shit..100% confident in his tuning ability...
AJ i shot u a PM hopefully we can meet up soon..
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are you still looking for the N2O tune?
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The results were interesting!
How does my little V6 with a ton of junk in the trunk do? Fair for a V6?
I have to admit, I loved how Highlines car runs and drives. I would LOVE to duplicate that combo. I haven't driven too may N*'s, but that one for sure is a far cry above the ones I have driven.
Kudos to AJ for a very refined and very quick combo!
Highline, NOW to look for a M112 for it....
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- 02-08-09 12:49 AM #34Cadillac Owners Connoisseur
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The ONLY person who made ONE change per PASS was Codewise...
And since then no-one is laughing.
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The first time I performed any mods to the car other than the tune was 12-07.
I installed a higher stall converter.
The stall = 2600 on the freeway under a hard load. I think the max stall is rated at 3200 to 3500. I have never seen this. I even called the manufacturer to have this explained to me. N0DIH even stated the converter felt just loose, but not 3500 loose.
All the testing before 12-07 is invalid because why?
- 02-08-09 09:57 AM #36Cadillac Owners Connoisseur
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Re: What is an Aj tune?
wasn't done at a dyno/track...
Shows stock like times..
Take your pick.
Why is it so hard for you'all to admit that PROPER testing has not been done.
We have gone over this over and over... Proper testing has never been done..
THE FIRST person to do a PROPER test was Codewise... All we had before that were "aborted" dyno runs and data loggers that made no sense. (and look stock)
I suspect he did the test mostly to get me to STFU...but all his PROPER TEST did was show that THE tune produces STOCK LIKE results and STOCK LIKE times (and even that's been a little generous)
What does Codewise say now?
"I'm faster with the Stock PCM" and
"There are no quick fixes with this car"
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It was on the street. The same starting spot and the same day.
Several time we data-logger one tune after another.
We had one Stock Tune that consistently ran .8 sec slower than another vin (9) stock tune from the same year car with the same engine and trans combo from 0 to 90. I guess you car doesn't have that one.
I would say we have well over 100 Data-logs with the Tech II stored, another 25 or so with the Wide-Band Data-Logger, another 25 or so with PCMScan (linked) and another 10 stored with the VDR, but we can watch live data and not record it with the VDR. You can't do both with the VDR. The VDR is by far the best Data-logger I have used. I just pulled up one week. Just from Monday June 30th to Friday July 4th of 2008 we had 10 Data-Logs on the VDR that I stored. We would have been Data-logging the Wide-band at the same time to verify that the PCM was reading correctly. I can only guess we had to toss a few recordings for some human error. Like not hitting the button at the right time.
I dialed the AFR in for the BIG shot of Nitrous back at the end of June.
I would have to guess that I have dumped over 100 more of the Tech II data-logs off my PC. Why have duplicate runs? I would make a change and then rune the car several times to verify the results. If they all come up the same I would just keep one or if we had traction issue I would dump that one.
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Just say a guy with a 2003 STS asks me for a STOCK hot tune. He has the .8 sec slower 0-90 stock tune and I give him what he asks for and the car is faster. What is the issue with that? Most people asked me not to go over stock.
Now as far as Codewise goes he did some testing for me on some segment swapped tunes. He DID NOT like the 2002 & 2003 OSID Cal's. Not sure why. Cams? I spent all my time on a 2003 OSID cal. That is what I sent him. I can't see what the issue is with his car because he NEVER Data-logged it. Maybe he has some type of engine noise that the knock sensor picks up. Maybe the 2002 isn't as sensitive to KR?
We just don't know and he hasn't helped.
We don't even know why he had a lean code with his PCM yet.
If I had the answers I could adjust for them.
All I know is I spent a ton of time on a 2003 tune and it works.
Ask N0DIH
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My main focus has been that 2003 DHS. The LS1 setup is 100% GM factory Nothing aftermarket at all.
- 02-08-09 11:23 AM #40Cadillac Owners Connoisseur
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"on the street" with a stop watch or datalogger is NOT accurate enough. You and I both know that alone will and 0.5-1.5 seconds of error to your test. Almost exactly your reported gains...
"data logger" on the street also is meaningless since you are relying on the very systems that you are monkeying with to tell you what is going on. Of course it will show changes...
When you can buy a Terabyte hard drive for less than $200 now there is NO reason for data to be dumped... lost... no longer available...
Scientific, provable tests are NOT hard to do... Codewise showed that.
You just need to ACTAULLY do them...
and untill they are done we all sit around scratching..
Highline knows what to do, and I think he agreed to test your tune at the next Caddy meet.
Proof is only months away. (but then again.. it alway is, isn't it )
You know there is another way... a way that CAN be done on the street (sort-of anyway)... Top speed runs... TOP speed is a direct measurement of max power. Show that your car picks up 5 MPH on a top speed run and YOU KNOW that you are making more horses... (notice that Tim Allen "pulled" the testing of his car BEFORE the top speed run was done.. after it did stock 0-60 and stock 1/4 mile runs )
We have a nice data base from Car and Driver and others that has the top speed of most cars for most years (stock)
Of course as always... A Top Speed run on a significantly Modified car (like Highlines) needs a "one change" run before and after.
I have said over and over... Produce a scientific "proof" test and I will be telling all that you have achieved the imposible and that your tune is for REAL... The only test we have is Code's car and your tune made it slower in to 60' slower the 1/8th and slower in the quarter. Turns out his car was broken... But it also turns out that he runs the STOCK PCM now.
Thats a FACT.
It seems that you would rather argue then actually document your work.
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Lets get this correct. I use a GM Data-Logger that states I have 12.6 to 1 AFR and a secondary Wide-band not hooked to the PCM Data-Logging the same and they are both wrong. You also would have to rule out a Data-Log for just the time it takes to run through 2nd gear with that statement. Let me understand this better. Hmmmmmm
The VDR or Tech II records the RPM drops from 6886 to 4550 as it shifts into 2nd and from 6400 to 4776 in say .0412 second on BOTH the VDR and the Wide-Band Data-Logger because I changed the target AFR
I understand YOU are Limited
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Datalogger runs are the most accurate. The datalogger counts the speed sensor output, which has a large amount of accuracy. So as long as no wheelspin launch, 100% accurate for speed and time. Wheelspin launch will throw in a lot of error for the speeds, but the speed and time will still be accurate, but the distance/times like 60 foot etc will be off.
This is my LT1 with 250K miles on it..... Flat ground zero wheelspin (hence the slow 60 foot time).
Yes, there are environmental conditions that exist. But their influence on the 60 mph and lower speeds is pretty small. So you can with high confidence show differences in acceleration. All you need is a datalogger and work with some acceleration ranges, say 20-60 that you have 0 wheelspin, same gear. This will show a lot.
- 02-08-09 05:43 PM #43Cadillac Owners Connoisseur
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Another problem on the "street" The "street" isn't flat.. more error...
Lets be VERY CLEAR...
TESTING needs to be done on the DYNO or at the TRACK. PERIOD.
Using tools like this generates all kinds of goofy excuses... Remember the responses we got when it was proven that Codewise ran slower on the Tune...
"You can't drive the car like that"
"You have to just stomp on it"
"You can't reload the torque converter"
"It will produce better times if you you don't launch on the brake, just press the gas"
"The tune is designed to make the cars fun... not more power"
"Codes tune was not the latest tune"
Hmm... All of those comments say the same thing..
"I get the best data logs when there is no slippage"... As my wife says "Well Duh!"
If you are relying on a zero slippage run to get your data you are now putting the driver right in the middle of this... You want to take the driver out of the equation... Drive the car "SLOW" with "ZERO" slippage and the logger will look completely different then one with lots of slip...
That's why the dyno is best... and a 1/4 mile run in an automatic where you load the Torque converter to 2000 and then peg the throttle at the green light also takes the driver out it...
Worse then that you tend to build a tune that REDUCES power until there is zero slippage... 'cause that gets you the best number...
I don't know of a single vendor or recognized media outlet that uses a data logging as a tool to verify a cars performance...
- 02-08-09 05:58 PM #44Cadillac Owners Connoisseur
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Re: What is an Aj tune?
Again lets BE VERY CLEAR...
We want to KNOW IF THE CAR IS FASTER ON THE TUNE... THAT'S ALL...
Simple Eh?
Do a run on the stock tune, swap in the AJ tune and do a back to back run... on the dyno or at the track... Simple.
Why is that so hard to do?
I might be limited... But my car isn't... its a "Z/W" car...
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Aiden Grimshaw continues to surprise with second single 'Curtain Call', which makes 'Is This Love' seem average by comparison.
Following a critically acclaimed debut single is fraught with the potential for disaster for any new artist. The good news is that Aiden hasn't stayed within the comfortable genre of his first song. He's instead continued to paint the narrative in bold new ways.
'Curtain Call' retains that atmospheric darkness, but it's juxtaposed against some of the most sublime vocals you can hear outside of a Zero 7 album. There are influences of Morcheeba and Moby that come whispering through the single's most electrifying moments as Aiden nods his head towards the artists that have influenced his musical style.
Aiden develops the story of his destructive relationship into its most natural progression as he desperately begs to keep hold of the romance. All this exhilarating, raw emotion is layered as Aiden's voice seeps into Shezar's soulful refrain on the chorus. It can be confusing to hear this depth of emotion from any former X Factor contestant, but the curiosity of it all is equally seductive.
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We went to admit our 3 year old in nursery at DPS North today. We were shocked when the headmistress told us that in addition to the admission and caution fees, we had to pay Rs 30000 extra in cash, for which we would not be given any receipt!!
This is not what we expected from a so-called good school, supposedly imparting good education and values to its students.
Can one provide feedback or review on DPS north? My kid got admission here and i need to pay the fees by 27th? Can anyone please help?
We too were asked to pay a donation for which we were told that no receipt would be given. It is quite distressing to note that schools are resorting to such activities.
We had also been to Ryan International in Yelahanka where we were told to pay a DD of 20K in the name of some charitable trust run by the school.Sri Sri Ravishankar also asked us to pay 50k as donation.


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Writing Ideas
1. For Komunyakaa, looking at the Wall is a catalyst. Recall a moment in your own life in which seeing something concrete (such as the Vietnam War Memorial) led you to a deeper, psychological revelation. Write about that experience, describing in detail both what you saw and what you now know as a result of seeing it.
2. Visit the Vietnam War Memorial website names list, and research those who died. Choose one person, then write a poem about this person and the experience of seeing his or her name on the Wall.
3. Think about other, more recent wars and the ways in which they're memorialized. Write a poem that explores what has or hasn't been said about those who died.
Discussion Questions
1. The poem describes a visit to the Vietnam War Memorial, but what is the "it" that Komunyakaa asks himself and us to face? When he writes at the poem's beginning, "black face fades,/hiding inside the black granite," what is he hiding from?
2. In what ways do the poem's line breaks suggest the speaker's complicated and conflicting emotions in the poem? How does the poem's form mirror the speaker's experience of looking at the Wall?
3. How and where does the reflection confuse what's literal and what's metaphorical in the poem? What does this confusion say about the speaker's memory of Vietnam?
4. The poem's final image—"In the black mirror/a woman's trying to erase names:/No, she's brushing a boy's hair"—is especially powerful. How is it similar to previous images and how is it different? Why might Komunyakaa have chosen this particular description to end the poem?
Teaching Tips
1. Ask students to recall a time when a text (maybe a love song or horror story) evoked powerful mental images. In pairs, ask them to share how the experience of mental movie-making shaped their experience of these texts. Ask them to reflect on why the piece was so vivid in comparison to others. Review the idea of imagery or the literal and figurative language authors use to help readers visualize. Then allow students explore images of the Vietnam Veterans memorial before viewing Komunyakaa's reading of the poem.
2. Have students read the poem as a set of directions for visualization and create a numbered list of images. Then have them discuss the reasons why the speaker selects and arranges the images in this way. What do these images reveal about what the speaker faces, how does one experience lead him to another, and how does visiting the wall help him face these experiences? You may extend the discussion to explore associations to other conflicts in American culture that each image evokes and discuss the role this national monument plays in telling the story of the U.S. (A Strong Clear Vision, a documentary about Maya Lin, the architect of the monument, is available in many public libraries.)
3. Have students make notes about the speaker's experience of the wall, particularly the play between past, present, and future that the wall creates for him. Then using choral, dual, and individual voices, have students stage a reading that dramatizes the memorial's impact on the speaker. Extend the performance to include other poems by soldier poets that illuminate the experience of war, and discuss the role of image and memory in each. "Beat! Beat! Drums!," "Shiloh: A Requiem (April, 1862)," "The Man He Killed," "Dulce et Decorum Est," "The War in the Air," and "At the Vietnam Memorial" each explore an aspect of war.
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Yusef Komunyakaa: "Facing It"
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Maya Lin was about as far removed from the Vietnam War as anyone could be, and at just 21, seemed an unlikely candidate to design a prominent national memorial. Lin—a senior undergraduate architecture student at Yale—had studied Scandinavian cemetery design in Denmark and was fascinated by what she called "the architecture of death." After seeing a bulletin announcing an open competition for a Vietnam memorial to be erected in Washington, D.C., she submitted her design—and won, beating out 1,420 others.
In a statement accompanying her entry, Lin envisions the experience of seeing the Wall for the first time:
. . . the memorial appears as a rift in the earth—a long, polished black stone wall, emerging from and receding into the earth. . . . Walking into the grassy site contained by the walls . . . we can barely make out the carved names upon the memorial's walls . . . seemingly infinite in number. . . .
The individual names of more than 58,000 dead or missing, etched into the stone, make a sobering sight, but what Lin couldn't have anticipated is the profound effect the Wall would have on veterans themselves. And on one in particular: the poet Yusef Komunyakaa.
From 1969 to 1970, Komunyakaa served in Vietnam as a correspondent and managing editor for the military newspaper Southern Cross, work that earned him a Bronze Star. Though he spent much of his tour of duty in the field, witnessing combat and reporting about it, Komunyakaa did not begin to write poems about Vietnam until 14 years after he had returned home.
In 1984, Komunyakaa began to reflect on his experiences—although his decision to write about Vietnam wasn't entirely deliberate. In "Facing It," only the second poem he'd written in retrospect about Vietnam, Komunyakaa's response to his war experience is deeply shaped by his visit, a year earlier, to Lin's memorial. Inspired by the monument, Komunyakaa confronts his conflicted feelings about Vietnam, its legacy, and, even more broadly, the part race plays in America. It's not hard to see why the poem has been recognized by R.S. Gwynn (and many others) as "the most poignant elegy that has been written about the Vietnam War."
The poem begins with the reflection of Komunyakaa's face dissolving into the polished black stone as he stares into it for the first time:
My black face fades,
hiding inside the black granite.
As an African American, Komunyakaa acknowledges that his "black face" isn't the only thing that hides in the darkness of that granite. Like a slate on which history has been indelibly etched, the stone and Komunyakaa's face bear witness to the war's casualties. The poet's residual anger about the war and his ambivalence about surviving it are also just under the surface:
I said I wouldn't,
dammit: No tears.
I'm stone. I'm flesh.
My clouded reflection eyes me
like a bird of prey, the profile of night
slanted against morning.
As the speaker struggles to keep his feelings in check, his frustration is obvious from the caesuras that start and stop the lines, jerking the poem along. As the poet moves between end-stopped lines ("No tears.") and enjambed ones ("My clouded reflection eyes me / like a bird of prey. . . ."), the reader can see the poet struggling with his own resolve and ambivalence. Despite anticipating the emotional reaction he might have—"I said I wouldn't"—to facing "it" (the Wall itself, but also the war and his role in it), the poet tries to maintain composure, but is split: both "stone"—stolid, wary, and restrained, as if such vigilance could dam the flood of emotion he feels—and yet also "flesh"—human, fragile, and vulnerable.
Rather than being contradictory, this acknowledgment of his dual identity (of being both "stone" and "flesh") reveals the extremes of his consciousness. It also allows the poet to see his own mortality, so clear in the tombstone-like face of the memorial. It is his "own reflection," after all, that eyes him, in whose vision he's trapped, and from which he must split in order to break free:
I turn
this way—the stone lets me go.
I turn that way—I'm inside
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
again, depending on the light
to make a difference.
I go down the 58,022 names,
half-expecting to find
my own in letters like smoke.
As its prisoner, his only escape is to turn away from the Wall. But no matter where he turns, his reflection is unavoidable. He's inside "again, depending on the light to make a difference." Komunyakaa's carefully chosen line breaks here manifest his struggle by mirroring his restlessness and hesitation. When the speaker "turn(s)," the line does too; as readers, we're on the edge of our seats to see where he'll go.
There is no such hesitation when he comes to those 58,022 names, though: that specific number, so assured, solid, and inescapable on its end-stopped line, isn't open to interpretation. In that catalog and its indifferent tally (which has only increased since Komunyakaa first visited, now standing at 58,261, with the most recent name added in 2009), he can't help but see the specter of a fate he himself eluded:
I touch the name Andrew Johnson;
I see the booby trap's white flash.
In touching a single name, Komunyakaa gives the impersonal number a concrete identity. As a soldier from the poet's hometown of Bogalusa, Louisiana, Johnson represents a personal connection to the public memorial. But he also shares the name of the 17th U.S. president, who succeeded Lincoln and denied freed slaves equal protection under the law by vetoing the Civil Rights Bill in 1866. It didn't pass until nearly 100 years later, in 1964, just as the war in Vietnam was getting under way. The punishing irony of black Americans fighting and dying alongside white soldiers whose civil rights they did not yet fully share doesn't escape Komunyakaa, so aware at the poem's beginning of his own "black face" fading into the monument's stone.
Here, Komunyakaa's images alternate ambiguously between beauty and violence:
Names shimmer on a woman's blouse
but when she walks away
the names stay on the wall.
Brushstrokes flash, a red bird's
wings cutting across my stare.
The sky. A plane in the sky.
The "shimmer" of names on a blouse, the ephemeral beauty of brushstrokes that "flash" (in contrast to the booby trap's "white flash")—these could represent moments of quiet contemplation at the Wall, but Komunyakaa's meditations are cut short by the bird's wings and the threat of the "plane in the sky." Earlier in the poem, Komunyakaa depended on the stone to "let him go"; this woman walks away of her own accord, leaving the names behind in ways that Komunyakaa cannot. His gaze is uninterrupted, until the bird's wing intervenes by way of flash and flashback: reflecting the mirrored surface of the granite and the sky, caught in fragments between the jungles of Vietnam and the National Mall. It's unclear in which context (past or present) we're meant to see that sky and that plane. Just as the Wall is deliberately positioned between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial to lend it historical context, Komunyakaa's images and fragmentary syntax help suspend the action between now and then:
A white vet's image floats
closer to me, then his pale eyes
look through mine. I'm a window.
He's lost his right arm
inside the stone.
No longer "stone" or even "flesh," Komunyakaa becomes a "window" through which the white vet can also see the past and present. When Komunyakaa writes, "his pale eyes / look through mine," he seems to dissolve further; no longer stone nor flesh, he becomes simply a "window" through which another vet looks—both because the vet isn't really looking "at" Komunyakaa and because he too has experienced war firsthand: he has seen what Komunyakaa has seen. But is the vet's arm truly lost, or is it merely a trick of the light, like the poem's final image?
In the black mirror
a woman's trying to erase names:
No, she's brushing a boy's hair.
The speaker mistakes the woman's gesture for a futile attempt to remake the past, but then changes his mind, and ultimately sees her act for what it really is: an act of motherly tenderness. His subtle self-recrimination here ("no"), more regretful and forgiving than the poem's volatile first one ("I said I wouldn't / dammit"), represents an important, and redemptive, turning point at the poem's end: an acknowledgment of the complexity of human emotions required to confront this difficult period in history. As many visitors to the monument continue to affirm, equal measures of compassion and forgiveness are also integral to the process of coming to terms with the war's legacy.
Like Maya Lin, whose goal in creating the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was to "strip things down, not so that they become inhuman, but so that you need just the right amount of words or shape to convey what you need to convey," the spare simplicity of Komunyakaa's poem ultimately lays bare the consequences and costs of the war. And like Lin's monument, it too is a testament to the power and importance of reflection.
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Yusef Komunyakaa was born in Bogalusa, Louisiana. The son of a carpenter, Komunyakaa has said that he was first alerted to the power of language through his grandparents, who were church people: "the sound of the Old Testament informed the cadences of their speech," Komunyakaa has stated. "It was my first introduction to poetry." Komunyakaa went on to serve in the Vietnam War as a correspondent; he was managing editor of the Southern Cross during the war, for which he received a Bronze Star. He earned a BA from the University of Colorado Springs on the GI Bill, an MA from Colorado State University, and an MFA from the University of California-Irvine.
In his poetry, Yusef Komunyakaa weaves together personal narrative, jazz rhythms, and vernacular language to create complex images of life in peace and in war. In the New York Times, Bruce Weber described Komunyakaa as "Wordsworthian," adding that the...
Poems By Yusef Komunyakaa
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- Kindness
- Togetherness
- Facing It
- South Carolina Morning
- Urban Renewal
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The long darkness of the winter solstice can help people sink into the depths of a smothering Depression that seems to never end.
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"The idea that religiosity can enhance the brain's resilience against depression is not new," Bishop Mike Reinhart, Bishop, Gulf Coast Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, tells KTRH News, "Mark said that religion is the opiate of the people. And although he didn't mean it in a kind way, there is a comfort that comes with it."
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What is Trauma and Why Must We Address It: The Role of Leadership in Creating Trauma Informed Systems of Care for Human Services Settings
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SAMHSA's National Center for Trauma-Informed Care (NCTIC) promotes trauma-informed practices in the delivery of services to people who have experienced violence and trauma and are seeking support for recovery and healing. SAMHSA believes that organizational leadership is critical to the promotion and adoption of Trauma Informed Practices. Join with other leaders to examine how to integrate this practice framework into our workplaces. Trauma Informed Care is guided by the following fundamental beliefs: 1. People with lived experience of trauma can and do recover and heal; 2. Trauma-Informed Care is the hallmark of effective programs to promote recovery and healing through support from peers, consumers, survivors, ex-patients, and recovering persons and mentoring by providers; and, 3. Leadership teams of peers and providers charting the course for the implementation of Trauma-Informed Care are essential. This presentation will address the prevalence of trauma and suggest techniques to reduce the likelihood of re-traumatization. Participants will learn what trauma is how it affects individuals - psychologically, developmentally, and neirobiologically. Self-regulation strategies will be explored. Participants will be able to : 1. Identify at least four strategies to reduce the likelihood of re-traumatization; and 2. Explore a minimum of two ways trauma affects people developmentally and psychologically and physiologically.
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Re:Source: Mysliveček, Rediscovered
Book: Josef Mysliveček, 'Il Boemo'
The Man and His Music
By Daniel E. Freeman
2009, Harmonie Park Press, Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA
In English; a Czech translation is currently in production.
You may have noticed works by Josef Mysliveček (1737-1781) gradually appearing in more repertoires both here in the Czech Republic and abroad. The importance of this old Czech composer's modern "discovery" is clearly explained in this carefully researched and very interesting book by Dr Daniel Freeman.
Up to now, Mysliveček has largely been ignored. Baroque music has only recently regained a serious place in today's concert halls; and recent music history has rather more often reserved the spotlight for Mysliveček's contemporaries, Mozart, Haydn, JC Bach. Ironically, research even in the 20th century has sometimes given credit to Mozart for works actually written by Mysliveček.
But, as the author explains, new evidence further shows that it was from his friend and teacher Josef Mysliveček that Mozart learned some of his compositional techniques. Among Mysliveček's signature contributions are more finely developed, creative variations in syncopation, adoption of a new sonata form, handing off the melody line back and forth among instruments, and writing phrases fitted precisely to Italian rhythms of speech.
Mysliveček, 'The Bohemian'
The first part of Dr Freeman's book details Mysliveček's life in Prague as a miller's son, who was expected to take over the family business. Josef and his twin Jáchym did prepare for this life, but it wasn't enough for Josef. He studied music privately in Prague and eventually headed for Italy, earned an unsteady income as a freelance teacher and composer, and by age 30 earned his first commission for an opera in the 1767 carnival season in Naples. Another two dozen operas, nearly 50 symphonies, 30 overtures, concertos, and especially arias, recitatives, oratorios, and cantatas followed.
A feature film, Il Boemo, will begin production next year, for release in 2016, producer Jan Macola of the Czech, Mimesis Film company tells Opus Osm. The script, adapted from Dr Freeman's book, is by Petr Václav. Mimesis has also produced a DVD of Mysliveček's Olimpiade,the State Opera's recent performance at The Theatre of the Estates, set for release this October.In addition, the film company, with Mr Václav, has shot an accompanying documentary about the details of preparation and performance of an opera. It also serves as a "portrait of the composer," Mr Macola says.
In March 2014 in Prague, Mimesis Film and the ensemble Collegium 1704 will sponsor a two-day symposium on Mysliveček.
The Italians and other music-business figures of the time had a difficult time with pronouncing Mysliveček's name, but not with his reputation. In correspondence of the time, amply quoted in the book, letter writers typically referred to him such as "the famous Bohemian composer Wickelseck (or whatever his name is)." So they spelled it half-a-dozen different ways, and finally nicknamed him something they could pronounce: "Il Boemo" — the Bohemian.
It was Mysliveček's other reputation – the social one – which got him into trouble with the Mozarts. Famously, "Il Boemo" suffered painfully from syphillis, eventually losing his nose; he told his impressionable and sympathetic young friend Wolfgang Amadeus that this was the result of a carriage accident.
Leopold, however, was not so sympathetic, especially when Mysliveček's promise of an opera commission for the young composer never came through. Mysliveček ultimately turned out to be a seemingly-wealthy, charming socialite composer, who was in reality one step ahead of the bill collector and constantly cash-poor.
Mysliveček, Explained
But his financial situation did not deter him from his music. In the second part of Josef Mysliveček, 'Il Boemo,' the author analyzes several of Mysliveček's compositions and includes excerpts from the musical scores to illustrate the examples. He also provides a chronological analysis and history of Mysliveček's various types of compositions, from the operas to "musical morsels."
The author also details Mysliveček's musical influence on Mozart. Dr Freeman cites and reproduces several examples to suggest the specific works which show similarities between the two composers, always being careful not to repeat mistakes of past biographers who gave too much or too little credit to the Bohemian's influence.
Nearest Prague concerts
Oct 22:Trio La Musica, 7:30 pm, Church of Sts Simon & Jude;
Oct 29:Collegium 1704, 7:30 pm, The Rudolfinum
The analysis section should be most helpful for musicians; but even the general public with at least a basic ability to read music will find the book enlightening. Readers will also learn, among other things, why Mysliveček first headed to Italy, not Germany, to find a musical home; why the composer specialized in opera seria, and the "pecking order" of acceptable musical forms; and how his own development as a composer was both a signal of and an influence upon the change in direction that music would take.
The book concludes with back matter that should be an invaluable aid for students and researchers everywhere. It includes a catalog of Mysliveček's instrumental as well as his vocal music; select bibliography, and detailed index. — oo
Mary Matz, editor of Opus Osm
About the Author
Dr Daniel E Freeman's latest book is Mozart in Prague (2013); he is also the author of The Opera Theater of Count Franz Anton von Sporck in Prague (1992), and of published research on 18th-century music in Bohemia, keyboard music, and Baroque opera; and on Vivaldi, JS Bach, and Mozart. He lectures on music at the University of Minnesota and at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Where to Find the Book:The book should be available in Prague soon; in the meantime, it can be ordered. From the US: price approx USD 37.50 + shipping (ordered from publisher); from Amazon, France: approx €112; from Amazon, UK: approx ₤40.
Photo Credits: All images from the book 'Josef Mysliveček, Il Boemo'


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Pastor A.J. Potter came with his family to Pleasantville Baptist Church in September 2009. Pastor Potter grew up in Bear Lake, MI. His father was the Pastor of Lighthouse Baptist Church in Bear Lake. As a teenager, God called Pastor Potter to go into the full time ministry. The Lord led him to Fairhaven Baptist College in Chesterton, IN to continue and complete his educational training. While at FBC he married his wife Karis in May of 2001. Upon graduating in 2002 God called him to the ministry of the Ottumwa Baptist Temple and Pastor Randy Miller. For 7 1/2 years Pastor Potter was the Youth Director / Bus Director in Ottumwa.
Late in 2008 the Lord began to work in his heart about going into the position of full time Pastor. Following the leading of the Lord, Pastor Potter accepted the invitation by the members of Pleasantville Baptist Church in September of 2009 to become their Pastor. The Potter's have four children: Trent, Seth, Ashlynn, and Breanna and currently reside in Pleasantville, IA.
Pleasantville Baptist Church.
Pleasantville Baptist Church is a growing church located in Pleasantville, Iowa. We are centrally located between Knoxville, Indianola, Melcher-Dallas, Carlisle, and are less than 30 minutes from the capital city of Des Moines. We are an Independent, Fundamental Baptist Church with a zeal for the lost. We conduct many outreach ministries each week with the purpose of winning the lost to Christ. There is something for everyone at PBC and we invite you to attend our services and find a church home that you will grow to love and a church home that will help you to grow in Christ.
What We Believe About:
The Godhead
We believe in one Triune God, eternally existing in three persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - each
co-eternal in being, co-identical in nature, co-equal in power and glory, and having the same attributes in power and glory, and having the same attributes and perfections. In addition, we believe God to be an infinite Spirit, the Maker and Supreme Ruler of Heaven and Earth: inexpressible in glory, holiness and worthy of all honor, confidence and love. We believe that the Members of the Godhead execute distinct but harmonious offices in the great work of redemption. (Exodus 20:2-3; I Corinthians 8:6; Revelation 4:11; I John 5:7; Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 28:19; II Corintians 13:14; John 14:10,26)
Jesus Christ
(1) We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man, without ceasing to be God, having been conceived by the Holy Ghost and born to the virgin Mary, in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful men. (Isaiah 7:14; 9:6; Luke 1:35; John 1:1-2; II Corinthians 5:19-21; Galatians 4:4-5; Philippians 2:5-8)
(2) We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our redemption through His death and shed blood on the cross as a representative, vicarious, substitutionary sacrifice; and that our justification is made sure by His literal, physical resurrection from the dead. (Acts 2:18-36; Romans 3:24-25; I Peter 2:24; Ephesians 1:7; I Peter 1:3-5)
(3) We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ ascended to Heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of God, where, as our High Priest, He fulfills the ministry of Representative, Intercessor, and Advocate. (Acts 1:9-10; Hebrews 9:24; 7:25; Romans 8:34; I John 2:1-2)
Holy Scriptures
We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the verbally and plenary inspired Word of God. The Scriptures are inerrant, infallible and God-breathed, and therefore, are the Final Authority for faith and life. These sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments are the complete and divine revelation of God to man. The Scriptures shall be interpreted according to their normal grammatical and historical meaning. The King James Version of the Bible shall be the official and only translation used by the church. (II Timothy 3:16-17; II Peter 1:20-21
(1) We believe that salvation is the gift of God brought to man by grace and received by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, Whose precious blood was shed on Calvary for the forgiveness of our sins.
(John 1:12; Ephesians 1:7; 2:8-10; I Peter 1:18-19; Romans 10:9-13)
(2) We believe that faith is the condition for salvation. Saving faith is when one turns to the Saviour for eternal life. Saving faith is not a meritorious work wherein to boast, but rather a humbling acknowledgment of sin and a simple accepting of the gift of salvation made possible by the shed blood of Jesus Christ. (Luke 24:47; I Peter 1:3;
Hebrews 9:22; Romans 6:23)
(3) We believe that salvation is instantaneous and not a process and that in the new birth the one who was dead in trespasses and sin is made a partaker of the Divine Nature and receives eternal life, which is a free gift from God. The Holy Spirit seals each believer at the moment he receives Christ as personal Saviour. (John 3:3; II Corinthians 5:16;
I John 5:1; John 3:6-7; II Peter 1:4; Colossians 2:13)
Holy Spirit
(1) We believe that the Holy Spirit is a Person who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgement; and that He is the Supernatural Agent in regeneration, baptizing all believers into the body of Christ, indewelling and sealing them unto the day of redemption. (John 16:8-11; Romans 8:9;
I Corinthians 12:12-14; II Corinthians 3:6; Ephesians 1:13-14)
(2) We believe that He is the Divine Teacher Who assists believers to understand and appropiate the Scriptures and that it is the privilege and duty of all saved people to be filled with the Spirit. (Ephesians 1:17-18; 5:17; I John 2:20-27)
(3) We believe that God is sovereign in the bestowal of spiritual gifts to every believer. God uniquely uses evangelists, pastors, and teachers to equip believers in the assembly in order that they can do the work of the ministry.
(Romans 12:3-8; I Corinthians 12:4-11, 28; Ephesians 4:7-12)
(4) We believe that speaking in tongues was never the common or necessary sign of the baptism or filling of the Holy Spirit and that ultimate deliverance of the body from sickness or death awaits the consummation of our salvation in the resurrection, though God frequently chooses to answer the prayers of believers for physical healing. (I Corinthians 13:8; 14: 21-22)
We believe that Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water as an outward expression of the person's belief in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ our Savior. We believe that baptism has no part in the salvation of any person but is done in obedience to the command of Jesus Christ, and that it is prerequisite to the privilege of membership in the church. We also believe that a person should be baptized after they receive Christ as Saviour. (Acts 8:26-39; Acts 2:41; John 3:22-23; Romans 6:3-5; Matthew 3:13-17; Colossians 2:12; Matthew 28:18-20)
Lord's Supper
We believe that the Lord's Supper, which is sometimes called communion, is the commemoration of Christ's death until He comes again, and should be preceded always by solemn self-examination. We believe that the elements of the Lord's Supper are symbolic of Christ's shed blood and broken body and have no saving power. (I Corinthians 11:23-31; Matthew 26:26-28; Mark 14:22-26; Luke 22:19-20)
Eternal Security
(1) We believe that all which are truly born-again are kept by God's power and are thus secure in Christ forever. (John 6:37-40; 10:27-30; Romans 8:1, 38-39; I Corinthians 1:4-8; I Peter 1:4-5)
(2) We believe that it is the privilege of believers to rejoice in the assurance of their salvation through the testimony of God's Word which, however; clearly forbids the use of Christian liberty as an occasion to the flesh. (Romans 13:13-14; Galatians 5:13; Titus 2:11-15)
The Church
(1) Pleasantville Baptist Church is an autonomous, sovereign, independent Baptist church governed by and with the consent of its members under the leadership of the pastor. The policy and practice of this church are patterned after the churches of the New Testament. (See the Books of Acts and Revelation)
(2) We believe that the local church, which is the body and the espoused bride of Christ, is to be solely made up of born-again persons. (I Corinthians 12:12-14; II Corinthians 11:2; Ephesians 1:22-23; 5:25-27)
(3) We believe that the establishment and continuance of local churches is clearly taught and defined in the New Testament Scriptures. (Acts 14:27; 20:17; 20:28-32; I Timothy 3:1-13; Titus 1:5-11)
(4) We believe in the autonomy of the local church free of any external authority or control. (Acts 13:1-4; 15:19-31; 20:28; Romans 16:1-4; I Corinthians 3: 9-16; 5:4-7; I Peter 5:1-4)
(5) We recognize baptism in water by immersion and the Lord's Supper as the Scriptual ordinances of obediences of the local church. (Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 2:41-42; 18:8; I Corinthians 11:23-26)
We believe that all saved should live in such a manner as not to bring reproach upon their Saviour & Lord; and that separation from all religious apostasy, all worldly and sinful pleasures, practices and associations is commanded of God. (Romans 12:1-2; 14:13; II Corinthians 6:14-7:1; II Timothy 3:1-5; I John 2:15-17; II John 9-11)
The Second Coming of Christ
We believe in the pre-tribulation, pre-millennial, physical, and visual return of Jesus Christ. At the moment that Christ returns, the dead shall be raised and the living shall be caught up to meet our blessed Saviour in the air. We believe that the tribulation, which follows the rapture of the saved, will culminate when Christ personally and visibly returns with the saints, puts down the Antichrist to establish His earthly Messianic Kingdom on the throne of David. (Psalms 89:3-4; Daniel 2:31-45; Zechariah 14:4-11; I Thessalonians 1:10; 4:13-18; Titus 2:13; Revelations 3:10; 19:11-16; 20:1-6)
We believe that every Christian, as a steward of that portion of God's wealth entrusted to him, is obligated to support his local church financially. We believe that God has established the tithe (10% of all increase) as a basis for giving, but that every Christian should give other offerings sacrificially and cheerfully to the support of the church, the relief of those in need, and the spread of the Gospel. (Genesis 14:20; Proverbs 3:9-10; Acts 4:34-37; I Corinthians 9:6-7; Galatians 6:6; Ephesians 4:28; I Timothy 5:17-18; I John 3:17)
Pleasantville Baptist Church began in November of 1975 when Pastor Terry Stueck, who at that time, was a home missionary with F.B.H.M (Fellowship of Baptists for Home Missions), had a burden to start a church somewhere. He, along with a pastor friend, Pastor Archie Veltman of Des Moines, began surveying the area to determine where to start a work. After checking out Pleasantville and the surrounding area, they felt there was a need for an independent fundamental Baptist church in Pleasantville. Pastor Stueck held a week of meetings in the Memorial Building located on the square in downtown Pleasantville. On the Sunday following that week of meetings, the first Sunday service was held. That was the Sunday before Thanksgiving of 1975. It was decided there was sufficient interest in starting a church in Pleasantville, so regular services continued, being held in the Memorial Building. January 1, 1976 was set as the deadline for Charter membership in Pleasantville Baptist Church. Since Pastor Stueck was a missionary with F.B.H.M. and that was a mission board of the GARBC (General Association of Regular Baptist Churches), the church started as part of the GARBC. When Pastor Stueck and his family moved to Pleasantville, he purchased a home at 608 South Columbus Street with approximately four acres. Shortly thereafter he gave the church two acres for a building site for the church
The next pastor was John Rhoades. After about two years, he proposed we shut down the church and give the property on South Columbus to a camp. He resigned, and the church voted not to close down.
In 1980, Pastor Wayne Murrow returned within the area after having been in a church in Hawaii, so we asked him if he would come and help the ministry. He agreed, and subsequently, the church called him to be the pastor. Under his ministry the church grew and a building was constructed on the South Columbus property. The church voted to withdraw from the GARBC. Pastor Murrow left in November of 1984 to start a church in Bondurant, Iowa.
Pastor Randy Miller was called to Pleasantville Baptist Church in February, 1985. He served as Pastor until April 22, 1989.
In November of 1989 the church called David Nuckolls to be the pastor. He had some plaguing health problems, but kept a busy schedule. The main thrust of his ministry was soul-winning. John O'Neal became Assistant Pastor under Pastor Nuckolls. The church purchased a one-room building from the school and moved it onto the property near the church for more classroom space. When the East Elementary school building came up for sale, the church submitted a bid of $5,501.00 Being the only bid made, the building was purchased. The church building and the property on South Columbus was sold. Nearly all the work of remodeling the school building was done by people of the church. July 1, 1993 we moved into the school building, with much work yet to be done. Pastor Nuckolls was able only to preach a few times in the "new " building. He died September 5, 1993. John O'Neal was voted as interim pastor while the church searched for another pastor.
The church called Brien Deverick as pastor in February of 1994. John O'Neal moved to Indiana to attend Bible college. Pastor Brien Deverick served as Pastor until October of 1995.
Bill McSpadden was voted in as pastor and came on April 14, 1996. He served for just over twelve years , his last service being June 8, 2008. During his ministry a Christian school, Pleasantville Baptist Academy, was started. The church also acquired a radio station KPBC-fm. Approximately eighty acres of land was purchased as a future building site south of town on Hwy 92. Donald Buchner served as assistant pastor with Pastor McSpadden. In the spring of 2009 Donald Buchner resigned in order to serve at a different ministry.
The current pastor, A.J. Potter came in September 2009. This is his first pastorate. He resides in Pleasantville with his wife, Karis and four children. Karis is the daughter of Randy Miller, our former pastor.
The Purpose of Pleasantville Baptist Church
Our purpose first and foremost is to please our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. This is our ultimate purpose as we direct the ministries of PBC. We want to glorify Christ in our community, our region, and ultimately throughout the world. This purpose affects everything we do, from conducting our services to handling our ministries. We are striving to pass this purpose on to our church members, teaching from a biblical perspective what our purpose on this earth as a born again believer should be.
Pastor A.J. PotterPastor Potter is the senior pastor at Pleasantville Baptist Church. Called of God and by the church in September of 2009, he and his family have watched God glorify Himself through their faithfulness to the Lord.
Assistant Pastor Bryant SagerBryant Sager was led of the Lord to accept the invitation to join the staff at Pleasantville Baptist Church in April of 2013. Bryant, his wife Laura, and their three children, Adalyn, Joseph, and Adela, are a great addition to the staff at PBC. Bryant had the blessing of growing up at PBC and had dedicated his life to serving the Lord.
Brett Horsman
Brett serves as the teacher in our 7th - 12th grade Abeka video school at Pleasantville Baptist Academy. Brett graduated with a Bachelor of Science in ministries from Berean Baptist College in Jacksonville, FL in 2011 and served as an Assistant Pastor and School Teacher at Central Fellowship Baptist Church in Lake Helen, FL. Brett has been on staff since the summer of 2013.
Shala Poole
Shala is the main teacher of the 4th-6th graders at Pleasantville Baptist Academy. Shala graduated with an Elementary Education degree from Commonwealth Baptist College in Lexington, KY in May of 2013. Shala has been on staff since the summer of 2015.
Blair AndersonBlair is the main teacher of the 1st - 3rd graders at Pleasantville Baptist Academy. Blair graduated with an Elementary Education degree from Commonwealth Baptist College in Lexington, KY in May of 2012. Blair has been on staff since the summer of 2012.
Kellie Ansley
Kellie serves as the church secretary at Pleasantville Baptist. Kellie graduated with a Secretarial degree from Fairhaven Baptist College in Chesterton, IN in May of 2013. Kellie has served as the church secretary since May 2013.
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A U.S. Senate panel Wednesday issued a report saying although there was no specific terror warning, the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya was preventable [2].
The attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi killed U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stephens [3] and three other Americans in September 2012. Since then the major parties in Washington have argued about the cause and whether Al Qaeda was involved [4].
An investigation by the New York Times found an anti-Muslim video in the United States contributed to attack and Al Qaeda was not directly involved.
The report from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence split between majority Democrats and minority Republicans.
"The [Democratic] majority believes the terrorist attacks against U.S. personnel at the temporary mission facility and the annex in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11 and 12, 2012, were likely preventable [5] based on the known security shortfalls at the U.S. mission and the significant strategic [although not tactical] warnings from the intelligence community about the deteriorating situation in Libya," the report said.
"The majority also believes, however, that the Benghazi attacks have been the subject of misinformed speculation and accusations long after the basic facts of the attacks have been determined, thereby distracting attention from more important concerns: the tragic deaths of four Americans, the hunt for their attackers, efforts by the U.S. government to avoid future attacks and the future of U.S.-Libya relationship."
In the report, minority Republicans were far more critical, saying: "The failures of Benghazi can be summed up this way: The Americans serving in Libya were vulnerable, the State Department knew they were vulnerable and no one in the administration really did anything about it. ... The intelligence and warnings from the field were met by this administration with a deafening silence."
[1] http://www.syndigate.info
[2] http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/15/us-usa-security-benghazi-idUSBREA0E16J20140115
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Benghazi_attack
[4] http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/01/15/senate-intelligence-committee-releases-comprehensive-benghazi-report/
[5] http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/senate-report-attack-on-us-compound-in-benghazi-could-have-been-prevented/2014/01/15/5e197224-7de9-11e3-95c6-0a7aa80874bc_story.html
[6] http://www.upi.com


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And then the same squire that brought the letter and the brachet came again unto Sir Tristram, as after ye shall hear in the tale.
Afore him passed the boar with the brachet close upon its track.
Father brachet, smiling, watched them start up the long trail.
The brachet will be guide to any knight who may undertake the adventure.
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Ye shall say by the knight that went in the quest of the knight that went with the brachet.
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