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The first thing I did was download the client. Or try to. When I downloaded the patch launcher, anytime I tried to boot it I'd get, "Cannot connect to patch server." An auspicious start.
Folks suggested flushing your DNS cache (didn't work), or use a VPN to connect. The actual "easy" solution that worked for me was to modify my HOSTS file (under C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc on Windows 8+) using notepad and add the following two lines:
188.8.131.52 wildstar.patcher.ncsoft.com.cdngc.net
188.8.131.52 wildstar.patcher.ncsoft.com
Once I did that, the patcher connected just fine.
Once the thing downloaded, I went to the NCSoft site and purchased an account. Went back to the launcher and went into the game. However, when I tried to log in, it said it couldn't find a North American account and switched it to the EU. And then it couldn't connect anymore and was stuck.
After digging around my account settings, I realized buying the time/product wasn't sufficient. I had to apply a code to my account. I realize this is probably to allow for CREDD, but I wasn't expecting it, and it was mildly vexing.
Back to the game itself, the game couldn't connect to the EU servers, and wouldn't flip back to NA. I searched around for a way to switch which region I was attempting to log in to, but nothing existed within the game itself. After some digging on the internet, I found out the region select is in the settings of the launcher, not the game, despite the fact the game was the one that switched me to EU in the first place.
At this point I was about ready to quit. It was seriously the most frustrating process I've ever had trying to even start a game, let alone play it. This is a released product? But I had already paid for my time, and damn it all, I was going to get in.
Once in, picking a server with other bloggers (Evindra), I made myself a character. After digging through some of the races, classes, and paths I decided on an Aurin Spellslinger Soldier. I'm pretty stoked about the rainbow punk-rock look that I managed to put together:
|Rainbow punk-rocker mouse-person.
The game itself, at least the first few levels, isn't really different from any other MMO out there. It's basically what TERA should have been from a whole picture standpoint. Combat is quite similar, and the telegraph system is pretty enjoyable. Some "spells" (because I'm a gun-toting caster) can be cast on the move. Other, more powerful ones need you to be stationary; it makes timing really important, as well as understanding enemy movements and abilities.
It mishmashes sci-fi with fantasy relatively well, and I actually rather like the over-the-top everything. From the voice-overs for the zone introductions, to the nearly 4th-wall breaking comments of NPCs you pass by. I do find the fact that character voice-overs not matching the text quite distracting, though. It's often close enough that you start reading with it, and when they quickly diverge my brain just shuts down.
It's very pretty, as well. However, I quickly ran into
issues where the client video and input would freeze, but the sound would keep
playing. Windows would eventually kill the client for not responding. This
happened pretty much every 10 to 15 minutes for an hour before I finally
figured out lowering the graphics settings would fix it. But again, extremely
poor performance from a released product, and quite frustrating.
|So very pretty.
Being an MMO, the gold spammers are already out in full force, and Carbine helpfully provides a way to report spam. Or it would be helpful if the UI wasn't outright broken out of the box:
|Seriously? Fantastic.
I also got stuck in a tiny vertical tent by sitting on a cushion. Thankfully, Wildstar does provide a "Help, I'm Stuck!" button which causes your character to suicide and reappear at a graveyard, but default geometry/terrain where all I did was right-click the cushion.
To put icing on the awful experience cake, on Friday when I logged in and was at the character select screen, I got this helpful error message:
|Not actually helpful.
Turns out they have region-locking code that ran amok. Now, to be fair, if the forums are any indication, the issue only occurred for a period of about 30 minutes, so I applaud them for fixing it quickly, especially on a Friday evening. But it's just one more thing on the pile of frustrations.
Ack, new regional prevention code is breaking on NA. We are looking into it. Cyropod message.
— WildStar Operations (@WildStarOps) June 14, 2014
I played quite a bit on Friday once I was in, and reached level 12. Some things haven't been obvious, like how to salvage things from your inventory (I think I missed the tutorial on it), but the ability UI as well as their AMP tree have been quite self-explanatory. I've just gotten started in on crafting, and the fact that each profession has a "tech" tree of things to build/discover is amazing. I still like Final Fantasy XIV's crafting better, but I think Wildstar has a pretty good approach to it here.
The Soldier path is just a bunch of extra combat missions, and I think I'm regretting not picking Scientist or Explorer instead, but at the same time it gave me a ballcap so I could complete my rainbow redneck character fantasy, so I'm still pretty pleased with it.
I just reached housing, but I haven't really explored it yet, nor dungeons, so we'll see how difficult they are. I've managed to solo a few 2+ group quests at my level, so I think I'm probably sufficiently skilled to pull them off if they're as tough as other folks are saying. The game is a solid entry into the Themepark MMO space, but so far doesn't feel like it has truly set itself apart from any other Themepark MMO aside from the look and feel (which does account for a lot, I realize). The technical issues are embarrassing at best, and subscription preventing/losing at worst—I nearly rage quit before even launching the game I was so annoyed.
I'm sticking around for at least a few more levels—I want to see these reportedly difficult dungeons. But I haven't seen anything that would make this game supplant WoW for me long-term. Still, it's made for a pretty fun and satisfactory play time so far.#Wildstar, #FirstImpression
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Once upon a time I was a kid, scribbling away in "Diary Written." Sorry, older bro, you have been cut out of this pic.
Years later, in high school, I wrote my first book. It was a 30,000 word mess, typed out on a word processor while I listened to a Nine Inch Nails cassette on repeat. If you haven't guessed already, it was the 90s. This picture (from Prom night) is likely the only one that exists during that time period where I'm not wearing flannel. Sorry to then-boyfriend/now-husband, who suffered the cut this time.
As an adult, I leave no one out! Cat-selfies, my not-so-secret love. I was taking them in the 90s, way before they became a thing. And with a film camera, no less. Now that's art.
When I'm not creating masterpieces, you can find me surfing the web for work during the day and hanging out with my husband and our small army of cats in the evenings.
The story of how my husband and I met.
We live in Virginia, near Washington, D.C., but far enough away to be surrounded by nature (see pics below). I read a lot, watch just as much TV and cheer fervently for the Orioles during baseball season. My favorite food is snacks.
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Food for even a family of two can add up quickly. Eating on the cheap, but not cheaply, means you and your honey can save up for that dream vacation you've always wanted, buy a home, or start a nest egg. What's more, you won't spend hours clipping coupons, stalking bargains, or eating rice and beans four times a week.
Track what you're spending now on groceries, including snacks, fast food, takeout and meals in restaurants, for a normal week.
Save your grocery store receipts. Add them up, then subtract personal care items, laundry products and cleaning products.
Deduct what you spend on eating out. What's left is your food budget for the week. Another method is to use national averages of what families spend on food as a percentage of their income and then decrease it so you have some savings to sock away. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says that 12.5 percent of income is spent on food. The Department of Agriculture is a little less at 9.8 percent.
Make as list of what you both like for breakfast. Pre-fab food -- prepared entrees and meals -- aren't in the budget anymore. Focus on a protein, a fruit or veggie, a carb and some fat. For example, buy low-fat yogurt in the big containers, not the individual serving size. Combine a cupful with a handful of almonds, and throw in some frozen blueberries or fresh strawberries you found on sale.
Scramble a dozen eggs at a time. Eggs are a bargain. Package in three baggies. That's three breakfasts nearly ready to go. Pop in the microwave topped with grated cheese, a slice of deli ham or last night's leftover sautéed mushrooms. Add a slice of toast and glass of juice. Buy concentrated juice and make it yourself to save more money.
Choose three of your favorite cheap breakfasts and schedule them on a calendar you'll hang near the fridge. You'll know exactly what to serve as you're racing around getting ready for work in the mornings.
Brown-bag your lunch. This is where leftovers come in handy. When you make dinner, make enough for two lunches the next day. Egg salad, tuna salad, sliced chicken or turkey are all inexpensive fillings for sandwiches -- a nice change from leftovers.
Buy the store brand of sandwich bread to pinch your pennies. You'll save up to $3 per loaf of bread. Add an apple or banana; they're almost always cheap and transportable. Drinks are expensive from the vending machine.
Buy a case of bottled water. Pour out about 2 inches of each; it expands as it freezes. Then put it in the freezer. Pack the frozen water in your lunch bag to keep your lunch cold.
Schedule on your calendar what you'll pack for lunch each day.
Go to the public library armed with a notepad and pencil or your laptop. Get the back issues of a number of women's lifestyle magazines. Leaf through them for articles on cheap dinners and budget entrees for inspiration. Write down the basic ingredients for the dinners that appeal to you. Don't bother writing down the exact instructions; you can go to the magazine's website later when you're preparing that dinner.
Plan on serving a vegetarian or meatless meal once a week, pasta twice a week, chicken twice a week and beef or pork once a week, and a hearty soup, chili or stew as the seventh meal of the week. Chicken is usually the cheapest deal per serving.
Make the pasta dishes using a simple formula: pasta, fresh herbs, cheese, oil, veggie and nuts. On occasion add in tidbits of meat. For example, serve rotini with chopped parsley, cheddar cheese, a smidge of butter, frozen peas and walnuts. Take an Italian twist with angel-hair pasta, basil, parmesan, olive oil, garlic, string beans and almonds. Go southwest with shells, cilantro, Monterey Jack cheese, jalapeno peppers, tomatoes and sour cream instead of the vegetable oil.
Write the numerals 1 through 30 down the side of a sheet of paper, skipping several lines between each number. Each numeral corresponds to a day of the month. Start with a chicken dish, noting where you can find the recipe. Add in a starch; potatoes are always cheap, and brown rice is both good for you and your budget. Other starches include white rice, lentils and couscous.
List two vegetables or a salad and a vegetable for each entree. Carrots are cheap and can be made several different ways. Frozen vegetables are sometimes cheaper than fresh. Stay away from packaged, ready-to-use salad mix. It's more expensive than steak on a per-pound basis. Wash and cut your own lettuce instead.
Assemble a shopping list for each week, based on the meals for that week. If you're serving chicken twice a week and want leftovers for four lunches, you'll need abut 2 pounds of chicken. Thighs are usually cheaper than breasts, but stock up on boneless, skinless breasts when they go on sale.
Check the weekly grocery ads and take advantage of what's on sale. You may have to adjust your menus a bit to accommodate these items.
Go through your cupboards and see what you need to replenish your staples, such as olive oil, spices, seasonings, vinegars and flavorings.
- When you're at the store, stick to your list; buy only what's on it.
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Stickers with names of different animals written on each
The Cubs stand in a line and each one has a sticker with the name of an animal stuck to their forehead (check no-one has allerges to stickers) and tell them that they have to guess twho they are (i.e. the name of the animal on their sticker). They can ask questions about the animal that is named on their sticker, but the only answers that can be given is yes or no. They can only ask two questions from someone and thn must move on to someone else and ask more questions. When they have guessed what they are then theygo toa Leader and tell the Leader who they are. The leader may ask questions about where the animal lives or is it in danger of extinction and if they get the question right, then they get another animal applied to their forehead and start again.
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I started blogging in 2008 and for the most part, it has been an incredible adventure. I attended exhibitions and events that I would not necessarily have had access to. I learned how to craft an article, conduct an interview, and find an audience. More importantly, I gained friends from around the world that have shared my passions, as well as my successes and my sorrows.
There was a time when I looked forward to writing a post and I included my photos and my artwork freely. In October of this year, when I discovered that much of my blog had been copied onto other sites, without permission or attribution, I was utterly bereft. The experience robbed me of the joy that I once felt in writing a post, and I am not sure whether it will ever come back. Plus, the heavy curatorial demands of my job at Ryerson, my new responsibilities as the editor of the Costume Journal, and invitations to write for Selvedge Magazine and for Modeconnect make me feel even less inclined to continue on this forum. That doesn't mean I won't come back, but for the foreseeable I shall be absent on this platform. I invite you to stay in touch on Pinterest, Facebook or Twitter.
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If you were unable to attend a BOSA DEVELOPMENT Open House regarding the building of the proposed 52 story twin towers on the New West Riverfront, then this is a post you will want to read. Bosa Development has provided the Quay with a link to both the proposal and comment cards so you can express your thoughts after you have reviewed the proposal.
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Sabre fosters a true hospitality experience with integration of its award-winning TripCase app
Sep 28th, 2016
Hotels can increase personalization and engagement with guests before, during and after arrival with TripCase mobile messaging
SOUTHLAKE, Texas – Sept. 28, 2016 – For hoteliers, creating a meaningful, personal connection with their guests can mean the difference between a loyal, returning customer and one who develops no real preference for the property. Sabre is helping hoteliers make that critical connection through the power of technology by integrating SynXis Central Reservations and TripCase, its award-winning mobile app already used by millions of travelers.
Today's tech savvy consumers have increasingly high expectations for how brands use technology to personalize their interactions with them. With this integration, hoteliers are able to engage with guests via their mobile device before, during and after their arrival on property. This real-time personal communication will help hoteliers build their brand image, increase loyalty, and drive incremental revenue.
"Our mission at Sabre is to help hoteliers deliver true hospitality to their guests, exceeding expectations every time. To do that at scale requires best-in-class technology solutions," said Sarah Kennedy Ellis, vice president of marketing for Sabre Hospitality Solutions. "TripCase is a natural fit for our hoteliers. As one of the most popular travel apps around, it gives hoteliers a highly effective channel to engage with their guests in a way that creates a differentiated experience and increases brand loyalty."
Reservations made through the Sabre GDS and SynXis CR will automatically flow into the TripCase messaging channel, making it easy for hoteliers to message travelers with contextually relevant and personalized mobile messages featuring unique offers, upgrades and offers for hotel amenities such as spas and restaurants.
"The integration of TripCase with the SynXis CR empowers hoteliers to efficiently target and reach travelers with timely and personalized messages. TripCase is uniquely positioned to help hoteliers reach travelers because of the millions of users who trust our award-winning travel app to provide them with relevant and critical information about their trips. It's really a win for everyone," said Florian Tinnus, vice president, Sabre Traveler Experience.
Sabre has a long track record of being on the cutting edge in exploring new technologies, and TripCase is an example of that ingenuity. With a five-star rating in app stores, TripCase is used by millions of travelers to manage all of their trip details in a single place.
About Sabre
Sabre Corporation is the leading technology provider to the global travel industry. Sabre's software, data, mobile and distribution solutions are used by hundreds of airlines and thousands of hotel properties to manage critical operations, including passenger and guest reservations, revenue management, flight, network and crew management. Sabre also operates a leading global travel marketplace, which processes more than US$120 billion of global travel spend annually by connecting travel buyers and suppliers. Headquartered in Southlake, Texas, USA, Sabre serves customers in more than 160 countries around the world.
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Anabolic steroids are used by many, what could be frank. But, it is very common that athletes being at eighth cycle didn't get results yet. The thing is that the use of steroids requires certain knowledge and skills. Otherwise, in the final result, you can easily watch a full bouquet of side effects, which could be easily avoided with the right approach to cycle. Before you start using steroids, Goldenmuscles.com recommend, to analyze whether you have enough money, time and desire to carry out the goal. Let's look at the most popular mistakes that "knock you from the correct course."
Exceeding the dose
More doesn't mean better. Remember this golden rule. Your body can take only certain doses of synthetic steroids (anabolic steroids). Oversupply of steroids will be transformed into estrogen. A liver and kidneys will function in extreme mode, which can cause adverse effects.
Meager diet
Effects of steroids can be expected only if your diet is high calorie and includes a large amount of protein. Otherwise, the effect of anabolic steroids will be reduced, and the number of side effects – increased. Remember that a balanced diet is a competent combination of proteins, fats and carbohydrates. This is one of the most important elements of your cycle and unconditional key to success.
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The main condition of training when using anabolic steroids is increased intensity. You should always provoke the catabolic process in which steroids are the most active. Constantly progress in your training, increase the intensity of the work and use the maximum weight – and then anabolic steroids will have on your muscles full impact. read more »


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Bond-Funded (Green) Projects List
These projects, shown as green on the projects map, will begin immediately after the bond referendum with completion dates targeted for the next couple of years. These projects will be of most direct benefit for local residents travelling local routes. Because a funding partner is not likely for these projects, the Town won't wait for that opportunity. This means these projects funded 100% by the Town can begin right away.
1. Holly Springs Road – Complete 4-lane widening, bike lanes, and sidewalks from Flint Point Lane to Sunset Lake Road to increase capacity ahead of I-540 interchange
2. N.C. Hwy. 55 Bypass – Add new right turn lane southbound from Avent Ferry Road to South Main Street to help traffic flow onto South Main Street. Afternoon rush hour is hindered by a short turn lane at South Main Street in which only a few cars can stack. This project will greatly increase the capacity of that lane so more southbound traffic can flow onto South Main Street and free up travel lane capacity southbound on N.C. Hwy. 55.
3. Main Street – Add new right turn lane northbound near Earp Street to increase traffic flow onto Holly Springs Road. In the afternoons, traffic often backs up as motorists wait in the travel lane to turn right onto Holly Springs Road. This extra pavement will give turning traffic a place to stack so northbound through-traffic can keep moving.
4. Estes Lane – Connect existing segments of Estes Lane over creek crossing, creating a cross-town connection. Combined with the Orange project, Teal Lake Drive, this connection will complete a route for local traffic between N.C. Hwy. 55 and Bass Lake Road.
5. Avent Ferry Road – Realign Avent Ferry Road consistent with current construction to create new cross-town connection from Avent Ferry Road to Bass Lake Road via Stinson Avenue. This realignment actually use Pine Street to tie Avent Ferry Road into Stinson Avenue. This project will serve downtown development as well as the Rex Hospital site.
6. Grigsby Avenue – Complete widening, sidewalk, curb and gutter, and crosswalks to improve traffic flow and safety. Grigsby is a well-traveled street leading to many homes and two of the Town's premiere park properties – Womble Park and Sugg Farm. This project will greatly improve this gateway, which will benefit all residents who attend events at games at Womble and events at Sugg Farm at Bass Lake Park.


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A couple of weeks ago, on a bored and dreary Saturday, I needed some cheering up. And what better to cheer me up than a little bit of shopping? A dangerous form of therapy.
I finally picked up something that I have had my eye on for a while: the newest eyeshadow release from Tarte, their aptly named 'Tartlette Palette.'
As I have only had this a couple of weeks, I don't feel comfortable making a complete judgment on it. But so far, I've really been loving it. Although the shadows are tad on the powdery side, it's hard to expect anything else from matte shadows. They still apply evenly and blend beautifully.
My favourite aspact of the palette? The combination of colours. This palette includes a great selection of shades to create everything from simple, everyday looks - to dramatic evening eyes.
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This palette is so pretty to look at but I found it a little chalky when I swatched in Sephora. However I LOVE that they're all matte and I love the shade selection. All those purples! <3ReplyDelete
the shades are gorgeous but i'm not super impressed by the swatches :/ i guess it depends how subtle you want a look to be.ReplyDelete


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Higher Classes
Consuls were government officials elected for one year terms by the higher classes. They conducted official government business, and made all the major decisions in the government until imperial rule. They were greatly influenced by the senate, and usually were under the senate's control as well. Although Consuls were usually of higher class, however in the 4th century B.C.E. plebeians were allowed to run for office and were soon integrated into the consuls as well. The consuls were still mainly populated by patricians and continued to be a position only higher-ups could potentially obtain. The senate was a meeting of the highest ranking members of society. Although the senate had no official political authority they did hold considerable influence. The Senate consisted 0f former equestrians and former equestrians. The Senate did manage to survive the transition to empire. Family's of Patricians were not considered Patricians, instead they were recognized as the highest tier of Equestrian. The patricians left behind a legacy of government that
Equestrians were business men who were extremely wealthy. Any common folk could become a equestrian if he accumulated enough wealth. Some Equestrians became Senators, although this did not happen often. Equestrians were often involved in business Senators could not participate in, causing some Equestrians who could have become senators to choose against it. The Equestrians held considerable influence and owned many of the latifundia found throughout Rome. Equestrian's families were also considered equestrians as well, and they also held considerable influence over affairs as well. The equestrians were one of the most influential classes in roman society.


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Gerry Rafferty: Baker Street Meaning
Song Released: 1978
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Light in your head and dead on your feet
Well another crazy day
You drink the night away
And forget about everything
This city desert makes you feel so cold
It's got so many people but it's got no...
anonymous Mar 17th, 2007 3:24pm report
I see this as sort of a coming of age song-about a young man finding, or figuring out his way in life. The first verse finds him walking home after a night of drinking. He thinks that last year at this time, he thought he'd be somewhere else by now, not here. He thought it would be easy to get out whenever he wanted-"just one more year, and then you'll be happy."
He then happens upon the residence of a friend, an older friend, and he realizes that his friend was once young, and thought that he, too, would be somewhere better, different. But, his dream about buying land and giving up booze and settling down never came to fruition, and the young narrator knows that it will never happen, just as his dreams of moving onto a new chapter in life will never come true.
anonymous Feb 20th, 2018 2:40am report
I kind of had the feeling that the person in the song was perhaps a high-flyer in banking possibly in London and used drink as his escape, as so many did/do (Another crazy day at share trading?) He has money as he considers buying some land and moving to a quiet little town. He used to think it was so easy (making money) but he finds he is sad. Is the person he goes to visit his dad? He is ready to be a listening ear and opens the door to him even when it's dark and maybe quite late?
anonymous May 10th, 2017 5:09pm report
Here is my pedestrian interpretation: It most likely refers to the Baker Street in London because Rafferty was born in Scotland and spent a lot of time in London. And It's obviously about drinking to excess because that is what Rafferty did all his life and what eventually killed him. In short these are the lamentations of a dyed in the wool (I have no desire to and will never ever stop drinking) alcoholic the morning after an all night bender.
anonymous Feb 5th, 2016 2:44am report
Sad. I'm not surprised that so many have interpreted the song with a mind and soul half full of discernment. Yes, two lives judged as wasted on empty promises and misguided choices. Maybe, the song infers a sense of hope, a belief in faith and a dream to be a better person. Or not.
anonymous Aug 16th, 2014 8:21am report
It is a song about a woman who is passing young age, probably entering her 30's. She used be able to pick up anyone she wanted but is no longer finding it so easy to do as she gets older. She keeps seeing a guy who is a player who keeps talking about giving up drinking and one night stands. She keep hoping he will change. He never does. That's why he is a "Rolling Stone". She hopes he will change but he doesn't. The next morning, she is heading home after sleeping with him and she is finally realizing he won't change and she has given up her best years on a guy who will never become what she hope he will be. The whole song talks about her realization of this... It's a pretty clear story. Don't know why so many get it all so wrong...
anonymous Jan 4th, 2014 1:52pm report
I was always told very matter-of-fact that the reference to Baker Street was the main downtown street of Nelson, BC in Canada, a very hip place for musicians and cultures of all stripes, especially draft-dodgers, hippies, and spiritual wanderers from all over the world from the 60's to 80's and that he had been there at one time. Still a pretty cool place to hang out to this day.
anonymous May 17th, 2012 5:45pm report
беспредел .. подписываюсь что я Миронов Олег Михайлович (Москвич 1959 г.р.) действительно гнида, трус и мягко говоря врун . :)))юность весна-лето 2008 Карл ,крайний николай николаевич, кретов евгений владимирович, соматин Арам,собаки жизнь земля Иллеш Бренд Тимченко Дремлюга - замечательный человек Стандрик Сечин Яхты умные вещи Настя Заворотнюк скрытый нацизм . Якименко , Крайний , ЧМ-2018 НЛО яхтинг ВОВ ! оптовый рыбный рынок google с 10.12.2002г. – 01.07.2003г.. заместитель генерального директора Группы компаний Доброслав; Казахстан ,
А еще я Миронов О.М. 1959 тупой г0вн0блоггер и редкий мудак !
anonymous Jan 13th, 2012 1:56pm report
Gerry rafferty had so much talent song writer singer etc. Was part of my teen years. Alcohol has a firm grip on your life, it becomes your life, and gerry fell because of the booze. Alot of his songs menthion alcohol. It ruled his life then it took his life. What a waste
anonymous Nov 16th, 2011 11:05pm report
It's about a person from a bad part of their town and they can't get out 'cause they have a drinking problem and the love of their life can't settle down.
anonymous Mar 29th, 2011 3:00pm report
It's a homo-erotic ballad about the lust Sherlock Holmes felt for Dr. Watson.
anonymous Jan 6th, 2011 1:04am report
According to Wikipedia..
The irony of the success of "Baker Street" was that the lyrics reflected Rafferty's disenchantment with certain elements of the music industry. This was elaborated by music journalist Paul Gambaccini for BBC World News:
" His song "Baker Street" was about how uncomfortable he felt in the star system, and what do you know, it was a giant world hit. The album City to City went to no. 1 in America, and suddenly he found that as a result of his protest, he was a bigger star than ever. And he now had more of what he didn't like. And although he had a few more hit singles in the United States, by 1980 it was basically all over, and when I say 'it', I mean basically his career, because he just was not comfortable with this. "
anonymous Jan 5th, 2011 1:26pm report
Baker Street is written about Ian Campbell who was a good friend of Gerry's and played guitar with him.
anonymous Jul 1st, 2009 7:23pm report
Baker Street was and is a hip area in London known for young,stylish and fast living. This song explores the emptiness and the vacuousness of such a lifestyle.
anonymous Sep 13th, 2007 9:45pm report
Baker street is in fact a reference to a bakers shop in the Stobswell area of Dundee called Wallaces. When Rafferty stayed in the area he and a friend were regular customers. The street is actually called Dura street but that doesn't scan as well.
Duran Fan Jun 18th, 2005 6:28pm report
Very famous and well known saxophone solo, the song is about a man who wishes to make a better life for it, but he never can because he keeps on "drinking the night away" he is tired of London and he keeps "winding his way back to Baker Street" he seems to never be able to have any direction because he is simply a rolling stone
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Reveals the role of the church in Florence's rise to wealth and power in the fourteenth century.
2004 | 392 pages | Cloth $79.95
History | Religion
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Institutions
Chapter 2. Vocations
Chapter 3. Economy
Chapter 4. Piety
Chapter 5. Commune
List of Abbreviations
A. Dating, Measurements, Names, and Currency
B. A Checklist of Notarial Protocols for a Study of Ecclesiastical Institutions
C. Papal Provisions and Expectatives
D. Patronage Rights in Ecclesiastical Institutions
E. Major Locations of Ecclesiastical Property, 1250-1330
Chronology of Significant Events Mentioned in Text
from the Introduction
On July 3, 1292, in the open-air loggia of Orsanmichele in central Florence, where grain merchants sold their grain to feed a growing population, a series of curative miracles occurred that contemporaries believed were associated with an image of the Virgin Mary. According to the fourteenth century chronicler, Giovanni Villani (1280-1348), the local population had for a while been gathering there every evening to chant lauds before the image of the Blessed Virgin, painted on a column inside the structure. As the fame of these miracles spread throughout the region, pilgrims streamed in from all over Tuscany to pray to her to heal themselves or their loved ones. According to Villani, writing a generation later, those who believed the Virgin answered their prayers soon filled the wooden loggia to capacity with wax votive images. Each object was the acknowledgment of a miracle. After entering the grain market, a growing number of pilgrims began to leave large amounts of money available for distribution to the poor.
Included at the end of a section of his chronicle devoted primarily to political and military matters, this brief story captures some essential truths about the nature of Florentine society during the lifetime of Dante. The chronicler speaks here of a spontaneous and vibrant eruption of popular piety, a special devotion to sacred places, the constant movement of people into and out of the center of the city, and the troubling presence of the poor in the midst of prosperity. There is also evident here a connection between the marvelous and the mundane, between the material process of food distribution and a fervent reverence for the miraculous power of the painted image. Above all, this episode encapsulates an important truth: the Florentine Church and the growing prosperity and power of the Commune were inextricably linked. Here—in the center of the city—economic realities and spiritual yearnings intersected. The site had previously been occupied by a church, San Michele in Orto. In 1292 it became a grain market. The city leaders had leveled it in 1249 to make room for a piazza and grain exchange, and it rapidly became the principal distribution point for the provisioning of this increasingly populated city. By 1284 a loggia existed on the site, and by 1292 the little church of San Michele in Orto had disappeared. Nevertheless, at this burgeoning food distribution center, Florentines continued to gather to sing lauds before a painted image of the Virgin, housed in a tabernacle attached to one of the pilasters of the loggia. The location remained linked to the sacred, paradoxically binding the material with the spiritual.
Issues, Intents, and Interpretations
For observers like our chronicler, Giovanni Villani, in the space of two short generations, Florence had rapidly become one of the foremost cities of Europe. Much like New York in the generation after the American Civil War, Florence after the mid-thirteenth century was a former second-tier city rapidly on the rise, bustling with a large immigrant population, new money, and extensive new construction. There was growing wealth, new citizens, expanding suburbs, and extensive new building programs: Florence was indeed a city that was surpassing its rivals—Pisa, Arezzo, Siena, and Lucca—to assume a position of economic and political prominence. By 1300 the city had 100,000 inhabitants, double the populations of Siena and Pisa, and three times the population of Lucca. Only Paris was more populated. The position of Florence as the premier commune of Tuscany was a new phenomenon in 1300, and the pace of demographic and economic growth was startling. Writing in the late 1330s, Giovanni Villani—in five famous chapters of Book Eleven of his chronicle—proudly boasted of the supremacy, power, and magnificence of the city of Florence. Indeed, as Giovanni Miccoli has noted, Villani's Florence was a city without equal, with a rapidly expanding economy and population. Not even the most astute observer in the early thirteenth century could have predicted this outcome. After all, Florence had remained a political and economic backwater for most of the thirteenth century. Prior to 1250 Pisa, Lucca, and Siena had been the principal cities of Tuscany, not Florence. Only after 1250 did the population of Florence exceed that of Pisa, and before then there are few references to its merchants. Even in terms of its political developments, Florence began developing its key institutions only after its Tuscan neighbors had already done so. Furthermore, unlike Lucca before 1300, Florence had controlled little of its immediate countryside (contado), a development that was important for later political as well as economic security.
All of this changed rapidly after the middle of the thirteenth century. In the space of fifty years—from 1250 to 1300—its banking companies surpassed in importance those of Siena (the previous banking center), and its elite commenced construction on the secular and religious buildings that still dominate the city skyline. By 1328, through a series of political reforms, the Florentines had created a more stable institutional structure than had existed in the previous decades. Following a period of tumultuous factional conflicts, the ruling elite that now governed the Commune was steadier than before. Economically, by the third decade of the fourteenth century, Florence had become a center for the manufacture of fine luxury textiles. Its industrial prominence as a center of cloth finishing and later (from the 1320s) luxury cloth production for export was unrivaled in Tuscany and in all of Italy. In terms of cultural history, the religious and intellectual environment had by 1328 inspired some of the most enduring monuments of Florentine art: the Commedia of Dante, the tower and the frescoes of Giotto, the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, the Palazzo della Signoria, the Bargello, and the two major friaries of Santa Croce and Santa Maria Novella. Following the death of its last major regional Ghibelline rival in 1328 (Castruccio Castracane of Lucca), Florentine leaders were presiding over a regime and civic culture bent on territorial expansion.
For many in Florence at the time, however, the cost to society of this rise to supremacy was too great. As the city swelled with newcomers from the countryside who were seeking work in the large industrial enterprises, the streets seemed to teem with the poor, the homeless, and the seasonally employed. Perhaps 10% of the population was destitute in the midst of this growing prosperity. One man alone, according to Villani, gave alms to 17,000 poor, 17% of the urban population. Dante Alighieri himself wrote in the Inferno about the toll that immigration and profit-taking had taken on his native city: "Newcomers to you,
O Florence, and sudden profits, have led to pride
And excess that you already mourn!"
In this quote Dante captures one of the central paradoxes of Florentine culture-a paradox embedded in the religious environment of the city: there was pride in a prosperous Florence as a chosen city of God, but disdain for the vices of greed and arrogance that had helped transform it so rapidly into a city divided increasingly between rich and poor, insiders and outsiders.
How did this city—which in 1250 had scarcely expanded beyond the limits of the Roman walls—rapidly become by 1330 one of the most affluent, culturally dynamic, and politically powerful cities on the continent, not to mention Tuscany? Why not Pisa, Lucca, or Siena? There is no one answer to these questions. As Philip Jones has recently summarized, its "competitive superiority," its ability to dominate lesser cities militarily, its success at compelling Pisa to grant freedom of commerce into and out of its port (after 1254), and its close connections to the Roman papacy were all-important factors. Also significant were its successful pursuit of a policy of "urban colonialism" and its control of credit and capital flows that forced other communes (such as Arezzo, Volterra, and San Geminiano) into economic dependence. Perhaps the most important explanation, as P. Malanima has argued, is that two processes developed simultaneously in Florence and nowhere else in Tuscany: an advanced export-oriented textile industry and highly productive and efficient agricultural sector. Each interacted with the other synergistically to create an accelerated rate of economic growth. Domestic and international demand for Florentine cloth became robust as the Flemish cloth industry began to decline in the early decades of the fourteenth century. At the same time, urban merchants invested heavily in land. The Florentine gold coin, the florin, rapidly became the preferred currency of international trade, outstripping the popularity of the Byzantine hyperperon and the Genoese genoino. The success of the florin was an emblem of growing Florentine prosperity and influence.
Florence also possessed other distinct advantages with regards to other cities, and it benefited from their misfortunes. Florence commanded militarily more of its surrounding territory than did Genoa and Venice, providing it with needed supplies of raw materials and labor. Florentine merchants were apparently more prudent in their investments than were their Lucchese and Sienese counterparts, as they tended to counterbalance their riskier ventures with substantial expenditures in land. Lucca was the first commune in Italy to see its economic influence (in silk) extend beyond Tuscany, but the gradual emigration of its silk workers, the intense factional fighting that led to the exile of many of its wealthiest citizens, and the sacking of the city in 1314 all contributed to its economic decline. In addition, the disappearance of significant military threats stemming from Pisa (after its defeat by Genoa at the battle of Meloria in 1284) and from Lucca (after the death of Castruccio Castracane in 1328) left Florence with no significant military rival. For all practical purposes, by the 1330s Pistoia had become an economic and political satellite of its more populated neighbor. While benefiting from its economic and political advantages, Florentines skillfully and artfully developed alliances with powerful partners after the middle of the thirteenth century: the Angevin kingdom in Naples, the papacy, and other Guelf communes. Determined to control the principal Tuscan mountain passes and ports, Florence embarked from the middle of the fourteenth century on a policy of outright direct political and military domination. Most of its Tuscan neighbors succumbed: Prato (1350), Pistoia (1351), Volterra (1361), Arezzo (1384), Pisa (1406), Cortona (1411), and Livorno (1421). Only Lucca and Siena remained independent of direct Florentine control into the modern era (until 1847 and 1557, respectively), but their economic and political capabilities were mere shadows of what they had been in the thirteenth century.
It is not the intent of this book to establish and describe in a comprehensive fashion the uniqueness of Florence, nor is it to account fully for its unprecedented success. Those goals are beyond its scope. Rather, the principal purpose of this study is to address the following question: what part did the Florentine Church, that complex set of ecclesiastical personnel and institutions that saw itself as an instrument of God's will on earth, play in this rapid and stunning transformation? Robert Davidsohn, whose work on medieval Florence remains unparalleled in scope and comprehensiveness, argued that overall, the role of the Church in Dante's Florence was divisive, corrupting, obstructionist, and negative. In many ways, he echoed the critical sentiments of Jacob Burckhardt about the church a generation before. We are now in a position to reassess those judgments. In the past three decades, historians of the Florentine Church have been extremely productive, and we have learned a great deal about this complex dimension of Florentine history. Almost all aspects of church life—confraternities, saints' cults, the principal collegiate churches, the bishopric, the visual arts, women's religious communities, the friars, the cathedral, the cathedral chapter—have been studied and examined in detail. Nevertheless, there currently exists no recent study that assesses how ecclesiastical institutions, communities, and culture contributed to the dramatic transformation of the commune during the lifetime of Dante. Indeed, principal surveys of Florentine history during this period say surprisingly little about the Church at all.
This book argues that between 1250 and 1330 ecclesiastical institutions, personnel, and traditions promoted and facilitated the rapid ascent of Florence to a position of continental prominence and influence. At the same time, ecclesiastical communities offered social and economic support to many of those who had been adversely affected by that transformation or excluded from the prosperity associated with it. Overall, the Church played a constructive role institutionally, economically, culturally, and politically in the process by which Florence became the dominant commune in Tuscany. It was complicit and deeply involved in this transition, not resistant or peripheral to it. Between 1250 and 1330 ecclesiastical communities provided the leadership, effective governance, and stability in both city and countryside that helped create the kinds of social conditions that made the rise of Florence to supremacy possible. They provided settings in which a composite but divided ruling class could emerge. Economically, they significantly contributed to and benefited from the development of the region, and their roles were especially valuable in the areas of food production, charity, shelter for the poor and the marginal, fiscal affairs, and urban development. As such, they helped make possible the two major economic changes that set Florence apart from other Tuscan communes: industrialization and the development of a an efficient and productive agricultural sector. At the same time, many ecclesiastical institutions and personnel in both city and countryside sought to mitigate the social and economic costs of these changes by providing those adversely affected by these changes with shelter, charity, credit, favorable terms on leases, and effective dispute mediation. In the countryside, members of the secular clergy acted to soften some of the most deleterious effects of expanding urban and papal control over their communities by providing credit and reasonable terms on leases to their parishioners. By the 1320s, the secular clergy was acting as a collective body to protect itself and its parishioners from the burdens of excessive taxation, made necessary by the military and security needs of the Commune.
Florentine ecclesiastical communities and cultural traditions were also meeting the complex pastoral and sacramental needs of a spiritually troubled Florentine population, made uncomfortable by the material consequences of sudden wealth. Central to the spiritual traditions of medieval Florentines was the idea of Purgatory, a concept that paradoxically helped legitimize and promote the triumphant economic development of the Commune. Like their counterparts in Provence, those benefiting the most from an expanding economy found that their testamentary legacies for post-mortem masses, the recitation of the Divine Office, and charitable giving—all intended to lessen time spent in Purgatory-offered them and their families hope for ultimate salvation in a world that was dominated by usury and money-making. Purgatory gave them permission—if not actually an incentive—to create wealth without the certainty of inescapable damnation. Consequently, as the economy expanded, Purgatory became more popular among the prosperous. As the concept became more diffused after 1250, it helped render money-making in Florence possible if not necessary, thereby helping to fuel the economic expansion of the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. Making money could imperil one's soul, but monetary legacies channeled into masses, prayers, and good works could also hasten one's journey into paradise. The idea of Purgatory had another function as well: it encouraged if not required care and concern on the part of the wealthy for those who had been adversely affected by the transformation of Florence into an industrial society. Nowhere in Europe (except for Flanders) did the acquisition of wealth seem more rapid or its consequences so noticeable than at Florence in the first decade of the fourteenth century. It should not surprise us, therefore, that the principal theoretician of Purgatory was a Florentine, Dante Alighieri.
Other characteristics of Florentine spiritual and cultural traditions, particularly with regards to the special devotion of women for religious images, helped shape Florentine artistic traditions in important ways during one of the most creative phases in its cultural history. Charitable giving and the peace-making activities of members of ecclesiastical communities in both rural and urban environments did much to preserve social order during this period of tumultuous economic, social, political, and demographic change, especially during periods of war and dearth. Indeed, because urban legal and jurisdictional power came much later to the Florentine countryside than it had at Pisa and Lucca, during this period of rapid transition members of the secular clergy were integral to the resolution of local disputes in the contado, the governance of local communities, and the maintenance of social peace and order. Finally, ecclesiastical communities and traditions contributed ideologically, economically, and politically to the formation of a territorial dominium and to the legitimization of the Guelf Commune. They promoted the ideal of "rebirth" or "revival" of the Commune, a transformation that Lucio Riccetti has identified with the theme of "renewal" (rinnovamento). All in all, the picture of the Church that emerges from this study is a very complicated one. It was not a single monolithic organization, but a set of ecclesiastical communities and traditions divided by ideas, wealth, gender, geography, and location within the institutional hierarchy. The contributions of the Florentine Church certainly do not alone account for the remarkable changes occurring in Florence during the lifetime of Dante, but we cannot fully account for these developments without reference to them.
The time span chosen for this study is appropriate for several reasons. The decades between 1250 and 1330 define the distinctive period of two generations during which Florence emerged out of the company of second-rank Tuscan communes (mid-thirteenth century) to become a continental power (the fourth decade of the fourteenth). Economically, by 1330 the period of greatest prosperity for the Florentine Church (specifically, the secular clergy) was coming to an end. Politically, these two generations also cover the period between the rise of the popolo in the middle of the thirteenth century and the consolidation of the Guelf guild-dominated regime following the death of Charles of Calabria (d. 1328). New magistracies developed in the course of these eighty years to provide stability and to establish a regional territorial state, the lineaments of which had become apparent by 1330. Culturally and intellectually, the two generations between 1250 and 1330 were also amongst the most productive and creative in Florentine (and European) history. They spanned both the lifetimes of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) and Giotto Bondone (1266-1326), and they constituted the decades in which the most recognizable monuments in medieval Florence began to take shape (the Palazzo dei Priori, Santa Maria del Fiore, and the friaries of the Dominicans and Franciscans).
The title of this book has two levels of meaning. On one hand, it refers to the rise of the Florentine Church to a status of continental prominence and influence. On the other, it refers to the elevation of Florence to become one of the most influential cities in Europe. The principal theme of the book is that these two transformations are connected in complex and complementary ways. The aim here is not to provide a complete and comprehensive synthesis of Florentine ecclesiastical history. That task, in and of itself, would require many volumes, as virtually every aspect of Florentine ecclesiastical history has become a field in itself. Rather, the goal is to account for the role of the Church in the transformation of Florence during the lifetime of Dante. Although there is still much research that remains to be done in the field of Florentine church history, this is the first study since the publication of Robert Davidsohn's work over a century ago to offer a general overview. To situate the role of the Church in its institutional, economic, social, and cultural contexts, it will draw on original research as well as on the pioneering work of other historians in the field. The original research for this book focuses primarily on the secular clergy (the bishopric, the cathedral chapter, the rural and urban parish clergy), the economic history of other major institutions, selected rural and urban parishes, testamentary legacies, and, to a lesser extent, selected regular and mendicant communities and confraternities. To make its case, the book will supplement this original research with published scholarship on female religious communities, saints' cults, the collegiate church of San Lorenzo, the role of ritual in Florentine social life, the history of piety, and confraternities. It will explain how ecclesiastical institutions and communities in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth century diocese of Florence actually worked and operated on the local level. In itself, this is an important and necessary contribution to the ecclesiastical history of medieval Italy in particular and of medieval Europe in general.
There are five important implications of this study for medieval ecclesiastical history. First, it situates church history at the center of the stunning developments regarding the transformation of Florence at the end of the thirteenth and the beginning of the fourteenth centuries. The tendency to offer a sweeping judgment of the Church as an obstructionist, negative, corrupting, or even peripheral force in Florentine society after 1250 needs to be rejected. Davidsohn tended to celebrate the emergence of bourgeois civility in Florence during the age of Dante, in comparison with which the Church represented a corrupted, resistant, and backward-looking community. Some recent scholars have tended to continue to emphasize the negative. They have emphasized the presence of conflict between the laity and the church hierarchy, ignored the Church altogether, or condemned it for being complicit in the emergence in the fourteenth century of a system of industrial exploitation and oppression. In these scenarios, the Church (or aspects of it, such as the "hierarchy") appears as if it were monolithic or centrally controlled. It was not. Whereas some institutions and clergy did indeed collaborate with other members of the elite to worsen the social conditions for many Florentines at this time, others responded to these rapid changes in Florence by coming to the aid of the victims. This brings us to the second major implication of this study. We cannot treat the Church as if it were a single entity that spoke with one voice; it was a living, diverse, and often unruly set of communities that was as divided as the society of which it was a part.
Third, the conclusions of this book call into question some of the traditional notions regarding the secular clergy in modern historiography, views that have tended to be critical and negative. Scholars have long disapproved of the behavior of the secular clergy, arguing that it helps to explain the success of the friars (the mendicant clergy). Not only did the friars fulfill the religious needs of the urban laity in ways that traditional monastic spirituality was unable to provide, according to this view, but they also offered a stark contrast to the alleged careerism, materialism, and corruption of many members of the secular clergy. Such success however did not come without conflict, which played itself out in cities scattered across the continent. Recently, some historians have begun to take another look at the mendicant/secular relationship. Though there is ample evidence throughout Europe that there existed strife between the secular and mendicant clergies, it is also becoming increasingly apparent that historians can exaggerate the extent of these clashes, understate the failures of the seculars, and overstate the contributions of the friars. Such has been the case regarding Florence, as this study will argue. In terms of solidarity with the community, members of the secular clergy, especially the parish clergy, were noteworthy. One of the major reasons why the image of the secular clergy has been so negative is that historians have tended to neglect research on the countryside in favor of an emphasis on the city, where mendicant loyalties were strongest before the early fourteenth century. When the countryside (where the seculars prevailed) is studied alongside the city, a more balanced picture emerges, and the secular clergy appears in a more favorable light.


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hello friendlikins!
how are you this fine day of love? did you remember that it's valentine's day? is love in the air? i ask as i'm at home, my husband fast asleep at midday after a conversation last night that went something a long the lines of.
wifey: "so... do you want to do something for valentine's day tomorrow?"
hubby: "no. i wasn't planning on anything - it's too commercialised, so i've never gotten into it."
wifey: "oh... well i guess it's good that i didn't plan anything then."
it's true that i hadn't planned anything but i was going to do some last minute things today. what do you think about valentine's day? i used to feel the same way that tommy does - i never got into the whole flowers, chocolates + teddy bears holding hearts thing. maybe it's because i never received any. i did get a love note one time though... anywho! now that i'm married i feel different about valentine's day. i feel like it should be a day to embrace love - to go all out to be generous + embarrassingly over the top but in a non-commercial kind a way.
here's what i'd like to do/receive: {there's always next year, right?!}
*** the day would start with waking up to find a box full of hearts, with love notes + love vouchers!
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*** i would then use my breakfast voucher - to then discover that pink ombre pancakes have already been made + the house decorated with hearts + love messages!
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*** whilst my hubby + i are out on a fun adventure, a bundle of love would be read!
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does any of that tickle your fancy? it does mine! i think it would be lovely : )
for those who have some last minute planning or don't want to go all out - here are some easy ways to show someone you love them:
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you could write a love note/poem/draw something!
i particularly like - read their favourite book + knit them mittens!
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whether valentine's day is celebrated or not!
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Sundance Indie Filmmakers Take on The Internet and the Planet's Ongoing Destruction
By JoAnn M. Valenti, Ph.D./Emerita ProfessorRecent headline-making discoveries coupled with international box-office hits would seem a sure demonstration of public interest in films about science, especially space exploration. Not quite at Robert Redford's annual, snowy, mountain high Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah (USA). As has become the case at this prestigious independent film fest, only a handful of the 123 features selected from over 12,000 submissions offered a science or technology issue or included a science, engineer or tech character in the cast as required for the Alfred P. Sloan Award for science in a narrative film screened at the festival.
Operation AvalancheSpace made news across the globe, particularly with the discovery of Planet 9. Mass media outlets, especially in the U.S. and Russia, focused on repeated launch and landing attempts as well as on the successful return of two astronauts after nearly a year in space. Space science enthusiasts are predicting the planet could have a backup population of humans on Mars within the not too distant future. Yet the only space focused film at Sundance, Operation Avalanche, was a tale of a scam on the United States' NASA space agency and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. In a documentary about a faked documentary, Canadian filmmakers even contrived a convincing sounding name for a U.S. government failed project. Other films—or lack of—with viable science content or characters simply didn't suggest much attention to predictions of what science issues were on the public's minds. Rather, the winning focus for indie filmmakers was a look back at the beginnings of today's most dire global warming contributors.
Embrace of the SerpentThe Sloan science award went to an already successful feature film inspired by the original journals of two scientists exploring the Amazonian rainforest. Embrace of the Serpent had earlier screened at film festivals including Cannes, and earned an Academy Award nomination in the foreign film category; it did not win the Oscar. The Spanish, English sub-titled film follows German anthropologist Theodor Koch-Grünberg and American biologist Richard Evans Schultes, who independently trekked through the Colombian Amazon, both guided by Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman. In a significant departure from other tales from the Amazon, Columbian filmmaker Ciro Guerra tells this multi-generational story from the point of view of the native shaman. The story unfolds over a 40 year period, each of the two researchers developing a friendship with the same shaman guide while traveling through treacherous territory in search of a plant (yakruna) considered sacred by the indigenous people, and of value to the exploiting rubber industry. The film describes decades of cultural and environmental devastation wrought by industry and missionaries while the government looked only toward development income. The shaman narrator is the sole survivor of his culture. Guerra was asked, "Can man, through science and art, transcend brutality?" He answered, "Some men did." The Sloan Science Award includes $20,000, hopefully an incentive for more filmmakers to feature scientists and tell real science stories.
When Two Worlds CollideA documentary, therefore not a contender for the required Sloan feature genre, When Two Worlds Collide from Peru, tells the Amazon environmental holocaust story from a current point of view. Two filmmakers, straight out of college in pursuit of a short film, ended up spending several years following an indigenous leader and the people he represents who are resisting the ruin of Amazonian lands by big business. The first time independent filmmakers found they had a larger story at hand. They interview country officials including the President and the Minister of Environment for whom development trumps protecting a culture, valuable habitat, a sustainable environment and the climate of the planet. The film captures the despair and determination of the indigenous leader as he is exiled, returns to face 20 years in prison and continue the struggle. This contemporary story with deaths on both sides of the battle reflects the ongoing demise of the planet. Calling native lands "a waste", the same president accused of law-breaking and oil-lusting for personal profit is up for reelection this year. This is one of the many untold big science stories not making headlines outside of South America. Encouragingly, as I write this review, Reuters is reporting that an indigenous community in the Peruvian Amazon has taken at least eight public officials hostage to demand help from the central government after an oil spill polluted their lands.
Documentary filmsDocumentary films have offered more attention to science issues. Oscar- nominated filmmaker Josh Fox brought attention to the dangers of fracking in Gasland (Sundance 2010 winner) aired on HBO television.
Fox returned to Sundance this year with another game changing documentary: How To Let Go of the World (and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change). In the new doc Fox offers his personal answer to the despair brought on by the facts of climate change: Become "climate warriors." He is currently on a world tour to encourage people everywhere to be actively involved in delaying the effects of global warming and pollution. HBO once again picked up this film to air in June.
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
Of more interest than space or rainforests to renowned filmmaker Werner Herzog and Web developer Sir Tim Berners-Lee: the Internet and technologically enhanced access to information through social media. Herzog, the Sloan science film award winner in 2005 for Grizzly Man, arrived in Park City with a very personal documentary interviewing cosmologists and others at the helm of the future of communication: Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World. Society, Herzog laments, depends on the Internet for nearly everything; we rarely step back and recognize its endless intricacies and unsettling omnipotence. His film is an exploration in a somewhat light hearted yet chilling examination of our rapidly interconnecting online lives in interviews with sometimes strange and often beguiling individuals ranging from Internet pioneers to victims of wireless radiation. (He pointed out in a later interview that he "does not do interviews" rather, "I have conversations.") The film weaves together a complex portrait of our brave new world as Herzog describes the Internet as "one of the biggest revolutions we as humans are experiencing," but tempers his enthusiasm with the dark side: horror stories from victims of online harassment and Internet addiction. The Internet, the film argues, is a war enabler. Meta data and the Sandia Labs in the U.S. for example are huge cyber targets for hackers. In an interview with U.S. SpaceX founder Elon Musk who suggest his goal is to establish life on other planets—"just in case"—Herzog offers to go on a one way ticket. The Web, Herzog suggests, is the Internet dreaming and warns that a new morality and culture is on deck. The Internet, he says, is the worst enemy of critical thinking. The Internet, he suggested, should be a tool for science and communication, not for propelling one's self.
For Everyone.NETIn a somewhat similar but more optimistic vein, World Wide Web creator Sir Berners-Lee appeared at an invitation-only, off the festival Main St. site to present his Ford Foundation supported documentary: For Everyone.NET. He called his creation "an altruistic endeavor." The documentary describes his goal as an exercise in examining the Web's democratic potential, enabling people to be broadcasters, preserving diverse cultures. "The Web is our new world," he said, his focus on saving net neutrality as governments attempt to gain control over access and content. "Individuals can pull the world together," he argues. His passion is to keep the Web for everyone everywhere for free. He sees commercial services subsidizing content as a threat. The infrastructure needs to be open he argues, but in recognizing international differences in defining "neutrality," he suggests states can regulate, perhaps balance freedom of access to information with accountability. A conversation between Herzog and Berners-Lee would be worth noting.
As he has done every year, Sundance founder actor/director/environmentalist Redford stressed the value of documentaries and reminded journalists that the festival's intent is to spotlight areas not getting attention. "Out of independence comes diversity," Filmmaker Mike Cahill, who has won the science award at Sundance twice (Another Earth in 2011 and I Origins in 2014), and served as a juror for this year's award, commented during a panel on "The Art of Getting Science Right" that, "Science for me is a new landscape of stories." He added, "Everything science discovers on Wednesday that we didn't know on Tuesday becomes raw material for creativity."
More on these topics:
Independent films communicating science at Sundance 2014 by JoAnn M. Valenti
Science at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival by JoAnn M. Valenti
The Bio:Fiction film festival: Sensing how a debate about synthetic biology might evolve by
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Are too many nursing home patients receiving psychiatric drugs?
If you ask government inspectors, the answer is a resounding— YES.
Today, physciatric drugs– and anti-psychotic drugs in particular– are prescribed to an astounding 14% of all nursing home patients. The bulk of the psychiatric drugs are administered to patients with dementia or Alzheimer's in order to calm their potentially aggressive behaviors.
Despite the prevalence of this practice, anti-psychotic drugs such as AstraZeneca's Seroquel and Eli Lilly's Zyprexa have been associated with an increased mortality rate in seniors. Other documented side-effects include: elevated blood sugar levels, increased cholesterol and weight gain.


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The first official attempt to analyse surnames in Ireland was made by Robert Matheson in 1890.
His 'Analysis of Surnames and Forenames in Ireland', listed the 100 most common names beginning with Murphy, Kelly, Sullivan, Walsh and Smith.
At the time, the Irish Times acknowledged Matheson's work with an editorial.
The newspaper praised Matheson, who was a barrister-at-law, Secretary of the General Register Office, for his "great skill and assiduity . . . taken up this troublesome work".
The alphabetical list was also prefaced with explanatory chapters which the Times noted would "engage the attention of the literary scholar as well as of the professional searcher".
Matheson commented that his work presented a very interesting study of Irish names.
"Apart from the official purpose for which they have been prepared, the indexes form a most interesting study. Like the figures in the kaleidoscope, names are continually changing, old names dropping out and new ones appearing," the author said.
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Ronaldinho skill v Singapore
The gap-toothed one nearly produced a wonder goal with a run from deep late in the warm-up game for the Olympics against Singapore yesterday. The run culminated in Ronaldinho nearly producing a magical roulette turn on the edge of the box, which can be seen here.
An in-depth look at how AC Milan's Samba pairing of Ronaldinho and Alexander Pato got on in the game can be seen here.


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Thanks for Sharing Memorial Day Commemoration – Always Meaningful
Thank you to all our members, neighbors, elected representatives, candidates, he Boy Scouts, and all the folks who came out to remember and give thanks as well as appreciation for those who have perished protecting America. We remember those missing in action as well as those currently serving in the armed services. Let us keep this tradition going. Mark your calendars for next year.


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-Praying for Revival: Psalm 119: 137-144
by Dr. D ~ February 1st, 2018
137 Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments.
138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.
139 My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
140 Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
141 I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live. (KJV)
Our Father,
Our zeal consumes us; your Word is our delight and needs to be delivered to every nation, people, and tongue.
But trouble and anguish have found us in this great nation; we live in a country where your Word is now discounted as something that history has passed by at best and dangerous discriminatory fables that need to be restricted at worse. We cry out for our own nation and for the American church that revival might once more come to our land; let your Holy Spirit hover over this nation and let your host defeat the enemy and his principalities over our cities and country.
Let your Kingdom come down in our midst and let your will be done in your church and let it finally be victorious. Let signs and wonders, healings and miracles confirm to this nation the veracity of your Word to this generation that is now rejecting it. Let new leaders come forth from those who now disbelieve with a new conviction to fulfill the destiny of your church before the great day when your Son comes again in the clouds. When he comes let there be a victorious church to call up to meet him in the air him from every nation and not just a defeated remnant but hundreds of millions singing songs of joy and victory.
In Jesus name, Amen.


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New York real estate firm Brown Harris Stevens has acquired Zilbert International Realty, a luxury residential brokerage based in Miami Beach.
"The diverse and vibrant Miami market is an ideal venue for our expansion as many of our clients spend time there," William Lie Zeckendorf, co-owner of Brown Harris Stevens, said in a statement. "Zilbert's agents' unparalleled knowledge of the market, and commitment to excellent service to clients dovetails perfectly with the principles that Brown Harris Stevens has stood for since 1873."
Mark Zilbert, who founded Zilbert in 2003, will become president of a new Miami-based firm called Brown Harris Stevens Zilbert. The firm, which has more than 30 licensed agents, will maintain its office at 1129 5th St., Miami Beach, and will open a new location at the corner of Ocean Drive and South Pointe Drive.
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University Participates in International Conference
Dr. Ameen Ghamaz, Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Studies, Faculty of Science and Arts at King Khalid University, participated in a study on the contribution of the Islamic Culture Courses at King Khalid University to the development of societal modest thinking at the international conference, "The Duty of Saudi Universities and Their Impact on Protecting Youth from Groups, Parties and Deviations." The conference was organized by Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University and took place at the Conference Building in the University City under the auspices of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz, may God protect him, in the presence of senior leadership, and the participation of more than one hundred scholars from different Arab and Islamic countries. The conference was held earlier last week.
The study had four research submissions and a keynote conclusion. The first research piece was a definition of the concepts of the study, in which Dr. Ghamaz identified the concept of moderation in Islam and other related concepts. Moreover, he clarified the concept of culture in general and Islamic culture in particular. The second topic was a presentation and analysis of deviant thought, its gravity, and the main reasons leading to it. Dr. Ghamaz defined deviant thought as an ideology that is characterized by excess and negligence. He spoke about the most important reasons leading to deviant thinking, the most important of which is the misinterpretation of the teachings of Islam and its principles, especially the texts related to jihad, succession and legal laws, the absence of the role of the family, the school and the university in some countries, and unscrupulous media tactics.
In the third topic, the researcher clarified the great role of Islamic Culture Courses in protecting university youth from deviant thought, through the following points:
- The focus of Islamic Culture Courses on the commitment to provide a moderate model of religion while striving to be a medium-dominant public culture.
- The contribution of Islamic Culture Courses in educating youth on the negative consequences of intolerance and extremism and taking lessons from the societies that suffer from this disease.
- The necessity of directing cultural courses to the minds of university youth and investing in them for the benefit of the homeland.
- The contribution of the Islamic Culture Courses to the dissemination of moderate thinking by responding to the suspicions of the extremists intellectually through scientific means.
- Cultural courses must strive to strengthen the spirit of national belonging as one of the great foundations of this religion.
He then explained the societal and religious responsibility of universities in spreading moderate thought using dialogue and discussion, as a method of teaching, and at the same time, avoiding the method of indoctrination in education.
Dr. Ghamaz: Universities must assume their responsibilities by carrying out educational activities and lectures aimed at protecting future generations and our society from any subversive thought that goes beyond the established boundaries of our Islamic faith and culture.
The researcher also pointed out that the universities must assume their responsibilities by carrying out educational activities and educational lectures aimed at protecting generations and society from any alien thought on our original Islamic faith and culture. He further related that they should also enhance the role of Sharia colleges and Islamic Studies departments in adopting moderate foundations while avoiding teaching abnormal opinions that counter the moderate approach in Islam.
In the fourth topic, the researcher presented the characterization of the Islamic Culture Courses at King Khalid University with a statement on the strengths in these courses, suggestions, and recommendations that promote the building of the moderate thinking among the students. At the end of the study, the researcher recommended that the courses of Islamic culture must be compulsory courses for all students in all Arab and Islamic universities. He also added that universities should benefit from the experience of King Khalid University in this field.
The researcher also recommended the formation of committees of professors of Islamic law, psychology, and sociology for the continuous evaluation of these courses, in line with national requirements. He also stated these courses should include a special chapter to introduce deviant groups and parties that emerge from time to time to the students.
In the end, the researcher thanked the organizers for this valuable conference, headed by His Excellency, Dr. Sulaiman Aba Al-Khalil, the Rector of KKU, and a member of the Senior Scholars Council. He also praised the efforts of Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University for their service to Islam and Muslims. It is noteworthy that all the research presented at the conference were printed in a scientific record consisting of ten volumes distributed to participants, attendees, and students.


text: 21 Horses is: James Carbaugh - Guitars / Lead Vocals Gary Nixon - Drums & Other Percussive Devices John Huckfeldt - Bass / Background Vocals The boys have played in a number of area bands and projects including: James - lead guitar for THRILLBILLY, Powers/James, & CPN Gary - Percussion for Power/James & CPN John - Bass for Jesus Presley, GravelPitt, & My Fellow Traveler 21 Horses\' music is what songwriter James Carbaugh calls \'Roots based Rock and Blues with some country-fied overtones to it.\' \'Knockin\'\' is their first disc together. A special thanks to Anna Stirling for her back up vocals on all this album\'s tracks, with the exception of \'Conflict\'. Independently produced and released by 21 Horses based out of Portland, Oregon. Check the boys out at various venues in the Portland area.


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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 12-cup fluted tube cake pan and set aside.
Place 1 cup of the butter and the granulated sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat 2 minutes until light and fluffy. Meanwhile, in a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon and set aside. Add the eggs to the butter mixture one at a time, blending well after each addition. Reduce the mixer speed to low and fold in 1/2 teaspoon of the extract. Add the flour mixture gradually, mixing well. Fold in the apples and pecans. Transfer to the prepared baking pan and bake 50 to 60 minutes or until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Immediately transfer to a wire rack to cool.
In a large saucepan over medium-high heat, melt the remaining butter, stirring constantly for 3 to 4 minutes or until golden brown. Add the powdered sugar, the remaining extract and enough milk to make the frosting smooth. Spread over the top of the cooled cake. Let stand at least 10 minutes before slicing and serving.
Yield: 12 to 14 servings
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