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Once and Future King: RP - 05-28-2011, 05:51 AM
No Mary Sues or Gary Stus please! Just follow the general RP rules set out in the forums and things should roll along pretty smoothly.
2. This RP is based on Arthurian legend. It would be great if you could base the majority of you characters on characters that are actually part of the original tales. Of course you can have OC's but the traditional characters are pretty interesting as well, so have a crack at playing a few of them. Oh, and feel free to include a web page or two on any existing characters in your character form.
3. Please don't be rude or offensive, we all have the right to inter prate characters the way we wish to. Abusing other players is not okay. Of we're all polite and friendly things will be much pleasanter as a whole.
4. Don't randomly take over other people's characters. It's not only confusing but a little irritating. If the person gives you permission then by all means go ahead, but make sure you tell everyone else that you have permission.
5. Yes, this RP may include a fair amount of violence and other such themes. Please be warned, it won't be a gore-fest but we'll need to include such themes for the storyline to make sense.
6. Have Fun!
Every legend has a beginning, the building blocks upon which characters grow, upon which good and evil are precariously balanced trying to obtain some form of stability. The first few events that allow us to understand why characters act the way they do, why they perform the deeds they perform, why they choose the path they will eventually follow. However in the midst of battle an bloodshed, triumph and tracery and romance and reconciliation we tend to forget these humble beginnings. However the beginning remains as one of the most important elements in any legend, not matter how mighty. With this in mind I welcome you to Camelot, a land like no other. It may not look the way you expect, but that's because our story is just starting, and no one knows exactly where it will end.
Uther Pendragon has ruled over Camelot for many years. He's a good king, seared and yet admired by his people. The law is enforced with an iron fist, criminals are punished harshly, the consequence for their crime often being death at the hands of one if the royal executioners. No one is exempt from the law, nobles and commoners alike. Although many people are none to fond of Uther no can deny that he is fair, that he is just. It is very rare that the king falters or loses his grim determination, except perhaps after the death of his wife. Even in this darker hour Uther managed to lead his people to victory, finishing a war with a neighboring kingdom that had lasted several years. Despite the ragged look of the town and the shaggy netting if forest that surrounds the city, Camelot's king stands tall, like the castle he directed be built in the center of the town. Thick stone turrets impale the skyline and several flags fly brave,y from flagpoles that extend past the roof. Guards stand watch from what seems like one hundred different positions. Uther's castle is his pride and as he often says as long as it is standing tall, so will his Kingdom.
Meanwhile hidden by the curving staircases and arched windows of this architectural masterpiece a new generation is finding it's footing in the social standings of it's kingdom, and with each other. This is the generation that will grow to become famous for romances, tragedies and betrayals like no other. Noble or peasant, rich or poor, the names of these children will become famous. However for now they remain at the very beginning of their story, alongside their city. The expectations, pressure and decisions that will fall on their shoulders did not just begin with the tales we know and love, even now as teenagers they must deal with death and misfortune. However every legend has it's heroes, just as every legend has it's villains, and these characters begin to emerge from the anonymity of their childhood lives they're pushed into a spotlight that will never fade. Even now evil threatens the kingdom and temptation never dies. It's your decision which side you will take? Will you choose good over evil or vice versa? Will you allow emotions to rule your decisions? Will you live by your heart or you head? Most importantly, are you prepared to fight for what you believe in?
So welcome, welcome to Camelot, city of legend...
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Quick Bio: (a quick overview of your characters life up until now)
And of course your introduction paragraph comes next...
Here are a few helpful websites if you need a hand finding a suitable character...
List of Arthurian characters - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arthurian Characters
King Arthur: Resources
Please keep in mind that altering characters back stories is absolutely fine, but keep things realistic...
Guinevere - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Name: Guinevere
Age: Fifteen
Appearance: Conventionally good-looking, blond hair, green eyes, fair skin. She can be described as 'pretty' or 'beautiful' however she's not stunning.
Personality: Guinevere is generally quite friendly and cheerful however she's also impulsive stubborn and is often ignorant of others emotions and needs. She's very defensive of those she admires and of her friends and family yet her temper and hard-headedness often lead to her holding grudges for a lot longer than she should. Despite all this she's a good friend, most of the time.
Quick Bio: Guinevere is the daughter of Leodegrance, one of Uther's strongest supporters and also an important noble. The family only consists of herself and her father, after her mothers death and her sisters decision to move on. It was this that played an important role in Leodegrance's decision to move to Camelot upon an invitation from Uther himself. The two moved and have only been in Camelot a few weeks. In this short time Guinevere hasn't managed to make many friends, and Leodegrance has been busy reminiscing with the king.
Compared to many girls, Guinevere was lucky to be born into the family she was. There's never been any abuse, mental or physical. Both her and her father get along quite well apart from the occasional argument caused by the two's similar wild tempers. However in between these flare-ups they have a fairly stable relationship and although it isn't the best, it certainly isn't the worst.
Guinevere stood alone in the corner of the room, although she usually quite liked big celebrations, the feats and dances held in Camelot were different to the ones she used to attend. Several weeks ago she would have been able to attend with a group of friends, they could have danced and had a good time without much thought, however many things in Camelot seemed to revolve around status, no matter how ridiculous it sounded. Besides, the ladies here were different from her former friends. Many of them dressed in dresses that seemed much to revealing and Guinevere wouldn't be caught dead in. It was pointless really, they were only encouraging the men of the royal court to treat them as objects. Guinevere would not be treated as an object, hence she'd rejected several slightly drunken offers to dance.
She glanced in her father's direction, slightly enviously. Leodegrance was busy reminiscing with Uther, the two roaring with good-natured laughter. She turned her attention back to the tables ladened with food and the dance floor ladened with fine cloth and perfume. Guinevere watched the glitzy dresses lass her one by one and tried to look inconspicuous. The last thing she needed was to look arrogant, no matter how much she disapproved of the sleazy lines she heard coming from the vague direction if several of Uther's drunken knights. The best way to look inconspicuous was to eat or drink, it also made it quite clear that she had no interest in dancing. One of the more irritating side effects was that of feeling slightly queasy and she had to savor each piece of food while looking as though she was still hungry. Guinevere moved over politely to make way for a group of excited females before assuming her previous position next to the table. It was going to be a long night.
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Uther Pendragon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Name: Uther Pendragon
Age: Fifty or so
Appearance: Tall, average weight, grey eyes, black hair. He has a small but neat beard, and he has quite a sharp bone structure. Although he isn't too bad looking for his age he certainly isn't handsome.
Personality: His wit is almost as sharp as his bone structure. Uther is the sort of man who can find the fault in almost anything but barely mentions the positives. He's very intelligent and is a fantastic strategist however he's often very cold and isn't one to dish out praise. He can come of as arrogant, but his determination is impressive. He's certainly not shy and he's an extremely ambitious man.
Quick Bio: Uther, like his son was born to be king and was brought up in such a manner, hence his manner and personality. Perhaps the only thing that haunts him is the knowledge that Arthur, his only son, was born of an affair not related to marriage. Arthur's true mother Igraine, disappeared soon after her son's birth much to Uther's dismay. However Arthur was raised to become the next king of Camelot however not by Uther, his father's affair covered up with powerful magic and lies. The kingdom was told that Uther's true wife was killed during childbirth when in fact she was assassinated on the day she supposedly gave birth. This served Uther and Igraine's story well and no questions were asked. The guilt however, lived on in Uther and he's never revealed what actually happened between him and Igraine to anyone, not even his son.
Merlin managed to convince Uther that the best way to care for his sone was to allow him to be raised by one of the lower nobles. This way Arthur would get a sense of the highs and lows of the kingdom rather than becoming spoilt or arrogant. Uther agreed, wanting to allow his son the chance to become the best leader possible, however has always kept an eye out for his son from a distance however has never showed any sort of emotion towards his son and will only address him by his name, not wanting to express any sort of love.
Uther stood next to his old friend and surveyed the celebration. The two had spent over an hour already reminiscing old times and during these pleasurable moments he had lost sight of his son. It was no secret he held high hopes for Arthur, he wanted him to have a good marriage, become a fearless leader, continue to lead Camelot forward with the same determination he, Uther, had. However in the midst of the cheer he had momentarily forgotten these hopes. Now they resurfaced and he kept a keen eye out for any trouble around the room. Several of his knights had found partners and with the introduction of music had begun to dance, attracting more people by the minute. As far as he could tell Arthur wasn't among them, and he turned a critical eye back to Leodegrance. If Arthur performed any out of place actions tonight he would have hell to pay tomorrow morning. He would make sure of that, even if he wasn't dealing out the blows himself.
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Percival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Name: Percival
Age: Seventeen
Appearance: Average, height and weight. His features resemble that of a sheepdog, shaggy brown hair and brown eyes, although he also has a air few freckles. He isn't particularly handsome, nor is he particularly ugly.
Personality: The most appropriate word to describe Percival's personality is unsure. He's quite uncertain and though he's fairly intelligent he rambles a lot. He is, though, a very good friend, once you get to know him. He's not very good with people, unlike a lot of other knights. He is appears to be eternally optimistic.
Quick Bio: Percival is the son of King Pellinore and has dedicated most of his life to obtaining knighthood, which eventually managed to accomplish after drastically improving on his swordsmanship. He doesn't have any siblings and his father is usually busy with his duties as king. However he's come to think of Camelot as home seeing as he spends so much time in the castle. Unfortunately he hasn't always been the best swordsman and when he was little he was picked on by other children because of it, luckily he's a little better now. Besides, he's good with horses, which makes up for a lack of hunger for violence.
Percival looked around the hall unsteadily. He was absolutely sure he shouldn't have had that last glass of wine, he'd gone beyond tipsy now and was beginning to feel slightly delirious. Luckily he was supported by the wall behind him, several of the other knights were rather enjoying the attention provided by some of the ladies of the court. Percival had fortunately managed to avoid these attentions which were quite bothersome, besides he'd give the wrong impression if he threw up on his partner, he didn't need that extra trouble.
Come to think of it he was regretting even attending the celebrations, the only reason he had was because it was expected. Percival wasn't usually one for loud music and greasy food. However he much preferred both of these things than being sentenced to death for disrespecting the King's orders. Percival felt himself begin to slide sideways and clutched desperately at the wall. Now probably wasn't one of his best moments, he needed to make sure he never drank that stuff again, it was extremely strong and he was beginning to doubt the existence of his stomach. Percival sighed as he leant his head against the wall. The other knights weren't going to let him forget this anytime soon.
King Arthur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Name: Arthur Pendragon
Age: 16
Appearance: Arthur inherited some of his father's sharp features, but his face is spared the bony look his father has by his mother's genes. His cheek and chin bones are sharp, but his nose is softer, more buttony, almost childlike looking, and his lips are a little fuller. Arthur is just a tad bit shorter than other men his age, and is fit from training to be a knight himself. He has bright ginger hair and gray-blue eyes, neither of which his parents actually had. Seeing as how people of the time didn't know about recessive genes, this only aids in keeping the public and even Arthur himself from guessing his true heritage. While his face is more pleasant to behold than his father's sharp features, he isn't mind-blowingly handsome, just better than average.
Personality: At this point in our story, Arthur is a bit immature and sort of angry at the world. He is often pulling off stupid stunts and tricks, playing pranks, and playing the part of quite the flirt. In a word, he thinks himself a rebel, though most people just see him as a nuisance. As time goes on and things progress more and more toward chaos, he'll mature some, but he'll never entirely rid himself of his reckless behavior.
Quick Bio: Having been raised by the mild-mannered Lord Ector, who is one of the poorer noblemen around, Arthur feels he fits in with neither noblemen or commoners alike, and trusts only who he thinks is his stepbrother, Kay. He often finds himself wondering how his life would be different were they rich, or had the woman he assumes was his mother had survived the disease outbreak of his early childhood. He has never been mistreated, no matter how much he moans about being one of two noblemen's sons (his stepbrother is the other) who has a list of chores to do regularly.
Sir Kay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Name: Kay Celydon
Age: 18
Appearance: Kay is a very, very tall young man; most people of average height have to crane their necks in order to converse with him. Just like his father, Kay has medium brown hair with hints of red and dark blue eyes, as well as a wide, rounded jaw with a slight cleft to the chin. He is broad-chested and can boast of being one of the strongest around and has rather large muscles. Like most people, he assumes Arthur's red hair is indicative of his relationship to the Celydons, though no one else in the family ever had it in such a vibrant shade.
Personality: Kay is very protective of Arthur, though there are some moments when he's jealous of his younger foster brother. Kay can be envious, quick to anger, and sometimes even a bully. He is strong-minded or pigheaded, depending on who one is talking to. On the flipside, he is very loyal to his family and his friends, and will do anything for them or to defend them if necessary. In times of need, there are few men more reliable than he.
Quick Bio: Kay has spent a lot of his time looking out for Arthur and attempting (and often failing) to keep him out of trouble. There are many times when he resents this unofficial position, but he stubbornly keeps at it since his father's knee gave out years ago and never healed properly. A lot of people have come to see Kay as Arthur's body guard of sorts, or to expect trouble if Kay appears to be searching for Arthur. Unlike Arthur, Kay doesn't mind the chores; it means he doesn't have to look after Arthur, after all, and can't be blamed if Arthur's up to something stupid.
Since he was only two at the time of Arthur's birth, he does not remember that his stepmother did not have him. He does remember, however, when his stepmother died, for he was four. His own mother died having him, but, unlike Arthur, he doesn't hate the universe for his mother's death.
(Ooc Author's notes: Based Kay more on the Welsh legends than the later ones, and most old paintings of Arthur depict him with red hair, so I decided to stick with it)
The Celydons had arrived slightly late, thanks, of course, to Arthur; Arthur hadn't wanted to go at all. Now, normally, the redhead reveled in the opportunity to make an entrance, to either flirt or stir up trouble, or both. Preferably both, actually.
But not today. He'd practically had to be dragged from the Celydon estate near what would later be called London. But this was a celebration held by King Uther, and lately Arthur had noticed the king watching him specifically. Why? Had he finally gone too far, committed a capital crime? Was there some special interest the king had in him, the lowly son of a lord? Whatever the case, the strict Uther gave Arthur the chills, and he wanted to avoid the man whenever possible... which wasn't nearly as often as he liked, sadly.
Such as today, at this celebration. So, instead of striding in confidently as per usual, he sort of skulked in and skirted around the edges of the room, amusing and bemusing both Kay and Ector. Ector shrugged it off, and privately wished that Arthur always behaved this way, while Kay sighed heavily, ran a hand through his mop of auburn hair, and followed his brother.
So, what has your pants in a twist? Kay asked gruffly, folding his thick arms across his chest.
Hmm? What? Oh, nothing, nothing at all, Arthur lied, leaning against the wall and doing his best to look collected.
Kay snorted. If nothing was bothering you, you'd be out in the center of this room, sweet-talking the ladies, he said, arching a thick brow. When Arthur seemed to relent and motioned with his hand for Kay to lean in closer, Kay hesitated, then did so.
It's the king, whispered Arthur.
The king? echoed Kay, his eyebrows shooting high up his forehead. What about him?
I- I don't know, he's just been watching me, and it's creeping me out, Arthur replied.
Kay chuckled. Little brother, King Uther watches everybody like a hawk; it's just in his nature.
Well, yes, but I feel like he's watching me more, almost- almost as if he has some sort of special interest in me. Arthur paused and licked his lips nervously, then said, Have I done anything lately that's bad even for me? Does he fancy me a real criminal?
Hmm? No, not that I can think of; your pranks are largely harmless, if annoying, nothing that would warrant an execution. I think your neck is safe... Kay couldn't help but grin and add, ...for now, at least.
Thanks for nothing, Kay, sighed Arthur.
Besides, if he is watching you more then anyone else and I'm not admitting he is, mind- then won't he be suspicious if you slink off and lean against a wall quietly? Kay said thoughtfully after a moment.
You're right. And maybe if I talk to someone, I'll forget about him watching me, Arthur agreed.
Or, better yet, a lady, added Kay.
You're actually encouraging me to go flirt? Arthur asked. Then he laughed. Will do! He surveyed the room, trying to pick out a suitable girl, when he spotted her, the blonde. Had he not tried to hide himself, he wouldn't have seen her at all, hiding in the corner along the same wall as he but a ways further down. The blonde girl, do you know who she is? Arthur asked Kay, nodding to Guinevere.
No idea, she's a new face, Kay said. Doesn't look very receptive, though, Kay added, a warning flashing in his blue eyes.
Ah, but that's the best part, opening her up. Now, see how she's standing? She doesn't like it here, obviously, wishes to be somewhere else. Look at her clothes; either her father keeps her locked up tight or she hates the lower necklines, possibly flirting, too. Way to crack this nut is to pretend to be avoiding the party just as much as she is... and, if she's really new, she won't have heard my reputation, Arthur said, eyeing up Guinevere and analyzing her.
Uh oh, here comes trouble, murmured Kay, rolling his eyes. He recognized that look; Arthur wouldn't stop until he won the girl.
I'll see you later, Kay... don't hover too close, okay? I'll have to play this one slow; no trouble yet, I promise, Arthur said.
Kay sighed. There'll be no stopping you, either way... but I'll still keep an eye on you. Keep in mind that, whoever she is, she's a lady; keep her virtue intact, at least.
What do you take me for, a barbarian? Arthur said before walking casually over toward Guinevere.
He didn't quite reach her before he sighed and leaned against the wall again, mimicking her far-off expression. He stayed like that for a moment, then pretended to notice her for the first time. Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't see you there. Did you want to be alone? I can leave, if you want... I just wanted to get away from- from that, Arthur said, waving his hand at the dancing and looking mildly disgusted.
Arthur took out a slim, silver tiara studded with sapphires. "Here you go, princess," he said, handing it to her. "A little tarnished on one side, but a little polishing and you'll look good enough to put royalty to shame."
Guine grinned and held out her hand to help Arthur up, "I like you to. So that means I'm allowed to help you, deal?"
Meanwhile the King had finally finished consulting with his council and had retired to his chambers for the day. He was feeling more tired than usual, knowing he would eventually have to tell Arthur the truth was wearing him down.
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I know it's not possible with Earth today, but With today's level of material science technology, would it be possible to make cable strong and light enough to make a space elevator system connecting a Mars-synchronous satellite to an anchor on Mars' surface, ignoring any load at all by an elevator car? Or can someone say with a high degree of certainty that the level of strength to weight possible in cables today is still far from possible even with Mars' lower mass compared to Earth?
the simple answer is no. Materials for an Earth elevator are at least one order of strength too weak at this time. Mars gravity is around 0.378 of earth, so materials are still too weak.
The long answer is much more complicated: 1. Taper of the tether plays a role as much as the safety factor you want to engineer into your elevator, how much a tether can hold, and how much material you can put into space to construct it. Strength, taper, and tether mass are related. You can check for the Space Elevator feasibility condition via isec.org or Google. It is basically some form of decay equation: how much do you need to keep lifting to maintain or grow your elevator, basically taking away from transport payload for maintenance/repairs. 2. Mars has some interesting options with Deimos being made of mostly Carbon. Material for a tether could be refined on site, e.g., when Planetary Resources engineers related technology for asteroids. Deimos' orbital period is with 30.30h is close to the sidereal rotation period of Mars with 24.6229 h. You could work a tether that drops from Deimos part way into the Mars atmosphere and get something that you could attach to with much smaller Delta V than getting to orbit, thus limiting tether strength and mass requirements substantially further. I strongly believe that that the Deimos model is probably close to being within reach of today's advanced materials. Of course you need to work out some control to avoid Phobos dropping by every so often below Deimos. 3. The best anchor point for a Mars Elevator, once material becomes sufficently strong for surface attachment would be on Olympus mons. That puts it above sand storms and other Mars weather.
Finally: I believe that Mars is destined to become the shipyard for the solar system. It is sufficiently friendly for construction sites and the lower gravity makes it much more amenable to lift things to space than Earth.
Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any more questions about the material strength.
The calculations for the tapered space elevator are a little nasty, but apparently fairly workable as a closed form. I feel like it's rather unsatisfactory to leave this question without a quantitative sense, considering that it's possible.
To start off with, we need to formalize the fact that we're interested in the change in area, tension, or linear mass-thickness over the length of it. All 3 of these are directly proportional to each other. What's more, the differential equation for tapering doesn't care which. That is:
$$ \frac{ \lambda'(r) }{ \lambda(r) } = \frac{ \frac{ G M }{ r^2 } - \omega^2 r }{ \left( \frac{ \sigma}{ \rho} \right) } $$
The (sigma/rho) quantity is the material specific strength. I'm using lambda to indicate kg/m linear mass thickness, but you can easily replace it with any of the other proxies. This equation has a solution. Here it is in terms of simple values, and then in terms of the pseudo-potential.
$$ \lambda(r) \propto \exp{ \left( \frac{ - \frac{ GM}{r } - \frac{1}{2} \omega^2 r^2 } { \left( \frac{ \sigma}{ \rho} \right) } \right) } \rightarrow \exp{ \left( \frac{ U(r) }{\left( \frac{ \sigma}{ \rho} \right) } \right) } $$
To get the "taper ratio", we're interested in the area at geosynchronous orbit divided by the areas at the surface. This just consists of plugging in values.
$$ \frac{ \lambda(r_{GEO}) }{ \lambda(r) } = \exp{ \left( \frac{ U(r_{GEO}) - U(r) } { \left( \frac{ \sigma}{ \rho} \right) } \right) } $$
Most people reading this probably have the requisite knowledge to do this calculation. Here are some, just to look at. I divided the specific strength by a factor of 3 to give a sense of the "engineering margin"
You can see that in a pedantic way, yes, kevlar is strong enough to be a Mars elevator going by yield strength. But that's only if it is literally stressed to its yield strength. Even then, you're at a taper ratio of 43. Add in some margin, and this explodes to factors which are a good fraction of a million.
I didn't include the 3x ratio for seatbelt material, because I took the value which is the actual "working load". It's a good sample for an "everyday" material, even if depressing.
But still, I'll have to concede that it is possible, since Zylon is a real material, even if I am skeptical the industrial production capability and quality control. If you'll just accept the ratio of 1,929 then we can agree it is possible. It might be promptly broken by a meteorite, but that's not the question. Since this is an area ratio, the diameter ratio will only be about 43. That is, if the diameter on the surface is 1 mm, then the diameter at GEO will be 4.3 cm. You are free to interpret the consequences of that result as you see fit.
The sci-fi book Ouroboros Wave entertains this exact idea. In that book, they used engineered systems to flex a Martian space elevator made of carbon nanotubes to avoid Phobos when it passed by, which is an important point.
If you were going to build a Martian space elevator, you would either have to do something like this to avoid Phobos, or just crash it into the planet before you start. There is a distinct proposal to put a space elevator on the dark side of Phobos, since it is tidally locked. Phobos orbits almost 3 times every Martian day. That means that $\omega$ is larger for that system, which means that it will be much easier to build.
It is actually an old ladies myth that the space elevator cannot be built with current technology. It would just be extraordinarily more expensive with current materials.
The elevator needs to be built from geostationary orbit downward. This means that all the material needs to be pulled up by conventional propulsion, this is the principal factor affecting cost. The conventional approach to build an elevator without materials satisfying the strong tensile requirements that are required for the single-tether design would have to be an exponential structure; a single tether connected to earth, supported by two tether, supported themselves by 4 tethers,.. until reaching above geo orbit, where we'll have to attach $2^n$ tethers to the counterweight, where $n$ is given by the tensile properties of the chosen material.
If you have already one space elevator, then it is easier/cheaper to build a second one, because the expensive step of moving the mass up has already been bootstrapped. In the case of mars, it would make more economical sense to actually send the building materials from earth than to uplift them from mars surface, assuming of course we already have a working elevator on earth
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The fluid-filled semicircular canals (labyrinth) attach to the cochlea and nerves in the inner ear. They send information on balance and head position to the brain. The eustachian (auditory) tube drains fluid from the middle ear into the throat (pharynx) behind the nose.


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I'm using USB 3G Dongle for Internet. Previously I was using Tata Docomo (India) as provider, and the Internet was working fine. Now I've changed to BSNL, but I'm unable to connect to the Internet on Ubuntu. However, I've checked access point settings and other configuration which are required for BSNL, and it is working fine with same Dongle on Windows 7. Also, I'm able to connect Internet with other providers on Ubuntu, but problem persists only with Ubuntu. The access point for BSNL in my region is
bsnlnet. In fact I configure the Dongle with BSNL using default Network Configuration wizard that pops up when USB Dongle is attached.
When Dongle is attached and configured with BSNL, I can see network strength in Messaging menu, in Mobile Broadband category, of Ubuntu (note: my network icon still shows "not connected" status). And when I try to use the connection that I've created, it fails to connect. So far, I tried using Sakis3g script that I came up with while wandering over this issue on other forums, it didn't worked either. I also made sure that there are no special configuration made for BSNL on my Windows 7 installation, and still it is working fine there, the problem is only with Ubuntu.
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While I was unable to fix the issue in Ubuntu 11.10, it still exists in 12.04 too. I hope someone finds a solution and posts it, as I want to become full time Ubuntu user but only way to connect internet in Ubuntu for now is to use other provider.
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Francis on the Chair of Peter
On this Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, Pope Francis held his first consistory to appoint nineteen Cardinals. A historic feature of the event was the presence of Pope Emeritus Benedict at the liturgical ceremony in Saint Peter's Basilica. As a number of writers have speculated: in the Basilica were not only the present Pope, but a former and, perhaps, a future Pope. Be that as it may, there is only one Chair and one Successor of Peter called to "confirm his brothers and sisters in the faith."
In his homily Pope Francis struck a chord particularly dear to him:
"Jesus was walking…". This is something striking about the Gospels: Jesus is often walking and he teaches his disciples along the way. This is important. Jesus did not come to teach a philosophy, an ideology… but rather "a way", a journey to be undertaken with him, and we learn the way as we go, by walking. Yes, dear brothers, this is our joy: to walk with Jesus. And this is not easy, or comfortable, because the way that Jesus chooses is the way of the Cross.
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Rev. Robert P. Imbelli, a priest of the Archdiocese of New York, is Associate Professor of Theology Emeritus at Boston College.
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Now that the possibility of a Pope's resignation is established, presumably we could see more than one Pope Emeritus in the line-up?
If "Pope" means "father", maybe we should call Benedict "Grandpa".
How about calling the resigned/retired guys Emeritus Bishop of Rome?
I think there is a danger in people thinking that there can be more than one pope at a time, active or retired.
No more situations of the early 15th century: Urban VI, Clement VII and Alexander V.
...the way that Jesus chooses is the way of the Cross.
I don't wish to dispute with Pope Francis on a matter where wisdom, holiness, and authority give all the advantage to him; and it may just be a matter of words. But did Jesus actually choose the Cross?
He certainly knew what lay ahead for him and accepted it, as faithful Son accepting the inscrutable will of the Father. But in the Garden, he prayed for a reprieve before his "not my will but yours be done."
I incline to the belief that the Cross was our choice for him; that but for us, there would still have been an Incarnation, but no Crucifixion.
It is easy enough to choose the Cross for others. But having made that choice so lightly for him, we often find it almost unbearable to make a tithe of it for ourselves, though all who have so chosen tell us, as Francis does, that it is the way of joy. How maddening and absurd it is to be a human being. But I don't know anything else.
I'm glad it's not just me who was struck by the words, "the way that Jesus chooses is the way of the Cross." This seems to shrink the significance of all that Jesus taught and did to just the event of his death. Not everyone believes Jesus simply came here to die - here's a bit from an article by Richard Leonard SJ (http://www.thinkingfaith.org/articles/20110321_1.htm) ...
God did not need the blood of Jesus. Jesus did not just come 'to die' but God used his death to announce the end to death. This is the domain of 'offer it up' theology: it was good enough for Jesus to suffer; it is good enough for you. While I am aware of St Paul in Romans, St Clement of Alexandria, St Anselm of Canterbury and later John Calvin's work on atonement theory and satisfaction theology, I cannot baldly accept that the perfect God of love set [us] up for a fall in the Fall, then got so angry with us that only the grisly death of his perfect son was going to repair the breach between us. This is not the only way into the mystery of Holy Week. For most of Christian history the question that has vexed many believers seems to be, 'Why did Jesus die?' I think it is the wrong question. The right one is 'Why was Jesus killed?' And that puts the last days of Jesus' suffering and death in an entirely new perspective. Jesus did not simply and only come to die. Rather, Jesus came to live. As a result of the courageous and radical way he lived his life, and the saving love he embodied for all humanity, he threatened the political, social and religious authorities of his day so much that they executed him. But God had the last word on Good Friday: Easter Sunday.
Jesus might not have chosen the Cross (He resisted it), but He accepted His Father's requirement that he accept it.
So what explains His Father's requirement that Jesus accept it?
Maybe God didn't requaire it. Maybe it was just a construct by the writers of the gospels who were faced with explaining Jesus' murder.
How did this view develop? Just as we do when we face tragedy, especially innocent suffering, so the early followers of Jesus tried to make sense of his horrible death. They asked: Why? They sought insight from their Jewish practices like Temple sacrifices and from their Scriptures. Certain rites and passages (the suffering servant in Isaiah, psalms of lament, wisdom literature on the suffering righteous person) seemed to fit the terrible end of Jesus' life and so offered an answer to the why question. Understandably, these powerful images colored the entire story, including the meaning of Jesus' birth and life Throughout the centuries, Christian theology and piety have developed these interpretations of Jesus' execution. At times God has even been described as demanding Jesus' suffering and death as a means of atonement—to satisfy and appease an angry God.
Over the years on this site we have had several long and insightful discussions regarding redemption or atonement in and through Christ. and it is fitting we continue to do so since this theme takes us to the heart of "the mystery of faith."
However widespread, it is an most inadequate theological perspective that sees the Cross of Christ as humanity's forced payment of a debt to an angry God. Saint Anslem was not well served by over-simplified presentations of his "atonement theology." Reading his "Cur Deus Homo?" one sees that the epithets he consistently employs are the "merciful" Father and the "free-will" of the Son.
Jesus does give glory to God by freely undergoing his passion and death ("not my will but your will be done"), But it is humanity, we ourselves who are the direct beneficiaries, because "dying you destroyed our death, rising you restored our life."
I have often, here and elsewhere, commented upon the conjunction of fear of death and sinful action and recommended the analysis of Ernest Becker in his Denial of Death. I've also extolled the insights of Andre Dubus in his essay "On Charon's Wharf" (in Broken Vessels). What both suggest is that fear of death permeates our lives: not merely understood as the termination of life, but as all those situations of threat, disappointment, diminishment that squeeze life out of us and often turn us into death-dealers.
As Pope Francis stated in his homily yesterday (quoted by David Gibson in the post above): "Jesus did not come to teach us good manners, how to behave well at the table! To do that, he would not have had to come down from heaven and die on the Cross. Christ came to save us, to show us the way, the only way out of the quicksand of sin, and this way of holiness is mercy, that mercy which he has shown, and daily continues to show, to us."
The death of Jesus descends to the root of sin, and does not deal merely with sin's surface symptoms. By his willing undergoing of death, he transforms death into the Way of life that we celebrate as Eucharist.
The historical Jesus probably did freely choose to proceed with his public ministry, when he could have turned back after John the Baptist was executed and gone home to live a quiet life. Instead, the historical Jesus evidently chose to proceed with his public ministry, knowing full well that he was courting death. In short, his decision to proceed was heroic.
Decades after his death, his followers constructed a highly embellished account of his death. With 20/20 hindsight, they understood that he in effect chose to die by crucifixion.
I would suggest that Pope Francis's words about Jesus's choosing the way of the cross should be understood as basically encouraging people to be heroic in the choices they make, if they can be.
The challenge the disciples of Jesus faced and how they met it is beautifully illustrated by St. Luke's narrative of the encounter with the risen Lord of the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, which always rewards re-reading (Lk 24:13-35). They express astonishment that the stranger they meet seems not to know what has been happening in Jerusalem. They tell him of it: "All that had to do with Jesus of Nazareth, a prophet powerful in word and deed in the eyes of God and all the people; how our chief priests and leaders delivered him up to be condemened to death and crucified him. We were hoping that he was the one who would set Israel free." There is great pathos in that statement: We were hoping, had been hoping, no longer hoped, even after some women were reporting that they had seen an angel who declared him to be alive. Their hope that Jesus of Nazareth was the Messiah had been shattered by his brutal fate, and so they were leaving Jerusalem.
The stranger then rebukes them of their reluctance to believe "'all that the prophets have announced! Did not the Messiah have to undergo all this so as to enter into his glory?' Beginning then with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted for them every passage of Scripture which referred to him."
That was the task the earliest Christians had to undertake: to find in their Scriptures some explanation of how the inglorious end of the career of Jesus of Nazareth, so far from disproving the messianic hopes placed in him, was in fact the means by which they were realized and vindicated. The resurrection cast its light back over those Scriptures and permitted them even to say, with Peter on the first Pentecost, that "He was delivered up by the set purpose and plan of God... who freed him from death's bitter pangs and raised him up again, for it was impossible that death sheep keep its hold on him" (Acts 2:23-24).
Theories of atonement ever since have struggled to understand how and why it is that salvation came through death and resurrection, to grasp why "the Messiah had to undergo all that in order to enter into his glory." The terms of the discussion are dictated to Christians by their own Scriptures and the conviction they generate that even the evil of the cross was not so great that Jesus and his Father could not bring transcendent good out of it. St. Augustine tried to make sense out of it by noting that in New Testament writings the same verb is used of a single event: Judas handed Jesus over; the Father did not spare his Son but handed him over; and Jesus himself, St. Paul said, "loved me and handed himself over for me." What was an unjust execution was transformed by Christ's loving obedience into the sacrifice that reconciles us to God.
Notice also the sovereign freedom of Christ in all this: Christ handed himself over, and this out of love for me, St. Paul says. If that is said in one of the earliest writings in the New Testament, the same is emphasized in one of the latest. Notice how in the Fourth Gospel, Christ's hour of glory begins when he is raised on the cross and the Passion-narrative emphasizes how the one judged is the one judging, illustrating what Christ has already said: "The Father loves me for this: that I lay down my life in order to take it up again. No one takes it from me; I lay it down freely. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it up again. This command I received from my Father" (Jn 10:17-18). Here is how one commentator interprets these verses:
Finally, the evangelist makes it unmistakably plain that for the Good Shepherd to lay down his life for the sheep is not an inescapable submission to some power or authority that is out of control in God's universe, but a voluntary self-offering in loving fulfilment of the Father's will, in order that the life laid down might be taken up again in a new fulness and victory. The story of the "passion" in John is not an account of what men did to Jesus, but rather the story of what he did for them. Paradoxically, it can be put in the form that where he was most passive (in yielding himself up to death) there he was most active (in bringing eternal life). That Jesus himself initiated the particular chain of events that resulted in his hanging on a cross the redaders of the gospel could learn from any one of the synoptics; John makes it clear that not only at the moment of the initiation of these events, but all the way through, even when he hung upon the cross, Jesus was active and in complete control. John would not deny the witness of the synoptics and the writer of Acts that Jesus was crucified according to the determinate purpose of God; he would hardly contest a claim that the cross was for Jesus an inescapable destiny; but he is even more concerned himself to witness to the truth that all through the events of the passion, crucifixion and death of Jesus, the true agent, the true actor remained Jesus himself. His active will turned what might otherwise be a blind fate or an ineluctable destiny into a self-offering and a self-sacrifice. And it all finds its origina and its enactment in the love of the Father for the world which the Son, sharing the Father's love, came to save. Such a figure, such a person is the one who claims to be the Good Shelpherd" (John Marsh, Saint John, p. 399_)
Here is Augustine:
7. "In this was manifested the love of God in us" (1 Jn 4;9). Here we have an exhortation that we love God. Could we love him unless he loved us first? If we were slow to love, let us not be slow to love in return. He loved us first, in a way that we do not love ourselves. He loved the wicked, but did away with their wickedness. He loved the wicked but did not gather them for wickedness. He loved the sick, but he visited them in order to heal them. "God is love. In this was manifested the love of God in us, that God sent His only-begotten Son into the world, that we may live through Him." As the Lord Himself says: "Greater love than this no one can have: that a man lay down his life for his friends." This was how Christ's love for us was proved: that he died for us. How is the Father's love for us proved? In that "he sent his only Son" to die for us, as the apostle Paul says: "Who did not spare his own Son but handed him over for our sake, how has he not with him also freely given us all things" (Rom 8:32). So the Father handed Christ over; Judas handed him over. Doesn't it seem as if the thing done is of the same sort? Judas is a hander-over [traditor]. Is God the Father also one? "God forbid!" you say! But I'm not the one saying it, but the apostle: "He did not spare his own Son but handed him over for our sake." And the Father handed him over, and he handed himself over. The same Apostle says: "He loved me and handed himself over for me" (Gal 2:20). If the Father handed the Son over, and the Son handed himself over, what did Judas do? There was a handing-over by the Father, a handing-ver by the Son, a handing over by Judas. The thing done was the same, but what distinguishes the Father handing over the Son, the Son handing over hmself, and Judas handing over his Master? This: that the Father and the Son did it out of love, but Judas out of betrayal. You see that it's not what a person does that's to be considered; but with what mind and will he does it. We find God the Father in the same deed in which we find Judas; the Father we bless, Judas we detest. Why do we bless the Father and detest Judas? We bless charity, we detest iniquity. How great a good was conferred upon mankind by the handing over of Christ! Did Judas have this in mind whebn he handed him over? God had in mind the salvation by which we have been redeemed; Judas had in mind the price for which he sold the Lord. The different intention makes the things done different. Though the thing is one, if we measure things by the different intentions, we find one thing to be loved, the other to be condemned, one to be glorified, the other to be detested. So great is the force of charity. See how it alone discriminates, it alone distinguishes the deeds of men. (Augustine, On the First Epistle of John, Tr. 7, 7)
Thanks, Fr. I and K. I know I'm in the minority in how I feel about this and I'm not sure why it seems so important to me. I do think that Jesus' execution was pretty inevitable, given the time/place and the brave way he chose to live his life. And it was necessary he die in order to be resurrected. But I don't see why his manner of death - the whole sacrifice/atonement thing - is necessary or even believeable. Why is God mad at us for the fall, when given evolurion and genetics, it's fairly certain there never was a perfection from which to fall? And even if there was, God couldn't see this coming? Jesus was plan B? And if so, how does his brutal muder make everything ok? To me, atonement theory just reeks of reverse engineering and damage control. But that's just me.
Crystal: You say, "I do think that Jesus' execution was pretty inevitable."
Remember that Achilles' death is inevitable if he returns to the war.
According to his goddess/mother, he could return home and live a long life, or he could return to fight in the war and die.
He chose to return to fight in the war.
He had a choice. He freely chose to return to fight in the war.
By making this choice, he became a hero. His death was heroic.
Flash forward to the anonymous author of the Gospel According to Mark.
In this gospel, the author deliberately portrays Jesus as predicting his own death in Jerusalem three times. Those predictions are most likely non-historical embellishments added by the author.
Drawinf from various sources, the author fashioned a hero story.
Nevertheless, the historical Jesus was probably heroic. Focus on that. That's the admirable part.
For a relevant study, see Dennis R. MacDonald's book THE HOMERIC EPICS AND THE GOSPEL OF MARK (Yale University Press, 2000).
Thanks, Thomas - I'll look for that book. I do think Jesus was heroic. It's the idea that his murder was planned by God as some kind of sacrifice that I find hard to believe.
That "Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures" is part of the very first statement of the Gospel that we possess; it was what was handed on to St. Paul within a few years of the death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. The NT itself offers various attempts at understanding this statement, and there have been many more since. As has been evident in the several threads devoted to the question on this blog, many people were taught a version of the Atonement that holds that God himself was so bound by some necessity that he required the bloody punishment and death of his innocent Son before he could forgive the sins of the human race. I agree with those who think that this view is immoral, but I also believe that it is a travesty of the traditional doctine. As is the idea that "Jesus was plan B."
It is, of course, possible simply to ignore the NT texts that gave rise to the questions that need to be addressed in any theology of Christ's saving work. Everyone knows H. Richard Niebuhr's jibe that ""A God without wrath brought men without sin into a Kingdom without judgment through the ministrations of a Christ without a Cross." For those for whom the terms of that sentence themselves are well-nigh incomprehensible, an English biblical scholar's spoof may strike closer to home: "Jesus goes up to Jerusalem to give a course of lecture-sermons on the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man, and then becomes the victim of an unfortunate miscarriage of justice" (T. W. Manson)."
I am so glad that Robert Imbelli referenced "The Denial of Death" by Ernest Becker. I continue to find that a text sucha a helpful one along with Rahner's "On the Theology of Death" in all discussions of how the death of Jesus is "redemptive."
Fr. K,
But isn't the amazing thing about Jesus not that he died but that he was resurrected? I don't understand so much. Why is God angry at us - are we not what he made us, didn't he say we were good? How does killing Jesus save us from our sins or from God's judgement - aren't we still held responsible for what we do here after we're dead?
Crystal: For St. Paul it was equally amazing that Christ was willing to die for us: "At the appointed time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for us godless men. It is rare that anyone should lay down his life for a just man, though it is barely possible that for a good man someone may have the courage to die. It is precisely in this that God proves his love for us: that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Rom 5:6-8).
It is part of the founding documents of the Christian faith that Christ's death was not simply a savage injustice perpetrated by others, but that his own love turned an execution into a self-surrender, self-sacrifice.
God's anger or wrath, as other emotions attributed to him, is not to be understood anthropomorphically. In any case, no NT text attributes to God punishing anger towards Jesus. The consistent motivation for the incarnation and for the atonement is God's love for us sinners. "God so loved the world that he gave his only Son that whoever believes in him may not die but may have eternal life. God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him" (Jn 3:16-17). "God's love was revealed in our midst in this way: he sent his only Son to the world that we might have life through him. Love, then, consists in this: not that we have loved God but that he has loved us and has sent his Son as an offering for our sins" (1 Jn 4:9-10).
Yes, God created us good, but something seems to have happened. And I don't think that anyone has ever claimed that Christ's saving us from sin means that we cannot sin.
Thanks. A lot to think about.
"the way that Jesus chooses is the way of the Cross." This seems to shrink the significance of all that Jesus taught and did to just the event of his death.
I'm coming late to this discussion, but isn't it all one teaching? What Jesus taught and did, his way of being, his attitude towards others around him, his lack of defensiveness, his vulnerability, his putting no barriers and no distance to protect himself from others, all found their logical conclusion in the crucifixion. The rest is not insignificant: it's part of the same narrative, a single narrative of love acted out.
It's funny to think of Jesus as God's "plan B"! As in:
"I'll make those creatures, give them free reign to do as they wish, and if they seriously screw things up, as a last resort I can always incarnate myself and go among them to show them by my example how one goes about fixing the human mess".
"I'll create them free. It's much more fun to have friends who are with Me because they choose to, not because they're designed that way. And if (or rather, when) they turn away from me, I'll use my powers and pop up among them, right in their midst. I'll woo them until they give in. Let's see how long they can resist my love."
When I think about the gospel stories of Jesus' actions and preaching, I wouldn't want to say he could have just as well fast-forwarded to his death and skipped those years. I don't think it is all one teaching exactly - I mean he wasn't totally consistant always, he did and said some surprising things. I don't understand why many Christians care more about his death than about any other feature of his life/afterlife. Love can be shown just as well by living for others as by dying for them - sometimes maybe that takes more courage.
I think it cannot be true that the Father willed the horrendous death of his Son, although I can't say I know a great deal about how things work at that level.
If God created a universe of beauty and splendor, it is also one of unimaginable violence and destruction at every scale from the subatomic to the intergalactic. Unlike some fallen-world advocates, I can't blame forces that have been in play for thirteen billion years on the sins of a creature that struggled onto the scene in the last million years. No, the disruptiveness was baked in from the beginning to allow for continual remaking and renewal without the need for outside intervention or constant tinkering. Any minor god, I suppose, might have made a little world with this thing here and that thing there, as neat and as changeless as your great-grandmother's parlor. But the originator of the universe we actually live in found a way to set it in motion and let it create itself, and even more remarkable, without a plan or purpose, but also neither at random nor determined. Stephen Jay Gould used to say that if we could run the world over from the beginning, or just from the beginning of life on earth, we would never get the same result twice. Everything that exists today is an extreme long shot.
Along with asteroid strikes, earthquakes, hurricanes, disease, famine, and other destructive forces, the world has thrown up human beings. And the creator says, as he always has said, Okay now, that's interesting. Let's see what happens. He might be charged with negligence, I suppose, for not acting to curb our worst excesses. But he's evidently decided to honor the small measure of intelligence and free will we boast of, just as he has always honored the tumbling freedom of the non-human world. And he is, after all, almighty God. If he always intended to send his Son into the world he had made and loves, why would he allow himself to be daunted and deterred by the likes of us?
Claire wrote:
"all found their logical conclusion in the crucifixion. The rest is not insignificant: it's part of the same narrative, a single narrative of love acted out."
Claire, I agree with much of this reflection, but I think one needs to press it further. Perhaps by expanding your "logical" to "theo-logical" as suggested by John 19:30 – "it is consummated." The Cross not only was continuous with the life of teaching, works of mercy, but "recapitulated" it, brought it to a new eucharistic level: "my body for you," revealing Jesus to be more than "prophet," but "Son." Hence the "re-birth" of symbols with which the New Testament abounds: new Adam, new covenant, new creation. All pointing to the salvific newness of the person of Jesus Christ, made fully manifest in his paschal mystery.
I am under the impression that the revelation of Jesus as Son (as opposed to mere prophet) comes from the resurrection rather than from the crucifixion proper. It's the resurrection that signals the re-birth. So I am not quite sure what you mean. I suppose that the crucifixion reveals that Jesus is serious about love, that he truly is ready to lay his life down for us. Otherwise we would not know for sure and might worry that it's mere words. The crucifixion is the proof that his love is boundless. He loves us as much as himself.
God dying for God' creatures, what a paradox! When man does the same and is willing to die for things he made, we say that he is worshipping idols. When God dies for God's creatures, isn't that a little bit, paradoxically, as if God was worshipping Man?
Maybe Jesus came to demonstrate that life is eternal, that we will all resuurect to glorified bodies as hinted at on Tabor. Perhaps He came to overcome our belief in death and to show how to build the kingdom of God here on earth by creating communities of mutual respect and love, and service to neighbor (as James makes clear, and the t[ractice of early Christians exemplified).
And maybe Jesus suffered because he freely chose to unite fully with humanity, which suffers from the sins each of us commits, and much of hmanity suffers gieviously from the sins committed against them. Perhaps God did not require Jesus' bloody sacrifice, as hinted by God's putting a stop to pagan Abrahma's false notion of God (God requires human scarifice) and replacing that false notion with a truer notion of a merciful God. Perhaps the whole point of Christ's mission really is the Resurrection, not the Crucifixion. Perhaps His resurrection did not require a torturous death, but Jesus chose to suffer the full consequences of sin, joining with the many, many innocent humans who suffer the consequences of sin. "Take this cup from me" can refer to Christ's own decision to suffer, not God the Father's will that He do so.
John, that reading of Genesis 22 strikes me as being, to put it mildly, a stretch.
America Magazine had a blog post last year that I really liked that used the analogy of the Hunger Games to try and explain why Jesus died; how you have to be in the arena to end its evil.
I thought it was a great blog post.


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National Cancer Institute
Posted Date: Aug 9, 2004
Note: A separate summary on Adult Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Treatment is also available.
This summary discusses the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma during pregnancy.
What is non-Hodgkin's lymphoma?
Adult non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is a disease in which cancer (malignant) cells are found in the lymph system. The lymph system is made up of thin tubes that branch, like blood vessels, into all parts of the body. Lymph vessels carry lymph, a colorless, watery fluid that contains white blood cells called lymphocytes. Along the network of vessels are groups of small organs called lymph nodes. Clusters of lymph nodes are found in the underarm, pelvis, neck, and abdomen. The lymph nodes make and store infection-fighting cells. The spleen (an organ in the upper abdomen that makes lymphocytes and filters old blood cells from the blood), the thymus (a small organ beneath the breastbone), and the tonsils (an organ in the throat) are also part of the lymph system.
Because lymph tissue is found in many parts of the body, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma can start in almost any part of the body. The cancer can spread to almost any organ or tissue in the body, including the liver, bone marrow (the spongy tissue inside the large bones of the body that makes blood cells), spleen, and nose.
There are many types of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Some types spread more quickly than others. The type is determined by how the cancer cells look under a microscope. This determination is called the histology. The histologies for adult non-Hodgkin's lymphoma are divided into 2 groups: indolent lymphomas, which are slower growing and have fewer symptoms, and aggressive lymphomas, which grow more quickly.
|Follicular small cleaved cell lymphoma
|Adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma
|Follicular mixed cell lymphoma
|Adult diffuse large cell lymphoma
|Follicular large cell lymphoma
|Adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma
|Adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma
|Adult lymphoblastic lymphoma
|Small lymphocytic (marginal zone)
|Adult small noncleaved cell lymphoma
Other types of indolent non-Hodgkin's lymphoma are lymphoplasmacytoid lymphoma, monocytoid B-cell lymphoma, mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma, splenic marginal zone lymphoma, hairy cell leukemia, and cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (Mycosis fungoides/Sezary syndrome).
Other types of aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma are anaplastic large-cell lymphoma, adult T-cell lymphoma/leukemia, mantle cell lymphoma, intravascular lymphomatosis, angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, angiocentric lymphoma, intestinal T-cell lymphoma, primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma, peripheral T- cell lymphoma, lymphoblastic lymphoma, post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disorder, true histiocytic lymphoma, primary central nervous system lymphoma, and primary effusion lymphoma. Aggressive lymphomas are also seen more frequently in patients who are HIV-positive (AIDS-related lymphoma).
A doctor should be seen if any of the following symptoms persist: painless swelling in the lymph nodes in the neck, underarm, or groin; unexplained fever; drenching night sweats; tiredness; unexplained weight loss in the past 6 months; or itchy skin.
If these symptoms are present, a doctor will carefully check for swelling or lumps in the neck, underarms, and groin. If the lymph nodes don't feel normal, a doctor may need to surgically remove a small piece of tissue and look at it under a microscope to see if there are any cancer cells. This procedure is called a biopsy.
The chance of recovery (prognosis) and choice of treatment depend on the stage of the cancer (whether it is just in one area or has spread throughout the body), and the patient's age and overall condition.
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) usually affects older adults and, therefore, women are seldom found to have NHL when they are pregnant. Most non-Hodgkin's lymphomas are aggressive and delaying treatment until after the baby has been delivered appears to lead to a poor outcome. Immediate treatment is often recommended, even during pregnancy. Children who were exposed to doxorubicin (a chemotherapy drug) before they were born have been monitored for up to 11 years, and they do not appear to suffer from side effects of the drug. Long-term studies have not been conducted to determine the effects of other chemotherapy drugs on children who were exposed to them before birth. Ending the pregnancy during the first trimester of pregnancy may also be an option for women who have aggressive NHL that must be treated immediately. Early delivery may reduce or avoid the fetus' exposure to chemotherapy drugs or radiation therapy. Women who have indolent (slow-growing) non-Hodgkin's lymphoma can usually delay treatment.
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Community members and organizers joined together for the Chili-Dawg Challenge on Oct. 25. The annual event, which raises money for Big Brothers Big Sisters Michigan Capital Region featured 16 chili dog vendors.
It's held in conjunction with the Autumn Celebration where local businesses host trick or treating for children as well as a costume contest for children and pets. This year's event drew in thousands of people and raised $8,414.
The event brought local restaurants and community groups together in a mission to raise money for Big Brothers Big Sisters' local mentoring programs. Vendors created and sold their own unique chili dogs, donating ingredients, supplies and all proceeds.
In a friendly competition, vendors raced to sell the first 400 dogs and be named "People's Choice." This year, Saint Peter and Paul Angel Dawgs was recognized as the People's Choice winner and First Christian Church received the Best Judged Chili award.
This year's Best Decorated Tent went to Eldon's Café. Independent Bank associates, Karen Shannon, Jennifer Carigon and Jarell Brown prepared the chili for the Independent Bank booth. The Independent Bank team consisted of 45 associates.
"Independent Bank is proud to support Big Brothers Big Sisters through the Chili Dawg Challenge," said Dave Reglin, executive vice president of retail banking. "We look forward to this fun event each year and enjoy seeing the community get involved to support a great organization."
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Reviewer: John P. Plastaras, MD, PhD
The Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Last Modified: June 26, 2005
Authors: Mark S. Kaminski, M.D., Melissa Tuck, M.A., Judith Estes, M.S.N., N.P., Arne Kolstad, M.D., Ph.D., Charles W. Ross, M.D., Kenneth Zasadny, Ph.D., Denise Regan, B.S., Paul Kison, B.S., Susan Fisher, B.A., Stewart Kroll, M.A., and Richard L. Wahl, M.D.
Source: New England Journal of Medicine. Vol 352:441-449, 2005
Affiliation: University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor


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It has not been easy working under a cloud of suspicion for the physical therapists and office staff at Therapy Resources Management.Employees have had to make do with pay cuts because the business is having to pay legal expenses while not bringing in the same revenue it was before. Some people have left to higher-paying jobs, while those who have chosen to stay out of loyalty are finding it more and more difficult to do so."For us, this has been depressing to deal with. We've had to defend the company to people who don't know what we are about," a senior staff member told me during a recent meeting at Therapy Resources Management's headquarters at 1 Father Devalles Boulevard."We've lost contracts, and had difficulty securing new business. How long can this go on for?" another senior staff member added.Two weeks ago, the Herald News met with five representatives from TRM who wanted to talk about the stress that their company has undergone since agents from the FBI and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services raided its offices on June 20, 2013.The federal agents seized evidence in an apparent investigation into alleged Medicare fraud. Therapy Resources Management provides in-patient and out-patient rehabilitation services to about 70 health care facilities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, including Fall River, New Bedford and Taunton.Last year, a former employee of TRM alleged that the company "knowingly and systematically" billed Medicare for excessive and unnecessary therapy services to maximize profits.The employee also accused the company of altering diagnosis codes in patients' medical records to obtain higher rates for Medicare reimbursement, according to documents from a civil lawsuit filed against TRM in U.S. District Court in Boston.Court records indicate that the civil lawsuit is still pending. Meanwhile, neither HHS nor the FBI have filed criminal charges against anyone at TRM. The federal government does not confirm or comment on pending investigations.The five TRM employees - some from management, others who are physical therapists in the field - spoke to me on the condition of anonymity because they said they were concerned that they could be subpoenaed to testify in court if their names were published.The employees described TRM as a small, close-knit company that encourages professional development and career advancement among its 650 employees. They said anyone can call the company president at any time to express a concern."It's very frustrating for us who work here. This is our home. This is our family," said one woman who said she has been a physical therapist at TRM for eight years. She said the company also helped her go back to school."The government has essentially paralyzed us," said one mid-level manager. "How long can the government expect a company this size to maintain its operation?The employees said that many of their colleagues feel enough loyalty to the company that they are trying to ride out the turmoil of being under suspicion by the federal government."I don't think anybody would be here in this room if we thought the company had done something wrong," said one TRM associate who works on the corporate side.The former employee whose allegations prompted the federal scrutiny told investigators that TRM's management told physical therapists that they had to schedule patients for as many sessions as needed for the higher Medicare reimbursements, even when the patients could not benefit from extra therapy.When one physical therapist balked, she was transferred to a different facility, according to court documents. The civil lawsuit accuses Therapy Resources Management of violating the False Claims Act and of retaliation.Therapy Resources Management's attorney filed a response to the complaint denying the allegations and saying the company followed all Medicare billing procedures required by law.The employees whom the Herald News spoke with do not believe their company did anything wrong or illegal. They said that are willing to speak with federal investigators if that helps move the investigation along."We're confident that what we are doing is appropriate," said one female mid-level manager."The stress level of this not being resolved is wearing on people," the male employee said. "It's like worrying about a test for an entire year.""Our clients want answers, but we don't know anything," another female manager said.With wages being cut and no overtime allowed, the employees said some of their coworkers are in danger of losing their homes."We're desperate for a resolution," one manager said."It's a special company," another manager added. "But we're exhausted."
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In theoretical physics, there are resources on the web that contain the most cited review papers in each field that are very valuable for some one doing research.
Is the same true in mathematical analysis? It seems that most textbooks in analysis are introductory. I want review papers in (for example the topic of asymptotic series, regularization etc). There are lots of advanced topics that are not in textbooks of analysis.


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WEIRTON - Clay-Battelle came to town with a 9-0 record and the reputation for having a big line and fast backs. As it turned out, all that reputation didn't mean much as the Madonna Blue Dons pounded the Cee Bees with a ball control offense rolling to a 40-2 victory.
The win left both teams with 9-1 records and solidified the Blue Dons playoff position. Madonna should ease into fourth place in the Class A ranks.
The Blue Dons were ranked fifth going into the game Friday night at Jimmy Carey Stadium with the fourth place team, Greenbrier West, already completing its season at 9-1.
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ALL EYES UP — Weirton Madonna quarterback Ross Comis looks over his offensive line just before sneaking into the end zone in the first half of Friday's 40-2 win over Clay-Battelle at Jimmy Carey Stadium.
Should the Blue Dons get to fourth in the rankings it should assure them of two home playoff games provided they continue to add to their eight-game winning streak.
Clay-Battelle was ranked seventh going into the game and while making the playoffs will likely have to be on the road.
Madonna finished with three backs rushing for more than 100 yards. Meanwhile, the Blue Don defense allowed Clay-Battelle just three first half possessions and just 90 total yards of offense in the game.
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Madonna 40, Clay-Battelle 2
Clay-Battelle 0 0 0 2 - 2
Madonna 13 7 13 7 - 40
M: Comis 16 run (kick failed)
M: Biondillo 2 pass from Comis (Green kick)
M: Comis 1 run (Green kick)
M: Bowser 8 pass from Comis (Green kick)
M: Ossman 27 run (kick failed)
CB: safety
M: Nero 44 run (Green kick)
RUSHING: Clay-Battelle 30-69 (Hinkle 20-62, Steele 2-9, Haught 6-0); Madonna, 50-361 (Ossman 15-105-TD, Nero 12-106-TD, Fulciniti 2-0, Comis 21-150-2TD.
PASSING: Clay-Battelle 3-11-28-2INT (Haught 2-10-19-2INT, Steele 1-1-9); Madonna, 5-5-38-2TD (all by Comis).
RECEIVING: Clay-Battelle Tolley 1-6, Dille 1-13, Haught 1-9; Madonna Gar. Hypes 2-32, Biondillo 1-2-TD, Bowser 1-8-TD, Ossman 1-(-4).
FIRST DOWNS: Clay-Battelle 9; Madonna 16.
PENALTIES: Clay-Battelle 0-0, Madonna 3-18.
FUMBLES-LOST: Clay-Battelle 3-0, Madonna 1-0.
Since it was the last regular season game for the Blue Dons, it was senior night.
"We decided in the locker room before the game that we were dedicating this game to our four seniors," said Blue Don coach, Doug Taylor. "And each of them - Jim Fulciniti, Garrett Hypes, Quintin Hukill and Charlie Kotten - played key rolls in this game both offensively and defensively. We're really going to miss those guys."
Madonna junior Ross Comis led the offense rushing for 150 yards and two touchdowns and pitching a perfect game hitting five of five passes for 38 yards and two TDs.
"Our offensive line was outstanding tonight especially our two senior linemen, Charlie Kotten and Quintin Hukill," Taylor explained. "We also said before the game that we wanted to play from start to finish and the kids did."
Taylor said the Blue Dons had some added incentive in that he wrote 33-6 on the chalk board in the locker room. That was the score that Clay-Battelle beat a Madonna team last year that had several players not suited because of injuries.
"We weren't sure what the weather conditions would be tonight so in practice this week we really worked hard on our run game and it really paid off tonight," Taylor continued. "We were able to run the football and spell people to keep them fresh. It was nice to get three backs over a hundred yards.
"Comis is a good quarterback and I'm really glad he's wearing the blue and silver and he's on our side. He's a pleasure to coach. He learns fast and is a good kid."
In addition to his rushing and passing, Comis, who plays safety on defense, picked off two Clay-Battelle passes.
Comis got the Blue Dons on the board first. After putting the opening kickoff in play at their own 39-yard line, Madonna drove to the Clay-Battelle 16 in four plays. On first down from the 16, Comis wove his way through the Cee Bee defense on a keeper over the left side and found the end zone.
Comis had runs of 10 and 16 yards in the drive and Nick Ossman had two 9-yard runs.
Matt Green, who went into the game missing just 3 of 42 extra point attempts, didn't get the ball through the uprights, but the touchdown gave Madonna the early lead at 6-0.
"We arrived here late and our equipment vehicle had trouble so really we only had 25 minutes to get warmed up," said Clay-Battelle coach, Ryan Wilson, whose team traveled to Weirton by bus from Blacksville, WV, which is just north of Morgantown. "No excuse there, but it throws you out of your routine. We moved the ball a little bit in the first half and did some things that we wanted to do, but Madonna has a good ball club.
"They put up those three touchdowns in the first half. Comis and Ossman and their offensive linemen did a nice job. Madonna has a nice ball club, but, you know, we have a nice ball club, too. You didn't see our A performance tonight. Some of that goes back to Madonna. They took us out of our A performance.
"We had a great season. We're 9-1 and in the state playoffs. There's only 16 teams that is going to that and we're one of them. I told my team that I'll take a 9-1 record every time."
The Cee Bees had two first downs and gained a total of 19 yards with their first possession so junior quarterback, Tristan Haught, punted with the ball rolling dead at the Madonna four-yard line.
Undaunted, the Blue Dons marched 96 yards in 13 plays eating 6:33 off the clock to score on the final play of the first period when Comis made a little two-yard toss over the Cee Bee defense to Marcello Biondillo in the end zone. Green's boot gave the Dons a 13-0 lead.
On its ensuing possession, the Cee Bees drove from their own 23 to the Madonna 38 from where coach Wilson elected to have Haught try to pin the Blue Dons deep again with a punt. However, this time the ball barely rolled across the goal line for a touchback giving Madonna the ball on their own 20.
This possession the Blue dons drove the 80 yards to pay dirt with 11 plays. Comis, who had rushed for 1,127 yards going into the game, accounted for 49 more yards during the drive including a one-yard sneak over center for the touchdown. That drive ate up another 6:25 of the game.
Green's kick gave the Blue Dons a 20-0 lead at the half.
It was more of the same in the second half.
Madonna used 13 plays and 7:16 to make it 27-0 in the third period. Comis found Wil Bowser open in the end zone with an eight-yard pass for the score.
In contrast to Madonna's four previous touchdowns, the second score of the third period didn't take much time at all.
Elliott Nero, who toted the ball 12 times for 106 stripes and a fourth quarter touchdown, got nine yards to the Cee Bee 27 from where Ossman battled his way down the right sideline shaking off several tackles in a determined effort to get to the end zone.
Clay-Battelle got its two points when Bowser went back for Madonna's only punt of the game at the 5:58 mark of the fourth quarter. The center snap from the Blue Don five-yard line, sailed over Bowser's head as he stood in the end zone. It want over the end line for a safety.
Comis' second interception of the game came when Haught attempted a pass on first down with Clay-Battelle's next possession. Comis snagged the pass at his own 40 and got it back to the Clay-Battelle 44 from where Nero took a handoff and seemingly was hemmed in by a host of Cee Bee tacklers. He squirmed loose and outran a Cee Bee defensive back for the final score.


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A uniform cylinder was placed on a frictionless bearing and set to rotate about its vertical axis. After a cylinder has reached a specific state of rotation it is heated without any mechanical support from temperature $T$ to $T+\Delta T$. Angular momentum will be conserved but rotational kinetic energy will decrease as angular velocity decreases. What I fail to understand is where does this energy go?
We know from conservation of angular momentum that $I$$\omega$ = constant. So when the object is heated, the body expands leading to a change in moment of inertia. If the new M.O.I. is $I$2; then as $I$2 > $I$1 , automatically $\omega$1 < $\omega$2. Therefore the problem of decreasing rotational kinetic energy is solved, as work is done to expand the material.
Note: Expansion takes place partly from the heat supplied too. As values are not given we cannot calculate for sure.
Imagine you are pushing on the side of an enormous aluminum cube, with some constant force F=20N. At first, the wall of the cube doesn't budge and of course no work is done. But then someone turns on the air conditioning and the cube cools to a lower temperature. The width of the cube contracts by, say, 10cm as you continue to apply a constant force. Did you do any work on the cube?
Now imagine the cylinder... and let's suppose it's also metal. There is a radial centripetal force "pushing" on each molecule of the cylinder. As the heat increases, the average distance between molecules is increased, and the cylinder expands. Is work done on the molecules as they expand outward?
This seems to be applicable to the systems in which $I$ is changed through other means such as a dancing balle dancer, I.e.
There is a clear dependence with change in moment of inertia, what i noticed is that when we reduce or increase the moment of inertia, paritcles move close or away from the axis or rotation i.e. movement in the direction of centripetal force According to me there is work done by/against centripetal force when change in $I$ takes place this work is where the $KE$ is going or coming from.