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The Big News: In case you missed it, this week Amazon announced two new Kindles--a 3G + Wi-Fi Kindle for $189, and Kindle Wi-Fi for just $139. Many of the most voracious readers around our offices are pre-ordering and eagerly awaiting August 27, and chances are they won't be alone. And, in case you missed it, Jeff Bezos shared some interesting Kindle insights with Charlie Rose on Wednesday, shortly after the big announcement.
More Vampires? No?: Anne Rice, who surprised her fans several years ago by giving up her bestselling vampire fiction after reconnecting with her Catholic faith, "quit Christianity" via Facebook: "Today I quit being a Christian. I'm out. I remain committed to Christ as always but not to being 'Christian' or to being part of Christianity." Does this mean more of the Vampire Lestat? No, but she'd like to see him back on the big screen. [via The Huffington Post]
Maybe Vikings, Then?: Thanks to a few recent mentions of Frans Bengtssson's The Long Ships (which is climbing our Movers & Shakers list this morning), The Boston Globe wonders if vikings might be the new vampires.
A Week of (Literary) Meals: Jennifer Egan, author of one of our Best Books of the Year... So Far in Fiction, shares her week-long food diary: lots of butter-and-honey sandwiches, Greek yogurt, leftovers from the kids, and, because "I really thrive on a sense of contrast," bone marrow.


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If the cover image worried you for a moment, fear not, faithful readers. The Evangelical Outpost did not shut down this week. We're an essential service!
Politico takes us on a photo tour of the previous 17 federal government shutdowns. (What might be most surprising to many people, given the current level of rhetoric in the media, is just how many times the government shut down during the Reagan administration with a Democrat-controlled House).
Matt Welch writes at CNN that, while the shutdown is bad politics (especially for Republicans), it's ultimately nothing to worry about.
In the midst of all the budget battles raging these days, with frequent calls from Republicans to lower taxes and cut entitlement spending, Andrew Quinn argues that it's time for conservatives to make explicit what is already implicit in their economic goals: championing the poor.
Not only is the world still spinning during the federal government shutdown, but worlds beyond our solar system are too. Here's the first cloud map of one such exoplanet.
Warning: This article is graphic and not for those with sensitive consciences, but it is a must read (especially for those with children): Experiment that convinced me online porn is the most pernicious threat facing children today.
From r/atheism to the Richard Dawkins Foundation's Facebook page, online atheists love their memes, especially the ones that are "devastating" to religon as well as being humorous. Here are few such Devastating Arguments Against Christianity (Courtesy of the Internet). As it turns out, the arguments are indeed devastating…just not to religion.
Stanford Team Sheds Light on the Medieval Foundations of Modern Science.
Desiring God's 2013 National Conference was all about C. S. Lewis, with some fascinating topics and a stellar speaker lineup (including Phil Ryken and Kevin Vanhoozer). The free video and audio is availabe here.
When creativity and love meets technology, magic happens: Creative Dad Takes Crazy Photos Of Daughters.
Essayist and programmer Paul Graham has written a brief and helpful article on How to Disagree. For the visually inclined, here is a an image based on his essay ranking the 7 types of disagreement.
33 Of The Most Hilariously Terrible First Sentences In Literature History:
Betty had eyes that said come here, lips that said kiss me, arms and torso that said hold me all night long, but the rest of her body said, "Fillet me, cover me in cornmeal, and fry me in peanut oil"; romance wasn't easy for a mermaid.
Part two of the Hobbit trilogy, The Desolation of Smaug, is going to be a massive hit at the box office, despite the underwhelming first installment. How do I know? Two words: The 'Batch (just listen to the final moments of the new trailer):

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Daniel Finn
Office: 320-363-3048
Cell: 320-248-3402
960 Cypress Road, #218
St. Cloud, MN 56303
Email: email@example.com
Current Position
The William E. & Virgina Clemens Professor of Economics and Liberal Arts,
Department of Economics
Professor of Theology
The School of Theology
St. Johns University
Collegeville, MN 56321
Married to Nita Jo Rush
Two Children: Jacob and Stephanie
Academic Degrees
PhD 1977 - University of Chicago: Religious Social Ethics
MA 1975 - University of Chicago: Economics
BS 1968 - St. John Fisher College: Mathematics
Work Experience
1977-present Joint Appointment in Theology & Economics, St. John's University
1984-89 Dean of the School of Theology, St. John's University
1982-84 Chair, Department of Economics and Business Administration, St. John's University
1971-73 Instructor in Calculus and Algebra, Cardinal Mooney High School Rochester, NY
1968-69 Director of Vocational Programs and Staff Coordinator for Migrant Labor Camps, Project REACH, Perkinsville, NY
Membership in Professional Associations
American Economic Association
Association for Evolutionary Economics
Association for Social Economics
Catholic Theological Society of America
College Theology Society
Midwest Economics Society
Minnesota Economics Association
Society of Christian Ethics
Positions Held
2009 President of the Society of Christian Ethics
2006-07 President of Catholic Theological Society of America (CTSA)
1986 President, Association for Social Economics
1985-87 President, Midwest Association of Theological Schools
2006-present Co-director of the Research Project, The True Wealth of Nations, Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies
2012-present "Assessor" for anti-corruption activities, The Department of Justice and Solidarity, Latin American Bishops' Conference (CELAM).
2002-08 Board of Directors, Catholic Theological Society of America
1988-92 & Board of Directors, Society of Christian Ethics
2005-06 Chair of CTSA ad hoc Committee on Convention Restructuring
2002-04 Chair of the CTSA Ad Hoc Committee on the Current Crisis in the Church.
2000-01 Representative of the Catholic Theological Society of America to the U.S. Catholic Bishops' Committee on the Mandatum
2000-02 Chair of CTSA Ad Hoc Committee on the Mandatum.
1995-present Referee for The Forum for Social Economics
1994-present Referee for Journal of Religious Ethics
1991-present Referee for Horizons
1989-98 Editorial Board, Churches' Center/Abingdon Press Series on Public Policy & Religion
1987-present Referee for Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
1987-89 Vice President, Minnesota Consortium of Theological Schools
1987-2003 Convener, Political Economy Interest Group, Society of Christian Ethics
1978-86 Member of Steering Committee, Political Economy Interest Group, Society of Christian Ethics
1977-present Referee for Review of Social Economy
1978-83 Chairperson and Convener, Social Ethics Working Group on Economic Justice, American Academy of Religion
2010-present Member of National Executive Council of the Association for Social
1983-85 & Economics
2014 Distant Markets, Distant Harms: Market Complicity and Christian Ethics, Editor, Oxford University Press.
2013 Christian Economic Ethics: History and Implications, Fortress Press.
2012 The Moral Dynamics of Economic Life: An Extension and Critique of Caritas in Veritate, Editor, Oxford University Press.
2010 True Wealth of Nations: Catholic Social Thought and Economic Life, Editor, Oxford University Press.
2006 The Moral Ecology of Markets: Assessing Claims about Markets and Justice, Cambridge University Press.
1996 Just Trading: On the Ethics and Economics of International Trade, Abingdon Press.
1989 Theology of Priesthood and Seminary Formation Issues of Assembling II, Daniel Finn, et.al, editors, National Catholic Educational Association, 1989.
1985 Toward a Christian Economic Ethic: Stewardship and Social Power, with Prentiss L. Pemberton, Winston/Seabury.
1980 Readings in Ethics for the Analysis of Values, Edited by Daniel Finn, Linda Hansen, Robert Joyce, and Roger Kasprick, O.S.B., Ginn Publishing.
2014 "Ubicuidad De La Corrupción," in Regina Ammicht Quinn, Luiz Carolos Susin y Lisa Sowle Cahill , eds., Revista Internacional de Teolgia: Concilium, November.
2014 "Justice in Markets: What is Required?," Journal of Catholic Social Thought, vol. II, no. 2, Summer.
2014"Tanto el don como el contrato: Un marco para relacionar la caridad y la justicia del mercado", in Octavio Groppa y Carlos Hoevel, eds., Economia del don: Perspectivas Para Latinoamerica, Buenos Aires: Ciudad Nueva, 2014.
2014 "Philosophy, Not Theology, Is the Key for Economics: A Catholic Perspective," Econ Journal Watch, May 2014, vol. 11, #2.
2012 "Locating Business Ethics within Catholic Social Thought," Cultura Económica, vol. 30, no. 84, December.
2012 "Private Property, Self-Regulation, and Just Price: A Response to Philip Booth and Samuel Gregg," Journal of Markets and Morality, vol. 15, no.2, Fall.
2012 "Human Work in Catholic Social Thought," in Kenneth R. Lord, ed., Two Views of Social Justice: A Catholic/Georgist Dialogue, Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. Also published in the American Journal of Economics and Sociology, vol. 71, no. 4, October, 2012.
2012 "Catholic Social Thought as an Empirical Claim, in Mark J. Allman, ed., The Almighty and the Dollar: Reflections on Economic Justice for All, Winona, MN: Anselm Academic.
2011 "Charity and Truth in Business: Profit, Gift and Social Capital," Origins, vol. 41, no. 10, July 21.
2011 "Nine Libertarian Heresies that Tempt Neo-Conservative Catholics to Stray from Catholic Social Teaching," (and "A Rejoinder" to two respondents), Journal of Markets and Morality, vol. 14, no. 2, Fall.
2011 "Power, Leadership, and the Struggle against Government Corruption," in Douglas A. Hicks and Thad Wiliamson, eds., Leadership and Global Justice, New York, Palgrave Macmillion.
2011 "Benedict XVI and Liberation Theology: Reason, Will, and History." In Horizons, vol. 38, #2, Fall, 274-283.
2010 "Theology and Sustainable Economics," in Richard W. Miller, ed., God, Creation, and Climate Change: A Catholic Response to the Environmental Crisis, Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books.
2010 "The Promise of Interdisciplinary Engagement: Christian Ethics and Economics as a Test Case," Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, vol. 30, no.2, Fall/Winter.
2010 "The Morality of Markets: A Response to Kenneth Melchin," The Lonergan Review, vol. 2, no. 1, Spring.
2009 "Moral Values and the Rules of International Trade," in Steven Rundle, ed., Economic Justice in a Flat World: Christian Perspectives on Globalization, Paternoster Press.
2009 "The Priority of Labor over Capital: Some Needed Extensions," Journal of Catholic Social Thought, vol. 6, no. 1, Winter.
2007 "Continuing the Dialogue on Markets and Morality," Author's response to three reviews of Daniel Finn, The Moral Ecology of Markets: Assessing Claims about Markets and Justice, Symposium in Faith and Economics, no. 49, Spring.
2007 "Power and Public Presence in Catholic Social Thought, the Church, and the CTSA," CTSA Proceedings, vol. 62, pp. 62-77. Also available as "The Catholic Theological Society of America and the Bishops," Origins, vol. 37, no 6, June 21.
2005 "Commentary on Centesimus annus," in Kenneth Himes, ed., Modern Catholic Social Teaching: Commentaries and Interpretations, Georgetown University Press.
2003 "The Foundations of Economic Personalism: Promise and Peril," Markets and Morality, vol. 6, no. 2.
2003 "The Moral Ecology of Markets: On the Failure of the Amoral Defense of Markets," Review of Social Economy, vol.61, #2, June.
2001 "Catholic Social Thought on Property: An Urgent Need for Extension and Renewal," in Religion and Public Life: The Legacy of Monsignor John A. Ryan, Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America.
2000 "On the Choice of Method in Economics: Options for Humanists," Journal of Markets & Morality, vol.3, #2.
2000 "Creativity as a Problem for Moral Theology: John Locke's 99 Percent Challenge to the Catholic Doctrine of Property," Horizons, vol. 27, #1, Spring.
2000 "On the Rationale for Third World Debt Relief," Faith and Economics, #35, Spring.
1999 "Condiciones para un mercado justo," Persona y Sociedad (ILADES, Santiago, Chile) August.
1999 "The Economic Personalism of John Paul II: Neither Right Nor Left," Journal of Markets and Morality, vol. 2, #1, Spring.
1998 "John Paul II and The Moral Ecology of Markets," Theological Studies, vol. 59, #4, December.
1998 "Discerning the Causes of Globalization," in Julio de Santa Ana, ed., Sustainability and Globalization, Geneva, Switzerland: WCC Publications.
1998 "La moralidad y el mercado: la estructura de la evaluación moral de sistemas económicos," La Ley (Universidad Austral, Buenos Aires), vol. 4, #3, July 30.
1997 "Valuing the Future: On the Ethics and Economics of Discounting Future Events in Public Policy," The Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics, vol. 17.1997 "Morality, Markets, and Government: The Structure of a Christian Moral Assessment of Economic Systems," in Thomas G. Walsh and Frank Kaufmann, eds., Christianity in the Americas: Ecumenical Essays, New York: The Inter-Religious Federation for World Peace.
1997 "Institutional Processes from John R. Commons to Michael Walzer: An Image of the Market as a Sphere of Human Interaction," Journal of Economic Issues, vol. XXXI, no. 2, June
1995 "The Four Problems of Economic Life," in On Moral Business: Classical and Contemporary Resources for Ethics in Economic Life, Edited by Max L. Stackhouse, Dennis P. McCann, and Shirley J. Roels with Preston N. Williams, William B. Eedmans Publishing Company.
1994 "Employment in the US: Public Discourse and Long term Trends," Forum for Social Economics, Vol. 23 #2, Spring.
1994 "International Trade and Sustainable Community: Religious Values and Economic Arguments in Moral Debates," Journal of Religious Ethics, Vol. 22, No. 2, Fall.
1994 "Economic Order", The New Dictionary of Catholic Social Thought, ed. J.A. Dwyer, Michael Glazer Books, The Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN.
1993 "Poverty and Prosperity in Global Economics: Making Sense of Conflicting Claims" in Mary E. Stamps, ed., To Do Justice and Right Upon the Earth: Papers from the Virgil Michel Symposium on Liturgy and Social Justice, Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press.
1992 "The Meaning of Money: A View From Economics," American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 35, # 6, July-Aug.
1989 "Self-Interest, Markets and the Four Problems of Economic Life," Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics.
1989 "Theological Scholarship: Freedom and Responsibility in the Seminary Setting," in Daniel Finn, Zeni Fox, John O'Malley and Robert Schwartz, Theology of Priesthood and Seminary Formation: Issues of Assembly II, Washington, D.C.: National Catholic Education Association.
1987 "Economic Individualism and the Prospects for Civilizing Enterprise" in W. Widick Schroeder, and F.I. Gamwell, ed., Economic Life: Process Interpretations and Critical Responses, Chicago: Center for the Scientific Study of Religion.
1987 "When Are Economic Explanations Persuasive? A View from Social Economics," Review of Social Economy, April.
1986 "The Church and the Economy in the Modern World," in Judith A. Dwyer, SSJ, ed., Questions of Special Importance: The Church in the Modern World-Two Decades After Vatican II, Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press.
1986 "Contributions of Orthodox Economics to Ethical Reflection," in Bruce Grille and David A. Krueger, ed., Christianity and Capitalism: Perspectives on Religion, Liberalism, and the Economy, Chicago: Council for the Social Scientific Study of Religion.
1984 "Ethical Dimensions of the Debate on Economic Planning," in John W. Houk and Oliver F. Williams, ed., Catholic Social Teaching and the United States Economy, Washington, D.C.: University Press of America.
1982 "The Ethical Orientations of Schools of Economic Thought," Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics.
1979 "Objectivity in Economics: On the Choice of a Scientific Method," Review of Social Economy, April.
1977 "A Note on the Generality of Human Behavior and Economic Philosophy," The Forum for Social Economics, vol. 7, no. 1, Spring.
1976 "Norm and Method in Normative Economics," Forum for Social Economics, Spring.
Reviews and Other Publications
2014 "Smart Money: The Economic Case for Funding Pre-K," Commonweal, vol. 139, no. 15, November.
2013 "Gamed: What Wall Street has in Common with the Olympics," Commonweal, vol. 140, no. 6, March 22.
2012 "Dear Prudence: Translating Moral Principle into Public Policy," Commonweal, vol. 139, no.18, October 26.
2012 "Commerce as Compromise," America, vol. 207, no. 4, August, 13-20.
2012 Review of Edward J. O'Boyle, ed., Looking Beyond the Individualism and Homo Economicus of Neoclassical Economics: a Collection of Original Essays Dedicated to the Memory of Peter L. Danner, Our Friend and Colleague, in Faith and Economics, no. 59, spring.
2012 "The Priority of Labor: Romney, Bain Capital and Catholic Social Teaching," Commonweal, vol. 139, #13, July 13.
2011 Review of Christian Theology and Market Economics, Ian R. Harper and Samuel Gregg (eds.), History of Economic Ideas, 2011, vol. 19, #1.
2011 "When Is Self-interest Moral?" Commonweal, vol. 138, #21, December 2.
2010 "Uncertainty Principle: The Bishops, Health Care & Prudence," Commonweal, vol. 137, no. 6, March, 18-20.
2010 "Mind the Gap," Review of Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett's The Sprit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger," In Commonweal, vol. 137, #13, July 16.
2010 "Benedict's Third Way," The Tablet, March 13.
2009 "Economics of Charity: Pope Benedict's 'Caritas in Veritate,'" Commonweal, vol. 126, no. 14, August.
2009 "Pope Offers an Economics for Our Times," op ed piece, Star Tribune, July 10.
2009 "The Pope's Integrated Vision," op ed piece, St. Paul/Minneapolis Archdiocese, The Spirit and St. Cloud Diocese The Visitor, July.
2009 "Can this Market be Saved? and interview with Daniel Finn," U. S. Catholic, vol. 74, no. 3, March.
2008 "Libertarian Heresy: The Fundamentalism of Free-Market Theology," Commonweal, vol. 137, no. 16, September 26, 2008.
2006 "Preface: The Christian View of Wealth," Helen Alford, O.P., et. al., Rediscovering Abundance: Interdisciplinary Essays on Wealth, Income, and Their Distribution in the Catholic Social Tradition, University of Notre Dame Press.
2006 Review of Albino Barrera, Economic Compulsion and Christian Ethics, Cambridge University Press, in Journal of Markets and Morality, vol. 9, no. 2, Fall.
2005 "Hello, Catholics: Republicans & Targeting of Religious Votes," Commonweal, vol. 132, no. 19, November 4.
2004 "Misreading the Pope," Review of Rebecca M. Blank and William McGurn's Is the Market Moral, Commonweal, vol. 13, no 17, October 8.
2003 "The Current Crisis in the Church: Introductory Comments," Proceedings of the Catholic Theological Society of America, vol. 58.
2003 "A Religious Challenge to Both Orthodox and Heterodox Economics," Review of Stephen D. Long's Divine Economy: Theology and the Market, in Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, vol. 21-A.
2002 "God and Goods: Economics as if Theology Mattered," Review of D. Stephen Long's Divine Economy: Theology and the Market, The Christian Century, vol. 119, #7, March 27.
2002 Review of Albino Barrera's Modern Catholic Social Documents and Political Economy, Horizons, vol. 29, #2, Fall.
2000 "Theologians, Catholic Higher Education, and the Mandatum: Report to the Ad Hoc Committee on the Mandatum," The Catholic Theological Society of America. Daniel Finn, Chair, with John P. Boyle, Lisa Sowle Cahill, James A. Coriden, Robert A. Krieg, M. Theresa Moser, James H. Provost, September.
2000 Review of The Market Economy and Christian Ethics by Peter H. Sedgwick, in The Christian Century, vol. 117, #22, August 2.
2000 Review of Richard C. Bayer's Capitalism and Christianity: The Possibility of Christian Personalism, Horizons, vol. 27, #2, Fall.
2000 "A Thoroughly Embodied Economics: A Review of Personalist Economics by Edward J. Boyle," Review of Social Economy, vol. 56, #4, December
1998 "Catholic Social Teaching and Labor Unions," St. Cloud Visitor, September 17.
1998 "Quarks, Tropes, and the Suicide Squeeze," Symposium, no. 16.
1997 "Monologue and Dialogue in Christian Economic Ethics," Journal of Religious Ethics, vol. 25, #2 Fall.1996 "Three Cheers for the Gas Tax," The Christian Century, vol. 113, no. 23, July 31.
1996 "Thinking Religiously About Economic Life," The Christian Century, vol. 113, no. 14, April 24.
1994 Review of Michael L. Budde's The Two Churches: Catholicism and Capitalism in the World-System, in Horizons, vol. 21, #2, Fall.
1993 Review of Mary Hobgood's Catholic Social Teaching and Economic Theory: Paradigms in Conflict, in Horizons, Vol. 20, #1, Spring.
1993 "NAFTA: Assessing the Issues", St. Cloud Visitor, Nov. 11.
1991 Review of M. Douglas Meeks' God the Economist, in Journal of Religion, July.
1989 "Self-Interest: Good and Bad," guest columnist, Catholic Bulletin, November.
1988 Review of J. Phillip Wogaman's Economics and Ethics: A Christian Inquiry in Horizons, Vol. 15, #1, Spring.
1987 Review of Franz H. Mueller's "The Church and the Social Question," Review of Social Economy, April.
1986 Review of George Lodge's The American Disease, in New Catholic World, July.
1984 "Economics and Christian Values," with P. L. Pemberton, Commonweal, November.
1984 "Christian Ethics and Debate Over Economic Planning," New Catholic World, July/August.
1983 "Listening to Men's Voices", St. John's University, Symposium, #2.
2008 Monica Hellwig Award from the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities for outstanding contributions to Catholic intellectual life
2005 Thomas F. Divine Award from the Association for Social Economics for lifetime contributions to social economics in the social economy, January
2000 Robert L. Spaeth Teacher of Distinction Award, Saint John's University.
2012 Ludwig Mai Service Award from the Association for Social Economics for exception service to the Association.
2014 Minnesota Campus Compact "Civic Engagement Steward Award," March
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Scanned my network and found a "victim".
Scanned the host and performed port, OS and version detection.
"banner grabbing", connecting to the services with netcat.
at this point there is a gap in my knowledge. I know that eventually I will need to crack passwords and eventually gain access to the system, but I do know that if I want to gain access through one of the open services, I will need to enumerate the users and possibly other information on the machine. Can anyone point me in the right direction, or point me to some resources?


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SCHLADMING, Austria (AP) — Tina Maze became the first Slovenian skier to win a world championship gold medal in a speed event on Tuesday, taking the opening women's super-G in a race that was overshadowed by a crash involving Lindsey Vonn.
Vonn lost her balance while landing after a jump and was taken to a hospital by helicopter with an apparent right knee injury. The four-time overall World Cup champion received medical treatment on the slope for 12 minutes before being airlifted to the hospital.
There was no immediate update on her condition.
Maze won the race in all-attacking style in 1 minute, 35.39 seconds, beating Lara Gut of Switzerland by 0.38. Julia Mancuso of the United States was 0.52 behind in third.
"The gold medal means a lot to me," Maze said. "I had a great run. Slovenia is a small country and has so many great athletes. That makes me really happy."
The race had been delayed by 3½ hours because of thick fog hanging over the course, and was called off after 36 racers because new clouds of fog were moving in. The results stand as the top-30 racers had started their run.
"I was prepared for a long day," said Maze, who earned her fourth world championship medal. "World championships are special, you have to stay focused. I knew we would race today despite all the delays."
Gut had two mistakes in the turning middle part that slowed her down but attacked the bottom part for a strong finish to earn her third world championship medal — all in silver. She took second in downhill and super-combined at the 2009 event in Val d'Isere, France, when she became the youngest Swiss skier to medal at 18.
Mancuso also wasn't fully satisfied with her run.
"It's always really nice to win a medal, but of course I know I could have a better run," the American said, adding it was "really hard" to race after the crash of Vonn, who started three racers ahead.
Vonn fell after a long jump, her ski came off immediately, and she slid off course and hit a gate before coming to a halt.
Vonn trailed Maze by 0.12 seconds shortly before the crash. The race continued after another 15-minute delay.
Days of snow and rain had affected the course and softened the surface especially in the lower part. The evening before the race, FIS women's race director Atle Skaardal called it an "extreme situation."
Several racers struggled with the conditions, with favorites like Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany and Anna Fenninger of Austria failing to finish.
"It's not a very difficult course, but in some parts you couldn't see anything," Fabienne Suter of Switzerland said.
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Bisphosphonates in the Prevention and Treatment of Bone Metastases
Bisphosphonates in the Prevention and Treatment of Bone Metastases
ABSTRACT: Bisphosphonates have an established role in treating tumor-induced hypercalcemia and decreasing the incidence of skeletal-related events. Recent data suggest that these agents may also prevent skeletal metastases. This review explains how cancer metastasizes to bone and how bisphosphonates may block this process, with a summary of clinical trials supporting the use of bisphosphonates to treat and prevent bone metastases. For skeletal metastases in patients with breast cancer, multiple myeloma, or other solid tumors, bisphosphonates are important adjuncts to systemic therapy. Despite promising results in metastatic prostate cancer, additional trials are needed before bisphosphonates become part of standard treatment in this setting. Ongoing trials are evaluating the preventive role of the third-generation bisphosphonates in breast cancer patients. Until the results of these trials are presented, bisphosphonates should only become a component of adjuvant treatment in the context of a clinical trial. Bone loss, a common consequence of cancer treatment, should be treated with the usual measures indicated for the management of osteoporosis, including bisphosphonates.
The skeleton is a frequent site of metastases in human cancer, and as such is associated with morbid skeletal-related events such as pain, pathologic fractures, hypercalcemia, and cord compression. Bisphosphonates, specific inhibitors of osteoclasts, have an established role in the treatment of tumor-induced hypercalcemia and in decreasing the frequency of skeletal-related events. More recently, evidence is emerging that these agents may prevent skeletal metastases. This review summarizes what happens when cancer metastasizes to bone, how bisphosphonates work, and the clinical trials that support the use of bisphosphonates in the treatment and prevention of bone metastases.
Pathophysiology of Skeletal Metastases
Normal bone is maintained by a dynamic balance between the cells that breakdown or resorb bone (osteoclasts) and the cells that form new bone (osteoblasts).[1] Bone breakdown and new bone formation is constantly ongoing in discrete areas called remodeling units. The regulation of the remodeling unit occurs at several levels. First, the force of gravity puts mechanical stress on bone. Without gravity, as in space, humans lose bone-a major problem for astronauts in prolonged spaceflight. Second, circulating hormones (including parathyroid hormones, calcitonin, insulin, thyroid hormones, vitamin D, sex steroid hormones, and growth hormones) stimulate bone breakdown or new bone formation. Third, the autocrine and paracrine factors are derived from osteoclasts, osteoblasts, and stromal cells in the bone microenvironmment. Gravity, circulating hormones, and most importantly, factors within the remodeling unit orchestrate the activity of osteoclasts and osteoblasts to maintain the balance between breakdown and new bone formation.
The autocrine and paracrine factors that maintain the balance between resorption and new bone formation include transforming growth factors (TGFs), insulin-like growth factors (IGFs), platelet-derived growth factors (PDGFs), tumor necrosis factors (TNFs), interleukins (ILs),[1] and the more recently identified receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappa B ligand (RANK-L), RANK receptor, and osteoprotegerin.[2,3] These factors not only maintain the normal balance, but some (ie, IGFs, PDGFs, TGFs, TNFs) are growth factors for tumors. The bone microenvironment is rich in the relevant factors that support tumor growth, and this may explain why, for example, breast cancer, prostate cancer, and multiple myeloma have a high frequency of skeletal metastases.
RANK-L and osteoprotegerin play central roles in regulating bone resorption. RANK-L drives resorption, osteoprotegerin blocks resorption, and the ratio between them governs normal remodeling, benign metabolic bone disease, and tumor-related osteoclast activation.[3] When tumors metastasize to bone, they produce parathyroid hormone-related protein that stimulates the osteoblasts to produce RANK-L.[4,5] The RANK receptor on the osteoclast precursors is activated by ligand binding and causes immature precursor cells to grow and differentiate into mature osteoclasts (Figure 1). With increased resorption, more tumor growth factors are released, causing a "vicious cycle" of osteoclast activation.[5,6] The increased resorption leads to the clinical sequelae of pain, hypercalcemia, and pathologic fracture, as well as the appearance of a lytic lesion on the skeletal radiograph. Osteoprotegerin is a soluble receptor produced by osteoblasts and stromal cells in the bone marrow. Osteoprotegerin binds to RANK-L and inactivates it, limiting RANK receptor activation and, in turn, resportion.
Increased osteoblastic activity is found in skeletal metastases from prostate cancer. This manifests as new bone formation or sclerosis on the skeletal radiograph. Prostate cancer cells produce the fibroblast growth factor (FGF), bone morphogenetic protein, PDGF, endothelin-1, TGFbeta, and IGF that increase osteoblast activity.[9] Likewise, they produce proteases such as urokinase-type plasminogen activator and prostatespecific antigen, which activate latent TGF-beta and IGF from the bone microenvironment. These support the further growth of prostate cancer cells-hence, another vicious cycle.[10,11]
Action of Bisphosphonates
Bisphosphonates are synthetic analogs of inorganic pyrophosphate (Figure 2). Substituting the central oxygen atom for carbon renders the bisphosphonate structure more stable and resistant to thermal, chemical, and enzymatic degradation. The side-chain substitutions (R1 and R2) of the carbon atom with halogen, sulfur, nitrogen, hydroxyl, or other groups, result in a wide range of structures with varying antiresorptive potencies (Table 1).
Bisphosphonates are specific inhibitors of osteoclasts and act via several mechanisms. These include inhibition of cancer cells binding to the bone matrix[12,13]; inactivation of the adenosine triphosphate-dependent proton pump, which inhibits the secretion of protons required to dissolve the bone mineral matrix[14]; disruption of the osteoclast cytoskeleton[15]; induction of apoptosis of osteoclasts[ 16,17]; inhibition of the recruitment and differentiation of osteoclast precursors[18]; inhibition of matrix metalloproteinases[19,20]; and direct antiproliferative and proapoptotic effects on tumor cells, both in vitro and in vivo.[21-25]
Pamidronate, a second-generation bisphosphonate, and zoledronate (zoledronic acid, Zometa), a third-generation bisphosphonate, have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of hypercalcemia of malignancy and lytic skeletal metastases from breast cancer and multiple myeloma; zoledronate is also indicated for patients with other solid tumors. Clodronate is not approved in the United States but is available in Europe.
Bisphosphonates are not metabolized. When administered intravenously (IV), clearance from the plasma is rapid, but the majority of the drug is taken up by the skeleton, where it remains for a prolonged period. About 20% to 40% of these drugs is excreted unchanged in the urine 24 hours after administration.[1] When administered as an oral formulation, bisphosphonates are poorly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract with limited bioavailability.
Pamidronate and zoledronate are relatively well tolerated with few side effects.[26,27] Fever, myalgia, arthralgia, headache, diarrhea, asymptomatic hypocalcemia, and nausea are some of the common side effects following intravenous infusion. Severe toxic reactions, acute renal failure, aseptic peritonitis, and a variety of eye lesions have also been reported rarely.


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They appear as mere numbers, three digits divided by hyphens written in black dry erase marker on a white grease board: 2-21-12. Every so often, Lehigh coach Kevin Cassese will lean back in his office chair and take a look at those numbers, a Tuesday in time, that still remain on his office board and a small grin creases his face.
Lehigh may be the nation's biggest surprise team this spring. The Mountain Hawks sit at 6-1 — their best start since 1969 — have won five-straight games for the first time since 1999, and are beating teams that they haven't beat since 1918 (Sunday's 11-7 victory over Yale was Lehigh's first since World War I). They're currently ranked No. 11 in the nation and will be the target of every Patriot League team they face.
Times are changing at Lehigh.
All because of that date — the way Cassese sees it. All because on February 21, 2012, a group of team leaders, stirred by a seldom-used senior defender, Gaige Flint, and said "enough." That's the date, Cassese emphatically feels, that Lehigh went from a scruffy, give-you-a-great-game-and-lose-in-the-end-program, to a possible rising national power this season.
So Cassese wrote the date down on the board in his office.
"I have the date written because at the time, I thought, we might not win a game the rest of the year, but that's the day the Lehigh lacrosse program officially turned the corner," Cassese said. "If you want to get an ultimate buy-in, it has to come from within, and the players have to initiate it and own it. That's why I was waiting for that conversation."
What Cassese is referring to is a players-only meeting called by Flint on the Tuesday following Lehigh's embarrassing 17-7 loss to Villanova on Feb. 18. More was expected from the Mountain Hawks this season, with a veteran core group of juniors and seniors returning. The players aired their grievances to each other, ratcheting up a tight bond even tighter.
When he arrived at Lehigh in 2008, Cassese's intended to model the program after Duke, where he played under coach Mike Pressler. Some thought Cassese was a little crazy for thinking he could turn the Mountain Hawks into the kind of power Duke is. In the previous four years, Lehigh has been competitive — but not exactly national level timber.
"I want to build a culture with players that work harder than everyone else, and I really have that with my guys, but there was still something missing, that ability and level of comfort to hold each other accountable; that was it in a nutshell," Cassese said. "That allowed things to happen against the culture we were trying to build. It wasn't the fact guys were negative toward each other, it was the fact that they feared they could be hurting feelings and stepping on toes."
It's Flint, senior twins Cameron and Roman Lao-Gosney, Cassese's first recruits, Ty Souders and David DiMaria and the rest of their teammates that took control when they all gathered in a Lehigh conference room at 4 p.m. the Tuesday after the disheartening Villanova loss.
"At first, no one really knew what was going on," Cameron Lao-Gosney said. "Gaige spoke up and said he sees this going two ways, we succeed or we collapse after the Villanova loss. We all spoke and put it out there that we have to hold each other accountable. There were attitude problems, and I'll be honest, me, my brother and Blaise Fullen, we're the team leaders, we got the brunt of it, too. But it was stuff we needed to hear, and it brought us closer. We never had such a truthful, in-depth raw conversation like that. We grew more comfortable getting on each other and keeping it pretty positive. It used to be so negative. I can honestly say we understand each other a lot more. I really do think it's a reason we've been successful."
Cameron saw the transformation gradually. Under Cassese, the Mountain Hawks were 6-9 in 2008, 4-11 in 2009, 8-7 in 2010 and 7-9 last year. Cameron played through the tough times when Lehigh would surge to big leads against quality teams, like year's game against Bucknell—then blow it. Not this season.
Following the Villanova loss, Lehigh shut out Manhattan 13-0, then beat a very good Penn team, 10-4, at Penn, and then won arguably the most impressive game in Cassese's five years at Lehigh, beating North Carolina, 9-8, at North Carolina.
"It was frustrating in the beginning as freshmen, we all grew up together and we got thrown right in," Cameron Lao Gosney said. "It was pretty damned frustrating. We won four games my freshman year. We had some good players and we worked so hard, and when it came to game day, we couldn't pull through. This season, it's about time. I started to feel this coming.
"We had some complacency issues. It was like quick sand. We'd give up a few goals and we'd fold. This year, as opposed to the past three years, we combat that and fight back. Last year in the Bucknell game, for example, here they come, and we sat back. This year we're not letting them get this. We're all older and been there before. We have a chance to make history here and we haven't played a Patriot game yet. We've figured ourselves out. We owe some Patriot teams with serious revenge."
The meeting ignited a dormant attitude, which was always there. It just needed leaders to convey it.
"It had to be called, we realized losing 17-7 [to Villanova] is not the kind of program we want to be, we were better than that," DiMaria said. "We've been waiting for this since I got here. We have to stick to who we are as a team and a program. To maintain this we need to stay humble. We're not that great of a team. Our best lacrosse is ahead of us. The way we see it, we're 0-0 in the Patriot League and those are big games. A goal is to host the Patriot League tournament [awarded to the No. 1 regular-season champion]. Our ultimate goal is to win the Patriot League championship. Calling that meeting and getting things out in the open was a big first step."
On the field, the Mountain Hawks absorbed the new defense implemented by associate coordinators Brendan Callahan and Errol Wilson. Cassese felt offense wasn't going to be an issue, with the firepower provided by DiMaria, a healthy Dante Fantoni, the Lao-Gosney twins, Adam Johnston and Canadian freshmen Patrick Corbett and Dan Taylor.
Cassese opted to go with freshman goaltender Matthew Poillon, and plunge time into recalibrating the defense.
"We've been working on our slide and recover and we're ready to defeat the re-dodge, because that's what killed us last year, and that's something we really improved on," said Souders, a two-year starter. "What we can't do is let any of this success change us. Being on the other side for a change is a credit to how hard we work. We know what it took to get to this point. We're preparing for a 16-game season—not a seven-game season."
And Cassese keeps pounding home a simple mantra: "We're not going back to where we were," he said. "I was there in 2006 and saw a Duke team crash and burn with all the talent in the world. So I understand how quickly things can come down on you. When you let your guard down, it's when all hell breaks loose. It won't happen here, absolutely not. This season is the start of it. The last thing I want is for us to go back to where we were, and I know we're always susceptible to that. We can't let success change us. We have to think about where we were as motivation. We're not going back there."


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Alexander the Great
Alexander III of Macedonia (356-323 BC) owes his epithet 'the Great' to the enormous territory that he conquered: from Greece in the west to the river Indus in the east, the largest empire in antiquity. This is all the more remarkable when we recall that he subjugated this vast region within just eleven years, and that he was only twenty years of age when he came to power.
Someone who has conquered 'the whole world' by the age of thirty must possess superhuman powers. In the historiography, it is not always easy to distinguish reality from myth. From the outset, biographies of Alexander allude to his divine origin. It is not inconceivable that he contributed to these rumours himself. He instructed his court poet and historian Callisthenes to record the events as they occurred during his great expedition. These accounts are known to us only indirectly, from later sources. The literature depicts Alexander the Great as a hero, a brilliant general whose audacity, strategic insight and military strength were unequalled. But he also emerges as a megalomaniac alcoholic, a man with a unbridled temper; even some of those closest to him paid for it with their lives. In the Greek, Roman, and later Western literature, he has remained Alexander the Great. In the East, however, he has been known for several decades now as Alexander the Terrible.
© Nikolai Vereshchagin (circle of), The Triumph of Alexander the Great, Russia, Arkhangelsk. Late 18th century, Whale bone, wood, carved and engraved, 24 x 19 x 13.5 cm, State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
The Macedonians
Alexander was the son of King Philip II of Macedonia, the region to the northeast of Greece. The Macedonians claimed descent from Macedon, the son of Zeus. They saw themselves as Greeks, but the Greeks thought them backward and uncouth – violent barbarians who did not dilute their wine.
Philip, who came to the throne in 360 BC, did much to promote Macedonia's stature. He introduced Greek customs, patronized the arts, stimulated the economy, and organized an unprecedentedly strong professional army. In his reign, Macedonia became the greatest power in the region. He conquered the whole of Greece. He placed the previously autonomous Greek city-states under his rule in the Corinthian League. He married a series of princesses from the defeated territories for political motives, seeking to assure himself of their allegiance. Alexander's mother, Princess Olympias of Epirus, was the fourth of his seven wives.
Alexander's childhood
Alexander was born on 21 July 356 BC. He saw little of his father, who, as both king and general, was constantly away on some military campaign. Alexander stayed behind with his mother Olympias, who was surely happy with this arrangement, since she is said to have grown to hate her husband more and more with the passage of time.
Philip had arranged for his son to receive a Greek education: the boy's physical training was in the hands of Leonidas, while his mind was entrusted to the celebrated philosopher Aristotle. As he grew up, his great examples were the Greek heroes Achilles and Heracles, whom he would frequently honour on his campaigns with sacrifices and games. Homer's Iliad became the guiding motif in Alexander's life. He also aspired to the Homeric ideal: to fight for personal success, honour and glory. In those days, the only real hero was a Homeric hero.
© Figure of Hercules with the apples of the Hesperides, Roman copy, 2nd century AD, after Greek original. Mid 4th century BC, Marble, h 201 cm, State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
Even as a young boy, Alexander showed himself to be fearless. A great horse was offered for sale at the horse market. Known as Bucephalus ('Ox-head'), this creature refused to allow anyone to mount it. It would rear up and kick out. Alexander had noticed that the horse was afraid of its own shadow. He turned it towards the sun and calmed it. After a while he successfully mounted and rode it. Philip was moved by the sight, and bought the horse for Alexander. Bucephalus served Alexander faithfully in the years that followed, until he was killed on the battlefield in 326 BC.
At eighteen years of age, Alexander was allowed to prove his worth in combat: he was placed in command of the army's left flank at the decisive battle against Athens, at which he showed himself to be a highly capable leader in spite of his youth. Macedonia carried the day, and Philip became king of all Greece. The autonomy of the Greek city-states was no more.
If Alexander had expected his father to reward him for his courage, he was soon disillusioned. He was not given any part to play in the rest of Philip's plans; instead, he was to serve as regent in Macedonia when his father was away fighting. This was the last thing he wanted, and the tensions between father and son grew thick in the air.
King Alexander
Not long afterwards, Philip was assassinated. It was rumoured that Olympias and Alexander were behind this assassination, but we cannot know whether there was any truth in such stories. In any case, Alexander was ready to ascend to the throne. There was an elder half-brother, from one of Philip's previous wives, but he was not eligible because he was seen as retarded. Alexander ensured that all the others who had any claim to the throne – Philip's cousins – together with their families, were killed, leaving no opposition to his rule. This exemplifies Alexander's ruthlessness, which spared nothing and no one, as he would demonstrate many more times after that. In 336 BC, at 20 years of age, Alexander was king of Macedonia and hegemon (leader) of the Corinthian League of Greek city-states. He surrounded himself with his father's most loyal generals and with his boyhood friends, all of whom he would appoint to high-ranking positions in his army. One of them was Hephaestion, Alexander's best friend and lover.
When Philip died, the Greek city-states and the other territories he had subjugated saw an opportunity to regain their autonomy and rebelled. Alexander, who had inherited his father's strategic insight as well as the strongest army in the region, restored his power with considerable violence, and sometimes with diplomacy.
With every rebellion – and there were plenty – Alexander's battle-readiness and strategic understanding proved so superior that all resistance was quickly crushed. He had gone through his trial by fire as king and as general, and had emerged triumphant. In 335 BC the rebellion in Thebes briefly appeared to be succeeding, but that too was put down. By way of punishment and to set a deterrent example to other cities, Thebes was razed to the ground. This strategy worked: Greece remained calm until Alexander's death in 323 BC.
© Cameo: Alexander hunting boar, Italy. 1st century AD, Sardonyx, 2 x 2.2 cm, State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
The Asian campaign
According to the antique literature, Alexander was keen to emulate the exploits of gods and heroes. Besides his great role models Heracles and Achilles, he also drew inspiration from Dionysus, the god of wine. Dionysus, who played an important role in the everyday life of ordinary Greeks, was the son of Zeus and a Theban princess. He travelled round the world, introducing people everywhere to the cultivation of vines. He travelled as far as India. Everywhere he went, Dionysus − who was only a demigod – forged strong bonds with the peoples he encountered and established his cult. When he returned, he was given permission to live on Mount Olympus, which implied that the gods accepted him as one of them. Alexander appears to have been hoping for something similar.
© Dionysus, Rome, 1st-2nd century AD (figurine). 7th-9th century (inscription), Bronze, h without pedestal 32 cm, with pedestal 37 cm, State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
Once peace had been restored to the Macedonian empire, Alexander could devote his attention to his grandiose plans. He wanted to subjugate the great Persian Empire. His father had already paved the way for him. Philip had persuaded the Greek city-states to support a campaign in Persian territory (and to supply troops), with the argument that he would liberate the original Greek coastal cities that the Persians had seized in the fifth century BC. Alexander took up the plan where his father had left off.
For this campaign, Alexander raised an army numbering some 48,000 soldiers, 16,000 auxiliary personnel, and a fleet of over a hundred warships and transport ships. He appointed Antipater as his regent and hegemon of the Corinthian League, and crossed the Hellespont (the Dardanelles) to Troy, where his great hero Achilles had died. Just outside Troy, he visited the graves of Achilles and of his dear friend Patroclus. In the temple of Athena near the grave hung weapons which were said to have belonged to Achilles. Alexander took the shield and spear and hung his own in their place. Then he considered himself ready for the battle against the Persians.
© Gorytos plate: scenes from the life of Achilles, Northern Black Sea region, Bosporan Kingdom (?). 350-25 BC, Gold, 46.8 x 27.3 cm, State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
The first encounter was near the river Granicus. Although Alexander had taken only part of his army with him, his ingenious strategic decisions enabled him to devastate the gigantic Persian army, with its 20,000 horsemen and 20,000 (Greek!) mercenaries.
After this victory he continued further south, along the western and southern coast of present-day Turkey. His reputation had gone before him and struck terror into local leaders. Several cities surrendered even before Alexander arrived in the vicinity. It should be added that the former Greek cities were often rather lukewarm in their solidarity with the Persian king. Other cities rebelled, but soon gave up their resistance when faced by the vastly superior strength of the Macedonian army.
The constant victories not only generated revenue (the spoils of war), but also gave Alexander a continuous supply of new troops; the local boys were trained in Macedonian military techniques. In every city he subjugated, Alexander appointed a Greek administrator or satrap and left part of his garrison behind to retain his hold on power.
Ruler of Asia, son of Zeus?
Alexander's ambitions became clear when he arrived in Gordium, in the central mountains, in 333 BC. An ox-cart dedicated to Zeus stood there. It was said that anyone who could loosen the knot with which the cart's staves were fastened – the Gordian knot – would rule over the whole of Asia. Alexander too found himself unable to untie this knot. He solved the problem, however, by slicing it in half with a mighty blow of his sword. He then declared that the knot had been loosened. Legend had it that anyone doubting the legitimacy of his claim was silenced by thunder and lightning − that is, by Zeus himself.
© Cameo: Zeus , Alexandria. 3rd century BC, Sardonyx, Ø 6.1 cm. State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
Alexander continued on his journey, towards Egypt. On the way, in Syria, the first battles took place with Darius III, the great king of Persia himself. Darius, who had naturally heard about Alexander's victories, had raised an impressive army to engage the Macedonian force at Issus. Darius initially seemed to be gaining the upper hand, but when the Macedonians defeated his bodyguards and threatened the king himself, he retreated. He did so not in cowardice, but probably because he feared that without him the Persian Empire would crumble. But this obviously put paid to any chance of a Persian victory. Alexander killed many of Darius's troops. Yet he spared the king's family, and even treated them with considerable courtesy, promising to find suitable matches for Darius's daughters. Later on, he would marry one of them himself and give another to Hephaestion.
He let Darius go, since he was eager to press on to Egypt. This country appealed to Alexander for various reasons: it was wealthy, it enjoyed good trade relations, and belonged to the Persian Empire. Egypt surrendered to Alexander without a struggle. He managed to gain the people's support by respecting their religion and traditions. He was soon crowned King of Egypt, with all the accompanying titles, such as Son of Ra.
© Tapestry: Alexander the Great and Darius' Family from the History of Alexander the Great series, after cartoons by Charles Le Brun. Flanders, Brussels, Jan Frans van den Hecke workshop. 1661-95, Wool, silk, silver thread, 451 x 690 cm. State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
In this period, Alexander developed divine aspirations. This became clear after his visit to the oracle of Zeus-Amun in the Egyptian desert. He returned with the message that he had been accepted as a true son of Zeus. From then on, stories started circulating about his divine descent: Zeus – appearing in the form of a serpent − had supposedly fathered him on his mother Olympias. Alexander's stature continued to grow. More and more frequently he expressed a desire to be worshipped as a god, something that did not strike the Egyptians or the Persians as improper, but the Greeks saw it as blasphemy.
Lord of Asia
Indefatigable, Alexander continued on his journey, towards the east. He sometimes encountered resistance, but the Macedonian army dealt swiftly with each new opponent. In every region he subjugated, he appointed new Persian rulers who were favourably inclined to him. To cement his power, Alexander founded new cities here and there, calling almost all of them Alexandria and populating them with Greek and Macedonian army units. He encouraged his troops to marry local women to consolidate the Greek-Macedonian hegemony.
In the meantime, Darius had rebuilt his army. The decisive battle took place at Gaugamela on I October 331 BC. In spite of its huge size, the Persian army was defeated, again because of Alexander's shrewd strategy. Darius fled, but some time later (in the summer of 330 BC) he was assassinated by one of his former satraps.
Alexander was hailed by his army as Lord of Asia. The victory was celebrated exuberantly in the vicinity of Persepolis, the 'capital' of the Persian Empire. Alexander's soldiers plundered the city, and Alexander set fire to the palace of Xerxes, the former king of Persia. Some say this was a drunken impulse, while according to others it was a calculated act of vengeance: Xerxes had burned the Acropolis in Athens to the ground in the Graeco-Persian wars in the fifth century BC.
Alexander had no intention of resting on his laurels and returning home. He wanted to continue his journey, to India. But by now, a mood of unrest was spreading among his troops, who were battle-weary. What is more, the generals were irritated by what they saw as the king's divine pretensions. For instance, Alexander had decreed that everyone must prostrate himself in the dust before approaching him. This was a traditional Persian ritual known as proskynesis, which Alexander had introduced to mollify the Persians. But the Macedonians saw it as blasphemy: a mortal allowing himself to be worshipped as a god. Alexander had growing difficulties retaining the support of his own countrymen as well as the Persians, all the more so because he rebuffed all criticism. During one of the regular drinking bouts enjoyed by Alexander and his staff, a heated exchange flared up between Alexander and Cleitus, one of his loyal commanders and friends. Cleitus had saved Alexander's life at the Battle of Granicus. In response, the king seized a spear in his drunken rage and stabbed Cleitus to death.
In the spring of 327 BC, Alexander provoked surprise by marrying. He had previously lived with a Persian noblewoman and fathered a child on her, but he had never married her. His bride was Roxana, a Bactrian princess, described by some as the most beautiful girl in the whole of Asia. This too aroused disapproval among his Macedonian inner circle; if a child was born, it would not be of pure Macedonian blood.
© Pietro Antonio Rotari (1707-1762), Alexander the Great and Roxanne. 1756, Oil on canvas, 243 x 202 cm, State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
In India, Alexander encountered resistance among his own men. The troops refused to carry on towards the east, whatever rewards they were promised. Alexander capitulated. He led his army back, straight across the forbidding Gedrosian desert. According to the accounts, it was a hellish journey, and Alexander shared the harsh conditions of his men. Water was extremely scarce, and the blistering heat made matters far worse. Whenever a little water was found, it was taken to Alexander. But since his men had nothing to drink, he would not drink either. This attitude fuelled the legend. The troops eventually emerged from the desert at the end of 325 BC. It seemed that the worst hardships were now over. But Alexander had not yet told his men about the plans he had forged for the next campaign.
The demise of Alexander and his empire
The new plan was to attack Arabia from Babylon on the river Euphrates. By 323 BC he had made all his preparations. An enormous harbour, big enough to accommodate 1,000 warships, had been built in Babylon, and an invasion force was ready to strike. But it was not to be: Alexander died on 13 June, 323 BC, just short of his 33rd birthday.
The circumstances surrounding his death are shrouded in mystery. It seems that Alexander lost consciousness during one of his drinking orgies, and could not be revived. According to some sources, he was struck by a raging fever so violent that it caused his death. Another story relates that he was poisoned.
Alexander had failed to arrange a matter of great importance: the succession. There was no legitimate heir or unchallenged successor. His eldest son, Heracles, was illegitimate: Alexander had never married his mother, a Persian princess. His first wife, Roxana, was still expecting her first child when Alexander died. Although she gave birth to a boy in August, there was little recognition for his authority. All the leading generals demanded a share of the power. A period of chaos and conflict ensued, and the struggle for Alexander's legacy lasted until the year 301. As rapidly as it had been built up, Alexander's vast empire crumbled again. It disintegrated into diverse kingdoms. Macedonia no longer played any significant role on the world stage.
© Antoine Marie Mélotte (1722-95), Alexander the Great and Darius' family, Liège. C. 1777-80, Boxwood, in 4 sections, 72 x 95 cm. State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
Influence and inspiration
Alexander's influence on the world was without parallel. He brought prosperity to all parts of his empire. He founded cities, built harbours, and opened trade routes. He patronized the arts, philosophy, and science; his retinue included biologists, historians, and geologists, who were all encouraged to record what they saw along the way. Since he founded cities in diverse regions and left Greek and Macedonian troops there, the indigenous population came into contact with Greek customs. Conversely, the soldiers he left behind adopted some of the local traditions. It was the beginning of Hellenism: the dissemination of Greek culture and its intermingling with numerous other cultures. The Gandhara Buddhas are fine examples of Graeco-Buddhist sculpture. The reciprocal influences endured for centuries after Alexander's death.
Down the centuries, and around the world, Alexander has remained a source of inspiration for writers and artists. The Romans greatly admired him. His courage, his triumphs, and the staggering numbers of those he defeated appealed to their imagination. Much was published about Alexander in the Roman era, including several entire series of books, such as the ten-volume series by Quintus Curtius Rufus, dating from the first century AD. The so-called 'Alexander Romance' − probably written in the third century AD – is a stirring, partly fictionalized account of Alexander's reign. In later centuries this text was rewritten and expanded in several languages and regions, often adapted to suit local tastes and the age. In the Middle Ages, for instance, the stories were not only suffused with Christian piety, but peppered with all kinds of fabrications. In illuminated manuscripts produced in the early Middle Ages, Alexander is depicted in a kind of diving-bell, heading for the bottom of the sea. In the late Middle Ages, the emphasis shifts to his courtly graces and chivalry. He was one of the most popular figures in the Italian Renaissance. Scenes from his life inspired decorations in the palace interiors of princes and aristocrats.
© Bernard Picart (1673-1733), after Charles Le Brun, The courage of Poros. 1700-33, Engraving with etching and burin, 70.6 x 55 cm (2nd sheet from series of 3) State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
Several European rulers saw Alexander as their example. One of his greatest admirers was Louis XIV of France (1638-1715). The Sun King had divine aspirations similar to those of Alexander. Indeed, he proclaimed himself 'the new Alexander', and instructed Charles Le Brun to make a series of Alexander paintings for the Louvre. Since the French court determined fashions throughout Europe, Alexander enjoyed a surge of renewed popularity. In Italy, Spain, Austria and Germany, palaces were furnished with paintings depicting scenes from Alexander's life. In Persian literature, Alexander often plays a prominent role as the good king Iskander. He was much loved by Islamic princes from Persia and India. The appreciation for Alexander penetrated Russian culture with the advent of the Byzantine tradition; the Byzantine monarchs saw themselves as the direct descendants of the Macedonian king. The rulers of the first Russian state (from the tenth to the thirteenth century) not only adopted the Orthodox religion, but also adopted Alexander as 'their' hero.
© Iskandar and the Hermit. Illumination from a manuscript of Khamse by Nizami Ghanjavi, Manuscript copied by Mahmud in Herat for Sultan Shahruh, 10 Rabi' II 835 Hijra (December 16, 1431 AD) Paper, gouache, gold, 23.7 x 13.7 cm, inscribed area 17 x 8.7 cm. State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
In the eighteenth century, Catherine the Great (ruled 1762-1796) drew inspiration from Alexander. She named her grandson after him and raised him with stories of Alexander's exploits. Her political goals were similar to Alexander's: she too had the ambition of building a vast empire. It was during her reign that an absolute monarchy was firmly established in Russia.
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"There is a slowness, a laggardness in his tongue. When he speaks slowly and laggardly, he pats on his left knee with his right hand." That means there is a sort of choked up feeling in his speech; Mahdi (pbuh) might be going through a state of spiritual ecstasy during that time. From time to time, he might perhaps leave the material state of mind and when he pats his left knee with his right hand for instance, he might regain that feeling of having a material substance and then continue to speak. Such patting might make one come back to himself and make him feel his material existence. That means his body takes the form of light from time to time. Or he might, perhaps, be leaving the material world. That is what I understand.
In his hadiths, our Prophet (saas) says; "...the sea will be divided into two for the Mahdi and he will easily go through that path." That statement refers to the Marmaray Project. That is because with this project the sea will be divided into two. People will be passing by a dry path underneath the ground. They will not be on the sea like a flat avenue. They will be passing through a path underneath the sea.
"Mahdi will plant a dried cane into the dry soil and it will instantly become green and give leaves." That is also mentioned in the Torah. The Torah refers to it as a "cane" and says that it will be "planted into the soil" and it will "become green".
Evil ones will lose their influence and they will perish. There will be no individual left hostile to the Ahl Al-Bayt [People of the House]. That means there will be no one left who would talk ill about Hazrat Aisha (ra) or about Hazrat Omar (ra) because the religious sects will be cancelled, everyone will approach the People of the House with love. "The word of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will be loved deeply among people." God will extinguish the blind dissension by means of Mahdi (pbuh). The blind dissension is the dissension that is going on in the world. What does the Islamic world making havoc with each other mean? It is blind dissension, a dead end dissension. A blind, sightless dissension. Our Prophet (saas) does not call it merely a dissension but he calls it a blind dissension. That is highly meaningful; there really is a blind dilemma at the moment, there is a blind dissension. "Safety and tranquility will prevail on the earth." There will be no anarchy, no terror, no explosions, no outbursts, no molotov cocktails, no bombings, nothing. Safety and tranquility will prevail on earth. Everyone will be peaceful.
"The earth will be filled with justice instead of persecution and torture." There will be no persecution and no torture. Mahdi (pbuh) will abolish all deep states. "He will serve out everything equally within the scales of the truth and justice." Socialists , communists are talking about social life, social justice: Actually they have learnt that from the system of the Mahdi. That is about a thousand year old book. Marx wrote it about a hundred years ago. Yet our Prophet (saas) said this over 1,000 years ago. Do you see the concept of social justice? He says "...he will serve out everything equally within the scales of the truth and justice. He will distribute all the goods between Muslims." He divides everything equally. "And thus just like the dwellers of the earth and sky being pleased with him, the birds in the sky, the wild animals in the jungles, the fish in the seas will be content with him as well." Mahdi will love fish very much as well, he will love birds, he will love the wild animals a lot. He will love cats and dogs, all animals, insha'Allah. Animals will know him. They will love the Mahdi (pbuh) very much. "There will be no individual left from the people of Mohammad (saas) that would not be content with him." Everyone, Alewites, Sunnis, Bektashis, Wahabbis, all of them will be content with him. As a matter of fact, the hadiths state that town criers will be made to cry out asking if there is anyone in need and that people will respond, "We have no need of anything."2013-11-18 01:03:20


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These colorful portraits are the work of Italian artist, graphic designer, and children's book author and illustrator Sebastiano Ranchetti. He and his wife run the art and design studio Popdesign in Florence, Italy. Sebastiano's work is published in a number of children's books and each year he produces a limited edition calendar. Prints are available through his Etsy store, Animals in Color. Sebastiano also creates custom portraits of people and pets.
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A common requirement for a 3D scene is to have a sky that is always at infinite distance. One way of achieving this is via a skybox. This tutorial shows you how to do this using Blender, b2cs and Crystal Space.
Creating your skybox
- Create a cube in blender
- Scale the cube so it is bigger than everything else in your scene
- Flip normals on the cube so that they face inwards
- Texture the inside of the cube with your skybox textures
- Set following parameters on the cube:
camera: true
lighting: false priority: sky zmode: zfill
vertexlight: true
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Wren nearly perfect in Rome debut
Braves' eighth-round pick doubles twice, draws pair of walks
By Robert Emrich / Special to MLB.com | June 27, 2013 10:34 PM ET
It's not often a recent pick can cross a goal off his list three weeks after being drafted. Kyle Wren did that the minute he stepped into the batter's box Thursday.
The Braves outfield prospect smacked a pair of doubles, walked twice and scored a run in his Class A debut as Rome fell to Savannah, 10-3.
Hitting out of the leadoff spot for the Braves, Wren opened the game with a double, but was picked off of second by Savannah hurler Logan Taylor. The Georgia Tech product doubled in the third and walked and scored in the sixth. After drawing a base on balls in the seventh, Wren grounded into a forceout in the ninth.
"I just felt like I was seeing the ball well, trying to be aggressive in hitter's counts. If I fell behind, I'd foul some pitches off," Wren said. "In the last three or four games going back to Danville, I feel like I've been seeing the ball well and I'm just glad it continued."
Wren, son of Atlanta general manager Frank, moved up to the South Atlantic League after a scorching start with Danville in the Appalachian League. The 22-year-old outfielder was batting .409 (9-for-22) with six runs and three stolen bases in five games for the Braves. While Wren knew a promotion to Rome was likely to come this year, it came sooner than he expected.
"When I was drafted, Tony DeMarcio, the scouting director, told me you have a good few weeks in Danville and then you'll probably come to Rome," Wren said. "When my manager in Danville [Jonathan Schuerholz] called me into his office, I was definitely shocked because it had only been six or seven games. I was expecting that if I continued to play well it would come a week or two later."
Being from Georgia, getting the chance to play in Rome is something Wren looked forward to.
"Being able to play in Rome is going to be awesome, I'm so close to family and friends," he said. "It's a park I went to with my dad in their inaugural season. It's an awesome feeling. It's great that was my goal after signing to play well enough in Danville to be promoted to Rome."
Ross Heffley and Chris Edmondson drove in a run apiece for the Braves.
Williams Perez struck out seven and gave up a run on five hits over five innings, but did not figure into the decision for Rome.
Mets' No. 19 prospect Phillip Evans had three RBIs and No. 4 prospect Brandon Nimmo reached base three times and scored twice for the Sand Gnats.
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Dublin locals share their perfect day in their home city
We asked three in-the-know characters living in Dublin, what would be a perfect day in the city.
Sports journalist Peter Carroll shares his favourite beach, dinner and match in the city.
"The early bird catches the worm as far as Dublin goes. You can't beat an early morning stroll through the beautiful Phoenix Park. I love the peace and quiet, as well as the meandering deer.
"Only two minutes away is the hustle and bustle of the city, and my favourite dish and classic Dublin comfort food: coddle. Steaming hot Dublin coddle is a house specialty in the Stag's Head pub. After a hearty bowl, it's across the road and into the arts hub of the city, Temple Bar. I could spend hours here listening to the street musicians.
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"Next I hop on the train north, to take in the breathtaking views and lulling sounds of Loughshinny near Skerries. The beach is famous locally for its smugglers' cave used in the 18th century. If the weather is nice, I'll head back to Dollymount Strand to witness the water sports of the brave souls, and chat with fellow onlookers.
"On an ideal Sunday, I'd head to Drumcondra and immerse myself in the pride and passion of Gaelic games at the Mecca of our national sports, Croke Park. After the match I'll tackle one of the surrounding pubs, such as McGrath's for the Guinness, or Quinn's for a singsong. Live traditional music never fails to rattle my bones.
"Dublin doesn't have to try very hard to impress, just being there is enough."
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