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All summer long the Plum American Legion team had to deal with what so many other Legion teams deal with -- the lack of interested players.
Since the beginning of the season, second-year manager Mark Dargay has seen his numbers dwindle, and at times, only had enough players to fill every position in a game and had to hope for no injuries.
"The biggest struggle has been getting players to show up," Dargay said. "We have four that quit and others who have family vacations.
"I just wish we had a few more people in reserve that we could use. Pitching is the key and I wish we had more pitchers."
The pitching they had consisted of senior Phillip Mahr, graduate David Cross and college freshman Brandon Hoener.
"We have three solid starters in Mahr, Cross and Hoener," Dargay said. "They are three solid starters. We have a ninth grader, Michael Anderson, who has added to the rotation but we have been using him out of the bullpen."
Cross is going to play at Pitt-Greensburg and Hoener finished his freshman year pitching at Waynesburg University.
Through the frustration, Plum still had a season to remember, finishing second in the Allegheny County East Division and advancing to the Region 6 tournament at Connellsville High School.
They went 0-2 in the regionals, losing their first game, 10-0, to Uniontown before getting knocked out by Monroeville, 9-4.
"We played our last two playoff games very well," Dargay said before the regional tournament. "We were playing solid and felt like we could advance in this regional."
To get to regionals, Plum went 2-1 in its county playoffs, losing the first game to Monroeville before winning two win-or-go-home contests.
Plum defeated Springdale, 8-2, and narrowly escaped Shaler, 3-2, in a game that served as its championship to advance to the regionals.
"It was a very well-played game," Dargay said. "They were all into it. They were focused every pitch. Everybody was there. We were up, 3-2, in the bottom of the sixth and they had runners on first and second with no outs. Mahr was my pitcher and he went into another gear. He struck out the side after that and the seventh was a 1-2-3 inning.
"It was a rallying point for us. We were making plays that we booted earlier in the season."
Errors are a part of the game, but a facet Dargay saw way too much of.
"Our downfall during the season was our errors and walking batters," Dargay said.
Plum finished the season 9-13 but was pleased with the improvement from last year.
"It has been a good year for the guys who have stuck it out," Dargay said. "Sometimes the numbers come back and bite us.
"Everybody has played the best they could and have contributed in one way or another in all the games. Overall, I am pleased with the effort and their abilities."
Dargay will look to build on this year's success for the future but his results will come down to one aspect -- getting the players.
"We didn't make it out of the East playoffs last year," Dargay said. "We lost the first two games. We took another step forward. I am hoping next year we take another step forward and a lot of that has to do with getting the players."


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This DVD set includes the Cross-Training Series (volumes 1 through 6) on two DVD discs. Disc #1 contains 10-10-10, Step and Intervals, All Step and Power Circuit in their entirety. Disc #2 contains Leaner Legs and Kickbox in their entirety. We have also added two bonus sections on Disc #2, including Upper Body Split and All Abs. Upper Body Split contains all the upper body weight sections from all the videos in the following order: Back, Chest, Shoulders, Triceps and Biceps. Just press the button and all these sections will play in order one after the other. Finally, All abs contains all 4 ab sections from the CTX workouts. You can mix and match segments from each workout to create your own routine. Auto program your DVD player to create your own workouts. With 44 chapters the variety is almost endless.
Power Circuit "Power Circuit" in our series of six workouts consists of a moving warm up followed by 28 minutes of power packed cardio. This cardio segment starts with a brief amount of low impact and high impact floor aerobics, and concludes with intense power circuit drills. These drills consist of three step circuits which incorporate leg work with a barbell, and three kickbox circuits which incorporate leg work with hand weights. After the circuits and a brief cool down period are completed, you will work your upper and lower BACK with exercises that use both a barbell and dumbbells. You'll also work your abdominals with crunches as well as some core strengthening exercises before you conclude with a relaxing stretch.Power Circuit: hi/lo warm - up 7 min, standing leg work 30 min, floor leg work 18 min, abs 7 min and stretch 3min.) min., stretch 2 min.
10-10-10 "10-10-10" in our series of six provides you with an active warm up, a varied cardio program consisting of hi/lo, kickbox, step, a thorough tricep workout and a soothing stretch. 10 -10 - 10 Format: 5 minute active warm up, 25 minutes intense kickboxing, hi/lo and step aerobics, 15 minutes of ALL TRICEPS exercises, Stretch 4 minutes. All Step "All Step" in our series of six workouts provides you with a fast paced warm up, a high energy step routine featuring a fresh mix of classic favorites along with new challenging choreography, a complete shoulder workout, a thorough abdominal routine, and a soothing stretchAll Step Format: 6 minute active warm up, 22 minutes intense step aerobics, 10 minutes all SHOULDER exercises, ABS 10 minutes, 5 minute stretch.
Step & Intervals "Step & Intervals" in our series of six workouts provides you with a fun warm up, a step aerobic program featuring fun combinations followed by three intense step interval cycles, a complete chest workout, and a soothing stretch. Step & Intervals Format: 9 minute active warm up, 21 minutes of high intensity step aerobics (which includes 3 step intervals), 10 minutes of ALL CHEST exercises, 5 minute stretch.
Leaner Legs "Leaner Legs" in our series of six workouts is an extensive lower body workout which focuses on all of the muscles of the legs and buttocks. Through the use of hi reps and medium to heavy weight, you will engage in a medley of stylized rep variations to completely challenge all areas of the lower leg. This workout concludes with abdominal exercises and a soothing stretch.Leaner Legs Format: 3 minute stationary warm up, 33 minutes ALL LEG exercises, 9 minutes of ABS, stretch 4 minutes. Kickbox "Kickbox" in our series of six workouts provides you with an invigorating warm up, an intense kickboxing routine, a thorough bicep workout, an intense abdominal workout which also features core exercises, and a soothing stretch. Kickbox Format: 9 minute active warm up, 23 minutes of kickboxing, 10 minutes of ALL Biceps exercises, Abs 12 minutes, stretch 5 minutes.


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US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has strongly defended the Fed's bond-buying stimulus before Congress today.
The Fed chief said its benefits clearly exceed possible costs.
Mr Bernanke also urged US lawmakers to avoid sharp spending cuts set to go into effect on Friday.
He warned that these could combine with earlier tax increases to create a "significant headwind" for the economic recovery.
He said Fed policymakers are cognisant of potential risks from their extraordinary support for the economy, including the possibility the public loses confidence in the Fed's ability to unwind its stimulus smoothly or the potentially destabilising effect of low rates on key markets.
But he added these did not seem material at the moment, adding the Fed has all the tools it needs to retreat from its monetary support in a timely fashion.
"To this point, we do not see the potential costs of the increased risk-taking in some financial markets as outweighing the benefits of promoting a stronger economic recovery and more rapid job creation," Bernanke said in remarks prepared for delivery to the Senate Banking Committee.
Minutes of the Fed's January 29-30 policy meeting, released last week, showed that a number of officials felt the potential risks posed by buying bonds could warrant tapering or ending the programme before hiring picks up. However, several others argued there was a danger in halting it prematurely.
Bernanke appeared to be in the latter camp, citing improvements in the housing and car sectors and tracing them in part to the Fed's stimulus.
He also noted that inflation, one of the risks most often cited by critics of the central bank's so-called quantitative easing, remains projected to stay at or below the Fed's 2% target for the foreseeable future.
In response to the financial crisis and deep recession of 2007-2009, the Fed not only slashed official interest rates to effectively zero but also bought more than $2.5 trillion in mortgage and Treasury debt in an effort to push down long-term interest rates and spur investment.
The Fed is currently buying $85 billion in bonds each month and has said it plans to keep purchasing assets until it sees a substantial improvement in the outlook for the labour market.
In unusually direct remarks on fiscal policy, Bernanke warned that the near-term spending cuts know as the ''sequester'', which are set to take hold later this week, threaten an already challenged economic expansion.
"The Congress and the administration should consider replacing the sharp, frontloaded spending cuts required by the sequestration, with policies that reduce the federal deficit more gradually in the near term but more substantially in the longer run," Bernanke said.
"A substantial portion of the recent progress in lowering the deficit has been concentrated in near-term budget changes, which, taken together, could create a significant headwind for the economic recovery," he said.
The US economy braked sharply in the fourth quarter, but is generally forecast to grow around 2% or more this year. Unemployment has remained elevated, and registered 7.9% in January.
Bernanke said persistent joblessness was a scourge with potentially long-lasting effects for the US. "High unemployment has substantial costs, including not only the hardship faced by the unemployed and their families, but also the harm done to the vitality and productive potential of our economy as a whole," Bernanke said.


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- Sarah Connolly (Mezzo Soprano)
- Christiane Oelze (Soprano)
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At Leipzig's International Mahler Festival, to mark the centenary of Mahler's death, the world's oldest concert orchestra, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, performed Mahler's monumental Second Symphony in the Gewandhaus. Written with incredible solos and choral forces quite beyond compare, Mahler said of the final movement: "The increasing tension, working up to the final climax, is so tremendous that I don't know myself, now that it is over, how I ever came to write it."
MusicWeb International
Dull this 'Resurrection' most certainly isn't, and I came away from it with renewed admiration for maestro Chailly. There's so much to cherish in this performance, from the burnished playing and deeply felt singing to the fine picture and unrivalled sound. Indeed, if I were awarding stars for sonics this would easily be a five out of five; it's every bit as immersive as the Decca Blu-ray of Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet... Purely as a performance - and I'm thinking of recent CDs as well - Chailly's is a thoroughly satisfying alternative to those visceral, more urgent accounts from Jonathan Nott, James Levine and Simone Young; but if we're talking DVD or Blu-ray, this newcomer sweeps the board.
The present DVDs preserve the opening and closing nights of the Leipzig's high-powered, multi-orchestra International Mahler Festival held last May. ... the clarity, range and depth of sound, allied to the exceptional quality of the singing and playing, are certain to impress.
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The performances on these two Accentus Blu-ray DVDs are highly detailed in excellent sound and with splendid singing, and are competitive with most of the better efforts ... the sound on both recordings is vivid, and the camera work is excellent.
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After an exhausting double centenary that spawned a fair number of ho-hum Mahler recordings comes a 'Resurrection' to die for. Riccardo Chailly and his Gewandhaus forces are simply transported - and transporting - in this live performance, filmed at the 2012 Leipzig Mahlerfest. Visually and aurally this Accentus Blu-ray is as good as it gets.
Run Time: 96 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio
Subtitles: German, English, French
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Mahler, Gustav : Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"- Performers: Sarah Connolly (Mezzo Soprano); Christiane Oelze (Soprano)
- Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
- Ensemble: Berlin Radio Chorus
- Period Time: Post Romantic
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What law librarians should know to help protect victims who come to the library for information By Jacqueline Cantwell
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Explore the virtual frontier with your colleagues and a whole other world of people By Meg Kribble
How one chapter experimented with videoconference at a meeting to increase member involvement By Jeanne T. Ullian
One ordinary law librarian assists in solving a 53-year-old mystery and learns a lesson about how law students treat legal research By Joyce Manna Janto
Law librarians should perform social audits to evaluate the value of the library By Mark P. Bernstein
Connecting and Changing: An Energizing Success Story By Mark E. Estes
A Look at Leadership in AALL By Ann T. Fessenden
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Central Library Parking Garage
Below you will find information about the parking garage that is available to access our Central Library.
Directions to Garage
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There are 428 parking spots in the Library's parking garage, 10 of which are handicapped or van accessible.
From Main Street:
The Parking Garage is located between the Police Department and the Lexington Public Library at 140 East Main Street. As you are coming west down Main, the entrance to the parking garage will be on your left. If you reach Limestone, you have gone too far.
From Vine Street:
After you cross (or turn from) Limestone, take a left onto Hernando Alley. This turn comes almost immediately. The garage will be directly in front of you. Turn right onto Water Street and left into the garage.
The Library will validate up to 2 hours free parking for Library customers. The following parking rates apply for customers staying longer than 2 hours and individuals whose tickets are not validated. The maximum fee is $8.00 per day.
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30 minutes – 1 hour | $2.00 | |
1 hour – 1½ hours | $3.00 | |
1½ hours – 2 hours | $4.00 | |
2 hours - 2½ hours | $5.00 | |
2½ hours – 3 hours | $6.00 | |
3 hours – 3½ hours | $7.00 | |
Over 3½ hours | $8.00 | |
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Weekly passes | $30.00 | $20 per week plus one time $10 refundable deposit |
Monthly parking | $65.00 | |
Replacement card fee | $10.00 |
A payment kiosk is available outside the first floor parking garage elevators. You may pay for your parking here and take your ticket to enter in the machine when you leave the garage. You will need to insert the ticket at the gate to exit! You have 20 minutes to exit the garage with no further charge.
The kiosk gives change in bills, but please be aware the gate gives change in coins only.
Long Term Parking
Parking Garage Access Cards (also known as Parking Passes) are available for business and individuals. A monthly fee rents a Parking Garage Access card for unlimited parking in the Library Parking Garage. Weekly passes are also available.
To apply for your Parking Garage Access Card, please download this form and bring it, along with your first month's payment, to the 5th floor Administration Office in the Central Library. If you prefer, applications are also available in the Administration Office. If you will be parking for 3 weeks or less your first month, you will be billed at our weekly rates to maximize your savings.
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Parking Garage Information for Park Plaza Tenants
Please make sure you understand the Rules and Regulations, as abuse of the Parking Garage Access Card may result in parking privledges being revoked.
Rules and Regulations
Violations of the rules and regulations, including destruction and/or abuse of the parking garage access card may result in having parking privileges revoked.
- Parking Cards are programed for a one-in, one-out system. You must scan your card upon entering and exiting each time regardless of whether the garage gate is up or down.
- The Parking Card is to be used only by the individual to whom the card was issued.
- One monthly parking card allows an individual one space in the garage.
- The parking garage access card is not to be scanned to allow other drivers to enter or leave the parking structure at any time.
- Allowing other drivers to tailgate upon entering or exiting the garage is prohibited.
- Those with monthly parking passes are required to pay by the 15th of each month.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. Why isn't my parking pass working?
A. The Parking Cards are programmed for a one-in, one-out system. If the gate was up the last time you went in or out, it's possible your card is out of sync.
Did you let someone out using your pass or allow another parking customer to tailgate? If so, it's likely your pass has been turned off. You will need to call (859) 231-5504 to have your pass turned back on.
If neither of these reasons apply to you, you may have a defective card. You may receive a new card through the Lexington Public Library Administration Office, Central Library 5th floor.
Q. I have a guest staying with me. Can I use my pass to let them out?
A. No. You may pay the hourly fee or purchase a parking pass for 1 or 2 weeks. See the Rates section for additional details.
Q. When I left the garage, my card didn't work and I had to pay cash. Can I get reimbursed?
A. Sure. Bring the receipt to the Administration Office, Central Library 5th floor, and we'll take care of it.
Q. My roommate and I get a parking pass with our rent. Can we share the card?
A. No, each vehicle parked in the garage needs a separate access card. Park Plaza provides one access card, therefore one parking space, for each apartment. One vehicle is registered as the primary vehicle for the apartment. Any other vehicles parked in the Garage must be registered through Lexington Public Library to receive their own access card, or pay daily rates. Storage of additional vehicles can also be arranged. As stated in the Rules and Regulations, one parking pass equals one space, so only one vehicle.
Q. People are coming to stay with me for a week. Do they have to pay the hourly rate to get in and out?
A. You may pay the hourly fee or purchase a parking pass for 1 or 2 weeks. See the Rates section for additional details.
Q. How do I cancel my monthly parking account?
A. Bring your card to the Lexington Public Library Administration Office, Central Library 5th floor, and we will terminate your account.
For questions or to report a problem about the garage, contact Jim Chandler, Director of Support Services, at (859) 231-5543.
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Alumni Profile
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One Small Step for Trojans Among the many USC traditions of excellence is a Trojan presence in the U.S. space program. The first person to set foot on the moon was, after all, alumnus Neil Alden Armstrong. And numerous other members of the Trojan family over the years have made contributions to the final frontier as well. THIS TRADITION IS being carried on in the programs current era by a couple of alums who clearly have the right stuff. Jerry Linenger, a 1988 masters graduate of USCs Institute of Safety and Systems Management, is now aboard Russias Mir Space Station for a stay of several months. When his mission on the Mir ends in May, one of the astronauts aboard the U.S. Space Shuttle picking Linenger up to return him to Earth will be Carlos Noriega, who received his B.S. in computer science from USC in 1981. FOR CARLOS NORIEGA his trip to pick up fellow Trojan Linenger will be his first space venture. While a student at USC, becoming an astronaut was only a distant dream to Noriega.
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text: Stereotypical Laxer Is Not At All Stereotypical, Says Stereotypically Annoying New York Times Storykatiebakes10/15/10 3:45pmFiled to: Media MeltdownsLacrossePaul rabilMajor league lacrosseNew York TimesJesus christ white people45EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Yesterday's NYT slobjob of professional laxer Paul Rabil argues that he represents "a different way to think about lacrosse players." He's a big shaggy-haired white dude who went to an all-boys Catholic school in Maryland. Wow, what a brogue. Advertisement "Can Paul Rabil Make Lacrosse Sexy?" asks the headline of the disturbingly long Thursday Styles ode to Rabil, Major League Lacrosse's reigning MVP. As if that's the sport's problem, first of all, but I digress. The piece features the usual shoehorned-in tangents and odd historical factoids that are practically house style for these sorts of things. But most grating are the lengths writer James Vlahos goes to to distance Rabil from the quirks of the very sport whose profile he is expected to raise.Thousands of articles have been written about the lacrosse scandals of the last few years, but you only have to skim a handful to learn the stereotypes. Players party too much. They're prone to violence. They're entitled rich kids smashing mailboxes with their lacrosse sticks before blazing off in daddy's Ferrari. A sampling of recent headlines includes "Lacrosse Afflicted by Sense of Entitlement" (The Baltimore Sun) and "Lacrosse Breeds Awful White Kids" (from the sports blog Dueling Couches).Lest you're wondering whether I'm just jealous that "Are The White Boys Of Lacrosse Predestined To Be Dicks?" didn't make the cut, the answer is obviously yes. But come on: blazing off in daddy's Ferrari? Who created that stereotype, Bret Easton Ellis? Think about it: a Ferrari would only comfortably fit like two dudes and their equipment, no bromo, whereas real lacrosse players prefer to "roll deep" whilst "getting after it." The getaway car would be mom's Navigator. Except there would be no getaway car, because who smashes mailboxes anymore? Even assuming they do, none of these guys would ever compromise the sticks they spend so much time lovingly tending to, braiding and weaving like so many friendship bracelets, to vandalize mailboxes. They'd just piss in them instead. Advertisement "Mr. Rabil, however, doesn't fit the image of the unredeemable preppy," Vlahos continues, substantiating his point thusly:His teammates are mostly clean-cut J. Crew types; one had shown up to practice on that hot August afternoon complaining about the difficulty he'd had finding a place to dock his boat. Mr. Rabil, with his shaggy, dark hair, cast-iron jaw and brooding eyes, looked more as though he'd rolled up on a skateboard."He's got a great swagger about him," said Steve Battista, a marketing executive at Under Armour. "He's done a great job of carving out a different way to think about lacrosse players." Shaggy hair: A stunning departure from the stereotypical lacrosse player look, to be sure. And swagger: When Vlahos went cherrypicking article titles he must have skimmed over this and this. Advertisement Sponsored What else do we know about this next-level athlete expected to turn the standard lacrosse world on its helmeted head?He was born in 1985 and grew up in the Maryland suburbs outside of Washington.LOL. And went to an all-boys Catholic school (motto: Gentlemen and Scholars), natch, before going to Johns Hopkins. He's "laconic," and seems friendly yet dull. He's sponsored by Under Armour and Red Bull. His personal style is described as "the opposite" of a new lacrosse-inspired clothing line by Michael Bastian for Gant featuring "fitted tweeds, striped rugby shirts and rakish scarves for fall scrimmages on the quad," but a photo of Rabil's closet betrays no shortage of stripes. Vlahos compares him to Tiger Woods and Danica Patrick, but he's not some "fresh face" or societal gamechanger; he's precisely the norm. The more apt comparison Vlahos makes is to LeBron James: the only thing notably different about Rabil from his peers is that he is bigger and better than them, and becoming more famous. Maybe he represents an evolution, but it's certainly no revolution.I'm splitting shaggy hairs here, I know, but it's lame that they feel the need to frame Rabil as some sort of novel divergence from everything you think you know about the sport of lacrosse, when in fact he is solidly, blandly, unremarkably smack dab in the middle of same. Why can't they just say so?Can Paul Rabil Make Lacrosse Sexy? [New York Times]Reply45 repliesLeave a reply


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Amun was one of the eight ancient Egyptian gods who formed the Ogdoad of Hermopolis. He was the god of the air and his consort was Ament (Amaunet). However, during the Twelfth dynasty (Middle Kingdom) Amun was adopted in Thebes as the King of the gods with Mut as his consort. Amun and Mut had one child, the moon god Khonsu. He was promoted to national god by Ahmose I, the first pharaoh of the New Kingdom because the king believed that Amun had helped him drive the Hyksos from Egypt. He was also adopted into the Ennead of Heliopolis when he merged with the ancient sun god (Ra) to become Amun-Ra.
It is possible that there were once two separate gods with the same name, but equally likely that Amun of Heliopolis merely took on the attributes of the Theban god Montu (Montju) when he replaced him as the principle god of the nome in the later period. His name is generally translated as "the hidden one" or "the secret one" and it was thought that he created himself and then created everything else while remaining distanced and separate from the world. In that sense he was the original inscrutable and indivisible creator. When he merged with Ra he became both a visible and invisible deity. This duality (the hidden god and the visible sun) appealed to the Egyptian concept of balance and duality leading to an association between Amun-Ra and Ma´at.
Amun was also identified with Montu (who he pretty much absorbed) and the hybrid gods Amun-Ra-Atum, Amun-Re-Montu, Amun-Re-Horakhty and Amun-Min.
Amun was associated with a number of animals, whose form he sometimes took in inscriptions. Originally he was depicted as a goose and given the epithet the "Great Cackler" (like Geb). It was also thought that he could regenerate himself by becoming a snake and shedding his skin. However, he was most frequently depicted as a Ram, a symbol of fertility. He is also depicted as a man with the head of a ram, a frog, an Uraeus (royal cobra), a crocodile, or as an ape. Finally, he is depicted as a king sitting on his throne wearing the double plumed crown (also associated with Min). During the Ptolemaic period images of Amun were cast in bronze in which he was depicted as bearded man with four arms the body of a beetle, the wings of a hawk, the legs of a man and the paws and claws of a lion.
Amun is described as the primeval creator in the Pyramid Texts which depict him as a primeval deity and a symbol of creative force. However, he rose to prominence during the Eleventh dynasty when he replaced the Theban war god, Montu, as the principle deity of the city. From that point, the fortunes of the God were closely linked to the prominence of Thebes itself. When the Theban Ahmose I successfully expelled the Hyksos from Egypt, he was quick to show his gratitude to Amun and throughout the Middle Kingdom the Royal family established temples to Amun, most notably the Luxor Temple and the Great Temple at Karnak.
During the New Kingdom he gained such power that it is almost possible to argue that Egypt had become a monotheistic state. Amun-Ra was considered to be the father and protector of the pharaoh. The Theban royal women wielded great power, and influence and were closely involved with the cult of Amun. Queen Ahmose Nefertari (the Great Wife of the Pharaoh Ahmose I) was granted the title "God's Wife of Amun" with reference to the myth that Amun created the world by masturbation. This title was then granted to the Great Wife of every Pharaoh in recognition of her role in the state religion of Amun. The female Pharaoh Hatshepsut went one stage further and specifically stated that Amun had impregnated her mother (in the guise of the Pharaoh Thuthmoses II, her father). Thus she established her right to rule on the basis that she was his daughter.
However, the god could also reveal his will through the oracles, who were in the control of the priests and they had been granted so much land that they even rivalled the power of the Pharaoh. Amenhotep III instituted some reforms when he became concerned that the Theban clergy had become too powerful, but his son (Akhenaten) went one further and actually replaced Amun with the Aten and constructed a new capital city named Akhetaten. However, the experiment was short-lived and both Amen and Thebes were reinstated under the rule of Tutankhamun.
The worship of Amun even spread into neighbouring countries, particularly Nubia. By the Twenty-fifth dynasty Amen-Ra was the principle god of the Kingdom of Napata (Nubia) who believed he came from Gebel Barkal (in northern Sudan) and the Greeks considered him to be the equivalent of Zeus.
His main celebration was the Opet festival, in which the statue of Amun traveled down the Nile from the temple of Karnak to the temple of Luxor to celebrate Amun's marriage to Mut (or Taweret). In this festival he had a procreative function epitomised in his title "Ka-mut-ef" ("bull of his mother").
copyright J Hill 2010


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