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Thursday, 16th May, 2002, 07:02 AM #1
? for the History Buffs: Roman Arms & Armor
I have a question for the resident history buffs on the board.
When were certain types of Roman arms & armor first used/incorporated by the Roman Army?
IIRC, Roman armor included (essentially) a chain shirt, (possibly) a scale mail shirt, & the famous lorica segmentia (essentially banded mail for the torso & shoulders). There is also the square shield & reinforced helmet. Were there other types used earlier/later? Am I roughly accurate w/ what I mentioned?
As for arms, I'm familiar with the gladius (short sword), pilum (javelin), pugio (dagger), & spatha (long sword for cavalry). Anything I missed?
Appreciate any help I can get.
Thursday, 16th May, 2002, 11:50 AM #2
Thursday, 16th May, 2002, 11:57 AM #3
For me as a kid growing up the armor I always saw Romans using in the stuff I read was a solid breastplate. I've seen the other types as well, but that's what I think of first for a legionnaire.
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The pilum is not a javelin.
The pilum is a heavy throwing spear half of iron and half of wood .
The iron behind the point was unhardened so it would after hitting bend.
It was mainly used to take the shields of the enemy out of play.
It goes through the shield and made it through the length of the pila unusable.
the lorica segmata 1 Centuty IIRC
The spatha is a stabbing (long)sword
The sling was also used by the legions, 1/3 or 1/4 IIRC was equipped with such.
Before the reforms of marius the third line the triarrii(the old veterans) ussed instead of pila the hasta the 2,5m long roman lance or spear.
It was later used by the auxiliaries.
who were equipped with chain or scale shirt gret round or oval shield .
The auxiliar archers used mainly the reflex or composite bow.
the slingers used only the sling IIRC
You missed the bronce cuirass of the nobility the thorax for the tribunes legates and such.
The scale mail wasn`t very pooular in the legiones but the auxiliar cavalry and the auxiliar eastern archers used him.
The signifer and the tribune used a small equites shield(buckler i thin in d&d terms)
A very good source is Junkelmann Legionen des Augustus
Who are in translation in English i´ve heard no thought if planning, doing or done.
I hope this helps a bit.
Thursday, 16th May, 2002, 01:20 PM #5
It's been pointed out in other threads, but I'll repeat it. A great resource for info on anciens warfare is John Warry's Warfare in the Ancient World.
As to Roman arms and armour: what period?
In the early republic there would have been a lot of influence from Etruscan, Samnite and Greek cities.
The Romans that fought Hannibal would bear no armour, a square metal breastplated or a chainmail shirt. (The latter being rather unique and only worn by the real veterans.) At this time the soldier was a Roman citizen and provided his own equipement. (An interesting foot note is that the cain shirt was probably a celtic influence: it was worn by the Gauls and onther Celtic peoples long before the Romans adapted it. The difference was of cource that Rome managed to produce chain on a larger scale.)
The reforms of Marius made a more uniform legion. Soldiers would no longer have to be citizens and would be unifomly equiped with a chain shirt, gladius, pugio and pilum. The oval (clipped?) shield would be worn on the back, protected by a hide cover while on the march. Legionaries at this time referred to themselves as "Marius' mules" because the would have to wear a full kit on their backs, so as to minimize baggage trains slowing down the legions on the march.
The archetypical legionairs are the soldiers Trajanus used in his conquest of Dacia (roughly modern Roumenia.)(note: during this campaing most soldiers reïnforced their helmets with a metal band running acros it. The Dacian falx (cross between a two handed sword and a halberd) would otherwise slash right throug it.) Most legionaries would wear a lorrica segmenta. In D&D terms this could be seen as a sort of banded mail: metal strips fastened together to provide rear, torso and upper arm protection. They would wear a shawl to protect the neck against the metal cutting them. Pictorial evidence suggests that this shawl became somewhat of a fashion rage among the auxilia troops who were still wearing mail. The lorrica segmenta probably never fully replaced the chainmail (economic of scale.) These are the legionaries you see in the move Gladiotor.
In the later Imperial period there was a lot of influence from barbarian immigrants. The legions were replaced by low grade frontier troops: limitanei and the elite mobile forces: comitatense. There is no real agreement over the troop quality in this period. There is also a lot of debate concerning the amount of armour worn in this period. The pilum seems to have become obsolete and replaced by a spear and spatha (originally a Germanic weapon if I'm not mistaken.) Round shields had become the norm.
If you want further details, ask away, but I would probably have to look it up first.
Thursday, 16th May, 2002, 01:51 PM #6
The best source is of course Osprey Publishing.
They have several very good books about the Roman army (well, about any army, basically), detailing equipment and tactics. And they're generally well up to date with the latest in ancient history.
The lorica segmentata (which is not the Roman name for it, but from the renaissance) did probably not see much use in reality. It was heavy, cheap, and survives well in the ground, and so is overrepresented in the archaological findings.
It saw most of it's use in Britain and germany, and seems to be a speedy replacement for all the armour that was lost when Varus lost all those legions in the Teutoburger forest, in 9 AD.
The chain shirt is originally of gallic make, and seems to heve been in use as early as the third century BC. The same goes for the scale mail, albeit it was cheaper, and saw much use, especially in the eastern mediterranean region.
The reinforced helmet, or gallic imperial, was adopted from the gauls after Ceasar (Julius) conquered them. It saw wide use from the beginning of thefirst century.
Other helmets were used earlier, often a much simpler helmet, similar, but without reinforcements.
The square shield is another early imperial innovation. Earlier the shields were more rounded, but of the same general size, and flat (not semi-cylindrical as the square shields).
The swords.
The gladius was a Celtiberian sword (i.e. from Spain/Portugal). Iberia was conquered during the Punic wars and the gladius and the gladius became the primary side arm of the romans, around 200 BC.
The best gladiuses came from spain for as long as they were used.
The Spatha is, yet again, a gallic innovation. The romans used it as a cavalry sword, I think from, say, first century BC.
Many other weapons and armours were used by the legions themselves throughout the Roman era, and in particular by all the various auxiliary troops.
Thursday, 16th May, 2002, 02:30 PM #7
In addition to John Warry's text, two books that I can't recommend highly enough if you're interested in the period...
Peter Connolly's Greece and Rome at War--similar to Warry's, but with greater detail.
Brassey's Roman Army, Wars of the Empire by Graham Sumner--makes use of color photographs of re-enactors, rather than the usual drawings. It really helps to visualize the period.
Anyway, here are a few bits of trivia (all values are approx/best guesses)...
The heavy oval scutum of the early republic:
1.28m x 63.5cm
1cm at edge to 1.2cm at center
Very heavy. Probably used with straight arm in charge, then rested on ground to fight.
By way of comparison, the shield used by the La Tene culture (Celts) was about 1.1m and 6.7kg.
The later rectangular scutum of the empire:
Shortened by straightening ("cutting off") the top and bottom edges.
6mm thick at edge gives weight of 5.5kg
If thickened to 1cm at center, weight rises to 7.5kg
Lorica Hamata (mail shirt): 15kg
Lorica Segmentata: 9kg
By way of comparison, the knee length/hooded scale hauberk of a cataphractus has been estimated to weigh somewhere between 25-30kg.
Hope some of that is interesting/illuminating
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The MacBook Pro's higher-resolution display doesn't result in more on-screen real estate anyways, unless you want to scale the image and run into potential quality and performance roadblocks.
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In July, Robinson found Osbon, 49, not guilty by reason of insanity in the midair meltdown that forced a co-pilot to make an emergency landing at Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport this year.
According to the judge's order, Osbon suffered from a "severe mental disease or defect that impaired his ability" to understand his actions when he raced inside a JetBlue cabin screaming about the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and pounded on the cockpit door, prompting the diversion of a March 27 flight bound from New York to Las Vegas.
Co-pilot Jason Dowd locked Osbon out of the cockpit and landed the plane at Husband.
None of the 131 passengers and six crew members was hurt.
Authorities charged Osbon with interfering with a flight crew, and the airline suspended him the following day.
The indictment alleged Osbon "moved through the aircraft and was disruptive and had to be subdued and forcibly restrained from re-entering the cockpit."
Staff writer Russell Anglin contributed to this report.


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The Finding of Moses, ca. 1695-97
Oil on canvas
43 7/8 x 57 1/4 in. (111.5 x 145.5 cm)
R. T. Miller, Jr. Fund and Friends of Art Endowment Fund, 1978
The Finding of Moses was a popular theme throughout the seventeenth century, often selected for its decorative potential: it offered artists the opportunity to depict a company of elegant and exotically clad women within a biblical context.
Coypel has not chosen the more commonly depicted moment of the subject, when the infant Moses is discovered at the edge of the Nile by the Pharaoh's daughter (Exodus 1), but the ensuing scene, when the princess, guided by Moses's sister Miriam, appoints his natural mother as his nurse (Exodus 2:1-9).
This painting is one of a series of relatively small-scale history paintings representing scenes from the Old Testament that the artist produced during the mid to late 1690s. 1 In contrast to his earlier paintings done under the patronage of Philippe, Duc d'Orleans, and other members of the French court, these works were painted independently for wealthy and influential Parisian amateurs. 2 Most were exhibited publicly in the Paris Salons, and several were reproduced as tapestries or in engravings, which immeasurably enhanced the artist's reputation. 3
This group of Old Testament paintings also represents the culmination of a stylistic transformation in Coypel's work, which Schnapper has termed "a crisis of Rubenism." 4 From the early 1690s, Coypel attempted to affect in his work a synthesis of two competing academic theories, one emphasizing the importance of line and draftsmanship ("Poussinism") and the other favoring the merits of color ("Rubenism"). Coypel united the two aesthetics most successfully in The Finding of Moses and the other historical paintings of this series.
The composition of the Oberlin Finding of Moses is indebted to Nicolas Poussin's interpretations of the subject, two of which were present in the Royal Collection in Paris when Coypel painted this scene. 5 Poussin's version of 1647 almost certainly inspired the background landscape and architecture, and also provided the source for specific motifs. 6 Poussin's Finding of Moses of 1638, on the other hand, is recalled in the gesture made by the princess and the horizontal grouping of her attendants. 7 However transparent these borrowings may be, Coypel transforms them with the skill of a master colorist and avid Rubenist, as evidenced in the animated composition and the rich, saturated palette. For example, the lush landscape setting, unusually expansive scenically for Coypel, provides a foil for the brilliant hues of the women's garments. Coypel uses standardized facial expressions to convey the varied emotional content of the narrative. He introduces the motif of the Golden Calf, just visible atop the massive pillar at the center of the composition, as a portent of Moses's adult role as spiritual leader of the Israelites.
No preparatory drawings have been found which relate specifically to this picture, although a few sketches have been linked to individual figures. 8
The earliest reference to the Oberlin Finding of Moses is in the livret accompanying its exhibition in the Paris Salon of 1699, but based on comparison with more securely dated works, Garnier has dated the painting a few years earlier, to about 1696-97. 9 A copy of the painting (reduced in size to 72 x 94 cm) was on the Paris art market in 1981, with Esther and Ahasuerus as pendant. Another, smaller version of the subject with only five figures was listed in the inventory of the estate of the artist's son Philippe Coypel, 11 April 1777; and in the posthumous sale of this collection, Paris, 1777, no. 11. 10
M. E. Wieseman
Antoine Coypel was the eldest son of the painter Noël Coypel (1628-1707). He was trained by his father, and accompanied him to Rome when the latter assumed his post as head of the Académie de France in Rome (1673-75). Antoine became a member of the Académie in Paris in 1681, and a professor at the Académie in 1684. Thanks to the early and influential patronage of the Duc d'Orléans, he embarked almost immediately on a brilliant official career, and in 1716 was appointed Premier Peintre du Roi. In addition to easel paintings depicting historical and mythological subjects, Coypel also received several prestigious commissions for decorative works in Paris and at Versailles. He was an especially refined colorist; his elegant compositions combine the rich palette of Correggio or Rubens with the dramatic grandeur of Charles LeBrun. Antoine Coypel's half brother Noël-Nicolas (1690-1734) and son Charles-Antoine (1694-1752) were also painters.
General References
Garnier, Nicole. Antoine Coypel, 1661-1722. Paris, 1989.
European private collection
With Heim Gallery, London (by 1977), from whom purchased in 1978
Paris, Salon, 1699.
Paris, Salon, 1704.
London, Heim Gallery, 1977. Aspects of French Academic Art 1680-1780. Summer. Cat. no. 5.
New York, Stair Sainty Matthiesen, 1985. The First Painters of the King: French Royal Taste from Louis XIVto the Revolution. 16 October - 22 November (also shown at New Orleans Museum of Art and Columbus, Ohio, Columbus Museum of Art). Cat. no. 109.
Williamstown, Mass., Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1987. A Glimpse of Rococo France: The Amorous Proposal. 4 April - 13
June. Cat. no. 4.
Réflexions sur quelque ouvrages de M. Coypel, Premier Peintre du S. A. R. Monsieur, frère du Roi. Troyes, n.d. (before 1700).
Le Comte, Florent. Cabinet des singularités. Vol. 3. Paris, 1700, p. 212.
Guiffrey, J. J., ed. Collection des livrets des anciennes expositions...exposition de 1699. Paris, 1869, p. 19.
Guiffrey, J. J., ed. Collection des livrets des anciennes expositions...exposition de 1704. Paris, 1869, p. 21.
Marcel, Pierre. La Peinture française au début du XVIIe siècle. Paris, 1906, p. 223.
Thieme, Ulrich, and Felix Becker, eds. Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antieke bis zur Gegenwart. Vol. 8. Leipzig, 1913, p. 26.
Dimier, Louis. Les Peintres français du XVIIIe siècle. Paris and Brussels, 1928, p. 149, no. 4 (as lost, known only through engraving).
Wildenstein, Daniel. "L'Oeuvre gravé des Coypel, II." Gazette des Beaux-Arts, ser. 6, vol. 64 (September 1964), p. 142, under no. 6 (wrongly described as having been engraved by Coypel himself).
Aspects of French Academic Art 1680-1780. Exh. cat., Heim Gallery, London, 1977, cat. no. 5.
Schnapper, Antoine. "The Moses of Antoine Coypel." Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 37, no. 2 (1979-80), pp. 59-67.
Bailey, Colin B. The First Painters of the King: French Royal Taste from Louis XIV to the Revolution. Exh. cat., Stair Sainty Matthiesen, New York, 1985, pp. 65-67, cat. no. 5.
A Glimpse of Rococo France. Exh. cat., Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Mass., 1987, fig. 1.
Technical Data
The painting was relined in the mid twentieth century, replacing a glue lining with a wax-resin lining. The relining process flattened the paint surface, and placed undue emphasis on the texture of the canvas weave. The original tacking margins have been removed, although cusping at all edges indicates that the painted surface itself has not been trimmed. The paint is applied over a reddish-brown ground. The paint surface is somewhat abraded, and fairly thin in the sky and background landscape. There are scattered restorations throughout, most notably in the faces of the shadowy figures at the center of the composition and in the landscape and water at right. A pentiment reveals that a cloud was painted out in the sky at upper right.
1. See Antoine Schnapper, "The Moses of Antoine Coypel," Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 37, no. 2 (1979-80), pp. 64-65 and 69-70; and Nicole Garnier, Antoine Coypel, 1661-1722 (Paris, 1989), pp. 20-21, and cat. nos. 53-60, 64.
2. It is not known for whom this painting may have been executed, or who may have originally owned it. The dedication of the engraving of the painting to Cardinal César d'Estrées (1628-1714), an early supporter of the artist, suggests that the painting may have been in his collection at that time. See Colin B. Bailey, The First Painters of the King: French Royal Taste from Louis XIV to the Revolution (exh. cat., Stair Sainty Matthiesen, New York, 1985), p. 66.
3. The Finding of Moses was engraved by Jean Audran; see Daniel Wildenstein, "L'Oeuvre gravé des Coypel, II," Gazette des Beaux-Arts, ser. 6, vol. 64 (September 1964) p. 142, under no. 6 (wrongly described as having been engraved by Coypel himself).
4. Antoine Schnapper, "The Moses of Antoine Coypel," Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 37, no. 2 (1979-80), p. 61.
5. See Antoine Schnapper, "The Moses of Antoine Coypel," Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 37, no. 2 (1979-80), p. 66; and also, more extensively, Colin B. Bailey, The First Painters of the King: French Royal Taste from Louis XIV to the Revolution (exh. cat., Stair Sainty Matthiesen, New York, 1985), p. 66.
6. Oil on canvas, 120 x 195 cm, Paris, Musée du Louvre, inv. 7272. The cistern, for example, which lies on the ground in the left foreground in the Poussin and hangs on the tree at the far right in the Coypel, has been interpreted by Dempsey as a liturgical instrument that identifies the princess and her retinue as priestesses of the Egyptian goddess Isis, and alludes to the nurturing of the new order (i.e., Moses) by the old; Charles Dempsey, "Poussin and Egypt," The Art Bulletin 45 (1963), p. 114. I am grateful to Richard Spear for drawing my attention to this reference.
7. Oil on canvas, 93.5 x 121 cm, Paris, Musée du Louvre, inv. 7271; engraved by Mariette in 1692. 8. See Antoine Schnapper, "The Moses of Antoine Coypel," Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 37, no. 2 (1979-80), p. 66 n. 24; and Colin B. Bailey, The First Painters of the King: French Royal Taste from Louis XIV to the Revolution (exh. cat., Stair Sainty Matthiesen, New York, 1985), p. 66.
9. Nicole Garnier, Antoine Coypel, 1661-1722 (Paris, 1989), p. 132.
10. Paris, Archives Nationales, Minutier Central des Notaires, 462, no. 103; and oil on canvas, 2 pieds x 2 pieds 6 pouces (ca. 65 x 81.2 cm), respectively; see Nicole Garnier, Antoine Coypel, 1661-1722 (Paris, 1989), p. 132.


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By Hassan Talib Haji
Hamburg defender Heiko Westermann has set his sights on representing Germany at the 2014 World Cup after missing out at the 2010 edition of the tournament and Euro 2012.
The 29-year-old last featured for the national side two years ago, but received a call-up for the for the World Cup qualifiers against Republic of Ireland and Sweden in October.
Although the former Schalke man did not play in either game, he is pleased to have caught the attention of head coach Joachim Low again, and is desperate to make it to Brazil in 2014.
"It would be great to make it to the World Cup. I'm focused on HSV for now, though," Westermann told Goal.com.
"Others will decide whether I make the World Cup squad. The best I can do is to put in good performances at club level.
"It's great that Germany have so many good youngsters. They represent the future. However, experience is quite important as well. It's all about a balanced performance out there. Low knows exactly how to achieve that."
Westermann then went on to discuss Hamburg's performances this season, and insisted that they will have to keep on working hard in order to improve.
"We have already shown what we are capable of this season. We were fighting against relegation last term and sit in mid-table now.
"We still have plenty of work to do, though. We have to remain focused for the full 90 minutes and always give 100 per cent. Only then will we be able to perform consistently and be successful on the long term."
Hamburg currently sit 10th in the Bundesliga table with 17 points from 13 games.


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Can Malignant Mesothelioma Be Prevented?
Being exposed to asbestos is by far the biggest risk factor for mesothelioma, so the best way to reduce your risk is to limit your exposure to asbestos at home, in public buildings, and at work.
People who might be exposed to high levels of asbestos at work include some miners, factory workers, insulation manufacturers and installers, railroad and automotive workers, ship builders, gas mask manufacturers, plumbers, and construction workers. If there is a chance of on-the-job exposure, such as during the renovation of old buildings, you should use all protective equipment and safety procedures designed for working around asbestos.
Older homes may have insulation containing asbestos or other materials. A knowledgeable expert can check your home to find out if there is any asbestos and whether it poses any risk of exposure. This may mean testing the air for asbestos levels. Just because asbestos exists in a home does not necessarily mean that it needs to be removed. As long as the material is not damaged or disturbed, for example by drilling or remodeling, the fibers will not be released into the air. If asbestos needs to be removed from your home, you should hire a qualified contractor to do this to avoid contaminating your home or causing any exposure to your family or to the workers. You should not attempt to remove asbestos-containing material yourself.
Asbestos can also be found in some commercial and public buildings (including some schools), where the same basic principles apply. Intact, undisturbed materials containing asbestos generally do not pose a health risk. They may pose a risk if they are damaged, are disturbed in some way, or deteriorate over time and release asbestos fibers into the air. By federal law, all schools are required to inspect materials with asbestos regularly and to have a plan in place for managing them.
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Barry Diller's Aereo Wins in Court, and More
What's News: Federal appeals court denies TV broadcaster's lawsuit to shut down Aereo. Goldman Sachs launches new unit to invest in high-risk debt. Gas prices fall in March and latest U.S. manufacturing data disappoints. Photo: Aereo
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ecourtney necesitaba un nuevo diseño de papelería y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 131 diseños de 46 diseñadores freelance.
First impressions leave lasting impressions in any business. I need a creative and innovative twist on a business card design.
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DESIGN COLORS: I tend to prefer blacks, blues, whites. That being said, I encourage you to explore other colors if your design requires them. I'm not at all married to any one color scheme.
DESIGN STYLE: Whenever I hand my business card to someone I know they are judging me creatively. What kind of filmmaker is this guy? Does he have a vision? In other words, the cliche business card with a movie clapper won't do (we've all seen those too many times.) I tend to work in the genres of science fiction, thrillers, and historical dramas. My films also strive to be technically innovative.
I don't have a logo at this point and am totally open to ideas. You can use my name or anything else that you think would be appropriate.Although I wouldn't want robots or other elements like that on the card.
The card should include the following info: Name, phone, address, email and websites (currently 2)
Thanks in advance for any submissions. I'm excited to see what you come up with. I'm willing to give daily feedback or more often if you want it.
- Strong first impression
- Bold and unique
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- Graphically and thematically interesting
- Minimally colored graphic elements
- Open to square or rounded edges
- Science Fiction / industrial themes are encouraged
- 2 sided is nice, but not necessary
- Open to horizontal or vertical design
- Delivered in an Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator file, along with any non-standard fonts you used.
- No 3D or cut out cards
- Movie Clappers
- Anything that would be a problem for a printer like Sir Speedy to print
- Photo elements like actual pictures of cameras, directors chairs, etc... If you use photos the end result needs to look graphical not like actual pictures.


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Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department and Lincoln Parks and Recreation officials today asked for the public's help following the temporary closing of three pools caused by recent diarrheal incidents. Within the last week, three separate incidents have resulted in the closing of Eden and Highlands pools in Lincoln and the pool in Waverly. All three pools have reopened. Treatment guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control require a pool or spray park to be closed for about two days after an incident.
City officials are urging parents and caregivers not to bring their children to the pool if they or their children are experiencing diarrhea. The recommendation is to wait at least 48 hours between the last loose stool movement and swimming. Health officials stress that diapers, even swim diapers, do not offer protection if a child has runny stools.
"The child should not be at the pool or spray park if they have experienced any diarrheal symptoms within the last 48 hours," said Judy Halstead, Health Director. "If in doubt, do not go to a swimming facility. Please be considerate of others." Halstead said there is no current disease outbreak in the community.
"We are asking residents to help protect everyone's health in our community and assist us in keeping the pools and spray parks open for summer fun." said Lynn Johnson, Lincoln Parks and Recreation Director. "


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Glasvegas - Band Of The Moment Storm The Charts
New Scottish indie sensation, Glasvegas, stormed the charts last Sunday. Their debut album charted at #2, sitting only behind Heavy Rock behemoths Metallica. Is noisy indie rock back?
Glasvegas have been gathering a strong and passionate following, but even the band themselves were surprised at the success of their self-titled debut album! "I'm going to the bookies to put money on Metallica," the guitarist Rab Allan told BBC 6Music before he found out the chart result. "Either way I'm going to win. Either I get money for that or I go to Number One."
The band have been championed by seemingly everyone in the past few months, from The Independent newspaper who gave five stars to their album, to NME, who dubbed them "band of the moment". Legendary label owner Alan McGhee - who signed acts such as Oasis and Primal Scream - has also sang the praises of Glasvegas, comparing them to The Jesus & Mary Chain.
Glasvegas look and sound very eighties, but their dark, moody sound and black attire is more reminiscent of Creation bands such as the aforementioned Jesus And Mary Chain, rather than the day-glo eighties pop that seems to inspire so many other bands these days.
Scottish noise from Glasvegas
The Glasvegas sound:
Glasvegas make a big, Phil Spector-style 'Wall Of Sound', and their noisy guitars with lots of reverb are an essential part of it. Singer/ guitarist James Allan uses a Fender Jazzmaster and Fender Telecaster, Big Muff fuzz, Pro Co Rat Distortion , Boss Compressor and Vox Cab/ Fender head combination.
Guitarist Rob Allan plays mostly Burns guitars, and his pedalboard includes a Line 6 DL4 , Boss Overdrive, Boss Chorus and a Behringer Delay pedal. Both guitarists also us ethe ever reliable Boss TU-2 tuner pedal...like most bands, it seems!
Bassist Paul Donoghue uses mainly a Rickenbaker 4003 bass, thru Ampeg amps, but he also uses a Zoom B2 Bass multi FX pedal.
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InterConnections: A Newsletter for Congregational Leaders
InterConnections: A Newsletter for Congregational Leaders
InterConnections: A Newsletter for Congregational Leaders
InterConnections, a newsletter for congregational leaders, was published from 1998 to 2014. Here you can explore the InterConnections archives to find practical information and ideas for your congregation. You can also find shorter articles on the InterConnections Tipsheet blog.
Popular Articles
- How to Respond to Intruders in Worship
Would you know what to do if your congregation's Sunday morning service was disrupted by people who despised your beliefs? It happened July 20 to the congregation at First Unitarian Universalist Church of New Orleans.
In the middle of a service—during a period of meditation—activists from the anti-abortion fundamentalist Christian group Operation Save America began speaking about "abominations" and shouting that the church was "not a true faith," said the Rev. Deanna Vandiver, who was leading the service. She is executive director of the Center for Ethical Living and Social Justice Renewal, a group affiliated with UU congregations in New Orleans. Read more.
- Why Your Congregation Needs a Digital Ministry
For fifteen years, as an executive with AOL and other companies, June Herold helped create some of the digital tools and toys that the world uses today, including instant messaging, online games, mobile applications, and an online billing system. She holds six patents on her electronic work.
In 2009 she joined the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, Virginia, where she created a top-of-the-line interactive website for the church that includes a self-contained social network.
All of that is only a prelude to what she hopes to accomplish—bringing every UU congregation fully into the digital world. She believes strongly that without an active and engaging digital presence, congregations will not be fully present in the world. Read more.
- How to Create Vital Young Adult Ministries
There was a time when it was a bit of a challenge to identify Unitarian Universalist congregations with thriving young adult ministries—but not anymore. More and more congregations are getting the hang of young adult ministries, and they have lots to teach the rest of us.
The Rev. Annie Gonzalez, the Unitarian Universalist Association's Young Adult and Campus Ministry Associate, has been collecting stories from congregations with thriving young adult ministries and posting them on the Blue Boat blog of the UUA's Youth and Young Adult Ministries staff group. She writes about a different congregation each month.
If you're looking for inspiration or simply for helpful tips about starting or strengthening a young adult ministry, this is a place to start. "It's been very inspiring to collect these stories," said Gonzalez. "It also reminds us there is no one formula for engaging young adults." Read more.


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ProCon has put together a list of 16 studies on the differences between conservatives and liberals in terms of their brains and their personalities. This is an area that fascinates me and some of these specific results are very interesting. For instance:
1. Conservatives spend more time looking at unpleasant images, and liberals spend more time looking at pleasant images.
"We report evidence that individual-level variation in people's physiological and attentional responses to aversive and appetitive stimuli are correlated with broad political orientations. Specifically, we find that greater orientation to aversive stimuli tends to be associated with right-of-centre and greater orientation to appetitive (pleasing) stimuli with left-of-centre political inclinations."
Michael D. Dodd, PhD, Amanda Balzer, PhD, Carly Jacobs, MA, Michael Gruszczynski, MA, Kevin B. Smith, PhD, and John R. Hibbing, PhD, "The Left Rolls with the Good; The Right Confronts the Bad. Physiology and Cognition in Politics," Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Mar. 5, 2012
The link in the quote is to a PDF of the actual paper. That paper also says that recent research is finding many other similar patterns:
A growing body of research finds that political orientations vary with an array of broader constructs such as personality traits, moral foundations, core values, baseline neural structures, neural activation in response to unexpected stimuli, self-reported sensitivity to threat, tendency to perceive threat in faces, physiological response to threat, sensitivity to disgust and possibly even genetics.
Hair-trigger autonomic nervous systems generate rapid and elevated physiological responses to aversive stimuli and chronic sensitivity to violations of security, purity and order may rivet attention on the problematic aspects of the environment. Conversely, heightened physiological response to appetitive stimuli and a chronic craving of new experiential pleasures may lead an individual to devote more attention to appealing aspects of the environment. Whatever the source of these biological and psychological predispositions, people may accordingly self-select, often
subconsciously, into situations likely to match their physiological and cognitive biases, according to the approach-avoidant spectrum. For example, those whose physiology responds strongly to violations of their preferences for protection, purity and order and are known to devote high levels of attention to such violations, are likely to take steps in their personal lives to avoid situations in which they encounter violations of security, purity and order. In other words, these individuals may be more likely to display the personal values of tradition, conformity and security. On the other hand, those whose physiology responds strongly to stimuli portraying desirable situations and
experiences, and/or those who devote relatively high levels of attention to appetitive stimuli may be more likely to subscribe to the personal values of hedonism, stimulation and self-direction…
This theory is supported by recent evidence that individuals' personal values correlate with their political values as well as evidence that people's political values are related to their motivations in making moral decisions. Those who, in relative terms, stress minimizing harm and maximizing equality tend to be left-of-centre in their political beliefs and those who stress purity and authority tend to be right-of-centre
2. Reliance on quick, efficient, and "low effort" thought processes yields conservative ideologies, while effortful and deliberate reasoning yields liberal ideologies.
"…[P]olitical conservatism is promoted when people rely on low-effort thinking. When effortful, deliberate responding is disrupted or disengaged, thought processes become quick and efficient; these conditions promote conservative ideology… low-effort thought might promote political conservatism because its concepts are easier to process, and processing fluency increases attitude endorsement.
Four studies support our assertion that low-effort thinking promotes political conservatism… Our findings suggest that conservative ways of thinking are basic, normal, and perhaps natural."
Scott Eidelman, PhD, Christian S. Crandall, PhD, Jeffrey A. Goodman, PhD, and John C. Blanchar, "Low-Effort Thought Promotes Political Conservatism," Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 2012
Now here we must be careful to avoid confirmation bias. It's all too easy to accept such conclusions because they are in line with what we would like to believe about our political opponents and to overlook possible flaws in, and reasonable objections to, that research. And this is a rather unusual study. Here's the actual abstract:
The authors test the hypothesis that low-effort thought promotes political conservatism. In Study 1, alcohol intoxication was measured among bar patrons; as blood alcohol level increased, so did political conservatism (controlling for sex, education, and political identification). In Study 2, participants under cognitive load reported more conservative attitudes than their no-load counterparts. In Study 3, time pressure increased participants' endorsement of conservative terms. In Study 4, participants considering political terms in a cursory manner endorsed conservative terms more than those asked to cogitate; an indicator of effortful thought (recognition memory) partially mediated the relationship between processing effort and conservatism. Together these data suggest that political conservatism may be a process consequence of low-effort thought; when effortful, deliberate thought is disengaged, endorsement of conservative ideology increases.
There are many possible objections to this methodology, which, perhaps ironically, I'm not going to take the time and effort to spell out here. But I think this and other studies are likely on the right track, if only because they seem to confirm what I have observed for a very long time. When I have more time, I intend to dive into as many of these studies as I can because this whole issue really fascinates me.


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HappyChick wrote: Part of our current problem with his eating is that he decided he doesn't want to eat some of the very same foods he was eating very well a few days ago. I think this may be due to the fact that he is on Doxycyline right now for Lepto. He isn't vomiting with the Doxy, but I have a feeling it is upsetting him stomach a bit which he may be associating with the food he ate prior to me giving him the Doxy. Does that make sense?
Pit♥Bull wrote:Our vet encouraged us NOT to make dietary changes prior to starting or during chemo.
HappyChick wrote:Pit♥Bull wrote:Our vet encouraged us NOT to make dietary changes prior to starting or during chemo.
What kind of diet were you using at the time? You all probably had a healthier diet going on in the first place. Before all of this started, Vinny diet consisted of Purina dry dog food with a little bit of canned food just for flavor (I know now it's not good, but Guido has been eating it for 12 1/2 years and he is just fine). We can't go back to the Purina because it will feed the cancer.
hugapitbull wrote:My biggest, strongest, most reliable advice at this point is to have a vet you trust. Know that he/she has the best interest of Vinny at heart, then trust them to give you the guidance you need to make educated decisions. Each and every cancer dog is different. What works for one, may not be what the next one needs. Do as much research as you possibly can, and bounce everything off the vet. Be an active owner. If the vet doesn't like it, look for one who does. The cancer journey is no picnic. Having the right resources for treatment, education, and moral support all play a huge role.
PBT can take care of the emotional support, and those of us who have been down the cancer road can give you tons of information, but I don't think there are any of us here (except maybe Dr Blabs) who won't preface that information with "pass this by your vet" before you decide it applies in your case.
cheekymunkee wrote:I gave Munkee a cut up Talapia once. He ate all but the head and was acting pretty weird while he was eating. Slowly taking a piece, taking a step back & intensely watching his bowl. When he finished eating he looked in his bowl at the remaining head. Hiked his leg and peed on it
kera09 wrote:Note: Dogs with compromised immune systems should not be started on a raw diet. Their bodies may not be capable of handling the load of bacteria that are present in this type of diet. If your dog is ill and you are looking into alternative feeding options, you may consider cooking for your dog.
hugapitbull wrote:Our vet's concern was that if we started making changes to the food, we could get a reaction. Then we wouldn't know whether the reaction came from the food change or the chemo. He was not opposed to us changing her diet if we thought something different would be more healthy, he just didn't want us to do it until the treatments were completed.
Pit♥Bull wrote:This should be taken into consideration.hugapitbull wrote:Our vet's concern was that if we started making changes to the food, we could get a reaction. Then we wouldn't know whether the reaction came from the food change or the chemo.
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Dolphin Music: The Official Jazz Mutant Stockist!
We are now stocking Dexter and Lemur, the two innovative controllers by Jazz Mutant - as used by a some of the most creative artists in the world today: Daft Punk, Bjork, M.I.A., Justice, Hot Chip, Kraftwerk and others.
Those two Jazz Mutant creations have rapidly grown their reputation, and the fact they are used by some of the most creative and successful artists in electronic music today (view list) is enough proof that they are truly special.
JazzMutant's Lemur is an innovative input device to control computer real-time applications. It combines a distinctive industrial design, a brilliant modular graphic interface concept, and a unique and patented touchscreen technology that can track multiple fingers simultaneously.
Its major innovation consists in its brilliant modular graphic interface concept and its exclusive multitouch sensor technology. The continiously growing palette of configurable graphic objects enables you to design made-to-measure interfaces by using the free available JazzEditor. This endows the Lemur with the unique and protocol independant capacity to adapt its behavior according to the application you are controlling: sequencers, modular synthesizers, virtual instruments, VJ software, 3D animation tools and light control.
While the Lemur's modular concept aimed at maximum versatility and adaptability, Dexter is devoted to one unique master plan : bringing the power of Digital Audio Workstations to your fingertips, in a creative and user-friendly manner. For the first time, controlling DAWs feels natural instead of adding an intermediate level of complexity. In a word, Dexter amounts to what DAW users have been longing for years : a Controller. At last.
To help you make the decision, Jazz Mutant devised the comparison chart below. But, in short: The Lemur is dedicated to anyone who's looking for maximum modularity and customization of their controlling experience. The Lemur can adapt to all kinds of applications, from live Djing software to light control and interactive media arts.
Dexter is a dedicated solution for studio professionals looking for a complete and easy way to get access to all features of their Digital Audio Workstations. Dexter provides in a minimal form factor functionalities only expected from large bulky desks, and introduce novel ways to get in touch with your DAW.
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|A fully integrated laptop-sized controller
|User interaction
|Patented 12'' fully multitouch display
|OSC protocol over Ethernet
|Any MIDI compliant or OSC compliant software or gear
|Supported Digital Audio Workstation software : Logic Pro, Cubase, Nuendo, Sonar
|User interfaces
Designed and assembled by the user in the JazzEditor software. Interfaces are created with sets of generic control objects : faders, switches, pads, 2D areas, etc
|Fixed contextual user interfaces providing full integration with DAW software
|User configuration
|User defines MIDI and OSC messages that are emitted and received by the control objects in Lemur interfaces. Up to eight different OSC targets, eight MIDI outputs and eight MIDI inputs can be set up
|No configuration needed. Dexter is automatically detected and recognized by supported DAW software, with no mapping to edit
|Software integration
|Dependant on the user, who's responsible for the mapping of Lemur interfaces to desired functionalities. Level of integration is dependent on each piece of software's capabilities, such as MIDI Learn
|Direct access to full project state, updated in real-time : track names and status, inserts, bus sends, surround panning, EQ curve, etc. Relies on proprietary plugins that extend functionality of the target DAW to allow for Dexter support
JazzMutant introduces the Dual Mode capability for the world's most ground-breaking controllers.
JazzMutant's hands-on multi-touch controllers have revolutionized the way people interface with computers, putting stylish, futuristic and - more importantly - ultimate functional control into creative environments everywhere.
But which controller is right for you? The Lemur, that can be set up exactly to suit your needs, allowing for intuitive multi-touch control of instruments, effects, loops, live video, or anything else you need critical hands-on control of ? Or perhaps Dexter, that comes hardwired as the ultimate controller for your DAW ?
You can now get both on one single device : the Dual Mode capability lets any Lemur or Dexter run the two feature-sets on the same machine. Since Lemurs and Dexters are based on the exact same hardware, installing the Dual Mode capability allows you to select Lemur or Dexter functionality when booting up your controller, effectively doubling the potential for your JazzMutant hardware.
The Dual Mode capability is available as a download-only item from the User Area. Dexter owners can freely upgrade to Dual Mode, and access the entire range of customization offered by the Lemur. Lemur owners can decide at any time to acquire the entire Dexter feature set for 399 euros (including VAT for EU residents).


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Last Night Of The Proms 2005 by Verinha Ottoni © (Mother passed away on the 3rd September 2005. The Proms played BRAHMS A German Requiem. It was a wonderful tribute to her. So it's Farewell My Darling Mother farewell the amazing Proms and Promenaders and farewell my fantastic and unique London!)
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Harlem-born and blog-bred, ASAP Rocky first made a name for himself with the ethereal and hyper-referential YouTube favorites "Peso" and "Purple Haze." For "F--kin' Problems," the breakout radio hit from his major label debut Long. Live. ASAP., he mostly abandons this aesthetic—and the mic, handing it to more radio-ready guests Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar to complement a more upbeat and playful sound. So it's something of a relief to hear that the bulk of the album tends to retain the fog of his early work. Rocky is a competent rapper at best—a slithery midpoint between present-day Drake and early Three 6 Mafia—and isn't particularly present as a personality or songwriter, but he can still sound downright glorious when he sinks into the right bed of feathered and fuzzy production.
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