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Majestic Cinema
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Located on the corner of Oswald Road and Mary Street. The Majestic Cinema was opened in 1927. It had a seating capacity of 972, in stalls and circle levels. There was also a cafe for the convenience of patrons.
In late-1934, it was taken over by the Star Cinemas chain based in Leeds. The Majestic Cinema was tripled in 1979, and was re-named Studio 5-6-7. Taken over by the Cannon Group in 1986, they only operated it for a short while and the cinema was sold to Gerald Parkes, and it was re-named Majestic Cinema.
By 1990, another two screens had been added in former unused spaces, including the former cafe. The Majestic Cinema was closed in February 2003 due to the 7-screen UCI (now Vue) multiplex opening in the town. It was demolished in March 2007, and the empty site is currently used for car parking.
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Download Calibration Software
There are two versions of the calibration program. One for Linux and the other for Windows. Click on the appropriate link for your operating system below:
Linux: baromcal Windows: baromcal.exe
Building The Calibration Fixture
Materials Required - locate the following materials that came with the kit except as noted below.
Qty Description 10' 1/4" O.D., 0.170" I.D. Vinyl tubing 3 fuse clips 3 #6 machine screws (not supplied) 5' 1" x 1/4" flat latice (not supplied)
Ok Procedure With a square, draw a perpendicular line across the width of the lattice approximately 3" from one end. Mount two of the fuse clips, equally spaced, on this line. The screws should be attached on the line. The open ends of the clips should align with length of the latice. See the pictorial for details. Measure exactly 40" from the perpendicular line drawn above and draw a second perpendicular line on the latice. Mount the third fuse clip centered on this line. As with the upper clips, the open ends should be alinged with the length of the lattice. If this has been done correctly, you should measure exactly 40" from the top of the top clips to the top of the bottom clip. You may wish to drill a suitably sized hole at the top of the fixture so it can be hung during the calibration procedure.
Complete fixture (annotated):
The Procedure Explained
The first recorded use of the mercury barometer was in 1642 by a gentleman named Torricelli. With this type of barometer, the height of mercury in a glass column closed at the top is connected to a small vessel of mercury that is open to the atmosphere at the bottom. As the atmospheric pressure increases, it pushes down on the mercury in the vessel, forcing it higher in the column. When atmospheric pressure drops, less pressure is exerted on the mercury and the height of the column falls. The measurement has traditionally been made in inches. The calibration method used with this kit is based on this principal, although mercury is not used.
A fact that is little known is that the same principal can be applied to water. Water, however, is considerably lighter than mercury. Therefore the height of the column to apply the same amount of pressure against the atmosphere must also be greater. Knowing this, and the conversion factors between mercury and water densities, we can achieve calibration by varying the height of a column of water and noting the difference in pressure.
The software calibration program will guide you through the steps to get the correct gain and offset for your particular installation. After adjusting an initial offset, the program will prompt you to change the height of one side of the calibration tubes and to adjust the gain potentiometer on the interface board as required. Once the gain has been set, you will then make a final adjustment of the offset which is used to compensate for altitude. The latter adjustment will require access to the current barometric pressure from the nearest NWS office or airport.
Preparing For Calibration
Ok Procedure Place the mounted interface board at a location where you can easily adjust the gain and calibration potentiometers and is at least 6" higher than the two top clips in the calibration fixture. While all steps are important this one is especially so. Placing the board higher than the calibration fixture will prevent water from running back into the sensor if something goes amiss. Using whatever means that works for you, fill the tubing with water. Note that bubbles will form in the tube. Tap the tubing to remove the bubbles. This will take some time and patience. When you are finished with this step, water should be even with the tops of both tubes and there should be no bubbles in the water. The last point is very important.
Clip one end of the tubing in one of top clip on the fixture so that approximately 2 feet of tubing extends from the top. Form a loop that extends about 2/3 the distance between the top and bottom clips of the fixture. Push the tubing in the remaining top clip to hold it in place. You should have a fairly long length extending from this clip to the end of the tubing. See pictorial for details.
With the water level even with the two top clips in the calibration fixture, gently push the long free end onto the pressure transducer.
Re-adjust the tubing so that the water level is even with the tops of both clips. This will probably require going back and forth a few times to get the levels where they should be. Take your time and be sure alignment is correct.
During the calibration, you will be instructed to move the tubing in the clip farthest from the
pressure transducer to the lower clip. This picture shows the tubing correctly placed for this
Ok Procedure Connect a DB9 cable from your COM port to the sensor/interface board. Connect power to the sensor/interface board and allow it to run for 30 minutes before proceeding. This is necessary to for all the components to stabilize. At the command prompt, run the calibrate utility.
For Linux, the command is
./calibrate /dev/ttySnwhere n is the serial port you are using. Note the leading dot before the forward slash!
For Windows, entercalibrate COMnwhere n is the COM port you are using.
From this point on, the calibration program will guide you through the steps to calibrate your barometer. The procedure may take up to about 30 minutes, so take your time and be patient. You will be rewarded with an accurate and stable barometer that should serve you well.
Important! If the elevation of the installed board is changed more than a few feet, the Offset setting will need to be adjusted to compensate. Just be careful not to touch the gain setting.
More Information
If you are curious about the math involved with the calibration and use of the barometer, see the Programer's Guide.
Congratulations! You have completed the assembly and initial testing of your 1-Wire® Indoor Sensor and Interface kit. Proceed to the installation.

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Piotr Moss,
composer; b. 13th May 1949 in Bydgoszcz. He studied composition with Piotr Perkowski at the State Higher School of Music in Warsaw, graduating with honours in 1972. In 1976-77 he continued his studies with Nadia Boulanger in Paris, where he received the Friends of Lili Boulanger Society Award for his entire oeuvre.
He has also been awarded in national and international competitions for composers: in 1972 - 1st prize in the Competition for Composers in Cracow for Tre istanti per arpa sola (1972); in 1973 - 2nd prize in the Young Composers' Competition of the Polish Composers' Union for his Symphony "Charon" (1973); in 1978 - 1st prize in the International K. M. Weber Competition for Composers in Dresden for Quartetto per quattro violoncelli (1978) and the main award in the competition of the Associazione Musicale Valentino Bucchi in Rome for Trois pensées... for clarinet and chamber ensemble (1978); in 1979 - 1st prize in the Artur Malawski Competition for Garść liści wierzbowych [A Handful of Willow Leaves] for baritone, 3 cellos and 3 double-basses to poems by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (1978); in 1982 - 3rd prize in the International Competition for Composers in Stroud for Chants d'antan for flute and piano (1982) and 1st prize in the International Competition for Composers in Barcelona for Salve Regina for boys' choir and organ (1981); in 1983 - 2nd prize in the International "Berliner Liedertofel" Competition in West Berlin for Gloria for men's choir, 3 trumpets and 3 trombones (1982); in 1984 - 1st prize in the Competition for Composers in Fresnes for Musique concertante for piano and four instruments (1983), 2nd prize in the Composers' Competition in Bernach for Der du bist drei in Einigkeit for mixed choir and string quintet (1984) and 3rd prize in the Competition for Composers in Brazil for the trio Stances for clarinet, cello and piano (1984-85); in 1988 – 2nd prize in the Karol Szymanowski Competition in Warsaw for Veillée for oboe and string orchestra (1988).
Moss's works have been performed in many countries in Europe, as well as the United States, Singapore, Columbia and South Africa. Since 1993, he has collaborated with the writer Jean-Luis Bauer, with whom he has jointly produced the following works: the melodrama Ugui for reciting voice and orchestra (1993), the oratorio Gédéon (1996), two chamber operas: Karla (1996) and Les Ailes de Jean-Pierre (1997) and a song cycle for tenor and orchestra De l'amour... (1994).
Piotr Moss has lived in Paris since 1981.
worksPiotr Moss's oeuvre is extremely vast and varied. It comprises all kinds of musical forms and genres, including numerous works for the film and theatre, which dominated in his early art, and which he still continues to write, though they are no longer in the centre of his interest. The breakthrough point in his artistic development came during his Parisian studies in 1976-77, when he made contact with Nadia Boulanger. "It was a real shock to me," Piotr Moss recalled; "I was 27 years old and was enjoying much professional success in Poland. I received numerous commissions for music for the theatre and the radio. Still, the contact with Nadia Boulanger completely changed my way of thinking, and influenced my artistic ethics. Thanks to Nadia Boulanger, who at that time was already a living legend of the world's music, I became aware of the artist's responsibility for his talent, which belongs not only to the author. The artist's responsibility consists, among others, in practising his profession in the strictest possible way, so as not to squander the gift – not to squander what does not belong to us."
Nadia Boulanger was a true guardian spirit for many a Polish composer, and contact with her usually resulted in a radical re-evaluation of artistic attitudes. In Piotr Moss, his studies with Nadia Boulanger kindled an interest in autonomous music. His works are characterised by a great freedom in applying various composition techniques, drawing upon tradition and the use of a modern musical language. He frequently includes quotations from his own and other works.
Piotr Moss's music, its emotionality, is romantic in spirit. The composer himself stresses the link between his music and Romanticism as well as neo-Romanticism. He also discusses the "man-centred" aspect of his compositions, which probably refers to the accessibility of his music and his avoidance of hermetic writing of the kind that is common among contemporary composers.
Tre istanti per arpa sola (1972)
"Charon" Symphony (1972)
Trio for violin, cello and piano * (1974)
Concerto for cello and orchestra (1975)
Music in Three Parts for harpsichord and 3 groups of instruments (1975)
Dialogues for violin and piano * (1977)
Piece for four trombones * (1977)
Quartetto per quattro violoncelli * (1978)
Trois pensées... for clarinet and chamber ensemble (1978)
Sinfonia in dieci parti (1978)
A Handful of Willow Leaves for baritone, 3 cellos and 3 double-basses * (1978)
Concerto for harpsichord and two string orchestras (1980)
Salve Regina for children's choir and organ (1981)
Sonata for solo cello (1981)
Incontri per orchestra (1982)
Chants d'antan for flute and piano * (1982)
Petites histoires for solo bassoon * (1982)
Silence for orchestra (1982)
Gloria for men's choir, 3 trumpets and 3 trombones (1982)
Musique en trois mouvements for cello and chamber ensemble (1982)
Cinq impromptus for solo guitar * (1982)
Sonata for string quartet * (1983)
Nostalgies I for clarinet (bass clarinet) and two string quartets (1983)
Magnificat I for children's choir and organ (1983)
Cinque intermezzi for two violins * (1983)
Musique concertante for piano and four instruments (1983)
Little Stories for 3 bassoons * (1983)
Concertino for two violins, two string quartets and double-bass (1984)
Nuits... String Quartet No. 3 (1984)
Der Du bist drei in Einigkeit for mixed choir and string quintet (1984)
Stances, trio for clarinet, cello and piano (1984-85)
Symphonie concertante for flute, piano and orchestra (1985)
Hymne for orchestra (1985)
Magnificat III per soli e coro (1985)
Solo II for cello (1985)
Musique élégiaque for bassoon and string quintet or string orchestra (1986)
Form III for two bass clarinets (1986)
Elegia – Alexandre Tansman in memoriam for 2 cellos (1986)
Form V for flute, cello and piano * (1987)
Elegy No. 2 for cello and string orchestra * (1987)
Stylisations II for horn and string orchestra * (1987)
Défets, oratorio (1987)
Maillons for harpsichord and string quartet (1987)
Maximen und Reflexionen for piano and string quintet * (1988)
Angst und Form. Concerto pour saxophone alto et orchestre avec soprano obligé (1988)
Scènes pour ensemble instrumental (1988)
Veillée for oboe and string orchestra (1988)
Métaphores for alto saxophone and piano (1989)
D'un silence... Concerto pour clarinette (prenant clarinette basse) et orchestre (1989)
Sonate pour saxophone alto et piano (1990)
Espressioni varianti. Concerto for harp, 2 flutes, 2 percussions and strings * (1990)
Sueños , oratorio for soloists, choir and orchestra (1990)
Quartettsatz for piano and string trio * (1990)
Récit pour violoncelle seul * (1991)
Mélancolies d'automne pour saxophone alto et orchestre ŕ cordes (1991)
Novella for orchestra (1991)
Pantum for mezzo-soprano, cello and piano * (1992)
Solo IV for alto saxophone (1992)
Ragtime II for 8 cellos (1992)
Form IX for piano * (1992)
Intrada for orchestra (1993)
Ugui for reciting voice and orchestra (1993)
Capriccio for piano and strings (1994)
Duos pour 2 violons (1994)
De l'amour, five songs for tenor and orchestra * (1994)
Form XI for two alto saxophones (1995)
Adagio II for organ and strings (1996)
Fantaisie for cello and strings (1996)
Concerto-Rhapsodie for trombone and orchestra (1996)
Karla, opera in two acts (1996)
Gédéon, oratorio (1996)
Les Ailes de Jean-Pierre, opera in one act (1997)
Fresque pour orchestre * (1998)
Visages. Concerto pour hautbois et orchestre (1999)
Concerto "Voyage" for two harps and orchestra (2000)
Misterioso for 2 cellos (2000)
Tempo di tango for flute, guitar and viola (2000)
Tango for choir and orchestra (2000)
Le petit singe bleu for reciting voice and orchestra (2000)
Weihnachtskantate for soprano, women's choir, organ and strings (2000)
Form XIII for 4 horns (2000)
Suite LA for orchestra and choir (ad libitum) (2001)
Cinq pièces for flute, harp and strings (2001)
Quatre improvisations for solo harp (2001)
Meditation und Psalm for choir and orchestra (2001)
Stabat Mater for mezzo-soprano, choir and 8 cellos (2002)
Ombres for 10 violins and piano (2002)
Sternlicht-Sonate for piano (2002)
Piano Concerto "Portraits" (2003)
Concerto "Prièeres" No. 2 for cello and orchestra (2003)
Rhapsody for orchestra (2003)
Etude de concert for piano (2003)
Intermède for two wind orchestras (2003)
Passage for choir, wind orchestra and symphony orchestra (2003)
literatura wybrana
Lindstedt Iwona Moss Piotr In: Encyklopedia Muzyczna PWM (część biograficzna pod red. Elżbiety Dziębowskiej), t. "m" [PWM Music Encyclopaedia, biographical part ed. by Elżbieta Dziębowska], vol. "M", t. "m", PWM, Kraków 2000
Lisiecka Anna Laureat światowych nagród [Winner of International Awards], "Twoja Muza" 2003 nr 1, s.25-26.


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We're in the scramble of getting ready to go. As the time to departure grows shorter the lists of things to do seems to grow longer. We've completed a trial run at packing, arranged for train tickets in France, and are hoping to dodge any strikes while we travel.
Although I lived in France on and off for six years, I never visited Lorraine. Susie and I have learned a little about Metz, including--remarkably enough--that there's a restaurant called "Le Tex Mex." We're looking forward to catching our breaths and and learning about life in la region Messine through time and exploration.
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About to the Black Brant Group
The Black Brant Group was formed in 1996 as a dedicated volunteer non-profit corporation under non-profit public benefit corporation law for public and charitable purposes. The specific purpose of this corporation is to raise funds and to support non-profit groups whose concerns are preservation of waterfowl, the tradition of hunting, the protection of natural resources, and the reduction of conflicts between hunters and the general public.
Over the past 15 years, our funds have been used to support Black Brant research in Alaska, to support California Outdoor Heritage Alliance and California Waterfowl Association, and to participate in California Department of Fish and Game regulation meetings. Your support makes this possible.
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Hollywood's homonym honeys Tom Cruise and Pen茅lope Cruz were together over the holidays in Telluride, Colo., where Tom was Golden Goose Sneakers spotted tearing up the slopes. Now I hear that Tom's been tearing up his home there as well. In recent months the actor redecorated the 10,000-sq.-ft. log house he once shared with Nicole Kidman. As part of the clean sweep, Cruise bought new furniture and gave his children's old high chairs and baby equipment to a local charity called the Angel Basket. He also donated his gym equipment to Telluride High School.
Meanwhile, in Aspen, Kevin Costner has been keeping company with his former girlfriend, model Christine Baumgartner. The couple, who split early last year, were spotted together at Golden Goose Sneakers Sale Aspen's members-only Caribou Club this past fall, and on New Year's Eve they shared a romantic lunch at the Little Nell hotel. "They were laughing and talking and very much together," says a witness. A rep for Costner had no comment.
As star and executive producer of Monte Walsh, the TNT movie airing on Jan. 17, Tom Selleck wanted everything on the set of the western to be authentic. He personally hired a leather artist in South Dakota to create 1880s-era saddles for himself and his costars Keith Carradine and George Eads. In one scene Selleck made a stunt double change the bullets in his holster to period-appropriate rounds, even though they wouldn't be visible on film. "He lives, eats and breathes this stuff," says Carradine. That included a little cowboy generosity too: Selleck gave Eads and Carradine their handmade saddles at Golden Goose UK the end of the shoot.


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Holmes and Watson find themselves digging through the dark world of the mob to find a killer when they discover the body of a former assassin. Meanwhile, Watson helps a close friend track down a mystery man who swept her off her feet.
Joan is out buying platypus skulls for her roommate and partner-in-solving-crime, Sherlock Holmes. Her friend, Jennifer, wants Joan to help her track down a one-night stand named Tony who Jennifer believes to be the man of her dreams. Despite the rather limited amount of information to go on, Joan reluctantly agrees to help.
Back at the loft, Joan tells Sherlock about the potential case but Sherlock dismisses it as nothing more than a wild goose chase that probably won't end well for either party. Turns out there haven't been a lot of interesting murder cases lately so Sherlock is in a bit of slump and has refused to leave the loft for days as he's been obsessively going through a stack of cold cases.
The duo end up visiting the morgue in order to look for a potential case that might pique Sherlock's interest. There, he engages in a chess match with the morgue doctor. A little later, Joan and Sherlock go through the different bodies when they stumble upon the body of a dead motorcyclist. While his death had to be an accident, Sherlock deduces that the motorcyclist committed murder moments before his own untimely death.
At the police station, Joan tells Gregson that the dead motorcyclist – named Leo Bannon – was a professional hitman. Sherlock was able to tell from the tattoo on Bannon's body that he belonged to a Polish gang in Warsaw in which he was their assassin. He assumed a new identity – that of Leo Bannon – after leaving the gang and coming to the United States.
Sherlock, however, doesn't believe Leo ever retired from being an assassin. The cuts on his hand indicate that Leo had recently garroted someone to death. The only problem is that they don't have a body.
So Sherlock and Joan go to speak with Leo's wife. She doesn't believe that her husband was a killer. In fact, he called to tell her that he loved her right before the motorcycle accident. Joan notices the Medical Administration Certification on the wall and Leo's wife explains that it was their dream to open up an elder care facility. Sherlock tries to explain to the wife that, while it may be difficult to believe, her husband was a killer. We know Sherlock is referring to Jamie Moriarty when he says that it can be very excruciating to learn that the one you love has a dark heart and that he speaks from experience. Awww, Sherlock.
Meanwhile, Joan goes to the bar that Jennifer met her one-night stand to continue her own investigation. Since there was a huge event during the night in question, Joan gets an idea.
Joan contacts the local TV stations and they send her tapes from the bar, since reporters were all over the event. Before Joan can pop one of the tapes into Sherlock's TV, Sherlock stops her. Knowing that he would appear on the tape, Sherlock finally confesses that he followed Joan that night because she had just become his sober companion and he didn't fully trust her yet. He wanted to find out more about her. He ended up meeting Jennifer and told her that he was Tony. Then one thing led to another… Turns out Sherlock is Jennifer's mystery man!
Joan is furious. Sherlock apologizes for betraying her trust, but back then they didn't have the relationship they have now and he promises that he never followed her again after that night. Joan is also annoyed that she wasted her time looking for Tony, when Sherlock could have told her that it was him all along.
In short, Joan and Sherlock discover that Leo's wife was responsible for Leo's death. She knew there was a bounty on her husband's head by the Polish mob, since he stole $30,000 from them in order to make his way to the United States. The truth is that Leo had sincerely given up his life of crime and wanted to start fresh. The trouble was that he wanted to divorce his wife after he discovered that she'd made pornographic films when she had first come to the United States. Enraged, Leo's wife contacted Gregori Andriev, and that is the man that Leo garrotted to death. But it was in self-defense because Andriev was attempting to kill Leo. Finally, Leo's motorcycle accident was caused by Leo's wife shooting at him. The police take her away.
At the end of the episode, Joan goes to meet with her friend, Jennifer. Before Joan says anything, Jennifer tells her that she already met with Sherlock and he explained everything. Apparently, Sherlock was very sweet – so sweet that they ended sleeping together again. However, Jennifer claims that she's now gotten Sherlock out of her system and she thanks Joan for everything she did to look for Jennifer's mystery man.
When Joan arrives back at the loft, she tells Sherlock that what he did for Jennifer was great. She'd really wanted a baby and it worked out especially well since she was ovulating. Sherlock looks shocked for a moment before Joan smiles, "I almost had you."


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When the unexpected happens.
"Strength isn't about how much you can handle before you break, it's about how much you handle after you break"
"Some people think that to be strong is to never feel pain. In reality, the strongest people are the ones who feel it, understand it and accept it."
"You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have"
"Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone would understand if you fell apart, that's inner strength"
Most motivational speakers would always say have short-term goals and long-term goals. Unknown to some people they have had long-term goals long before they attended that seminar or meeting. First degree, NYSC ,Masters in the UK, working experience, make your first million(s), build your mansion, get married, have kids, go on a family vacation, tour Europe with the spouse alone, retire, maybe write a memoir. You know at what age you want to achieve certain things. You have an idea of the oil company you would work at, where you would get your Masters, how you would rise your children , the over the top wedding you would have, the awards you would win. But what happens when the unexpected happens? When the steps to achieve your long-term goal start to crack or become shaky or worse give way right beneath you.
A loved one is lost. The person you thought you would grow old with decides to up and leave. You miss an interview; the golden ticket to the career you have always dreamed of. Then what happens *shrugs*
Then it feels like you have to start all over. How do you make new plans when you have been holding on to one for years? I have been there or do I say I am there. But what I can say is , its definitely definitely not an easy task. The feeling of hopelessness, you remember the opportunities you missed just so you could focus on the 'plan'. You start to question your abilities, where did it all start from. The questions are endless. Everything is gone but you still have life in you. You still breathe. Then what do you do? Move on. Start to rebuild. New ways to achieve that long-term goal. Regain your confidence. Believe in your self worth. There would be scars, memories cannot be erased.. Cinderella got hers with just the wave of the wand. Yours would take longer, probably years.
So yes I have lost hope once , in fact many times and I know I'm not the only one. Over the years it starts to feel like a normal routine. Then you make up possible bad things that could happen in your head so that if they eventually happen, the effect won't be so bad . And you keep reading in motivational books, hearing it during Sunday sermons, have people tell you over and over "HAVE HOPE, BE OPTIMISTIC!" As many times as I have lost it, I regained it. If you think I'm lost or confused, I'm sorry I'm human. Life has happened. Life Happens. Life will happen.


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"I'd like to marry your son," he said. "I mean, I'm going, to marry your son."
The shock wave that coursed through Bill Furness at that moment made his arms and legs suddenly feel bloodless. His mind scanned back a few years when he was just a dad hoping for all the regular things that a dad hopes for. He wanted his son, Peter, to marry a nice girl who would make him happy and for them to have lots of kids to fill a happy home.
Now, he was sitting in a booth across from David, a 34-year-old man, 12 years older than his son, listening to his dreams unravel and lay lifeless on the restaurant table. How did it get so far so fast?
Just three years earlier, Peter was a 19-year-old young man working at a store who struck a friendship with a gay fellow employee. The employee noticed something about Peter that he felt he needed to call out. "Embrace your sexuality," he told him. Suddenly, Peter felt emboldened to remove the secret about his life from his life.
When he came out to his parents, Bill and Emily, it caused the reaction one might expect from two people devoted to Christian ministry; they nearly wore holes in their knees.
Even after Peter started dating David, Bill and Emily held out hope that their son might see the light, or that God would perform a miracle. Now all hope felt permanently lost.
When Bill arrived home and told Emily that David had essentially asked for Peter's hand, they collapsed into each other's arms and cried as if they were a young couple who had just lost their little boy. They both knew their lives would never be the same. Would they even be the same people with each other?
They both knew their lives would never be the same. Would they even be the same people with each other?
"What did you tell him?" Emily asked through her tears.
Bill had no idea. Everything up to that moment when he was holding Emily was lost in the blur of shock.
The days that followed were like walking through a thick fog—every step was unstable. Even each breath had its own pain. Every conversation included an uninvited voice. "Your son is marrying a man," it said. "How will you ever be happy again?"
When Peter called to invite them to dinner, Emily wondered if Peter could hear how hard she was trying to sound as if nothing was wrong. When, through a forced smile, she agreed to Peter's invitation, she hung up the phone and drew a deep, oh-dear-God breath. She and Bill shared a look. There was no talking. There was no need.
"Mom and dad," Peter said over dinner, "David and I want you to be at our wedding."
Emily looked at him in disbelief—not because he was asking, but that he could even think to ask knowing all that they believed and felt. "Of course we won't be there," she replied. "Honey, you know where we stand."
The entire evening was awful, of course. Each was dug in their positions; resolute, unbending...and sharing a deep love for each other, which made it all the more horrible.
They parted ways that night, terrified to think that the brick wall between them might never come down.
Emily and Bill had committed their lives to the infallible truth and holiness of the scriptures. They knew God had meant a man to marry a woman—He was explicit about it. They had seen the beauty in the revelation that marriage was a type and shadow of God's relationship to His Church. You don't attend a wedding that celebrates the destruction of all of that, they thought. They felt sure, absolutely sure they were right. One problem. Why did it feel so wrong?
The more days that went by, the more Emily and Bill's shoulders seemed to have weights attached. Even when they were talking about something else, Peter was the main focus of the conversation—just because it felt so strange to not be talking about him.
The wedding was just a few weeks away and that's when it began to happen.
Emily was tidying up her bedroom, when she found herself inside her walk-in closet with her favorite blue dress in her hands. Suddenly, she let go of the dress. "Dear God, what am I doing?" she said.
A couple of days later, she found herself looking in the mirror, focusing on her skin and hair. At the moment of realization, she turned away from the mirror, unable to look at the face that was trying to betray her and her God.
Each day her body did one more thing that let her know that her resolve was no longer in control.
The day of the wedding arrived and Bill was up early. Emily lay in bed with her eyes alert and intense. She thought to herself that she didn't have a clue what she was going to do that day. Actually, she had lots of clues.
She sat up and it seemed as if the decision had been made. Her body kept moving forward even though her mind was telling her to stop. But it was no match.
Her body kept moving forward even though her mind was telling her to stop.
She walked downstairs to find Bill in the middle of a myriad of home projects, the lawn mower churning loudly as Emily approached. "Turn it off," she spoke over the noise. Bill didn't want to hear what she had to say—he knew what it was going to be anyway. Finally, he pulled the lever and the motor chugged to a stop.
"I know what you're doing," she said.
"I'm not doing anything," he replied.
"You're trying to stay busy so you won't have to think about it. But I've thought about it," she said. "And I'm going to the wedding. If you want to come with me, great. If you don't want to, I want you to know I understand. But I'm going."
Bill didn't have to ask why. He knew. They had separately come to the same conclusion about what should happen on this day. They were going to the wedding. They had been right. They had been resilient. They had stood up for their principles. But they hadn't shown their son Christ's love and compassion, and for two people who knew intimately the gracious and generous love of Jesus, it just didn't make any sense. And it didn't feel like love.
Arriving at the wedding was like taking a wrong turn into a different dimension. It was couples and singles of every kind of sexual orientation that Emily and Bill had always heard about and a few they hadn't.
Still it was the love for their son and their Lord that steadied their steps. They greeted Peter, David and their friends with hugs and heartfelt smiles and were welcomed warmly by all who were there.
Many thanked Emily and Bill for coming, knowing what they had gone through to be present that day, either from Peter and David, or from painful experiences with their own parents. Peter held his parents tightly. It meant so much to have them there. He felt loved by his parents. Emily and Bill hoped that somehow, he felt loved by God as well. One thing for sure, he knows that the porch light has been left on for him to come home to if he ever chooses.
For Emily and Bill, it was an emotional, exhausting and deeply sad day. But it was important that they were there. In the end, love is always worth the pain.


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Handlebars Overview
Handlebars.js is a logic-less semantic web template framework. The 3 main parts of Handlebars are Handlebars template, data/context in JSON format and Handlebars compile function.
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Handlebars Syntax/Features
- Expressions - are the basic unit of Handlebars template representing property in the data/context.
- Built-In Block Helpers - are the conditionals and loops for executing logic
- Custom Helpers - are user defined JavaScript functions to manipulate/process the data and implement any kind of complex logic.
- Path - A path is a property lookup. Nested paths to lookup property of the current data/context and Parent path ../ to lookup property on parent of the current data/context.
- Partials (sub templates) - To render a section of a template marked with "partial name" within a larger template, with another template.
- Pre-compilation – Saves time on the client and reduces run-time size of the Handlebars.js library
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- Application's view will be updated frequently, especially as a result of changes to the data either from the server or the client
- Multiple technology stacks that depend on the same data (server)
- When the application has much interactivity and it is very responsive
- To develop a single-page web application with multiple views
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First Winter Holiday Quilt BlockSubmitted by Pam on Mon, 07/23/2012 - 07:00
"Welcome to the North Pole: Santa's Village in Applique" by Becky Goldsmith and Linda Jenkins - Piece O' Cake Designs.
When I first saw a completed quilt based on the designs offered in this book, I wanted very much to make one just like it. I was completely enchanted by the playful little houses and tipsy trees.
Snowy White Sparkly Kanzashi (and Yo Yo) GarlandSubmitted by Pam on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 03:08
Sharing a little experiment using Kanzashi templates, Pellon and craft mirrors to create a garland. Another idea that came to me in the shower!
How to Welcome an Estonian Päkapikk Into Your Home For Advent.Submitted by Pam on Fri, 11/11/2011 - 20:36
Päkapikk! Delightful little elf like creatures that visit good little Estonian children every night during Advent! (See "mermaid's " comment below for the proununciation.)
Not much is known about Päkapikk! They started appearing in Estonia about 40 years ago and it seems they have been very secretive about where they come from or how they came to be!
Yarnia Inspired Angels: Making the Quilted AngelSubmitted by Pam on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 17:44
I have been holding on to every last scrap of this sparkly star fabric and using it for only very special projects! It is impossible to show, but the fabric has millions and millions of shiny silver bits embedded in the fabric which wink and sparkle constantly.
Not being a quilter nor having ever gotten the hang of free motion quilting, my efforts to create a quilted wing will probably not astound and amaze you! But the end result is working nicely and the wings sparkle at me every time I walk by!
Six Yarnia Inspired Angels to Celebrate 90 Days Til Christmas!Submitted by Pam on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 06:03
I had so much fun making Angels using scrap yarn and cardboard cones from Yarnia that what started out to be an angelic duet turned into a choir of six!


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Look at all of the pictures that depict tablets in "correct" use. I think ever user would be better off using an actual laptop with a bigger screen in almost all of those.
In any case, I'm of the school where you get twice what you think you'll need for technology for a margin of error. So, I'd still want my screen to be retina at 12-13 inches even if I was usually viewing it at 24 inches.
In fact the argument for not viewing it at the close range seems to be reduced to a " you look stupid" argument. Which is not a very technical persuasion. If I didn't do things that looked stupid, I'd wouldn't be as successful as I am today. Part of being a Nerd is daring to be stupid.
In all of the pictures shown using a laptop would be stupid and range from inconvenient to very inconvenient to use. I'm not a huge fan of tablets but there are plenty of situations where using a laptop just does not make any sense and is overkill when you have the option of using a tablet.
Probably depend on the primary use of the device. While I see that the laptop can do it all, there not enough stylish arm laptop ( that can last like 10h before requiring a battery charge ).
But if the use of a keyboard is only sporadic, the trade-off copmpared to a laptop is probably non-significant for a category of people, especially tablet users which tend to consume more (I know that tablet can produce content, but chances are that the ratio of producer of non photographic content is non significant ).
I had an iPad2 and I sold it because I had very little use for it, other than playing some simple games. As others have said, I normally need a full keyboard, a mouse and a separate screen.
I bought a "top" netbook, but that was a mistake as well: CPU too slow and screen too small and low quality.
I want to buy an ultrabook in the near future.
I think you have reading comprehension problem. The article addresses that, saying:
2' == 24". Duh?
..And it also shows how people normally use (or hold) their tablets.
Edited 2012-08-11 17:13 UTC
"That's right even the lowly 1366x768 resolution is "Retina" at more than 22"[..]
2' == 24". Duh?
..And it also shows how people normally use (or hold) their tablets. "
It is you that has a reading comprehension problem. At more than 22 inches means at less than 22 inches it is not retina.
The articles uses pretty odd examples for typical use. Reading/Browsing in bed is not one of them. People tend to hold their books or tablets at about 12 inches may be 14" at times when in bed.
Sorry to say this but how is this news? marketing hype is shown for what it is - marketing hype? I'm sorry for all the MacBook Pro 'Retina' devotees - I can't see the bloody difference between my MacBook Pro (2011) and the current MacBook Pro with 'Retina' display. Sure, I have glasses on but my eye sight isn't totally shot given that I sat at the computer looking at the two side by side in the shop and couldn't tell the difference. It reminds me very much of the point I made when chatting to a Sun Microsystems Java engineer regarding evangelising Java - generate hype so that people demand something even if they don't know what the hell it is but they've heard that they must have it in their device. Same situation here - how many people do you see demanding stuff and don't have the slightest clue as to why they should have it? I've seen it many times. Quite frankly I put Retina and Siri into that category - marketing hype used to drag customers in but when the rubber hits the road and is evaluated with a discerning eye the hype is seen for it is - hype.
Im must be in the other category as i can tell a retina display from a few paces. For me Retina is all about text, web pages, documents and PDF's look a lot better as does a lot of the elements of the UI. I don't have a retina laptop but when playing with one i could see the difference straight away.
I do own an iPad 3 and again i can really see the difference when looking through web pages and large PDF's it's a real pleasure to use one of these with the only device which displays text as well being a kindle (or any kind of ebook read).
I have a laptop, which, 80% of the time I use for reading. Not feeling the need for a tablet or e-reader yet, but I can tell you this; when I start reading, I don't notice how the book looks, the fonts, the colors, shapes, everything goes away.
I remember the first time I got my first 1024*768 monitor, and most websites were optimized for 800*600 ... I don't want that experience again.
I do own an iPad 3 and again i can really see the difference when looking through web pages and large PDF's it's a real pleasure to use one of these with the only device which displays text as well being a kindle (or any kind of ebook read).
I guess for me, my laptop is sitting at 1680x1050 on a 15inch screen so the results I guess aren't as dramatic than if I was running a MacBook Pro without the High Resolution BTO. I have admit though I don't really spend much time worrying about the shapes/curves/etc of the text but instead quickly read, get what I want and move on. Btw, the original post wasn't dismissing the idea of higher resolution but the obsession with Retina as if it were some sort of cure all to life's problems. Higher resolution is nice but lets not get all obsessive about it - as if it were the ultimate thing in existence that you must have or the major differentiating factor when compared to a list of other things to consider when purchasing a computer.
Reminds me very much of a product being launched by Apple and there was a reporter who was talking to customers waiting in line for it. In that line you saw a variety of responses but what I thought took the cake was the response by a lady who said, "I don't know what it is or what it does but it is from Apple so it must be incredible" (to paraphrase her). I don't know whether it says more about society in general or the Apple fanbase in general because at least from where I stand what I see is the Microsoft fanbase critical of Microsoft when they screw up but when it comes to the Apple fanbase what you year is a litany of "hold on' and 'it'll be fixed soon' and 'it's only a x.0 release so give it time' but funny how these same people never gave Microsoft the time to release a service pack.
Edited 2012-08-12 02:39 UTC
Well, religions ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13416272 ) don't need to be rational...
Yeah, seen that in the past but I don't think we need a study to point out the blatantly obvious. I've never been able to work out the attachment so many people have to a particular operating system given that there is more to life to concerned about than having loyalty to one company over another but then again in NZ we have the Holden vs. Ford thing that has never mad any sense. Right now I'm checking out Windows 8 Pro RTM and to be perfectly honest I think Apple should be worried, very worried - we're not talking about the old Microsoft of 'lets throw the operating system at the OEM and hope for the best' because it appears based on the documentation that Microsoft is really involved with many of the OEM's out there to ensure that the experience is smooth from first boot up to every day usage.
Depending on how the finances work out at the end of the year I'm very tempted to jump ship to the Windows side - whilst the fanboys on the Mac side keep telling themselves that 'OpenGL 4.1 will come in the fall' and 'Tim Cook promised a Mac Pro refresh along with an iMac refresh' there are those of us who are seeing the writing on the wall and leaving :-)
Generally speaking, studies exploring "blatantly obvious" (and/or giving their results more exposure than they currently have) are perhaps needed the most ...for example, in light of this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions "fun" list (and "See also" there; or a list of cognitive biases - which are really our primary mode of operation ...a bit scary how many views and decisions revolve ultimately around them - including big political or environmental ones)
Personally, I suspect the attachment thing is also a vestige of ~tribal dynamics - to which our minds evolved, are still mostly stuck in them.
No sense because both from Australia? (...but then, that's the case with most things in NZ, I think ;p )
Anyway, this one does have a clear answer: whoever made the Pursuit Special ;> (so Ford, it would seem)
Everybody sing along, you know the words: future speculative competitor product Y will be better than today's shipping Apple product that actually exists X, and the Apple fanboys are stupid for not admitting it, because I'm mad at Apple because nitpick Z.
X = iPad
Y = Surface
Z = Retina
We have our terms; now let's see the proof.
"Pro" in this case means "Intel", and Intel means less battery life and more heat than ARM. (They showed off prototype Intel tablets at CES with cooling fans in them. Fans. In tablets.) I haven't heard or seen any direct comparisons with WP7, but iOS always significantly outclasses Android on touch responsiveness, so where's the problem supposedly introduced by Retina's GPU demands? Is the argument just that if anyone other than Apple made a Retina device, it would suck? That doesn't seem to fit the tone (/agenda) of the article. Also, Surface doesn't even work yet (froze on stage, they didn't let anyone touch it), so I doubt it'll set any new benchmarks for smoothness when/if it ships.
I don't own any Retina devices (or even any iOS devices, for that matter), but I totally get it. It would be fantastic to zoom in and out on a PDF with my own eyes and face, as if it were a printed sheet of paper, rather than fiddling around with zoom and scroll controls. It's like a whole second layer of visual data constantly available. Displays have been the weak link in Moore's Law for a long time, and I like that Apple is trying to push them forward.
So... yeah. Once again we're fantasizing about a future product that might be better than Apple's current product for various specious reasons. And probably still won't be. But you know what probably will be better than Apple's current product? Apple's future product. This is why boasts about vaporware are not interesting. Also, the Surface still doesn't work, and is still priceless. Great product. Huge success, I'm sure.
(This Microsoft advertising blurb is a "fantastic post" while the careful breakdown of Apple's trade dress claims was a "terrible visual guide"? Thom, give it a rest. If you have any credibility left at all, it can't survive much more of this crusade against Apple.)
While it's true that the resolution offers little benefit from 2 feet away, there are use cases (such as reading books in bed etc) where you will use the tablet from much closer than 2 feet... Also instances where you will look more closely to see detail, eg when viewing pictures.
For cases where the extra resolution doesn't provide benefit, you could always render at a lower resolution and scale with the gpu - scaling up video with a gpu takes very little power compared to rendering it at a higher resolution to start with.
...will move to Retina whether we like it or not. The sooner the better as the prices for the screens will drop to the current non Retina levels.
Apple has started the ball rolling, and it will only pick up speed from here.
If Samsung had Retina first, I can guarantee the arguments would be something along the lines, Apple is falling behind, Retina is an important technology etc. etc. etc.
Just so you know, I don't care either way. I have an iPhone 4 and I don't love it any more than my 3G I had earlier.
That article is full of sour grapes, picking and choosing on stats to be overly pedantic. Trying to disprove the obvious (that new iPad screens/MacBookProR screens look amazing). And yes, some of it is the color, but a lot of it is the DPI.
We had the same anti-Apple hysteria when the Retina display came out for the iPhone 4, about how it's a gimmick, how it doesn't make any difference. Then Android phones started showing up with similar DPI displays, and that debate suddenly went away.
Higher PPI displays are coming, and not just for Apple. Apple is the first to get the ball rolling on making it a consumer standard (which yes, of course there have been high DPI displays before, but rare and/or expensive).
Is the Surface's 1080p display enough to sate my desire for high DPI? I'll have to see. It could be.
But either way, mainstream DPI is coming, and that's a good thing. It look gorgeous (and looking gorgeous doesn't require having an Apple logo on the case) and the biggest benefit is that it makes things easier to read. Text just looks better with higher DPI.
TL;DR: Hey Verge, u mad?
Hardly. The author does not dispute the fact tha the retina displays aren't good, just superfluous. If you had actually read the article the author posits that the retina displays benefit more from the better contrast and color gamut, more than the 400% more pixels.
What's more the iPad 3 has 70% more battery capacity than the ipad2 but has 10~20% less battery life.
If apple hadn't gotten lazy by not making a proper scalable UI then they could have easily gone 1080p. Instead they're adding invisible pixels at a massive battery life cost.
Edited 2012-08-12 14:28 UTC
Hardly. The author does not dispute the fact tha the retina displays aren't good, just superfluous. If you had actually read the article the author posits that the retina displays benefit more from the better contrast and color gamut, more than the 400% more pixels.
What's more the iPad 3 has 70% more battery capacity than the ipad2 but has 10~20% less battery life.
If apple hadn't gotten lazy by not making a proper scalable UI then they could have easily gone 1080p. Instead they're adding invisible pixels at a massive battery life cost. "
Just because our conclusions are different, doesn't mean I didn't read the article.
In the article, they made a big deal out of VA, trying to say a much lower resolution display is also "retina". They also dismissed the high DPI as a reason the display is gorgeous, instead saying it was the better colors.
Part of their argument is that high DPI isn't worth it. I disagree. And pretty soon, when most non-Apple tablets and displays have high DPI, that argument will magically disappear.
In the article, they made a big deal out of VA, trying to say a much lower resolution display is also "retina". They also dismissed the high DPI as a reason the display is gorgeous, instead saying it was the better colors.
Of course it is. If you look at it further away, then your eyes cannot distinguish the pixels. The author makes a very well reasoned case that at the average reading distance people hold their tablets the extra pixels beyond 1080p do not make the slightest difference. [/q]
He does however state that there is a Huge difference between the ipad2 and ipad3. This is not only because of colour gamut, but because the ipad2 is not "retina" at the average reading distance.
If you read many recent high end phone review they always mention the pixel density of the various displays. They also mention that on high end phones that the differences are fairly indestiguishable despite the variations in dpi.
So expanding beyond a certain dpi is stupid. Apply probably only chose the resolution it did in the ipad3 because they backed themselves into a corner, not because 2048x1536 is massively better than say 1200 x 1020 at 10".
I'm fairly amused at how it's taken for a given that the "retina" screen is the best the eye can see. Our photoceptors can detect a single photon. There are ~25,000 cone cells (color) per eye in the fovea, which sees about four square inches at arm's length. So 12,500 cone cells per inch at a couple feet, plus some rods as well.
Obviously, that's not the resolution we see at. Our visual system heavily compresses information in an analog system, then our brain reconstitutes it. Given the overlap, we do a fair bit of superresolution processing while we're at it, so individual photons aren't the lower limit.
Apple's own research points to about 450 pixels-per-inch that a normal person can see at two feet. If you're nearsighted then you can distinguish more. If you're very nearsighted, then a lot more. Does it matter? Probably only with text, where printers and book publishers have long noticed this problem and increased DPI to ridiculous levels (perhaps infinite, as nearby ink dots merge).
And, then there's the issue with color. Many men only can see two types of color (r-g & b), while some women can see four (r, g, g, b). The exact response to light at each wavelength also differs based on genetics. I remember in my high school chemistry class one classmate could see "red" well past 900 nm, while others could barely see it at 700 nm. I think moving beyond RGB color would be cool, but I doubt most people would notice.
Nope. Our eyes are like low resolution pinhole cameras being waved around randomly.Our visual cortex makes up a picture by creatively interpolating about 99% of the image.
I'm not sure how you disagree. I was speaking of how ganglia primarily transmits differences between photoceptors down the optic nerve (e.g. only one of three reporting to that ganglion sees light). There's also some motion processing in the retina.
It's more the lateral geniculate nuclei in the thalamus that "interpolates" data from the optic tract and transcodes it for the cortex (IMHO it's more akin to lossy compression, but there's decentralized single processing as well). The cortex is where all signals merge and we get additional postprocessing. I'm not sure if it's the frontal or occipital lobe's cortex that give rise to optical illusions, hysteric blindness, and the various forms of blindsight, which are the more obvious examples of "interpolation" going wrong.
The image from the lens is inverted and then must
pass through the blood vessels of the retina before being converted to an elctrical signal. This produces a a massively distorted image which must be rectified via postprocessing in the visual cortex.
In theory the eye has at least 16MP (and possibly >500MP) resolution but only the central 2 degrees of vision has accurate colour resolution.
Our vison is essentially a low resolution continuous "scan and pan" movie which is comprehensively filtered, upscaled and interpolated to produce a "meaningful" (if largely inaccurate) visual narrrative. A crude analogy is getting a drunk with a handheld VCR camera to film Lawrence of Arabia. Then postprocessing the raw VCR video using a massively powerful computer to convert the images to a 70mm wide-format film.
For the most part we can assume that ~300dpi of full grayscale pixels in a handheld device is more than enough for all except synthetic use cases.
You're right that there are no simple metrics for evaluating our senses. For example, we are unable to detect lack of light for ten milliseconds but anyone would easily see a sudden burst of light, even if it took only one millisecond. Same with the resolution, you could argue that "sufficient" resolution is one when you can't see a single fully-on white pixel on a black background. That could indeed require a higher resolution but frankly speaking who cares, especially that a good solution already exists (just dim the pixel).
Besides, resolution is only one of things to improve (true, it was long neglected). Refresh rates, contrast, and color reproduction are still lagging quite a bit, and there are many tradeoffs involved there too (resolution vs contrast or refresh rate etc.).
And possibly something like 80% experiences the inherent flaws of that approach ...seriously, not only it offers just a bit more cues than "2D" (that's a deceptive misnomer, normal TV does have most of spacial cues our minds use), it gets those additional ones very wrong (notably, the parallax is completely ...well, wrong; and overall, few aspects which are very linked IRL, are decoupled here).
"They" are trying to sell this fad every few decades... (stereography is not much younger than photography)


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From what i've heard prometrium is to get your period. I didn't know it was also for pregnant womens?Why are you in high risk pregnancy?
I took prometrium with this pregancy for the first 10 weeks. It should be because they tested your progesterone & it was considered low. I was also concerned but I did take it because I was afraid I would have another miscariage. I was so glad to get past the 10 weeks when I could stop taking it. It was gross!!! It also made some of those first trimester symptons worst. But the food news is I am now 30 weeks :)Sharon
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When I first visited the ancient palace at Aegae (modern Vergina) many years ago all guide books and literature referred to it as the 'Hellenistic palace'. During that, and many subsequent visits, as I wandered through the rooms and admired the view from the terrace, I wished that it were the palace of Philip. I imagined the king, his golden son and heir, and the rest of the court as they sacrificed and feasted. I imagined the cups and ewers I had seen in the museum being held aloft to toast the gods and the god-like exploits of the Argeads, and sighed to think that they had not actually been there, in this, one of the most evocative of sites.
It is not very often that a wish comes true, but on this occasion one has. The recent excavations, started in 2007 by the 17th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, have revealed that this was indeed the palace of Philip II. Imagine that: Philip, Alexander, Olympias, Antipater, Parmenion met and slept, dined and argued, plotted and planned here. And one fateful morning the royal party set off from this very palace, down the hill to the theatre below to celebrate the wedding of Philip's daughter Cleopatra to King Alexander of Epirus, to the death of Philip at an assassin's hand and 21 year old Alexander became king.
|Aerial view showing palace and theatre
The excavations have continued apace, and the latest discoveries were announced by Dr Angeliki Kottaridi in November 2012 at the Congress Hall of the Aristotle's School, Naoussa.
The monumental nature of the palace complex is significant: it covers a total area of 12,500 square metres (three times as big as the Parthenon) and is adorned with 500 square metres of floor mosaics. This is even more impressive when one learns that the entire complex was designed and built as a whole, its construction being completed sometime between 350 and 336 BC.
|Mosaic floor
But it is not only the floor plan that is impressive. One of the features of the palace is its use of vast two storey porticos, and a number of architectural innovations that break with the traditions and canons of classical Greek architecture. Philip is making a statement, leaving a legacy.
The monumental portico, adorned with paintings, offered dozens of suppliants and petitioners a place to rest and prepare for their audience or business. The open area could accommodate at least 3,500 people seated. Inside there were spaces for feasts, symposia, archives and a throne room.
The number of the architectural fragments already conserved and studied mean that it will be possible to restore parts of both the propylon's upper floor with the pseudo-windows in stone and the façade porticos around the atrium of the central building in the new museum of Aegae.
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Research has also shed light on the function of the Aegae palace. This was a ceremonial palace, celebrating the seat of the dynasty and near to the ancestral necropolis. It was not simply a royal residence but a public space embodying the royal authority.
Dr Kottaridi's own research shows that the building's design follows the mathematical and philosophical prototype based on the golden section. This embodies both the golden Pythagorean triangle and Plato's idea on the construction of the "Soul of the World" as formulated in Timaeus. Philip saw his royal power as a union between the transcendental and the secular – as befits someone descended from Zeus via Heracles.
The palace was the seat of political, religious, legislative, judicial and intellectual power, a building both private and public: the archetype of the Hellenistic palace.
|Excavations showing 'andron' or men's dining room
On my last two visits the site has been inaccessible due to the ongoing works, so I have yet to wander around the palace knowing that I truly am walking in the footsteps of Philip and Alexander, but I am looking forward to the day when I can do so, and to perhaps imagining that famous scene from Plutarch's Life of Alexander:
"At the wedding of Cleopatra, whom Philip fell in love with and married, she being much too young for him, her uncle Attalus in his drink desired the Macedonians would implore the gods to give them a lawful successor to the kingdom by his niece. This so irritated Alexander, that throwing one of the cups at his head, 'You villain,' said he, 'what, am I then a bastard?' Then Philip, taking Attalus's part, rose up and would have run his son through; but by good fortune for them both, either his over-hasty rage, or the wine he had drunk, made his foot slip, so that he fell down on the floor. At which Alexander reproachfully insulted over him: 'See there,' said he, 'the man who makes preparations to pass out of Europe into Asia, overturned in passing from one seat to another.' After this debauch, he and his mother Olympias withdrew from Philip's company, and when he had placed her in Epirus, he himself retired into Illyria."