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Masala Dosas
With its fermented dough whirled into a crêpe-like exterior and its rich filling of curried potato, this classic Indian dish achieves a unique balance. The urad dal, black mustard seeds, and curry leaves are available at kalustyans.com.
- Yield
- Makes 4 servings
- For dosas
- 1 1/2 cups long-grain white rice (not converted; 10 oz)
- 3/4 cup urad dal (white split lentils; 5 oz)
- 1 1/2 cups plus 1/3 cup water
- 1 teaspoon salt
- About 1/2 cup vegetable oil for cooking
- For potato filling
- 1 1/2 lb Yukon Gold potatoes, all about the same size (4 medium)
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon black mustard seeds
- 8 fresh or thawed frozen curry leaves
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 fresh green chile (such as Thai or serrano; 2 1/2 inches), minced, including seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
- 1 cup water
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- Accompaniment: bottled mango chutney
- Special Equipment
- a well-seasoned 10-inch round cast-iron griddle or a 10-inch nonstick heavy skillet
- Make dosa batter:
- Place rice and lentils in separate bowls. Fill each with water to cover by 2 inches and soak 4 hours.
- Drain lentils in a sieve and purée in a food processor with 3/4 cup water until light and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl. Drain rice in a sieve and purée in food processor with 1/3 cup water until a gritty paste forms, about 1 minute. (Rice paste will not be as smooth as lentil paste.) Stir rice paste and 3/4 teaspoon salt into lentil paste.
- Let mixture ferment, covered with plastic wrap, in a warm (about 80°F) draft-free place until doubled in bulk, about 24 hours. (Mixture will be light and foamy.) Stir in remaining 3/4 cup water and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Let batter stand, covered, in a warm (about 80°F) draft-free place 2 1/2 hours.
- Make filling while batter stands:
- Combine potatoes with cold salted water to cover by 2 inches in a 2 1/2- to 3-quart saucepan and simmer, uncovered, until potatoes are just tender, 15 to 25 minutes. Drain potatoes in a colander. When cool enough to handle, peel potatoes and cut into 1/2-inch cubes.
- Heat oil in a 10- to 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then cook mustard seeds, partially covered with lid, until they just begin to pop, 15 to 30 seconds. Add curry leaves and cumin and cook, stirring, until cumin turns a shade darker, 10 to 15 seconds. Reduce heat to moderately low, then add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened but not browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Stir in chile and turmeric and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add potatoes, water, and salt and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to moderately low, then simmer, covered, stirring occasionally and mashing potatoes slightly, until sauce is thickened, 8 to 10 minutes. Discard curry leaves.
- Cook dosas:
- Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 250°F.
- Spread 1 teaspoon oil on griddle using a paper towel, then heat over moderate heat until hot but not smoking. Dip a 1/3-cup dry measure into batter, scooping gently to fill without deflating batter, and pour into center of griddle (scrape out batter remaining in measure). Quickly spread batter with back of a small spoon in a circular motion to thinly cover griddle. (Dosa may be lacy around edge.) Drizzle edge and top of dosa with 1 teaspoon oil and cook until underside is golden and crisp, 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. Turn dosa over with a metal spatula and cook, pressing occasionally, until underside is pale golden, about 1 minute more. (Adjust heat up or down if necessary to prevent overbrowning.) Transfer dosa to a foil-lined large baking sheet and keep warm, loosely covered with foil, in oven.
- Make 9 to 11 more dosas in same manner, transferring as cooked to baking sheet in 1 layer and separating additional layers of dosas with foil.
- Assemble dosas:
- Spread 1/3 cup hot potato filling in a line across middle of each dosa and loosely fold dosa over filling in thirds like a letter.
Cooks' notes:
· Batter, after fermenting (24 hours) and standing (2 1/2 hours), can be chilled up to 24 hours more. Let stand at room temperature 30 minutes and gently stir to combine before cooking. · Dosas, without filling, can be cooked up to 1 hour ahead and kept, covered with foil, at room temperature. Reheat dosas in a 350°F oven between layers of foil until warm, about 10 minutes. · Filling can be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered. Reheat, adding water to loosen filling if necessary.
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Nutritional Info
- Calories916
- Carbohydrates116 g(39%)
- Fat43 g(67%)
- Protein18 g(36%)
- Saturated Fat3 g(15%)
- Sodium1040 mg(43%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat8 g
- Fiber9 g(35%)
- Monounsaturated Fat31 g


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My whole life (or close enough) I have had a deep, dirty, secret desire that nice Jewish girls from loud, screaming, immigrant families are not supposed to harbor: I want to be Martha Stewart. I want the house in Bedford and the dappled ponies and the perfect garden and the white on white on white house and the ability to churn out a perfect meal for the perfect occasion without breaking a sweat. Could such a feat be possible? Armed with this month's Martha Stewart Living I set out to discover if, following Martha's directions, I'd be able to produce foods and crafts as pristine and perfect as the ones made by Martha. First stop: A patriotic summer shortcake!
1) Martha probably would have approved of my going to Whole Foods at 9am to buy all my ingredients before starting. Martha probably would not have come home from Whole Foods realizing that she, uh, didn't buy any flour.
2) The first step of the recipe had the word "food processor" in the 2nd sentence. Uh, food processor? I ended up mixing my biscuit dough with a hand-held potato masher.
3) When Martha kneads her dough into a ball it probably looks like a ball. Not an amoeba like mine did.
4) Martha's kitchen is probably bigger than the backseat of a small sedan, as mine is. She also probably has counter space. And a rolling pin. I floured my counter and went at it with a tall drinking glass. Same difference, right?
5) Imagine my surprise when I realized that the recipe called for a crazy thing called a baking sheet. And parchment paper! I did not own a baking sheet. (Or parchment paper.) I did, however, have a frying pan.
6) Another thing I didn't have: A 2-inch star cookie cutter for cutting out the top pieces of baked biscuit for the shortcake. I did, however, own a butter knife. And a better-than-average artistic hand. Which meant I felt that cutting free-form stars out of the baked shortbread was good enough.
7) Now it was time to whip the cream! Martha did not say so, but I assume she thought that I had some sort of electric whipping device. While I (you guessed it!) didn't, I had something better: A whisk. And my friend Ryan!
8) Assembly time! My top layer fell apart completely when placed on top of the cream and berry middle layer.
The end result, below. Too bad I'm on a strict gluten-free, sugar-free, dairy-free diet, right?

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None of these gentlemen are actually members of the North Texas Mean Green. They are, from left to right, current and former Illinois players Warren Carter, Jack Ingram, Rich McBride, Demetri McCamey, and Jamar Smith. We'd say it was a glitch or an honest mistake, but those five players have never been on a team together. So we're guessing there's an Illinois alumnus in ESPN's truck who's pretty proud of himself this morning. (Thanks to eagle-eyed tipsters Matthew, Nathan and Daniel)
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In October 2011, the latest round of UN-sponsored unification talks between the Turkish Cypriot president and his Greek Cypriot counterpart failed to reach a tangible settlement. Also during the year, Northern Cyprus was the focal point of a dispute between Turkey and Cyprus regarding drilling for natural resources in waters surrounding the island.
Cyprus gained independence from Britain in 1960 after a five-year guerrilla campaign by partisans demanding union with Greece. In July 1974, Greek Cypriot National Guard members, backed by the military junta that ruled Greece, staged an unsuccessful coup aimed at accomplishing the union. Five days later, Turkey invaded from the north, seized control of 37 percent of the island, and expelled 200,000 Greek Cypriots from the portion it occupied. Since then, a buffer zone called the Green Line has divided Cyprus, including the capital city of Nicosia. UN resolutions stipulate that Cyprus is a single country of which the northern third is illegally occupied. In 1983, Turkish-controlled Cyprus declared its independence as the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), an entity recognized only by Turkey.
Reunification talks accelerated after a more receptive Turkish government was elected in 2002, and under added pressure for an agreement from the European Union (EU), the United States, and the United Nations. A prounification TRNC government led by Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Talat was elected in late 2003.
In April 2004, a reunification plan proposed by then UN secretary general Kofi Annan was put to a vote in simultaneous, separate referendums on both sides of the island. Amid accusations that the proposal favored the Turkish side, 76 percent of Greek Cypriots voted against it, while 65 percent of Turkish Cypriots voted in favor. With the island still divided, only Greek Cyprus joined the EU as planned in May 2004.
Talat's Republican Turkish Party (CTP) retained power at the head of a coalition government after winning February 2005 legislative elections, with the antiunification National Unity Party (UBP) placing second. Rauf Denktaş, who had held the presidency since the TRNC declared independence, did not seek a new term in the April 2005 presidential election. Instead, Talat emerged as the victor in a field of seven candidates, defeating UBP leader Derviş Eroğlu, 56 percent to 23 percent.
The UBP won legislative elections in April 2009, capturing 26 of 50 seats. Polls indicated that voters turned against the CTP, which secured just 15 seats, due to its failure to achieve reunification and because of an economic downturn that began in 2008. The Democratic Party, headed by Serdar Denktaş, son of the former president, won five seats, while the Free Party and the Communal Democracy Party each captured two. Eroğlu became prime minister, having previously held the post from 1985 to 1994 and 1996 to 2004.
In April 2010, Eroğlu defeated Talat in a presidential election, capturing more than 50 percent of the vote. Eroğlu's election was seen as a mandate for maintaining the status quo. Nevertheless, in October the two sides opened a seventh border crossing near the northwestern town of Limnitis, increasing the permeability of the Green Line.
Pressure on the TRNC government to implement fiscal austerity measures continued in 2011, and protesters demonstrated against benefit cuts in October. Also that month, the latest round of UN-backed reunification negotiations between the island's two governments concluded without a breakthrough. In November, Turkey and the TRNC signed an energy agreement giving the Turkish Petroleum Corporation permission to explore for natural gas in Turkish Cypriot territory, despite Greek Cypriot complaints that it would not be recognized as legal by the international community.
Elections in the TRNC are generally free and fair. The president and the 50-seat Assembly are elected to five-year terms. The prime minister is the head of the government. The main parties are the ruling UBP, which has opposed unification, and the opposition CTP, which has supported it.
The TRNC's roughly 1,000 Greek and Maronite Christian residents are disenfranchised, but many vote in elections in the southern Republic of Cyprus. Minorities are not represented, and women are underrepresented, in the TRNC Assembly.
The government has made efforts to combat corruption in recent years, but graft and lack of transparency remain problems. After the 2009 elections, Democratic Party leader Serdar Denktaş asserted that all TRNC political parties had bought votes, and admitted to distributing €10,000 ($13,300) himself.
Freedom of the press is generally respected, though some problems persist. The criminal code allows authorities to jail journalists for what they write, and the government has been hostile to independent outlets. Some journalists report threats in connection with their work and difficulty accessing public information. The government does not restrict access to the internet.
A 1975 agreement with Greek Cypriot authorities provides for freedom of worship, which is generally respected. The TRNC is an officially secular state. In 2011, the opening of a school with ties to the movement inspired by the teachings of Turkish Islamic theologian Fethullah Gülen was met with resentment by secularists and teachers' unions. The government does not restrict academic freedom. In 2004, Turkish Cypriot schools began teaching a less partisan account of Cypriot history, in accordance with Council of Europe recommendations.
The rights of freedom of assembly and association are typically upheld, though police were criticized for disrupting union protests during 2011, making several arrests and allegedly using excessive force. Civic groups and nongovernmental organizations generally operate without restrictions. Workers may form independent unions, bargain collectively, and strike, though union members have been subject to harassment.
The judiciary is independent, and trials generally meet international standards of fairness. Turkish Cypriot police, under the control of the Turkish military, sometimes fail to respect due process rights, and there have been allegations of abuse of detainees. Lawyers' associations and journalists have actively worked to expose and remedy irregularities in the justice system.
Census results released in 2007 showed that about half of the TRNC's population consisted of indigenous Turkish Cypriots. The rest included people of mainland Turkish origin and many foreign workers, as well as Greek Cypriots and Maronites. The latter three groups face discrimination, difficulties at Green Line checkpoints, and alleged surveillance by the Turkish Cypriot authorities. A census planned for November 2011 was indefinitely postponed amid widespread concerns that the native Turkish Cypriot population is rapidly diminishing.
There are no direct flights between the TRNC and the rest of the world due to Greek Cypriot resistance and international regulations that restrict the operation of the north's ports and airports. However, trade between the two sides of the island has continued to increase since restrictions were loosened in 2004. In addition, all EU citizens, including Greek Cypriots, can now travel to the north by presenting identity cards and no longer require passports or visas. Most governments do not recognize TRNC travel documents, so thousands of Turkish Cypriots have obtained Republic of Cyprus passports since the option became available in 2004. However, in 2008, Turkey began forbidding Turkish Cypriots from leaving the country through Turkey without TRNC passports.
A property commission formed by the TRNC in 2006 has resolved hundreds of restitution claims by Greek Cypriots who owned property in the north before the island's division, though critics have claimed that the compensation amounts were inadequate. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) recognized the commission in 2010 as an "accessible and effective" mechanism, and claims must now pass through the commission and a local appeals process before they can be appealed to the ECHR.
According to Articles 171 and 173 of the criminal code, male homosexuality is punishable with jail time. Reports show an increase in the number of arrests based on the law in recent years, and homosexuals face societal discrimination. Three men were arrested in October 2011 on charges of conspiring to engage in a homosexual act. President Derviş Eroğlu subsequently announced plans to repeal the laws in question, and on October 25 the Communal Democracy Party submitted a proposal to repeal Chapter 154 of the criminal code, which criminalizes homosexual acts. However, the three men had not been released from prison as of the end of 2011.
Legal provisions for equal pay for women are not always enforced, especially in blue-collar jobs. A 2007 survey found that three-quarters of women were victims of violence at least once in their lives, with most attacks occurring at home. There are no laws specifically concerning domestic violence or sexual harassment, and incidents typically go unreported. According to the Turkish Cypriot Human Rights Foundation, the TRNC is a destination for trafficking in women, particularly from Eastern Europe and Russia, and little effort has been made to address this problem.
See also the country report for Cyprus.


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The Children's After School Achievement (CASA) program at Hope College has offered a summer program of Olympic scope thanks to a grant from the Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area.
The Children's After School Achievement (CASA) program at Hope College has offered a summer program of Olympic scope thanks to a grant from the Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area.
In anticipation of this summer's Olympic Games in China, CASA's six-week summer program has featured the theme "The Olympic Spirit," presenting the 100 participating elementary-age children with academic and physical-education lessons inspired by the international games.
The program, which began in June, will even be concluding with a "closing ceremony" on Thursday, July 24, in which the students will parade to their wrap-up presentations and luncheon grouped by their classrooms, which focused thematically on individual participating nations.
The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area awarded CASA $8,600 in support of the summer's program. During class time the students learned various lessons including information concerning the nation for which their particular classroom was themed (Australia, Canada, Italy, Kenya, Spain and the United Kingdom). The students also had an opportunity to participate in multiple sports both on-campus and in other venues in the area, including in archery, gymnastics, softball, table tennis, volleyball, and track and field.
The blend made for a winning mix that served the students well, according to Fonda Green, who is the CASA program's executive director.
"We tied in the whole academic piece with the physical component," she said. "In addition to the fact that the Olympics focuses on the sports themselves, this summer's program also provided a broader global picture of learning through the Olympics."
CASA, a community organization housed at Hope, provides academic and cultural enrichment for at-risk second- through fifth-grade students. The program, which runs year-round, is intended to improve the students' academic performance by providing the tools they need to succeed in school.
The students meet after school twice per week in one-on-one sessions with volunteer tutors, most of whom are Hope students, throughout the school year, and in the mornings during the six-week summer session. The academic-year and summer programs serve Holland and West Ottawa students. A total of 132 elementary-age students participated during the most recent 2007-08 school year, the highest number ever.
CASA was established in 1987 by Marge Rivera Bermann and Latin Americans United for Progress (LAUP) and originally housed at FirstUnitedMethodistChurch. CASA moved to HopeCollege in 1989, and has its offices and summer classes in Van Zoeren Hall and its school-year activities in classrooms in Lubbers Hall.


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New Hope for Multiple Myeloma Patients
New generations of drugs have helped given victims of multiple myeloma hope for longer survival. WSJ's Jonathan Rockoff and International Myeloma Foundation co-founder and chairman Dr. Brian Durie discuss on Lunch Break. Photo: AP.
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August 14, 2013, OTTAWA (ISN) – After eight seasons with the Canadian National Volleyball Team – including this summer's incredible World League campaign – Louis-Pierre Mainville of Notre-Dame de l'Ile-Perrot, QC, has announced his retirement from high-performance sport.
"Since the first time I watched a Canadian National Team match on television, in 1998, I knew that one day I wanted to be a part of this team. In 2006, I made the team and one of my dreams had been realized," Mainville said in a statement.
"My career with the National Team faced many challenges over the years. Several injuries, an operation and two changes in position on the court tested my determination over the last eight years. My passion for volleyball and my love for sport allowed me to overcome all these obstacles. Today I am very proud to have had the ability to represent Canada throughout the years on the international volleyball scene."
Mainville, 28, thanked those who made his career possible, including coaches from Mistral de Vaudreuil and from Cegep de Sherbrooke, Sebastien Roy and Marc Lussier, and also to all coaches who took part in summer programs, such as l'Équipe du Québec and the Junior National team. He also thanked his family, and the staff and therapists who helped in his recovery from injuries.
He continued: "I would like to thank Glenn Hoag, head coach of the National Volleyball Team, and my coach since the beginning of my career with the team in 2006. Thank you Glenn, for having confidence in me even though I was still so young when I made the team; and thank you for having taught me so much about volleyball."
In September, Mainville will return to university as a full-time student to finish a Bachelor's degree, and he vowed to continue his involvement with the sport.
"I am looking forward to giving back to the volleyball community by getting involved in helping young volleyball players and helping promote the sport that has meant so much to me all these years."
The next major event for the men's team is the 2013 NORCECA Volleyball Continental Championship in British Columbia (September 23 to 30 at the Langley Events Centre). Mainville will not participate, but stressed he will be watching the team's progress closely.


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Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 4, by Edward Gibbon, [1788], at sacred-texts.com
The foresight of Totila had raised obstacles worthy of such an antagonist. Ninety furlongs below the city, in the narrowest part of the river, he joined the two banks by strong and solid timbers in the form of a bridge, on which he erected two lofty towers, manned by the bravest of his Goths, and profusely stored with missile weapons and engines of offence. The approach of the bridge and towers was covered by a strong and massy chain of iron; and the chain, at either end, on the opposite sides of the Tyber, was defended by a numerous and chosen detachment of archers. But the enterprise of forcing these barriers, and relieving the capital, displays a shining example of the boldness and conduct of Belisarius. His cavalry advanced from the port along the public road, to awe the motions, and distract the attention of the enemy. His infantry and provisions were distributed in two hundred large boats; and each boat was shielded by a high rampart of thick planks, pierced with many small holes for the discharge of missile weapons. In the front, two large vessels were linked together to sustain a floating castle, which commanded the towers of the bridge, and contained a magazine of fire, sulphur, and bitumen. The whole fleet, which the general led in person, was laboriously moved against the current of the river. The chain yielded to their weight, and the enemies who guarded the banks were either slain or scattered. As soon as they touched the principal barrier, the fire- ship was instantly grappled to the bridge; one of the towers, with two hundred Goths, was consumed by the flames; the assailants shouted victory; and Rome was saved, if the wisdom of Belisarius had not been defeated by the misconduct of his officers. He had previously sent orders to Bessas to second his operations by a timely sally from the town; and he had fixed his lieutenant, Isaac, by a peremptory command, to the station of the port. But avarice rendered Bessas immovable; while the youthful ardor of Isaac delivered him into the hands of a superior enemy. The exaggerated rumor of his defeat was hastily carried to the ears of Belisarius: he paused; betrayed in that single moment of his life some emotions of surprise and perplexity; and reluctantly sounded a retreat to save his wife Antonina, his treasures, and the only harbor which he possessed on the Tuscan coast. The vexation of his mind produced an ardent and almost mortal fever; and Rome was left without protection to the mercy or indignation of Totila. The continuance of hostilities had imbittered the national hatred: the Arian clergy was ignominiously driven from Rome; Pelagius, the archdeacon, returned without success from an embassy to the Gothic camp; and a Sicilian bishop, the envoy or nuncio of the pope, was deprived of both his hands, for daring to utter falsehoods in the service of the church and state.
Famine had relaxed the strength and discipline of the garrison of Rome. They could derive no effectual service from a dying people; and the inhuman avarice of the merchant at length absorbed the vigilance of the governor. Four Isaurian sentinels, while their companions slept, and their officers were absent, descended by a rope from the wall, and secretly proposed to the Gothic king to introduce his troops into the city. The offer was entertained with coldness and suspicion; they returned in safety; they twice repeated their visit; the place was twice examined; the conspiracy was known and disregarded; and no sooner had Totila consented to the attempt, than they unbarred the Asinarian gate, and gave admittance to the Goths. Till the dawn of day, they halted in order of battle, apprehensive of treachery or ambush; but the troops of Bessas, with their leader, had already escaped; and when the king was pressed to disturb their retreat, he prudently replied, that no sight could be more grateful than that of a flying enemy. The patricians, who were still possessed of horses, Decius, Basilius, &c. accompanied the governor; their brethren, among whom Olybrius, Orestes, and Maximus, are named by the historian, took refuge in the church of St. Peter: but the assertion, that only five hundred persons remained in the capital, inspires some doubt of the fidelity either of his narrative or of his text. As soon as daylight had displayed the entire victory of the Goths, their monarch devoutly visited the tomb of the prince of the apostles; but while he prayed at the altar, twenty-five soldiers, and sixty citizens, were put to the sword in the vestibule of the temple. The archdeacon Pelagius 13 stood before him, with the Gospels in his hand. "O Lord, be merciful to your servant." "Pelagius," said Totila, with an insulting smile, "your pride now condescends to become a suppliant." "I am a suppliant," replied the prudent archdeacon; "God has now made us your subjects, and as your subjects, we are entitled to your clemency." At his humble prayer, the lives of the Romans were spared; and the chastity of the maids and matrons was preserved inviolate from the passions of the hungry soldiers. But they were rewarded by the freedom of pillage, after the most precious spoils had been reserved for the royal treasury. The houses of the senators were plentifully stored with gold and silver; and the avarice of Bessas had labored with so much guilt and shame for the benefit of the conqueror. In this revolution, the sons and daughters of Roman consuls lasted the misery which they had spurned or relieved, wandered in tattered garments through the streets of the city and begged their bread, perhaps without success, before the gates of their hereditary mansions. The riches of Rusticiana, the daughter of Symmachus and widow of Boethius, had been generously devoted to alleviate the calamities of famine. But the Barbarians were exasperated by the report, that she had prompted the people to overthrow the statues of the great Theodoric; and the life of that venerable matron would have been sacrificed to his memory, if Totila had not respected her birth, her virtues, and even the pious motive of her revenge. The next day he pronounced two orations, to congratulate and admonish his victorious Goths, and to reproach the senate, as the vilest of slaves, with their perjury, folly, and ingratitude; sternly declaring, that their estates and honors were justly forfeited to the companions of his arms. Yet he consented to forgive their revolt; and the senators repaid his clemency by despatching circular letters to their tenants and vassals in the provinces of Italy, strictly to enjoin them to desert the standard of the Greeks, to cultivate their lands in peace, and to learn from their masters the duty of obedience to a Gothic sovereign. Against the city which had so long delayed the course of his victories, he appeared inexorable: one third of the walls, in different parts, were demolished by his command; fire and engines prepared to consume or subvert the most stately works of antiquity; and the world was astonished by the fatal decree, that Rome should be changed into a pasture for cattle. The firm and temperate remonstrance of Belisarius suspended the execution; he warned the Barbarian not to sully his fame by the destruction of those monuments which were the glory of the dead, and the delight of the living; and Totila was persuaded, by the advice of an enemy, to preserve Rome as the ornament of his kingdom, or the fairest pledge of peace and reconciliation. When he had signified to the ambassadors of Belisarius his intention of sparing the city, he stationed an army at the distance of one hundred and twenty furlongs, to observe the motions of the Roman general. With the remainder of his forces he marched into Lucania and Apulia, and occupied on the summit of Mount Garganus 14 one of the camps of Hannibal. 15 The senators were dragged in his train, and afterwards confined in the fortresses of Campania: the citizens, with their wives and children, were dispersed in exile; and during forty days Rome was abandoned to desolate and dreary solitude. 16
The loss of Rome was speedily retrieved by an action, to which, according to the event, the public opinion would apply the names of rashness or heroism. After the departure of Totila, the Roman general sallied from the port at the head of a thousand horse, cut in pieces the enemy who opposed his progress, and visited with pity and reverence the vacant space of the eternal city. Resolved to maintain a station so conspicuous in the eyes of mankind, he summoned the greatest part of his troops to the standard which he erected on the Capitol: the old inhabitants were recalled by the love of their country and the hopes of food; and the keys of Rome were sent a second time to the emperor Justinian. The walls, as far as they had been demolished by the Goths, were repaired with rude and dissimilar materials; the ditch was restored; iron spikes 17 were profusely scattered in the highways to annoy the feet of the horses; and as new gates could not suddenly be procured, the entrance was guarded by a Spartan rampart of his bravest soldiers. At the expiration of twenty-five days, Totila returned by hasty marches from Apulia to avenge the injury and disgrace. Belisarius expected his approach. The Goths were thrice repulsed in three general assaults; they lost the flower of their troops; the royal standard had almost fallen into the hands of the enemy, and the fame of Totila sunk, as it had risen, with the fortune of his arms. Whatever skill and courage could achieve, had been performed by the Roman general: it remained only that Justinian should terminate, by a strong and seasonable effort, the war which he had ambitiously undertaken. The indolence, perhaps the impotence, of a prince who despised his enemies, and envied his servants, protracted the calamities of Italy. After a long silence, Belisarius was commanded to leave a sufficient garrison at Rome, and to transport himself into the province of Lucania, whose inhabitants, inflamed by Catholic zeal, had cast away the yoke of their Arian conquerors. In this ignoble warfare, the hero, invincible against the power of the Barbarians, was basely vanquished by the delay, the disobedience, and the cowardice of his own officers. He reposed in his winter quarters of Crotona, in the full assurance, that the two passes of the Lucanian hills were guarded by his cavalry. They were betrayed by treachery or weakness; and the rapid march of the Goths scarcely allowed time for the escape of Belisarius to the coast of Sicily. At length a fleet and army were assembled for the relief of Ruscianum, or Rossano, 18 a fortress sixty furlongs from the ruins of Sybaris, where the nobles of Lucania had taken refuge. In the first attempt, the Roman forces were dissipated by a storm. In the second, they approached the shore; but they saw the hills covered with archers, the landing-place defended by a line of spears, and the king of the Goths impatient for battle. The conqueror of Italy retired with a sigh, and continued to languish, inglorious and inactive, till Antonina, who had been sent to Constantinople to solicit succors, obtained, after the death of the empress, the permission of his return.
The five last campaigns of Belisarius might abate the envy of his competitors, whose eyes had been dazzled and wounded by the blaze of his former glory. Instead of delivering Italy from the Goths, he had wandered like a fugitive along the coast, without daring to march into the country, or to accept the bold and repeated challenge of Totila. Yet, in the judgment of the few who could discriminate counsels from events, and compare the instruments with the execution, he appeared a more consummate master of the art of war, than in the season of his prosperity, when he presented two captive kings before the throne of Justinian. The valor of Belisarius was not chilled by age: his prudence was matured by experience; but the moral virtues of humanity and justice seem to have yielded to the hard necessity of the times. The parsimony or poverty of the emperor compelled him to deviate from the rule of conduct which had deserved the love and confidence of the Italians. The war was maintained by the oppression of Ravenna, Sicily, and all the faithful subjects of the empire; and the rigorous prosecution of Herodian provoked that injured or guilty officer to deliver Spoleto into the hands of the enemy. The avarice of Antonina, which had been some times diverted by love, now reigned without a rival in her breast. Belisarius himself had always understood, that riches, in a corrupt age, are the support and ornament of personal merit. And it cannot be presumed that he should stain his honor for the public service, without applying a part of the spoil to his private emolument. The hero had escaped the sword of the Barbarians. But the dagger of conspiracy 19 awaited his return. In the midst of wealth and honors, Artaban, who had chastised the African tyrant, complained of the ingratitude of courts. He aspired to Praejecta, the emperor's niece, who wished to reward her deliverer; but the impediment of his previous marriage was asserted by the piety of Theodora. The pride of royal descent was irritated by flattery; and the service in which he gloried had proved him capable of bold and sanguinary deeds. The death of Justinian was resolved, but the conspirators delayed the execution till they could surprise Belisarius disarmed, and naked, in the palace of Constantinople. Not a hope could be entertained of shaking his long-tried fidelity; and they justly dreaded the revenge, or rather the justice, of the veteran general, who might speedily assemble an army in Thrace to punish the assassins, and perhaps to enjoy the fruits of their crime. Delay afforded time for rash communications and honest confessions: Artaban and his accomplices were condemned by the senate, but the extreme clemency of Justinian detained them in the gentle confinement of the palace, till he pardoned their flagitious attempt against his throne and life. If the emperor forgave his enemies, he must cordially embrace a friend whose victories were alone remembered, and who was endeared to his prince by the recent circumstances of their common danger. Belisarius reposed from his toils, in the high station of general of the East and count of the domestics; and the older consuls and patricians respectfully yielded the precedency of rank to the peerless merit of the first of the Romans. 20 The first of the Romans still submitted to be the slave of his wife; but the servitude of habit and affection became less disgraceful when the death of Theodora had removed the baser influence of fear. Joannina, their daughter, and the sole heiress of their fortunes, was betrothed to Anastasius, the grandson, or rather the nephew, of the empress, 21 whose kind interposition forwarded the consummation of their youthful loves. But the power of Theodora expired, the parents of Joannina returned, and her honor, perhaps her happiness, were sacrificed to the revenge of an unfeeling mother, who dissolved the imperfect nuptials before they had been ratified by the ceremonies of the church. 22
Before the departure of Belisarius, Perusia was besieged, and few cities were impregnable to the Gothic arms. Ravenna, Ancona, and Crotona, still resisted the Barbarians; and when Totila asked in marriage one of the daughters of France, he was stung by the just reproach that the king of Italy was unworthy of his title till it was acknowledged by the Roman people. Three thousand of the bravest soldiers had been left to defend the capital. On the suspicion of a monopoly, they massacred the governor, and announced to Justinian, by a deputation of the clergy, that unless their offence was pardoned, and their arrears were satisfied, they should instantly accept the tempting offers of Totila. But the officer who succeeded to the command (his name was Diogenes) deserved their esteem and confidence; and the Goths, instead of finding an easy conquest, encountered a vigorous resistance from the soldiers and people, who patiently endured the loss of the port and of all maritime supplies. The siege of Rome would perhaps have been raised, if the liberality of Totila to the Isaurians had not encouraged some of their venal countrymen to copy the example of treason. In a dark night, while the Gothic trumpets sounded on another side, they silently opened the gate of St. Paul: the Barbarians rushed into the city; and the flying garrison was intercepted before they could reach the harbor of Centumcellae. A soldier trained in the school of Belisarius, Paul of Cilicia, retired with four hundred men to the mole of Hadrian. They repelled the Goths; but they felt the approach of famine; and their aversion to the taste of horse-flesh confirmed their resolution to risk the event of a desperate and decisive sally. But their spirit insensibly stooped to the offers of capitulation; they retrieved their arrears of pay, and preserved their arms and horses, by enlisting in the service of Totila; their chiefs, who pleaded a laudable attachment to their wives and children in the East, were dismissed with honor; and above four hundred enemies, who had taken refuge in the sanctuaries, were saved by the clemency of the victor. He no longer entertained a wish of destroying the edifices of Rome, 23 which he now respected as the seat of the Gothic kingdom: the senate and people were restored to their country; the means of subsistence were liberally provided; and Totila, in the robe of peace, exhibited the equestrian games of the circus. Whilst he amused the eyes of the multitude, four hundred vessels were prepared for the embarkation of his troops. The cities of Rhegium and Tarentum were reduced: he passed into Sicily, the object of his implacable resentment; and the island was stripped of its gold and silver, of the fruits of the earth, and of an infinite number of horses, sheep, and oxen. Sardinia and Corsica obeyed the fortune of Italy; and the sea-coast of Greece was visited by a fleet of three hundred galleys. 24 The Goths were landed in Corcyra and the ancient continent of Epirus; they advanced as far as Nicopolis, the trophy of Augustus, and Dodona, 25 once famous by the oracle of Jove. In every step of his victories, the wise Barbarian repeated to Justinian the desire of peace, applauded the concord of their predecessors, and offered to employ the Gothic arms in the service of the empire.
Justinian was deaf to the voice of peace: but he neglected the prosecution of war; and the indolence of his temper disappointed, in some degree, the obstinacy of his passions. From this salutary slumber the emperor was awakened by the pope Vigilius and the patrician Cethegus, who appeared before his throne, and adjured him, in the name of God and the people, to resume the conquest and deliverance of Italy. In the choice of the generals, caprice, as well as judgment, was shown. A fleet and army sailed for the relief of Sicily, under the conduct of Liberius; but his youth !_0038 and want of experience were afterwards discovered, and before he touched the shores of the island he was overtaken by his successor. In the place of Liberius, the conspirator Artaban was raised from a prison to military honors; in the pious presumption, that gratitude would animate his valor and fortify his allegiance. Belisarius reposed in the shade of his laurels, but the command of the principal army was reserved for Germanus, 26 the emperor's nephew, whose rank and merit had been long depressed by the jealousy of the court. Theodora had injured him in the rights of a private citizen, the marriage of his children, and the testament of his brother; and although his conduct was pure and blameless, Justinian was displeased that he should be thought worthy of the confidence of the malecontents. The life of Germanus was a lesson of implicit obedience: he nobly refused to prostitute his name and character in the factions of the circus: the gravity of his manners was tempered by innocent cheerfulness; and his riches were lent without interest to indigent or deserving friends. His valor had formerly triumphed over the Sclavonians of the Danube and the rebels of Africa: the first report of his promotion revived the hopes of the Italians; and he was privately assured, that a crowd of Roman deserters would abandon, on his approach, the standard of Totila. His second marriage with Malasontha, the granddaughter of Theodoric endeared Germanus to the Goths themselves; and they marched with reluctance against the father of a royal infant the last offspring of the line of Amali. 27 A splendid allowance was assigned by the emperor: the general contribute his private fortune: his two sons were popular and active and he surpassed, in the promptitude and success of his levies the expectation of mankind. He was permitted to select some squadrons of Thracian cavalry: the veterans, as well as the youth of Constantinople and Europe, engaged their voluntary service; and as far as the heart of Germany, his fame and liberality attracted the aid of the Barbarians. *_0038 The Romans advanced to Sardica; an army of Sclavonians fled before their march; but within two days of their final departure, the designs of Germanus were terminated by his malady and death. Yet the impulse which he had given to the Italian war still continued to act with energy and effect. The maritime towns Ancona, Crotona, Centumcellae, resisted the assaults of Totila Sicily was reduced by the zeal of Artaban, and the Gothic navy was defeated near the coast of the Adriatic. The two fleets were almost equal, forty-seven to fifty galleys: the victory was decided by the knowledge and dexterity of the Greeks; but the ships were so closely grappled, that only twelve of the Goths escaped from this unfortunate conflict. They affected to depreciate an element in which they were unskilled; but their own experience confirmed the truth of a maxim, that the master of the sea will always acquire the dominion of the land. 28
After the loss of Germanus, the nations were provoked to smile, by the strange intelligence, that the command of the Roman armies was given to a eunuch. But the eunuch Narses 29 is ranked among the few who have rescued that unhappy name from the contempt and hatred of mankind. A feeble, diminutive body concealed the soul of a statesman and a warrior. His youth had been employed in the management of the loom and distaff, in the cares of the household, and the service of female luxury; but while his hands were busy, he secretly exercised the faculties of a vigorous and discerning mind. A stranger to the schools and the camp, he studied in the palace to dissemble, to flatter, and to persuade; and as soon as he approached the person of the emperor, Justinian listened with surprise and pleasure to the manly counsels of his chamberlain and private treasurer. 30 The talents of Narses were tried and improved in frequent embassies: he led an army into Italy acquired a practical knowledge of the war and the country, and presumed to strive with the genius of Belisarius. Twelve years after his return, the eunuch was chosen to achieve the conquest which had been left imperfect by the first of the Roman generals. Instead of being dazzled by vanity or emulation, he seriously declared that, unless he were armed with an adequate force, he would never consent to risk his own glory and that of his sovereign. Justinian granted to the favorite what he might have denied to the hero: the Gothic war was rekindled from its ashes, and the preparations were not unworthy of the ancient majesty of the empire. The key of the public treasure was put into his hand, to collect magazines, to levy soldiers, to purchase arms and horses, to discharge the arrears of pay, and to tempt the fidelity of the fugitives and deserters. The troops of Germanus were still in arms; they halted at Salona in the expectation of a new leader; and legions of subjects and allies were created by the well-known liberality of the eunuch Narses. The king of the Lombards 31 satisfied or surpassed the obligations of a treaty, by lending two thousand two hundred of his bravest warriors, !!_0039 who were followed by three thousand of their martial attendants. Three thousand Heruli fought on horseback under Philemuth, their native chief; and the noble Aratus, who adopted the manners and discipline of Rome, conducted a band of veterans of the same nation. Dagistheus was released from prison to command the Huns; and Kobad, the grandson and nephew of the great king, was conspicuous by the regal tiara at the head of his faithful Persians, who had devoted themselves to the fortunes of their prince. 32 Absolute in the exercise of his authority, more absolute in the affection of his troops, Narses led a numerous and gallant army from Philippopolis to Salona, from whence he coasted the eastern side of the Adriatic as far as the confines of Italy. His progress was checked. The East could not supply vessels capable of transporting such multitudes of men and horses. The Franks, who, in the general confusion, had usurped the greater part of the Venetian province, refused a free passage to the friends of the Lombards. The station of Verona was occupied by Teias, with the flower of the Gothic forces; and that skilful commander had overspread the adjacent country with the fall of woods and the inundation of waters. 33 In this perplexity, an officer of experience proposed a measure, secure by the appearance of rashness; that the Roman army should cautiously advance along the seashore, while the fleet preceded their march, and successively cast a bridge of boats over the mouths of the rivers, the Timavus, the Brenta, the Adige, and the Po, that fall into the Adriatic to the north of Ravenna. Nine days he reposed in the city, collected the fragments of the Italian army, and marching towards Rimini to meet the defiance of an insulting enemy.
13 During the long exile, and after the death of Vigilius, the Roman church was governed, at first by the archdeacon, and at length (A. D 655) by the pope Pelagius, who was not thought guiltless of the sufferings of his predecessor. See the original lives of the popes under the name of Anastasius, (Muratori, Script. Rer. Italicarum, tom. iii. P. i. p. 130, 131,) who relates several curious incidents of the sieges of Rome and the wars of Italy.
14 Mount Garganus, now Monte St. Angelo, in the kingdom of Naples, runs three hundred stadia into the Adriatic Sea, (Strab. - vi. p. 436,) and in the darker ages was illustrated by the apparition, miracles, and church, of St. Michael the archangel. Horace, a native of Apulia or Lucania, had seen the elms and oaks of Garganus laboring and bellowing with the north wind that blew on that lofty coast, (Carm. ii. 9, Epist. ii. i. 201.)
15 I cannot ascertain this particular camp of Hannibal; but the Punic quarters were long and often in the neighborhood of Arpi, (T. Liv. xxii. 9, 12, xxiv. 3, &c.)
16 Totila .... Romam ingreditur .... ac evertit muros, domos aliquantas igni comburens, ac omnes Romanorum res in praedam ac cepit, hos ipsos Romanos in Campaniam captivos abduxit. Post quam devastationem, xl. autamp lius dies, Roma fuit ita desolata, ut nemo ibi hominum, nisi (nulloe?) bestiae morarentur, (Marcellin. in Chron. p. 54.)
17 The tribuli are small engines with four spikes, one fixed in the ground, the three others erect or adverse, (Procopius, Gothic. l. iii. c. 24. Just. Lipsius, Poliorcetwv, l. v. c. 3.) The metaphor was borrowed from the tribuli, (land-caltrops,) an herb with a prickly fruit, commex in Italy. (Martin, ad Virgil. Georgic. i. 153 vol. ii. p. 33.)
18 Ruscia, the navale Thuriorum, was transferred to the distance of sixty stadia to Ruscianum, Rossano, an archbishopric without suffragans. The republic of Sybaris is now the estate of the duke of Corigliano. (Riedesel, Travels into Magna Graecia and Sicily, p. 166 - 171.)
19 This conspiracy is related by Procopius (Gothic. l. iii. c. 31, 32, with such freedom and candor, that the liberty of the Anecdotes gives him nothing to add.
20 The honors of Belisarius are gladly commemorated by his secretary, (Procop. Goth. l. iii. c. 35, l. iv. c. 21.) This title is ill translated, at least in this instance, by praefectus praetorio; and to a military character, magister militum is more proper and applicable, (Ducange, Gloss. Graec. p. 1458, 1459.)
21 Alemannus, (ad Hist. Arcanum, p. 68,) Ducange, (Familiae Byzant. p. 98,) and Heineccius, (Hist. Juris Civilis, p. 434,) all three represent Anastasius as the son of the daughter of Theodora; and their opinion firmly reposes on the unambiguous testimony of Procopius, (Anecdot. c. 4, 5, - twice repeated.) And yet I will remark, 1. That in the year 547, Theodora could sarcely have a grandson of the age of puberty; 2. That we are totally ignorant of this daughter and her husband; and, 3. That Theodora concealed her bastards, and that her grandson by Justinian would have been heir apparent of the empire.
22 The sins of the hero in Italy and after his return, are manifested, and most probably swelled, by the author of the Anecdotes, (c. 4, 5.) The designs of Antonina were favored by the fluctuating jurisprudence of Justinian. On the law of marriage and divorce, that emperor was trocho versatilior, (Heineccius, Element Juris Civil. ad Ordinem Pandect. P. iv. No. 233.)
23 The Romans were still attached to the monuments of their ancestors; and according to Procopius, (Goth. l. iv. c. 22,) the gallery of Aeneas, of a single rank of oars, 25 feet in breadth, 120 in length, was preserved entire in the navalia, near Monte Testaceo, at the foot of the Aventine, (Nardini, Roma Antica, l. vii. c. 9, p. 466. Donatus, Rom Antiqua, l. iv. c. 13, p. 334) But all antiquity is ignorant of relic.
24 In these seas Procopius searched without success for the Isle of Calypso. He was shown, at Phaeacia, or Cocyra, the petrified ship of Ulysses, (Odyss. xiii. 163;) but he found it a recent fabric of many stones, dedicated by a merchant to Jupiter Cassius, (l. iv. c. 22.) Eustathius had supposed it to be the fanciful likeness of a rock.
25 M. D'Anville (Memoires de l'Acad. tom. xxxii. p. 513 - 528) illustrates the Gulf of Ambracia; but he cannot ascertain the situation of Dodona. A country in sight of Italy is less known than the wilds of America. Note: On the site of Dodona compare Walpole's Travels in the East, vol. ii. p. 473; Col. Leake's Northern Greece, vol. iv. p. 163; and a dissertation by the present bishop of Lichfield (Dr. Butler) in the appendix to Hughes's Travels, vol. i. p. 511. - M.
!_0038 This is a singular mistake. Gibbon must have hastily caught at his inexperience, and concluded that it must have been from youth. Lord Mahon has pointed out this error, p. 401. I should add that in the last 4to. edition, corrected by Gibbon, it stands "want of youth and experience;" - but Gibbon can scarcely have intended such a phrase. - M.
26 See the acts of Germanus in the public (Vandal. l. ii, c. 16, 17, 18 Goth. l. iii. c. 31, 32) and private history, (Anecdot. c. 5,) and those of his son Justin, in Agathias, (l. iv. p. 130, 131.) Notwithstanding an ambiguous expression of Jornandes, fratri suo, Alemannus has proved that he was the son of the emperor's brother.
27 Conjuncta Aniciorum gens cum Amala stirpe spem adhuc utii usque generis promittit, (Jornandes, c. 60, p. 703.) He wrote at Ravenna before the death of Totila
*_0038 See note 31, p. 268. - M.
28 The third book of Procopius is terminated by the death of Germanus, (Add. l. iv. c. 23, 24, 25, 26.)
29 Procopius relates the whole series of this second Gothic war and the victory of Narses, (l. iv. c. 21, 26 - 35.) A splendid scene. Among the six subjects of epic poetry which Tasso revolved in his mind, he hesitated between the conquests of Italy by Belisarius and by Narses, (Hayley's Works, vol. iv. p. 70.)
30 The country of Narses is unknown, since he must not be confounded with the Persarmenian. Procopius styles him (see Goth. l. ii. c. 13); Paul Warnefrid, (l. ii. c. 3, p. 776,) Chartularius: Marcellinus adds the name of Cubicularius. In an inscription on the Salarian bridge he is entitled Ex-consul, Ex-praepositus, Cubiculi Patricius, (Mascou, Hist. of the Germans, l. xiii. c. 25.) The law of Theodosius against ennuchs was obsolete or abolished, Annotation xx.,) but the foolish prophecy of the Romans subsisted in full vigor, (Procop. l. iv. c. 21.)
Note: Lord Mahon supposes them both to have been Persarmenians. Note, p. 256. - M.
31 Paul Warnefrid, the Lombard, records with complacency the succor, service, and honorable dismission of his countrymen - reipublicae Romanae adversus aemulos adjutores fuerant, (l. ii. c. i. p. 774, edit. Grot.) I am surprised that Alboin, their martial king, did not lead his subjects in person.
Note: The Lombards were still at war with the Gepidae. See Procop. Goth. lib. iv. p. 25. - M.
!!_0039 Gibbon has blindly followed the translation of Maltretus: Bis mille ducentos - while the original Greek says expressly something else, (Goth. lib. iv. c. 26.) In like manner, (p. 266,) he draws volunteers from Germany, on the authority of Cousin, who, in one place, has mistaken Germanus for Germania. Yet only a few pages further we find Gibbon loudly condemning the French and Latin readers of Procopius. Lord Mahon, p. 403. The first of these errors remains uncorrected in the new edition of the Byzantines. - M.
32 He was, if not an impostor, the son of the blind Zames, saved by compassion, and educated in the Byzantine court by the various motives of policy, pride, and generosity, (Procop. Persic. l. i. c. 23.)
33 In the time of Augustus, and in the middle ages, the whole waste from Aquileia to Ravenna was covered with woods, lakes, and morasses. Man has subdued nature, and the land has been cultivated since the waters are confined and embanked. See the learned researches of Muratori, (Antiquitat. Italiae Medii Aevi. tom. i. dissert xxi. p. 253, 254,) from Vitruvius, Strabo, Herodian, old charters, and local knowledge.


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The Phillies have made some strides to repair the areas where the team needed help. The last piece of the puzzle though is the bullpen, and the Phils still need a whole lot of help there.
In acquiring the Phils newest third baseman, Michael Young, the team also traded away a piece of the bullpen in Josh Lindblom, who came here from the Dodgers in the Shane Victorino deal.
Nate Schierholtz was not offered a contract from the Phillies this off-season. The Phillies traded one of their top offensive producers in Hunter Pence and now have nothing to show for that trade either.
The moves made by Ruben Amaro so far have not addressed this glaring need for the Phillies, they can't operate in the bullpen the way they did last year, as a lot of games were lost by the pen. We'll see what happens as the winter season sets in.


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Keith Wright scored his 1,000th career point at Fordham (Gil Talbot).
BRONX, N.Y. – Brandyn Curry led the Crimson with 15 points, making 3-of-6 3-point attempts, while Keith Wright came down with 11 rebounds, but the No. 21/22 Harvard men's basketball team suffered a 60-54 loss at Fordham Tuesday evening.
Wright also scored eight points, giving the senior exactly 1,000 points of his career. Kyle Casey added nine points and five boards for the Crimson, which falls to 12-2 on the season. Fordham (7-6) was led by Bryan Smith, who hit 7-of-11 shots from the field, finishing with 22 points and Chris Gaston who recorded a double-double with 18 points and 10 boards.
Harvard shot 36.4 percent from the floor (20-of-55) and was only 8-of-30 from long distance (.267). The Crimson outrebounded the Rams, 31-30, and each team turned the ball over 15 times.
Following a bucket by Wright from underneath the hoop, a steal and layup by Curry gave Harvard a 4-0 lead in the first minute of play. The Crimson only made 2 of its first 10 field goals, but led, 5-4, with 13 minutes remaining, as Fordham turned the ball over six times in the opening minutes. With just 12 minutes to go, Steve Moundou-Missi threw down a two-handed jam before the shot clock expired, giving Harvard a 7-4 edge.
Curry hit Harvard's first triple with just under nine minutes to go, giving the Crimson a 12-11 advantage on the scoreboard after the Rams went on a 7-3 run to take the lead. Oliver McNally added another trey, putting Harvard ahead, 15-13, with 6:34 left in the half. Wright and Curry followed with consecutive layups on the break, as the Crimson extended its lead to 19-13. Harvard continued to heat up from beyond the arc, as Laurent Rivard nailed a 3-pointer of his own, making it 22-14 and capping a 10-1 run for the Crimson.
The Rams responded with an 8-2 run of their own to get within just two, 24-22. With one second left in the half, Wright was fouled under the basket. He made one free throw, giving him 999 points in his career, as well as sending Harvard to the locker room with a 3-point lead, 27-24. At the break, Curry paced the Crimson with nine points, while Wright had seven points and six rebounds.
Kyle Casey scored Harvard's first three baskets in the second, but Fordham pulled closer, 31-30, with 18 minutes remaining. After the Rams went ahead by one, Casey buried a trey, making it 34-32 in favor of the Crimson. Fordham, though, stormed back with a 12-0 scoring to go up, 44-34, with 13 minutes left in the frame.
Curry nailed a trey to end Fordham's run, cutting the Crimson deficit to seven, 44-37. With 10:55 left, Rivard was fouled attempting a 3-pointer. Rivard made the middle free throw and then finished with a tip-in off his own miss following the third shot, getting Harvard back within just four, 44-40.
With the Crimson down by six with seven minutes left, McNally hit a triple from the left side to make it 46-43. Casey hit two free throws with just over four minutes left, keeping Harvard within three, 50-47. With 3:28 left, Curry found McNally for a wide-open trey, tying the game, 50-50.
Following three successful foul shots by Fordham, Wright drained a free throw with 1:07 left, giving him his 1,000th career point and getting Harvard back within two, 53-51. On the other end of the floor, the Rams finished with five straight points to pull ahead by seven, 58-51. With just 14.6 ticks left on the clock, Curry nailed his third 3-pointer of the night, getting the Crimson back within four, 58-54.
Harvard will begin Ivy League play by hosting Dartmouth Saturday, Jan. 7 at 2 p.m.


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Here, ready to be snapped out of their packaging, are the endo- and exoskeletons of the 3-foot tall Myon robot. This is the sort of toy that suburb-dwelling, human-killing robot youth will get for robot Christmas in the year 2030.
The humanoid bot is the creation of Frackenpohl Poulheim, an industrial design outfit based in Cologne, Germany who sought to create a robot with modular design All that means for us it that the robots will be able to replace their own heads if we manage to pop one off during the Great Robot Uprising of 2022.
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When you first arrive in Neverland (a.k.a Southern Illinois University Edwardsville), you will find that it is filled with lost boys and girls. You soon realize that all the lost boys and girls are simply incoming freshman who are still trying to figure out what they want to study! In fact, these boys and girls (and perhaps even some gender queer kids) are not lost at all, but are just exploring the many options and paths in front of them. With 167 areas of studies, 55 undergraduate programs, and 77 graduate programs to choose from, it might feel easy to get lost, but academic advisors help turn these feelings into exploration and excitement instead of confusion. With a 17:1 student to teacher ratio, students cannot lose themselves in the classroom because professors will know their faces and are able to help. Once students discover their Division I Cougar basketball team and make their way to an exciting game they become certified "found!"
After finding yourself academically, it is time to find yourself geographically! SIUE is situated in the midst of 2660 acres of woodlands, making it a perfect environment for Peter Pan and his gang to frolic. Edwardsville is full of natural beauty and has a small town vibe, but the school is just 25 minutes from St. Louis! Students find that off-campus living is a great way to take advantage of experiencing both the small town and big city. For help searching for your ideal new place, check out our apartment search guides. Remember that having roommates and finding a place a little farther from campus often means cheaper rent, and the Madison County Transitcan take you to you apartment, to school, and even to St. Louis!
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FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. – Although an ominous weather forecast had a snowstorm headed straight for Fairfield County to open the workweek, Mother Nature appears to have spared us.
Fairfield County is now expected to receive only flurries late Sunday and into Monday from the edge of the quick-moving system.
As of Sunday night, forecasts were calling for a dusting to 2 inches accumulation in the northern part of the county and 2 to 4 inches for the southern part. No advisories or warnings were put into effect for Fairfield County by the National Weather Service.
Last week, meteorologists were predicting another massive snowstorm would touch down in Fairfield County, perhaps dumping more than a foot of powder in the area. Unexpectedly, the storm cell tracked farther south, with the bulk of snow headed for Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., the National Weather Service said.
After a brief dusting overnight, there is just a 50 percent chance of snow Monday morning, with the sun coming out by the afternoon. High temperatures will be in the 20s, more than 20 degrees below the usual average high temperature for early March in Fairfield County.
Icy temperatures will return Monday night, dipping into the single digits into Tuesday morning.
In Eastchester, N.Y., Paul McDonald, still weary of the forecast, was breaking down a mound of ice that had built up outside of his home, "just in case."
"With the way this winter has gone, I'm not taking any chances. It's been brutal so far," he said. "I'd rather spend a half-hour out here while it's moderately warm than fall all over the place when it snows again."
While homeowners are celebrating the sight of their lawns for the first time in weeks, business owners were similarly happy as the accumulated snow and ice melted away from sidewalks and storefronts, allowing for safer parking and shopping.
"Ice and snow mean a lot of extra work. You have to shovel and ice and usually it's slower," said Sanju Kanam, who owns several beverage dispensaries in Westchester County. "This one sounded bad, but so far, it's just been really gray."
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After you've filled in all the blanks on the Sell an Item form that describes the item you're selling on eBay, you come to the Preview Your Listing page. Scroll down the page and confirm that all the information appears as you intended. If you think you're ready to join the world of e-commerce, follow these steps:
Under the heading titled How Your Listing Will Appear in Search Results, click the Preview Your Listing link.The Preview Your Listing link is the last place you can double-check for errors before the listing begins.
A pop-up page opens, showing you exactly how your listing will appear on eBay. This is the place where you can catch mistakes before your item is listed. The bottom of the sell page shows you a condensed version of all your information and tallies how much eBay is charging you in fees and options to run this listing.
You also may find the preview page helpful as a last-minute chance to get your bearings. You can go back to any of the areas that need correcting by clicking the Edit Listings links on the Preview Your Listing page. Make category changes or any other changes and additions, and then head for the Verification page again.
Check for mistakes.
Nit-pick for common, careless errors; you won't be sorry. eBay members sometimes make goofs such as the wrong category listing, spelling and grammatical errors, and missing information about shipping, handling, insurance, and payment methods.
When you're sure everything's accurate and you're happy with your item listing, click the Submit button.
A Confirmation page pops up. At that precise moment, your listing begins, even though it may be a few hours before it appears in eBay's search and listings updates. If you want to see your listing right away and check for bids, your Confirmation page provides a link for that purpose. Click the link, and you're there. You can also keep track of your auctions by using the My eBay page.
All item pages come with this friendly warning: Seller assumes all responsibility for listing this item. You should contact the seller to resolve any questions before bidding. Some eBay veterans just gloss over this warning after they've been wheeling and dealing for a while, but it's an important rule to remember.
For the first 24 hours after your sale is underway, eBay stamps the Item page with a funky sunrise icon next to the listing. This is just a little reminder for buyers to come take a look at the latest items up for sale.


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I am writing to make a comment about a technician of Mr. X.
By the end of August 2006, I prepared routine inspection forms and has instructed all technicians to study and raise out all encountered problems as carry out the routine inspection. The purpose is to alleviate the problems occur and save time to complete the forms at formal inspection. About two weeks later, Mr. X ignored my instruction and did not study the forms at right time. He raised out some dump questions as receiving my instruction to carry out formal routine inspection. He also expressed unwilling to complete his duty at working time.
In addition, Mr. X reported that all routine inspection for portable pump room at roof floor of each tower had been completed on 14 Sept 2006. From my photos record at Tower B pump room on 12 Sept 2006, three pressure gauges of fresh water pump have defect. One pressure gauge pointer has been totally loosen on the bottom shown on the attached photos. I surprised that he had confirmed all water pressure gauges reading in a good condition. He still not believed what I said until three times checking had been conducted to verify the fact with other technician of Mr. W.
His attitude has been reviewed after our previous telephone discussion. His poor attitude is still keeping to me and other colleague. It is believed that his poor working attitude not only shall extremely affect co-operation between team members but also waste company resource and colleaguess time at this tight working schedule. Furthermore, his honesty is worth to re-evaluate from the incident of pump room inspection. All his work shall take extra effort to check in order to mitigate unexpected problems occur.
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General terms > Osteology > Skeleton appendiculare > Bones of pelvic limb > Skeleton of the pes > Mittelfußknochen [I-V]
Zugehörige Strukturen
The metatarsal bones are typically five long bones at the distal end of the pelvic limb. They are sometimes called pelvic metapodium. The skeleton of the metatarsus (and phalanges) closely ressembles those of the forelimb (metatarsals are longer and slender with a stronger cortex, and in horses, the cannon bone (metatarsal III) is circular (oval in thoracic limb)).
The metatarsal bones are numerated in a mediolateral sequence from MtI to MtV.
The metatarsal bones have all the same segments:
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The basics
Los Angeles (8-0-2, 1st in Western Conference) at Columbus Crew (6-0-2, 1st in Eastern Conference), 7:30 p.m. ET, Crew Stadium.
All-time record: Columbus lead the series 15-9-8 (8-2-4 in Columbus)
What's at stake?
Everything – a possible MLS Cup preview, Supporters' Shield clash, best of the best and bragging rights from coast to coast. OK, the hype is a little overboard, but this is the latest in the season that two unbeaten teams have ever met. The Crew won the 2008 MLS Cup and the past two Shields; LA were the MLS Cup runner-up last year. Their streaks are no flukes.
Last meeting
A sellout crowd of 20,966 in Crew Stadium last September saw Columbus triumph 2-0 on goals by Eddie Gaven in the 33rd minute and Steven Lenhart in the 59th. LA lacked the injured David Beckham, but the Crew were minus five regulars, including Guillermo Barros Schelotto.
Remember when?
Saturday's forecast is for the mid-80s. When the teams met in April of 2003, in a rematch of the 2002 US Open Cup final won by Columbus, the temperature was less than half that. It was 41 degrees with wind chill in the low 20s at kickoff for the night game. The match ended 1-1 as Edson Buddle scored for the Crew and Carlos Ruiz countered. Former LA keeper Hartman's assessment? "When the flurries came at the start of overtime, we're like, 'What are we doing out here?'"
Heroes & villains
LA defense vs. Crew set pieces: In the past two games, the Crew have scored twice off corner kicks and got another after a throw-in. The Galaxy have been extremely stingy but can't relax at any time.
Guillermo Barros Schelotto vs. Gregg Berhalter: A pair of wily veterans could make the difference as two teams who don't allow many goals look for any advantage.
Bench vs. Bench: LA's Landon Donovan and Edson Buddle are headed to the World Cup, but the Crew could have a few starters missing as well. Defenders Danny O'Rourke, Chad Marshall and Frankie Hejduk are nursing injuries, as is defensive midfielder Brian Carroll.
Stats that make you go "Hmm"
The Galaxy are on a 10-0-3 run in the regular season since losing to the Crew last September. LA have 11 shutouts during the stretch and have not trailed. Columbus own the one-season unbeaten mark of 18 (8-0-10) in 2004 and overall at 9-0-10 after opening the 2005 season with a win over the Galaxy before losing at New England.
He said it
"To have only two goals against 10 games into the season is incredible. That's a testament to their team defense. Hopefully, the flood gates open a bit." – Crew defender Frankie Hejduk on the Galaxy.
Preview: Crew vs. Galaxy
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The new "Instant Search' introduced Wednesday means people will start to see an ever-evolving set of results in the middle of the page with each character they type into the search box. The new feature will gradually roll out throughout the rest of the day.
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{Serves 4 easily doubled for a crowd}
400g black (squid ink) spaghetti
3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
2-3 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
1 long red chilli, finely chopped (de-seed for a milder child friendly dish)
1lb prawns, cleaned*
Juice of ½ lemon
Sprinkling of fresh parsley, finely chopped (optional)
Cook the pasta in a large pan of salted, boiling water for the time instructed on the packet. While the spaghetti is cooking heat 2 tbsp of the oil in a frying pan and gently cook the garlic and chilli until softened but not coloured. Add the prawns and toss well and cook until warmed through (or if using raw prawns until they have cooked properly). Squeeze over the lemon juice then take off the heat.
Drain the spaghetti reserving a tablespoon of the cooking water then add the spaghetti to the garlicky prawns. Add the reserved pasta water then mix well. Finish with the final tablespoon of olive oil to give a real 'glossy' look to the pasta then if using scatter over the parsley. Serve at once.
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Cloud storage provider Box.net has unveiled an unmissable offer for iOS-heads, giving users heaps of free storage - ten times the amount Apple chucks in for nowt with iCloud.
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