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Name: Dan Hersey
Track: Cherry (MI) Speedway
Class:Super Street Stock
Dan Hersey started his racing career in 2000, racing in the Super StreetStock division at the 3/8-mile Cherry Speedway. In his first four yearsof racing, Dan had only moderate success and finished in the Top 15 ofthe 25-30 registered drivers in the class. The '04 season was adifferent story. Dan's persistence and determination paid off in a bigway. In that year, there were three feature wins, eight heat race wins,a B feature, and two wins in the four-car dash. While Dan does all ofthe driving, his good friend Shane Oliver is crewchief and pit crew allin one. Dan takes care of the mechanical work while Shane performs thefabricating, straightening, and chassis set-up to keep the Monte Carloout front and competitive. Dan's efforts are backed by Grand TraverseDiesel Service (where he is employed as a diesel mechanic), ShayIrrigation, Midwest Refrigeration, Union Street Station, and AdvancedCleaning Experts.
Name: Nate Bostrom
Track: Thunderbird (MI) Race Park
Class: Michigan Modifieds
Nate Bostrom notched his first feature win on August 7, 2004. He jumpedout front on the first lap and maintained the lead throughout the wholerace. Nate started out his racing at the age of 15 in a Bomber car. Byhis second year, Nate and his father built the Michigan Modified. The'04 season was his second year in the car. Nate is devoting his time tocollege in hopes of pursuing a career in high-performance fabricationand autobody.
Name: Garry Davis
Track: Motor Mile (VA) Speedway
Class: Pure Stock
(Note: At the time of the win, the track was known as New River Valley Speedway)
This isn't exactly a first win, but it's a first win in a while. GarryDavis started racing in the Street Stock division in the early '80s. Hisfirst race car was a Pontiac GTO that he built from scrap in hisbackyard. Over the next 10 years, he built three more Street Stocks andran at Calloway Speedway, where his best finish was a close Second. In1988, a new racetrack called Pulaski County Speedway opened, and Garrybuilt a '80 Camaro to race there. He managed many respectable Top-5finishes. The track changed names, became New River Valley Speedway, andeliminated the Street Stocks in 1990. The Street Stocks were replacedwith Pure Stocks, which suited Garry fine. He won five races that year.Shortly after that, he got out of racing because of the cost. In 2003,he decided to give it a try again. He bought a car that had won the PureStock championship two years before, secured a good sponsor, and pickedup his first win in more than 10 years.
Name: Ron Jenshak
Track: Norway (MI) Speedway
Class: Super Stock
Ron Jenshak won his first feature on June 4, 2004 in the Super Stockdivision of Norway Speedway. The first win came in the Auto Value/Bumperto Bumper Challenge, which is a big race for the division. Ron startedhis racing at the age of 40, running a Mustang in the Mini Stock class.He moved to the Super Stock class four years before his win and hasshown that he can consistently run with the best in the class. Ron haspicked up many dash wins and fast qualifying times. He has finished inthe top four in the points each season and has won trophies for MostImproved Driver, Competitive Spirit, and Sportsmanship. Ron won the '04Norway track championship at the end of the year. His whole family isinvolved in his racing with brother Mark serving as crewchief on the '85Buick Regal. His parents, his sister and her husband, and his childrenjoin in the effort.
Name: Bill Gerard
Track: Sycamore (IL) Speedway
Class: Spectator
Bill's dreams of driving came early. As a teenager, he would spend hisFriday nights in the pit area at Kankakee Speedway. Finally, in 1998, hegot his chance and it came in an exciting division. He contested theFigure 8 class and came way with a record of 9 Top-5 finishes in 30races. The next step in his career came with a move to the Spectatorclass, and the success followed. On June 11, 2004, Bill won theSpectator A main.
Name: Eddie Gibbs
Division: Hobby Stock
Track: Huntsville Speedway
Hometown: Toney, AL
Eddie Gibbs enjoys racing. He started his career at the age of 39 andgot off to a rough start, blowing the engine in his first race. It tookfour months to put together enough funding to try it again. Having nospare parts and no spare engine, Eddie ventured forward. It didn't getmuch better. The car got loose during practice, spun out and hit thewall, which bent the frame. That meant another period of forced layoff.Two weeks after this, he was back on track, only to get hit by anothercar and suffer a bent rear end. The '03 season was composed of 8 races,4 wrecks and nearly winning until spinning out. The '04 season was muchbetter with Eddie winning the fourth race of the year. He started on thepole and led every lap, despite three cautions in the 15-lap main. Hewent on to finish Sixth in the season's point standings.
Name: Chris Stockton
Division: Cyclone
Track: Hialeah Speedway
Hometown: Hollywood, FL
Chris Stockton joined the ranks of Cyclone winners at Hialeah Speedwaywith his first victory in March 2004. The night also saw Chris winninghis heat race. In 2003, Chris came in Seventh in the division pointstandings. His dad and crewchief, Wayne, have worked diligently on the'88 Chevy Caprice to bring about victory. While Chris continued hisracing at Hialeah, he also hit the road with the Fastruck Pro series,spotting for driver George Morales and Team Cheetah Racing.
Name: Michael McClure
Division: Pure Stock
Track: Placerville Speedway
Hometown: Nevada City, CA
The '04 season was Michael McClure's second full year of racing. Heraced Quarter Midgets for one year when he was seven years old, buthadn't touched the track until the middle of 2002 when he turned 16.Michael and his dad, Burney, built a '74 Nova and they took turns racingthe car. In 2003, Michael raced the whole season, barely missing a bigmain event win. In 2004, Burney and Michael each had their own PureStock car with Michael keeping the '74 and Burney building a '63 Nova.Michael celebrated his first main event win on April 24, leading startto finish. The best race happened on September 3. Michael and his dadeach won their heat races and started on the front row of the main.Michael won with Burney right behind him in Second. Burney had alsonotched two main wins earlier in the year, and his racing will cease toallow him to help his daughter get involved. Look for another McClure in"First Wins" soon.
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Name: Chris Sizemore
Division: Super Bomber
Track: Dixie Speedway
Hometown: Canton, GA
Chris Sizemore had been waiting a long time for his first Dixie Speedwayvictory. He led all 15 laps on August 14, 2004 to claim that honor inthe Super Bomber class at Dixie Speedway in Woodstock, Georgia. He heldon through three caution flags and didn't face a serious challenge therest of the way. "This feels really good," he said of the win. "Myfamily and I have been working really hard to get here the last sevenyears. Racing can put a lot of strain on a lot of people, and I got alot of help along the way. I couldn't have done it by myself." To makematters even sweeter, his whole family was there that night to see thewin. Chris finished Third in the '04 Dixie point standings.
Name:Joey Thomas
Division: Late Model Sportsman
Track: South Mississippi Speedway
Hometown: Ocean Springs, MS
With his first full season in racing, Joey Thomas put together anexcellent year. Although he's been around racing his entire life, itwasn't until the end of the '03 season that he decided to hop into thedriver's seat to see what it was all about. Working during theoff-season to get a car ready for 2004, Thomas wasted little time inbeing a threat to win. He set a goal to run for the points championshipwhile taking each race one at a time. He scored numerous heat race wins,six main events, and totaled 17 Top-Five finishes. The attempt broughtthe desired goal, as Thomas claimed the 2004 South Mississippi Speedwaycrown. The '05 season will be an effort in the Late Model ranks, whichmeans travel throughout the Southeast. He's looking for the opportunityto add more wins to a fast growing collection of checkered flags.
NAME: Robert Palmer
SERIES: Kennedale (Texas) Speedway Park Bomber Division
CAR: 1990 Chevy Caprice Classic
HOMETOWN: Springtown, TX
For the last four seasons, Robert Palmer has raced in the Bomber Division at Kennedale Speedway Park. In 2000, Palmer was 12th in season points and finished eighth last season without winning a feature race. That changed on August 17, 2002, when he captured his first A Main on the 1/4-mile banked clay oval. He followed that first victory with a second on August 31, and sat second in the series points with three races left. "It's a 40-year-old man's dream to be in Circle Track," Palmer said. "I love to read it, and it has taught me a lot about racing." Special thanks go to wife Sue Palmer, father and sponsor Robert Palmer, and crew chief Mac West.
Name: Kyle Berry
Division: Pure Street
Track: Poplar Bluff Speedway
Hometown: Poplar Bluff, MO
In his first full year of racing, 13-year-old Kyle Berry snagged threefeature wins, but he did it at two locations. There were two winsrecorded at Poplar Bluff Speedway, while the other one came at MaldenSpeedway. Kyle has dreamed of becoming a race car driver since he wasthree years old. His aspiration is to move from the Pure Stock classinto the competitive Late Model class. He hopes to use that as aspringboard to further his career in the NASCAR ranks.
Name: Dusty Michael
Division: IMCA Stock Car
Track: Lake Country Speedway
Hometown: Marietta, OK
Dusty Michael captured his first win during his rookie year in 2002.Using a '72 Chevelle in the IMCA Stock Car class, Dusty kept it goingwith several Top Five finishes and ended the year high in the pointstandings. The Chevelle gave way to a Monte Carlo, which was used forthe second season of racing.
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Name: Greg Emlet Jr.
Division: Figure 8
Track: Trail-way Speedway
Hometown: McSherrystown, PA
Greg scored his first win on August 16, 2003. Two weeks later, henotched his second feature victory. He started his racing career in theGo-Kart ranks, competing for seven years. In that time, he won fivemains and "tons" of heat wins at three different tracks. Greg expects toadd some racing in the Street Stocks without giving up his Figure 8 car.
Name: Jeramy Ammon
Division: Bomber
Track: Shasta Raceway Park
Hometown: Douglas City, CA
After a couple of seasons in competition at Shasta Raceway, Jeramyfinally took a main event win on September 18, 2003. On the last lap, hewas running Third into Turn 2. With a strong run down the backstretch,he shot into the lead in Turn 3 and held the line to claim the checkeredflag. The car is a '78 Pontiac Firebird with a 350 small-block Chevy.The track is 50 miles from his home and Jeramy uses a '67 Chevy 3/4-tontruck as a tow rig. Supporters involved on the night of the winningeffort included Dave's Speed 'n Marine, Ammon Packing, Brian Self, PaulAmmon, and Hamel Recycling. "The Outlaw" Jeramy Ammon added two morefeature wins in 2004.
Name: Zach Wiggers
Division: Bomber
Track: Thunderbird Race Park
Hometown: Muskegon, MI
Zach is a second-generation driver who has practically grown up at theraces, watching his father who races in the Michigan Modifieds. Zach gotstarted in 2002 in the "Young Gun" division at Winston Motor Speedway.When it looked like that class was going to be eliminated, the familystepped up and built a Bomber for the young man. They moved toThunderbird Race Park. He won the "glamour car award" and timed well,running Fifth in the feature until engine problems forced him out of themain. Zach got his first win on April 10, 2004. The car looks identicalto his father's Modified, so it's obvious who this 13-year-old's racinghero really is.
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NAME: Will Ferguson
TRACK: Wythe Raceway
HOMETOWN: Wytheville, VA
CAR: Chevrolet Camaro
Will Ferguson of Wytheville, Virginia believes you should never give up on your dreams. Will may be a rookie in the Street Stock division, but he understands that it's racers and not resumes that win races. At the Wythe Raceway Fourth of July special event, Will powered his 355ci Camaro to Victory Lane. With artwork done by his wife, including an awesome depiction of a wild feline on the hood, Will keeps his car sharp. Did we mention that Will, who's in the top five in points, got his first win at the age of 57? Never give up on your dreams.
NAME: Timothy Currier
DIVISION: Quarter Midget
Timothy Currier is taking a victory lap after his first Quarter Midget win, which came on Father's Day. Tim is 13 years old and began Quarter Midget racing a year ago (late in a career for most QM racers). The Curriers race with the Oswego County Quarter Midget Club in Fulton, New York and have found QM racing to be a great way to have fun and learn about racing technology.
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NAME: Chris Murphy
DIVISION: Late Model
TRACK: Kentucky Motor Speedway
HOMETOWN: Owensboro, KY
Chris logged his first feature win in September, but it took a few years to arrive. A veteran of the go-kart ranks, Chris decided to race stock cars. His first ride was a 1975 Monte Carlo, and during that first season, he gained valuable knowledge and experience about this new venture, resulting in a Top-10 finish in the final point standings. Chris stepped up the program to come away with second in the Street Stock division. It was now time to, as he put it, "run with the big dogs." After purchasing a 2000 Late Model Monte Carlo and long hours of tuning and adjusting, his ambition hit full throttle. The win helped keep the progress moving forward as the young man continues to pursue his racing dreams.
NAME: John McCollum
DIVISION: Toyota Sedan
TRACK: Madera (California) Speedway
HOMETOWN: Stockton, CA
HOMEPAGE: www.toyotaracing40.20fr.com
John has been involved in racing since he was 16. He started racing at Stockton 99 (California) Speedway in the Hobby Stock division. In 1979, he finished second in points. He moved to the Late Model Sportsman class for three seasons, then jumped the fence to become a track official. In 1997, he stopped his officiating duties to help some friends with cars. He saw a Toyota Sedan for sale in 2000 at Madera (California) Speedway and got the fever. He ran the car for part of 2000 and the entire 2001 season, and on July 27, 2002, he and his car stopped in Victory Lane. He started the race at fourth and took the lead on Lap 3, never to be headed. John ended up in third place in the point standings at the end of 2002.
NAME: Brittany Fischer
DIVISION: ASA Late Model
TRACK: I-94 (Minnesota) Speedway (now known as Fergus Falls Raceway) (www.tntraceways.com)
HOMETOWN: Villard, MN
Brittany won her first feature race on July 26, 2002, and came back the next week and put up her second win. The student at Ridgewater College is believed to be the first woman to have won a Late Model main event in the region. She started her racing career in go-karts at the age of 13, then moved to a Modified at 16. From there, the next step was the ASA Late Model, and those two victories emphasized the move was the right one.
NAME: Chris Betz
DIVISION: Hobby Stock
TRACK: Champion (NV) Speedway
HOMETOWN: Carson City, Nevada
Chris had to know May 18, 2002, was going to be a special night. He took his '79 Camaro to victory in the trophy dash at the 1/4-mile high-banked track, but the feature loomed on the horizon. When you've got it going, it's a great thing because Chris went on to victory in the main event that night. He credits his friends who helped him build the car from the ground up and gave lots of hard work to get the job done. Chris' first win came in the second year of Hobby Stock competition.
NAME: Will Fair
DIVISION: Late Model Sportsman
TRACK: Hagerstown (MD) Speedway (www.hagerstownspeedway.com)
HOMETOWN: Littlestown, Pennsylvania
Will came through with the perfect end to an already great season. Racing with stout competition in the Late Model Sportsman class, Will prevailed on November 3, 2002, for that coveted first win. The victory gave him a third-place finish in the final point standings. This came in a class that sees an average of 35 cars each Saturday night at Hagerstown. Will was also named Most Improved Driver in the class at the season ending banquet.
NAME: Hans Stamberg
DIVISION: V-8 Pure Stock
TRACK: Hagerstown (Maryland) Speedway
HOMETOWN: Barnesville, MD
After back-to-back Second-Place finishes, Hans Stamberg's time was coming. On June 8, 2002, Hans took the lead from defending series champion Bruce Leibowitz on the last lap of the feature race to score his first Pro Stock win. This win moved Hans into the top spot in the point standings that night. It was a position he would never relinquish, going on to win the title. In July, he started 11th and won his second race. In the first 14 races of the 15-race season, his worst finish was 7th, his only time out of the Top 5. Going into the last race, his car experienced some problems and a fellow competitor allowed Hans to climb into his car. His 10th place finish in that race using borrowed equipment was just enough to win the overall crown, which he will defend in 2003. When he's not racing, Hans is a structural engineer by trade. (Thanks to Barbara Woodward of Saltville, Virginia for providing the information).
NAME: Al "The Tiger" Fradette
DIVISION: Limited Late Models
TRACK: Charlotte County (Florida) Speedway
HOMETOWN: Davie, FL
After several years of trying during his early racing career in Massachusetts and Connecticut, Al Fradette finally broke through to Victory Lane–but it took relocation to make it happen. Fradette came to Charlotte County (Florida) Speedway, and the bad luck followed him until November 9, 2002. The night was positive from the start. He qualified second fastest of the cars in the division. At the end of the heat race, it was a win, but the big event still loomed. This time, Al won the feature, and the smiles in the photo tell the story. It took 10 years, but his first win is now in the record books.
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NAME: Vallery J. Johnson
DIVISION: Pure Stock
TRACK: Thunder Valley Raceway, Central City, PA (www.thundervalleyraceway.com)
HOMETOWN: Hollidaysburg, PA
HOME PAGE: www.hometown.aol.com/Raceteam6/index.html
This may have been Vallery Johnson's only appearance in Victory Lane at Thunder Valley Raceway in Central City, Pennsylvania, in 2002, but she will be the defending division champion when the 2003 season opens. In addition to the win, there were six runner-up finishes, 12 Top-5 runs, and a perfect 17-for-17 in Top-10 finishes. There were also five heat wins on the record. Vallery started racing in 1997 and has been in the Top 5 in the final point standings for the last three years. She has started every feature at TVR for the last three seasons and has become the first woman to win a feature and track championship at Thunder Valley. She has also raced Limited Late Model at Bedford Speedway and Late Model at Dog Hollow Speedway. She shared a Late Model ride at Latrobe Speedway with her fiance Paul Carnell. Vallery plans to go into the Late Model ranks full-time in 2003.
NAME: Missy McAllister-Kerr
DIVISION: IMCA Modified
TRACK: Kennedale (Texas) Speedway Park
HOMETOWN: Rendon, TX
HOME PAGE: http://pages.prodigy.net/thebestmissy/index.html
After starting her racing in the Hot Stock class, Missy McAllister-Kerr moved into the Modified class in 2002–and it was a good move. In a competitive field of cars at Kennedale (Texas) Speedway Park, Missy prevailed in June to log her first feature win. It wouldn't be her only victory, though, as she closed with a win at Abilene, winning the Ladies Cup event in October. In the final standings at Kennedale, Missy was 10th in overall points. With the help of husband Martel, who serves as crew chief, the team got plenty of attention with their on-track results in 2002. As a side note, on the night of her first win, her brother Casey also won a race in Oklahoma.
NAME: Terry Fisher, Jr.
SERIES: Baer Field Speedway Late Model Division
The honor is overdue. Terry Fisher, Jr. competed in the Street Stock division in 2000 and 2001 before graduating to the Late Model division for 2002. While contesting as a Street Stock racer, Terry was piling up the honors. After his start in Go-Karts at the age of 10, he moved on to stock cars in his teenage years. His first year in Street Stocks saw a Third Place finish in points and Rookie of the Year honors. In 2001, he did even better. After a rough two weeks to start, he put it all together and started the climb to the top. Along the way, he became the youngest racer in Baer Field Speedway's 40-year history to win a race. At the end of the year, his name went in the record books at the age of 15 as the youngest driver to win a track championship. Other honors included the Sportsman of the Year (second consecutive award) and Top Qualifier honors.


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Most of my attention has been focused on final projects, papers, and presentations these days. Sadly, cooking has not been on the agenda. Over the past couple weeks, meals consisted of a steady routine of Chinese, Indian and Japanese takeout. Needless to say, I needed something wholesome and light soon. This recipe is an adaptation of one I found in an old issue of Gourmet magazine. It is easy, quick, and most of all low in calories.
Zucchini-Basil Soup
Serves 2
1 lb fresh organic zucchini
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1/2 cup diced onion
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 cup low sodium vegetable stock
6 to 8 large basil leaves
1. Using a peeler, peel the zucchini in long strips. Julienne the strips. Dice the remaining parts of the zucchini.
2. Add the oil to a large pot over medium heat. Cook the onion and garlic until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the diced zucchini and cook for another 5 minutes. Pour in the vegetable stock and stir well. Cover the pot and reduce the heat; bring to a simmer, another 3 to 4 minutes.
3. Carefully pour the contents of the pot into a blender, add the fresh basil leaves, and puree until smooth. Return to the pot and return to a simmer.
4. Add the julienned zucchini strips to a pot of boiling water for two minutes. Drain.
5. Serve the soup with strips of julienned zucchini and grilled cheese sandwiches, preferably made with a sharp cheese such as asiago or sharp cheddar.


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Freshman guard Kelsey Garrity
NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA-Freshman guard Kelsey Garrity (Somerville, MA/Somerville HS) of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth women's basketball team has been honored by the Little East Conference.
For the third time this season, Garrity has been named LEC Women's Basketball Rookie of the Week.
Garrity averaged 11 points and 8 rebounds in three games last week as UMass Dartmouth went 3-0. She scored a career-high 23 points and added 10 rebounds against Salem State for a double double, and had nine rebounds and seven assists in Saturday's win at Plymouth State.
"Kelsey's play propelled us to a 3-0 week," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Amanda Van Voorhis. "She's continuing to improve and has been a bright spot for us in the backcourt. Kelsey is extremely coachable, and clearly driven to help our team achieve our goals this season."
The Corsairs are 12-7 and 4-5 in the Little East Conference and will return to action when they host Mount Ida Wednesday night.


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September 28th is an important day for animal health. Not only is this date set aside annually to raise awareness about rabies prevention, but it also marks the anniversary of Louis Pasteur's death – the French microbiologist and chemist who developed the first rabies vaccine.
Rabies is a zoonotic disease, meaning that it is transmitted from animals to humans. It enters the body from a rabid animal's saliva into a wound (from a scratch or bite). It cannot enter the body through intact skin. Once the rabies virus enters the body, it travels to the brain where the virus replicates. Clinical symptoms appear at this point and if post-exposure prophylaxis (treatment) has not started, the disease is fatal.
While many countries have been declared rabies-free, there are still an estimated 55,000 human deaths annually worldwide. Most of these cases occur in developing countries; however, each year in the United States there are a few human deaths from rabies. In North America, there are several wild animals that can spread the rabies virus to dogs and cats including skunks, raccoons, and bats.
This year the Global Alliance for Rabies Control's (https://rabiesalliance.org/) theme for World Rabies Day is Rabies: Zero by 30 – the goal of this initiative is to have zero human deaths from canine rabies by the year 2030.
How can you protect yourself and your pets from rabies?
- Take your pets to a veterinarian for annual check-ups and ensure to follow the recommended vaccination plan for your pet and that this plan complies with local laws.
- Spay or neuter your pet. This helps reduce the number of unwanted and stray animals, therefore reducing the number of unvaccinated pets that are in close contact with wild animals
- Keep your pets (and yourself) away from wildlife and unfamiliar animals. Do not feed or handle wild animals. Report to the local authorities if you see wild animals that are overly forward (they are usually shy of humans) or appear disoriented. Avoid cats and dogs that are unfamiliar to you – they may be in contact with wild animals and can spread rabies to humans.
- Supervise your pets when they are outside or keep them inside. Do not keep water or food dishes outside for your pets as these may attract wildlife or strays to your yard.
- Vaccinate your indoor pets. Every year there are cases of indoor-only cats that acquire rabies from bats that fly into homes. In fact, just last month in an Ontario city, there was a confirmed case of rabies in a bat.
- Fundraising. Consider hosting an event in your community to raise funds to assist with vaccination programs in developing countries.
Rabies is a deadly disease that is completely preventable. Bringing awareness and educating the public to the importance of vaccination is a huge step to eradicating rabies and reaching the goal of Zero by 30.
Take a moment today to check that your pet's vaccinations are up-to-date. Spread the word through social media about rabies prevention, and do your part to keep our pets and families healthy and safe from the rabies virus.


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A new motion simulator-based dark ride that tells the story of Norse gods and mythical monsters with 3-D scenes and special effects is set to debut at a Norwegian theme park this summer.
Photos: Thor's Hammer dark ride at Norway's Tusenfryd
Drawing on Nordic mythology, the $8.5-million Thor's Hammer dark ride will open in May at Tusenfryd, a Parques Reunidos theme park located in Oslo, Norway.
Code-named Prosjekt Mjolner, the new four-minute dark ride will feature interactive elements, fire and wind special effects and 3-D computer-generated imagery projected on 10 movie screens.
Set at the time of the Norse gods, Thor's hammer (known as Mjolner) has been stolen by the evil god Loki. Riders are sent on a mission to catch Loki and recover the hammer. Traveling through a forest, river, cave, castle and the battle of Ragnarok, riders will encounter scenes of Loki as a wolf, a sea serpent and a dragon.
Dutch design firm P&P; Projects describes Thor's Hammer as an "action movie brought to life," comparing the ride experience to the Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man at Universal's Islands of Adventure theme park in Orlando, Fla.
Thor's Hammer is expected to feature the newest dark ride vehicle from ETF Ride Systems, a rolling, pitching and rotating trackless motion simulator presented at the 2012 International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions Expo in Orlando.
Designed for teens and young adults, the "thrilling and scary" Thor's Hammer will reuse the cave-like Toktet dark ride building that has stood idle for several years.
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CAMBRIDGE, MASS. – The UMBC men's indoor track and field team was picked to finish fourth in the America East this year, while the women's team was picked to finish seventh, the conference announced on Wednesday. The Retrievers begin their 2011-12 season this weekend at the Bison Opener at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa.
Coming off of a fourth place finish a year ago at the conference meet, the men will look to a deep roster to improve. Last year's 60m hurdle champion, junior Trae Proctor (Brandywine, Md./Thomas Stone), will be looked upon to carry to weight in the sprints, while senior Josh Hewitson (New Market, Md./Linganore) leads the mid-distance class. At last year's meet, Hewitson just missed in the 500m dash, picking up a silver medal.
In the longer runs, the Retrievers hope to build on some valuable experience gained a year ago. Sophomores Andrew Smith (Chadds Ford, Pa./Garnet Valley) and Jake Albino (Hampton, N.Y./Minisink Valley) look to improve upon 6th and 11th place finishes in the 800m. Meanwhile brothers Roy and Tim Jones (New Market,Md./Linganore)return along with sophomore Brandan McGee (Hiram, Ohio/Crestwood) in the distance runs.
In the throws, UMBC will be led by junior Cameron McDearmon (Owings Mills, Md./Franklin) who placed third in both the shot put and weighted throw at the America East Championships in 2011.
For the jumping events, the Retrievers look to sophomore Mo Drammeh (Frederick, Md./Thomas Johnson) and junior Shioma Obemeata (New Rochelle, N.Y./Iona Preparatory/St. Francis College) to gain points again.
For the women, conference shot put champion Amanda Deller (Aberdeen, Md./Aberdeen) returns to lead the way. Looking to build on last season's sixth place finish at the America East Championships, Deller's performance in the shot and in the weight throw will improve those chances.
In the sprints, sophomore Kirsten Jones (Brentwood, Tenn./M.L.K Magnet) returns to try to best last year's performances of a bronze in the 400m dash and seventh in the 200 dash. Also providing points in the sprints will be senior Lauren Laclercq (Jessup, Md./Meade).
After losing two point winners to graduation, senior Keri Wilson (Columbia, Md./Long Reach) will be looked upon to lead the pack in the distance events.
Albany was picked to win both the men's and women's championship for the seventh and third consecutive year, respectively.


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Kris Humphries Furious With Kim Kardashian For Turning So Many People Against Him
Kris Humphries feels Kim Kardashian ruined his image for no reason. Do you think he has a right to be upset?
Kris Humphries is not a happy camper, but can you blame him? The 26-year-old NBA star was married to Kim Kardashian for 72 days before she filed for divorce without giving their relationship a second thought — and an insider close to Kris tells HollywoodLife.com he's feeling victimized by the reality TV maven.
"Kris Humphries is furious with Kim because she has turned so many people against him and he didn't even do anything," our source says. "SHE is the one who divorced him. She totally used him."
Apparently, Kris feels he's being represented as the villain in the media and on the reality show, Kourtney and Kim Take New York. However, he feels defenseless because of legalities that don't allow him to tell his side of the story.
"Kris is going to retaliate, but he's seeking legal advice on what he can and cannot say," the friend explains, adding, "Tonight he will make an appearance on the CW show Remodeled [with his sister]."
Additionally, Kris is staying busy playing for the New Jersey Nets and keeping his head in the game of basketball — not in the Kardashian's klutches.
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Baseball is back -- thank goodness
NEW YORK -- My shoes seemed more comfortable Monday afternoon than they had the last time I wore them. Before that, the chair opposite the TV in the family room seemed almost form-fitting and quite supportive as I slid into my loafers. The weather cooperated; need for neither heat nor air conditioning existed at Citi Field and, presumably, Yankee Stadium. Opening Day always is a comfort, some years more than others.
The roadways between my home and the Mets' friendly confines were relatively free of 10-wheelers, school buses, Yankees traffic and other interference. Four months of potholes went mostly unnoticed. Opening Day serves as a shock absorber too. And when the car knows its way, as mine does, the drive is quite enjoyable.
So much is more enjoyable now, made more enjoyable because the game and all it provides are back. All hail the national pastime, even those who find weekends in the fall and winter somehow savagely satisfying. Neither Milton Bradley (not the outfielder) nor Merv Griffin ever created a game of such remedial value.
Baseball makes us better, happier. It soothes. It entertains. It occupies time that might not be filled otherwise for some folks.
It pacifies as well. Did you know the Maine Insane Asylum introduced baseball to its patients in 1888, as a drug-free tranquilizer? Other institutions in the Northeast followed suit. Organized baseball had reached the Washington State Institution for the Feeble Minded by 1914. Yes, the game has peaceful qualities.
The spring-loaded Major League Baseball switch was turned on Sunday night, when the Astros made their American League debut handsomely and successfully. And the low-voltage current that runs through the generic game reached Queens and the Bronx within hours. Lights, action.
Enter a ballpark -- any one of 15 -- and, regardless of what a thermometer might claim, a warmth develops and envelopes the day. Television can create a similar sense, though radio often does it better. Rare are the folks who catch 81 games in person or on TV. Radio is the more available and quite suitable alternative. See "I Saw It On The Radio" by Terry Cashman. The radio delivers the crowd murmur that is uniquely baseball and so comforting. It has the effect of white noise. Or red, white and blue noise.
Nothing more than a routine 4-3 is happening on the field, but 40,000 folks shushing as one have no chance of mastering silence. So we have murmur, and it's so relaxing whether it is broadcast, televised of experienced firsthand.
The game allows for conversation. Fathers and sons. Grandfathers and grandsons. Ladies and gentlemen. The baseball Hall of Fame's slogan is "connecting generations." The Hall should have been at Shea Stadium seven years ago on Opening Day, when a grandfather, father and grandson passed through turnstiles wearing, respectively, uniform numbers 41, 16 and 45 -- The Franchise, the Doctor and Pedro. Three generations of Mets starters were connected too.
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The game is therapeutic. Opening Day is the first session. It's group therapy for thousands in the park, and millions who are connected with or without wires. And we don't need to wait till next weekend for a second session. Baseball is as constant as travel and the human body will allow.
A Broadway musical may be more uplifting; it guarantees something no sporting even can, a grand finale -- "76 Trombones." But that's a one-shot deal. Giants-49ers may cause the earth to move on two coasts some Sunday. But only once or, at best, twice a year. But as baseball players often remind us following painful September losses, there's always tomorrow. Not in the other games.
Baseball is here -- thank goodness -- almost every day for sixth months, even for those who follow teams that will disperse well before Columbus Day. It's here again, and with its return comes the return of daily structure for those more involved and those consumed by the daily-ness of it. Boxscores with cereal, kibitzing at coffee break, log-on with lunch, MLB Tonight as a nightcap. And that's the menu for off-days.
But where baseball has its greatest hold in this country is with the folks who don't get out to the park regularly, or at all. It's there for the listening and television monitoring. Grandmothers can tune in for Wrigley Field afternoons or night games in Baltimore. They can knit while they keep track. I knew a grandmother who couldn't distinguish between Joe DeMaestri and Joe DiMaggio as recently as 1980. In her late 60s though, she knew enough to expect Wally Backman to play second when the Mets of the '80s opposed a right-handed starter, and Tim Teufel to start when the opposing starter was left-handed.
She got hooked. She called Teufel "Little Timmy Teufel," though he was half a head taller than Backman. She called Backman "The Little [Four-Letters]." She even consulted box scores the morning after her grandchildren had interrupted her viewing.
One of her car radio presets was the Mets' flagship station. She had few voids in her later life ... partially because of the game.
The game grabbed her like a drug. Opening Day was a long-awaited hit for her. It was as comforting as the old family down quilt had been in January. It still is for most of us.
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If you Hustle, Salsa, Hand Dance or Bop, you can learn Chicago Steppin' as seen in R. Kelly's, "Step in the Name of Love� video.
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Chicago Stepping or "Steppin," as it is affectionately called, is a dance indigenous to Chicago. It is unique in that the style and demeanor of the era and city in which it was created directly influence Stepping. It's a very smooth form of dancing, but it's also a way of life with Steppin' events, clothes, music, and even attitude. If Hustle, Salsa, Hand Dance, Bop, you can learn Chicago Stepping. The dance consists of two or more people dancing as partners in synch to a 6 or 8 count beat to musical sounds like Jazz, Soul, Funk, R&B, Old-School, Neo Soul, Rap, or Hip Hop.
In 2002, R. Kelly released Step in the Name of Love to the world. That song followed by Happy People created a craze for Stepping. R. Kelly put Chicago Stepping on the map with those songs, and the Happy People album dedicated to Chicago Stepping. Now, Stepping has gained popularity at a very rapid pace, manifesting in many major cities like: Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, Houston, the Carolinas, Milwaukee, L.A., Oakland, Arizona, Seattle, D.C., Baltimore, Virginia, Philly, and now New York.
If you Hustle, Salsa, Hand Dance, Bop, you can learn Chicago Steppin' as seen in R. Kelly's, "Step in the Name of Love" video.
Steppin' is indigenous to Chicago, but gaining popularity in major cities; Detroit, ATL, Houston, Milwaukee, LA, Oakland, Seattle, Arizona, the Carolinas, DC, Baltimore, Philly, and now New York.
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Jennifer Aniston will appear in ads for Saks Fifth Avenue's 2013 Key to the Cure Campaign, which raises funds for the Women's Cancer Research Fund of the Entertainment Industry Foundation. Her predecessors as campaign ambassador include Uma Thurman, Penelope Cruz and Jennifer Hudson. [WWD]
Matt Lauer thinks his former "Today" cohost Katie Couric is a 14 on a scale of 10. He gives her a 9 or 10 on looks and the other points for her personality, he told Howard Stern. [New York Daily News]
Celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe of Bravo's "The Rachel Zoe Project" reportedly is expecting her second child. [Los Angeles Times]Jennifer Lopez wore Dior Couture to the ceremony investing her with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursdsay. [Los Angeles Times]
James Gandolfini of "The Sopranos," who died Wednesday, was thoughtful about using costume to enhance his characters, my colleague Adam Tschorn reports. [Los Angeles Times]
Retailers have been expanding their shoe sections, in part because women are willing to wear an expensive pair of shows a greater number of times than they might wear one expensive dress, the New York Times reports. [NYT]
Retired French couturier Jean-Louis Scherrer, who dressed the likes of Jacqueline Kennedy, Sophia Loren and Raquel Welch, died Wednesday at his home in Paris after an illness. He was 78. [The Cut]
Friday is being celebrated by some retailers as International T-Shirt Day, so it's only fitting to note that Abercrombie & Fitch apparently pulled a T-shirt off the market that riled up Taylor Swift fans. The offending shirt -- the target of a petition on Change.org asking that Abercrombie remove it -- read "#more boyfriends than t.s." [Buzzfeed]
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Maison & Objet Asia 2014: An overview
Maison & Objet, the authoritative interiors trade fair held biannually in Paris, had its first ever session in Asia this month. It was a great excuse to head over to Singapore and see what was on offer.
Some 270 exhibitors, mainly from Europe, displayed their offerings to 10,000 plus visitors during the course of four days. Having heard so much about the Paris fairs over the past few years, I realised in hindsight, that had unrealistically high expectations. I had thought that it would take me a couple of days to 'do' the fair, by that I mean, see what was on offer, talk with the manufacturers and assemble information. The truth is that my 3pm on the first day I was pretty much done. Despite this, I discovered some gems.
The most interesting and inspiring overall stand was Design Philippines which showcased some gorgeous pieces by an array of Filipino artists including Kenneth Cobonpue, who was named as Maison et Objet Asia's Designer of the Year. For me the one stand-out piece of furniture of the entire fair was the Gregoria chair by Ito Kish. When I strolled over to the display, I found myself chatting to the charming Kish. It was wonderful to talk directly with a designer, who ironically are usually not present at trade fairs. We chatted for sometime about working in South-East Asia, his designs, influences and manufacturing processes. Stay tuned, I am sure that the Gregoria chair in white will find its way into a project of mine sometime soon.
Above: Ito Kish's Gregoria Chair, Santamaria Stool in synthetic black and white rattan which doubles as a lidded storage basket (r) , Basilisa Geometric Stool (l)
Above: Detail of Ito Kish's Gregoria Chair
It was also a delight to meet Inga Lukaukiene, the owner of the Lithuanian company, LinenMe, who produce superb quality linens. Despite Linen Me only being established in 2007, Inga is the 3rd generation working with this versatile textile. Her training at London's KLC School of Design is evident in the stunning array of colours, textures and thicknesses designed for a variety of purposes from home to clothing. I am looking to use these linens for a beach house project, on which I am currently working, as well as for curtains in my own bedroom.
Ochre, a perennial favourite of mine, presented a corner of a room. It was elegant and the dark walls showed-off some of their designs beautifully, especially their Seed Cloud Chandelier, which is even more stunning in real life. Each rain drop is individually lit creating a subtly beautiful effect.
Ochre at Maison & Objet Asia
Serax, like most other companies represented at Maison & Objet Asia, mainly showcased their range of home wares. I would have loved to have seen more of their furniture and was delighted to stumble across the Vintage Chair by Casa Honore, which I have loved since featuring Anne Geistdorfer's apartment back in August 2012 and did not know whose design it was.
Above: Background Vintage Chairs by Casa Honore for Serax
Above: Concrete Lamp by Renate Vos for Serax
The gigantic vases and glassware by German company Guaxs combined colour, texture and light and looked incredible. It's difficult to fully appreciate the scale of these pieces as they are shown here and its their size which is partly their attraction.
Besides these gems there was a keynote by Tom Dixon and a Q&A with Paola Navone, who has since become my favourite designer. More about these two events soon . . .
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Maybe you are buying your first home in Maine, or perhaps you're relocating to Maine from another state. Then again, you may be a long-time Maine resident who is looking to either refinance your current mortgage or take out a home equity loan for home improvements. Regardless of your situation, it's important that you educate yourself on Maine home loans before shopping for a home and/or mortgage. This article explains what you will need to know before seeking a home loan in Maine:
The median price of a home in Maine is $211,500. Recently, homes in Maine have been appreciating at rates well above the national average. As a result, income levels in many parts of Maine are too low to purchase a median-priced home with a conventional loan. Although average interest rates in Maine are below the national average, Maine has one of the lowest levels of home affordability in the nation.
In Maine, before a buyer submits an offer on a home, their real estate agent is required to present them with a completed Real Estate Transfer Disclosure Statement. This document, completed by the seller of the property, requires the seller to name all of the property that will be included in the purchase (refrigerator, stove, alarm system, etc.) and rate certain aspects of the conditions of both the included property and of the house itself. This document requires the seller to disclose any potential problems or hazards that may discourage the buyer from putting an offer in on the home.
Maine's Civil Code Provision of the Real Estate Act regulates the issuance of variable interest rates for the purchase of real estate. Therefore, borrowers who are issued large mortgage amounts are guaranteed a fixed rate mortgage. Maine law also prohibits the charging of interest more than one day prior to the recording of the mortgage even if the borrower received the loan prior to that time.
In July of 2002, Maine law enacted a set of anti-predatory lending laws in order to help protect Maine homebuyers from predatory lenders. Some of the provisions of this new set of laws include the prohibition of a lender charging points and fees in excess of 6% of the total principal financed amount, the prohibition of a mortgage company issuing a loan to a borrower in an amount that the borrower could not reasonably afford to repay, and the prohibition of the financing of single-premium credit insurance, among others.
If you're buying a home in the state of Maine, you qualify for both federal and state FHA, USDA, and VA loans. First-time home buyers qualify for Maine FHA loans with below-market interest rates, and, depending on their eligibility, may also qualify for a loan in order to cover down payment and/or closing costs. Teachers and other professionals who work in an educational capacity may qualify for Maine's Extra Credit Teacher Home Purchase Program, a down payment assistance loan with forgivable interest.
In addition to FHA loans, the state of Maine also offers comparable programs to persons with disabilities or persons who live with and care for persons with disabilities. The state also offers several unconventional loans designed to aid homebuyers with the costs of their monthly mortgage payment. For example, Maine's Interest Only PLUS loan provides qualified homebuyers with a 100% financing 35-year loan that only requires payments toward the accrued interest on the mortgage for the first five years of the loan -- borrowers do not have to pay toward the principal amount borrowed until after the first five years. The individual requirements of each of these loans vary depending on the county in which you are buying a house. Specific requirements can be obtained through the Maine Housing Finance Agency.
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Six institutions receive $559,000 in endowment's initiative, "Recovering Iraq's Past"
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced the first awards under the agency's special initiative, "Recovering Iraq's Past." Six grants totaling $559,000 will support projects to preserve and document Iraq's cultural resources and to develop education and training opportunities for Iraq's librarians, archivists, and preservation specialists.
"With these awards, American humanities scholars and institutions, working in close partnership with their Iraqi colleagues, will make significant contributions to preserving Iraq's cultural heritage for generations to come," said NEH Chairman Bruce Cole.
NEH's "Recovering Iraq's Past" contributes to coordinated efforts by the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and other federal agencies to assist in rebuilding the cultural heritage infrastructure in Iraq. Projects funded under the initiative focus on the preservation and documentation of resources, which, because of their intellectual content and value as cultural artifacts, are considered highly important for research, education, and public programming in the humanities.
The following institutions received grants as part of the Endowment's "Recovering Iraq's Past" initiative:
- Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., received $97,000 for the creation of a preservation tutorial in Arabic on the treatment and care of books, manuscripts, image and recorded sound collections, papyrus, and clay tablets that would be made available on the Internet and as a CD-ROM for distribution in Iraq;
- The Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, received $65,510 for a conservation assessment of first millennium B.C.E. Neo-Assyrian palaces and related structures at Nineveh and Nimrud, Iraq;
- Simmons College, Boston, Mass., received $100,000 for an education and training program that will enhance the professional knowledge and skills of up to 25 Iraqi librarians and archivists;
- The University of California, Berkeley, received $99,357 for the preparation of an online catalog of 5,000 cuneiform lexical texts (similar to modern dictionaries) housed at the National Museum in Iraq. The cataloging records with images of the tablets, transcriptions, and annotations will be incorporated into a large database of cuneiform materials, the Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI);
- The University of California, Los Angeles, received $96,588 for the development of an online catalog of cuneiform tablets at the Iraq National Museum that documents Mesopotamian civilization from 3300 B.C.E. until 100 C.E. The records will be available in a separate Web site at the museum and through the Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative created by UCLA in 2000; and
- The World Monuments Fund, New York, N.Y., received $100,000 for a cultural heritage inventory of Iraqi archaeological and historic sites that will include an integrated database, a Geographic Information System (GIS), and a Geographic Positioning System (GPS) for documenting site information and locations.
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an all night mission to have fun
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Leather jacket that I always wear and you're probably sick of it – courtesy of Coachscarf – Gap, borrowed from Bobby, who got it from my momtri-blend shirt – also from Gap, and it was $4!shorts – courtesy of Queen's Wardrobetights – Targetboots and belt – thriftedspoon ring – gift from my mom
Makeup Details:Smashbox primerLaura Mercier oil free tinted moisturizer (in Porcelain)Smashbox blushLaura Mercier lip stain in HibiscusMAC paint pot in Bare StudyE.L.F. pencil eyeliner MAC Fix + spritzed over whole face to wake up my tired makeup
This is me in yesterday's outfit…today. Yesterday's clothes, yesterday's hair and makeup (with a little touch up, of course). I had the intention of going to bed early, failed miserably and instead, stayed up all night. I got some sewing done, did the dishes and vacuumed the floors, listened to some party music and generally had an awesome night. I'm not being sarcastic – I love staying up all night. I know it's not a good thing to do and I don't do it often anymore, but skipping sleep and having a full day ahead of me is one of my guilty pleasures.
When I was in high school and college, I used to pull all-nighters all the time because I thought that's what young people were supposed to do (or maybe I just felt like it). Of course, it's a lot more fun when you're on a midnight adventure that lasts through sunrise and you end up on a beach or in another city. This had nothing of that sort – but you better believe that if I had a car of my own, I would already be outta here on a road trip with little Miku in tow. Instead, I'm just going to take a shower and put on some new clothes, get a little more work done and then get the heck out of the apartment for awhile. Party of Helicopters' Please Believe It (old but still the best) is today's official soundtrack and I'm set on having a good day.
p.s. Did you notice that Miku has been working her way into all of my indoor pictures? You lucky bastards.


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This $5.8 million women's residence hall was constructed in 1998 and houses 144 women. There are two styles of rooms in Gillespie; the majority of rooms are large, double occupancy rooms that share a private bathroom with a connecting double occupancy room. There are also two suites of privates on each floor in which four small single occupancy rooms share a living area and private bathroom; these rooms are typically reserved for upper-classmen. Two Resident Assistants live on each floor, and a professional Resident Director lives on the first floor.
The central figure of the lounge is a staircase that cascades down the center of the building connecting the main lounge on the first floor with the second floor reception area, third floor study rooms, and the fourth floor conference room. This four-story atrium looks out on the fountains of Belhaven Lake and provides a wonderful setting for studying or relaxing. Additional amenities include two laundry rooms (one on the first floor and one on the fourth), an elevator, a first floor vending area, and public restrooms near the second floor reception area.
Gillespie Hall is named for Belhaven's fifth president, The Reverend Dr. Guy T. Gillespie, who served from 1921 until his retirement in 1954. Under Dr. Gillespie's leadership, Belhaven saw tremendous growth in academics, enrollment, and campus facilities. Dr. Gillespie's unwavering commitment and perseverance during his tenure enabled Belhaven to earn full accreditation, create an endowment fund and offer scholarship aid to students despite serious financial limitations due to depression and war. Under Dr. Gillespie's direction, the school was virtually rebuilt following a devastating fire in 1927 that destroyed the main building and most of its contents.


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Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 2, by Edward Gibbon, [1781], at sacred-texts.com
The restoration of the Jewish temple was secretly connected with the ruin of the Christian church. Julian still continued to maintain the freedom of religious worship, without distinguishing whether this universal toleration proceeded from his justice or his clemency. He affected to pity the unhappy Christians, who were mistaken in the most important object of their lives; but his pity was degraded by contempt, his contempt was embittered by hatred; and the sentiments of Julian were expressed in a style of sarcastic wit, which inflicts a deep and deadly wound, whenever it issues from the mouth of a sovereign. As he was sensible that the Christians gloried in the name of their Redeemer, he countenanced, and perhaps enjoined, the use of the less honorable appellation of Galilaeans. 85 He declared, that by the folly of the Galilaeans, whom he describes as a sect of fanatics, contemptible to men, and odious to the gods, the empire had been reduced to the brink of destruction; and he insinuates in a public edict, that a frantic patient might sometimes be cured by salutary violence. 86 An ungenerous distinction was admitted into the mind and counsels of Julian, that, according to the difference of their religious sentiments, one part of his subjects deserved his favor and friendship, while the other was entitled only to the common benefits that his justice could not refuse to an obedient people. According to a principle, pregnant with mischief and oppression, the emperor transferred to the pontiffs of his own religion the management of the liberal allowances for the public revenue, which had been granted to the church by the piety of Constantine and his sons. The proud system of clerical honors and immunities, which had been constructed with so much art and labor, was levelled to the ground; the hopes of testamentary donations were intercepted by the rigor of the laws; and the priests of the Christian sect were confounded with the last and most ignominious class of the people. Such of these regulations as appeared necessary to check the ambition and avarice of the ecclesiastics, were soon afterwards imitated by the wisdom of an orthodox prince. The peculiar distinctions which policy has bestowed, or superstition has lavished, on the sacerdotal order, must be confined to those priests who profess the religion of the state. But the will of the legislator was not exempt from prejudice and passion; and it was the object of the insidious policy of Julian, to deprive the Christians of all the temporal honors and advantages which rendered them respectable in the eyes of the world. 88
A just and severe censure has been inflicted on the law which prohibited the Christians from teaching the arts of grammar and rhetoric. 89 The motives alleged by the emperor to justify this partial and oppressive measure, might command, during his lifetime, the silence of slaves and the applause of Gatterers. Julian abuses the ambiguous meaning of a word which might be indifferently applied to the language and the religion of the Greeks: he contemptuously observes, that the men who exalt the merit of implicit faith are unfit to claim or to enjoy the advantages of science; and he vainly contends, that if they refuse to adore the gods of Homer and Demosthenes, they ought to content themselves with expounding Luke and Matthew in the church of the Galilaeans. 90 In all the cities of the Roman world, the education of the youth was intrusted to masters of grammar and rhetoric; who were elected by the magistrates, maintained at the public expense, and distinguished by many lucrative and honorable privileges. The edict of Julian appears to have included the physicians, and professors of all the liberal arts; and the emperor, who reserved to himself the approbation of the candidates, was authorized by the laws to corrupt, or to punish, the religious constancy of the most learned of the Christians. 91 As soon as the resignation of the more obstinate 92 teachers had established the unrivalled dominion of the Pagan sophists, Julian invited the rising generation to resort with freedom to the public schools, in a just confidence, that their tender minds would receive the impressions of literature and idolatry. If the greatest part of the Christian youth should be deterred by their own scruples, or by those of their parents, from accepting this dangerous mode of instruction, they must, at the same time, relinquish the benefits of a liberal education. Julian had reason to expect that, in the space of a few years, the church would relapse into its primaeval simplicity, and that the theologians, who possessed an adequate share of the learning and eloquence of the age, would be succeeded by a generation of blind and ignorant fanatics, incapable of defending the truth of their own principles, or of exposing the various follies of Polytheism. 93
It was undoubtedly the wish and design of Julian to deprive the Christians of the advantages of wealth, of knowledge, and of power; but the injustice of excluding them from all offices of trust and profit seems to have been the result of his general policy, rather than the immediate consequence of any positive law. 94 Superior merit might deserve and obtain, some extraordinary exceptions; but the greater part of the Christian officers were gradually removed from their employments in the state, the army, and the provinces. The hopes of future candidates were extinguished by the declared partiality of a prince, who maliciously reminded them, that it was unlawful for a Christian to use the sword, either of justice, or of war; and who studiously guarded the camp and the tribunals with the ensigns of idolatry. The powers of government were intrusted to the pagans, who professed an ardent zeal for the religion of their ancestors; and as the choice of the emperor was often directed by the rules of divination, the favorites whom he preferred as the most agreeable to the gods, did not always obtain the approbation of mankind. 95 Under the administration of their enemies, the Christians had much to suffer, and more to apprehend. The temper of Julian was averse to cruelty; and the care of his reputation, which was exposed to the eyes of the universe, restrained the philosophic monarch from violating the laws of justice and toleration, which he himself had so recently established. But the provincial ministers of his authority were placed in a less conspicuous station. In the exercise of arbitrary power, they consulted the wishes, rather than the commands, of their sovereign; and ventured to exercise a secret and vexatious tyranny against the sectaries, on whom they were not permitted to confer the honors of martyrdom. The emperor, who dissembled as long as possible his knowledge of the injustice that was exercised in his name, expressed his real sense of the conduct of his officers, by gentle reproofs and substantial rewards. 96
The most effectual instrument of oppression, with which they were armed, was the law that obliged the Christians to make full and ample satisfaction for the temples which they had destroyed under the preceding reign. The zeal of the triumphant church had not always expected the sanction of the public authority; and the bishops, who were secure of impunity, had often marched at the head of their congregation, to attack and demolish the fortresses of the prince of darkness. The consecrated lands, which had increased the patrimony of the sovereign or of the clergy, were clearly defined, and easily restored. But on these lands, and on the ruins of Pagan superstition, the Christians had frequently erected their own religious edifices: and as it was necessary to remove the church before the temple could be rebuilt, the justice and piety of the emperor were applauded by one party, while the other deplored and execrated his sacrilegious violence. 97 After the ground was cleared, the restitution of those stately structures which had been levelled with the dust, and of the precious ornaments which had been converted to Christian uses, swelled into a very large account of damages and debt. The authors of the injury had neither the ability nor the inclination to discharge this accumulated demand: and the impartial wisdom of a legislator would have been displayed in balancing the adverse claims and complaints, by an equitable and temperate arbitration. But the whole empire, and particularly the East, was thrown into confusion by the rash edicts of Julian; and the Pagan magistrates, inflamed by zeal and revenge, abused the rigorous privilege of the Roman law, which substitutes, in the place of his inadequate property, the person of the insolvent debtor. Under the preceding reign, Mark, bishop of Arethusa, 98 had labored in the conversion of his people with arms more effectual than those of persuasion. 99 The magistrates required the full value of a temple which had been destroyed by his intolerant zeal: but as they were satisfied of his poverty, they desired only to bend his inflexible spirit to the promise of the slightest compensation. They apprehended the aged prelate, they inhumanly scourged him, they tore his beard; and his naked body, annointed with honey, was suspended, in a net, between heaven and earth, and exposed to the stings of insects and the rays of a Syrian sun. 100 From this lofty station, Mark still persisted to glory in his crime, and to insult the impotent rage of his persecutors. He was at length rescued from their hands, and dismissed to enjoy the honor of his divine triumph. The Arians celebrated the virtue of their pious confessor; the Catholics ambitiously claimed his alliance; 101 and the Pagans, who might be susceptible of shame or remorse, were deterred from the repetition of such unavailing cruelty. 102 Julian spared his life: but if the bishop of Arethusa had saved the infancy of Julian, 103 posterity will condemn the ingratitude, instead of praising the clemency, of the emperor.
At the distance of five miles from Antioch, the Macedonian kings of Syria had consecrated to Apollo one of the most elegant places of devotion in the Pagan world. 104 A magnificent temple rose in honor of the god of light; and his colossal figure 105 almost filled the capacious sanctuary, which was enriched with gold and gems, and adorned by the skill of the Grecian artists. The deity was represented in a bending attitude, with a golden cup in his hand, pouring out a libation on the earth; as if he supplicated the venerable mother to give to his arms the cold and beauteous Daphne: for the spot was ennobled by fiction; and the fancy of the Syrian poets had transported the amorous tale from the banks of the Peneus to those of the Orontes. The ancient rites of Greece were imitated by the royal colony of Antioch. A stream of prophecy, which rivalled the truth and reputation of the Delphic oracle, flowed from the Castalian fountain of Daphne. 106 In the adjacent fields a stadium was built by a special privilege, 107 which had been purchased from Elis; the Olympic games were celebrated at the expense of the city; and a revenue of thirty thousand pounds sterling was annually applied to the public pleasures. 108 The perpetual resort of pilgrims and spectators insensibly formed, in the neighborhood of the temple, the stately and populous village of Daphne, which emulated the splendor, without acquiring the title, of a provincial city. The temple and the village were deeply bosomed in a thick grove of laurels and cypresses, which reached as far as a circumference of ten miles, and formed in the most sultry summers a cool and impenetrable shade. A thousand streams of the purest water, issuing from every hill, preserved the verdure of the earth, and the temperature of the air; the senses were gratified with harmonious sounds and aromatic odors; and the peaceful grove was consecrated to health and joy, to luxury and love. The vigorous youth pursued, like Apollo, the object of his desires; and the blushing maid was warned, by the fate of Daphne, to shun the folly of unseasonable coyness. The soldier and the philosopher wisely avoided the temptation of this sensual paradise: 109 where pleasure, assuming the character of religion, imperceptibly dissolved the firmness of manly virtue. But the groves of Daphne continued for many ages to enjoy the veneration of natives and strangers; the privileges of the holy ground were enlarged by the munificence of succeeding emperors; and every generation added new ornaments to the splendor of the temple. 110
When Julian, on the day of the annual festival, hastened to adore the Apollo of Daphne, his devotion was raised to the highest pitch of eagerness and impatience. His lively imagination anticipated the grateful pomp of victims, of libations and of incense; a long procession of youths and virgins, clothed in white robes, the symbol of their innocence; and the tumultuous concourse of an innumerable people. But the zeal of Antioch was diverted, since the reign of Christianity, into a different channel. Instead of hecatombs of fat oxen sacrificed by the tribes of a wealthy city to their tutelar deity the emperor complains that he found only a single goose, provided at the expense of a priest, the pale and solitary in habitant of this decayed temple. 111 The altar was deserted, the oracle had been reduced to silence, and the holy ground was profaned by the introduction of Christian and funereal rites. After Babylas 112 (a bishop of Antioch, who died in prison in the persecution of Decius) had rested near a century in his grave, his body, by the order of Caesar Gallus, was transported into the midst of the grove of Daphne. A magnificent church was erected over his remains; a portion of the sacred lands was usurped for the maintenance of the clergy, and for the burial of the Christians at Antioch, who were ambitious of lying at the feet of their bishop; and the priests of Apollo retired, with their affrighted and indignant votaries. As soon as another revolution seemed to restore the fortune of Paganism, the church of St. Babylas was demolished, and new buildings were added to the mouldering edifice which had been raised by the piety of Syrian kings. But the first and most serious care of Julian was to deliver his oppressed deity from the odious presence of the dead and living Christians, who had so effectually suppressed the voice of fraud or enthusiasm. 113 The scene of infection was purified, according to the forms of ancient rituals; the bodies were decently removed; and the ministers of the church were permitted to convey the remains of St. Babylas to their former habitation within the walls of Antioch. The modest behavior which might have assuaged the jealousy of a hostile government was neglected, on this occasion, by the zeal of the Christians. The lofty car, that transported the relics of Babylas, was followed, and accompanied, and received, by an innumerable multitude; who chanted, with thundering acclamations, the Psalms of David the most expressive of their contempt for idols and idolaters. The return of the saint was a triumph; and the triumph was an insult on the religion of the emperor, who exerted his pride to dissemble his resentment. During the night which terminated this indiscreet procession, the temple of Daphne was in flames; the statue of Apollo was consumed; and the walls of the edifice were left a naked and awful monument of ruin. The Christians of Antioch asserted, with religious confidence, that the powerful intercession of St. Babylas had pointed the lightnings of heaven against the devoted roof: but as Julian was reduced to the alternative of believing either a crime or a miracle, he chose, without hesitation, without evidence, but with some color of probability, to impute the fire of Daphne to the revenge of the Galilaeans. 114 Their offence, had it been sufficiently proved, might have justified the retaliation, which was immediately executed by the order of Julian, of shutting the doors, and confiscating the wealth, of the cathedral of Antioch. To discover the criminals who were guilty of the tumult, of the fire, or of secreting the riches of the church, several of the ecclesiastics were tortured; 115 and a Presbyter, of the name of Theodoret, was beheaded by the sentence of the Count of the East. But this hasty act was blamed by the emperor; who lamented, with real or affected concern, that the imprudent zeal of his ministers would tarnish his reign with the disgrace of persecution. 116
85 Greg. Naz. Orat. iii. p. 81. And this law was confirmed by the invariable practice of Julian himself. Warburton has justly observed (p. 35,) that the Platonists believed in the mysterious virtue of words and Julian's dislike for the name of Christ might proceed from superstition, as well as from contempt.
86 Fragment. Julian. p. 288. He derides the (Epist. vii.,) and so far loses sight of the principles of toleration, as to wish (Epist. xlii.).
88 These laws, which affected the clergy, may be found in the slight hints of Julian himself, (Epist. lii.) in the vague declamations of Gregory, (Orat. iii. p. 86, 87,) and in the positive assertions of Sozomen, (l. v. c. 5.)
89 Inclemens. . . . perenni obruendum silentio. Ammian. xxii. 10, ixv. 5.
90 The edict itself, which is still extant among the epistles of Julian, (xlii.,) may be compared with the loose invectives of Gregory (Orat. iii. p. 96.) Tillemont (Mem. Eccles. tom. vii. p. 1291-1294) has collected the seeming differences of ancients and moderns. They may be easily reconciled. The Christians were directly forbid to teach, they were indirectly forbid to learn; since they would not frequent the schools of the Pagans.
91 Codex Theodos. l. xiii. tit. iii. de medicis et professoribus, leg. 5, (published the 17th of June, received, at Spoleto in Italy, the 29th of July, A. D. 363,) with Godefroy's Illustrations, tom. v. p. 31.
92 Orosius celebrates their disinterested resolution, Sicut a majori bus nostris compertum habemus, omnes ubique propemodum . . . officium quam fidem deserere maluerunt, vii. 30. Proaeresius, a Christian sophist, refused to accept the partial favor of the emperor Hieronym. in Chron. p. 185, edit. Scaliger. Eunapius in Proaeresio p. 126.
93 They had recourse to the expedient of composing books for their own schools. Within a few months Apollinaris produced his Christian imitations of Homer, (a sacred history in twenty-four books,) Pindar, Euripides, and Menander; and Sozomen is satisfied, that they equalled, or excelled, the originals.
Note: Socrates, however, implies that, on the death of Julian, they were contemptuously thrown aside by the Christians. Socr. Hist. iii.16. - M.
94 It was the instruction of Julian to his magistrates, (Epist. vii.,). Sozomen (l. v. c. 18) and Socrates (l. iii. c. 13) must be reduced to the standard of Gregory, (Orat. iii. p. 95,) not less prone to exaggeration, but more restrained by the actual knowledge of his contemporary readers.
95 Libanius, Orat. Parent. 88, p. 814.
96 Greg. Naz. Orat. iii. p. 74, 91, 92. Socrates, l. iii. c. 14. The doret, l. iii. c. 6. Some drawback may, however, be allowed for the violence of their zeal, not less partial than the zeal of Julian
97 If we compare the gentle language of Libanius (Orat. Parent c. 60. p. 286) with the passionate exclamations of Gregory, (Orat. iii. p. 86, 87,) we may find it difficult to persuade ourselves that the two orators are really describing the same events.
98 Restan, or Arethusa, at the equal distance of sixteen miles between Emesa (Hems) and Epiphania, (Hamath,) was founded, or at least named, by Seleucus Nicator. Its peculiar aera dates from the year of Rome 685, according to the medals of the city. In the decline of the Seleucides, Emesa and Arethusa were usurped by the Arab Sampsiceramus, whose posterity, the vassals of Rome, were not extinguished in the reign of Vespasian. See D'Anville's Maps and Geographie Ancienne, tom. ii. p. 134. Wesseling, Itineraria, p. 188, and Noris. Epoch Syro-Macedon, p. 80, 481, 482.
99 Sozomen, l. v. c. 10. It is surprising, that Gregory and Theodoret should suppress a circumstance, which, in their eyes, must have enhanced the religious merit of the confessor.
100 The sufferings and constancy of Mark, which Gregory has so tragically painted, (Orat. iii. p. 88-91,) are confirmed by the unexceptionable and reluctant evidence of Libanius. Epist. 730, p. 350, 351. Edit. Wolf. Amstel. 1738.
101 Certatim eum sibi (Christiani) vindicant. It is thus that La Croze and Wolfius (ad loc.) have explained a Greek word, whose true signification had been mistaken by former interpreters, and even by Le Clerc, (Bibliotheque Ancienne et Moderne, tom. iii. p. 371.) Yet Tillemont is strangely puzzled to understand (Mem. Eccles. tom. vii. p. 1390) how Gregory and Theodoret could mistake a Semi-Arian bishop for a saint.
102 See the probable advice of Sallust, (Greg. Nazianzen, Orat. iii. p. 90, 91.) Libanius intercedes for a similar offender, lest they should find many Marks; yet he allows, that if Orion had secreted the consecrated wealth, he deserved to suffer the punishment of Marsyas; to be flayed alive, (Epist. 730, p. 349-351.)
103 Gregory (Orat. iii. p. 90) is satisfied that, by saving the apostate, Mark had deserved still more than he had suffered.
104 The grove and temple of Daphne are described by Strabo, (l. xvi. p. 1089, 1090, edit. Amstel. 1707,) Libanius, (Naenia, p. 185-188. Antiochic. Orat. xi. p. 380, 381,) and Sozomen, (l. v. c. 19.) Wesseling (Itinerar. p. 581) and Casaubon (ad Hist. August. p. 64) illustrate this curious subject.
105 Simulacrum in eo Olympiaci Jovis imitamenti aequiparans magnitudinem. Ammian. xxii. 13. The Olympic Jupiter was sixty feet high, and his bulk was consequently equal to that of a thousand men. See a curious Memoire of the Abbe Gedoyn, (Academie des Inscriptions, tom. ix. p. 198.)
106 Hadrian read the history of his future fortunes on a leaf dipped in the Castalian stream; a trick which, according to the physician Vandale, (de Oraculis, p. 281, 282,) might be easily performed by chemical preparations. The emperor stopped the source of such dangerous knowledge; which was again opened by the devout curiosity of Julian.
107 It was purchased, A. D. 44, in the year 92 of the aera of Antioch, (Noris. Epoch. Syro-Maced. p. 139-174,) for the term of ninety Olympiads. But the Olympic games of Antioch were not regularly celebrated till the reign of Commodus. See the curious details in the Chronicle of John Malala, tom. i. p. 290, 320, 372-381,) a writer whose merit and authority are confined within the limits of his native city.
108 Fifteen talents of gold, bequeathed by Sosibius, who died in the reign of Augustus. The theatrical merits of the Syrian cities in the reign of Constantine, are computed in the Expositio totius Murd, p. 8, (Hudson, Geograph. Minor tom. iii.)
109 Avidio Cassio Syriacas legiones dedi luxuria diffluentes et Daphnicis moribus. These are the words of the emperor Marcus Antoninus in an original letter preserved by his biographer in Hist. August. p. 41. Cassius dismissed or punished every soldier who was seen at Daphne.
110 Aliquantum agrorum Daphnensibus dedit, (Pompey,) quo lucus ibi spatiosior fieret; delectatus amoenitate loci et aquarum abundantiz, Eutropius, vi. 14. Sextus Rufus, de Provinciis, c. 16.
111 Julian (Misopogon, p. 367, 362) discovers his own character with naivete, that unconscious simplicity which always constitutes genuine humor.
112 Babylas is named by Eusebius in the succession of the bishops of Antioch, (Hist. Eccles. l. vi. c. 29, 39.) His triumph over two emperors (the first fabulous, the second historical) is diffusely celebrated by Chrysostom, (tom. ii. p. 536-579, edit. Montfaucon.) Tillemont (Mem. Eccles. tom. iii. part ii. p. 287-302, 459-465) becomes almost a sceptic.
113 Ecclesiastical critics, particularly those who love relics, exult in the confession of Julian (Misopogon, p. 361) and Libanius, (Laenia, p. 185,) that Apollo was disturbed by the vicinity of one dead man. Yet Ammianus (xxii. 12) clears and purifies the whole ground, according to the rites which the Athenians formerly practised in the Isle of Delos.
114 Julian (in Misopogon, p. 361) rather insinuates, than affirms, their guilt. Ammianus (xxii. 13) treats the imputation as levissimus rumor, and relates the story with extraordinary candor.
115 Quo tam atroci casu repente consumpto, ad id usque e imperatoris ira provexit, ut quaestiones agitare juberet solito acriores, (yet Julian blames the lenity of the magistrates of Antioch,) et majorem ecclesiam Antiochiae claudi. This interdiction was performed with some circumstances of indignity and profanation; and the seasonable death of the principal actor, Julian's uncle, is related with much superstitious complacency by the Abbe de la Bleterie. Vie de Julien, p. 362-369.
116 Besides the ecclesiastical historians, who are more or less to be suspected, we may allege the passion of St. Theodore, in the Acta Sincera of Ruinart, p. 591. The complaint of Julian gives it an original and authentic air.


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