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Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 2, by Edward Gibbon, [1781], at sacred-texts.com
The master of the Roman world, who aspired to erect an eternal monument of the glories of his reign could employ in the prosecution of that great work, the wealth, the labor, and all that yet remained of the genius of obedient millions. Some estimate may be formed of the expense bestowed with Imperial liberality on the foundation of Constantinople, by the allowance of about two millions five hundred thousand pounds for the construction of the walls, the porticos, and the aqueducts. 39 The forests that overshadowed the shores of the Euxine, and the celebrated quarries of white marble in the little island of Proconnesus, supplied an inexhaustible stock of materials, ready to be conveyed, by the convenience of a short water carriage, to the harbor of Byzantium. 40 A multitude of laborers and artificers urged the conclusion of the work with incessant toil: but the impatience of Constantine soon discovered, that, in the decline of the arts, the skill as well as numbers of his architects bore a very unequal proportion to the greatness of his designs. The magistrates of the most distant provinces were therefore directed to institute schools, to appoint professors, and by the hopes of rewards and privileges, to engage in the study and practice of architecture a sufficient number of ingenious youths, who had received a liberal education. 41 The buildings of the new city were executed by such artificers as the reign of Constantine could afford; but they were decorated by the hands of the most celebrated masters of the age of Pericles and Alexander. To revive the genius of Phidias and Lysippus, surpassed indeed the power of a Roman emperor; but the immortal productions which they had bequeathed to posterity were exposed without defence to the rapacious vanity of a despot. By his commands the cities of Greece and Asia were despoiled of their most valuable ornaments. 42 The trophies of memorable wars, the objects of religious veneration, the most finished statues of the gods and heroes, of the sages and poets, of ancient times, contributed to the splendid triumph of Constantinople; and gave occasion to the remark of the historian Cedrenus, 43 who observes, with some enthusiasm, that nothing seemed wanting except the souls of the illustrious men whom these admirable monuments were intended to represent. But it is not in the city of Constantine, nor in the declining period of an empire, when the human mind was depressed by civil and religious slavery, that we should seek for the souls of Homer and of Demosthenes.
During the siege of Byzantium, the conqueror had pitched his tent on the commanding eminence of the second hill. To perpetuate the memory of his success, he chose the same advantageous position for the principal Forum; 44 which appears to have been of a circular, or rather elliptical form. The two opposite entrances formed triumphal arches; the porticos, which enclosed it on every side, were filled with statues; and the centre of the Forum was occupied by a lofty column, of which a mutilated fragment is now degraded by the appellation of the burnt pillar. This column was erected on a pedestal of white marble twenty feet high; and was composed of ten pieces of porphyry, each of which measured about ten feet in height, and about thirty-three in circumference. 45 On the summit of the pillar, above one hundred and twenty feet from the ground, stood the colossal statue of Apollo. It was a bronze, had been transported either from Athens or from a town of Phrygia, and was supposed to be the work of Phidias. The artist had represented the god of day, or, as it was afterwards interpreted, the emperor Constantine himself, with a sceptre in his right hand, the globe of the world in his left, and a crown of rays glittering on his head. 46 The Circus, or Hippodrome, was a stately building about four hundred paces in length, and one hundred in breadth. 47 The space between the two metoe or goals were filled with statues and obelisks; and we may still remark a very singular fragment of antiquity; the bodies of three serpents, twisted into one pillar of brass. Their triple heads had once supported the golden tripod which, after the defeat of Xerxes, was consecrated in the temple of Delphi by the victorious Greeks. 48 The beauty of the Hippodrome has been long since defaced by the rude hands of the Turkish conquerors; !_0024 but, under the similar appellation of Atmeidan, it still serves as a place of exercise for their horses. From the throne, whence the emperor viewed the Circensian games, a winding staircase 49 descended to the palace; a magnificent edifice, which scarcely yielded to the residence of Rome itself, and which, together with the dependent courts, gardens, and porticos, covered a considerable extent of ground upon the banks of the Propontis between the Hippodrome and the church of St. Sophia. 50 We might likewise celebrate the baths, which still retained the name of Zeuxippus, after they had been enriched, by the munificence of Constantine, with lofty columns, various marbles, and above threescore statues of bronze. 51 But we should deviate from the design of this history, if we attempted minutely to describe the different buildings or quarters of the city. It may be sufficient to observe, that whatever could adorn the dignity of a great capital, or contribute to the benefit or pleasure of its numerous inhabitants, was contained within the walls of Constantinople. A particular description, composed about a century after its foundation, enumerates a capitol or school of learning, a circus, two theatres, eight public, and one hundred and fifty-three private baths, fifty-two porticos, five granaries, eight aqueducts or reservoirs of water, four spacious halls for the meetings of the senate or courts of justice, fourteen churches, fourteen palaces, and four thousand three hundred and eighty-eight houses, which, for their size or beauty, deserved to be distinguished from the multitude of plebeian inhabitants. 52
The populousness of his favored city was the next and most serious object of the attention of its founder. In the dark ages which succeeded the translation of the empire, the remote and the immediate consequences of that memorable event were strangely confounded by the vanity of the Greeks and the credulity of the Latins. 53 It was asserted, and believed, that all the noble families of Rome, the senate, and the equestrian order, with their innumerable attendants, had followed their emperor to the banks of the Propontis; that a spurious race of strangers and plebeians was left to possess the solitude of the ancient capital; and that the lands of Italy, long since converted into gardens, were at once deprived of cultivation and inhabitants. 54 In the course of this history, such exaggerations will be reduced to their just value: yet, since the growth of Constantinople cannot be ascribed to the general increase of mankind and of industry, it must be admitted that this artificial colony was raised at the expense of the ancient cities of the empire. Many opulent senators of Rome, and of the eastern provinces, were probably invited by Constantine to adopt for their country the fortunate spot, which he had chosen for his own residence. The invitations of a master are scarcely to be distinguished from commands; and the liberality of the emperor obtained a ready and cheerful obedience. He bestowed on his favorites the palaces which he had built in the several quarters of the city, assigned them lands and pensions for the support of their dignity, 55 and alienated the demesnes of Pontus and Asia to grant hereditary estates by the easy tenure of maintaining a house in the capital. 56 But these encouragements and obligations soon became superfluous, and were gradually abolished. Wherever the seat of government is fixed, a considerable part of the public revenue will be expended by the prince himself, by his ministers, by the officers of justice, and by the domestics of the palace. The most wealthy of the provincials will be attracted by the powerful motives of interest and duty, of amusement and curiosity. A third and more numerous class of inhabitants will insensibly be formed, of servants, of artificers, and of merchants, who derive their subsistence from their own labor, and from the wants or luxury of the superior ranks. In less than a century, Constantinople disputed with Rome itself the preeminence of riches and numbers. New piles of buildings, crowded together with too little regard to health or convenience, scarcely allowed the intervals of narrow streets for the perpetual throng of men, of horses, and of carriages. The allotted space of ground was insufficient to contain the increasing people; and the additional foundations, which, on either side, were advanced into the sea, might alone have composed a very considerable city. 57
The frequent and regular distributions of wine and oil, of corn or bread, of money or provisions, had almost exempted the poorest citizens of Rome from the necessity of labor. The magnificence of the first Caesars was in some measure imitated by the founder of Constantinople: 58 but his liberality, however it might excite the applause of the people, has in curred the censure of posterity. A nation of legislators and conquerors might assert their claim to the harvests of Africa, which had been purchased with their blood; and it was artfully contrived by Augustus, that, in the enjoyment of plenty, the Romans should lose the memory of freedom. But the prodigality of Constantine could not be excused by any consideration either of public or private interest; and the annual tribute of corn imposed upon Egypt for the benefit of his new capital, was applied to feed a lazy and insolent populace, at the expense of the husbandmen of an industrious province. 59 *_0025 Some other regulations of this emperor are less liable to blame, but they are less deserving of notice. He divided Constantinople into fourteen regions or quarters, 60 dignified the public council with the appellation of senate, 61 communicated to the citizens the privileges of Italy, 62 and bestowed on the rising city the title of Colony, the first and most favored daughter of ancient Rome. The venerable parent still maintained the legal and acknowledged supremacy, which was due to her age, her dignity, and to the remembrance of her former greatness. 63
As Constantine urged the progress of the work with the impatience of a lover, the walls, the porticos, and the principal edifices were completed in a few years, or, according to another account, in a few months; 64 but this extraordinary diligence should excite the less admiration, since many of the buildings were finished in so hasty and imperfect a manner, that under the succeeding reign, they were preserved with difficulty from impending ruin. 65 But while they displayed the vigor and freshness of youth, the founder prepared to celebrate the dedication of his city. 66 The games and largesses which crowned the pomp of this memorable festival may easily be supposed; but there is one circumstance of a more singular and permanent nature, which ought not entirely to be overlooked. As often as the birthday of the city returned, the statute of Constantine, framed by his order, of gilt wood, and bearing in his right hand a small image of the genius of the place, was erected on a triumphal car. The guards, carrying white tapers, and clothed in their richest apparel, accompanied the solemn procession as it moved through the Hippodrome. When it was opposite to the throne of the reigning emperor, he rose from his seat, and with grateful reverence adored the memory of his predecessor. 67 At the festival of the dedication, an edict, engraved on a column of marble, bestowed the title of Second or New Rome on the city of Constantine. 68 But the name of Constantinople 69 has prevailed over that honorable epithet; and after the revolution of fourteen centuries, still perpetuates the fame of its author. 70
The foundation of a new capital is naturally connected with the establishment of a new form of civil and military administration. The distinct view of the complicated system of policy, introduced by Diocletian, improved by Constantine, and completed by his immediate successors, may not only amuse the fancy by the singular picture of a great empire, but will tend to illustrate the secret and internal causes of its rapid decay. In the pursuit of any remarkable institution, we may be frequently led into the more early or the more recent times of the Roman history; but the proper limits of this inquiry will be included within a period of about one hundred and thirty years, from the accession of Constantine to the publication of the Theodosian code; 71 from which, as well as from the Notitia *_0026 of the East and West, 72 we derive the most copious and authentic information of the state of the empire. This variety of objects will suspend, for some time, the course of the narrative; but the interruption will be censured only by those readers who are insensible to the importance of laws and manners, while they peruse, with eager curiosity, the transient intrigues of a court, or the accidental event of a battle.
39 Six hundred centenaries, or sixty thousand pounds' weight of gold. This sum is taken from Codinus, Antiquit. Const. p. 11; but unless that contemptible author had derived his information from some purer sources, he would probably have been unacquainted with so obsolete a mode of reckoning.
40 For the forests of the Black Sea, consult Tournefort, Lettre XVI. for the marble quarries of Proconnesus, see Strabo, l. xiii. p. 588, (881, edit. Casaub.) The latter had already furnished the materials of the stately buildings of Cyzicus.
41 See the Codex Theodos. l. xiii. tit. iv. leg. 1. This law is dated in the year 334, and was addressed to the praefect of Italy, whose jurisdiction extended over Africa. The commentary of Godefroy on the whole title well deserves to be consulted.
42 Constantinopolis dedicatur poene omnium urbium nuditate. Hieronym. Chron. p. 181. See Codinus, p. 8, 9. The author of the Antiquitat. Const. l. iii. (apud Banduri Imp. Orient. tom. i. p. 41) enumerates Rome, Sicily, Antioch, Athens, and a long list of other cities. The provinces of Greece and Asia Minor may be supposed to have yielded the richest booty.
43 Hist. Compend. p. 369. He describes the statue, or rather bust, of Homer with a degree of taste which plainly indicates that Cadrenus copied the style of a more fortunate age.
44 Zosim. l. ii. p. 106. Chron. Alexandrin. vel Paschal. p. 284, Ducange, Const. l. i. c. 24. Even the last of those writers seems to confound the Forum of Constantine with the Augusteum, or court of the palace. I am not satisfied whether I have properly distinguished what belongs to the one and the other.
45 The most tolerable account of this column is given by Pocock. Description of the East, vol. ii. part ii. p. 131. But it is still in many instances perplexed and unsatisfactory.
46 Ducange, Const. l. i. c. 24, p. 76, and his notes ad Alexiad. p. 382. The statue of Constantine or Apollo was thrown down under the reign of Alexius Comnenus.
Note: On this column (says M. von Hammer) Constantine, with singular shamelessness, placed his own statue with the attributes of Apollo and Christ. He substituted the nails of the Passion for the rays of the sun. Such is the direct testimony of the author of the Antiquit. Constantinop. apud Banduri. Constantine was replaced by the "great and religious" Julian, Julian, by Theodosius. A. D. 1412, the key stone was loosened by an earthquake. The statue fell in the reign of Alexius Comnenus, and was replaced by the cross. The Palladium was said to be buried under the pillar. Von Hammer, Constantinopolis und der Bosporos, i. 162. - M.
47 Tournefort (Lettre XII.) computes the Atmeidan at four hundred paces. If he means geometrical paces of five feet each, it was three hundred toises in length, about forty more than the great circus of Rome. See D'Anville, Mesures Itineraires, p. 73.
48 The guardians of the most holy relics would rejoice if they were able to produce such a chain of evidence as may be alleged on this occasion. See Banduri ad Antiquitat. Const. p. 668. Gyllius de Byzant. l. ii. c. 13. 1. The original consecration of the tripod and pillar in the temple of Delphi may be proved from Herodotus and Pausanias. 2. The Pagan Zosimus agrees with the three ecclesiastical historians, Eusebius, Socrates, and Sozomen, that the sacred ornaments of the temple of Delphi were removed to Constantinople by the order of Constantine; and among these the serpentine pillar of the Hippodrome is particularly mentioned. 3. All the European travellers who have visited Constantinople, from Buondelmonte to Pocock, describe it in the same place, and almost in the same manner; the differences between them are occasioned only by the injuries which it has sustained from the Turks. Mahomet the Second broke the under jaw of one of the serpents with a stroke of his battle axe Thevenot, l. i. c. 17.
Note: See note 75, ch. lxviii. for Dr. Clarke's rejection of Thevenot's authority. Von Hammer, however, repeats the story of Thevenot without questioning its authenticity. - M.
!_0024 In 1808 the Janizaries revolted against the vizier Mustapha Baisactar, who wished to introduce a new system of military organization, besieged the quarter of the Hippodrome, in which stood the palace of the viziers, and the Hippodrome was consumed in the conflagration. - G.
49 The Latin name Cochlea was adopted by the Greeks, and very frequently occurs in the Byzantine history. Ducange, Const. i. c. l, p. 104.
50 There are three topographical points which indicate the situation of the palace. 1. The staircase which connected it with the Hippodrome or Atmeidan. 2. A small artificial port on the Propontis, from whence there was an easy ascent, by a flight of marble steps, to the gardens of the palace. 3. The Augusteum was a spacious court, one side of which was occupied by the front of the palace, and another by the church of St. Sophia.
51 Zeuxippus was an epithet of Jupiter, and the baths were a part of old Byzantium. The difficulty of assigning their true situation has not been felt by Ducange. History seems to connect them with St. Sophia and the palace; but the original plan inserted in Banduri places them on the other side of the city, near the harbor. For their beauties, see Chron. Paschal. p. 285, and Gyllius de Byzant. l. ii. c. 7. Christodorus (see Antiquitat. Const. l. vii.) composed inscriptions in verse for each of the statues. He was a Theban poet in genius as well as in birth: -
Baeotum in crasso jurares aere natum.
Note: Yet, for his age, the description of the statues of Hecuba and of Homer are by no means without merit. See Antholog. Palat. (edit. Jacobs) i. 37 - M.
52 See the Notitia. Rome only reckoned 1780 large houses, domus; but the word must have had a more dignified signification. No insulae are mentioned at Constantinople. The old capital consisted of 42 streets, the new of 322.
53 Liutprand, Legatio ad Imp. Nicephornm, p. 153. The modern Greeks have strangely disfigured the antiquities of Constantinople. We might excuse the errors of the Turkish or Arabian writers; but it is somewhat astonishing, that the Greeks, who had access to the authentic materials preserved in their own language, should prefer fiction to truth, and loose tradition to genuine history. In a single page of Codinus we may detect twelve unpardonable mistakes; the reconciliation of Severus and Niger, the marriage of their son and daughter, the siege of Byzantium by the Macedonians, the invasion of the Gauls, which recalled Severus to Rome, the sixty years which elapsed from his death to the foundation of Constantinople, &c.
54 Montesquieu, Grandeur et Decadence des Romains, c. 17.
55 Themist. Orat. iii. p. 48, edit. Hardouin. Sozomen, l. ii. c. 3. Zosim. l. ii. p. 107. Anonym. Valesian. p. 715. If we could credit Codinus, (p. 10,) Constantine built houses for the senators on the exact model of their Roman palaces, and gratified them, as well as himself, with the pleasure of an agreeable surprise; but the whole story is full of fictions and inconsistencies.
56 The law by which the younger Theodosius, in the year 438, abolished this tenure, may be found among the Novellae of that emperor at the end of the Theodosian Code, tom. vi. nov. 12. M. de Tillemont (Hist. des Empereurs, tom. iv. p. 371) has evidently mistaken the nature of these estates. With a grant from the Imperial demesnes, the same condition was accepted as a favor, which would justly have been deemed a hardship, if it had been imposed upon private property.
57 The passages of Zosimus, of Eunapius, of Sozomen, and of Agathias, which relate to the increase of buildings and inhabitants at Constantinople, are collected and connected by Gyllius de Byzant. l. i. c. 3. Sidonius Apollinaris (in Panegyr. Anthem. 56, p. 279, edit. Sirmond) describes the moles that were pushed forwards into the sea, they consisted of the famous Puzzolan sand, which hardens in the water.
58 Sozomen, l. ii. c. 3. Philostorg. l. ii. c. 9. Codin. Antiquitat. Const. p. 8. It appears by Socrates, l. ii. c. 13, that the daily allowance of the city consisted of eight myriads of which we may either translate, with Valesius, by the words modii of corn, or consider us expressive of the number of loaves of bread.
Note: At Rome the poorer citizens who received these gratuities were inscribed in a register; they had only a personal right. Constantine attached the right to the houses in his new capital, to engage the lower classes of the people to build their houses with expedition. Codex Therodos. l. xiv. - G.
59 See Cod. Theodos. l. xiii. and xiv., and Cod. Justinian. Edict. xii. tom. ii. p. 648, edit. Genev. See the beautiful complaint of Rome in the poem of Claudian de Bell. Gildonico, ver. 46-64.
Cum subiit par Roma mihi, divisaque sumsit Aequales aurora togas; Aegyptia rura In partem cessere novam.
*_0025 This was also at the expense of Rome. The emperor ordered that the fleet of Alexandria should transport to Constantinople the grain of Egypt which it carried before to Rome: this grain supplied Rome during four months of the year. Claudian has described with force the famine occasioned by this measure: -
Haec nobis, haec ante dabas; nunc pabula tantum Roma precor: miserere tuae; pater optime, gentis: Extremam defende famem.
Claud. de Bell. Gildon. v. 34.
It was scarcely this measure. Gildo had cut off the African as well as the Egyptian supplies. - M.
60 The regions of Constantinople are mentioned in the code of Justinian, and particularly described in the Notitia of the younger Theodosius; but as the four last of them are not included within the wall of Constantine, it may be doubted whether this division of the city should be referred to the founder.
61 Senatum constituit secundi ordinis; Claros vocavit. Anonym Valesian. p. 715. The senators of old Rome were styled Clarissimi. See a curious note of Valesius ad Ammian. Marcellin. xxii. 9. From the eleventh epistle of Julian, it should seem that the place of senator was considered as a burden, rather than as an honor; but the Abbe de la Bleterie (Vie de Jovien, tom. ii. p. 371) has shown that this epistle could not relate to Constantinople. Might we not read, instead of the celebrated name of the obscure but more probable word Bisanthe or Rhoedestus, now Rhodosto, was a small maritime city of Thrace. See Stephan. Byz. de Urbibus, p. 225, and Cellar. Geograph. tom. i. p. 849.
62 Cod. Theodos. l. xiv. 13. The commentary of Godefroy (tom. v. p. 220) is long, but perplexed; nor indeed is it easy to ascertain in what the Jus Italicum could consist, after the freedom of the city had been communicated to the whole empire.
Note: "This right, (the Jus Italicum,) which by most writers is referred with out foundation to the personal condition of the citizens, properly related to the city as a whole, and contained two parts. First, the Roman or quiritarian property in the soil, (commercium,) and its capability of mancipation, usucaption, and vindication; moreover, as an inseparable consequence of this, exemption from land-tax. Then, secondly, a free constitution in the Italian form, with Duumvirs, Quinquennales. and Aediles, and especially with Jurisdiction." Savigny, Geschichte des Rom. Rechts i. p. 51 - M.
63 Julian (Orat. i. p. 8) celebrates Constantinople as not less superior to all other cities than she was inferior to Rome itself. His learned commentator (Spanheim, p. 75, 76) justifies this language by several parallel and contemporary instances. Zosimus, as well as Socrates and Sozomen, flourished after the division of the empire between the two sons of Theodosius, which established a perfect equality between the old and the new capital.
64 Codinus (Antiquitat. p. 8) affirms, that the foundations of Constantinople were laid in the year of the world 5837, (A. D. 329,) on the 26th of September, and that the city was dedicated the 11th of May, 5838, (A. D. 330.) He connects those dates with several characteristic epochs, but they contradict each other; the authority of Codinus is of little weight, and the space which he assigns must appear insufficient. The term of ten years is given us by Julian, (Orat. i. p. 8;) and Spanheim labors to establish the truth of it, (p. 69-75,) by the help of two passages from Themistius, (Orat. iv. p. 58,) and of Philostorgius, (l. ii. c. 9,) which form a period from the year 324 to the year 334. Modern critics are divided concerning this point of chronology and their different sentiments are very accurately described by Tillemont, Hist. des Empereurs, tom. iv. p. 619-625.
65 Themistius. Orat. iii. p. 47. Zosim. l. ii. p. 108. Constantine himself, in one of his laws, (Cod. Theod. l. xv. tit. i.,) betrays his impatience.
66 Cedrenus and Zonaras, faithful to the mode of superstition which prevailed in their own times, assure us that Constantinople was consecrated to the virgin Mother of God.
67 The earliest and most complete account of this extraordinary ceremony may be found in the Alexandrian Chronicle, p. 285. Tillemont, and the other friends of Constantine, who are offended with the air of Paganism which seems unworthy of a Christian prince, had a right to consider it as doubtful, but they were not authorized to omit the mention of it.
68 Sozomen, l. ii. c. 2. Ducange C. P. l. i. c. 6. Velut ipsius Romae filiam, is the expression of Augustin. de Civitat. Dei, l. v. c. 25.
69 Eutropius, l. x. c. 8. Julian. Orat. i. p. 8. Ducange C. P. l. i. c. 5. The name of Constantinople is extant on the medals of Constantine.
70 The lively Fontenelle (Dialogues des Morts, xii.) affects to deride the vanity of human ambition, and seems to triumph in the disappointment of Constantine, whose immortal name is now lost in the vulgar appellation of Istambol, a Turkish corruption of. Yet the original name is still preserved, 1. By the nations of Europe. 2. By the modern Greeks. 3. By the Arabs, whose writings are diffused over the wide extent of their conquests in Asia and Africa. See D'Herbelot, Bibliotheque Orientale, p. 275. 4. By the more learned Turks, and by the emperor himself in his public mandates Cantemir's History of the Othman Empire, p. 51.
71 The Theodosian code was promulgated A. D. 438. See the Prolegomena of Godefroy, c. i. p. 185.
*_0026 The Notitia Dignitatum Imperii is a description of all the offices in the court and the state, of the legions, &c. It resembles our court almanacs, (Red Books,) with this single difference, that our almanacs name the persons in office, the Notitia only the offices. It is of the time of the emperor Theodosius II., that is to say, of the fifth century, when the empire was divided into the Eastern and Western. It is probable that it was not made for the first time, and that descriptions of the same kind existed before. - G.
72 Pancirolus, in his elaborate Commentary, assigns to the Notitia a date almost similar to that of the Theodosian Code; but his proofs, or rather conjectures, are extremely feeble. I should be rather inclined to place this useful work between the final division of the empire (A. D. 395) and the successful invasion of Gaul by the barbarians, (A. D. 407.) See Histoire des Anciens Peuples de l'Europe, tom. vii. p. 40.


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January 7, 2013
College mourns loss of Charles Dawson
Longtime Columbus State administrator Charles Dawson, 64, lost his battle with cancer January 1 surrounded by his family at Kobacker House. Dawson had worked at Columbus State since 1987 when he was hired in the Counseling Center. He also served as director of Career Services for many years and had recently retired from the Admissions Department were he was a supervisor.
Dawson was a graduate of Morris-Harvey College at the University of Charleston and earned his master's degree from Marshall University. He is survived by his wife, April; son, Charles Robert Dawson Jr.; daughters, Shawnda (Charles) Lyte and Shayla Dawson; brother, Elvin (Joyce) Dawson; grandson, Nyal Dawson; mother, Ophelia Dawson; and many other relatives and friends.
Members of the Admissions Department recently shared some thoughts about their friend and coworker:
"Charles was a father figure, role model, and mentor to students and staff alike and took those roles very seriously. A genuinely selfless man of high integrity, his focus was always on others and his greatest pleasures came in seeing others succeed. He thought the best of people, paid attention to what they needed, and took time to support them in whatever way he could. His calm, gentle, caring, and trustworthy nature made him very approachable and people valued and sought his wisdom.
"Charles was a well-respected man with high principles and admirable dignity. Charles' ability to roll with changes and contribute to the college in his various positions was well-appreciated. He never wavered in giving of himself to his faith, family, friends, coworkers, and students. What we all loved most about him was his big heart, his consistently positive attitude, and a spirit that warmed everyone who knew him. Whether it was helping others with a career choice, providing advice and encouragement, sharing a humorous story or favorite dish, recommending a good restaurant, or talking about the Buckeyes, he was there just simply being the Charles we were so fond of. He was beloved by many, and will be sorely missed."
A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 12:00 p.m. today, Monday, January 7, at Second Baptist Church, 186 N. 17 St. The family will receive friends 10 a.m. until time of service. Friends may sign condolences at www.garymemorialchapel.com.
Professor researches the smallest (and oldest) of fossils in Ohio
Dr. Jeff Richardson, associate professor of biological and physical sciences, has found Ohio's oldest known fossils—850 million years old—which also happen to be visible only by microscope!
Dr. Jeff Richardson
Richardson's research is what led to the fossils' discovery a number of years ago. He works in a branch of geology known as palynology – the study of acid-resistant microfossils. He often looks at spores that are a mere 350 million years old. "However, there's been a push in the palynology community to look for even older microfossils," said Richardson.
The 850 million-year-old fossil spores are visible only under microscope.
"While drilling a borehole several kilometers below Ohio's surface back in 1990, a new rock known as Middle Run Formation was discovered," said Richardson. "That type of rock was perfect for preserving microfossils. After processing, the Kentucky Geological Service determined they were organic-walled microfossils that document Ohio had life about 800 million years ago."
Richardson used the microscopic fossils during a presentation last summer in Lexington for the annual meeting of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists.
Crosswalk signal coming to Cleveland Avenue and Grove Street
It's still a few months away, but Columbus State will eventually have a pedestrian traffic signal for the crosswalk on Cleveland Avenue at Grove Street. And that's not the only change. The city will be widening that half-block section of roadway to six lanes. It will include a left turn lane on southbound Cleveland Avenue to Grove Street.
A cement barrier will also be put in the middle of the road which will lead to some minor traffic pattern changes. All of the construction will start in a few months and it's expected to be finished by late summer, 2013.
Transfer and Articulation wiki offers degree pathway information
A public wiki about Transfer and Articulation (http://cscctransfer.wikispaces.com/) is accessible to all and now provides quick access to the college's Institutional Agreements, approved OSU pre-majors, finalized pathways and four-year Plans of Study including Franklin University, Otterbein College and more.
The wiki provides quick equivalencies and references for advisors and is a consolidation of information from the web, wiki, and other sources. It has been updated to semesters, when appropriate and available, and includes a Request for Information where students can complete one form, requesting information from multiple institutions.
There are calendars identifying when four-year schools are visiting the college and important deadlines and more. Soon, students will also be able to search the wiki by Columbus State program, bachelor's degree, or by career choice.
Using financial aid at the Bookstore
Financial Aid Book Allowance funds are the student's financial aid funds (Pell, Direct Loans, Scholarships, etc.) minus tuition and related fees for the term, up to $800. For Spring Semester 2013, these funds will be available from January 8 through January 23, 2013.
Online orders using financial aid funds must be completed by 11:59 p.m. on January 22, 2013. Students are notified via email when their credit balance is available at the Columbus State Bookstore. Students are not required to use these services. Students may choose to purchase textbooks and course materials outside of the Columbus State Bookstore with their non-Columbus State Financial Aid funds. Funds not used at the Columbus State Bookstore will be released with remaining financial aid credit balances on/about January 25, 2013.
Additional information:
Please view www.cscc.edu/disbursement for more information, including a FAQ link.
Online students who reside outside of Columbus State's four-county service areas may have purchases shipped to their home. All applicable shipping charges apply.
Students may order required books and supplies online for free shipping to Delaware, Westerville, Gahanna, Dublin, Southwest at Bolton Field, Reynoldsburg, and the Columbus Campus. Students should allow 2-3 business days before picking up orders.
First-time loan borrowers and other students who do not have up to $800 available at the Columbus State Bookstore may contact the Financial Aid Office or the Delaware Campus Student Service area to inquire about their specific options.
Faculty members can assist students by providing a listing of all required course materials (books, software, etc.) to the Columbus State Bookstore when submitting textbook listings for each term. Courses without a required textbook or materials should also be reported to the Columbus State Bookstore.
If you have more questions, please contact Student Accounting at ext. 5658.
Hostmanship class has several openings for Jan. 9 class
The class Introduction to Hostmanship--Customer Service and Leadership Reframed: The Art of Serving Others will be offered Wednesday, January 9 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in WD. In this introduction to Hostmanship, participants will discuss its foundation and principles as well as its application for personal and professional growth. You can register online here: http://web.cscc.edu/is/employeetraining/register.asp?C=433&D=2906.
Four-part retirement seminar series offered in February
A Financial Wellness Seminar Series called "Retirewise" will be offered free to employees and their spouses on Tuesday evenings in February. Retirewise is a retirement planning program offered by MetLife. The dates are February 5, 12, 19 and 26, 2013 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in WD 409. It is important to attend all sessions in the series to receive the complete planning information. You can register for the seminar series by going online to metlifeplansmart.com and entering CSCC or by calling (866)801-3547. For additional information contact Nichole Bowman-Glover, Wellness coordinator, email@example.com, ext. 3989.
New student parking available in 34S
Additional parking spaces for students have been opened up in the new lot west of Delaware Hall. Approximately 40 parking spots and 7 motorcycle spots, plus some spaces reserved for Public Safety are now available. The space was opened up to allow access by heavy equipment during the construction project on Union Hall.

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Grammy-winning singer Bruno Mars was named on Sunday as the headliner for the halftime show at next year's Super Bowl.
Mars and his band, The Hooligans, were introduced before hundreds of screaming fans at the Fox NFL Sunday broadcast, which was held live from Times Square in New York City to kick off the first full weekend of professional football.
"It's just an honor," Mars said. "We just got off tour so being able to come to New York City and announce this right now is incredible. We're celebrating, we're celebrating for sure."
The National Football League says the Super Bowl halftime show is the most-watched music event in the world. It says more than 110.5 million viewers saw last year's show featuring R&B superstar Beyonce.
Next year, Super Bowl XLVIII will be held on February 2 at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Mars, 27, whose style ranges from pop to reggae, will join a roster of music legends who have headlined the Super Bowl halftime show, including Bruce Springsteen, Prince and Madonna.
Asked if he planned any surprises, Mars said: "It's five months from now, so I got a couple of phone calls to make."
The Hawaiian born singer, whose real name is Peter Gene Hernandez, is a 14-time Grammy nominee and has sold more than 115 million singles worldwide.
He is currently on a 91-city tour, a statement from the National Football League said.
Billboard magazine says Mars scored his first five No. 1 hits on the 'Hot 100' chart faster than any male recording artist since Elvis Presley.
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Mitt Romney would love another debate like the last one. President Barack Obama most certainly would not.
Mitt Romney would love another debate like the last one. President Barack Obama most certainly would not.
Twenty-one days before Election Day, Debate Two comes as both candidates seek to break out of a neck-and-neck national race with the type of debate performance and vision that could help sway a narrow band of undecided voters in a handful of crucial states.
Romney needs to reinforce his case that he's an agent of change and raise further doubts about Obama's economic tenure in the face of some positive signs of recovery. Obama must reverse the corrosive story line ignited by his lame performance in the first debate and make a convincing case for four more years of his presidency.
Topic: Town Hall meeting format including foreign and domestic policy
Air Time: 9:00-10:30 p.m. EST (Live stream here)
Location: Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York
The president has promised not to be the disengaged Obama of Debate One. Yet he won't be the caffeinated, grinning, eyes-to-the-sky Joe Biden of last Thursday's vice presidential faceoff, either. Obama's approach is more likely to resemble the methodical, persistent and affable debating style of Paul Ryan, Romney's running mate.
Still, Obama says he was too polite in the first debate. His aides promise a more aggressive president this time.
And Romney needs to sustain the apparent connection he made with many voters in his last encounter with the president, without becoming defensive in the face of Obama's more assertive stance.
It won't be easy for either.
The debate will be conducted as a town hall meeting, with the candidates fielding questions from audience members selected by the Gallup polling group for their undecided views. An aggressive approach usually doesn't work in such a format, where candidates need to connect with the questioners first before turning on their opponents.
Four years ago, Obama rival John McCain entered that election's town hall debate looking to upend a race going in Obama's direction. McCain needed to raise doubts about Obama, but his hard-hitting tone seemed off-key in the midst of earnest audience questions.
Romney has been testing the town hall format in recent campaign appearances, opening his rallies to questions from the audience. Obama has done little of that in this campaign ? a stark contrast from the 2008 primaries, when the give-and-take with audiences was an essential part of his introduction to voters.
Romney aides concede that taking questions from friendly supporters is not akin to a town hall debate. Moreover, they acknowledge that the format helps Obama, who is perceived as more personable by the public, and they are aware of how he got the best of McCain four years ago.
The challenges for Obama:
This debate comes with Obama's approval ratings hovering around 50 percent. The economic and fiscal picture is mixed. Since the last debate, the government announced that the unemployment rate dropped to 7.8 percent after 43 months of being above 8 percent. Still, the Treasury Department on Friday reported that the federal deficit for the 2012 budget year that just ended was $1.1 trillion.
Romney, as he did in the first debate, will focus on the downside of the ledger ? 23 million people struggling for work or better jobs, 15 percent poverty, a rising national debt. Obama will have to draw attention to the improvements under his administration, echoing the points made in a television ad released Monday that emphasizes hiring by the private sector, including more than 5 million jobs in the last 30 months.
On another front, Obama and his administration have struggled to explain the circumstances that led to an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens. A congressional hearing last week revealed past decisions by the State Department not to increase diplomatic security in Libya.
In his debate last week, Biden declared that "we weren't told" about the Benghazi consulate's requests for additional security, prompting Romney to accuse the vice president of "doubling down on denial" and forcing the White House to explain that Biden was referring just to the White House, not the entire Obama administration.
The challenges for Romney:
He has to live up to the high expectations he set in the first debate. His presentation then was an effective introduction to undecided or persuadable voters. Strategists from both parties said Romney particularly helped himself with Republican-leaning independent voters. He must now complete the sale with undecideds who may be leaning Obama's way.
Illustrating Romney's expectations burden, a Pew Research Center poll found that 51 percent of voters expected Obama to win the first debate compared with 29 percent who thought Romney would win. This time, a new Pew poll shows expectations for both candidates are nearly evenly divided, with 41 percent expecting Obama to prevail compared with 37 percent saying Romney will likely win.
Romney can expect to be challenged more forcefully on his economic plan than he was two weeks ago. Both Romney and Ryan have declined to specify how they would be able to cut tax rates by 20 percent across the board without raising the deficit. Obama will argue that cutting taxes for wealthier taxpayers can only result in higher taxes on the middle class, a notion Romney disputes.
Romney must also be ready to defend the more moderate political image he demonstrated in the first debate. Obama is eager to portray Romney as an out-of-the-mainstream conservative and will force Romney to explain himself on health care and changes in the government's regulatory regime, positions Romney recently softened after taking hard lines during the Republican primaries.
In the end, while the debates are attracting millions of viewers, the target audience for each campaign is becoming an increasingly small number of fence-sitting voters in a handful of battleground states.
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Cozy and comfy, this Organic Spa Robe transforms any bathroom or bedroom into a relaxing oasis. Made from organic cotton, our robe brings warmth and luxury with a full shawl collar and two patch pockets. Add a monogram to the upper left-side panel to personalize the robe; a thoughtful way to show you care for someone special.
- Made from 100% environmentally friendly organic cotton.
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- Features a full shawl collar, turned-back cuffs and two patch pockets.
- Piqué woven waffle texture for added comfort and luxury.
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- Machine washable for easy care.
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- Sweep (seam to seam, along back hem): 24" wide
- Pockets: 6" wide x 7" high
- Pocket placement (from shoulder): 21.5"
- Tie: 2" wide x 72" long
- Women's dress sizes 8-10
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- Sleeve (neck to wrist): 34" long
- Sweep (seam to seam, along back hem): 27" wide
- Pockets: 7" wide x 8" high
- Pocket Placement (from shoulder): 25.5"
- Tie: 2" wide x 80" long
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When creating directories,
mkdir -m <mode> <dir> provides for creating one or more directories with the given mode/permissions set (atomically).
Is there an equivalent for creating files, on the command line?
Something akin to:
open("file", O_WRONLY | O_APPEND | O_CREAT, 0777);
Is using
touch followed by a
chmod my only option here?
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install, I ran it through
strace to see how close to atomic it was. The answer is, not very:
$ strace install -m 777 /dev/null newfile
open("newfile", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_EXCL, 0666) = 4
fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0666, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
fchmod(4, 0600) = 0
close(4) = 0
chmod("newfile", 0777) = 0
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In an area flourishing with convenience, culture, and possibility, Avalon at Mission Bay offers thoughtfully designed studios, one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments and townhomes. Imagine entertaining in gourmet kitchens with granite countertops, contemporary cabinetry, and Energy Star appliances. Live your life effortlessly with amenities that include two multi-level state-of-the-art fitness centers, resident lounge areas, and courtyards with barbecue grills and bocce ball court. Our community is conveniently located in vibrant SoMa, just a block from AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants. On-site retail, including Chase Bank and Bark Avenue Doggy Daycare, along with nearby Safeway, Bluxome Street Winery, Lucky Strike, and Alexander's Steakhouse, puts shopping, dining, and entertainment within reach.
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Your pets are part of your family. That means finding a home that welcomes all of you. We couldn't agree more, which is why we are a pet-friendly community and created WAG The Pet Program to take pet-friendly living to the next level.
Cats and dogs are welcome! Please check the dog breed and pet restrictions below.
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AvalonBay Communities reserves the right to deny residency to any animal deemed aggressive whose breed is not explicitly listed. Should your pet injure any other pets, residents or AvalonBay Communities associates, you will be asked to remove the pet from the premises immediately.
Pets must be on a leash at all times when outside the apartment home. If applicable, dogs must be leashed whenever entering and exiting the Pet Park, but may be unleashed while within the enclosure of the Pet Park.
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* Other pets may also be restricted. Please contact our community for details.
Phase 1: There are two levels of controlled-access garage parking for residents. Motorcycle spaces are and regular spaces are available for a monthly fee. There are two separate entry gates to the parking garage, and they are both located on Berry Street.
Phase 2: There are four levels of controlled-access garage parking for residents. Motorcycle spaces, regular spaces, and tandem spaces are available for a monthly fee. The basement level has a direct entrance gate located on Berry Street. First, second, and third floor levels are accessible through the auto-court entrance located off Berry Street.
Phase 3: There are two levels of controlled-access garage parking for residents. Motorcycle spaces, regular spaces, and tandem spaces are available for a monthly fee. There is one garage entrance and it is located on 5th Street in between King Street and Berry Street.
For Future Residents: Parking is free for future residents taking a tour of our community. The entrance is off Berry Street across from the China Basin building. Please park in the designated "Visitor" parking spaces located near the lobby entrance. The Leasing Center is accessible through the main lobby.
For Guests: Each phase has designated visitor spaces for guests to park in. We offer complimentary parking for up to two hours between 10:00am and 10:00pm. Parking rates apply for overnight guests. Please call our Concierge desk at (415) 615-9100 for additional details.
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Everyone has their own definition of a healthy lifestyle, so we offer a variety of spaces and places, information and inspiration, and some little extras to help you find your fit.
Your pets are part of your family. That means finding a home that welcomes all of you. We couldn't agree more, which is why we offer pet-friendly communities across the country and created WAG The Pet Program to take pet-friendly living to the next level.
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Urotrauma is a word used for an injury to the urinary tract or reproductive organs. It could be from any traumatic event or impact. It could be from a fall, car or bicycle accident, chemical or weapon. Organs that may be affected by urotrauma include: the kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra, and genitals.…more
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Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome is a chronic bladder health issue resulting in a feeling of pain and pressure in the bladder area.…more
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Muscle invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) is a cancer that spreads into the detrusor muscle of the bladder. The detrusor muscle is the thick muscle deep in the bladder wall. This cancer is more likely to spread to other parts of the body. About 1 out of 4 people who get bladder cancer in the United States have the muscle invasive kind.…more
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Urinary incontinence is leaking of urine that you can't control. Many American men and women suffer from urinary incontinence.…more
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SUI is the most common type of urine leakage. It happens when activities like laughing or coughing cause urine to leak. Leakage can be a few drops to tablespoons or more.…more
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Neurogenic bladder is the name given to a number of urinary conditions in people who lack bladder control due to a brain, spinal cord or nerve problem.…more
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Bladder control depends on muscles working together when the bladder is filling. The bladder muscle should be relaxed and the muscles around the urethra (the tube that urine passes through), called the pelvic floor muscles, should be tight.…more
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If you wake up more than one time each night to go to the bathroom, you may have nocturia. Sleep disruption from having to urinate during the night can impact your quality of life. About 1 in 3 adults over the age of 30 experience nocturia. …more
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During routine visits to your health care provider, you are often asked to give a urine sample for testing. Many tests are routinely performed on it, like checking for sugar (diabetes), bacteria (infection) and blood. Blood in the urine that you do not see is called "microscopic hematuria."…more
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The urethra's main job in males and females is to pass urine outside the body. This thin tube also has an important role in ejaculation for men. When a scar from swelling, injury or infection blocks or slows the flow of urine in this tube, it is called a urethral stricture. Some people feel pain with a urethral stricture.…more
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Paruresis, often called "shy bladder" syndrome, is when you have trouble urinating when other people are around. Depending on how bad it is, some people are not able to void without some or total privacy.…more
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Urinary diversion is when the normal structures are bypassed and an opening is made in the urinary system to bring the urine out another way. This might need to be done if your bladder stops working the right way or had to be removed because of cancer or an injury.…more
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A bladder fistula is when an opening forms between the bladder and some other organ or the skin. Most often the bladder opens to the bowel ("enterovesical fistula") or the vagina ("vesicovaginal fistula").…more
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A bladder diverticulum is a pouch in the bladder wall that a person may either be born with ("congenital") or get later ("acquired"). …more
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The bladder isn't injured often. The bones in the pelvis protect it from most outside forces. But the bladder can be injured by blows or piercing objects. Most often these are related to pelvic fracture. Timely evaluation and proper management are critical for the best outcomes.…more
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Urethral diverticulum (UD) is a pocket or pouch that forms along the urethra. Because of its location, it can be filled with urine and lead to infections. It is can cause: a painful vaginal mass, ongoing pelvic pain, and many urinary tract infections (UTIs).…more
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The urethra is a vital part of the urinary tract. Its main job is to carry urine out of the body. In men, this channel also carries semen from the reproductive tract.…more
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Bladder augmentation is an operation performed to increase the size of the bladder. This type of surgery is for patients whose bladder is not large enough to hold the usual amount of urine made by the kidneys. In some patients, the urine may leak from the bladder, causing wetting (incontinence).…more
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2014: A-Sun All-Academic Team … Voted Preseason Player of the Year in the Atlantic Sun … Sustained season-ending injury in a 3-1 win over Missouri in the fourth match of the season … Medical redshirt.
2013: Atlantic Sun Player of the Year…A-Sun All-Conference First Team…Honorable Mention AVCA All-America team…AVCA All-South Region Division I Team…Invitee to U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team open tryouts…A-Sun All-Tournament Team…Ranked 11th nationally in NCAA Division I in points per set, 13th in kills per set and 37th in hitting percentage…Led A-Sun overall in hitting percentage (.378), kills per set (4.53) and points per set (5.16)…Her 507 kills were the second highest ever by a Lipscomb player for a single season…First in kills in A-Sun matches (4.56 per set)…Second in A-Sun matches in hitting percentage (.386)…A-Sun Player of the Week for 10/8 and 9/19…TSWA Player of the Week 10/8…MVP of Lipscomb Invitational…Career total of 1,123 kills, one of only six players in the history of the program to break the 1,000 kills mark in the NCAA era and the seventh overall in the program…Led team in blocks with 87 in 112 sets, .78 per set…Tied for fifth on team in service aces with 18 in 112 sets, .16 per set…51 digs, .46 per set…One of four players to play in all 112 sets, 31 matches…Career high 27 kills in five sets vs. ETSU (10/5)…In 31 matches only missed finishing in double figures in kills one time (9 at Mercer 11/2)…Six matches with 20 or more kills…Season-high five digs vs. Samford (9/6).
2012: Led the team with a hitting percentage of .332 (360-107-762) … Started in all 30 matches and played in all 104 sets ... Had a season-high 22 kills at Jacksonville (10/20) … Had 22 matches with double-digit kill performances … Third on the team with 360 kills and kills per set with 3.46, which ranked fourth in the conference … Had a hitting percentage of .700 vs. Jacksonville (10/22), the second highest in school history … Led the team with 57.0 total blocks and 45 block assists ... Named to the All-A Sun Second Team ... Named on the All-Tournament team in the Lipscomb Invitational with 38 kills in three matches.
2011: Played in 110 and 112 sets and played in 31 and 32 matches, including seven starts ... Ranked fourth on the team with 256 kills and kills per set with 2.33 … Had 13 double-digit kill totals, including a season-high 15 against Belmont (10/6) … Unanimous A-Sun All Freshman team honoree.
High School: All-State (2009, 2010). …All-Region (2009, 2010). …Prep Volleyball 2010 Senior Aces Honorable Mention. …Teamed with fellow Lady Bison Megan Stout to win the 2009 Kentucky State Championship where they went up against now teammates Caitlin Dotson and Sophie Kellerman. …2008 Kentucky State Champions. …2010 Kentucky State runner-ups. …2010 Berkley Prep Tournament Champions. …2009 Academic All-State selection. …National Honor Society. …National Society of High School Scholars. …Congressional Youth Leadership Council Alumni.
Club: MAVA (Mid-America Volleyball Association)
Personal: Parents are Kenneth and Kathy Dobson …One sister, Lori Ann. …Grew up on "Reid Avenue" named because of the number of maternal relatives that live on the same street. …Plans to major in education.


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Sharon Osbourne has urged Lindsay Lohan's mum to seek professional help after watching her odd performance on U.S. Tv self-help guru Dr. Phil Mcgraw's show on Monday (17Sep12).
Dina Lohan agreed to sit down and talk about her family's problems but her interview with MCGraw quickly became a mess when she appeared incoherent and confused as the Tv doctor attempted to get a straight answer from her.
Lohan's ex-husband - Lindsay's estranged father Michael - has suggested his former wife was inebriated, even asking MCGraw on Tv if she had been drinking before the chat. But the counsellor insists he couldn't smell alcohol on his guest's breath.
And now Osbourne, another celebrity mum who has seen her fair share of problems, has waded into the drama, and she thinks it's time for Dina Lohan to seek help - so she can help her troubled actress daughter, who is struggling to stay away from trouble.
Lindsay, who has been in and out of court and jail for a number of theft, Dui and probation violations in the past two years, was caught up in a hit-and-run drama and arrested for fleeing the scene in New York early on Wednesday (19Sep12).
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WASHINGTON — Now that the Base Realignment and Closure Commission's (BRAC) recommendations for reshaping the Defense Department's (DoD) infrastructure and force structure are officially in effect, the future of several military fitness facilities and fitness personnel is unknown. The base closings or reductions could reduce the number of military fitness facilities overall or new fitness facilities could be built on bases that receive a large influx of relocated personnel, says Michael Rojas of Iron Grip, whose military business is facilitated through Life Fitness.
The 2005 BRAC recommendations represent the most aggressive BRAC ever proposed, affecting more than 800 installations. DoD officials said military fitness probably would not be affected.
"It's up to each base itself [what to do with its fitness center], but [military fitness] will probably not be affected at all," said Glenn Flood, DoD spokesperson. "The military [at the affected bases] just goes to another base."
It could be two years before closings and realignments begin. The process must be completed by Sept. 15, 2011, DoD officials said.
Kelly Powell, head of the Navy Mission Essential Branch, said that funding schedules would determine whether the base closings would mean not just closings of fitness facilities but also the build out of facilities at other bases. When a base has a substantial increase in its personnel, more money is allocated to its fitness centers, she said.
The future of military fitness professionals is also unclear. In the Navy, fitness professionals could get picked up by another location, move to another branch of the military or even keep their job if their base is realigned and not closed entirely, Powell said. Others may have to apply for work in other areas of the fitness field.
"My belief is that any good people will find employment," Powell said. "It could be in the private industry, another service or a corporate role. There will be lots of personnel decisions to be made."
The four previous BRAC rounds — in 1988, 1991, 1993 and 1995 — resulted in 97 major closures, 55 major realignments and 235 minor actions, according to DoD figures. Overall, closing and realigning these installations saved taxpayers around $18 billion through fiscal 2001 and a further $7 billion per year since, officials said. Detailed plans will be developed for every BRAC recommendation, laying out what actions are required to implement them, when they will occur, and what resources are needed to put them into effect, officials said.


text: Announcements, DIY, Frugal, Money & Finance, My Work Our Top 12 Posts of 2012 What a wonderful year 2012 was for our site and our family. MomAdvice continues to grow & I can't wait to share with your our best posts of this year. Today I wanted to highlight our top 12 posts from 2012. Do I thank you enough around here? I never feel like my thanks is sufficient enough for all of your love and support for us. Thank you for sharing our site with others. Thank you for your continued support. Thank you for your comments. I can't tell you what they mean to me. Here are the top 12 posts that happened on MomAdvice this year: 1. How to Dye A Faded Pair Of Jeans Our top post this year, by a LONG shot, was my tutorial on how to dye your old jeans. With over 205,000 views, this one went viral and that box of Rit fabric dye was, perhaps, the best purchase of the entire year! 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After a year without cable, I can't tell you how much happier we are. We are especially enjoying the savings we are experiencing by changing the way we watch television. 6. The World's Greatest Homemade Bubbles Recipe If there is one thing my kid's love, it is this homemade bubble recipe. Neighbor kids flock to our home in awe of their super awesomeness and moms will be begging for your secret. This super easy recipe was a popular one on the site and replicated in many a home! 7. Slow Cooker Stuffed Green Pepper Soup This recipe was created and has been devoured in my home weekly since its development. If you crave a thick & hearty soup filled with brown rice, veggies, and a tomato broth, then this soup is the one for you! This was a popular one for many of our readers with food allergies and I am excited that we were able to cater to that need a bit this year. 8. How To Make Glow-In-The-Dark JELL-O Jars Science project plus edible treat? This is a win-win situation, people! This post got so much love that JELL-O even featured it on their site (which thrilled me to no end!) My kids got a kick out of making this treat for Halloween and we loved sharing the science behind their spooky glow. 9. The Best Books Read in 2012 I absolutely love sharing my reading lists each year and I can't wait to continue sharing book reviews with you in the upcoming year. I take this list so seriously that it keeps me up at night the night before, worrying that I made the wrong picks for you guys. I have been getting oodles of messages though, from many of you, sharing how much you have already been enjoying off of this reading list. I am already tackling the next round of books, as we speak, for another "best of" list for next year! 10. Homemade Enchilada Sauce Who wants to buy stuff you can make? That is why you come here, of course! My homemade enchilada sauce recipe is one of my favorite DIY creations in the kitchen. Once you make this enchilada sauce, you will never buy that jarred stuff again! If you haven't tried this recipe yet, I highly recommend it! 11. How to Knit Great Chemo Caps for Charity I have, sadly, knitted far more chemo caps for people I know than I would have ever wanted to this year. If you are a knitter and looking for some tips on making really great chemo caps (that will actually be worn) than this post is just the post you will need to get started. I share everything I have learned from selecting the right yarns, to selecting the right patterns, to adding a little "sparkle" to your hats. I am so happy to see that this was a post that you have been referencing! 12. How to Make a Homeless Care Package Last, but certainly not least, our Homeless Care Package post was our final top post of the year. We were so excited to be able to create these homeless care packages for those in need in our area and we shared a free printable list of supplies as well as a local resources sheet that other families could use to replicate our giving this year. Our family made giving to charity one of our top priorities this year and we look forward to giving back more to those in need in 2013. What would you like to see featured in 2013 on our site? I would love to hear your ideas for posts as I begin planning my editorial calendar for the year! Pin It Published January 02, 2013 by: Amy Allen Clark is the founder of MomAdvice.com. You can read all about her here.


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UPDATE: Selfie or not, it's still an awesome photo!
Valentina Attard, the girl featured in the Instagrammed photo above and below took to her Tumblr Wednesday to set the record straight regarding her "selfie" with pop superstar Beyonce that she took during the singer's recent concert in Melbourne, Australia.
"Okay so as most of the people that have recently followed me i have been the girl that got her selfie 'photobombed' by Beyonce when in fact i asked her for the photo so she posed and smiled as the perfect person she is! .... just thought i'd clear the air haha," Attard wrote.
While it's cool she felt she needed to set the record straight, there's no denying it is a fantastic image and that Attard did indeed have a "perfect night" watching the "amazing" Beyonce.
Here's our article as it originally appeared:
Beyonce is full of surprises.
A 15-year-old Australian girl thought she was snapping a selfie in the midst of the singer's concert at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne Park on Friday, Oct. 25. What the young dancer didn't anticipate, however, was that Queen Bey would end up photobombing her.
The teen shared the picture via Tumblr days later and explained what happened in a series of blog posts. "OMG OMG OMG I CANT BELIEVE IT HAPPENED TO ME," she wrote on Monday, Oct. 28. "i dont even know it was such a blur i just remember her bending down to me and my friend and i just turned for the photo and wowoowow it was the best moment ever like she posed its crazy i wasnt even expecting her to look at my phone or notice me in the crowd."
The brunette fan added that it was a "perfect night" and called Beyonce "amazing."
Beyonce is in the midst of her "Mrs. Carter World Tour." She next performs at Australia's Brisbane Entertainment Centre before heading to North America in late November.
The moment was also captured on a video from the show; you can see it at the 1:00 mark here:


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