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SquallStrife wrote:Mau1wurf1977 wrote:Oh
It's not a gaming 486, but it's pretty interesting!
AFAIK, there is only one other video on Youtube about a PPC PReP system: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bxJIA8hscI
VileRancour wrote:I should note that Thexder also supports MCGA (if it detects a PS/2), which looks like the Tandy mode but with a modified palette that IMO looks better; there's also a little patch by ripsaw allowing it to be used together with the 3-voice Tandy music.
Holering wrote:Good luck with your videos! Not a big fan of modding consoles, but this information is probably very useful for RGB users (especially Americans that never had RGB scart). Those that make arcade cabs and superguns, will most definitely benefit from this too. Great stuff!
SquallStrife wrote:Oh man, I suck!!!
I've got 3 videos on the burner, all awaiting some critical pizzle piece before I can finish the projects, edit the videos, and upload.
I'm trying to make a new title card, but I have no imagination whatsoever.
Youtubing is hard. :(
philscomputerlab wrote:But you got to enjoy it. If you're frustrated then it's not a fun hobby any more.
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Are You Ready for GDPR? | @CloudEXPO @CalligoCloud #HybridCloud #CIO #GDPR #Serverless #DataCenter #Compliance
The new Global Data Protection Regulation and how Calligo can help business stay compliant in digitally globalized world
By: Elizabeth White
Jun. 16, 2019 11:00 PM
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Are You Ready for GDPR (The EU General Data Protection Regulation)?
In his general session at 21st CloudEXPO, Greg Dumas, Calligo's Vice President and G.M. of US operations, discussed the new Global Data Protection Regulation and how Calligo can help business stay compliant in digitally globalized world.
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Greg has over 25 years of experience as an international sales, marketing & operations executive. His background has focused primarily on virtualization and internet security products & services. Most recently he was with Attivo Networks, the leader in deception security products. Previous to Attivo, he held roles as a the VP of International sales & operations for Xangati, as well as holding executive positions at Blue Coat Systems, Lucent Technologies, Livingston Enterprises, & Telebit Corporation.
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Greg has been a featured speaker at previous events including VM World, Interop & LANdaba as well as at numerous virtualization & security user group sessions around the world.
At CloudEXPO Silicon Valley, June 24-26, 2019, Digital Transformation (DX) is a major focus with expanded DevOpsSUMMIT and FinTechEXPO programs within the DXWorldEXPO agenda. Successful transformation requires a laser focus on being data-driven and on using all the tools available that enable transformation if they plan to survive over the long term. A total of 88% of Fortune 500 companies from a generation ago are now out of business. Only 12% still survive. Similar percentages are found throughout enterprises of all sizes.
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How much fun can you have adding funny text to someone else's photograph? If you're the U.S. secretary of state, apparently quite a lot.
It's already been proven that if you let the general public add their own cute sayings to pictures of cats, you can build an entire empire on top of it. And now, thanks to the Tumblr blog Texts from Hillary, you too can create your own snarky narrative involving, yes, pictures of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton texting.
It started as a quirky site where random people can make submissions featuring, say, Jon Stewart texting "Daily Show this week?" to Hillary and having the former First Lady respond, "Already booked Colbert."
But now the blog has gone from viral blogosphere hit to mainstream media sensation after Clinton herself made a submission and welcomed the blog's two creators, Adam Smith and Stacy Lambe, to the State Department.
"It was great," Smith told Politico. "She came out, she was all smiles, told us how much she likes the site and that people have been telling her all about it....She just thinks it's great."
Unlike the LOLCats phenomenon, which revolves around countless pictures of cats, Texts from Hillary uses just two photographs, one by Reuters photographer Kevin Lamarque and the other by Diana Walker of "Time." In both cases, Clinton is seen with what appears to be a BlackBerry in her hand, studiously focused on the device. That, of course, is the fodder from which great Internet memes are born, and sure enough, the Tumblr has gone absolutely nuts. In just six days.
In the very first post, we see a reclining Barack Obama text, "Hey Hil, Whatchu doing?" To which the secretary of state responds, "Running the world." The second post shows Sarah Palin texting "We almost had the same job..." and Clinton's reply, "Lolz, b---h please."
It goes on from there, of course, pairing Hillary (and her fictional texts) with everyone from Lady Gaga to Oprah to Joe Biden to Rachel Maddow, and so on.
But it wasn't until Clinton herself weighed in that the site went supernova. And for the first, time, the site has a brand-new, all-original photo: the Secretary of State with Smith and Lambe, Clinton smiling broadly, the blog's two creators both busily tapping away on their phones.


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The Fanuc Series 31i is part of the interchangeable control WinNC. WinNC allows the user to learn all CNC industry controls that are common on the market on a Concept machine or on a programmers place. One of these controls is the Fanuc Series 31i. It corresponds in terms of handling and function to the particular original control and it can be used on a PC. The user has the possibility to work on the PC as well as on the machinecontrol and gets familiar with all aspects of control programming in detail. The WinNC Fanuc 31i includes Manual Guide i work-step programming.
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Win3D-View is a 3D simulation for turning and milling and is available as an option in addition to the WinNC Control. Graphic simulations of CNC controls are designed especially for industrial experience. Win3D-View displays exceed industry standards. Tools, blanks, clamping devices, and work processes are highly realistic.The system checks the programmed travel of the tool to prevent collision with clamping devices and blanks. If there is a conflict, a warning is given so that manufacturing processes can be understood and controlled from the very beginning. That's the aim of Win3D-View: Visualizing, supporting and avoiding costly collisions.
"Easy2control" adds a range of attractive applications to the successful interchangeable control system used in EMCO training machines. Suitable for use in machines and simulation workplaces alike, it displays additional control elements directly on the screen and, when used together with a touchscreen monitor, provides the ideal input interface. With support for a wide range of keyboard variants, customer-specific screen layouts and tailored solutions for individual customers, Easy2control represents a promising and highly flexible extension to the modular EMCO training concept. The interchangeable controls are represented using an on-screen keyboard, which makes switching between different control systems even easier and quicker.
Portable Machine Operating panel to operate the machine via hardware, includes axis buttons, feed override switch, mode switch etc. together with EMCO Easy2control.
Whether for small businesses or for professional CNC training the Concept machines can be applied flexibly. With its modular concept the machine series can be used in a productional CIM network as well as for training purposes equipped with training softwares and coursewares.
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The DNC-Interface (Distributed Numerical Control) allowes a remote control of the control software (WinNC) via a software-protocol.
The DNC interface creates a connection between a superordinate computer (production master computer, FMS-computer, DNC-host computer etc.) and the control computer of an NC machine. After activation of the DNC operation the DNC computer (Master) takes over the control of the NC machine (Client). The entire production control is completely assumed by the DNC computer. The automation devices such as doors, clamping chuck (collet), sleeve, coolant etc. can be controlled by the DNC computer. The actual status of the NC machine is displayed on the DNC computer.
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CAMConcept is innovative software for complete CAD/CAM and CNC training, from design to manufacture. CAMConcept incorporates both the functions of a professional CAD/CAM system and the advantages of a special training program for machining technology. All core CAD program functions are available. Graphic displays of CNC cycles allow quick programming, while simulations and collision checks ensure that control programming is safe. The 3D simulations make it perfect for training at programming stations, and also for making complex turning and milling workpieces simple to produce any time. With its many functions, user-friendly operation and clear structure, CAMConcept is one of the leading software systems in the field of training.
An external keyboard supports practical programming on an external programmer work place.
In addition to the interchangeable control all Concept machines can be equipped with, there's the possibility to get the control specific keyboard. By using the control keyboard (accessory with interchangeable key modules for the respective control type) the operation becomes easier and has a higher didactic value by its similarity to the original control.


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Nicki Minaj will be slugging it out again big time--and it won't be against Mariah Carey!
Big Barbz and Rihanna dominated all nominees for this year's American Music Awards with four nods apiece.
The noms were announced Tuesday by Christina Aguilera, who will also be performing at the show on Nov. 18. (Two for one!)
Following closely with three nods each are Justin Bieber, Drake, Maroon 5, Usher and One Direction.
Look back at the five biggest jaw-droppers from last year's AMAs
This year, there's no shortage of drama among the artists who'll be battling for prizes.
Rihanna will be competing with not one but two exes: Drake, for Artist of the Year; and Chris Brown, for Favorite Soul/R&B Album.
In the heartthrob department, Biebs goes up against boy band du jour One Direction for Favorite Pop/Rock Album.
Lady Gaga pulls a Justin Bieber, vomits onstage in Barcelona
Even kiss-happy, scandal-plagued Jason Aldean scored himself some love with a nod for Favorite Male Country Artist.
For the sixth year, winners will be determined by online voting, which kicks off today. This year's awards, which will celebrate the show's 40th anniversary, will be handed out on at Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre and air live on ABC.
Ryan Seacrest sets Bieber's mom up with Chris Harrison
Here's the full list of nominees:
Artist of the Year: Justin Bieber/Drake/Maroon 5/Katy Perry/Rihanna
New Artist of the Year: J. Cole/fun./Gotye/Carly Rae Jepsen/One Direction
Favorite Male Artist--Pop/Rock: Justin Bieber/Flo Rida/Pitbull/Usher
Favorite Female Artist--Pop/Rock: Kelly Clarkson/Nicki Minaj/Katy Perry/Rihanna
Favorite Band, Duo or Group--Pop/Rock: fun./Maroon 5/One Direction/The Wanted
Favorite Album--Pop/Rock: Justin Bieber, Believe/Maroon 5, Overexposed/Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded/One Direction, Up All Night
Favorite Male Artist--Country: Jason Aldean/Luke Bryan/Eric Church
Favorite Female Artist--Country: Miranda Lambert/Taylor Swift/Carrie Underwood
Favorite Band, Duo or Group--Country: Zac Brown Band/Lady Antebellum/Rascal Flatts
Favorite Album--Country: Luke Bryan, Tailgates &Tanlines/Lionel Richie, Tuskegee/Carrie Underwood, Blown Away
Favorite Artist--Rap/Hip-Hop: Drake/Nicki Minaj/Tyga
Favorite Album--Rap/Hip-Hop: J. Cole, Cole World: The Sideline Story/Drake, Take Care/Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
Favorite Male Artist--Soul/R&B: Chris Brown/Trey Songz/Usher
Favorite Female Artist--Soul/R&B: Beyonce/Mary J. Blige/Rihanna
Favorite Album--Soul/R&B: Chris Brown, Fortune/Rihanna, Talk That Talk/Usher/Looking 4 Myself
Favorite Artist--Alternative Rock: The Black Keys/Gotye/Linkin Park
Favorite Artist--Adult Contemporary: Adele/Kelly Clarkson/Train
Favorite Artist--Latin: Don Omar/Pitbull/Shakira
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ENGS 67: Programming Parallel Systems
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Multi-core processors are now ubiquitous in most personal computers. These are the fundamental computer-engineering building blocks for high-performance servers, blade farms, and cloud computing. In order to utilize these devices in large systems they must be interconnected through networking and collectively programmed. This hands-on system-engineering course offers students the opportunity to explore problem-solving techniques on a high-performance multi-computer containing multi-core processors. The course involves weekly programming laboratories that teach POSIX thread, UDP and TCP network, and MPI style programming techniques. These techniques are explored in the context of scalable problem solving methods applied to typical problems in science and engineering ranging from client-server sensing and data repositories, to numerical methods, gaming and decision support. All laboratories will be conducted in the C programming language and proficiency in C is required. Enrollment is limited to 30 students.


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- Summary
No task is too big or small for this sturdy stainless steel 6-sided grater. Shredding options include an extra-fine grater for foods such as parmesan cheese, nutmeg and ginger; a fine grater for hard cheeses and cinnamon; a medium grater for soft cheeses, smaller vegetables and chocolate and a coarse grater for larger cheeses and vegetables. It also features all-purpose and julienne slicers.
- Made of durable 18/10 stainless steel.
- Each side features a different grating surface.
- The pull out bottom catches and dispenses freshly grated ingredients easily and mess-free.
- Dishwasher safe.
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- 5-5/8" x 9-1/2" high.
- Made in China.
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- Edges are sharp; use carefully to avoid injury on grating surfaces.
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Rated 1 out of 5 by LilMsFoodieSWFL from something has changed with this item It is a piece of junk. Most of the cheese falls to the outside, you can not remove the plate without spilling everything. Mymicroplanes have worked beautifully but I thought this might be a good addition for my kitchen. I can see it being used in staging a home but not for any actual culinary use.Date published: 2016-03-15Rated 5 out of 5 by Sumfos from Dependable and useful I like how this grater makes short work of tedious things like hash browns and shredded cheese. Very useful tool to have around the kitchen! Since it is all stainless steel, you can throw it in the dishwasher too.Date published: 2015-06-02Rated 5 out of 5 by ATM56 from Best Grater Ever! I used this for this first time recently. It is definitely the best grater I have ever owned! One of my pet peeves is grating cheese, but some how this grater made it all better!Date published: 2015-04-10Rated 5 out of 5 by KayLeo from LOVE this grater! I bought this 6-sided Grater to replace my old box grater that I've had for 10 years. I immediately fell in love with this grater after my first use. I first used this grater to shred Mozzarella cheese and the grater did a magnificent job of shredding the cheese cleanly. I have since used this grater on potatoes, carrots, and a variety of cheeses. Everything was sliced, shredded, and julienned cleanly with ease. I love that there is a catch-all attached to the bottom so I don't have to place the grater on a plate or something. I also love how it is easy to clean the stainless steel. My previous grater required quite a bit of scrubbing with a brush to clean off all of the little holes. With this new grater, I can just run it through hot water and scrub lightly with a soft sponge. For this price, there is no reason to not buy this super helpful kitchen tool!Date published: 2014-03-23Rated 5 out of 5 by Spicecoast from Best Grater Ever We received this as a wedding gift now 11 years ago. It was one of those choices for our registry that was utilitarian and not exciting. This has turned out to be a faithful and lasting gift. I still fondly think of the couple that gave it to us and the grater still performs well after all these years.Date published: 2013-12-04Rated 5 out of 5 by PJohnston from Perfect universal grater I love this grater!! This one is so much nicer than the Faberware I used to have. The handle is very smooth, rounded stainless steel that fits your hand perfectly while holding and grating. I like that you can grate everything from cheeses to spices. It is bulkier to hold than the flat graters when you're grating things to accent on top of dishes such as Parmesan over spaghetti. But those things don't take long, so it's not a big deal to me. Grating things on a wooden cutting board with it keeps it from sliding around on me. This is so much easier and faster to clean than a bulky food processor.Date published: 2013-11-20Rated 5 out of 5 by Lou42 from Great grater Perfect for all grating needs. Have used it for years; am buying one for the beach house.Date published: 2013-10-29Rated 5 out of 5 by Donmarie from Love this Multi-function grater Grater is high-quality & appears to be built to last. Love the 6 sides so that I don't have to have 2 or 3 graters in the kitchen!Date published: 2013-08-02


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The Essential Guide To Spying On Your Competitor's Website
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About This Class
The Essential Guide To Spying On Your Competitors Website
The Essential Guide To Spying On Your Competitors Website
If you're in any kind of business it's essential that you keep ahead of your Competitors. Part of this includes keeping a watchful eye on what they are doing online. In this course, you will learn:-
How to see how much traffic your Competitors have coming to their site
- Learn how much they pay for each click to their products
- See where their traffic is coming from
- Find out which sites link to theirs
- Get a list of keywords they list for
By getting all of this information, you'll be in a much stronger position to not only take on your competitors, but to beat them. Knowledge is Power.
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How answers define us
CHICAGO – In the course of raising two teenage boys, a mother finds herself wearing many hats, nearly all of them of the rule-enforcement variety.
There's "eat your vegetables, drink your milk, stay away from that candy" and "pick your clothes up off the floor, push your chair in and turn the lights off."
And don't get me started on the category of instilling good grooming habits in adolescent boys that aren't fit to describe in a family newspaper.
But lately I've found myself in a new role: I'm the "yeah" police. It goes a little something like this:
Me: Honey, did you remember to let the dogs out?
Son: Yeah.
Me: I'm sorry, what?
Son: Yeah.
Me: Try that again.
Son (through gritted teeth): YES, Mooommm!
The crackdown started quite abruptly. It was late last semester when it became obvious that in order to get into the most advanced classes next year, students would be relying partially on teacher recommendations.
I recalled in horror having heard both sons respond to teacher questions with that deplorable "yeah" during the last round of parent-teacher conferences. I've been on patrol ever since.
"Yeah" is not my natural enemy. I say it all the time, usually during informal conversations with colleagues, acquaintances or family. The difference is that, as an adult with a strict Catholic school education under my belt, I code-switch with the greatest of ease.
It's "yeah" to my husband when he asks if I want ketchup on my hotdog and "Yes, Ms. So and So" when speaking to my children's teachers. Actually, these days it's "Yes, dear" as I struggle to set the right example at home.
This is not coming completely out of left field. As the boys get old enough for us to plan high school courses designed to result in the best-possible university placements, it's becoming clear that all important life experiences hinge on the details.
A few weeks ago, a downtown Chicago corporate director of talent acquisition came to one of our local high schools to talk to teachers about how best to prepare students to enter the workforce.
Though good grades are obviously important, the presenter didn't go on about 5.0 grade-point averages, student resumes that brim with extracurricular activities and community service, or even about degrees from elite colleges.
When he evaluates candidates for jobs, his mind is almost completely made up in just minutes.
"It's all about how a candidate represents themselves on first impression – are they dressed neatly, with a clean pressed shirt that's neatly tucked in? Or are they in jeans or worn out pants?
"Are they making eye contact? Are they using different vocal tones to show that they're excited about the opportunity? Are they answering your questions with complete sentences or just with 'yeah,' 'OK' or other one-word type of answers?"
The guest speaker, who described his career as having spanned 19 years across several different industries, said, "Literally, I can tell within the first five to 10 minutes of the interview whether the candidate will move forward or not."
I only wish I had room to cite every crazy example of inappropriate interview behavior he relayed – such as responding to inquiry emails or sending thank you notes with "texting" language such as "u" for "you" and "r" for the word "are," and putting cellphones out on the desk (and responding to incoming text messages!) during a job interview.
But it's really the simple things, such as acting as though you're interested and paying attention, and formulating an intelligent question or two, that will get you past the threshold of any opportunity.
That leaves little room for error.
"These things matter – it's all about putting your best foot forward," he said.
In many cases, this opportunity is as fleeting as the amount of time it takes to respond to a simple question with just a modicum of respect.
Whether it's a reaction to a statement or question from a teacher, an administrator, a prospective employer, a college admissions officer – or a law enforcement one, for that matter – the ability to speak with clarity and courtesy is a skill that every child should have drilled into him or her.
And it's a good enough reason for me to also struggle to give up my casual use of the lazy version of "yes."
– Esther Cepeda's email address is email@example.com.
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More drama for Alvin Greene, who rocketed from obscurity to become South Carolina's Democratic Senate nominee. Greene's former campaign manager now accuses the candidate of using racial and anti-gay slurs, reports Myrtle Beach's WMBF-TV.
Alvin Greene is denying using the words. Now former campaign aide Dottie Sue Maggart-Feldmen accused Greene of using the slurs in a voice mail to the York County man she says Greene was talking about. The message was left for local Democratic activist Will Bigger, who organized a forum in York Monday night in which Greene spoke and answered questions. In the message, which was obtained by WBTV news partner CN2, Dottie Sue tells Bigger she has resigned from the Greene campaign. She says on the way back from the forum in York Greene called Bigger a 'fat white f-----.' She also says he called Bigger anti-white slurs. 'That's not true,' Greene told WBTV by phone from his home in Manning, South Carolina, on Wednesday night. 'She is a troublemaker, and she is not with my campaign.' Bigger said he's not sure who he believes, but he says the whole thing is disappointing."
Also on the campaign trail: Greene was accused of showing pornography to a college student and recently indicted by a grand jury on obscenity charges. South Carolina's Jim Clyburn, the No. 3-ranking Democrat in the U.S. House, says he will not support and not vote for his party's nominee for the Senate.
Right-wing and rabidly anti-gaySen. Jim DeMint leads Greene by 44 points.


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Open Closet
Add to Calendar 2019-12-06 19:00:00 2019-12-06 21:00:00 Open Closet Open Closet is a social support group for youth between 14 and 18 years of age who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, two-spirited, queer and questioning their sexual orientation (LGBT2Q). The group learns and has discussions about issues such as coming out to parents and friends, queer identities, LGBT2Q history, survival strategies, accessing community, safer sex and healthy and unhealthy relationships. We also provide access to information about HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and provide referrals to community services and resources according to individual needs. Regional HIV/AIDS Connection Regional HIV/AIDS Connection Open Closet (OC) America/Toronto public
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Hi, I am G.I.Joe. I'm a real hero, and I love nothing more than thwarting yet another evil Cobra scheme. When everybody else fails, I don't.
'You will look very silly said Mr Salteena with a dry laugh.
Well so will you said Ethel in a snappy tone and she ran out of the room with a very superier run throwing out her legs behind and her arms swinging in rithum.
Well said the owner of the house she has a most idiotick run.'
May as well join the spirit... I'm Rich, I signed-up for CW in 2003 aged just about 18, when I still used my full name, which I now don't really like at all as it sounds hopelessly over-formal; as of this post I'm (sadly) 24.
I've been playing with cricket-bats (of increasing size) and balls (initially tennis-balls, then orange KwikCricket windballs, then hardballs) since I could stand, have never been all that good but am able to hold my own in a serious game of organised eleven-a-side cricket, for which I'm grateful. My Dad's a huge fan of the game as well, and was always a better player than me - in fact was right up to the 2009 season after which he's finally retired at the age of 56. My first memories are of watching the 1991/92 World Cup with him, as England were beaten in the final by Pakistan, and I watched on and off, more and more, until 1998 when England played South Africa and I was completely captivated, and also came to love those two teams. I've followed both of them avidly since then, and since 2000 I've also followed just about all Test teams to some degree, as well as domestic cricket in England and to some small degree Australia and South Africa.
CricketWeb forum is easily the best online cricket-discussing community around in my experience - well ahead of the pack.
Appreciating cricket's greatest legend ever - HD Bird...............Funniest post (intentionally) ever.....Runner-up.....Third.....Fourthcricket player"; "Bob"), 1/11/1990-15/4/2006
(Accidental) founder of Twenty20 Is Boring Society. Click and post to sign-up.
I'm Martyn, but you can call me GIMH. I'm not as old as I look but older than I act. Hi.
Some things that will help you understand my posts - I am unashamedly biased to the England cricket team, Andrew Flintoff walks on water and I love world-class all-rounders hence the Broad/Swann love in my signature who are unmatched amongst their peers. Aside from cricket I enjoy football, you'll also catch me stalking the wrestling thread if you venture outside of CC.
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RIP Craigos. A true CW legend. You will be missed.
I'm four_or_six, I've always been surrounded by cricket as long as I can remember, TV, radio, watching and playing club cricket. I used to play a bit but stopped when I was at uni, and I wasn't really that good. I just liked keeping wicket. So now I just watch and bore people to death waffling on about it.
And I'm a girl, but don't hold it against me.
I know what deed poll is, I just don't know that f_o_s meant "deed pole".
Fascist Dictator of the Heath Davis Appreciation Society
Supporting Petone's Finest since the very start - Iain O'Brien
Also Supporting the All Time #1 Batsman of All Time Ever - Jacques Kallis and the much maligned Peter Siddle.
Vimes tells it how it is:
I am Swaranjeet.
I wish i could say like Richard, "I'm (sadly) 24" but even my sons haven't been able to say that for a decade
I am going to be grandfather this September (high time I would say)
Cricket (except for T-20 which I enjoy as i do cartoon movies) and my dogs are the two loves of my life.
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'I think a bullet might hurt a little bit less than this loneliness': The Instagram fad normalising suicidal yearnings as fashionable
'The glamorising and approval of teen girl audiences of the captioned desire to depart from life is surely one of the most dangerous digital conversations unfolding today'
These postings provide a snapshot of the Instagram dialogue trending amongst Australian adolescent girls. It is a virtual battleground of life and death on the popular image-sharing platform, as girls bombard one another's feeds with image representations explicitly captioned with suicidal yearnings.
Suicide-themed captions crafted by girls are attracting hundreds of teen and tween girls. However there are almost no responses encouraging the distressed and possibly at-risk girl to call '000', a kids' help hotline or even asking 'RUOK?'
Instead, adoring fans applaud with 'likes', approving comments and a shower of emoticon hearts before following suit and posting their own suicide-inspired image and caption.
As director of a company, Inspire Creative Arts, working to strengthen positive social media engagement among young people, I am given an insight into the online life of young girls. From cyberbullying to drunken evenings, sex, gossip, body shaming, the 'thinspiration' and 'fitspo' re-posts, and semi-naked images: I thought I'd scrolled through it all. That was until I stumbled across Instagram's suicide genre.
Instagram has become the diary of choice as a girl publicly pens her relationship breakdowns, friendship backstabs, family angst, bikini 'body goals', and the whimsical longings for physical touch and affection. All this, accompanying filtered images of an ocean, flowers, a sunset, a social gathering, her bedroom, laying on her bed, kneeling on her bed, an upper-body selfie with clothes intact or clothes removed, zoomed in on her lips, shoulders, side cleavage, abdominal definition, upper thighs.
But this public broadcast of death-pondering takes young people's social media usage to a whole new level. The glamorising and approval of teen girl audiences of the desire to depart from life is surely one of the most dangerous digital conversations unfolding today.
Where did girls learn the idea that offering to cut one another is a demonstration of friendship and loyalty?
A distressed girl's image can attract the attention of thousands, yet her virtual cry for help is not met with real assistance. It is a sinister paradox that begs us to ask: is the past stigma associated with youth suicide under reconstruction?
Of course we welcome real and honest conversation about the subject, made possible thanks to the work of mental health services leading the way including RUOK campaign, Kids Helpline , Headspace and ReachOut.
However this particular Insta-fad; this troubling collective of emoticon guns, knives and bombs, of applauding girls for the most insightful suicidal thought, and the aspirational connotations of being a suicidal teen, mirrors a detrimental trend.
It is a trend that normalises suicidal ideations as fashionable, deceiving girls as they embark on their rollercoaster quest for belonging, that presenting oneself as suicidal is hot, desirable, and an image deserving of approval.
I wonder how many young lives this digital fashion statement will place at risk, before Instagram's Terms of Use policy includes 'suicide' as a theme considered for automatic deletion?
In a 2014 report by the Australia and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 'Help-seeking Behaviour and Adolescent Self-harm', it was found that only about 50 per cent of youth aged 11-19 sought help when engaging in suicide ideation or thought. Of this figure, it was the 'informal support systems', friends and family, who were most commonly accessed for assistance.
But what happens when an online platform becomes a dominant informal system of self-disclosure and, due to the contagion effect of admiration and copycat behaviour, this system keeps those in need trapped in a cycle of posting harm-themed messages and receiving approval for doing so?
Furthermore – what happens when the dialogue throughout this support system, Instagram, transforms a young person's belief of suicide ideation from being an issue that requires help, to being a normal and trendy thought-pattern?
Suicide is now the biggest killer of young women worldwide according to the World Health Organisation. In Australia, hospital admissions of women aged 15-24 who have self-harmed have increased by 50 per cent in the last 10-15 years.
In the latest report by the Australian Government's Department of Health, it was reported that 1 in 4 girls aged between 16 and 17 have deliberately injured themselves, with 1 in 5 meeting the diagnostic criteria for a depressive disorder.
It is encouraging to those of us working with young people to see a broader societal discussion of this tragedy at last taking place out in the open. Of course the factors leading to suicidal thoughts and the act itself are complex and multi-layered. And of course I'm not laying all the blame on a social media platform. However if we are going to understand the social/psycho influences and drivers, we need to start including these Instagram postings in the discussion. And perhaps it is time for the platforms themselves to question their own social responsibility in hosting and even enabling the spread of suicidal thinking and contagion among those most vulnerable.
If you need help please contact:
Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800
Lifeline: 13 11 14
Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 65 94 67
Also by Jemma Nicholl:
'Sick of sexing up girls in the industry she loves, dance teacher Jemma Nicoll is taking action', MTR
'Pop This': how the dance industry caters for paedophilic fantasies with underage girls', MTR
'The sexification of young dancers: Inside Australia's booming dance studio scene', MTR


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Blackmailed into working for a secret government organisation, a hard-bitten former servicewoman overcomes a perilous training programme to become a highly skilled and extremely resourceful assassin in a taut, action-packed thriller.
In his explosive debut novel, Smith, former US Navy officer Timothy J. Lockhart draws on his years of experience working with various government intelligence agencies to craft a gripping tale of international intrigue.
The action focuses on a secretive corporation, calling themselves 'the Enterprise,' which is intent on eliminating undesirable political figures, terrorists, and influential leaders of regimes they believe pose a threat to US national security.
Not connected with the government, the organisation is free to engage in clandestine overseas operations without repercussion. In truth, their clients are 'a few federal agencies of the government,' providing them with the money, information and resources to succeed.
The Enterprise also has a highly classified programme in place to identify military personnel coming off active duty, and is keen to target those with the necessary talents and motivations to work with them.
One such person of interest is the tough-as-nails loner who goes by the alias Smith. Mentally scarred by a traumatic experience serving in Afghanistan, Smith, now 26 years old, has since turned into a revenge-fuelled killer.
Having gunned down a man who once served alongside her in the Army, she is captured while making her getaway and brought to the Enterprise headquarters to meet the Director who is keen to recruit her.
His powerful bargaining chip is the surveillance footage of her shooting the victim from distance with a sniper rifle and evidence connecting her with the murders of two other GIs, both of whom served with her in the same unit in Afghanistan.
Facing life in prison should the evidence be turned over to the police, she is forced to accept his offer, agreeing to kill for them.
The highly unpleasant, incredibly risky job entails going to Japan to stop a violent group of eco-terrorist who are planning on attacking a nuclear plant, putting it out of commission, and going undercover in Central America to kill a self-proclaimed Communist who heads a labour union and is said to harbour presidential ambitions.
As dangerous and tricky as the proposed missions are, the hardest part is surviving the four months of rigorous training. Few of the new recruits ever make it out of the boot camps alive.
Smith, however, is a different breed of soldier. Brave and resilient, hardened by a difficult childhood and ordeals she suffered while in the military, she is able to cope with whatever obstacles are thrown in her path.
The Army has 'made her a killer,' teaching her how to 'shoot someone at long range, short range, and point-blank range,' and how to fight with a knife or her bare hands, but the Enterprise teaches her 'how to kill coldly, ruthlessly, remorselessly.'
Timothy J. Lockhart takes great care to make the gruelling boot camp and plentiful moments of gunplay delightfully gritty and ostensibly authentic, and Smith is a suitably captivating heroine.
Odious secondary characters like the lecherous, scheming Assistant Director and Dietzler, the antagonistic fellow recruit, keep you rooting for Smith, a persecuted killer trapped in a role she yearns to escape, learning to accept that there is no going back and 'no way out.'
Solidly entertaining, with an interesting female lead character who has plenty of grit and toughness, Smith is a notable hard-boiled noir that hits the ground running, with guns blazing and knives slashing, and doesn't let up until there are ample corpses piled high.
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I connect to my server using SSH:
ssh user@server -p 2224 -zZ abcd
I also have a git repository on my server. The only way I know to clone is:
git clone ssh://firstname.lastname@example.com:2224/path/to/repo
Using the above command I can't connect to my server because
-zZ abcd is not in the command. I tried the following commands but doesn't work.
git clone ssh://email@example.com:2224/path/to/repo -zZ abcd
git clone "ssh://email@example.com:2224/path/to/repo -zZ abcd"
How can I include ssh parameters in
git-clone command?


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MattDovey wrote:Jeremyteg wrote:MattDovey wrote:
"other matters", he says casually
*casually glances to the left*
*casually glances to the right*
*whispers* plane tickets, ok? It was about plane tickets...
Glad to see things are a little more organised this time--I didn't get my ticket confirmation until March, only 4 weeks before...!
I don't have ticket confirmation yet, but I'm hoping! (March is a very, very busy month for me, so I'm trying to be as proactive as possible)


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The ones I've seen:Dune - 0 - So bad that I've almost wiped out the memory of ever having seen it.Blue Velvet - *Lost Highway - **Mulholland Dr. - **Let the flaming begin.
And I was almost thinking your Spielberg hate was dignified.
Dune is actually a whole lot better than everyone thinks it is.
I admire what Lynch tries to do, but he fails at it so much because he can't seem to tell a cogent, coherent story.
I don't have any trouble understanding his stories either. His stories are purposefully ambiguous, and I get that. But at the same time, I'd just like to see a little more effort put into it, instead of leaving so MUCH to ambiguity, and the viewer's interpretation.
And yeah, I want to see Straight Story, and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, and Wild at Heart, and all of his stuff, really. Though Dune really left a bad taste in my mouth. It's just a matter of finding them.


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Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 2, by Edward Gibbon, [1781], at sacred-texts.com
The Government And Death Of Jovian. - Election Of Valentinian, Who Associates His Brother Valens, And Makes The Final Division Of The Eastern And Western Empires. - Revolt Of Procopius. - Civil And Ecclesiastical Administration. - Germany. - Britain. - Africa. - The East. - The Danube. - Death Of Valentinian. - His Two Sons, Gratian And Valentinian II., Succeed To The Western Empire.
The death of Julian had left the public affairs of the empire in a very doubtful and dangerous situation. The Roman army was saved by an inglorious, perhaps a necessary treaty; 1 and the first moments of peace were consecrated by the pious Jovian to restore the domestic tranquility of the church and state. The indiscretion of his predecessor, instead of reconciling, had artfully fomented the religious war: and the balance which he affected to preserve between the hostile factions, served only to perpetuate the contest, by the vicissitudes of hope and fear, by the rival claims of ancient possession and actual favor. The Christians had forgotten the spirit of the gospel; and the Pagans had imbibed the spirit of the church. In private families, the sentiments of nature were extinguished by the blind fury of zeal and revenge: the majesty of the laws was violated or abused; the cities of the East were stained with blood; and the most implacable enemies of the Romans were in the bosom of their country. Jovian was educated in the profession of Christianity; and as he marched from Nisibis to Antioch, the banner of the Cross, the Labarum of Constantine, which was again displayed at the head of the legions, announced to the people the faith of their new emperor. As soon as he ascended the throne, he transmitted a circular epistle to all the governors of provinces; in which he confessed the divine truth, and secured the legal establishment, of the Christian religion. The insidious edicts of Julian were abolished; the ecclesiastical immunities were restored and enlarged; and Jovian condescended to lament, that the distress of the times obliged him to diminish the measure of charitable distributions. 2 The Christians were unanimous in the loud and sincere applause which they bestowed on the pious successor of Julian. But they were still ignorant what creed, or what synod, he would choose for the standard of orthodoxy; and the peace of the church immediately revived those eager disputes which had been suspended during the season of persecution. The episcopal leaders of the contending sects, convinced, from experience, how much their fate would depend on the earliest impressions that were made on the mind of an untutored soldier, hastened to the court of Edessa, or Antioch. The highways of the East were crowded with Homoousian, and Arian, and Semi- Arian, and Eunomian bishops, who struggled to outstrip each other in the holy race: the apartments of the palace resounded with their clamors; and the ears of the prince were assaulted, and perhaps astonished, by the singular mixture of metaphysical argument and passionate invective. 3 The moderation of Jovian, who recommended concord and charity, and referred the disputants to the sentence of a future council, was interpreted as a symptom of indifference: but his attachment to the Nicene creed was at length discovered and declared, by the reverence which he expressed for the celestial 4 virtues of the great Athanasius. The intrepid veteran of the faith, at the age of seventy, had issued from his retreat on the first intelligence of the tyrant's death. The acclamations of the people seated him once more on the archiepiscopal throne; and he wisely accepted, or anticipated, the invitation of Jovian. The venerable figure of Athanasius, his calm courage, and insinuating eloquence, sustained the reputation which he had already acquired in the courts of four successive princes. 5 As soon as he had gained the confidence, and secured the faith, of the Christian emperor, he returned in triumph to his diocese, and continued, with mature counsels and undiminished vigor, to direct, ten years longer, 6 the ecclesiastical government of Alexandria, Egypt, and the Catholic church. Before his departure from Antioch, he assured Jovian that his orthodox devotion would be rewarded with a long and peaceful reign. Athanasius, had reason to hope, that he should be allowed either the merit of a successful prediction, or the excuse of a grateful though ineffectual prayer. 7
The slightest force, when it is applied to assist and guide the natural descent of its object, operates with irresistible weight; and Jovian had the good fortune to embrace the religious opinions which were supported by the spirit of the times, and the zeal and numbers of the most powerful sect. 8 Under his reign, Christianity obtained an easy and lasting victory; and as soon as the smile of royal patronage was withdrawn, the genius of Paganism, which had been fondly raised and cherished by the arts of Julian, sunk irrecoverably in the. In many cities, the temples were shut or deserted: the philosophers who had abused their transient favor, thought it prudent to shave their beards, and disguise their profession; and the Christians rejoiced, that they were now in a condition to forgive, or to revenge, the injuries which they had suffered under the preceding reign. 9 The consternation of the Pagan world was dispelled by a wise and gracious edict of toleration; in which Jovian explicitly declared, that although he should severely punish the sacrilegious rites of magic, his subjects might exercise, with freedom and safety, the ceremonies of the ancient worship. The memory of this law has been preserved by the orator Themistius, who was deputed by the senate of Constantinople to express their royal devotion for the new emperor. Themistius expatiates on the clemency of the Divine Nature, the facility of human error, the rights of conscience, and the independence of the mind; and, with some eloquence, inculcates the principles of philosophical toleration; whose aid Superstition herself, in the hour of her distress, is not ashamed to implore. He justly observes, that in the recent changes, both religions had been alternately disgraced by the seeming acquisition of worthless proselytes, of those votaries of the reigning purple, who could pass, without a reason, and without a blush, from the church to the temple, and from the altars of Jupiter to the sacred table of the Christians. 10
In the space of seven months, the Roman troops, who were now returned to Antioch, had performed a march of fifteen hundred miles; in which they had endured all the hardships of war, of famine, and of climate. Notwithstanding their services, their fatigues, and the approach of winter, the timid and impatient Jovian allowed only, to the men and horses, a respite of six weeks. The emperor could not sustain the indiscreet and malicious raillery of the people of Antioch. 11 He was impatient to possess the palace of Constantinople; and to prevent the ambition of some competitor, who might occupy the vacant allegiance of Europe. But he soon received the grateful intelligence, that his authority was acknowledged from the Thracian Bosphorus to the Atlantic Ocean. By the first letters which he despatched from the camp of Mesopotamia, he had delegated the military command of Gaul and Illyricum to Malarich, a brave and faithful officer of the nation of the Franks; and to his father-in-law, Count Lucillian, who had formerly distinguished his courage and conduct in the defence of Nisibis. Malarich had declined an office to which he thought himself unequal; and Lucillian was massacred at Rheims, in an accidental mutiny of the Batavian cohorts. 12 But the moderation of Jovinus, master- general of the cavalry, who forgave the intention of his disgrace, soon appeased the tumult, and confirmed the uncertain minds of the soldiers. The oath of fidelity was administered and taken, with loyal acclamations; and the deputies of the Western armies 13 saluted their new sovereign as he descended from Mount Taurus to the city of Tyana in Cappadocia. From Tyana he continued his hasty march to Ancyra, capital of the province of Galatia; where Jovian assumed, with his infant son, the name and ensigns of the consulship. 14 Dadastana, 15 an obscure town, almost at an equal distance between Ancyra and Nice, was marked for the fatal term of his journey and life. After indulging himself with a plentiful, perhaps an intemperate, supper, he retired to rest; and the next morning the emperor Jovian was found dead in his bed. The cause of this sudden death was variously understood. By some it was ascribed to the consequences of an indigestion, occasioned either by the quantity of the wine, or the quality of the mushrooms, which he had swallowed in the evening. According to others, he was suffocated in his sleep by the vapor of charcoal, which extracted from the walls of the apartment the unwholesome moisture of the fresh plaster. 16 But the want of a regular inquiry into the death of a prince, whose reign and person were soon forgotten, appears to have been the only circumstance which countenanced the malicious whispers of poison and domestic guilt. 17 The body of Jovian was sent to Constantinople, to be interred with his predecessors, and the sad procession was met on the road by his wife Charito, the daughter of Count Lucillian; who still wept the recent death of her father, and was hastening to dry her tears in the embraces of an Imperial husband. Her disappointment and grief were imbittered by the anxiety of maternal tenderness. Six weeks before the death of Jovian, his infant son had been placed in the curule chair, adorned with the title of Nobilissimus, and the vain ensigns of the consulship. Unconscious of his fortune, the royal youth, who, from his grandfather, assumed the name of Varronian, was reminded only by the jealousy of the government, that he was the son of an emperor. Sixteen years afterwards he was still alive, but he had already been deprived of an eye; and his afflicted mother expected every hour, that the innocent victim would be torn from her arms, to appease, with his blood, the suspicions of the reigning prince. 18
After the death of Jovian, the throne of the Roman world remained ten days, 19 without a master. The ministers and generals still continued to meet in council; to exercise their respective functions; to maintain the public order; and peaceably to conduct the army to the city of Nice in Bithynia, which was chosen for the place of the election. 20 In a solemn assembly of the civil and military powers of the empire, the diadem was again unanimously offered to the praefect Sallust. He enjoyed the glory of a second refusal: and when the virtues of the father were alleged in favor of his son, the praefect, with the firmness of a disinterested patriot, declared to the electors, that the feeble age of the one, and the unexperienced youth of the other, were equally incapable of the laborious duties of government. Several candidates were proposed; and, after weighing the objections of character or situation, they were successively rejected; but, as soon as the name of Valentinian was pronounced, the merit of that officer united the suffrages of the whole assembly, and obtained the sincere approbation of Sallust himself. Valentinian 21 was the son of Count Gratian, a native of Cibalis, in Pannonia, who from an obscure condition had raised himself, by matchless strength and dexterity, to the military commands of Africa and Britain; from which he retired with an ample fortune and suspicious integrity. The rank and services of Gratian contributed, however, to smooth the first steps of the promotion of his son; and afforded him an early opportunity of displaying those solid and useful qualifications, which raised his character above the ordinary level of his fellow-soldiers. The person of Valentinian was tall, graceful, and majestic. His manly countenance, deeply marked with the impression of sense and spirit, inspired his friends with awe, and his enemies with fear; and to second the efforts of his undaunted courage, the son of Gratian had inherited the advantages of a strong and healthy constitution. By the habits of chastity and temperance, which restrain the appetites and invigorate the faculties, Valentinian preserved his own and the public esteem. The avocations of a military life had diverted his youth from the elegant pursuits of literature; *_0071 he was ignorant of the Greek language, and the arts of rhetoric; but as the mind of the orator was never disconcerted by timid perplexity, he was able, as often as the occasion prompted him, to deliver his decided sentiments with bold and ready elocution. The laws of martial discipline were the only laws that he had studied; and he was soon distinguished by the laborious diligence, and inflexible severity, with which he discharged and enforced the duties of the camp. In the time of Julian he provoked the danger of disgrace, by the contempt which he publicly expressed for the reigning religion; 22 and it should seem, from his subsequent conduct, that the indiscreet and unseasonable freedom of Valentinian was the effect of military spirit, rather than of Christian zeal. He was pardoned, however, and still employed by a prince who esteemed his merit; 23 and in the various events of the Persian war, he improved the reputation which he had already acquired on the banks of the Rhine. The celerity and success with which he executed an important commission, recommended him to the favor of Jovian; and to the honorable command of the second school, or company, of Targetiers, of the domestic guards. In the march from Antioch, he had reached his quarters at Ancyra, when he was unexpectedly summoned, without guilt and without intrigue, to assume, in the forty-third year of his age, the absolute government of the Roman empire.
The invitation of the ministers and generals at Nice was of little moment, unless it were confirmed by the voice of the army. The aged Sallust, who had long observed the irregular fluctuations of popular assemblies, proposed, under pain of death, that none of those persons, whose rank in the service might excite a party in their favor, should appear in public on the day of the inauguration. Yet such was the prevalence of ancient superstition, that a whole day was voluntarily added to this dangerous interval, because it happened to be the intercalation of the Bissextile. 24 At length, when the hour was supposed to be propitious, Valentinian showed himself from a lofty tribunal; the judicious choice was applauded; and the new prince was solemnly invested with the diadem and the purple, amidst the acclamation of the troops, who were disposed in martial order round the tribunal. But when he stretched forth his hand to address the armed multitude, a busy whisper was accidentally started in the ranks, and insensibly swelled into a loud and imperious clamor, that he should name, without delay, a colleague in the empire. The intrepid calmness of Valentinian obtained silence, and commanded respect; and he thus addressed the assembly: "A few minutes since it was in your power, fellow-soldiers, to have left me in the obscurity of a private station. Judging, from the testimony of my past life, that I deserved to reign, you have placed me on the throne. It is now my duty to consult the safety and interest of the republic. The weight of the universe is undoubtedly too great for the hands of a feeble mortal. I am conscious of the limits of my abilities, and the uncertainty of my life; and far from declining, I am anxious to solicit, the assistance of a worthy colleague. But, where discord may be fatal, the choice of a faithful friend requires mature and serious deliberation. That deliberation shall be my care. Let your conduct be dutiful and consistent. Retire to your quarters; refresh your minds and bodies; and expect the accustomed donative on the accession of a new emperor." 25 The astonished troops, with a mixture of pride, of satisfaction, and of terror, confessed the voice of their master. Their angry clamors subsided into silent reverence; and Valentinian, encompassed with the eagles of the legions, and the various banners of the cavalry and infantry, was conducted, in warlike pomp, to the palace of Nice. As he was sensible, however, of the importance of preventing some rash declaration of the soldiers, he consulted the assembly of the chiefs; and their real sentiments were concisely expressed by the generous freedom of Dagalaiphus. "Most excellent prince," said that officer, "if you consider only your family, you have a brother; if you love the republic, look round for the most deserving of the Romans." 26 The emperor, who suppressed his displeasure, without altering his intention, slowly proceeded from Nice to Nicomedia and Constantinople. In one of the suburbs of that capital, 27 thirty days after his own elevation, he bestowed the title of Augustus on his brother Valens; *_0072 and as the boldest patriots were convinced, that their opposition, without being serviceable to their country, would be fatal to themselves, the declaration of his absolute will was received with silent submission. Valens was now in the thirty-sixth year of his age; but his abilities had never been exercised in any employment, military or civil; and his character had not inspired the world with any sanguine expectations. He possessed, however, one quality, which recommended him to Valentinian, and preserved the domestic peace of the empire; devout and grateful attachment to his benefactor, whose superiority of genius, as well as of authority, Valens humbly and cheerfully acknowledged in every action of his life. 28
1 The medals of Jovian adorn him with victories, laurel crowns, and prostrate captives. Ducange, Famil. Byzantin. p. 52. Flattery is a foolish suicide; she destroys herself with her own hands.
2 Jovian restored to the church a forcible and comprehensive expression, (Philostorgius, l. viii. c. 5, with Godefroy's Dissertations, p. 329. Sozomen, l. vi. c. 3.) The new law which condemned the rape or marriage of nuns (Cod. Theod. l. ix. tit. xxv. leg. 2) is exaggerated by Sozomen; who supposes, that an amorous glance, the adultery of the heart, was punished with death by the evangelic legislator.
3 Compare Socrates, l. iii. c. 25, and Philostorgius, l. viii. c. 6, with Godefroy's Dissertations, p. 330.
4 The word celestial faintly expresses the impious and extravagant flattery of the emperor to the archbishop. (See the original epistle in Athanasius, tom. ii. p. 33.) Gregory Nazianzen (Orat. xxi. p. 392) celebrates the friendship of Jovian and Athanasius. The primate's journey was advised by the Egyptian monks, (Tillemont, Mem. Eccles. tom. viii. p. 221.)
5 Athanasius, at the court of Antioch, is agreeably represented by La Bleterie, (Hist. de Jovien, tom. i. p. 121-148;) he translates the singular and original conferences of the emperor, the primate of Egypt, and the Arian deputies. The Abbe is not satisfied with the coarse pleasantry of Jovian; but his partiality for Athanasius assumes, in his eyes, the character of justice.
6 The true area of his death is perplexed with some difficulties, (Tillemont, Mem. Eccles. tom. viii. p. 719-723.) But the date (A. D. 373, May 2) which seems the most consistent with history and reason, is ratified by his authentic life, (Maffei Osservazioni Letterarie, tom. iii. p. 81.)
7 See the observations of Valesius and Jortin (Remarks on Ecclesiastical History, vol. iv. p. 38) on the original letter of Athanasius; which is preserved by Theodoret, (l. iv. c. 3.) In some Mss. this indiscreet promise is omitted; perhaps by the Catholics, jealous of the prophetic fame of their leader.
8 Athanasius (apud Theodoret, l. iv. c. 3) magnifies the number of the orthodox, who composed the whole world. This assertion was verified in the space of thirty and forty years.
9 Socrates, l. iii. c. 24. Gregory Nazianzen (Orat. iv. p. 131) and Libanius (Orat. Parentalis, c. 148, p. 369) expresses the living sentiments of their respective factions.
10 Themistius, Orat. v. p. 63-71, edit. Harduin, Paris, 1684. The Abbe de la Bleterie judiciously remarks, (Hist. de Jovien, tom. i. p. 199,) that Sozomen has forgot the general toleration; and Themistius the establishment of the Catholic religion. Each of them turned away from the object which he disliked, and wished to suppress the part of the edict the least honorable, in his opinion, to the emperor.
11 Johan. Antiochen. in Excerpt. Valesian. p. 845. The libels of Antioch may be admitted on very slight evidence.
12 Compare Ammianus, (xxv. 10,) who omits the name of the Batarians, with Zosimus, (l. iii. p. 197,) who removes the scene of action from Rheims to Sirmium.
13 Quos capita scholarum ordo castrensis appellat. Ammian. xxv. 10, and Vales. ad locum.
14 Cugus vagitus, pertinaciter reluctantis, ne in curuli sella veheretur ex more, id quod mox accidit protendebat. Augustus and his successors respectfully solicited a dispensation of age for the sons or nephews whom they raised to the consulship. But the curule chair of the first Brutus had never been dishonored by an infant.
15 The Itinerary of Antoninus fixes Dadastana 125 Roman miles from Nice; 117 from Ancyra, (Wesseling, Itinerar. p. 142.) The pilgrim of Bourdeaux, by omitting some stages, reduces the whole space from 242 to 181 miles. Wesseling, p. 574.
Note: Dadastana is supposed to be Castabat. - M.
16 See Ammianus, (xxv. 10,) Eutropius, (x. 18.) who might likewise be present, Jerom, (tom. i. p. 26, ad Heliodorum.) Orosius, (vii. 31,) Sozomen, (l. vi. c. 6,) Zosimus, (l. iii. p. 197, 198,) and Zonaras, (tom. ii. l. xiii. p. 28, 29.) We cannot expect a perfect agreement, and we shall not discuss minute differences.
17 Ammianus, unmindful of his usual candor and good sense, compares the death of the harmless Jovian to that of the second Africanus, who had excited the fears and resentment of the popular faction.
18 Chrysostom, tom. i. p. 336, 344, edit. Montfaucon. The Christian orator attempts to comfort a widow by the examples of illustrious misfortunes; and observes, that of nine emperors (including the Caesar Gallus) who had reigned in his time, only two (Constantine and Constantius) died a natural death. Such vague consolations have never wiped away a single tear.
19 Ten days appear scarcely sufficient for the march and election. But it may be observed, 1. That the generals might command the expeditious use of the public posts for themselves, their attendants, and messengers. 2. That the troops, for the ease of the cities, marched in many divisions; and that the head of the column might arrive at Nice, when the rear halted at Ancyra.
20 Ammianus, xxvi. 1. Zosimus, l. iii. p. 198. Philostorgius, l. viii. c. 8, and Godefroy, Dissertat. p. 334. Philostorgius, who appears to have obtained some curious and authentic intelligence, ascribes the choice of Valentinian to the praefect Sallust, the master-general Arintheus, Dagalaiphus count of the domestics, and the patrician Datianus, whose pressing recommendations from Ancyra had a weighty influence in the election.
21 Ammianus (xxx. 7, 9) and the younger Victor have furnished the portrait of Valentinian, which naturally precedes and illustrates the history of his reign.
Note: Symmachus, in a fragment of an oration published by M. Mai, describes Valentinian as born among the snows of Illyria, and habituated to military labor amid the heat and dust of Libya: genitus in frigoribus, educatus is solibus Sym. Orat. Frag. edit. Niebuhr, p. 5. - M.
*_0071 According to Ammianus, he wrote elegantly, and was skilled in painting and modelling. Scribens decore, venusteque pingens et fingens. xxx. 7. - M.
22 At Antioch, where he was obliged to attend the emperor to the table, he struck a priest, who had presumed to purify him with lustral water, (Sozomen, l. vi. c. 6. Theodoret, l. iii. c. 15.) Such public defiance might become Valentinian; but it could leave no room for the unworthy delation of the philosopher Maximus, which supposes some more private offence, (Zosimus, l. iv. p. 200, 201.)
23 Socrates, l. iv. A previous exile to Melitene, or Thebais (the first might be possible,) is interposed by Sozomen (l. vi. c. 6) and Philostorgius, (l. vii. c. 7, with Godefroy's Dissertations, p. 293.)
24 Ammianus, in a long, because unseasonable, digression, (xxvi. l, and Valesius, ad locum,) rashly supposes that he understands an astronomical question, of which his readers are ignorant. It is treated with more judgment and propriety by Censorinus (de Die Natali, c. 20) and Macrobius, (Saturnal. i. c. 12-16.) The appellation of Bissextile, which marks the inauspicious year, (Augustin. ad Januarium, Epist. 119,) is derived from the repetition of the sixth day of the calends of March.
25 Valentinian's first speech is in Ammianus, (xxvi. 2;) concise and sententious in Philostorgius, (l. viii. c. 8.)
26 Si tuos amas, Imperator optime, habes fratrem; si Rempublicam quaere quem vestias. Ammian. xxvi. 4. In the division of the empire, Valentinian retained that sincere counsellor for himself, (c.6.)
27 In suburbano, Ammian. xxvi. 4. The famous Hebdomon, or field of Mars, was distant from Constantinople either seven stadia, or seven miles. See Valesius, and his brother, ad loc., and Ducange, Const. l. ii. p. 140, 141, 172, 173.
*_0072 Symmachus praises the liberality of Valentinian in raising his brother at once to the rank of Augustus, not training him through the slow and probationary degree of Caesar. Exigui animi vices munerum partiuntur, liberalitas desideriis nihil reliquit. Symm. Orat. p. 7. edit. Niebuhr, 1816, reprinted from Mai. - M.
28 Participem quidem legitimum potestatis; sed in modum apparitoris morigerum, ut progrediens aperiet textus. Ammian. xxvi. 4.


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Ducks Sign Defenseman Grant to One-Year Contractby Staff Writer / Anaheim Ducks
Grant, 24 (1/20/89), appeared in 46 games for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) in 2012-13. The 6-3, 200-pound blueliner earned 4-16=20 points with 73 penalty minutes (PIM), while pacing team defensemen in points-per-game (.43). He helped lead Wilkes-Barre/Scranton to the Eastern Conference Final in the 2013 Calder Cup Playoffs, collecting 2-2=4 points with 27 PIM in 13 games. Grant was acquired by Anaheim from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for left wing Harry Zolnierczyk on June 24, 2013.
Selected by Pittsburgh in the fourth round (118th overall) of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, Grant has scored 17-45=62 points with a +8 rating and 174 PIM in 125 career AHL games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. He ranked third among AHL rookies and tied for fourth among league defensemen in power-play points (7-20=27) in 2011-12, while setting career highs in goals (10), assists (27), points (37) and appearances (61).