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There are 98 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Pedagogy, you may find related items under Mathematics Education and Research.Broad Topics > Mathematics Education and Research > Pedagogy
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Games of Oct. 29-30, 2010
QB Devin O'Brien, Jr., John Carroll
O'Brien passed for 157 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 175 more yards and another score as he directed a come-from-behind 28-20 victory on the road at Capital. It was John Carroll's first win in Bexley since 1999.
OL Greg Kurkis, John Fitzgibbons, Mike Stefanelli, Bobby Jones, Connor Hollenbeck, Washington and Lee
The Generals line led the way to a record-breaking performance in the Generals' 49-14 win over Catholic on Friday evening. W&L amassed 604 yards of total offense and held the ball for better than 41 of the game's 60 minutes. Additionally, W&L set an ODAC record for rushing yards in a game with 496 yards and had three running backs eclipse the 100-yard barrier in the contest.
RB Jay Gwaltney, Sr., Kean
Gwaltney posted his fourth consecutive 200-yard rushing game, finishing with 257 yards on 33 carries. Gwaltney, who had 124 yards and one TD in the first half, had no yards lost and averaged 7.8 yards a carry. His 4-yard carry with 22 seconds remaining in the first half gave Kean a 21-7 lead at halftime.
RB Clinton Orr, So., Albion
Orr rushed for a season-high 233 yards on 33 carries, scoring on touchdown runs of 68 and 63 yards, in the Britons' 38-21 win against Adrian. He has now rushed for more than 100 yards in eight consecutive MIAA games over the past two seasons, and has gone over the 200-yard mark three times.
WB Charles Curcio, Sr., Gettysburg
Curcio piled up 217 all-purpose yards and had a hand in three touchdowns in Gettysburg's 61-50 win against Susquehanna. He set career-highs for rushing yards (70, on 10 carries) and receiving yards (121, on 10 receptions) and rushed for the go-ahead 4-yard touchdown run with 1:40 left as the Bullets overcame a 50-27 deficit with 18 minutes remaining.
WR Chris Langstaff, Sr., Chapman
Langstaff had a career-high 171 yards including an 84-yard touchdown pass in Chapman's 28-24 win over Occidental, the Panthers' first win against Oxy in six years. Langstaff also set a school record with an 85-yard punt return for a touchdown in the second quarter for 256 all-purpose yards.
WR ZaVious Robbins, Sr., Hardin-Simmons
Robbins set career highs in yards (193) and catches (16) as the Cowboys beat crosstown rival McMurry 34-13. The performance put him over 1,000 yards receiving for the season.
DE Chris Mayes, Jr., Wesley
Mayes had seven tackles, five solo, with four tackles for a loss, a sack, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery in the Route 13 Rivalry win against Salisbury. He helped spearhead a defense that held the second rated rushing attack in NCAA Division III to 164 yards (279 less than its average) and two top 12 ranked runners were held to 17 yards combined on 35 carries.
DT Andy Lovins, So., Heidelberg
Lovins recorded four tackles for loss, two and a half sacks and forced a fumble in a 36-3 win against Wilmington. He had six tackles, five of them solo.
DT Andrew Haim, Sr., Ithaca
Helped Ithaca hold Division III's 16th-rated passer to 200 yards (more than 100 under his average) and an average of under five yards per attempt by breaking up three passes and recording two sacks. Shared a tackle with a defensive end on a Bomber safety, keeping a Utica running back from getting out of his own end zone on a play run from the Pioneer 1.
DE Jim Clendenning, Jr., North Central (Ill.)
Clendenning finished with a career-high four tackles for loss and six total tackles (all solo) in a 47-13 win at Elmhurst. The Cardinals' defense held Elmhurst to a net loss of 34 yards rushing.
LB Tony Brown, So., Albion
Brown recorded 14 tackles, six solo. Albion was protecting a 24-14 lead when Adrian had a first down at its 44. Brown timed his blitz off the edge perfectly to gain an 8-yard sack and Adrian was forced to punt.
LB Tyler Russell, Sr., Worcester State
Russell had a game-best 19 tackles, eight solo, three and a half tackles for loss with a sack and a forced fumble in a 41-6 win against Fitchburg State.
LB Keith Barnes, So., SUNY-Maritime
Barnes led a defense that held Norwich without an offensive score in a 20-2 home win. He had 11 tackles, eight solo, including 2.5 for combined losses of 10 yards. He had one sack and an interception on the opening drive of the game that he returned 31 yards. Barnes also forced a fumble, recorded a pass breakup and a quarterback hurry.
CB Tyler Langs, Sr., Wheaton (Ill.)
Langs intercepted three Augustana passes on Saturday in Wheaton's 20-14 win. Langs returned his three picks for a total of 102 yards. He also led the Thunder with a team-high eight total tackles, all solo stops. He secured the Wheaton win when he deflected an Augustana pass on fourth down in the closing seconds to stop the Vikings' final offensive play.
S Kevin Gerhart, Sr., Wilkes
Gerhart picked off two passes, including one he returned 100 yards for a touchdown, and posted six tackles to help Wilkes to a 31-14 win against Lycoming. Both of Gerhart's picks came inside the Wilkes five-yard line with Lycoming driving. His interception return came with 2:55 left in the fourth quarter with Wilkes up 17-7 and Lycoming with a first-and-goal at the 3-yard line.
S Bryan Gary, So., Waynesburg
Gary intercepted his third pass over the past two games and returned it 80 yards for a Waynesburg touchdown during the Yellow Jackets' 34-28 win at Saint Vincent. The pick-six gave the Jackets a 28-21 lead in the fourth quarter. Gary also finished second on the team with seven total tackles.
CB Zack Corpe, Fr., Franklin
Corpe returned two interceptions for touchdowns (of 21 and 45 yards) in a 69-10 win at Anderson. Corpe made six tackles, five solo, and had two pass breakups. On special teams, he forced and recovered a fumble on the AU 12-yard-line (on the same punt play) that set up the Grizzlies' first touchdown.
Special teams
K Scott Roche, Jr., Wheaton (Ill.)
Roche made four field goals to help Wheaton to a 20-14 victory at Augustana. He was 4-for-4 on the day, with a 25-yarder in the first quarter. In the second quarter he kicked a career-long 52-yarder and converted a 42-yarder as time expired to end the first half. His fourth field goal was a 32-yarder with 7:22 remaining in the fourth quarter to cut Augustana's lead to 14-12.
ST Jonathan Koop, So., Wabash
Koop scored his fourth blocked punt return of the season on a 9-yard return against Allegheny, extending his Wabash record and closing in on the NCAA Division III of record of five. The Little Giants blocked their team-record 10th kick of the season (ninth punt).
P Jared Jenkins, Sr., UW-Stevens Point
Jenkins averaged 54.7 yards per punt on six punts, with a long of 70, in the Pointers' 27-14 loss to UW-Whitewater.
RET Kendall Owens, Jr., Thomas More
Owens finished with 253 all-purpose yards in the Saints' 37-13 win against Westminster (Pa.) as he returned a punt 96 yards for a touchdown to go along with three kickoff returns for 64 yards.

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Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 2, by Edward Gibbon, [1781], at sacred-texts.com
The ambassadors of Julian had been instructed to execute, with the utmost diligence, their important commission. But, in their passage through Italy and Illyricum, they were detained by the tedious and affected delays of the provincial governors; they were conducted by slow journeys from Constantinople to Caesarea in Cappadocia; and when at length they were admitted to the presence of Constantius, they found that he had already conceived, from the despatches of his own officers, the most unfavorable opinion of the conduct of Julian, and of the Gallic army. The letters were heard with impatience; the trembling messengers were dismissed with indignation and contempt; and the looks, gestures, the furious language of the monarch, expressed the disorder of his soul. The domestic connection, which might have reconciled the brother and the husband of Helena, was recently dissolved by the death of that princess, whose pregnancy had been several times fruitless, and was at last fatal to herself. 21 The empress Eusebia had preserved, to the last moment of her life, the warm, and even jealous, affection which she had conceived for Julian; and her mild influence might have moderated the resentment of a prince, who, since her death, was abandoned to his own passions, and to the arts of his eunuchs. But the terror of a foreign invasion obliged him to suspend the punishment of a private enemy: he continued his march towards the confines of Persia, and thought it sufficient to signify the conditions which might entitle Julian and his guilty followers to the clemency of their offended sovereign. He required, that the presumptuous Caesar should expressly renounce the appellation and rank of Augustus, which he had accepted from the rebels; that he should descend to his former station of a limited and dependent minister; that he should vest the powers of the state and army in the hands of those officers who were appointed by the Imperial court; and that he should trust his safety to the assurances of pardon, which were announced by Epictetus, a Gallic bishop, and one of the Arian favorites of Constantius. Several months were ineffectually consumed in a treaty which was negotiated at the distance of three thousand miles between Paris and Antioch; and, as soon as Julian perceived that his modest and respectful behavior served only to irritate the pride of an implacable adversary, he boldly resolved to commit his life and fortune to the chance of a civil war. He gave a public and military audience to the quaestor Leonas: the haughty epistle of Constantius was read to the attentive multitude; and Julian protested, with the most flattering deference, that he was ready to resign the title of Augustus, if he could obtain the consent of those whom he acknowledged as the authors of his elevation. The faint proposal was impetuously silenced; and the acclamations of "Julian Augustus, continue to reign, by the authority of the army, of the people, of the republic which you have saved," thundered at once from every part of the field, and terrified the pale ambassador of Constantius. A part of the letter was afterwards read, in which the emperor arraigned the ingratitude of Julian, whom he had invested with the honors of the purple; whom he had educated with so much care and tenderness; whom he had preserved in his infancy, when he was left a helpless orphan. "An orphan!" interrupted Julian, who justified his cause by indulging his passions: "does the assassin of my family reproach me that I was left an orphan? He urges me to revenge those injuries which I have long studied to forget." The assembly was dismissed; and Leonas, who, with some difficulty, had been protected from the popular fury, was sent back to his master with an epistle, in which Julian expressed, in a strain of the most vehement eloquence, the sentiments of contempt, of hatred, and of resentment, which had been suppressed and imbittered by the dissimulation of twenty years. After this message, which might be considered as a signal of irreconcilable war, Julian, who, some weeks before, had celebrated the Christian festival of the Epiphany, 22 made a public declaration that he committed the care of his safety to the Immortal Gods; and thus publicly renounced the religion as well as the friendship of Constantius. 23
The situation of Julian required a vigorous and immediate resolution. He had discovered, from intercepted letters, that his adversary, sacrificing the interest of the state to that of the monarch, had again excited the Barbarians to invade the provinces of the West. The position of two magazines, one of them collected on the banks of the Lake of Constance, the other formed at the foot of the Cottian Alps, seemed to indicate the march of two armies; and the size of those magazines, each of which consisted of six hundred thousand quarters of wheat, or rather flour, 24 was a threatening evidence of the strength and numbers of the enemy who prepared to surround him. But the Imperial legions were still in their distant quarters of Asia; the Danube was feebly guarded; and if Julian could occupy, by a sudden incursion, the important provinces of Illyricum, he might expect that a people of soldiers would resort to his standard, and that the rich mines of gold and silver would contribute to the expenses of the civil war. He proposed this bold enterprise to the assembly of the soldiers; inspired them with a just confidence in their general, and in themselves; and exhorted them to maintain their reputation of being terrible to the enemy, moderate to their fellow-citizens, and obedient to their officers. His spirited discourse was received with the loudest acclamations, and the same troops which had taken up arms against Constantius, when he summoned them to leave Gaul, now declared with alacrity, that they would follow Julian to the farthest extremities of Europe or Asia. The oath of fidelity was administered; and the soldiers, clashing their shields, and pointing their drawn swords to their throats, devoted themselves, with horrid imprecations, to the service of a leader whom they celebrated as the deliverer of Gaul and the conqueror of the Germans. 25 This solemn engagement, which seemed to be dictated by affection rather than by duty, was singly opposed by Nebridius, who had been admitted to the office of Praetorian praefect. That faithful minister, alone and unassisted, asserted the rights of Constantius, in the midst of an armed and angry multitude, to whose fury he had almost fallen an honorable, but useless sacrifice. After losing one of his hands by the stroke of a sword, he embraced the knees of the prince whom he had offended. Julian covered the praefect with his Imperial mantle, and, protecting him from the zeal of his followers, dismissed him to his own house, with less respect than was perhaps due to the virtue of an enemy. 26 The high office of Nebridius was bestowed on Sallust; and the provinces of Gaul, which were now delivered from the intolerable oppression of taxes, enjoyed the mild and equitable administration of the friend of Julian, who was permitted to practise those virtues which he had instilled into the mind of his pupil. 27
The hopes of Julian depended much less on the number of his troops, than on the celerity of his motions. In the execution of a daring enterprise, he availed himself of every precaution, as far as prudence could suggest; and where prudence could no longer accompany his steps, he trusted the event to valor and to fortune. In the neighborhood of Basil he assembled and divided his army. 28 One body, which consisted of ten thousand men, was directed under the command of Nevitta, general of the cavalry, to advance through the midland parts of Rhaetia and Noricum. A similar division of troops, under the orders of Jovius and Jovinus, prepared to follow the oblique course of the highways, through the Alps, and the northern confines of Italy. The instructions to the generals were conceived with energy and precision: to hasten their march in close and compact columns, which, according to the disposition of the ground, might readily be changed into any order of battle; to secure themselves against the surprises of the night by strong posts and vigilant guards; to prevent resistance by their unexpected arrival; to elude examination by their sudden departure; to spread the opinion of their strength, and the terror of his name; and to join their sovereign under the walls of Sirmium. For himself Julian had reserved a more difficult and extraordinary part. He selected three thousand brave and active volunteers, resolved, like their leader, to cast behind them every hope of a retreat; at the head of this faithful band, he fearlessly plunged into the recesses of the Marcian, or Black Forest, which conceals the sources of the Danube; 29 and, for many days, the fate of Julian was unknown to the world. The secrecy of his march, his diligence, and vigor, surmounted every obstacle; he forced his way over mountains and morasses, occupied the bridges or swam the rivers, pursued his direct course, 30 without reflecting whether he traversed the territory of the Romans or of the Barbarians, and at length emerged, between Ratisbon and Vienna, at the place where he designed to embark his troops on the Danube. By a well-concerted stratagem, he seized a fleet of light brigantines, 31 as it lay at anchor; secured a apply of coarse provisions sufficient to satisfy the indelicate, and voracious, appetite of a Gallic army; and boldly committed himself to the stream of the Danube. The labors of the mariners, who plied their oars with incessant diligence, and the steady continuance of a favorable wind, carried his fleet above seven hundred miles in eleven days; 32 and he had already disembarked his troops at Bononia, *_0053 only nineteen miles from Sirmium, before his enemies could receive any certain intelligence that he had left the banks of the Rhine. In the course of this long and rapid navigation, the mind of Julian was fixed on the object of his enterprise; and though he accepted the deputations of some cities, which hastened to claim the merit of an early submission, he passed before the hostile stations, which were placed along the river, without indulging the temptation of signalizing a useless and ill-timed valor. The banks of the Danube were crowded on either side with spectators, who gazed on the military pomp, anticipated the importance of the event, and diffused through the adjacent country the fame of a young hero, who advanced with more than mortal speed at the head of the innumerable forces of the West. Lucilian, who, with the rank of general of the cavalry, commanded the military powers of Illyricum, was alarmed and perplexed by the doubtful reports, which he could neither reject nor believe. He had taken some slow and irresolute measures for the purpose of collecting his troops, when he was surprised by Dagalaiphus, an active officer, whom Julian, as soon as he landed at Bononia, had pushed forwards with some light infantry. The captive general, uncertain of his life or death, was hastily thrown upon a horse, and conducted to the presence of Julian; who kindly raised him from the ground, and dispelled the terror and amazement which seemed to stupefy his faculties. But Lucilian had no sooner recovered his spirits, than he betrayed his want of discretion, by presuming to admonish his conqueror that he had rashly ventured, with a handful of men, to expose his person in the midst of his enemies. "Reserve for your master Constantius these timid remonstrances," replied Julian, with a smile of contempt: "when I gave you my purple to kiss, I received you not as a counsellor, but as a suppliant." Conscious that success alone could justify his attempt, and that boldness only could command success, he instantly advanced, at the head of three thousand soldiers, to attack the strongest and most populous city of the Illyrian provinces. As he entered the long suburb of Sirmium, he was received by the joyful acclamations of the army and people; who, crowned with flowers, and holding lighted tapers in their hands, conducted their acknowledged sovereign to his Imperial residence. Two days were devoted to the public joy, which was celebrated by the games of the circus; but, early on the morning of the third day, Julian marched to occupy the narrow pass of Succi, in the defiles of Mount Haemus; which, almost in the midway between Sirmium and Constantinople, separates the provinces of Thrace and Dacia, by an abrupt descent towards the former, and a gentle declivity on the side of the latter. 33 The defence of this important post was intrusted to the brave Nevitta; who, as well as the generals of the Italian division, successfully executed the plan of the march and junction which their master had so ably conceived. 34
The homage which Julian obtained, from the fears or the inclination of the people, extended far beyond the immediate effect of his arms. 35 The praefectures of Italy and Illyricum were administered by Taurus and Florentius, who united that important office with the vain honors of the consulship; and as those magistrates had retired with precipitation to the court of Asia, Julian, who could not always restrain the levity of his temper, stigmatized their flight by adding, in all the Acts of the Year, the epithet of fugitive to the names of the two consuls. The provinces which had been deserted by their first magistrates acknowledged the authority of an emperor, who, conciliating the qualities of a soldier with those of a philosopher, was equally admired in the camps of the Danube and in the cities of Greece. From his palace, or, more properly, from his head-quarters of Sirmium and Naissus, he distributed to the principal cities of the empire, a labored apology for his own conduct; published the secret despatches of Constantius; and solicited the judgment of mankind between two competitors, the one of whom had expelled, and the other had invited, the Barbarians. 36 Julian, whose mind was deeply wounded by the reproach of ingratitude, aspired to maintain, by argument as well as by arms, the superior merits of his cause; and to excel, not only in the arts of war, but in those of composition. His epistle to the senate and people of Athens 37 seems to have been dictated by an elegant enthusiasm; which prompted him to submit his actions and his motives to the degenerate Athenians of his own times, with the same humble deference as if he had been pleading, in the days of Aristides, before the tribunal of the Areopagus. His application to the senate of Rome, which was still permitted to bestow the titles of Imperial power, was agreeable to the forms of the expiring republic. An assembly was summoned by Tertullus, praefect of the city; the epistle of Julian was read; and, as he appeared to be master of Italy his claims were admitted without a dissenting voice. His oblique censure of the innovations of Constantine, and his passionate invective against the vices of Constantius, were heard with less satisfaction; and the senate, as if Julian had been present, unanimously exclaimed, "Respect, we beseech you, the author of your own fortune." 38 An artful expression, which, according to the chance of war, might be differently explained; as a manly reproof of the ingratitude of the usurper, or as a flattering confession, that a single act of such benefit to the state ought to atone for all the failings of Constantius.
The intelligence of the march and rapid progress of Julian was speedily transmitted to his rival, who, by the retreat of Sapor, had obtained some respite from the Persian war. Disguising the anguish of his soul under the semblance of contempt, Constantius professed his intention of returning into Europe, and of giving chase to Julian; for he never spoke of his military expedition in any other light than that of a hunting party. 39 In the camp of Hierapolis, in Syria, he communicated this design to his army; slightly mentioned the guilt and rashness of the Caesar; and ventured to assure them, that if the mutineers of Gaul presumed to meet them in the field, they would be unable to sustain the fire of their eyes, and the irresistible weight of their shout of onset. The speech of the emperor was received with military applause, and Theodotus, the president of the council of Hierapolis, requested, with tears of adulation, that his city might be adorned with the head of the vanquished rebel. 40 A chosen detachment was despatched away in post-wagons, to secure, if it were yet possible, the pass of Succi; the recruits, the horses, the arms, and the magazines, which had been prepared against Sapor, were appropriated to the service of the civil war; and the domestic victories of Constantius inspired his partisans with the most sanguine assurances of success. The notary Gaudentius had occupied in his name the provinces of Africa; the subsistence of Rome was intercepted; and the distress of Julian was increased by an unexpected event, which might have been productive of fatal consequences. Julian had received the submission of two legions and a cohort of archers, who were stationed at Sirmium; but he suspected, with reason, the fidelity of those troops which had been distinguished by the emperor; and it was thought expedient, under the pretence of the exposed state of the Gallic frontier, to dismiss them from the most important scene of action. They advanced, with reluctance, as far as the confines of Italy; but as they dreaded the length of the way, and the savage fierceness of the Germans, they resolved, by the instigation of one of their tribunes, to halt at Aquileia, and to erect the banners of Constantius on the walls of that impregnable city. The vigilance of Julian perceived at once the extent of the mischief, and the necessity of applying an immediate remedy. By his order, Jovinus led back a part of the army into Italy; and the siege of Aquileia was formed with diligence, and prosecuted with vigor. But the legionaries, who seemed to have rejected the yoke of discipline, conducted the defence of the place with skill and perseverance; vited the rest of Italy to imitate the example of their courage and loyalty; and threatened the retreat of Julian, if he should be forced to yield to the superior numbers of the armies of the East. 41
But the humanity of Julian was preserved from the cruel alternative which he pathetically laments, of destroying or of being himself destroyed: and the seasonable death of Constantius delivered the Roman empire from the calamities of civil war. The approach of winter could not detain the monarch at Antioch; and his favorites durst not oppose his impatient desire of revenge. A slight fever, which was perhaps occasioned by the agitation of his spirits, was increased by the fatigues of the journey; and Constantius was obliged to halt at the little town of Mopsucrene, twelve miles beyond Tarsus, where he expired, after a short illness, in the forty- fifth year of his age, and the twenty-fourth of his reign. 42 His genuine character, which was composed of pride and weakness, of superstition and cruelty, has been fully displayed in the preceding narrative of civil and ecclesiastical events. The long abuse of power rendered him a considerable object in the eyes of his contemporaries; but as personal merit can alone deserve the notice of posterity, the last of the sons of Constantine may be dismissed from the world, with the remark, that he inherited the defects, without the abilities, of his father. Before Constantius expired, he is said to have named Julian for his successor; nor does it seem improbable, that his anxious concern for the fate of a young and tender wife, whom he left with child, may have prevailed, in his last moments, over the harsher passions of hatred and revenge. Eusebius, and his guilty associates, made a faint attempt to prolong the reign of the eunuchs, by the election of another emperor; but their intrigues were rejected with disdain, by an army which now abhorred the thought of civil discord; and two officers of rank were instantly despatched, to assure Julian, that every sword in the empire would be drawn for his service. The military designs of that prince, who had formed three different attacks against Thrace, were prevented by this fortunate event. Without shedding the blood of his fellow-citizens, he escaped the dangers of a doubtful conflict, and acquired the advantages of a complete victory. Impatient to visit the place of his birth, and the new capital of the empire, he advanced from Naissus through the mountains of Haemus, and the cities of Thrace. When he reached Heraclea, at the distance of sixty miles, all Constantinople was poured forth to receive him; and he made his triumphal entry amidst the dutiful acclamations of the soldiers, the people, and the senate. At innumerable multitude pressed around him with eager respect and were perhaps disappointed when they beheld the small stature and simple garb of a hero, whose unexperienced youth had vanquished the Barbarians of Germany, and who had now traversed, in a successful career, the whole continent of Europe, from the shores of the Atlantic to those of the Bosphorus. 43 A few days afterwards, when the remains of the deceased emperor were landed in the harbor, the subjects of Julian applauded the real or affected humanity of their sovereign. On foot, without his diadem, and clothed in a mourning habit, he accompanied the funeral as far as the church of the Holy Apostles, where the body was deposited: and if these marks of respect may be interpreted as a selfish tribute to the birth and dignity of his Imperial kinsman, the tears of Julian professed to the world that he had forgot the injuries, and remembered only the obligations, which he had received from Constantius. 44 As soon as the legions of Aquileia were assured of the death of the emperor, they opened the gates of the city, and, by the sacrifice of their guilty leaders, obtained an easy pardon from the prudence or lenity of Julian; who, in the thirty-second year of his age, acquired the undisputed possession of the Roman empire. 45
21 Her remains were sent to Rome, and interred near those of her sister Constantina, in the suburb of the Via Nomentana. Ammian. xxi. 1. Libanius has composed a very weak apology, to justify his hero from a very absurd charge of poisoning his wife, and rewarding her physician with his mother's jewels. (See the seventh of seventeen new orations, published at Venice, 1754, from a MS. in St. Mark's Library, p. 117-127.) Elpidius, the Praetorian praefect of the East, to whose evidence the accuser of Julian appeals, is arraigned by Libanius, as effeminate and ungrateful; yet the religion of Elpidius is praised by Jerom, (tom. i. p. 243,) and his Ammianus (xxi. 6.)
22 Feriarum die quem celebrantes mense Januario, Christiani Epiphania dictitant, progressus in eorum ecclesiam, solemniter numine orato discessit. Ammian. xxi. 2. Zonaras observes, that it was on Christmas day, and his assertion is not inconsistent; since the churches of Egypt, Asia, and perhaps Gaul, celebrated on the same day (the sixth of January) the nativity and the baptism of their Savior. The Romans, as ignorant as their brethren of the real date of his birth, fixed the solemn festival to the 25th of December, the Brumalia, or winter solstice, when the Pagans annually celebrated the birth of the sun. See Bingham's Antiquities of the Christian Church, l. xx. c. 4, and Beausobre, Hist. Critique du Manicheismo tom. ii. p. 690-700.
23 The public and secret negotiations between Constantius and Julian must be extracted, with some caution, from Julian himself. (Orat. ad S. P. Q. Athen. p. 286.) Libanius, (Orat. Parent. c. 51, p. 276,) Ammianus, (xx. 9,) Zosimus, (l. iii. p. 154,) and even Zonaras, (tom. ii. l. xiii. p. 20, 21, 22,) who, on this occasion, appears to have possessed and used some valuable materials.
24 Three hundred myriads, or three millions of medimni, a corn measure familiar to the Athenians, and which contained six Roman modii. Julian explains, like a soldier and a statesman, the danger of his situation, and the necessity and advantages of an offensive war, (ad S. P. Q. Athen. p. 286, 287.)
25 See his oration, and the behavior of the troops, in Ammian. xxi. 5.
26 He sternly refused his hand to the suppliant praefect, whom he sent into Tuscany. (Ammian. xxi. 5.) Libanius, with savage fury, insults Nebridius, applauds the soldiers, and almost censures the humanity of Julian. (Orat. Parent. c. 53, p. 278.)
27 Ammian. xxi. 8. In this promotion, Julian obeyed the law which he publicly imposed on himself. Neque civilis quisquam judex nec militaris rector, alio quodam praeter merita suffragante, ad potiorem veniat gradum. (Ammian. xx. 5.) Absence did not weaken his regard for Sallust, with whose name (A. D. 363) he honored the consulship.
28 Ammianus (xxi. 8) ascribes the same practice, and the same motive, to Alexander the Great and other skilful generals.
29 This wood was a part of the great Hercynian forest, which, is the time of Caesar, stretched away from the country of the Rauraci (Basil) into the boundless regions of the north. See Cluver, Germania Antiqua. l. iii. c. 47.
30 Compare Libanius, Orat. Parent. c. 53, p. 278, 279, with Gregory Nazianzen, Orat. iii. p. 68. Even the saint admires the speed and secrecy of this march. A modern divine might apply to the progress of Julian the lines which were originally designed for another apostate: -
- So eagerly the fiend, O'er bog, or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
31 In that interval the Notitia places two or three fleets, the Lauriacensis, (at Lauriacum, or Lorch,) the Arlapensis, the Maginensis; and mentions five legions, or cohorts, of Libernarii, who should be a sort of marines. Sect. lviii. edit. Labb.
32 Zosimus alone (l. iii. p. 156) has specified this interesting circumstance. Mamertinus, (in Panegyr. Vet. xi. 6, 7, 8,) who accompanied Julian, as count of the sacred largesses, describes this voyage in a florid and picturesque manner, challenges Triptolemus and the Argonauts of Greece, &c.
*_0053 Banostar. Mannert. - M.
33 The description of Ammianus, which might be supported by collateral evidence, ascertains the precise situation of the Angustine Succorum, or passes of Succi. M. d'Anville, from the trifling resemblance of names, has placed them between Sardica and Naissus. For my own justification I am obliged to mention the only error which I have discovered in the maps or writings of that admirable geographer.
34 Whatever circumstances we may borrow elsewhere, Ammianus (xx. 8, 9, 10) still supplies the series of the narrative.
35 Ammian. xxi. 9, 10. Libanius, Orat. Parent. c. 54, p. 279, 280. Zosimus, l. iii. p. 156, 157.
36 Julian (ad S. P. Q. Athen. p. 286) positively asserts, that he intercepted the letters of Constantius to the Barbarians; and Libanius as positively affirms, that he read them on his march to the troops and the cities. Yet Ammianus (xxi. 4) expresses himself with cool and candid hesitation, si famoe solius admittenda est fides. He specifies, however, an intercepted letter from Vadomair to Constantius, which supposes an intimate correspondence between them. "disciplinam non habet."
37 Zosimus mentions his epistles to the Athenians, the Corinthians, and the Lacedaemonians. The substance was probably the same, though the address was properly varied. The epistle to the Athenians is still extant, (p. 268-287,) and has afforded much valuable information. It deserves the praises of the Abbe de la Bleterie, (Pref. a l'Histoire de Jovien, p. 24, 25,) and is one of the best manifestoes to be found in any language.
38 Auctori tuo reverentiam rogamus. Ammian. xxi. 10. It is amusing enough to observe the secret conflicts of the senate between flattery and fear. See Tacit. Hist. i. 85.
39 Tanquam venaticiam praedam caperet: hoc enim ad Jeniendum suorum metum subinde praedicabat. Ammian. xxii. 7.
40 See the speech and preparations in Ammianus, xxi. 13. The vile Theodotus afterwards implored and obtained his pardon from the merciful conqueror, who signified his wish of diminishing his enemies and increasing the numbers of his friends, (xxii. 14.)
41 Ammian. xxi. 7, 11, 12. He seems to describe, with superfluous labor, the operations of the siege of Aquileia, which, on this occasion, maintained its impregnable fame. Gregory Nazianzen (Orat. iii. p. 68) ascribes this accidental revolt to the wisdom of Constantius, whose assured victory he announces with some appearance of truth. Constantio quem credebat procul dubio fore victorem; nemo enim omnium tunc ab hac constanti sententia discrepebat. Ammian. xxi. 7.
42 His death and character are faithfully delineated by Ammianus, (xxi. 14, 15, 16;) and we are authorized to despise and detest the foolish calumny of Gregory, (Orat. iii. p. 68,) who accuses Julian of contriving the death of his benefactor. The private repentance of the emperor, that he had spared and promoted Julian, (p. 69, and Orat. xxi. p. 389,) is not improbable in itself, nor incompatible with the public verbal testament which prudential considerations might dictate in the last moments of his life. Note: Wagner thinks this sudden change of sentiment altogether a fiction of the attendant courtiers and chiefs of the army. who up to this time had been hostile to Julian. Note in loco Ammian. - M.
43 In describing the triumph of Julian, Ammianus (xxii. l, 2) assumes the lofty tone of an orator or poet; while Libanius (Orat. Parent, c. 56, p. 281) sinks to the grave simplicity of an historian.
44 The funeral of Constantius is described by Ammianus, (xxi. 16.) Gregory Nazianzen, (Orat. iv. p. 119,) Mamertinus, in (Panegyr. Vet. xi. 27,) Libanius, (Orat. Parent. c. lvi. p. 283,) and Philostorgius, (l. vi. c. 6, with Godefroy's Dissertations, p. 265.) These writers, and their followers, Pagans, Catholics, Arians, beheld with very different eyes both the dead and the living emperor.
45 The day and year of the birth of Julian are not perfectly ascertained. The day is probably the sixth of November, and the year must be either 331 or 332. Tillemont, Hist. des Empereurs, tom. iv. p. 693. Ducange, Fam. Byzantin. p. 50. I have preferred the earlier date.


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When Father and Baby Meet
"When Father and Baby Meet"
I have this child inside of me,
But at birth her father she will not see.
She will not here his loving tone,
unless it is over the telephone.
She will not see the love in his eyes,
The eyes that I know she'd idleize.
She will not know his safe imbrase,
Or see the love upon his face.
For her father now is far away,
Fighting "The War on Terror" people say.
So for now I will try to be strong,
And let her know she is not alone.
In my arms I will hold her tight,
And tell her her daddy loves her every night.
I will let her know that it won't be long,
Until her dad is safe at home.
A few more months is all she'll wait,
Then we'll see her dad come through the gate.
I can not wait till they get to meet,
That sight I know will be so sweet.
I can not wait until that day is here,
He'll see me smile from ear to ear.
What a wonderfull moment that I will see,
For the first time face to face they both will be.
Written by Heather Donald for Eric Donald
Who is currently stationed in Afghanistan.


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Pianist and composer Tom Cawley has been performing and recording with the country's most successful and groundbreaking jazz artists for over ten years. Since winning the Young Jazz Musician of the Year award in 1998 he has played all over the world and led bands in residencies at the Blue Note club (New York) and Ronnie Scott's (London).
Recently he has been instrumental in shaping the unique sound of the genre-bending iconoclasts Acoustic Ladyland, as well as writing and arranging songs with Gwyneth Herbert for her Blue Note debut album 'Between Me And The Wardrobe'.
2007 saw the debut of Cawley's much-acclaimed group Curios, a vehicle for Tom's original music. The album, Hidden, made a startling impact on the jazz scene, winning a nomination as Best Album in the BBC Jazz Awards and reaching the top five in both the HMV and Radio 3 Jazz Charts. MOJO described the record as "an extraordinary collection of deeply personal, highly evolved music"; the Independent made Hidden Album Of The Week and called it "never less than spellbinding", and Musician magazine declared Curios "a shining light for British jazz".
An extensive UK tour confirmed their hype, prompting the Guardian to declare that "the startling promise of the album glows ever more brightly live". Curios were subsequently recorded in session for Jazz On 3, and invited to appear at the new Royal Festival Hall in June. Shortly afterwards, John Fordham placed them on the cover of Jazz UK magazine and wrote a large article about the band in which he proclaimed, "Just when you think EST, or Brad Mehldau, ot The Bad Plus might have taken the piano trio as far as it can go, another keyboard talent opens another door. Pianist Tom Cawley has done just that with Curios".
As a composer, Tom's writing is informed by romantic classical music as much as by jazz, and his piano playing betrays many influences: Phineas Newborn, Brad Mehldau and all points in between. He has written for many types of ensemble, from a string quartet to a big band, and had compositions played in large venues such as the Festival Hall and the Cardiff Millennium Hall. Despite this breadth of experience, his style is his resolutely his own. As MOJO observed whilst reviewing Hidden, "any detectable influences are overwhelmed by the individuality of the conception, the imaginative compositions and the sheer skill of the execution."
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New Marijuana Laws
New terms and regulations are being put into effect regarding the sale of Marijuana in Montana. If passed, the Senate Bill 154 will require growers to be licensed and allow inspections of their facilities. A separate bill, House Bill 68, will require the licensing fee the growers pay to cover the cost of regulating such growers. Also 10 percent of the sales will be taxed helping out our Montanan economy. What do you think are we moving too fast with this?
HELENA- Montana lawmakers are considering bills to regulate the growth and sale of medical marijuana.
Republican Sen. Dave Lewis of Helena has introduced Senate Bill 154, which would have the Department of Revenue regulate medical marijuana. Lee Newspapers of Montana reports Lewis' bill would require growers to be licensed, file quarterly reports, submit to inspections and pay a 10 percent tax on the sale of marijuana.
A separate bill, House Bill 68, would require a licensing fee to pay for the cost of regulation by the Department of Revenue.
The bill is sponsored by Rep. Diane Sands of Missoula on behalf of the Legislature's Children, Families, Health and Human Services interim committee. It also requires a person with severe chronic pain to receive recommendations from two doctors before receiving a medical marijuana card.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court postponed on Friday hearing in an appeal against a decision to award more than $3 billion in damages against British oil major BP (BP.L) brought by minority shareholders in its Russian venture TNK-BP TNBP.MM, a lawyer for BP said.
The decision to postpone the hearings was made a day after the Soviet-born billionaires who share ownership of Anglo-Russian oil company TNK-BP with partner BP declared an end to a boardroom stalemate.
The announced agreement would allow the partners to focus on finalizing the $55 billion sale of TNK-BP to Russian state oil major Rosneft (ROSN.MM).
The hearing in the Siberian city of Omsk was postponed to December 14 after the plaintiff's lawyers asked for letters between the directors of TNK-BP Limited, the company's parent entity.
"The plaintiff's request is aimed at protraction of the process. Obviously, the plaintiff's representatives fear that the court would thwart the previous decision of the lower court," Konstantin Lukoyanov, BP's lawyer told Reuters.
The minority shareholders, led by Andrey Prokhorov, claim TNK-BP suffered financial losses when it was excluded last year from a proposed exploration alliance between BP and Rosneft.
Dmitry Chepurenko, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, confirmed they had asked for the letters.
"We need the information related to the time of the (last year's) deal between Rosneft and BP," he said.
In July, an arbitration court in the Siberian city of Tyumen awarded 100 billion roubles ($3.17 billion) in damages in the case brought by a group who own shares in TNK-BP's listed subsidiary TNK-BP Holding.
BP later lodged an appeal with a higher court in the city of Omsk.
$1 = 31.5512 Russian roubles Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; editing by James Jukwey


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News Corp expects to save 'tens of millions of dollars' in on-premise infrastructure costs by moving its SAP ERP system to Amazon Web Service's cloud.
The global media company - which is responsible for publications such as The Times and The Sun - is currently carrying out a major project to move its on-premise systems onto AWS' infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) cloud, after adopting a 'cloud first' policy in 2011.
Having virtualised 90 percent of its server estate and placed numerous newly-built applications in to the public cloud, the firm has also targeted its larger enterprise applications, with plans in place to move its main SAP implementation out of its data centre.
"In December last year we started to prepare for moving our enterprise applications into the cloud," News UK IT director Chris Birch told an audience of customers at AWS Summit in London on Tuesday. "We are talking about ERP systems, logisitics, distribution and manufacturing systems - this includes all the hardcore apps that were developed in-house or from third parties decades ago, which do not have the autoscaling of some of the systems built for the cloud."
The move has involved building a virtual private cloud (VPC) connection between News Corp's infrastructure and Amazon's data centre, dubbed DC3.
"We have two 10GB private circuits into Amazon's data centre from our data centre, with our own enterprise security wrapper around that. That VPC allows us to migrate huge amounts of data," he said.
He added that since setting up the connection, the company has moved its Times Online archive into Amazon Web Services, with 9TB of data moved across to AWS in March.
"We will be using the application search capability in AWS across that archive. This will cost us a couple of thousand dollars a year, whereas we previously had two racks of servers in two data centres to support it, with all of the replication and overheads required.
"The VPC is ultimately going to allow us to close down our data centres in London."
According to Birch, a 10-year projection of savings versus keeping its SAP implementation on-premise shows that moving to the cloud could reap massive savings. This could be even higher with further price reductions made through continued price drops, and could reach "tens of millions of dollars with one single app" over the space of 10 years.
"That is compelling," he said.
For example, Birch said the business had already benefited from the latest round of price drops, which shaved $30,000 (£17,840) off News Corp's monthly AWS bill, reducing from $150,000 (£89,220) to $120,000 (£71,377) per month.
Birch has also been selected as part of a team to led the consolidation of 46 data centres worldwide across News Corp - containing roughly 13,000 servers and 6PB of data - eventually reducing down to six.
The cost associated with those data centres is thought be around $100 million a year - including, for example, maintenance charges, energy and rent costs - which could be reduced by greater reliance on Iaas resources.
"We will spend a portion of that on AWS, and the rest on new product development, reinvestment into the company, or give it back to stockholders," he said.
Overall, the aim is to move 75 percent of the company's physical infrastructure into the cloud over a three-year period.
This means moving a large number of the 3,200 applications used across the company, having finished a four-month application assessment in November. According to Birch, all of the applications will be moved to the cloud eventually, though some mainframe-based apps will take more time.
"Amazon will be the main provider for this, because they are so much more mature in the enterprise support wrapper than some of the other guys out in the marketplace. [However] we are keeping a keen eye on some of the competitors out there," he said.
News Corp started using AWS back in 2009. The company began using Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), but has since implemented a number of other services such as Simple Storage Service (S3) RDS database and Amazon's Hadoop offering, Elastic MapReduce.
It has also selected Amazon's DynamoDB to control access to content across its 'paywalled' publications such as the Times, as the publisher group uses cloud systems to modernise its multimedia business.


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Mike Brown may have avoided drafting Aaron Hernandez. But Brown used a supplemental draft pick on linebacker Ahmad Brooks. And Brown likely is glad Brooks no longer is with the team.
According to Tracey Kaplan of the San Jose Mercury News, the Santa Clara District Attorney currently is considering whether to charge Brooks after he allegedly assaulted a 49ers teammate with a beer bottle last month.
Nose tackle Lamar Divens required three stitches after Brooks hit Divens three times in the head and punched Divens in the face after an argument over car keys. Divens thought Brooks was too drunk to drive, and Brooks violently disagreed.
Per the report, Brooks yelled to Divens while striking him, "Do I need to get my [expletive] gun?"
Divens initially wanted to press charges, but he has since changed his mind, telling police that pushing the issue "would be bad for both of their careers."
Two other unnamed (for now) 49ers players witnessed the June 8 attack, and they have given recorded statements to police.
Initially, a felony arrest warrant was sought and signed by a judge. Then, higher ranking officials in the prosecutor's office intervened. A debate has unfolded over the question of whether Brooks should be charged with a felony or a misdemeanor — or possibly not at all.
The delay is described by the report as "unusual," given that the Santa Clara D.A. has a reputation for being the toughest of all Bay Area law-enforcement offices.
Whatever the outcome, here's hoping that political concerns relating to the impending relocation of the team from San Francisco to Santa Clara won't get in the way of justice being done. Divens did what more people should do when friends or colleagues are deemed to be too drunk to drive. If the person who's too drunk to drive responds to those efforts by beating the crap out of the friend or colleague, that's not the best way to keep drunks from driving cars on the public roadways.


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Xbox One Kinect can understand two voices at once
Xbox One's Kinect will be able to distinguish between two different voices in a room and detect mouth movement, even if you're in a dark room.
Xbox One includes an upgraded Kinect sensor that can not only recognize your face, but your voice as well. In fact, the new Kinect will be able to understand even when two people are speaking simultaneously. "We are focused on ensuring that we have great voice support which includes understanding which person is speaking in the room," Microsoft's Marc Whitten explained.
It seems likely that voice recognition is being paired with video information from the camera, as Polygon points out that Kinect can identify when people's mouths are moving--even when in a dark room.
Of course, what do you do if your friend is trying to grief you? Well, those audio commands will require a further confirmation, as in the case of "Xbox Off," Whitten explained.
If you don't want to deal with Kinect at all, however, Microsoft does remind gamers that it can be turned off. "You have the ability to completely turn the sensor off in your settings. When in this mode, the sensor is not collecting any information," Whitten told IGN. However, you have the option of having Kinect turn on automatically by playing a Kinect-required game. "If you enter into a required Kinect experience (like Kinect Sports Rivals for instance), you'll get a message asking if you want to turn the sensor back on in order to continue." This is perhaps the best option for gamers that don't want Kinect to be on--but want to still play games with it.
Ozzie Mejia posted a new article, Xbox One Kinect can understand two voices at once.
Xbox One's Kinect will be able to distinguish between two different voices in a room and detect mouth movement, even if you're in a dark room.


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NIH Funds Research to See if Gut Microbiomes of Hispanics/Latinos Influence Their Diabetes Risk
Study Examines Link Between HPV in the Mouth and Risk of Head and Neck Cancers
Professor, Department of Pediatrics (Pediatric Genetic Medicine)
Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health (Gynecological Oncology)
Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health
Vice Chair for Translational Research, Department of Pediatrics
The main focus of the Burk laboratory is to understanding how evolution of human papillomaviruses (HPV) has resulted in the emergence of HPV types that are highly pathogenic and cause multiple cancers in humans (e.g., cervix, head & neck, skin). These investigations extend our collaboration on clinical studies performed by the NCI and others, where we obtain clinical samples to investigate the HPV genome type, variant and methylation status and epidemiological relationship to neoplasia. The papillomaviruses are 8.0 kb double stranded DNA viruses readily amenable to Next-Gen sequencing (NGS), making this system ideal as a model for DNA virus evolution and identification of pathogenic genetic signatures. Over 150 HPV types exist and further characterization of HPVs infecting the population (i.e., from our large sample repository) have allowed us to explore the virus as a species, characterization of the frequency and heterogeneity of HPV types and variants in the population, and the role of viral evolution in pathogenicity. The lab uses phylogenic methods and other analytic strategies to test hypotheses about the relationship and characteristics of HPV genomes and disease. Exploration of natural selection of papillomaviruses has led us to the conclusion that the viruses are evolving through complex means yet to be discovered. The evolutionary studies are also driving experimental studies. We are interested in identifying the activity associated with cancer vs. evolutionary developed phenotypes. Our major collaboration with investigators at the National Cancer Institute, NIH has provided an ideal translational team of world-class epidemiologists, biostatisticians and clinical investigators. In combination with evolutionary biologists at the American Museum of Natural History, our integrative group provides a unique prospective for intellectual growth of students that want to "think outside the box". More recently, we have studied epigenetic changes to the HPV genome and have startling results on the association of these changes with neoplastic progression. The identification of HPV in specific biological niches has challenged us to explore the microbiome through barcoding and parallel sequencing using NGS methods.
Most recently, we have started asking questions about the complex ecological community of bacteria, fungi, viruses and other organisms and how that might interact for disease outcomes. These studies are built on understanding the application of laboratory tests to population-based studies. They employ NGS and state of the art bioinformatics. Other interests of the lab include the genetics of complex human disease (prostate cancer, excessive sweating) using large case-control clinical collections of genomic DNAs with candidate gene sequencing; and, the cell biology of VHL and its role in primary cilia formation and activity and its disruption in renal cancer.
The lab is dedicated to creating a warm environment based on collaborative science and teamwork. Our mission is to facilitate each individual reaching his or her potential through learning, experimentation and sharing in the pursuit of knowledge to promote human health and development.
Schiffman, M., Rodríguez, A.C., Chen, Z., Wacholder, S., Herrero, R., Hildesheim, A., Desalle, R., Befano, B., Yu, K., Safaeian, M., Sherman, M.E., Morales, J., Guillen, D., Alfaro, M., Hutchinson, M., Solomon, D., Castle, P.E. and Burk, R.D. A population-based prospective study of carcinogenic human papillomavirus variant lineages, viral persistence, and cervical neoplasia. Cancer Res. 70:3159-3169, 2010. PMID: 20354192; PMCID: PMC2855741.
Fu, L., Van Doorslaer, K., Chen, Z., Ristriani, T., Masson, M., Travé, G. and Burk, R.D. Degradation of p53 by human Alphapapillomavirus E6 proteins shows a stronger correlation with phylogeny than oncogenicity. PLoS ONE. 2010;5(9):e12816. Epub 2010 Sept 17. PMID: 20862247; PMCID: PMC2941455.
Castle, P.E., Shaber, R., Lamere, B., Kinney, W., Fetterman, B., Poitras, N., Lorey, T., Schiffman, M., Dunne, A., Ostolaza, J., McKinney, S. and Burk, R. Human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes in women with cervical precancer and cancer at Kaiser Permanente Northern California. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 20:946-953, 2011. PMID: 21415357; PMCID: PMC3117227.
Bottalico, D., Chen, Z., Dunne, A., Ostoloza, A., McKinney, S., Sun, C., Schlecht, N.F., Fatahzadeh, M., Herrero, R., Schiffman, M. and Burk, R.D. The oral cavity contains abundant known and novel human papillomaviruses from the Betapapillomavirus and Gammapapillomavirus genera. J. Inf. Dis. 204:787-792, 2011. PMID: 21844305; PMCID: PMC3156102.
Chen, Z., Schiffman, M., Herrero, R., DeSalle, R., Anastos, K., Segondy, M., Sahasrabuddhe, V., Gravitt, P.E., Hsing, A. and Burk, R.D. Evolution and taxonomic study of HPV16-related Alphapapillomavirus variant genomes: HPV31, HPV33, HPV35, HPV52, HPV58 and HPV67. PLoS ONE. 2011;6(5):e20183. Epub 2011 May 27. PMID: 21673791; PMCID: PMC3103539.
Schiffman, M., Glass, A.G., Wentzensen, N., Rush, B.B., Castle, P.E., Scott, D.R., Buckland, J., Sherman, M.E., Rydzak, G., Kirk, P., Lorincz, A., Wacholder, S. and Burk, R.D. A Long-Term Prospective Study of Type-Specific Human Papillomavirus Infection and Risk of Cervical Neoplasia among 20,000 Women in the Portland Kaiser Cohort Study. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 20:3098-1409, 2011. PMID: 21602310; PMCID: PMC3156084.
Smith, B., Chen, Z., Reimers, L., van Doorslaer, K., Schiffman, M., DeSalle, R., Herrero, R., Yu, K., Wang, T. and Burk, R.D. Sequence imputation of HPV16 genomes for genetic association studies. PLoS ONE. 2011;6(6):e21375. Epub 2011 Jun 23. PMID: 21731721; PMCID: PMC3121793.
Mirabello, L., Sun, C., Ghosh, A., Rodríguez, A.C., Schiffman, M., Wentzensen, N., Hildesheim, A., Herrero, R., Wacholder, S., Lorincz, A. and Burk, R.D. Hypermethylation of the HPV16 genome is associated with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 in a prospective population-based cohort. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 104:556-565, 2012. PMID: 22448030; PMCID: PMC3317880.
Wentzensen, N., Sun, C., Ghosh, A., Kinney, W., Mirabello, L., Wacholder, S., Shaber, R., LaMere, B., Clarke, M., Lorincz, A.T., Castle, P.E., Schiffman, M. and Burk, R.D. Methylation of HPV18, HPV31, and HPV45 genomes and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 104:1738-49, 2012. PMID: 23093560; PMCID: PMC3571257.
Smith, B.C., McAndrew, T., Chen, Z., Harari, A., Barris, D.M., Viswanathan, S., Rodriguez, A.C., Castle, P., Herrero, R., Schiffman, M. and Burk, R.D. The cervical microbiome over 7 years and a comparison of methodologies for its characterization. PLoS One. 2012;7(7):e40425. Epub 2012 Jul 9. PMID: 22792313; PMCID: PMC3392218.
Van Doorslaer, K. and Burk, R.D. Association between hTERT activation by HPV E6 proteins and oncogenic risk. Virology 433:216-9, 2012. PMID: 22925336; PMCID: PMC3449093.
Clarke, M.A., Wentzensen, N., Mirabello, L., Ghosh, A., Wacholder, S., Harari, A., Lorincz, A., Schiffman, M., and Burk, R.D. Human Papillomavirus DNA Methylation as a Potential Biomarker for Cervical Cancer. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 21:2125-37, 2012. PMID: 23035178; PMCID: PMC3664203.
Agalliu, I., Wang, Z., Wang, T., Dunn, A., Parikh, H., Myers, T., Burk, R.D. and Amundadottir. L. Characterization of SNPs associated with prostate cancer in men of ashkenazic descent from the set of GWAS identified SNPs: impact of cancer family history and cumulative SNP risk prediction. PLoS ONE 2013;8(4): e60083. Epub 2013 Apr 3. PMID: 23573233; PMCID: PMC3616024.
Chen, Z., Schiffman, M., Herrero, R., DeSalle, R., Anastos, K., Segondy, M., Sahasrabuddhe, V., Gravitt, P.E., Hsing, A. and Burk, R.D. Evolution and taxonomic classification of Alphapapillomavirus 7 complete genomes: HPV18, HPV39, HPV45, HPV59, HPV68 and HPV70. PLoS ONE. 2013;8(8):e72565. Epub 2013 Aug 16. PMID: 23977318; PMCID: PMC3745470. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0072565
Burk, R.D., Harari, A. and Chen, Z. Human papillomavirus genome variants.
Virology 445:232-243, 2013. PubMed PMID: 23998342; PMCID: PMC3979972.
Full text link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0042682213004388.
Sun, C., McAndrew, T., Smith, B.C., Chen, Z., Frimer, M. and Burk, R.D. Characterization of HPV DNA methylation of contiguous CpG sites by bisulfite treatment and massively parallel sequencing—the FRAGMENT approach.
Front. Genet. 5:150, 2014. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00150.
PubMed PMID: 24917876; PMCID: PMC4042685.
Mirabello, L., Frimer, M., Harari, A., McAndrew, T., Smith, B. Chen, Z., M., Wentzensen, Wacholder, S., Castle, P.E., Raine-Bennett, T., Schiffman, M. and Burk, R.D. HPV16 methyl-haplotypes determined by a novel next-generation sequencing method are associated with cervical precancer. Int. J. Cancer 2014 (in press)
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Discover features research by Dr. Robert Burk on the evolution of human papillomaviruses (HPV), the main cause of cervical cancer.
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Ken, your transcript of the Nick/Starr visit to Regis and Kelly seems to bear no similarity to the actual visit. Those who wish to hear about this are advised that Ken's summary is an inventive satire of a bumbling Regis. No such character was seen in the YouTube footage above it, which I urge all to see.
Quote from: apskip on December 09, 2008, 12:17:39 PMKen, your transcript of the Nick/Starr visit to Regis and Kelly seems to bear no similarity to the actual visit. Those who wish to hear about this are advised that Ken's summary is an inventive satire of a bumbling Regis. No such character was seen in the YouTube footage above it, which I urge all to see.Why ap? I have no idea what you're talking about. That is exactly what transpired!
And omg I am never going to catch up on all these interviews!
Quote from: puddin on December 09, 2008, 03:20:57 PMAnd omg I am never going to catch up on all these interviews! LOL I know The publicity is awesome for reality and TARWTG Bonnie Hunt for promoting and covering this season ( reminds myself to watch Phil on tomorrows show )
When Starr Spangler and her brother Nick auditioned for The Amazing Race, Starr was a Texas Christian University student who had been a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader for three seasons.Now the California-raised Spanglers live in New York, but their country-crossing in the States has nothing on their recent journey: traveling around the world and visiting countries in five continents on a nearly 40,000-mile trip that ended with them winning the $1 million first prize on the series 13th season.The Spanglers are the youngest team ever to win the race. Nick, an off-Broadway actor, is 22; Starr, who works with autistic children, is 21. The Star-Telegram chatted with the Spanglers by phone this week about their victory:Starr, did your experience as a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader help you prepare for the race?Starr: Not only physically, but mentally. The Amazing Race is very challenging in every aspect, and being a cheerleader is extremely challenging in every aspect. The cheerleaders have a reality show [CMTs Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team], and I did three seasons of it. I knew what to expect. I know what its like to have a camera in your face. And Nick being an actor . . . we really knew what to be prepared for. Nick: Some of the other contestants, that really threw em off in the beginning.The last flight of the race was from Moscow to Portland, Ore. How does the jet lag affect your performance?Starr: We had a very short pit stop going from Russia to Portland. I think Nick and I had a total of an hour and a half in a hotel room where we could decently shower and lay down for 45 minutes before we had to get up and go to the airport. So it really was exhausting, and by the time we hit the ground, we were tired. But the adrenalin carries you through, and you just go and you dont feel the exhaustion till you get to the mat.Nick: It is really disorienting. On one leg, we flew from Bolivia to New Zealand. We crossed the international date line, and we spent like 45 minutes just trying to figure out what day it was. . . . But everybodys in the same boat, and seeing the other teams and knowing theyre all going to the same place, thats what keeps you going.You worked well as a team, but surely you had some sibling rivalry growing up.Nick: When we were in elementary and high school, we didnt see eye to eye on a lot of things. We argued a lot, pretty bitterly and rudely. But once we both got into college and we were separated by 3,000 miles, we actually started talking to each other on the phone. We were becoming adults at the same time, and we had somebody to go through it with.Was there any task that made you say, "I cant believe I have to do this"?Starr: The only thing that was really difficult for us was in leg four, when we were in New Zealand, we had to crush kiwis with our feet. And Nick and I physically could not do it. Our feet were cut up, and we werent getting a drip compared to other teams.Nick: What always scared me, honestly, was just being dropped in a foreign country not knowing the language. You are truly alone. Starr and I were a 21- and a 22-year-old, alone, dropped in the middle of India. If we get into a confrontation with a local, our camera crew doesnt say, "Excuse me, sir, could you calm down." Theyre not helping us out. Racers talk about what a blur the race is, and how you dont really get to enjoy the countries you visit. Where would you like to return?Starr: For me, it would be New Zealand. We were there for less than 24 hours, and it was just absolutely gorgeous. It was a really tough leg for Nick, but I remember we were up on Mount Eden, and it was raining and there was a beautiful rainbow, and we were in the middle of racing and Nick said, "Starr, stop. Come look at this rainbow." And at the moment, I was like, "No, no, weve gotta go, weve gotta keep going." I wish Id taken that minute to enjoy where we were.Nick: For me, its more Cambodia. We actually did get some time to look around and explore there. But that place is just another world.
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A couple of detectives could break a meth kingpin's winning high when the Emmy statuettes are handed out on August 25.
"True Detective," the limited series from HBO starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson landed a berth in the best drama series category and lead actor drama nods for both actors when the Emmy nominations were handed down Thursday morning.
The critically acclaimed "Detective" offers up serious competition for the final season of AMC's beloved "Breaking Bad," which also sits in the drama series race alongside "House of Cards" from Netflix, PBS period drama "Downton Abbey," AMC's "Mad Men," and HBO's hit fantasy series "Game of Thrones," which leads overall with 19 nominations.
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Noticeably absent from the field were CBS' "The Good Wife" (star Julianna Margulies scored a deserved nod for lead actress drama), and NBC's "The Blacklist" (TV's highest-rated new drama and lead James Spader saw no love from the Television Academy.) Drama snubs also went to "The Americans" (FX), 2012 category winner "Homeland" and ratings juggernaut "The Walking Dead" (AMC).
For lead actor in a drama series, "Breaking Bad's" Bryan Cranston must overcome McConaughey and Harrelson, as well as "Mad Men's" Jon Hamm, Kevin Spacey for "House of Cards," and last year's winner, Jeff Daniels for "The Newsroom."
If McConaughey takes the statuette, he'll be the first man ever to win both a lead actor Emmy and an Oscar in the same year. He was handed the Academy Award for his role in "Dallas Buyers Club" in March. (The only woman to achieve the feat is Helen Hunt, who was awarded a lead actress Emmy for "Mad About You" and an Oscar for "As Good As It Gets" in 1998.)
And while HBO was riding high with a haul of noms for "Thrones" and "True Detective," the lack of laughs in the most recent season saw previously lauded "Girls" pushed from the big comedy series race, though star Lena Dunham made the cut for lead actress in a comedy and Adam Driver was named to the supporting actor category.
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Replacing "Girls" in the series race is the Netflix upstart "Orange Is the New Black" – a big winner at the recent Critics Choice Awards. Also new to the category is "Silicon Valley," the HBO series about tech geeks from creator Mike Judge ("Office Space," "King of the Hill").
ABC's "Modern Family" is the one to beat in this competition. Up for an historic fifth consecutive Emmy win – "Frazier" is the only series to have reached that milestone – it must face down not only the newbies, but also "Veep" (HBO), "Louie" (FX) and TV's highest rated comedy, "The Big Bang Theory" (CBS).
"Brooklyn Nine-Nine," the Fox network cop comedy starring Andy Samberg and Andre Braugher was left out in the cold, despite previous Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award wins. Small consolation: Braugher is up for a best supporting actor in a comedy Emmy.
"Orange Is the New Black" star Taylor Schilling finds herself in competition for lead actress in a comedy series with last year's winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus ("Veep"), Dunham, Amy Poehler ("Parks and Recreation"), Edie Falco ("Nurse Jackie") and Melissa McCarthy ("Mike & Molly").
An unlikely comedy set in a women's prison, "OITNB" also scored in the supporting actress race with Kate Mulgrew, and earned three guest actress nods for Natasha Lyonne, Uzo Aduba and Laverne Cox.
Though Emmy showered major love on fantasy saga "Game of Thrones," the sci-fi/fantasy BBC drama "Orphan Black" remained on the outs, inlcuding star Tatiana Maslany. Maslany's turn as mulitple characters cloned from the same being has received critical acclaim as well as numerous awards, including a Critics Choice.
One of the biggest snubs, though perhaps not the most glaring considering its on-air and award show longevity, is that for the first time 20 years "The Simpsons" was not named to the outstanding animated program field. It made way for the excellent "Archer" (FX), but it's certainly a shock to the Fox network, and the loyal fans of the denizens of Springfield.
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How to Find Your Laptop's MAC Address in Windows XP
If you access WiFi networks from your laptop, these networks may sometimes want to know your laptop's MAC Address. Some wireless networks restrict access to only those computers they know, so the network asks for some piece of identification. That piece of ID is the wireless networking hardware's MAC Address.
No two MAC Address numbers are identical, and the MAC Address is very difficult to fake. By using the MAC Address, a wireless network can restrict access to only those computers that are known and registered.
The MAC Address is 12 digits long, broken up into pairs, like this: 12:34:56:78:9A:BC. It's a base-16 value (also called hexadecimal), so the letters A through F are also considered to be numbers.
If the MAC Address is necessary to connect to a specific network, hand it over to the network manager or human in charge. That person will happily add your laptop's address to the list of allowed computers so that you can use the network.
Here's how to find your laptop's MAC address:
Choose Control Panel from the Start menu, and then choose Network Connections.
The Network Connections window opens.
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Olympus Supports New Boy Scouts of America Scuba Diving Merit Badge
Fort A.P. Hill, Va. -- July 26, 2010 -- Olympus Imaging America Inc., a leading manufacturer of digital cameras, voice recorders, binoculars and underwater photography equipment will join the Boy Scouts of America, one of the nation's largest and most prominent values-based youth-development organizations, in celebrating its 100th anniversary at the 2010 National Scout Jamboree. The jamboree is July 26 to August 4 at the 76,000-acre Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia. More than 40,000 Scouts and leaders are expected to attend.
The national Scout jamboree provides an opportunity for Boy Scouts to hone their outdoor expertise, expand their leadership experiences and interact with inspiring professionals who have careers that coincide with the Boy Scouts of America's core values. Scouts will glean inspiration and motivation from John McGuire, senior product manager, Olympus Imaging America Inc. McGuire lives and breathes the innovative products he promotes. Along with his marketing role at Olympus, he is also a professional scuba diver and outdoor enthusiast. He will be on-site, armed with the most rugged outdoor products from Olympus, including the Stylus Tough series of shockproof, waterproof, crushproof, and freezeproof cameras; underwater housings; and trail-ready binoculars—perfect for any adventure.
"Olympus is not just my career—it's my lifestyle," McGuire said. "We are honored to participate in an event that so closely aligns with the philosophy of our brand. Both Olympus and the Boy Scouts of America support education and mentoring of young people about core values and environmental awareness."
Last December, the Boy Scouts of America introduced the Scuba Diving merit badge. To earn this badge, Scouts are required to become fully certified in open-water scuba diving. For Olympus, this involvement in education also encompasses underwater photography. At the national Scout jamboree, Scouts will have the opportunity to learn about a variety of Olympus outdoor products on display.
"We hope our presence at the 2010 National Scout Jamboree will inspire Scouts to earn the Scuba Diving merit badge," McGuire said. "Better diving skills are a great foundation to becoming an underwater photographer. We remain committed to a comprehensive approach to underwater education: training, marine environment issues and scholarship programs. We have a lot of knowledge to share."
ABOUT THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA The Boy Scouts of America is the nation's foremost youth program of character development and values-based leadership training. The Scouting organization is composed of 2.7 million youth members between the ages of 7 and 20, 1.1 million volunteers, and nearly 300 local councils throughout the United States and its territories. For more information on the Boy Scouts of America, please visit www.scouting.org.
More information about 100 Years of Scouting can be found at www.scouting.org/100years.
ABOUT OLYMPUS IMAGING AMERICA INC. Olympus Imaging America Inc. is a precision technology leader, designing and delivering award-winning products for consumer and professional markets.
Olympus Imaging America Inc. works collaboratively with its customers and its ultimate parent company, Olympus Corporation, to develop breakthrough technologies with revolutionary product design and functionality that enhances people's lives every day. These include:
Digital cameras
Professional and consumer interchangeable lens system cameras
Related underwater products and accessories
Digital and microcassette recorders
Digital media
Olympus Imaging America Inc. is responsible for sales in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. For more information, visit: www.olympusamerica.com.