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Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 6, by Edward Gibbon, [1788], at sacred-texts.com
Among the implements of destruction, he studied with peculiar care the recent and tremendous discovery of the Latins; and his artillery surpassed whatever had yet appeared in the world. A founder of cannon, a Dane *_0055 or Hungarian, who had been almost starved in the Greek service, deserted to the Moslems, and was liberally entertained by the Turkish sultan. Mahomet was satisfied with the answer to his first question, which he eagerly pressed on the artist. "Am I able to cast a cannon capable of throwing a ball or stone of sufficient size to batter the walls of Constantinople? I am not ignorant of their strength; but were they more solid than those of Babylon, I could oppose an engine of superior power: the position and management of that engine must be left to your engineers." On this assurance, a foundry was established at Adrianople: the metal was prepared; and at the end of three months, Urban produced a piece of brass ordnance of stupendous, and almost incredible magnitude; a measure of twelve palms is assigned to the bore; and the stone bullet weighed above six hundred pounds. 24 **_0055 A vacant place before the new palace was chosen for the first experiment; but to prevent the sudden and mischievous effects of astonishment and fear, a proclamation was issued, that the cannon would be discharged the ensuing day. The explosion was felt or heard in a circuit of a hundred furlongs: the ball, by the force of gunpowder, was driven above a mile; and on the spot where it fell, it buried itself a fathom deep in the ground. For the conveyance of this destructive engine, a frame or carriage of thirty wagons was linked together and drawn along by a team of sixty oxen: two hundred men on both sides were stationed, to poise and support the rolling weight; two hundred and fifty workmen marched before to smooth the way and repair the bridges; and near two months were employed in a laborious journey of one hundred and fifty miles. A lively philosopher 25 derides on this occasion the credulity of the Greeks, and observes, with much reason, that we should always distrust the exaggerations of a vanquished people. He calculates, that a ball, even of two hundred pounds, would require a charge of one hundred and fifty pounds of powder; and that the stroke would be feeble and impotent, since not a fifteenth part of the mass could be inflamed at the same moment. A stranger as I am to the art of destruction, I can discern that the modern improvements of artillery prefer the number of pieces to the weight of metal; the quickness of the fire to the sound, or even the consequence, of a single explosion. Yet I dare not reject the positive and unanimous evidence of contemporary writers; nor can it seem improbable, that the first artists, in their rude and ambitious efforts, should have transgressed the standard of moderation. A Turkish cannon, more enormous than that of Mahomet, still guards the entrance of the Dardanelles; and if the use be inconvenient, it has been found on a late trial that the effect was far from contemptible. A stone bullet of eleven hundred pounds' weight was once discharged with three hundred and thirty pounds of powder: at the distance of six hundred yards it shivered into three rocky fragments; traversed the strait; and leaving the waters in a foam, again rose and bounded against the opposite hill. 26
While Mahomet threatened the capital of the East, the Greek emperor implored with fervent prayers the assistance of earth and heaven. But the invisible powers were deaf to his supplications; and Christendom beheld with indifference the fall of Constantinople, while she derived at least some promise of supply from the jealous and temporal policy of the sultan of Egypt. Some states were too weak, and others too remote; by some the danger was considered as imaginary by others as inevitable: the Western princes were involved in their endless and domestic quarrels; and the Roman pontiff was exasperated by the falsehood or obstinacy of the Greeks. Instead of employing in their favor the arms and treasures of Italy, Nicholas the Fifth had foretold their approaching ruin; and his honor was engaged in the accomplishment of his prophecy. *_0056 Perhaps he was softened by the last extremity o their distress; but his compassion was tardy; his efforts were faint and unavailing; and Constantinople had fallen, before the squadrons of Genoa and Venice could sail from their harbors. 27 Even the princes of the Morea and of the Greek islands affected a cold neutrality: the Genoese colony of Galata negotiated a private treaty; and the sultan indulged them in the delusive hope, that by his clemency they might survive the ruin of the empire. A plebeian crowd, and some Byzantine nobles basely withdrew from the danger of their country; and the avarice of the rich denied the emperor, and reserved for the Turks, the secret treasures which might have raised in their defence whole armies of mercenaries. 28 The indigent and solitary prince prepared, however, to sustain his formidable adversary; but if his courage were equal to the peril, his strength was inadequate to the contest. In the beginning of the spring, the Turkish vanguard swept the towns and villages as far as the gates of Constantinople: submission was spared and protected; whatever presumed to resist was exterminated with fire and sword. The Greek places on the Black Sea, Mesembria, Acheloum, and Bizon, surrendered on the first summons; Selybria alone deserved the honors of a siege or blockade; and the bold inhabitants, while they were invested by land, launched their boats, pillaged the opposite coast of Cyzicus, and sold their captives in the public market. But on the approach of Mahomet himself all was silent and prostrate: he first halted at the distance of five miles; and from thence advancing in battle array, planted before the gates of St. Romanus the Imperial standard; and on the sixth day of April formed the memorable siege of Constantinople.
The troops of Asia and Europe extended on the right and left from the Propontis to the harbor; the Janizaries in the front were stationed before the sultan's tent; the Ottoman line was covered by a deep intrenchment; and a subordinate army enclosed the suburb of Galata, and watched the doubtful faith of the Genoese. The inquisitive Philelphus, who resided in Greece about thirty years before the siege, is confident, that all the Turkish forces of any name or value could not exceed the number of sixty thousand horse and twenty thousand foot; and he upbraids the pusillanimity of the nations, who had tamely yielded to a handful of Barbarians. Such indeed might be the regular establishment of the Capiculi, 29 the troops of the Porte who marched with the prince, and were paid from his royal treasury. But the bashaws, in their respective governments, maintained or levied a provincial militia; many lands were held by a military tenure; many volunteers were attracted by the hope of spoil and the sound of the holy trumpet invited a swarm of hungry and fearless fanatics, who might contribute at least to multiply the terrors, and in a first attack to blunt the swords, of the Christians. The whole mass of the Turkish powers is magnified by Ducas, Chalcondyles, and Leonard of Chios, to the amount of three or four hundred thousand men; but Phranza was a less remote and more accurate judge; and his precise definition of two hundred and fifty-eight thousand does not exceed the measure of experience and probability. 30 The navy of the besiegers was less formidable: the Propontis was overspread with three hundred and twenty sail; but of these no more than eighteen could be rated as galleys of war; and the far greater part must be degraded to the condition of store-ships and transports, which poured into the camp fresh supplies of men, ammunition, and provisions. In her last decay, Constantinople was still peopled with more than a hundred thousand inhabitants; but these numbers are found in the accounts, not of war, but of captivity; and they mostly consisted of mechanics, of priests, of women, and of men devoid of that spirit which even women have sometimes exerted for the common safety. I can suppose, I could almost excuse, the reluctance of subjects to serve on a distant frontier, at the will of a tyrant; but the man who dares not expose his life in the defence of his children and his property, has lost in society the first and most active energies of nature. By the emperor's command, a particular inquiry had been made through the streets and houses, how many of the citizens, or even of the monks, were able and willing to bear arms for their country. The lists were intrusted to Phranza; 31 and, after a diligent addition, he informed his master, with grief and surprise, that the national defence was reduced to four thousand nine hundred and seventy Romans. Between Constantine and his faithful minister this comfortless secret was preserved; and a sufficient proportion of shields, cross-bows, and muskets, were distributed from the arsenal to the city bands. They derived some accession from a body of two thousand strangers, under the command of John Justiniani, a noble Genoese; a liberal donative was advanced to these auxiliaries; and a princely recompense, the Isle of Lemnos, was promised to the valor and victory of their chief. A strong chain was drawn across the mouth of the harbor: it was supported by some Greek and Italian vessels of war and merchandise; and the ships of every Christian nation, that successively arrived from Candia and the Black Sea, were detained for the public service. Against the powers of the Ottoman empire, a city of the extent of thirteen, perhaps of sixteen, miles was defended by a scanty garrison of seven or eight thousand soldiers. Europe and Asia were open to the besiegers; but the strength and provisions of the Greeks must sustain a daily decrease; nor could they indulge the expectation of any foreign succor or supply.
The primitive Romans would have drawn their swords in the resolution of death or conquest. The primitive Christians might have embraced each other, and awaited in patience and charity the stroke of martyrdom. But the Greeks of Constantinople were animated only by the spirit of religion, and that spirit was productive only of animosity and discord. Before his death, the emperor John Palaeologus had renounced the unpopular measure of a union with the Latins; nor was the idea revived, till the distress of his brother Constantine imposed a last trial of flattery and dissimulation. 32 With the demand of temporal aid, his ambassadors were instructed to mingle the assurance of spiritual obedience: his neglect of the church was excused by the urgent cares of the state; and his orthodox wishes solicited the presence of a Roman legate. The Vatican had been too often deluded; yet the signs of repentance could not decently be overlooked; a legate was more easily granted than an army; and about six months before the final destruction, the cardinal Isidore of Russia appeared in that character with a retinue of priests and soldiers. The emperor saluted him as a friend and father; respectfully listened to his public and private sermons; and with the most obsequious of the clergy and laymen subscribed the act of union, as it had been ratified in the council of Florence. On the twelfth of December, the two nations, in the church of St. Sophia, joined in the communion of sacrifice and prayer; and the names of the two pontiffs were solemnly commemorated; the names of Nicholas the Fifth, the vicar of Christ, and of the patriarch Gregory, who had been driven into exile by a rebellious people.
But the dress and language of the Latin priest who officiated at the altar were an object of scandal; and it was observed with horror, that he consecrated a cake or wafer of unleavened bread, and poured cold water into the cup of the sacrament. A national historian acknowledges with a blush, that none of his countrymen, not the emperor himself, were sincere in this occasional conformity. 33 Their hasty and unconditional submission was palliated by a promise of future revisal; but the best, or the worst, of their excuses was the confession of their own perjury. When they were pressed by the reproaches of their honest brethren, "Have patience," they whispered, "have patience till God shall have delivered the city from the great dragon who seeks to devour us. You shall then perceive whether we are truly reconciled with the Azymites." But patience is not the attribute of zeal; nor can the arts of a court be adapted to the freedom and violence of popular enthusiasm. From the dome of St. Sophia the inhabitants of either sex, and of every degree, rushed in crowds to the cell of the monk Gennadius, 34 to consult the oracle of the church. The holy man was invisible; entranced, as it should seem, in deep meditation, or divine rapture: but he had exposed on the door of his cell a speaking tablet; and they successively withdrew, after reading those tremendous words: "O miserable Romans, why will ye abandon the truth? and why, instead of confiding in God, will ye put your trust in the Italians? In losing your faith you will lose your city. Have mercy on me, O Lord! I protest in thy presence that I am innocent of the crime. O miserable Romans, consider, pause, and repent. At the same moment that you renounce the religion of your fathers, by embracing impiety, you submit to a foreign servitude." According to the advice of Gennadius, the religious virgins, as pure as angels, and as proud as daemons, rejected the act of union, and abjured all communion with the present and future associates of the Latins; and their example was applauded and imitated by the greatest part of the clergy and people. From the monastery, the devout Greeks dispersed themselves in the taverns; drank confusion to the slaves of the pope; emptied their glasses in honor of the image of the holy Virgin; and besought her to defend against Mahomet the city which she had formerly saved from Chosroes and the Chagan. In the double intoxication of zeal and wine, they valiantly exclaimed, "What occasion have we for succor, or union, or Latins? Far from us be the worship of the Azymites!" During the winter that preceded the Turkish conquest, the nation was distracted by this epidemical frenzy; and the season of Lent, the approach of Easter, instead of breathing charity and love, served only to fortify the obstinacy and influence of the zealots. The confessors scrutinized and alarmed the conscience of their votaries, and a rigorous penance was imposed on those who had received the communion from a priest who had given an express or tacit consent to the union. His service at the altar propagated the infection to the mute and simple spectators of the ceremony: they forfeited, by the impure spectacle, the virtue of the sacerdotal character; nor was it lawful, even in danger of sudden death, to invoke the assistance of their prayers or absolution. No sooner had the church of St. Sophia been polluted by the Latin sacrifice, than it was deserted as a Jewish synagogue, or a heathen temple, by the clergy and people; and a vast and gloomy silence prevailed in that venerable dome, which had so often smoked with a cloud of incense, blazed with innumerable lights, and resounded with the voice of prayer and thanksgiving. The Latins were the most odious of heretics and infidels; and the first minister of the empire, the great duke, was heard to declare, that he had rather behold in Constantinople the turban of Mahomet, than the pope's tiara or a cardinal's hat. 35 A sentiment so unworthy of Christians and patriots was familiar and fatal to the Greeks: the emperor was deprived of the affection and support of his subjects; and their native cowardice was sanctified by resignation to the divine decree, or the visionary hope of a miraculous deliverance.
Of the triangle which composes the figure of Constantinople, the two sides along the sea were made inaccessible to an enemy; the Propontis by nature, and the harbor by art. Between the two waters, the basis of the triangle, the land side was protected by a double wall, and a deep ditch of the depth of one hundred feet. Against this line of fortification, which Phranza, an eye-witness, prolongs to the measure of six miles, 36 the Ottomans directed their principal attack; and the emperor, after distributing the service and command of the most perilous stations, undertook the defence of the external wall. In the first days of the siege the Greek soldiers descended into the ditch, or sallied into the field; but they soon discovered, that, in the proportion of their numbers, one Christian was of more value than twenty Turks: and, after these bold preludes, they were prudently content to maintain the rampart with their missile weapons. Nor should this prudence be accused of pusillanimity. The nation was indeed pusillanimous and base; but the last Constantine deserves the name of a hero: his noble band of volunteers was inspired with Roman virtue; and the foreign auxiliaries supported the honor of the Western chivalry. The incessant volleys of lances and arrows were accompanied with the smoke, the sound, and the fire, of their musketry and cannon. Their small arms discharged at the same time either five, or even ten, balls of lead, of the size of a walnut; and, according to the closeness of the ranks and the force of the powder, several breastplates and bodies were transpierced by the same shot. But the Turkish approaches were soon sunk in trenches, or covered with ruins. Each day added to the science of the Christians; but their inadequate stock of gunpowder was wasted in the operations of each day. Their ordnance was not powerful, either in size or number; and if they possessed some heavy cannon, they feared to plant them on the walls, lest the aged structure should be shaken and overthrown by the explosion. 37 The same destructive secret had been revealed to the Moslems; by whom it was employed with the superior energy of zeal, riches, and despotism. The great cannon of Mahomet has been separately noticed; an important and visible object in the history of the times: but that enormous engine was flanked by two fellows almost of equal magnitude: 38 the long order of the Turkish artillery was pointed against the walls; fourteen batteries thundered at once on the most accessible places; and of one of these it is ambiguously expressed, that it was mounted with one hundred and thirty guns, or that it discharged one hundred and thirty bullets. Yet in the power and activity of the sultan, we may discern the infancy of the new science. Under a master who counted the moments, the great cannon could be loaded and fired no more than seven times in one day. 39 The heated metal unfortunately burst; several workmen were destroyed; and the skill of an artist *_0057 was admired who bethought himself of preventing the danger and the accident, by pouring oil, after each explosion, into the mouth of the cannon.
The first random shots were productive of more sound than effect; and it was by the advice of a Christian, that the engineers were taught to level their aim against the two opposite sides of the salient angles of a bastion. However imperfect, the weight and repetition of the fire made some impression on the walls; and the Turks, pushing their approaches to the edge of the ditch, attempted to fill the enormous chasm, and to build a road to the assault. 40 Innumerable fascines, and hogsheads, and trunks of trees, were heaped on each other; and such was the impetuosity of the throng, that the foremost and the weakest were pushed headlong down the precipice, and instantly buried under the accumulated mass. To fill the ditch was the toil of the besiegers; to clear away the rubbish was the safety of the besieged; and after a long and bloody conflict, the web that had been woven in the day was still unravelled in the night. The next resource of Mahomet was the practice of mines; but the soil was rocky; in every attempt he was stopped and undermined by the Christian engineers; nor had the art been yet invented of replenishing those subterraneous passages with gunpowder, and blowing whole towers and cities into the air. 41 A circumstance that distinguishes the siege of Constantinople is the reunion of the ancient and modern artillery. The cannon were intermingled with the mechanical engines for casting stones and darts; the bullet and the battering-ram *_0058 were directed against the same walls: nor had the discovery of gunpowder superseded the use of the liquid and unextinguishable fire. A wooden turret of the largest size was advanced on rollers this portable magazine of ammunition and fascines was protected by a threefold covering of bulls' hides: incessant volleys were securely discharged from the loop-holes; in the front, three doors were contrived for the alternate sally and retreat of the soldiers and workmen. They ascended by a staircase to the upper platform, and, as high as the level of that platform, a scaling-ladder could be raised by pulleys to form a bridge, and grapple with the adverse rampart. By these various arts of annoyance, some as new as they were pernicious to the Greeks, the tower of St. Romanus was at length overturned: after a severe struggle, the Turks were repulsed from the breach, and interrupted by darkness; but they trusted that with the return of light they should renew the attack with fresh vigor and decisive success. Of this pause of action, this interval of hope, each moment was improved, by the activity of the emperor and Justiniani, who passed the night on the spot, and urged the labors which involved the safety of the church and city. At the dawn of day, the impatient sultan perceived, with astonishment and grief, that his wooden turret had been reduced to ashes: the ditch was cleared and restored; and the tower of St. Romanus was again strong and entire. He deplored the failure of his design; and uttered a profane exclamation, that the word of the thirty-seven thousand prophets should not have compelled him to believe that such a work, in so short a time, could have been accomplished by the infidels.
*_0055 Gibbon has written Dane by mistake for Dace, or Dacian. Chalcondyles, Von Hammer, p. 510. - M.
24 The Attic talent weighed about sixty minae, or avoirdupois pounds (see Hooper on Ancient Weights, Measures, &c.;) but among the modern Greeks, that classic appellation was extended to a weight of one hundred, or one hundred and twenty-five pounds, (Ducange.) Leonardus Chiensis measured the ball or stone of the second cannon Lapidem, qui palmis undecim ex meis ambibat in gyro.
**_0055 1200, according to Leonardus Chiensis. Von Hammer states that he had himself seen the great cannon of the Dardanelles, in which a tailor who had run away from his creditors, had concealed himself several days Von Hammer had measured balls twelve spans round. Note. p. 666. - M.
25 See Voltaire, (Hist. Generale, c. xci. p. 294, 295.) He was ambitious of universal monarchy; and the poet frequently aspires to the name and style of an astronomer, a chemist, &c.
26 The Baron de Tott, (tom. iii. p. 85 - 89,) who fortified the Dardanelles against the Russians, describes in a lively, and even comic, strain his own prowess, and the consternation of the Turks. But that adventurous traveller does not possess the art of gaining our confidence.
*_0056 See the curious Christian and Mahometan predictions of the fall of Constantinople, Von Hammer, p. 518. - M.
27 Non audivit, indignum ducens, says the honest Antoninus; but as the Roman court was afterwards grieved and ashamed, we find the more courtly expression of Platina, in animo fuisse pontifici juvare Graecos, and the positive assertion of Aeneas Sylvius, structam classem &c. (Spond. A.D. 1453, No. 3.)
28 Antonin. in Proem. - Epist. Cardinal. Isidor. apud Spondanum and Dr. Johnson, in the tragedy of Irene, has happily seized this characteristic circumstance: -
The groaning Greeks dig up the golden caverns. The accumulated wealth of hoarding ages; That wealth which, granted to their weeping prince, Had ranged embattled nations at their gates.
29 The palatine troops are styled Capiculi, the provincials, Seratculi; and most of the names and institutions of the Turkish militia existed before the Canon Nameh of Soliman II, from which, and his own experience, Count Marsigli has composed his military state of the Ottoman empire.
30 The observation of Philelphus is approved by Cuspinian in the year 1508, (de Caesaribus, in Epilog. de Militia Turcica, p. 697.) Marsigli proves, that the effective armies of the Turks are much less numerous than they appear. In the army that besieged Constantinople Leonardus Chiensis reckons no more than 15,000 Janizaries.
31 Ego, eidem (Imp.) tabellas extribui non absque dolore et moestitia, mansitque apud nos duos aliis occultus numerus, (Phranza, l. iii. c. 8.) With some indulgence for national prejudices, we cannot desire a more authentic witness, not only of public facts, but of private counsels.
32 In Spondanus, the narrative of the union is not only partial, but imperfect. The bishop of Pamiers died in 1642, and the history of Ducas, which represents these scenes (c. 36, 37) with such truth and spirit, was not printed till the year 1649.
33 Phranza, one of the conforming Greeks, acknowledges that the measure was adopted only propter spem auxilii; he affirms with pleasure, that those who refused to perform their devotions in St. Sophia, extra culpam et in pace essent, (l. iii. c. 20.)
34 His primitive and secular name was George Scholarius, which he changed for that of Gennadius, either when he became a monk or a patriarch. His defence, at Florence, of the same union, which he so furiously attacked at Constantinople, has tempted Leo Allatius (Diatrib. de Georgiis, in Fabric. Bibliot. Graec. tom. x. p. 760 - 786) to divide him into two men; but Renaudot (p. 343 - 383) has restored the identity of his person and the duplicity of his character.
35 It, may be fairly translated a cardinal's hat. The difference of the Greek and Latin habits imbittered the schism.
36 We are obliged to reduce the Greek miles to the smallest measure which is preserved in the wersts of Russia, of 547 French toises, and of 104 2/5 to a degree. The six miles of Phranza do not exceed four English miles, (D'Anville, Mesures Itineraires, p. 61, 123, &c.)
37 At indies doctiores nostri facti paravere contra hostes machina menta, quae tamen avare dabantur. Pulvis erat nitri modica exigua; tela modica; bombardae, si aderant incommoditate loci primum hostes offendere, maceriebus alveisque tectos, non poterant. Nam si quae magnae erant, ne murus concuteretur noster, quiescebant. This passage of Leonardus Chiensis is curious and important.
38 According to Chalcondyles and Phranza, the great cannon burst; an incident which, according to Ducas, was prevented by the artist's skill. It is evident that they do not speak of the same gun.
Note: They speak, one of a Byzantine, one of a Turkish, gun. Von Hammer note, p. 669
39 Near a hundred years after the siege of Constantinople, the French and English fleets in the Channel were proud of firing 300 shot in an engagement of two hours, (Memoires de Martin du Bellay, l. x., in the Collection Generale, tom. xxi. p. 239.)
*_0057 The founder of the gun. Von Hammer, p. 526.
40 I have selected some curious facts, without striving to emulate the bloody and obstinate eloquence of the abbe de Vertot, in his prolix descriptions of the sieges of Rhodes, Malta, &c. But that agreeable historian had a turn for romance; and as he wrote to please the order he had adopted the same spirit of enthusiasm and chivalry.
41 The first theory of mines with gunpowder appears in 1480 in a Ms. of George of Sienna, (Tiraboschi, tom. vi. P. i. p. 324.) They were first practised by Sarzanella, in 1487; but the honor and improvement in 1503 is ascribed to Peter of Navarre, who used them with success in the wars of Italy, (Hist. de la Ligue de Cambray, tom. ii. p. 93 - 97.)
*_0058 The battering-ram according to Von Hammer, (p. 670,) was not used - M.


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WORCESTER – Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray today announced the completion of the agreement with CSX Corporation that paves the way for increased commuter rail service expected to begin October 29, 2012 and strengthens the state's rail freight network to support the region's economy. After years of negotiations and multiple phases achieved through the Commonwealth's historic agreement with CSX, Lieutenant Governor Murray was joined by Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Secretary and CEO Richard Davey and officials from CSX Corporation, one of the nation's leading transportation companies, to officially accept the "keys" for ownership of the rail tracks and operations along the Framingham/Worcester line on behalf of the Patrick-Murray Administration and Commonwealth.
Now finalized, the agreement between CSX and the Commonwealth provides the Commonwealth ownership of the rail tracks and control of operations along the Framingham/Worcester line, allowing greater opportunities for MassDOT to not only improve service, but also increase service between Boston and Worcester, the state's first and second largest cities, respectively. The Commonwealth will immediately increase commuter rail service on the Framingham/Worcester line between Boston and Worcester with the addition of three new inbound and three new outbound trains between the two cities for a total of 31 stops arriving or departing Worcester station. The Lieutenant Governor also announced that MassDOT will add one inbound special express and one outbound special express in the spring of 2013 and will reach the goal of 20 round trips by October 2013.
"Since the restoration of limited commuter rail service to Worcester in 1994, the importance of linking New England's two largest cities by passenger rail has been clear," said Lieutenant Governor Murray. "This finalized agreement with CSX marks a major milestone for transportation in Massachusetts as we deliver enhanced services for the growing demand of riders and support business and community development in the Worcester and Metrowest areas."
In addition to increased commuter rail service, through the finalized agreement with CSX, the Commonwealth will take control of maintenance of the right of way and begin the dispatching transition so that all Worcester Line trains are dispatched from MBTA facilities, bringing an even greater public focus to improving reliability and on-time performance of the line.
"The Patrick-Murray Administration is committed to improving transportation for residents Commonwealth-wide," said MassDOT Secretary and CEO Richard Davey. "A high quality transit system is a key component to a thriving economy. With this rail purchase and the expansion of rail service, we are helping to open new doors of economic opportunity for residents and businesses across the state."
Today also recognized the expansion and modernization of CSX's intermodal facility in Worcester, which will allow for the relocation of the intermodal container operations now in Boston. CSX's investment of approximately $100 million in this site created approximately 380 construction jobs, with 85 permanent jobs expected to remain at the yard upon completion of the project. Intermodal containers are the large cargo boxes that can travel by ship, rail or truck. The CSX yard in Worcester processes approximately 110,000 intermodal containers annually, and that number is expected to grow to 150,000 annually in the near future and 200,000 annually in the long term. In addition, CSX has completed the development of a new bulk commodity transfer (TRANSFLO) facility on the site of a former automotive terminal in Westborough, enabling those operations to relocate from Boston as well.
"We commend the Patrick-Murray Administration for its recognition of the importance of passenger and freight transportation to the future of the Commonwealth and to the greater Worcester area," said Lisa A. Mancini, CSX's senior vice president and chief administrative officer. "CSX is proud of its long history of contributing to the economic vitality of the Commonwealth and we look forward to a bright future together."
If service is expanded and enhanced along the line, demand is expected to increase by 30 percent by 2030. Over 1/3 of those who currently ride the Framingham/Worcester line, board trains on stations west of Framingham. If all commuters who use this commuter rail line today instead drove cars to work each day, it could increase daily traffic on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Newton and Boston by up to 8 percent.
"Lieutenant Governor Murray has been a steadfast supporter of commuter rail expansion and has worked tirelessly to ensure increased commuter rail service will occur. This is a great day for everyone from Worcester to Boston," said Mayor Joseph Petty of Worcester. "This closing provides the much needed expansion of commuter rail service to Worcester residents and businesses. I want to thank the Lieutenant Governor, the state officials and CSX for working together to create this opportunity here in Worcester."
"Our city has a proud history of railroading," said Worcester City Manager Michael V. O'Brien. "Our future is now further enhanced with the Commonwealth's planned expansion of commuter rail service by nearly double the trips to Boston and CSX's $100 million dollar, 21st century intermodal hub nearing completion. Win-win all around - commerce, industry, real estate marketplace, workforce, connections to and from centers of excellence and the list goes on and on."
Since taking office in 2007, improving the state's transportation infrastructure has been a key priority of the Patrick-Murray Administration. As part of the Massachusetts State Rail Plan, the Administration has strategically invested close to $1 billion in the state's rail system through competitive grants, public funds and private sector capital. These investments, some ongoing, represent the most significant improvements in the Commonwealth's rail system as a whole in decades. The existing commuter rail service and the prospect of 20 round-trip trains to Boston has been the major driving force in the realization of more than $500 million of mixed used development now underway or in final planning for downtown Worcester and surrounding neighborhoods. In September, Lieutenant Governor Murray released a progress report titled "Transforming the Rail Network for Economic and Community Development" that provides an extensive overview of accomplishments achieved in Massachusetts as a result of the landmark agreement with CSX. Lieutenant Governor Murray, who worked on the CSX agreement since he was Mayor of Worcester, led negotiations for the agreement on behalf of the Administration with critical support from Governor Deval Patrick, Senator John Kerry and Congressman Jim McGovern.
The finalized CSX compact began with an initial closing in June of 2010, which set the entire project in motion, including the permitting processes and infrastructure work needed to allow for the relocation of CSX operations.
Today marked the second closing, completing the full transaction and allowing for:
- Expanding commuter rail service to the Metrowest/Worcester areas by taking ownership and control of the rail line between Framingham and Worcester.
- Raising the railroad bridge clearances from Westborough to the New York State line to allow, for the first time in state history, the double-stacking of full-size freight containers on trains serving Massachusetts. This will increase freight capacity, reduce costs, and give Massachusetts companies better access to national and global markets.
- Making possible the eventual restoration of commuter rail service to the South Coast by taking ownership of the rail lines that run from Boston to New Bedford and Fall River.
- Relocating the CSX freight rail operations now in Boston at the Beacon Park Yard, to rail yards in Westborough, Worcester and West Springfield. This relocation will allow for the redevelopment of an 80+- acre parcel along the Charles River to serve as a new gateway district for the city.
The full transaction is now complete and in total, the Commonwealth will pay CSX $100 million for:
- 45 miles of the Framingham/Worcester Commuter Rail line between Boston and Worcester
- 37 miles of rail lines running south from Taunton to Fall River and New Bedford
- 8 miles known as the Grand Junction, which runs from Allston, across the Charles River, through Cambridge, Charlestown, Everett and Chelsea
- 2 miles known as the Boston Terminal Running Track which extends from Dorchester to South Boston, including the West First Street Yard
As part of this public-private partnership, CSX is investing about $150 million including the investments at rail yards in Worcester, Westborough and West Springfield to expand and enhance freight services throughout the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth and CSX have also worked together to complete bridge work at 31 locations across the state, from the New York border to Worcester, to raise the clearance to allow for the double-stacking of full-size freight containers. Through this initiative, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation also raised clearances at 14 of those locations (completed on September 19th) by investing $72 million and CSX is completing the work for the remaining sites.
"Expansion of commuter rail service on the Framingham/Worcester line will greatly benefit local commuters and will make Central Massachusetts an even more attractive place to live and work. I applaud the Patrick/Murray administration for fulfilling their commitment to the residents of Central Massachusetts in taking this major step forward," said Senator Harriette Chandler.
"The implementation of this agreement will have an enormous positive impact on Central Massachusetts and is the culmination of much collaboration between the state and CSX," said Senator Michael Moore.
"I am proud of the public/private partnership that this project exemplifies. Working together, we are building a better city a better Commonwealth. Everywhere you look in downtown Worcester you see cranes and construction, and with the help of this project, we will now see faster and better transportation services to Boston and the communities in between. For these reasons I am hopeful for our city's future and tremendously grateful to have the opportunity, along with Lt. Governor Murray, to positively influence it," said Representative James O'Day.
To learn more about the Patrick-Murray Administration's investments in rail and the CSX Agreement, visit www.mass.gov/governor/rail.
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Awards include 29 We the People projects in U.S. history and culture
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced that 132 successful applicants will receive a total of $15.2 million in grants or offers of matching funds for teacher seminars and institutes, challenge grants, exhibits in museums and libraries, and television and radio programs.
Successful grants announced today include 29 designated as We the People projects that will explore significant issues in U.S. history and culture for teachers and the general public.
"The humanities tell the grand universal story of civilization, and NEH grant recipients are the storytellers," said NEH Chairman Bruce Cole. "NEH is supporting projects that are rigorous, wide-ranging, and substantial in their examination of the humanities, many of which will illuminate the great events and great ideas of the past. NEH's We the People projects capture the imagination and articulate the guiding principles of our Republic. They reinvigorate our citizens' understanding of America's unique legacy of liberty."
In September 2002, President George W. Bush announced the NEH We the People initiative, which included a call for grant applications to explore American history and culture. The We the People grants announced today include:
- Seminars and institutes for teachers in schools, colleges, and universities to be held in the summer of 2004 allow teachers to gain a deeper knowledge of the humanities: "History, Diversity, and Democracy in America's State Constitutions" (Lafayette College, Easton, Pa.), "Cultural Diversity of the American South" (University of Tennessee, Knoxville), "War & Morality: Rethinking the Just War Tradition for the 21st Century" (U.S. Naval Academy, Md.), and "Political and Constitutional Theory for Citizens" (Center for Civic Education, Calabasas, Calif.);
- Educational development and demonstration projects provide educators with the opportunity to implement best practices for teaching the humanities: "An American Sojourn: An Integrated Study of American Literature with American History" (Lake Region State College, Devils Lake, N.D.), and "Colonial Life and the American Revolution" (National Heritage Museum, Lexington, Mass.);
- Museum projects include exhibitions, the interpretation of historic sites, and associated public programming: "Emissaries of Peace: The 1762 Cherokee/British Delegations" (Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Cherokee, N.C.), "Building America: House and Home" (National Building Museum, Washington, D.C.), "Our Nation's Government" (Capital Children's Museum, Washington, D.C.), and "Woodrow Wilson's Life and Legacy" (Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation, Staunton, Va.); and
- Media and special projects support planning, scripting, and production of humanities programs for radio and television and other humanities projects: "Changed Lives: Lewis and Clark Meet the West" (Missouri Humanities Council, St. Louis, Mo.), "The Last Homesteads: The Great Plains and Alaska" (Nebraskans for Television, Inc., Lincoln, Neb.), "The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Barn Dance" (Media Working Group, Chicago, Ill.), and "Studio 360: American Icons" (Public Radio International, Minneapolis, Minn.).
A complete listing of the Endowment's We the People grants is available in .pdf format.
The 132 new NEH grants and matching offers are in three of the Endowment's program areas--challenge grants, education, and public programs. In this award cycle, institutions in 35 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico received NEH support. A state-by-state listing of grants is available as an Adobe PDF file in the above box.
Programs, total number of projects, and total dollar amounts for grants and matching funds included in this announcement are as follows:
Challenge Grants (3) $250,000
- Special Initiative for Local History (3) $250,000
Education Programs (75) $7,339,401
- Education Development and Demonstration Projects (24) $592,906
- Institutes and Seminars for School Teachers (31) $3,848,280
- Institutes and Seminars for College and University Teachers (20) $2,898,215
Public Programs (54) $7,634,898
- Humanities Projects in Libraries and Archives (4) $888,360
- Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations (25) $4,417,395
- Humanities Projects in Media (18) $964,543
- Special Projects (7) $1,364,600
NEH grants are awarded on a competitive basis. Throughout the year, humanities experts outside of the Endowment and members of the National Council on the Humanities consider all applications and advise NEH on the quality and significance of each proposed project.


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The NFLPA no longer exists. You can check it in the customized 404 message that went up on their website at 5pm.
The union no longer exists after decertifying, faxing the papers at literally the last minute. This allows players to bring suit in the case of a lockout, which becomes our next worst case scenario. This will be spun by the owners as a walkout, since the players can no longer collectively bargain. To that end, talks were broken off. The next step could be in the courthouse.
The Union's last offer was to agree to another extension in talks — essentially no concession — in exchange for 10 years of the league's final documents. No deal.
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NFLPA files to decertify as a union; labor dispute headed to court [SI.com]
Pleasantries over, NFL and players to get down and dirty [CBS Sports]
NFL players' union moves to decertify [FOX Sports]
The NFLPA's Nuclear Option Keeps Hopes For Football Alive
The Real Villains Of The NFL Lockout: A Gentle Reminder
Without Good Faith: Explaining The Critical Ruling Against The NFL
Everything You Need To Know About The Upcoming NFL Labor War
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UCLA students took to social media to share their horror, amazement and even humor as a massive water main break left their campus underwater Tuesday.
"Damn it, L.A. Don't you know California is in a drought?" Kristen Shilton tweeted.
"At least UCLA has a waterfront view?" Mike Roe joked.
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"Not worried about the water still flooding out of the sinkhole. I'm worried about what everything's gonna look like after the water clears," Twitter user UCLA_Nation wrote.
"We're practically underwater right now. You can hardly even recognize parts of Campus," they added.
One athlete tweeted that the flood had provided a welcome break from a workout, tweeting, "UCLA flooding saved us from doing 300s."
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The Anti-corruption movement initiated by Anna Hazare is gaining popularity among all Indians, and with the power of social media, the movement has widespread across the entire world. India Against Corruption (IAC) is a citizens' movement to fight back against corruption by creating a strong Jan Lokpal institution. It demands strong anti-corruption laws to remove corrupt politicians and officials from the country. The movement has brought together thousands and millions of people to support Anna and the cause he is fighting for.
What is the Jan Lokpal Bill?
The JanLokpal Bill, also known as the citizens' ombudsman bill, aims to hinder corruption, redress grievances of citizens and protect whistle-blowers.
The India Against Corruption movement has not just aroused the real world, but also the virtual world. The social media is playing an important role in this movement. We are seeing people changing their profile pictures (DP's) to Anna Hazare's picture and posting messages on Facebook and Twitter (and Google Plus also) in support of the movement, eventually spreading the news across the world.
To add more to it, Juvenus Technologies, a start-up company with a team of IITian and NITians has developed an app for Android and Nokia mobile users. The app, India Against Corruption helps you stay updated with all breaking news, live streaming of videos, polling and information regarding the events carried out.
Here are the features of the app –
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The Lokpal Messenger is another app that is developed by students of the Sastra University, which provides you with the same features like India Against Corruption app. The app keeps you updated with popular blogs and political articles, and also the events conducted by IAC.
Supporters can even connect with IAC using this app by registering for e-mail updates and knowing the procedure for lending their support to the anti-corruption movement.
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You don't have a smartphone? Well, no worries. You can still support the movement by giving a missed call to the following number:+91 2261550789. Alternatively, you can leave a voice message to show your support for the movement. You can follow all updates on Anna Hazare on Twitter here. You can also support by likingthe IAC Facebook page.
Social media is definitely playing an important role for this movement. How are you going to support for the movement? Let us know by adding your comments below.


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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.—Alex Killorn and Marshall Everson scored two goals as the No. 19 Harvard men's hockey team scored twice in each period in a 6-1 defeat of No. 13 Cornell in Friday night's ECAC Hockey Championship semifinals at Boardwalk Hall, bringing the Crimson within one win of its ninth league tournament title and a berth in the NCAA tournament.
Third-seeded Harvard (13-9-11) will face top-seeded Union, ranked sixth nationally, in the final Saturday at 7:30 p.m. It will be the Crimson's seventh title-game appearance in the last 11 years, as Harvard's win Friday was its seventh straight in the semifinals. The Dutchmen had a blowout win of their own Friday, 6-2 against fourth-seeded Colgate in the first semifinal.
The Crimson played suffocating defense, holding Cornell (17-8-7) to nine total shots over the first two periods and outshooting the Big Red, 30-19, for the game. Harvard blocked 24 of Cornell's 53 shot attempts. Danny Biega led the way with six blocked shots, while Ryan Grimshaw knocked down four. Raphael Girard made 18 saves and shut out the Big Red for nearly 59 minutes.
Harvard took control of the game on Patrick McNally's goal in the first five minutes. The rookie defenseman added two assists. Killorn also finished with three points and Colin Blackwell had four assists. Colin Moore scored a key goal early in the second period. Andy Iles made 24 saves and Joel Lowry scored for Cornell.
The Crimson took the lead just four minutes, 38 seconds into the game, after McNally picked the puck up at his own goal line after Eric Kroshus and Ryan Grimshaw knocked the puck away from Cornell. McNally carried the puck the length of the ice and through the middle of the Cornell zone, put a shot on Iles and then squeezed in his own rebound.
Killorn made it 2-0 before three more minutes had elapsed with another goal in transition. He had barely crossed the blue line when he rocketed a shot over the shoulder of Iles. The defense, meanwhile, limited the Big Red to five first-period shots. Girard's best save of the frame came when Sean Collins found an opening on the right side just after the Crimson had taken a 2-0 lead.
It took Harvard barely nine minutes in the second period to double its lead to 4-0. Moore struck first, almost exactly 20 minutes of play after McNally. After David Valek's shot was knocked down, the senior fired one of his own, going high on Iles from the slot. Next up was Everson, who finished off a pretty passing play from Blackwell and McNally on the power play.
The Crimson got a power play of more than three minutes when John McCarron was assessed a major penalty for charging Killorn. Harvard moved the puck well and nearly added to the lead, but Everson's shot hit the post and stayed out. The Crimson continued to play in the Cornell end after the expiration of the man advantage and outshot the Big Red, 11-4, in the period.
Like Harvard's first two goals, the last two came on rushes out of the Crimson's own end. Killorn finished off the fifth goal with a pretty move and top-shelf shot after Blackwell intercepted a Cornell pass. Everson made it 6-0 just 88 seconds later, at the 16:28 mark. The Big Red finally got on the board on Lowry's tally with 66 seconds remaining.


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A popular management theorist Frederick Herzberg argues that some factors at work are motivational factors and some are plain hygiene factors. For example your monthly pay is a hygiene factor and responsibility or achievement at motivational.
Without the hygiene factors you become dissatisfied with your work, and with motivational factors you only then become satisfied at work.
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- KiteFlyer said...
That's cool!
I would love to see someone Rube Goldberg the whole tea making process from heating the water add adding leaves, to pouring a cup post-infusion.
Unfortunately, I don't have the patience - and possibly not the brains - to create said machine.
- Alex Zorach said...
This is really silly! But on a more serious note, even if someone made a streamlined, professional-looking device to brew tea, I don't think I'd be interested in it. I think one thing that draws me to tea is the process of manually brewing the tea yourself...it's a very organic process and there's something mindfulness-promoting about the act of brewing tea by heating the water, pouring it, and waiting.
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In this business when you swear you won't use your laptop for a day, often times you miss something. Such was the case for yours truly Friday as I took a much-needed day off following 10 months of non-stop career work...
So the story goes, I missed what seems to be a pretty clear, if not indirect endorsement of Mike Magee for MVP from a former teammate and probably the greatest American soccer player of all-time, Landon Donovan.
It came in an article from Scott French on MLSsoccer.com where the veteran So-Cal writer spoke with Robbie Rogers about the trade that saw his rights traded to LA in exchange for Magee to come to Chicago.
While the article centered mainly on Rogers adjustment to LA, Donovan, who is teammates with another potential MLS MVP candidate in Robbie Keane, had this to say of his Magee's exploits this season in Chicago:
"Would we like Mike Magee here? Yes," he said. "I think any team wants the MVP of the league on their team, so, yeah, we would like Mike here. But the reality is Mike's not here, and we're all happy for Mike, and there's no guarantee those things [Magee achieved in Chicago] would have happened had Mike stayed here."
If you know Magee, he'd traded the chance to still be playing for any individual accolade but it does seem we should add Landon to the list of MLSsoccer.com editors, Washington Post reporter Steven Goff and Soccer America's Ridge Mahoney on #MikeMageeMVP endorsements.


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December 8, 2013
Clarence Eugene Fest
Sept. 30, 1922-Nov. 23, 2013
Age: 91
Residence: Windsor
Clarence Eugene Fest, 91, of Windsor, died Nov. 23, 2013, in Fort Collins. He was born Sept. 30, 1922, in Decatur County, Iowa, to Edward and Olive Fest.
Clarence received his schooling in a country school and then worked on the farm, until he left home and went out on his own at the age of 16.
He held a variety of electrical jobs at North American Aviation, and other businesses after his service in the Army from 1942-1943. He then went to work in Grand Island, Neb., where he met and married Lola Marie Brady on Nov. 9, 1946. Together, they had four children between 1949-1959. They moved to North Platte in 1971 and lived there until 1991. He worked as a diesel electrician until retiring in 1988. They moved to Windsor, in June 1991, to be closer to their two daughters and their families.
Clarence is survived by his wife, Lola; three daughters, Lois Simcox of McCook, Neb., Kathleen (Glenn) Smith of Fort Collins, and Joyce (Chuck) Bade of Timnath; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He is preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, two sisters and one son.
Per Clarence's wishes, there will be no services as his family and friends gave him love and roses while he was alive. He will be missed very much. The family asks that people remember him for the great person he was.
His cremains will be taken to Fort McPherson National Cemetery in Maxwell, Neb., where his son and ex-son-in-law are laid to rest. Memorial contributions may be made to the Evangelical Free Church Deacon's Fund, in care of Marks Funeral & Cremation Service, 9293 Eastman Park Dr., Windsor, 80550.
Edward (Ed) Sparks
Aug. 28, 1927-Nov. 23, 2013
Age: 86
Residence: Greeley
Ed Sparks, 86, of Greeley, died Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013, at Hospice and Palliative Care of Northern Colorado inpatient unit in Greeley. He was born Aug. 28, 1927, in Portageville, Mo., to John and Nell (Sullivan) Sparks.
Ed married Ola Sparks in 1957, in Virginia City, Nev. They were married for 47 years, until Ola's passing in 2004. Mr. Sparks, formerly of Fort Lupton and California, had lived in Greeley for the past 19 years and had lived at Bonell Good Samaritan nursing home for the past year.
Ed was an Army veteran and saw tours in Europe and Asia. He was stationed in Japan at the start of the Korean War and saw some of the worst combat from the Pusan Perimeter to when the Chinese crossed the Yalu River. He received numerous citations but always said the only one that mattered for a soldier was the Combat Infantry Badge, which he received. Ed spent his career in the auto industry and was a proud member of the United Auto Workers. He was also very proud of his children and grandchildren.
Ed is survived by two sons, John Sparks (Wendy) of Greeley, and Conrad Sparks (Kayla) of Westminster; daughter, Lorena Clifton (Bill) of Clinton, Mo.; and five grandchildren, Tyson, Tanner, Austin, Abigail, and Ashley Sparks.
Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, at Linn Grove Cemetery.
Memorial gifts may be made to Hospice and Palliative Care, in care of Allnutt Funeral Service, 702 13th St., Greeley, CO, 80631.
Lucy S. Rodriguez
May 29, 1924-Nov. 23, 2013
Age: 89
Residence: Greeley
Lucy S. Rodriguez, 89, of Greeley, died peacefully on Nov. 23, 2013, at Hospice Care of Northern Colorado, surrounded by her loving family.
She was born in Sonora, Texas, to David and Josephine (Serda) Ramos.
Lucy attended schools in Sonora. She married John S. Rodriguez on Aug. 7, 1948, in Milliken. He passed away on Sept. 17, 1988, after 40 years of marriage. They resided in Wichita Falls, Texas, until 1971. Lucy worked for Young's American Cleaners for 20 years, Sheppard AFB for six years and the Weld County Hospital.
She was a member of Trinity Spanish Assembly of God church and was an active member in their women's group, and often would attend the church's youth group services.
She enjoyed singing, music, spending time with her grandchildren and cooking. She was known for her tamales and tortillas.
Her family described her as hardworking, respectful to her parents, giving and helpful to those in need. She loved the Lord with all her heart and rarely missed a church gathering. She will be greatly missed by those who knew and loved her.
Thank you Mom, Grandma and Great-Grandma for your passion for life, singing, love of the Lord and the care you had for all of us. May we follow your example and continue the great legacy of servanthood that flows within the Ramos family blood.
Lucy is survived by two sons, Elias "Eli" (Norma) Rodriguez of Greeley, and Adam (Linda) Rodriguez of Anaheim, Calif.; two daughters, Ruth Guevara of Rio Rancho, N.M., & Rebecca "Becky" (Espiridion) Prieto of Greeley; two brothers, Danny (Dora) Ramos of Grand Prairie, Texas, and John (Lorraine) Martinez of San Jose, Calif.; three sisters, Ruth Villegas of Greeley, Esther Romo of Moreno Valley, Calif., and Arlene (Dale) Garcia of Farmington, N.M.; nine grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; a daughter, Naomi Lidia Rodriguez; her sisters Epimenia Trujillo, Flora Villanueva, Anita Torres and Frances Villegas; her brothers, Manuel Ramos, Daniel Ramos, and Moses Ramos; numerous nieces and nephews; and a grandson, Israel David Guevara.
A celebration of her life will be held at 6 p.m. Friday at Trinity Spanish Assembly of God. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at New Hope Christian Fellowship Church, with interment at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Please visit http://www.stoddardsunset.com to sign online guestbook.
Pearl Smith
Jan. 13, 1930-Nov. 24, 2013
Age: 83
Residence: Greeley
Pearl (P.Y.) Davey Smith died at home Nov. 24, 2013. She was born in Colorado Springs on Jan. 13, 1930, to Harold and Carrie (Allen) Davey.
Pearl married Dr. Hubbard Wright Smith on May 23, 1953, in Denver. She resided in Greeley from 1957 to the present. She was raised and educated in Denison, Texas, where she graduated early from high school. She attended the University of Colorado for a year, before transferring to Tulsa University, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in the sciences, after which she pursued a career in medical technology. She met her future husband, Hubbard Smith, at Denver General Hospital. Later, they moved to Chicago so Dr. Smith could finish his residency at Northwestern University, before they moved to and settled in Greeley in 1957. There, she became a homemaker and raised five children. She later returned to work for several years as a medical technologist in labs at Valley View and St. Joseph's hospitals in Denver.
Pearl is survived by four children, Carrie Smith (Lansi Sirimanodham) of Lincoln, Neb., Gregory (Connie) Smith of Grand Junction, Stephen (Kate) Smith of Longmont, Colorado, and Holly Hartwick of Greeley. She also is survived by six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Harold and Carrie Davey of Greeley; husband, Hubbard Smith; and son, Christopher Smith.
She was an accomplished seamstress, an avid reader, an active hobbyist and crafter, and loved creating natural beauty from landscaping with flowers and stone. She took great joy from recreating Colorado's varied terrains, which were showcased in one of Greeley's Garden Tours. She also enjoyed a lifetime of companion dogs. With sharp mind and quick humor, she was a loyal friend, devoted wife and mother, and first to offer a helping hand to those in need.
A visitation will be held from 4-7 p.m. Friday at the Allnutt Macy Chapel, with Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, and interment at Linn Grove Cemetery. A reception will follow at the Smith home.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Hospice of Northern Colorado, your local animal shelter, or the ASPCA, in care of Allnutt Funeral Service, 702 13th St., Greeley, CO, 80631. Friends may view the online obituary and send condolences at http://www.allnutt.com.
John B. Etchepare
April 22, 1939-Nov. 24, 2013
Age: 74
Residence: Fort Collins
John B. Etchepare, 74, died Nov. 24, 2013, at home in Fort Collins, surrounded by his family. Heaven needed another shepherd. He was born in Helena, Mont., on April 22, 1939, to Paul and Hellen Dean Etchepare.
After graduating from Randall High School in Denver, John attended Montana State University and was employed by Martin Marietta before managing a lamb feeding operation.
He married Katherine Schraeder in 1961, and they had five children. She preceded him in death in 1990.
For more than 30 years, John operated his family's Warren Livestock Company, with his father and brother, until its sale in 2000.
Additionally, he served as a director on many state, regional and national boards.
He was a past president of the Wyoming Wool Growers, Western Range Association, and the Old West Museum, and served on the boards of the Production Credit Association, the American Sheep Industry, and the American Lamb Feeders.
In 2009, he retired as the state of Wyoming Director of Agriculture.
John is survived by his wife, Karen Rose; seven children, Mike (Kerry) Etchepare of Emporium, Penn., Mark (Kolette) Etchepare of Cheyenne, Janine (Jon) Roaldson, Bismarck, N.D., John Etchepare, Jr. (Corrina), Cheyenne, Robert Etchepare (Valerie) of Colorado, Jim (Susie) Brailsford of Fort Collins, and John (Sarah) Brailsford of Fort Collins; and 12 grandchildren. He is also survived by four siblings, Claire Markowitz of Nevada, Angie (Colin) Carter of Australia, Toni (Bill) Thomson of Cheyenne, and Paul Etchepare, Jr. of Laramie.
His parents; youngest brother, Ralph Etchepare; and brother-in-law, Mark Markovitz, preceded him in death.
John chose to donate his organs for the study of pancreatic and prostate cancer and Alzheimer's research.
Cremation is under Bohlender Funeral Chapel, Fort Collins.
The family invites friends to a celebration of life reception from 4-6 p.m. Nov. 30, 2013, at Little America, 2800 W. Lincolnway in Cheyenne.
In lieu of flowers, he suggested donations be made to Cure Alzheimer's Fund http://www.curealz.org or Pancreatic Cancer Research http://www.pancan.org or the charity of your choice.
Friends may send condolences to the family at http://www.bohlenderfuneralchapel.com.


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"We got about 10 minutes on the three evening newscasts" last night about "how Romney must have made a mistake" with his statement on the deadly Benghazi consulate attack instead of devoting any significant attention to the question of "What is wrong with the state of our security at our embassies in the Middle East?" NewsBusters senior editor Tim Graham complained to Fox News Channel's Neil Cavuto on his September 13 Your World program.
The liberal media are a "pathetic pack of politicizers" who have "done nothing" but "politicize this issue," Graham added. Indeed, when President Obama was interviewed by 60 Minutes, "he gets asked, 'did Romney screw this up?'" the Media Research Center director of media analysis noted. The president probably gets "tougher questions from his daughters at the supper table than he's getting from Steve Kroft at CBS," Graham quipped. [MP3 audio here; video follows page break]


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Welcome to vm-help.com - home of the Unofficial VMware ESX Server Whitebox HCL. If you have any questions or comments, you can leave a comment on one of the pages or start a discussion in the forum. This site has now been updated for the release of ESXi 4.0. The old ESXi 3.5 home page can be found here.
Dave Mishchenko
VMware vExpert 2009, 2010
The Whitebox HCL is a list of servers, PCs, motherboards and storage controllers that are not officially supported for use with VMware ESX and ESXi, but have been found to function properly. If you have a system that you'd like to try that isn't on VMware HCL or the Whitebox HCL, you can check here to see if ESXi 4.0 will recognize your storage and network controller.
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What's in the ESXi 4.0 End User License Agreement (EULA)?
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Install ESX on your host - watch an install video
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Create roles and assign permissions with a standalone host
vSphere 4 CPU core licensing limits
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VMware adds Marvell NIC support in ESXi 4.1.
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Root permissions required for virtual machine automatic startup
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Single sign on options for the VI client
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ESXi Troubleshooting
IPMI log files fill the MAINSYS file system
"Missing" error when trying to export the system logs for a host
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You access your ESXi host with a web browser and the screen is blank
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Device power supply using a micro USB connector.
This 5V 2.5A power supply for Raspberry Pi has a switch that eliminates the need to connect / remove the plug at each power up.
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Network extension with front panel connector.
This RaspBerry GPIO Port Expansion PCB will allow you to easily install your GPIO cabling.
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More efficient, faster and more sophisticated than its predecessor, the RPi 3 is here to meet your needs of retro gaming (distribution RecalBox, Retropie).
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503 pp., illus., bibliography, index
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For James D. Watson, the year 2003 was momentous: The 50th anniversary of the discovery, with Francis Crick, of the DNA double helix; the 35th anniversary of the publication of his bestselling memoir of the discovery, The Double Helix; the 35th anniversary of his appointment as Director of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, an institution he molded into a research and education center of international renown and prestige: and the year in which the sequencing of the human genome was completed, a project of unprecedented international effort and coordination that Watson got off the ground and sustained during its first, critical years.
In the course of his 75 years, Watson has achieved a reputation as outspoken, capricious, abrasive, and ruthless in pursuing his visionary goals. Few other scientists have achieved his celebrity status, or enjoyed it so much, without losing professional credibility.
Yet behind the public notoriety there is a complexity apparent only to those who know Watson as a colleague, mentor, inspiration, and friend. This book gives voice to 43 of these individualspeople of distinction who have worked with Watson as a scientist, educator, author, administrator, and government official.
Their essays cover much of his scientific life and, taken together, create a portrait of a complex man whose originality and force of will have produced extraordinary achievements.
That the volume is such a good read probably reflects the capabilities of Watson's friends as well as the efforts of the three editors. From the excellent foreword by Matt Ridley to the final explanatory notes on puzzling details (including descriptions of quiz kids, Delbrück's principle of limited sloppiness, and Benzer's lunchtime diet of crocodile tail), Inspiring Science is a delight, a ride in a convertible through history. The editors deserve accolades for their excellent selections and documentation. Watson himself deserves credit for doing such important work with such panache.
The purpose of Inspiring Science, the editors write, is not to reconstruct an academic history or an authoritative biography, but to record friendship and appreciation. . . . The editors are to be congratulated on compiling and organizing such a readable and informative set of recollections that will serve very effectively the role they intended.
Historymaking scientist of international fame, successful manager of one of the best biological thinktanks, standardsetting textbook author, popularizer and public advocate of science, government advisor: Jim of all trades be his nom de guerre. Inspiring Science brings us closer to a seemingly largerthanlife man whose long shadow will be cast far into the twentyfirst century. Without him, someone else would sooner or later have solved the mystery that half a century ago surrounded DNA. But there is no doubt that Watson had a profound effect on the development of molecular biology in the second half of the twentieth century. He is one of the truly powerful puppeteers of the scientific world, pulling the strings on which the rest of us dangle and dance. Inspiring Science reveals that behind the aweinspiring public image is a human being with the usual set of strengths and weaknesses, qualifications and shortcomings. Inspiring Science will be not so much remembered for its literary accomplishments as it will be cherished by historians and psychologists as a precious time capsule laying bare the mechanics of science at the end of the twentieth century. Inspiring Science is inspiring reading.
Nature Medicine
The book's title has a double meaning. The discovery of the double helix was as inspiring as science getsindeed, it ranks with the great cultural achievements of all time. However, even after a golden jubilee of tributes to this austerely beautiful and deeply informative source of inspiration, the editors of this volumeJohn Inglis, Joe Sambrook, and Jan Witkowskifelt that there was another dimension of Jim Watson's influence that risked historical neglect. Rarely, if ever, has a scientist who made a great discovery matched Watson's influence on the subsequent development of a whole field of science. The editors set out to capture a kaleidoscopic view of the ways in which Watson inspired three generations of scientists to consummate a scientific revolution. When asked for his blessing for this project, Watson acceded. He also offered the editors terse advice: the book should contain 'nothing too worshipful and certainly nothing boring.' To a remarkable extent, they succeeded in fulfilling his wishes. There is an element in this book of the parable about the blind men and the elephant. Nowhere is there any real effort at synthesis. What we get is an outpouring of recollections from a stunning variety of vantage points. These reminiscences bring Watson's many contradictions into view, if not precisely into focus.
These personal reflections on Watson provide historians and biologists with a wealth of information about the molecular biology community over the past 50 years. From charming anecdotes about driving around the Midwest in the 1940s by Renato Dulbecco to Joan Steitz's thoughtful and candid discussion of her experiences as one of the first women to earn a PhD in molecular biology, this collection is full of personal details that enrich our understanding of the scientists who study the molecules of life. These details form a social, cultural, and political context that is as colorful as Watson himself, and as important as the science he has guided over the past 50 years.
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This volume is as unusually coherent and impressive as its central figure. First, it occupies an odd niche in the landscape of biographical collections: a gathering of firsthand recollections of a scientist's career, achievements, and personality quirks by colleagues and old friends. With fortysix contributions by these witnesses to Watson's life (many including excerpts from memoranda, diaries, letters, and newspaper clippings), four pieces by Watson himself, as well as eight reprints of his more significant publications, this collection presents a substantial yet scattered gathering of historical material for consideration. The recollections by friends and colleagues vary from accounts of specific experimental achievements and the rippling impact of his publications, to recollections of Watson's professional confrontations, travel stories, and even his behavior at parties...
This book is interesting as it does little to dissuade the brash, confident, selfpossessed image of Watson portrayed in his earliest autobiographical effort Honest Jim (published as The Double Helix). Those who know him present the picture of Watson as an oddly brilliant and eventually powerful scientist with nearly hagiographic fervor. But readers may enjoy the occasional warmhearted dig at this icon of twentiethcentury molecular biology, such as Renato Dulbecco's recollection of Watson raiding his laboratory in order to start the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. If The Double Helix offered us a window into the emotional and psychological world of scientific ambition (and success), this volume serves to enrich that perspective...
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RICHMOND, Va. – If I told you that Bradford Burgess would play 19 minutes and score a grand total of two points in Saturday's critical game with Old Dominion, would you like VCU's chances? What if I said that Darius Theus would hand out zero assists or that Juvonte Reddic would score six points?
I imagine if you were a VCU fan, you'd be pretty uneasy with the prospect of some of the Rams' linchpins struggling in key areas. I'm pretty sure you wouldn't expect VCU to coast to a 61-48 win.
VCU (15-5, 6-2 CAA) showed it has some substance Saturday night before the 13th straight sellout at the Verizon Wireless Arena. The Rams proved that while this is Burgess' team, he doesn't have to go it alone.
With Burgess on the bench for large swaths of both halves in foul trouble, the Rams still managed to pull away from the Monarchs (11-9, 6-2 CAA). Troy Daniels, 1-of-6 from the field in the first half, buried three straight 3-pointers midway through the second to give VCU a commanding 49-35 lead and put Old Dominion on the ropes.
There were contributions from nearly everywhere. Theus scored 12 of his 15 points in the second half. The Rams grabbed 14 offensive rebounds, 10 of them after halftime. Reddic blocked four shots and grabbed 9 rebounds. Freshman Treveon Graham stepped in for Burgess with 5 points and 7 rebounds. Rookie Briante Weber ripped four steals.
It was the epitome of a team win. It wasn't so much one player putting the team on his back, as it was the system that spurred the Rams to victory. It was "Havoc" that forced ODU into a season-high 25 turnovers, including seven by CAA Preseason Player of the Year Kent Bazemore.
"Anybody on the team can step up at any time," said Weber, who added 7 points and 3 assists. "We have two leaders on the court in Darius and Brad, but at any given time anybody can step up. We have a great team."
The Rams even got solid minutes from little-used walk-on David Hinton. Hinton checked into the game late in the first half and promptly helped cut off a driving Monarch, then tipped the ball away for a steal. He also matched up well against Old Dominion's rugged frontcourt.
Burgess picked up his second foul with 9:05 remaining in the first half and spent the remainder of the period on the bench. VCU trailed 14-13 at the time, but used 3-pointers by Theus, Graham and Rob Brandenberg to fuel a 19-9 run.
In the second half, Burgess had the ball in transition when he plowed through an Old Dominion defender on VCU's first possession to draw his third foul. With 19:32 left in the game, he returned to the bench. Again, instead of fading without its best player, VCU forged ahead. By the time Burgess returned to the game with 8:55 left, the Rams were sitting on a 49-39 advantage.
"It says the young guys are growing up," said VCU Coach Shaka Smart. "They're playing better and better. They're getting used to stepping up and asserting themselves. Brad's still our best player. He's just been in foul trouble the last couple of games and it's hard to get in a rhythm when you're not on the court for an extended period of time, but I'm proud of the way Tre stepped in for him and other guys stepped up and made plays."
Perhaps earlier in the season the Rams don't get this win. VCU relies heavily on players who were either in high school this time last year or resided primarily on the bench. But 20 games into the season, the Rams are starting to look seasoned. Daniels was 2-of-9 from the floor when he finally broke loose. Rather than let frustration set in, he stayed the course until the floodgates opened.
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workers' compensation benefits was the right to recover for damages due to
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