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Bishop Maxim (Vasilijevic) (also Maksim Vasiljevic) was enthroned as bishop of the Diocese of Western America of the Serbian Orthodox Church on July 30, 2006. Previously, he was the Bishop of Hum, Vicar bishop in the Metropolitanate of Dabro-Bosna, in the Republic of Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
He was enthroned by Bishop Longin of the New Gracanica Metropolitanate, in the Cathedral Church of St. Steven the First-Crowned in Alhambra, California. Bp. Maxim was elected Bishop of the Western American Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America at the regular assembly of the Hierarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Belgrade, Serbia, in 2006. Bishop Maxim is docent of the Divinity School at the Theological Faculty of the University of Belgrade, and previously taught Christian anthropology and sociology at the University of East Sarajevo.
Bishop Maxim graduated from the Theological Faculty of the Serbian Orthodox Church in 1993. He completed his Masters of Theology at the University of Athens in 1996, and then three years later, in 1999, at the same university, he defended his doctorate in the field of dogmatics and patristics. He worked for one year on his post‐doctorate in Paris and the Sorbonne in 2003‐04, in the field of Byzantine history and hagiography. During this time, he also delved into the theory and practical application of painting at the French Academy of Fine Arts in Paris. Bishop Maxim speaks Greek, French, Russian, and English.
Currently, in addition to his Archpastoral duties in the Western American Diocese, Bishop Maxim is a Professor of patrology at the St. Sava School of Theology in Libertyville, Illinois. He is the editor of Theology, the journal of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology, University of Belgrade.
He also leads the Diocesan iconographical school, which is inspired by Byzantine and Serbian medieval fresco painting and Fr. Stamatis, a famous iconographer from Athens, Greece.
Bishop Maxim's scholarly studies and articles include essays on the holy Fathers and saints; he has also written on hagiographical and iconographical themes.
Some recent works:
- "An existential interpretation of dogmatics: Theological language and dogma in the face of the culture of pluralism," St. Vladimir's Seminary Quarterly 51 (2007), pp. 395‐422.
- "La conception de la sainteté dans l'oeuvre hagiographique de Syméon le Métaphraste," Revue des Études Byzantines 66 (2008), pp. 191‐207.
- "Holy Icons and the ultimate state of being," Annual 2007 of the Western American Diocese, Los Angeles (2007), pp. 37‐39.
- "The Orthodox Marriage and Family," a lecture given at the KSS Annual Retreat in Jackson, 2007 (to be published).
- "St. John the Chrysostom, Commemoration of the 1600th Anniversary of the Repose of St. John Chrysostom," St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church, November 13‐14, 2007.
- "Ecclesiological provincialism compared to the Church's concrete unity," The Path of Orthodoxy, May 2007.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (Aug. 9, 2018) -- Nominations are now being sought for the 2018 SCCA® Worker of the Year awards, presented by Mazda. Winners will be revealed during the Runoffs® All Participant Party taking place Thursday, Oct. 18 at the "Real. Strong. Humboldt Redwood Deck" located near Turn 2 of Sonoma Raceway. This year's grand prize is again a trip for two to join Mazda Motorsports at a professional race early in the 2019 racing season, which includes travel expenses and hospitality.
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Preston at crossroads on cleanup at former hospital site
Preston - Neither the chairman of the Preston Redevelopment Agency nor others involved in the Norwich Hospital property cleanup project would say Wednesday what options the town might have after voters rejected an $8 million financial package that included a $4 million low-cost state loan and a matching
$4 million town bond.
The defeat of the measure also cost the town a $964,000 federal Economic Development Administration grant that required a local match.
A series of back-to-back meetings tonight at Town Hall will take up the question of what comes next.
The redevelopment agency will start the discussion with a special meeting at 5 p.m., followed at 6 p.m. by a Board of Finance special meeting preceding the regularly scheduled selectmen's meeting at 6:30 p.m.
The deadline for accepting the federal grant would have been Saturday, while the town has until Jan. 1 to match the state loan. Town officials would not say whether they will attempt a second referendum in December to try to match the state loan proposal.
If not, the remaining balance from federal and state environmental abatement and demolition grants are expected to be used up sometime in January. Without prospects of future funding, the town's demolition contractor, Manafort Bros., could depart the former state hospital campus, taking the company's security fence, security staff and cameras, First Selectman Robert Congdon said, and leaving those costs to the town.
PRA members Jim Bell and Frank Ennis will meet this afternoon with officials from Manafort and will report that information to the agency tonight, Chairman Sean Nugent said.
The PRA will apply for three new federal Environmental Protection Agency brownfields grants for future cleanup. These grants would total $200,000 each and would be applied to specific parcels on the hospital property.
Nugent said the EPA grants must be confined to specifically defined buildings, thus limiting them to smaller and less contaminated buildings on the hospital property.
The rejected $8 million loan package proposal would have funded demolition of the largest buildings on campus, including the Kettle and Lodge buildings.
Congdon expressed skepticism Wednesday as to whether state and federal agencies would look favorably on Preston's future grants.
"I'd be very surprised, given the state of the economy, if the state or federal government is going to give funding to a community that is not willing to invest in itself," Congdon said.
Congdon and others attributed the referendum defeat to a campaign against the loan package in the final weekend before the vote by four members of the Board of Finance - Jerry Grabarek, Norman Gauthier, Ken Zachem and Andrew Bilodeau - a majority of the six-member board.
Longtime board Chairman Robert Maurice resigned Tuesday in frustration over the negative campaigning. The finance board will discuss the vacancy tonight. State law calls for the board to appoint a replacement to serve until the next regular election. The board also will discuss the DECD loan and grants tonight.
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When the six ambassadors of the French pilgrims arrived at Venice, they were hospitably entertained in the palace of St. Mark, by the reigning duke; his name was Henry Dandolo; 40 and he shone in the last period of human life as one of the most illustrious characters of the times. Under the weight of years, and after the loss of his eyes, 41 Dandolo retained a sound understanding and a manly courage: the spirit of a hero, ambitious to signalize his reign by some memorable exploits; and the wisdom of a patriot, anxious to build his fame on the glory and advantage of his country. He praised the bold enthusiasm and liberal confidence of the barons and their deputies: in such a cause, and with such associates, he should aspire, were he a private man, to terminate his life; but he was the servant of the republic, and some delay was requisite to consult, on this arduous business, the judgment of his colleagues. The proposal of the French was first debated by the six sages who had been recently appointed to control the administration of the doge: it was next disclosed to the forty members of the council of state; and finally communicated to the legislative assembly of four hundred and fifty representatives, who were annually chosen in the six quarters of the city. In peace and war, the doge was still the chief of the republic; his legal authority was supported by the personal reputation of Dandolo: his arguments of public interest were balanced and approved; and he was authorized to inform the ambassadors of the following conditions of the treaty. 42 It was proposed that the crusaders should assemble at Venice, on the feast of St. John of the ensuing year; that flat-bottomed vessels should be prepared for four thousand five hundred horses, and nine thousand squires, with a number of ships sufficient for the embarkation of four thousand five hundred knights, and twenty thousand foot; that during a term of nine months they should be supplied with provisions, and transported to whatsoever coast the service of God and Christendom should require; and that the republic should join the armament with a squadron of fifty galleys. It was required, that the pilgrims should pay, before their departure, a sum of eighty-five thousand marks of silver; and that all conquests, by sea and land, should be equally divided between the confederates. The terms were hard; but the emergency was pressing, and the French barons were not less profuse of money than of blood. A general assembly was convened to ratify the treaty: the stately chapel and place of St. Mark were filled with ten thousand citizens; and the noble deputies were taught a new lesson of humbling themselves before the majesty of the people. "Illustrious Venetians," said the marshal of Champagne, "we are sent by the greatest and most powerful barons of France to implore the aid of the masters of the sea for the deliverance of Jerusalem. They have enjoined us to fall prostrate at your feet; nor will we rise from the ground till you have promised to avenge with us the injuries of Christ." The eloquence of their words and tears, 43 their martial aspect, and suppliant attitude, were applauded by a universal shout; as it were, says Jeffrey, by the sound of an earthquake. The venerable doge ascended the pulpit to urge their request by those motives of honor and virtue, which alone can be offered to a popular assembly: the treaty was transcribed on parchment, attested with oaths and seals, mutually accepted by the weeping and joyful representatives of France and Venice; and despatched to Rome for the approbation of Pope Innocent the Third. Two thousand marks were borrowed of the merchants for the first expenses of the armament. Of the six deputies, two repassed the Alps to announce their success, while their four companions made a fruitless trial of the zeal and emulation of the republics of Genoa and Pisa.
The execution of the treaty was still opposed by unforeseen difficulties and delays. The marshal, on his return to Troyes, was embraced and approved by Thibaut count of Champagne, who had been unanimously chosen general of the confederates. But the health of that valiant youth already declined, and soon became hopeless; and he deplored the untimely fate, which condemned him to expire, not in a field of battle, but on a bed of sickness. To his brave and numerous vassals, the dying prince distributed his treasures: they swore in his presence to accomplish his vow and their own; but some there were, says the marshal, who accepted his gifts and forfeited their words. The more resolute champions of the cross held a parliament at Soissons for the election of a new general; but such was the incapacity, or jealousy, or reluctance, of the princes of France, that none could be found both able and willing to assume the conduct of the enterprise. They acquiesced in the choice of a stranger, of Boniface marquis of Montferrat, descended of a race of heroes, and himself of conspicuous fame in the wars and negotiations of the times; 44 nor could the piety or ambition of the Italian chief decline this honorable invitation. After visiting the French court, where he was received as a friend and kinsman, the marquis, in the church of Soissons, was invested with the cross of a pilgrim and the staff of a general; and immediately repassed the Alps, to prepare for the distant expedition of the East. About the festival of the Pentecost he displayed his banner, and marched towards Venice at the head of the Italians: he was preceded or followed by the counts of Flanders and Blois, and the most respectable barons of France; and their numbers were swelled by the pilgrims of Germany, 45 whose object and motives were similar to their own. The Venetians had fulfilled, and even surpassed, their engagements: stables were constructed for the horses, and barracks for the troops: the magazines were abundantly replenished with forage and provisions; and the fleet of transports, ships, and galleys, was ready to hoist sail as soon as the republic had received the price of the freight and armament. But that price far exceeded the wealth of the crusaders who were assembled at Venice. The Flemings, whose obedience to their count was voluntary and precarious, had embarked in their vessels for the long navigation of the ocean and Mediterranean; and many of the French and Italians had preferred a cheaper and more convenient passage from Marseilles and Apulia to the Holy Land. Each pilgrim might complain, that after he had furnished his own contribution, he was made responsible for the deficiency of his absent brethren: the gold and silver plate of the chiefs, which they freely delivered to the treasury of St. Marks, was a generous but inadequate sacrifice; and after all their efforts, thirty-four thousand marks were still wanting to complete the stipulated sum. The obstacle was removed by the policy and patriotism of the doge, who proposed to the barons, that if they would join their arms in reducing some revolted cities of Dalmatia, he would expose his person in the holy war, and obtain from the republic a long indulgence, till some wealthy conquest should afford the means of satisfying the debt. After much scruple and hesitation, they chose rather to accept the offer than to relinquish the enterprise; and the first hostilities of the fleet and army were directed against Zara, 46 a strong city of the Sclavonian coast, which had renounced its allegiance to Venice, and implored the protection of the king of Hungary. 47 The crusaders burst the chain or boom of the harbor; landed their horses, troops, and military engines; and compelled the inhabitants, after a defence of five days, to surrender at discretion: their lives were spared, but the revolt was punished by the pillage of their houses and the demolition of their walls. The season was far advanced; the French and Venetians resolved to pass the winter in a secure harbor and plentiful country; but their repose was disturbed by national and tumultuous quarrels of the soldiers and mariners. The conquest of Zara had scattered the seeds of discord and scandal: the arms of the allies had been stained in their outset with the blood, not of infidels, but of Christians: the king of Hungary and his new subjects were themselves enlisted under the banner of the cross; and the scruples of the devout were magnified by the fear of lassitude of the reluctant pilgrims. The pope had excommunicated the false crusaders who had pillaged and massacred their brethren, 48 and only the marquis Boniface and Simon of Montfort *_0009 escaped these spiritual thunders; the one by his absence from the siege, the other by his final departure from the camp. Innocent might absolve the simple and submissive penitents of France; but he was provoked by the stubborn reason of the Venetians, who refused to confess their guilt, to accept their pardon, or to allow, in their temporal concerns, the interposition of a priest.
The assembly of such formidable powers by sea and land had revived the hopes of young 49 Alexius; and both at Venice and Zara, he solicited the arms of the crusaders, for his own restoration and his father's 50 deliverance. The royal youth was recommended by Philip king of Germany: his prayers and presence excited the compassion of the camp; and his cause was embraced and pleaded by the marquis of Montferrat and the doge of Venice. A double alliance, and the dignity of Caesar, had connected with the Imperial family the two elder brothers of Boniface: 51 he expected to derive a kingdom from the important service; and the more generous ambition of Dandolo was eager to secure the inestimable benefits of trade and dominion that might accrue to his country. 52 Their influence procured a favorable audience for the ambassadors of Alexius; and if the magnitude of his offers excited some suspicion, the motives and rewards which he displayed might justify the delay and diversion of those forces which had been consecrated to the deliverance of Jerusalem. He promised in his own and his father's name, that as soon as they should be seated on the throne of Constantinople, they would terminate the long schism of the Greeks, and submit themselves and their people to the lawful supremacy of the Roman church. He engaged to recompense the labors and merits of the crusaders, by the immediate payment of two hundred thousand marks of silver; to accompany them in person to Egypt; or, if it should be judged more advantageous, to maintain, during a year, ten thousand men, and, during his life, five hundred knights, for the service of the Holy Land. These tempting conditions were accepted by the republic of Venice; and the eloquence of the doge and marquis persuaded the counts of Flanders, Blois, and St. Pol, with eight barons of France, to join in the glorious enterprise. A treaty of offensive and defensive alliance was confirmed by their oaths and seals; and each individual, according to his situation and character, was swayed by the hope of public or private advantage; by the honor of restoring an exiled monarch; or by the sincere and probable opinion, that their efforts in Palestine would be fruitless and unavailing, and that the acquisition of Constantinople must precede and prepare the recovery of Jerusalem. But they were the chiefs or equals of a valiant band of freemen and volunteers, who thought and acted for themselves: the soldiers and clergy were divided; and, if a large majority subscribed to the alliance, the numbers and arguments of the dissidents were strong and respectable. 53 The boldest hearts were appalled by the report of the naval power and impregnable strength of Constantinople; and their apprehensions were disguised to the world, and perhaps to themselves, by the more decent objections of religion and duty. They alleged the sanctity of a vow, which had drawn them from their families and homes to the rescue of the holy sepulchre; nor should the dark and crooked counsels of human policy divert them from a pursuit, the event of which was in the hands of the Almighty. Their first offence, the attack of Zara, had been severely punished by the reproach of their conscience and the censures of the pope; nor would they again imbrue their hands in the blood of their fellow-Christians. The apostle of Rome had pronounced; nor would they usurp the right of avenging with the sword the schism of the Greeks and the doubtful usurpation of the Byzantine monarch. On these principles or pretences, many pilgrims, the most distinguished for their valor and piety, withdrew from the camp; and their retreat was less pernicious than the open or secret opposition of a discontented party, that labored, on every occasion, to separate the army and disappoint the enterprise.
Notwithstanding this defection, the departure of the fleet and army was vigorously pressed by the Venetians, whose zeal for the service of the royal youth concealed a just resentment to his nation and family. They were mortified by the recent preference which had been given to Pisa, the rival of their trade; they had a long arrear of debt and injury to liquidate with the Byzantine court; and Dandolo might not discourage the popular tale, that he had been deprived of his eyes by the emperor Manuel, who perfidiously violated the sanctity of an ambassador. A similar armament, for ages, had not rode the Adriatic: it was composed of one hundred and twenty flat- bottomed vessels or palanders for the horses; two hundred and forty transports filled with men and arms; seventy store-ships laden with provisions; and fifty stout galleys, well prepared for the encounter of an enemy. 54 While the wind was favorable, the sky serene, and the water smooth, every eye was fixed with wonder and delight on the scene of military and naval pomp which overspread the sea. *_0010 The shields of the knights and squires, at once an ornament and a defence, were arranged on either side of the ships; the banners of the nations and families were displayed from the stern; our modern artillery was supplied by three hundred engines for casting stones and darts: the fatigues of the way were cheered with the sound of music; and the spirits of the adventurers were raised by the mutual assurance, that forty thousand Christian heroes were equal to the conquest of the world. 55 In the navigation 56 from Venice and Zara, the fleet was successfully steered by the skill and experience of the Venetian pilots: at Durazzo, the confederates first landed on the territories of the Greek empire: the Isle of Corfu afforded a station and repose; they doubled, without accident, the perilous cape of Malea, the southern point of Peloponnesus or the Morea; made a descent in the islands of Negropont and Andros; and cast anchor at Abydus on the Asiatic side of the Hellespont. These preludes of conquest were easy and bloodless: the Greeks of the provinces, without patriotism or courage, were crushed by an irresistible force: the presence of the lawful heir might justify their obedience; and it was rewarded by the modesty and discipline of the Latins. As they penetrated through the Hellespont, the magnitude of their navy was compressed in a narrow channel, and the face of the waters was darkened with innumerable sails. They again expanded in the basin of the Propontis, and traversed that placid sea, till they approached the European shore, at the abbey of St. Stephen, three leagues to the west of Constantinople. The prudent doge dissuaded them from dispersing themselves in a populous and hostile land; and, as their stock of provisions was reduced, it was resolved, in the season of harvest, to replenish their store-ships in the fertile islands of the Propontis. With this resolution, they directed their course: but a strong gale, and their own impatience, drove them to the eastward; and so near did they run to the shore and the city, that some volleys of stones and darts were exchanged between the ships and the rampart. As they passed along, they gazed with admiration on the capital of the East, or, as it should seem, of the earth; rising from her seven hills, and towering over the continents of Europe and Asia. The swelling domes and lofty spires of five hundred palaces and churches were gilded by the sun and reflected in the waters: the walls were crowded with soldiers and spectators, whose numbers they beheld, of whose temper they were ignorant; and each heart was chilled by the reflection, that, since the beginning of the world, such an enterprise had never been undertaken by such a handful of warriors. But the momentary apprehension was dispelled by hope and valor; and every man, says the marshal of Champagne, glanced his eye on the sword or lance which he must speedily use in the glorious conflict. 57 The Latins cast anchor before Chalcedon; the mariners only were left in the vessels: the soldiers, horses, and arms, were safely landed; and, in the luxury of an Imperial palace, the barons tasted the first fruits of their success. On the third day, the fleet and army moved towards Scutari, the Asiatic suburb of Constantinople: a detachment of five hundred Greek horse was surprised and defeated by fourscore French knights; and in a halt of nine days, the camp was plentifully supplied with forage and provisions.
In relating the invasion of a great empire, it may seem strange that I have not described the obstacles which should have checked the progress of the strangers. The Greeks, in truth, were an unwarlike people; but they were rich, industrious, and subject to the will of a single man: had that man been capable of fear, when his enemies were at a distance, or of courage, when they approached his person. The first rumor of his nephew's alliance with the French and Venetians was despised by the usurper Alexius: his flatterers persuaded him, that in this contempt he was bold and sincere; and each evening, in the close of the banquet, he thrice discomfited the Barbarians of the West. These Barbarians had been justly terrified by the report of his naval power; and the sixteen hundred fishing boats of Constantinople 58 could have manned a fleet, to sink them in the Adriatic, or stop their entrance in the mouth of the Hellespont. But all force may be annihilated by the negligence of the prince and the venality of his ministers. The great duke, or admiral, made a scandalous, almost a public, auction of the sails, the masts, and the rigging: the royal forests were reserved for the more important purpose of the chase; and the trees, says Nicetas, were guarded by the eunuchs, like the groves of religious worship. 59 From his dream of pride, Alexius was awakened by the siege of Zara, and the rapid advances of the Latins; as soon as he saw the danger was real, he thought it inevitable, and his vain presumption was lost in abject despondency and despair. He suffered these contemptible Barbarians to pitch their camp in the sight of the palace; and his apprehensions were thinly disguised by the pomp and menace of a suppliant embassy. The sovereign of the Romans was astonished (his ambassadors were instructed to say) at the hostile appearance of the strangers. If these pilgrims were sincere in their vow for the deliverance of Jerusalem, his voice must applaud, and his treasures should assist, their pious design but should they dare to invade the sanctuary of empire, their numbers, were they ten times more considerable, should not protect them from his just resentment. The answer of the doge and barons was simple and magnanimous. "In the cause of honor and justice," they said, "we despise the usurper of Greece, his threats, and his offers. Our friendship and his allegiance are due to the lawful heir, to the young prince, who is seated among us, and to his father, the emperor Isaac, who has been deprived of his sceptre, his freedom, and his eyes, by the crime of an ungrateful brother. Let that brother confess his guilt, and implore forgiveness, and we ourselves will intercede, that he may be permitted to live in affluence and security. But let him not insult us by a second message; our reply will be made in arms, in the palace of Constantinople."
On the tenth day of their encampment at Scutari, the crusaders prepared themselves, as soldiers and as Catholics, for the passage of the Bosphorus. Perilous indeed was the adventure; the stream was broad and rapid: in a calm the current of the Euxine might drive down the liquid and unextinguishable fires of the Greeks; and the opposite shores of Europe were defended by seventy thousand horse and foot in formidable array. On this memorable day, which happened to be bright and pleasant, the Latins were distributed in six battles or divisions; the first, or vanguard, was led by the count of Flanders, one of the most powerful of the Christian princes in the skill and number of his crossbows. The four successive battles of the French were commanded by his brother Henry, the counts of St. Pol and Blois, and Matthew of Montmorency; the last of whom was honored by the voluntary service of the marshal and nobles of Champagne. The sixth division, the rear-guard and reserve of the army, was conducted by the marquis of Montferrat, at the head of the Germans and Lombards. The chargers, saddled, with their long comparisons dragging on the ground, were embarked in the flat palanders; 60 and the knights stood by the side of their horses, in complete armor, their helmets laced, and their lances in their hands. The numerous train of sergeants 61 and archers occupied the transports; and each transport was towed by the strength and swiftness of a galley. The six divisions traversed the Bosphorus, without encountering an enemy or an obstacle: to land the foremost was the wish, to conquer or die was the resolution, of every division and of every soldier. Jealous of the preeminence of danger, the knights in their heavy armor leaped into the sea, when it rose as high as their girdle; the sergeants and archers were animated by their valor; and the squires, letting down the draw-bridges of the palanders, led the horses to the shore. Before their squadrons could mount, and form, and couch their Lances, the seventy thousand Greeks had vanished from their sight: the timid Alexius gave the example to his troops; and it was only by the plunder of his rich pavilions that the Latins were informed that they had fought against an emperor. In the first consternation of the flying enemy, they resolved, by a double attack, to open the entrance of the harbor. The tower of Galata, 62 in the suburb of Pera, was attacked and stormed by the French, while the Venetians assumed the more difficult task of forcing the boom or chain that was stretched from that tower to the Byzantine shore. After some fruitless attempts, their intrepid perseverance prevailed: twenty ships of war, the relics of the Grecian navy, were either sunk or taken: the enormous and massy links of iron were cut asunder by the shears, or broken by the weight, of the galleys; 63 and the Venetian fleet, safe and triumphant, rode at anchor in the port of Constantinople. By these daring achievements, a remnant of twenty thousand Latins solicited the license of besieging a capital which contained above four hundred thousand inhabitants, 64 able, though not willing, to bear arms in defence of their country. Such an account would indeed suppose a population of near two millions; but whatever abatement may be required in the numbers of the Greeks, the belief of those numbers will equally exalt the fearless spirit of their assailants.
In the choice of the attack, the French and Venetians were divided by their habits of life and warfare. The former affirmed with truth, that Constantinople was most accessible on the side of the sea and the harbor. The latter might assert with honor, that they had long enough trusted their lives and fortunes to a frail bark and a precarious element, and loudly demanded a trial of knighthood, a firm ground, and a close onset, either on foot or on horseback. After a prudent compromise, of employing the two nations by sea and land, in the service best suited to their character, the fleet covering the army, they both proceeded from the entrance to the extremity of the harbor: the stone bridge of the river was hastily repaired; and the six battles of the French formed their encampment against the front of the capital, the basis of the triangle which runs about four miles from the port to the Propontis. 65 On the edge of a broad ditch, at the foot of a lofty rampart, they had leisure to contemplate the difficulties of their enterprise. The gates to the right and left of their narrow camp poured forth frequent sallies of cavalry and light-infantry, which cut off their stragglers, swept the country of provisions, sounded the alarm five or six times in the course of each day, and compelled them to plant a palisade, and sink an intrenchment, for their immediate safety. In the supplies and convoys the Venetians had been too sparing, or the Franks too voracious: the usual complaints of hunger and scarcity were heard, and perhaps felt their stock of flour would be exhausted in three weeks; and their disgust of salt meat tempted them to taste the flesh of their horses. The trembling usurper was supported by Theodore Lascaris, his son-in-law, a valiant youth, who aspired to save and to rule his country; the Greeks, regardless of that country, were awakened to the defence of their religion; but their firmest hope was in the strength and spirit of the Varangian guards, of the Danes and English, as they are named in the writers of the times. 66 After ten days' incessant labor, the ground was levelled, the ditch filled, the approaches of the besiegers were regularly made, and two hundred and fifty engines of assault exercised their various powers to clear the rampart, to batter the walls, and to sap the foundations. On the first appearance of a breach, the scaling-ladders were applied: the numbers that defended the vantage ground repulsed and oppressed the adventurous Latins; but they admired the resolution of fifteen knights and sergeants, who had gained the ascent, and maintained their perilous station till they were precipitated or made prisoners by the Imperial guards. On the side of the harbor the naval attack was more successfully conducted by the Venetians; and that industrious people employed every resource that was known and practiced before the invention of gunpowder. A double line, three bow-shots in front, was formed by the galleys and ships; and the swift motion of the former was supported by the weight and loftiness of the latter, whose decks, and poops, and turret, were the platforms of military engines, that discharged their shot over the heads of the first line. The soldiers, who leaped from the galleys on shore, immediately planted and ascended their scaling-ladders, while the large ships, advancing more slowly into the intervals, and lowering a draw-bridge, opened a way through the air from their masts to the rampart. In the midst of the conflict, the doge, a venerable and conspicuous form, stood aloft in complete armor on the prow of his galley. The great standard of St. Mark was displayed before him; his threats, promises, and exhortations, urged the diligence of the rowers; his vessel was the first that struck; and Dandolo was the first warrior on the shore. The nations admired the magnanimity of the blind old man, without reflecting that his age and infirmities diminished the price of life, and enhanced the value of immortal glory. On a sudden, by an invisible hand, (for the standard-bearer was probably slain,) the banner of the republic was fixed on the rampart: twenty-five towers were rapidly occupied; and, by the cruel expedient of fire, the Greeks were driven from the adjacent quarter. The doge had despatched the intelligence of his success, when he was checked by the danger of his confederates. Nobly declaring that he would rather die with the pilgrims than gain a victory by their destruction, Dandolo relinquished his advantage, recalled his troops, and hastened to the scene of action. He found the six weary diminutive battles of the French encompassed by sixty squadrons of the Greek cavalry, the least of which was more numerous than the largest of their divisions. Shame and despair had provoked Alexius to the last effort of a general sally; but he was awed by the firm order and manly aspect of the Latins; and, after skirmishing at a distance, withdrew his troops in the close of the evening. The silence or tumult of the night exasperated his fears; and the timid usurper, collecting a treasure of ten thousand pounds of gold, basely deserted his wife, his people, and his fortune; threw himself into a bark; stole through the Bosphorus; and landed in shameful safety in an obscure harbor of Thrace. As soon as they were apprised of his flight, the Greek nobles sought pardon and peace in the dungeon where the blind Isaac expected each hour the visit of the executioner. Again saved and exalted by the vicissitudes of fortune, the captive in his Imperial robes was replace on the throne, and surrounded with prostrate slaves, whose real terror and affected joy he was incapable of discerning. At the dawn of day, hostilities were suspended, and the Latin chiefs were surprised by a message from the lawful and reigning emperor, who was impatient to embrace his son, and to reward his generous deliverers. 67
40 Henry Dandolo was eighty-four at his election, (A.D. 1192,) and ninety-seven at his death, (A.D. 1205.) See the Observations of Ducange sur Villehardouin, No. 204. But this extraordinary longevity is not observed by the original writers, nor does there exist another example of a hero near a hundred years of age. Theophrastus might afford an instance of a writer of ninety-nine; but instead of Prooem. ad Character.,)I am much inclined to read with his last editor Fischer, and the first thoughts of Casaubon. It is scarcely possible that the powers of the mind and body should support themselves till such a period of life.
41 The modern Venetians (Laugier, tom. ii. p. 119) accuse the emperor Manuel; but the calumny is refuted by Villehardouin and the older writers, who suppose that Dandolo lost his eyes by a wound, (No. 31, and Ducange.)
Note: The accounts differ, both as to the extent and the cause of his blindness According to Villehardouin and others, the sight was totally lost; according to the Chronicle of Andrew Dandolo. (Murat. tom. xii. p. 322,) he was vise debilis. See Wilken, vol. v. p. 143. - M.
42 See the original treaty in the Chronicle of Andrew Dandolo, p. 323 - 326.
43 A reader of Villehardouin must observe the frequent tears of the marshal and his brother knights. Sachiez que la ot mainte lerme ploree de pitie, (No. 17;) mult plorant, (ibid;) mainte lerme ploree, (No. 34;) si orent mult pitie et plorerent mult durement, (No. 60;) i ot mainte lerme ploree de pitie, (No. 202.) They weep on every occasion of grief, joy, or devotion.
44 By a victory (A.D. 1191) over the citizens of Asti, by a crusade to Palestine, and by an embassy from the pope to the German princes, (Muratori, Annali d'Italia, tom. x. p. 163, 202.)
45 See the crusade of the Germans in the Historia C. P. of Gunther, (Canisii Antiq. Lect. tom. iv. p. v. - viii.,) who celebrates the pilgrimage of his abbot Martin, one of the preaching rivals of Fulk of Neuilly. His monastery, of the Cistercian order, was situate in the diocese of Basil
46 Jadera, now Zara, was a Roman colony, which acknowledged Augustus for its parent. It is now only two miles round, and contains five or six thousand inhabitants; but the fortifications are strong, and it is joined to the main land by a bridge. See the travels of the two companions, Spon and Wheeler, (Voyage de Dalmatie, de Grece, &c., tom. i. p. 64 - 70. Journey into Greece, p. 8 - 14;) the last of whom, by mistaking Sestertia for Sestertii, values an arch with statues and columns at twelve pounds. If, in his time, there were no trees near Zara, the cherry-trees were not yet planted which produce our incomparable marasquin.
47 Katona (Hist. Critica Reg. Hungariae, Stirpis Arpad. tom. iv. p. 536 - 558) collects all the facts and testimonies most adverse to the conquerors of Zara.
48 See the whole transaction, and the sentiments of the pope, in the Epistles of Innocent III. Gesta, c. 86, 87, 88.
*_0009 Montfort protested against the siege. Guido, the abbot of Vaux de Sernay, in the name of the pope, interdicted the attack on a Christian city; and the immediate surrender of the town was thus delayed for five days of fruitless resistance. Wilken, vol. v. p. 167. See likewise, at length, the history of the interdict issued by the pope. Ibid. - M.
49 A modern reader is surprised to hear of the valet de Constantinople, as applied to young Alexius, on account of his youth, like the infants of Spain, and the nobilissimus puer of the Romans. The pages and valets of the knights were as noble as themselves, (Villehardouin and Ducange, No. 36.)
50 The emperor Isaac is styled by Villehardouin, Sursac, (No. 35, &c.,) which may be derived from the French Sire, or the Greek melted into his proper name; the further corruptions of Tursac and Conserac will instruct us what license may have been used in the old dynasties of Assyria and Egypt.
51 Reinier and Conrad: the former married Maria, daughter of the emperor Manuel Comnenus; the latter was the husband of Theodora Angela, sister of the emperors Isaac and Alexius. Conrad abandoned the Greek court and princess for the glory of defending Tyre against Saladin, (Ducange, Fam. Byzant. p. 187, 203.)
52 Nicetas (in Alexio Comneno, l. iii. c. 9) accuses the doge and Venetians as the first authors of the war against Constantinople, and considers the arrival and shameful offers of the royal exile. Note: He admits, however, that the Angeli had committed depredations on the Venetian trade, and the emperor himself had refused the payment of part of the stipulated compensation for the seizure of the Venetian merchandise by the emperor Manuel. Nicetas, in loc. - M.
53 Villehardouin and Gunther represent the sentiments of the two parties. The abbot Martin left the army at Zara, proceeded to Palestine, was sent ambassador to Constantinople, and became a reluctant witness of the second siege.
54 The birth and dignity of Andrew Dandolo gave him the motive and the means of searching in the archives of Venice the memorable story of his ancestor. His brevity seems to accuse the copious and more recent narratives of Sanudo, (in Muratori, Script. Rerum Italicarum, tom. xxii.,) Blondus, Sabellicus, and Rhamnusius.
*_0010 This description rather belongs to the first setting sail of the expedition from Venice, before the siege of Zara. The armament did not return to Venice. - M.
55 Villehardouin, No. 62. His feelings and expressions are original: he often weeps, but he rejoices in the glories and perils of war with a spirit unknown to a sedentary writer.
56 In this voyage, almost all the geographical names are corrupted by the Latins. The modern appellation of Chalcis, and all Euboea, is derived from its Euripus, Euripo, Negri-po, Negropont, which dishonors our maps, (D'Anville, Geographie Ancienne, tom. i. p. 263.)
57 Et sachiez que il ni ot si hardi cui le cuer ne fremist, (c. 66.) . . Chascuns regardoit ses armes . . . . que par tems en arons mestier, (c. 67.) Such is the honesty of courage.
58 Eandem urbem plus in solis navibus piscatorum abundare, quam illos in toto navigio. Habebat enim mille et sexcentas piscatorias naves ..... Bellicas autem sive mercatorias habebant infinitae multitudinis et portum tutissimum. Gunther, Hist. C. P. c. 8, p. 10.
59 Nicetas in Alex. Comneno, l. iii. c. 9, p. 348.
60 From the version of Vignere I adopt the well-sounding word palander, which is still used, I believe, in the Mediterranean. But had I written in French, I should have preserved the original and expressive denomination of vessiers or huissiers, from the huis or door which was let down as a draw-bridge; but which, at sea, was closed into the side of the ship, (see Ducange au Villehardouin, No. 14, and Joinville. p. 27, 28, edit. du Louvre.)
61 To avoid the vague expressions of followers, &c., I use, after Villehardouin, the word sergeants for all horsemen who were not knights. There were sergeants at arms, and sergeants at law; and if we visit the parade and Westminster Hall, we may observe the strange result of the distinction, (Ducange, Glossar. Latin, Servientes, &c., tom. vi. p. 226 - 231.)
62 It is needless to observe, that on the subject of Galata, the chain, &c., Ducange is accurate and full. Consult likewise the proper chapters of the C. P. Christiana of the same author. The inhabitants of Galata were so vain and ignorant, that they applied to themselves St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians.
63 The vessel that broke the chain was named the Eagle, Aquila, (Dandolo, Chronicon, p. 322,) which Blondus (de Gestis Venet.) has changed into Aquilo, the north wind. Ducange (Observations, No. 83) maintains the latter reading; but he had not seen the respectable text of Dandolo, nor did he enough consider the topography of the harbor. The south-east would have been a more effectual wind. (Note to Wilken, vol. v. p. 215.)
64 Quatre cens mil homes ou plus, (Villehardouin, No. 134,) must be understood of men of a military age. Le Beau (Hist. du. Bas Empire, tom. xx. p. 417) allows Constantinople a million of inhabitants, of whom 60,000 horse, and an infinite number of foot-soldiers. In its present decay, the capital of the Ottoman empire may contain 400,000 souls, (Bell's Travels, vol. ii. p. 401, 402;) but as the Turks keep no registers, and as circumstances are fallacious, it is impossible to ascertain (Niebuhr, Voyage en Arabie, tom. i. p. 18, 19) the real populousness of their cities.
65 On the most correct plans of Constantinople, I know not how to measure more than 4000 paces. Yet Villehardouin computes the space at three leagues, (No. 86.) If his eye were not deceived, he must reckon by the old Gallic league of 1500 paces, which might still be used in Champagne.
66 The guards, the Varangi, are styled by Villehardouin, (No. 89, 95) Englois et Danois avec leurs haches. Whatever had been their origin, a French pilgrim could not be mistaken in the nations of which they were at that time composed.
67 For the first siege and conquest of Constantinople, we may read the original letter of the crusaders to Innocent III., Gesta, c. 91, p. 533, 534. Villehardouin, No. 75 - 99. Nicetas, in Alexio Comnen. l. iii. c. 10, p. 349 - 352. Dandolo, in Chron. p. 322. Gunther, and his abbot Martin, were not yet returned from their obstinate pilgrim age to Jerusalem, or St. John d'Acre, where the greatest part of the company had died of the plague.


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African American History Month
By Nicki Richesin, The Children's Book Review
Published: February 11, 2012
In celebration of African American History month, I discovered some especially moving books to share with The Children's Book Review. Fighting for justice and equality through solidarity and courage, these books uncover the truth of the African American experience whether it's during the time of the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Civil Rights Movement or even today.
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In truly stunning paintings, Nelson follows the trajectory of the African-American experience in all of its harrowing and haunting glory. Beginning with slavery and ending with the civil rights movement, he gently describes the events to enlighten and as he explains in his gentle prologue, "make some things known before they're gone for good." You'll find more details on Nelson's remarkable book in these two stories from NPR and The New York Times and additional notes from the publisher. (Ages 8-11. Publisher: HarperCollins)


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Maritime Easter Week in Valencia. Photo courtesy of Turismo Valencia
Informacje praktyczne
- Kiedy?: Od 2020-04-05 do 2020-04-12
- Gdzie?: Valencia
- Więcej informacji : http://www.semanasantamarinera.org/
- Wspólnota autonomiczna: Region of Valencia
- Prowincja/Wyspa: Valencia-València
- Kategoria: Festivity of National Tourist Interest
The maritime quarters of the city of Valencia celebrate this religious festivity with a longstanding tradition, which has three crowning moments: the Blessing of the Palms, the Procession of the Holy Burial, and the Resurection Pararde.
The origins of this festivity date back to the 15th century, and Valencia's special relationship with the sea make it a unique adaptation of the typical Easter Week rituals. Over 30 religious brotherhoods and associations, in addition to the municipal authorities, take part in this event. The floats featured in the processions include particularly the one bearing the carved image of La Veronica, by Mariano Benlliure. In addition to the static images belonging to each of the religious associations or cofradías, there are other living re-enactments, such as the one where the local inhabitants dressed in as biblical figures join the procession accompanied by the chiming of bells and music. The Holy Burial takes place on Good Friday, and is an act steeped in silence and solemn contemplation. On Sunday and Easter Monday, the custom is for families to go down to the old riverbed to enjoy typical produce such as the delicacies known as monas (typical Easter pies with hard-boiled eggs). Easter Sunday is also the day of the traditional ceremony of the Meeting of Christ with his Mother, a moment marked by the release of doves and showers of flower petals.
Informacje praktyczne
- Data: Od 2020-04-05 do 2020-04-12
Dane kontaktowe
Tel. +34 963240745
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Conexant CX2310x
From LinuxTVWiki
This article is about the USB Video and Broadcast Audio decoder family CX23100/1/2 from Conexant.
The CX23102 has all the features that other chips in the family share. The CX23100/1 are cut-down versions of this chip.
- USB 1.1/2.0 support
- Video broadcast formats:NTSC/PAL/SECAM
- Audio broadcast formats:BTSC/EIAJ/A2/NICAM/AM
- 24 GPIO pins
- 3 I2c master busses
- Inputs:
- Stereo Analog Audio
- Two Chroma/One PrPb/One SIF
- Four CVBS/Luma Inputs
- Tuner
- Serial Transport stream
- Parallel/Serial Transport stream
- Outputs
- I2S 16/24 bit 32/44.1/48kHz
- Audio Master Clock
Feature comparision chart
According to Conexant product brief, there are following differences between versions of chipset
|USB interface
|✔ Yes
|✘ No
|✔ Yes
|Broadcast Audio/Video
|✘ No
|✔ Yes
|✔ Yes
|Integrated Analog IF Demodulator
|✘ No
|✔ Yes
|✔ Yes
|Transport Stream Interface
|✔ Yes
|✘ No
|✔ Yes
Linux Support
The CX2310x series of chips is supported in Linux through the cx231xx driver. There are two reference designs by Conexant that are explicity named in the driver. All other cards are listed as 'unknown'
- Hauppauge_USB-Live-2
- Elgato Video Capture V2 - this board works with the cx231xx driver, using a patch sent to linux-media mailing list on 28/11-2012. Note that Elgato Video Capture V1 uses Em28xx_devices driver.


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England ensured Luiz Felipe Scolari's second spell in charge of misfiring giants Brazil began with a defeat on Wednesday as World Cup favorites Spain, Argentina and Germany all clinched impressive wins on the road.
England beat five-time world champions Brazil 2-1 at a chilly Wembley to end a 23-year wait for victory over the south Americans.
Home goalkeeper Joe Hart saved an early penalty from the recalled Ronaldinho, before Wayne Rooney put Roy Hodgson's side ahead.
An error from Gary Cahill allowed substitute Fred to equalize for Brazil early in the second half, but Frank Lampard gave England victory with a smartly taken goal on the hour.
"The lads who completed 90 minutes deserve a lot of credit because Brazil can't half move the ball," Lampard said.
"We've played some very good games against lesser opposition. We had to work hard and they missed chances, but we did well and we could have scored more," he said.
Scolari, who replaced Mano Menezes in November, refused to be downbeat about the defeat.
"I'm not disappointed. We played against a strong England team who had strong players and were in good physical form," he said.
In Doha, world and European champions Spain stretched their unbeaten run at senior international level to 17 games with a 3-1 win over Uruguay, a victory sealed by two goals from Pedro Rodriguez after the break.
"Pedro is a dynamic player," Spain coach Vicente del Bosque said. "He knows exactly what he has to do and he has the touch of speed needed in modern football. We had periods of good football in the first-half, but we lacked a bit of directness and Pedro provided this with his speed."
In Paris, Real Madrid duo Mesut Oezil and Sami Khedira combined to devastating effect as Germany came from behind to beat France 2-1.
Khedira supplied Oezil and then got on the end of a brilliant return pass from the little playmaker before finishing past Hugo Lloris in the 74th minute to hand Germany their first victory over their neighbors since reunification.
The last time France had lost to a German team was back in 1987, when Rudi Voeller scored twice in a 2-1 West Germany victory.
It looked like Les Bleus' impressive run against their old foes would continue when Mathieu Valbuena headed the hosts in front at the Stade de France just before halftime.
However, a cool finish from Thomas Mueller brought the visitors level within six minutes of the restart.
"It was unfair at halftime, because we played some good football in the first half," Khedira said.
"It was unnecessary to concede the goal, but you can't keep the French quiet for 90 minutes. We gave the right answer in the second half," he said.
Argentina defeated Sweden 3-2 in Stockholm on a night when superstar strikers Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Lionel Messi both failed to get on the scoresheet.
Argentina were 3-1 up by the break courtesy of two strikes from Gonzalo Higuain and one from Sergio Aguero, while Jonas Olsson was on target for the Swedes.
Substitute Rasmus Elm hit a consolation for the hosts in the fifth minute of injury time.
In Amsterdam, a stoppage time goal by Marco Verratti gave Italy a 1-1 draw with a young Dutch side after the hosts had taken a 33rd-minute lead through Jeremain Lens.
New Scotland coach Gordon Strachan had a winning start when Charlie Mulgrew scored the only goal in a 1-0 win over Estonia.


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Manufacturer's description
Addict is the perfect way to describe the feeling you will get when stepping onto this board. Everything about this board we have designed to make snowboarding effortless. It has our Gullwing camber matched with the unbreakable Combat core and a smooth directional twin shape. The radial sidecut will make linking turns a breeze and the Gullwing camber ensures that going through chop or uneven surfaces, you will not get bucked. The Addict is the first step you need to take in making your next season insane.


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Need to build an online t-shirt shop on WordPress? We released a feature-rich responsive-ready Builder Child Theme, Threads.
Threads is designed to integrate exclusively with Shopp, our favorite ecommerce plugin for WordPress. Threads includes 15+ Shopp-specific styled templates so you'll have one consistent look across the theme and ecommerce portions of the site, plus custom styles for product views, cart-in-navigation settings and much more.
Theme Demo
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Builder Layout Export zip file - can be used to import the demo site's layout and settings.
Blog Announcement
Read the blog entry announcing the release of Threads.
Threads Features
Shopp-Specific Styles
Threads includes 15+ Shopp-specific styled templates so you'll have one consistent look across the theme and ecommerce portions of the site. The template files included in Threads provide styles for these specific Shopp functions (just to name a few):
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Smith & Wesson® Introduces New Subcompact Self-Defense Pistol with Release of M&P® BODYGUARD 380
SPRINGFIELD, MA- Smith & Wesson Corp. today announced the introduction of the new M&P BODYGUARD 380. Combining popular M&P characteristics with existing BODYGUARD features, the new M&P BG380 offers consumers a uniquely engineered, lightweight self-defense pistol.
Compact, sleek and ergonomic, the M&P BG380 pistol benefits from new fish scale serrations on the rear of the slide for ease of use and like other M&P center-fire pistols, ships complete with two magazines (finger groove and flat butt plate). Chambered for .380 ACP, the lightweight sub-compact pistol features a high-strength polymer frame with a black, Maximum Corrosion Resistant (MCR™) coated stainless steel slide and barrel. The new M&P BG380 is standard with a 2¾ inch barrel, which contributes to an overall length of 5 ¼ inches and an unloaded weight of only 11.85 ounces. The new M&P BG380 is furnished without a laser sight and is instead standard with stainless steel drift adjustable sights.
Additional standard features include a rapid second-strike capability, ergonomic grip, external takedown lever and slide stop, and a manual thumb safety.
The new M&P BODYGUARD 380 has a 6+1 capacity and comes standard with Smith & Wesson's lifetime service policy.
For more information on the M&P BODYGUARD 380 and other new models from Smith & Wesson, please visit www.smith-wesson.com.
About Smith & Wesson
Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation (NASDAQ Global Select: SWHC) is a U.S.-based leader in firearm manufacturing and design, delivering a broad portfolio of quality firearms, related products and training to the consumer, law enforcement, and military markets. The company's brands include Smith & Wesson®, M&P® and Thompson/Center Arms™. Smith & Wesson facilities are located in Massachusetts and Maine. For more information on Smith & Wesson, call (800) 331-0852 or log on to www.smith-wesson.com.
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Today i went farming. It sound innocuous enough. Except i am in Gaza, and nothing is innocuous in Gaza.
We joined some farmers from Khuza'a who are harvesting the wheat crop. A farmer was shot near the buffer zone (not in it, near it!) on Monday, the first day of the harvest. The second day of the harvest a woman was shot in the same area. Thankfully, in both cases the victims survived with relatively minor injuries. We visited the woman and her family last evening. At that moment we decided we would join the family on their land today.
We arrived at the fields at about 7:30 am and the farmers told us the Israelis had already shot at them several times. We donned our yellow vests and walked to a woman who was working by herself approximately 50 meters from the buffer zone. We watched as an Israeli jeep arrived and hid behind an earthen berm. Two soldiers got in place at the top of the berm. This is exactly the scenario that took place the day before when the woman was shot, and just before we arrived this morning. We waited for the inevitable gunfire. i watched through my camera as the two soldiers looked toward our position. One then disappeared behind the berm. A few minutes later, the second soldier disappeared from view. As suddenly as they arrived, they departed. No shots were fired. The rest of the morning was uneventful. At one point another jeep arrived and hid behind the berm, moments later, it left as well. The presence of the Israeli military was prevalent as the jeeps continued up and down the fence line.


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PIRSA:13120059 ( MP4 Medium Res , MP3 , PDF ) Which Format?
Acceleration, Then and Now
Speaker(s): Cliff Burgess
Abstract: There is good evidence that the universe underwent an epoch of accelerated expansion sometime in its very early history, and that it is entering a similar phase now. This talk is in two parts. The first part describes what I believe to be the take-home message about inflationary models, coming both from the recent Planck results and from attempts to embed inflation within a UV completion (string theory). I will argue that both point to a particularly interesting class of inflationary models that also evade many of the tuning problems of inflation. These models also turn out to make the tantalizing prediction that the scalar-to-tensor ratio, r, could be just out of reach, being predicted to be proportional to (n_s - 1)^2, where n_s ~ 0.96 is the spectral tilt of the scalar spectrum. The second part provides an update on an approach to solving the "cosmological constant problem", which asks why the vacuum energy seems to gravitate so little. This is the main theoretical obstruction that makes it so difficult to understand the origins of the present epoch of acceleration. In the approach described - Supersymmetric Large Extra Dimensions - observations can be reconciled with a large vacuum energy because the vacuum energy curves the extra dimensions and not the ones measured in cosmology. It leads to a picture of very supersymmetric gravity sector coupled to a completely non-supersymmetric particle-physics sector (which predicts in particular no superpartners to be found at the LHC). The update presented here summarizes the underlying mechanism whereby supersymmetry in the extra dimensions acts to suppress the gravitational effects of quantum fluctuations. Because the large quantum contributions are under control it becomes possible to estimate the size of to be expected of the observed dark energy. For the simplest configuratin the result is of order C (m Mg/4 pi Mp)^4, where m is the heaviest particle on the branes (and so no smaller than the top quark mass), Mg is the extra-dimensional gravity scale (no smaller than 10 TeV due to astrophysical constraints, implying two extra dimensions that are of order a micron in size) and Mp is the 4D Planck mass. C is a constant unsuppressed by symmetry-breaking effects, and C = 6 x 10^6 gives the observed dark energy density, using the smallest values given above for m and Mg. If there is time I will sketch arguments as to why there must be other light degrees of freedom in the theory as well, whose implications might ultimately be used to test the picture.
Date: 03/12/2013 - 11:00 am
Series: Cosmology & Gravitation
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Goalkeeper Braydon Calder (So., Philomath, OR/Philomath HS) recorded five saves, including two stops on free kicks in the final nine minutes, as Willamette University shut out the University of California-Santa Cruz in men's soccer on Friday, Sept. 13 at Sparks Field. WU improved to 4-1, while UCSC dropped to 0-5.
The only goal was scored at 31:00 after Julian Hanlon-Austin (Fr., MF, Portland, OR/Grant HS) of Willamette put pressure on the Banana Slugs with a run into the penalty area.
After the ball bounced off several players, a defender just a few yards from the end line attempted to clear the ball. Instead it hit Hanlon-Austin and went into the net. Hanlon-Austin was credited with his second goal of the season.
Willamette outshot the Banana Slugs 8-6 in the first half. Hanlon-Austin took three shots for WU in the first half, while Brock Kobayashi and Peter Shelling each took two shots for UCSC.
The Bearcats earned a 5-3 edge in total shots during the final 45 minutes to end the game with a 13-9 advantage. Willamette took the first four shots of the second half, including a header just seven yards from goal by Yazan Hishmeh (So., F, Ventura, CA/Saint Bonaventure HS) that struck the crossbar at 65:13.
Earlier in the half, Tyler Yates (So., MF, Kailua-Kona, HI/Kealakehe HS) unleashed three shots for Willamette at 49:40, 61:04 and 63:55. His third shot was cleared by a UC-Santa Cruz defender as the ball headed toward the goal.
The Banana Slugs had two corner kicks and eight free kicks in the final 15 minutes. Several of the restarts were well into the attacking third of the field.
SALEM, OR -- At 81:22, Brent Goldewski blasted a shot from the top of the penalty area that was saved by Calder. Eight and a half minutes later at 88:54, D.J. Fuller powered a shot at Calder, who grabbed the ball and held on to help preserve the win.
Calder played well throughout the match. His total of five saves included a diving stop in the first half, plus his two saves on free kicks in the second half.
In addition, he stopped cold a couple of UCSC breakaways, including one at 55:10 in which he rushed out from the goal line and to his left to grab the ball off the foot of an onrushing player 12 yards from goal. Calder has accumulated 13 saves this season to go along with two solo shutouts and two combined shutouts.
Although Willamette took more total shots during the game, each team finished with five shots on goal during the match, while UC-Santa Cruz achieved a 6-5 edge in corner kicks.
A total of 41 fouls were called, with 22 on Willamette and 19 on UCSC. Four yellow cards were issued -- three to Banana Slug players Zach Hummel, Jaden Mustacchio and Shawn Sprague, and one to Willamette player Stefan Wutte (Fr., MF, Dallas, OR/West Salem HS).
The Bearcats don't play again until Saturday, Sept. 21, when they will host Whitman College in Willamette's Northwest Conference opener. Game time is set for 2:30 p.m. (PDT) at Sparks Field. Willamette also will play at home on Sunday, Sept. 22 versus Whitworth University at 2:30 p.m.
For More Information:
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ORLANDO, FLA (April 4, 7:15 a.m. ET) — A universal hand-held atmospheric plasma treater was unveiled at NPE by Enercon Industries Corp. (Booth 4147).
"Dyne-A-Grip IT is a hand-held that allows users to do lab scale atmospheric plasma quality work and some other light duty work. It has all the features of blown ion technology," said Rory Wolf, vice president of business development at Enercon, in a booth interview.
The plasma treater cleans, etches and functionalizes surfaces and is designed for use in lab environments, plasma feasibility studies and for light production. The plasma it generates is gentler and at lower temperatures and can handle delicate surfaces.
"A lot of times, you need to work on a smaller scale – A lot of people said there was nothing like in the industry," he said, noting that demand was strong.
Enercon uses a blown-ion discharge to bombard the surface with positive ions, roughening the surface, and facilitate a micro-etching or scrubbing effect to remove organic and inorganic contaminants. This creates more bonding sites and allows for better adhesion.
Wolf also displayed a new Automated Segment Actuator that allows blow molders to treat segments of the web without actually climbing to pick out the areas it wanted isolated.
"If want lanes of treatment, the operator had to climb the tower and pull out the segment where it wanted treatment and push in areas that it didn't want treated," he said.
The automated system allows an operator to handle the changes from an operator station.
Enercon is headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wis., and supplies the plastics and packaging industries. It started in business 38 years ago and Don Nimmer, its CEO and owner, remains a key part of the company. The company makes custom built atmospheric treating systems for rolls, webs, sheets and three-dimensional objects.
The company also has operations in Germantown, Wis.; Aylesbury, England; and Bangalore, India.


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text: More than a million people were expected in the area around the Kennedy Space Center to watch the launch. Many arrived before sunrise to claim the best seats. Scott Cameron/NPR hide caption toggle caption Scott Cameron/NPR Opinion Blog Of The Nation Last Chance Launch: Why I Had To See The Final Shuttle Go July 24, 2011 Until Space Shuttle Atlantis launched two weeks ago, Scott Cameron's most vivid memory of the U.S. space program was a tragedy. When the opportunity arose to finally banish the ghosts of the Challenger disaster, he took it.


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Catum, LLC necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 145 diseños de 34 diseñadores freelance.
Just to be clear, this contest is for a product brand logo, not a company name logo.
We are a company that retails niche products to end use purchasers only through a website dedicated to the niche product (which will be another 99designs project). We have decided to offer noise reducing ear muffs in a child's size, in two colors at first--pink and baby blue. There is one competitor in the market (google "Peltor Kid earmuffs"), but the competitor suffers from poor branding and poor marketing at the retail level, especially on the Internet, and the product is priced too expensively. We want to out brand the competition quickly and immediately, so that when people think kids earmuffs, they think of Moggies brand.
The target audiences are two. First, the purchasers will likely be mothers/grandmothers, who want to protect the hearing of their kids/grandkids while the child is at a loud event. Such loud events can include fireworks displays, concerts, and sporting events. The child can be a newborn baby up to about 7 years old. Second, the end users (the children) are also an audience. The child should enjoy wearing the product, and branding on the earmuff itself should help.
The aim is a logo that incorporates both the brandname (Moggies) and a design element, which can but does not need to help convey the intended use of the product (hearing protection for kids). The logo should appeal to the purchasing mother/grandmother and secondarily to the end user child. Our company believes that creativity is the most important part of branding, so designers have at it.
The logo will be the primary attention getter on the product website, on product packaging, and on the product itself. A picture file showing the product is attached. In attached product example, the logo would appear on widest face of the pink components. The logo can utilize any color or color combinations (such as when used on the website or packaging), but should still look acceptable when reproduced in just white or black on the product itself.
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MILTON, Mass. -- After dropping a tight game one by a 7-6 score, UMass Boston (15-13) captured the split against Curry College behind a dominating 10-0 performance in game two against Curry College (18-15) at D. Forbes Will Field.
Senior first baseman Lisa Polsonetti (Revere, Mass.) had a huge day for the Beacons going 5-for-9 with four runs and four RBI. Junior Sue Killilea (Abington, Mass.) knocked out three hits and added four runs and two RBI, while Natalia Bouyea (East Longmeadow, Mass.) chipped in with three hits as well.
Freshmen catcher Amanda Perry (Worcester, Mass.) set the program record for home runs in a single season with her ninth home run of the year in the second game of the doubleheader.
While her battery mate, freshmen pitcher Michelle Zullo (Everett, Mass.) overcame a game one loss, with a dominating near no-hit performance in game two to tie the program record for single season shutouts with three.
In the first game, UMass Boston raced out to a 4-0 lead, before the Colonels scored six in a row to squeak out a 7-6 win.
Polsonetti led the Beacons in game one with three hits in four at bats, including her first home run of the season. She also recorded three RBI and two runs in the opener.
Senior Jaci Goodwin (Melrose, Mass.), freshmen Samantha Hemstock (Northford, Conn.) and Killilea all recorded two hits each for UMass Boston. Senior third baseman Maria Nasta (Andover, Mass.) added two hits of her own and an RBI.
On the mound, senior pitcher Kara Willis (Burrillville, R.I.) got the start and went four innings allowing six earned runs. Zullo pitched the final two frames allowing one earned run on three hits and a walk to take the loss.
The Beacons grabbed the lead right away, as Killilea walked to lead off the game and Polsonetti followed with a blast to center field. The pair doubled the lead in the top of the second, when Killilea drove in Goodwin with a double to center and Polsonetti followed with a run scoring single to make it 4-0 after two innings.
Willis breezed through the first inning but ran into some difficulties in the bottom of the third. After two of the first three batters reached base to begin the inning, Chelsey Munsey crushed a three-run homer to bring Curry within one. Three batters later, the Colonels evened the score on a fielders choice.
UMass Boston grabbed the lead right back in the top of the fourth when Polsonetti recorded her third straight hit to start the game with a double to left center. Nasta followed with a single to left field to drive in Polsonetti, as the Beacons took a 5-4 lead.
The lead would be extremely shortlived, as Curry recorded four hits in the bottom of the fourth to grab a 6-5 edge.
In the top of the sixth, UMass Boston evened the game up once more. Killilea knocked a double to left center and came around to score when Nasta's grounder to third resulted in an error and allowed Killilea to scamper home.
The Colonels loaded up the bases in the bottom of the sixth with one out and scored the game winning run on a sacrifice fly. UMass Boston failed to put a runner on in the seventh, as the Beacons fell 7-6 in game one.
Game two was a far different story, as Zullo completely shut down the Colonels offense and the Beacons offense put on a show with 10 runs.
Zullo was the star of game two, as she pitched a complete game shutout and only allowed one hit and one walk to move to 9-5 in her freshman campaign. She was within one out of a no-hitter before a Curry batter singled to right center field to break it up. Zullo also tied her career-high with eight strikeouts.
Bouyea was the offensive leader in game two with three hits, while Goodwin and Nasta each added a hit and two RBI.
The Beacons broke open a scoreless game in the top of the third with a four-run outburst. Killilea and Polsonetti put together back-to-back singles and were stationed at second and third as Nasta stepped to the plate. The Beacons third baseman proceeded to record her twelfth and thirteenth RBI of the season with a single up the middle to score both runners. Nasta went all the way to third on the throw and scored shortly afterwards on a wild pitch. Perry capped off the scoring with a strike to center field to pass Siobhan Lynch's 2003 season for most home runs in a season.
Polsonetti made it 5-0 in the top of the fourth, when she singled, stole second base, advanced to third on a flyout from Perry and scampered home on a wild pitch. The run would be the final tally until the last frame of the day.
UMass Boston saved their biggest output for last, as the Beacons struck for five runs in the top of the seventh. Aided by back-to-back errors to begin the inning, the Beacons loaded the bases with no outs for sophomore Lyndsey Capra (Lowell, Mass.) who was hit by a pitch to give UMass Boston a 6-0 lead. Goodwin followed with a two-RBI double and Killilea and Polsonetti added on RBI groundouts to make it a 10-0 Beacons lead.
With a 10-run lead Zullo stepped out on the mound looking for her first collegiate no-hitter. She got the first batter to fly out to right field and struck out the second batter for her fourth strikeout in five batters. But the no-hitter bid would fall just short, as Briana Smith singled to right field. It didn't throw the freshman off though, as she ended the game by getting the next batter to fly out to left.
UMass Boston will be back in action Saturday when they host Plymouth State University in a Little East Conference doubleheader. Game one has been moved up to noon Saturday because of weather forecasts.


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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday signed a bill that would allow inmates who are seriously ill or incapacitated to become eligible for parole.
The measure will allow certain convicts to be released on supervised parole -- if they are in need of constant medical care and not considered to be a threat. But, if the parolee's condition improves, they could be sent back to prison.
The bill, officially known as SB1399, was authored by state Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco and if it became law, would not apply to prisoners sentenced to death or life without the possibly of parole. Leno said 36 states have already successfully put a medical parole law in place.
Schwarzenegger says the medical parole law would make the state eligible for a good chunk of federal assistance to help pay for the parolees' medical costs and could save an estimated $200 million in prison costs per year without compromising public safety.
"The state currently wastes millions of dollars guarding physically incapacitated inmates in comas or in similar conditions that pose no threat to the safety of others," Schwarzenegger said in a statement. "This legislation will allow us to put that money toward important programs like education."


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