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VOTE NOW in the 2013 Stack Overflow Moderator Election
It's time once again to cast your vote for the next Stack Overflow moderators. The primaries have just ended, and the top ten candidates can be found here: http://stackoverflow.com/election.
Why more moderators?
We're running the election now (rather than a year from the last election in June) because veteran moderator Tim Post is stepping down in order to work with us as a Community Manager! While we're extremely lucky to have his hard-working brilliance brought to bear on the problems we face managing all these sites, his transition does create an immediate need for a replacement on the SO mod team.
But of course, we'd be running an election soon anyway; as amazing as the current Stack Overflow moderators are, the workload continues to grow:
What moderators do
Jeff laid out the basic philosophy in A Theory of Moderation:
Moderators are human exception handlers, there to deal with those (hopefully rare) exceptional conditions that should not normally happen, but when they do, they can bring your entire community to a screaming halt — if you don't have human exception handling in place.
As the previous graph indicates, flags – the primary embodiment of those exceptions – are a fairly frequent occurrence on Stack Overflow, purely because of its size. That said, a lot of flags aren't identifying things that are particularly exceptional: in particular, posts that need to be closed (duplicates, off-topic questions, etc) or are of extremely poor quality aren't all that uncommon on a site that gets over 7000 new questions and 11K answers each day. While moderators are well-equipped to handle these quickly, they don't actually require moderators when a sufficient number of experienced users are willing and able to help.
The effects of improved community moderation tools
I mentioned last year that we were working on tools that would help to distribute the load more evenly between the elected moderators and the community as a whole. Well, eight months after their introduction, I'm happy to report that the revamped Review system is doing exactly that:
As Jeff wrote:
We designed the Stack Exchange network engine to be mostly self-regulating, in that we amortize the overall moderation cost of the system across thousands of teeny-tiny slices of effort contributed by regular, everyday users.
That's not empty rhetoric – on a site the size of Stack Overflow, it's absolutely essential. Geoff Dalgas came up with the design for the new review system based on his observations of wikiHow's Community Dashboard: individual tasks, each focused on a specific need with specific actions to be taken and specific guidance provided for new users. The philosophy: don't just give people stuff to do – help them learn how to do it.
Geoff, Emmett and Kevin have done some amazing work in making these new tools as fast and effective as possible; while there have been some growing pains and a few unexpected challenges, it's great to see folks jumping in to help so enthusiastically. In the past 30 days, we've seen:
- 9384 suspected low-quality posts cleared, 1608 deleted, 319 edited.
- 30339 suggested edits approved, 15497 rejected, 4949 improved
- 17434 posts that'd been voted or flagged for closure closed, 3308 left open, 376 edited
- 571 posts reopened, 2203 left closed, 56 edited
(a detailed breakdown of actions to first posts and late answers can be found here.)
That's a lot of work being done by a lot of people… Heady stuff. To be sure, that still leaves a huge amount of work for elected moderators, but I think it demonstrates the ability of the whole community to step up and assist when the opportunity is provided, that thousands of you are still willing and able to work together to created and maintain the site that you want to be a part of.
So as you go to cast your votes today, looking over each candidate's stats and reflecting on what they'd do as a moderator… Remember that moderation doesn't start with winning an election.
2012 Stack Overflow User Survey Results
In December, we launched our 3rd annual Stack Overflow Annual User Survey to learn more about our site demographics and user trends throughout 2012. Compared to last year, we received an even larger sample size this year with almost 10,000 respondents!
Here are a few larger trends we've observed over the past three years:
You like us…you really like us!
Since 2009, site traffic to Stack Overflow has grown by a whopping 261.7%! As if this weren't enough, we're also now the 86th largest global site, according to Alexa. Our crazy goal of breaking into the top 50 is looking less crazy!
Mobile is on the move.
No real surprise here, but of the mobile family, the number of users who own Android devices increased 29.2% from 2010 to 2012—a bigger increase than owners of iPhones and iPads combined. Despite the rising mobile trend, we were surprised to learn that only 7.7% of you are employed as mobile apps developers and 51.8% of companies still don't have a mobile app.
You're getting happier at work.
Since 2010, we've seen a 2.2% uptick in workplace satisfaction, so 70% of you are happy in your current jobs. We're not going to point fingers or anything, but we hope there may be some causation for those of you who found your current job from among the 10,000+ roles that were posted on Careers 2.0 last year.
Since we now have three years' worth of data, we wanted to put together something a little special for this year's overview, so check out the infographic below that our designer created to highlight some of our key findings.
In our effort to make all information publicly available, here is a basic report of the results or if you'd prefer to play around with the data yourself, download the survey results.
UPDATED: Check out our European version of the infographic here.
Join the Stack Exchange team – we're hiring!
We're growing like crazy! Between launching exciting new sites, developing new features and promotions for existing ones, and branching out geographically, Stack Exchange can use all the help it can get – so we're currently hiring for seven (7!) different positions, from developers to designers to sales to… well, just look at the list yourself:
- Product Manager – Q&A Team (telecommute or New York)
- Web Developer – Q&A Team (telecommute or New York)
- Web Developer – Careers Team (New York)
- Senior Systems Administrator (telecommute or New York)
- Product Designer (telecommute or New York)
- Account Executive – Careers 2.0 (London, Denver, New York)
- Sales Representative – Inside Sales – Careers 2.0 (Denver, New York)
We're dogfooding Careers for these of course, since who better to help make the software running Stack Exchange more awesome than the folks using Stack Exchange. Here are a few positions that are especially appropriate to our community:
Product Manager – Q&A Team (telecommute or New York)
We're looking for someone to help us design and build the next set of features and special projects for Stack Exchange. We want someone with serious startup experience building and shipping products, from conception to deployment. You'll take ideas from us and the community, or come up with your own, and work with our designers and developers to get them shipped.
Web Developer – Q&A Team (telecommute or New York)
We're looking for a top-notch web developer for the Core Q&A team. You'll work directly on the engine that powers all the sites to ship new features, fix bugs, and scale and grow the sites. We want someone with serious front-to-back web development experience (C# not required), a track record of getting stuff done, and a history of activity in the community.
Web Developer – Careers Team (New York)
We're looking for more top-notch web developers to work on building Careers into the best place for developers to find a job, anywhere. You'll work on lots of new features, fix bugs, and help us decide the future of Careers. We want someone with serious front-to-back web development experience (C# not required), a track record of getting stuff done, and a history of activity in the community.
Senior Systems Administrator (telecommute or New York)
We're looking for a veteran Windows / Linux systems administrator to join our team. You'll help build out our infrastructure and keep it ahead of the growth curve. We want someone with experience working with both Windows and Linux systems (emphasis on Windows), and a track record of taking on big challenges and delivering blog-worthy solutions.
Product Designer (telecommute or New York)
Last, but not least, we need a product designer. You'll work with Jin to help our developers and product managers design new features, create and implement full brand identities for new Stack Exchange sites, and help improve user experience across the network. We want someone with a portfolio of web design and experience working directly with developers and product managers to design products and features.
Most of these positions are open to the world: we want to hire the best people, wherever they are. However, there are a few things you should be aware of:
- You should be awesome at working remotely — self-motivated and aggressively communicative — to make sure you stay on the same page as the rest of your team
- We still believe in getting teams together at least once a week to talk, and that generally happens between 1 – 5pm EDT. You'll need to be flexible with your hours
- There may be some countries that are legally too difficult for us to work with…sorry!
A few positions are in-office only, but don't worry: we have awesome offices. In fact, a few people who started working remotely moved to New York just to get access to our catered lunches. If you do want to move to New York (or our sales offices in Denver or London), we'll assist you with relocation but you must already have the permanent right to work in the country of the office (US or UK).
Each job has instructions to apply, and we're hiring immediately. If you see a job that might be a fit for you or someone you know, apply soon. You can also always find a list of open positions at http://stackexchange.com/about/hiring, or click the "jobs" link in the footer of any Stack Exchange site.
Stack Exchange is not a forum: the role of "niceness" on a Q&A site
It's been a few weeks now since Joel kicked off our "summer of love". There've been some excellent discussions in the blog comments and on Meta, and we've tried to present some hard data on how objectively "nice" we are. But it's high time to talk about what place "niceness" really has on Stack Exchange. And to do that, we need to start by talking about you:
You, sir, are a jackass.
And that's ok.
Stack Overflow wasn't created to be some utopian ideal of peace and love. When Jeff & Joel set out to create this system, they knew full well the sort of problems that face online communities: noisy conversations obscuring real information, preferential behavior toward those in the right cliques, bickering, rudeness…
The rules we've created, the tools we have at our disposal, the very nature of certain features on the sites – these are all engineered to mitigate the problems that inevitably result from throwing a bunch of jackasses together in one place.
Stack Overflow people are nice because we're good at cleaning up after ourselves… And staying focused on what's really important.
Civility is a tool for communication, not a weapon for order
You might think you hang out on SO because people are nice there, but if Stack Overflow was full of very nice, impeccably polite misinformation… It wouldn't be a valuable resource for professional programmers. It'd be more like some elaborate geek troll.
It's good to keep politeness in mind when writing, as your tone can distract readers from your message. It's great to have something approaching real data on how "nice" we are. But in the end, this sort of navel-gazing misses the point: we're not here to pat each other on the back and hand out gold stars, much less waggle our fingers at the jackasses – we're here to share the knowledge of our craft.
Stop and think for a moment about the nicest person you've met on Stack Exchange. Chances are, it wasn't the guy who greeted you by name when you signed on – it was the one who answered your first question, convinced you to clarify what you were asking, and calmly pointed out your misconceptions before pointing you to a solution.
Rudeness as a defense against vampires
As a traditional forum evolves over time, insular rudeness becomes the weapon of choice against the invading hordes, an immune response by the organism toward infection from outsiders. This is only marginally effective, since the most dangerous invaders have long ago developed a resistance to it. Eventually, rudeness becomes institutionalized, to the point where members start to drive away everyone – including each other. It's a natural progression. And on Stack Exchange, it's entirely unnecessary.
Everyone loves to quote from the FAQ's etiquette section, particularly the first "be nice" bit. But it's the last section that has all the action items:
Be honest.
Above all, be honest. If you see misinformation, vote it down. Add comments indicating what, specifically, is wrong. Provide better answers of your own. Best of all — edit and improve the existing questions and answers!
Tired of seeing crappy questions? Close them. Irritated by lousy answers? Down-vote them. Depressed by the meaningless junk that some people post whenever they see an empty text field? Delete it! Embarrassed by poor grammar or formatting? Edit it! See someone being rude? Flag it! All of these tools exist, and we're working hard on making them better and more effective.
So when you can cast a vote and go on with your life, why would you waste your time ranting? It's that old message board mentality creeping in. When you leave a comment, recognize that you're now walking the line between a Q&A site and a traditional forum. If you aren't actively trying to help someone learn, you're not helping to defend the realm - you're just being a jackass.
The choice here isn't between being nice and being right. You can be nice each and every time you guide someone to the right answer or the correct behavior, and doing so is not only better for the community morale, it's also more effective. That doesn't take a welcoming committee, it's something anyone can do. Even jackasses like me and you.
The Hunting of the Snark
You can't fix what you can't measure, so the first thing we did as a part of our Summer of Love campaign was try to measure friendliness in an objective and repeatable way. We gathered 7000 comments from Stack Overflow and submitted them to Mechanical Turk. For each comment, we asked 20 people to rate the comment as Friendly, Unfriendly, or "Neutral/Unclear."
There are different ways of massaging the data, but I do want to give you a flavor for the kind of comments we're talking about when we're talking about unfriendly comments. Here is a snapshot of the complete results, showing comments where 95% of the reviewers rated a comment as unfriendly (warning, if there are any kids in the area, you may want to send them away):
- Can you not google?!
- Dean, don't be a f___ing lamer. You clearly don't have the slightest clue of what your ass…
- Neurofluxation, haha f___ you should be f___ you kid
- try to give answers. you baby kid shut up your mouth. this is forum to share problems not …
- yea a__hole im saying send me the code
- This is not correct, for many reasons, many of which were pointed out by plinth below. I d…
- @Rich, It is clear (and always was clear) that you don;t care about what anybody else thin…
- could you please stop reposting all your questions 4 times?
- You know, I really dislike the attitude here that a question can only be asked once.
- @cee: And rolling back is not intended to solve whatever gripes you may have with me. If y…
- Now you're just proving your douchiness. Editing your question to hide your true intent, …
- man, you guys have no sense of humor. I don't see how hundreds of idiotic and non-program…
- NO. GOD. these comments are getting irritating.
- Indeed. Although demonstrating a severe lack of ability to ask questions is a bad start.
- I mean, really, WTF?
- Don't vote down, the sooner I sabotage this the sooner we can tell the client f___ you and…
- @TheTXI: That's exactly my point. If the person actually bothered to *google* the damn que…
- u discuss all kind of questions here but when i ask a question and if u people are not abl…
- @TStamper: If they haven't bothered to look through the FAQ, what makes you think they are…
- It's amusing for a while, babby, but even the funniest jokes get tedious when they're done…
- If you're so desperate to have your account removed why not just leave and not come back? …
- He asks lot's of these troll questions
- Seriously? WFT Dude?
- Jesus! Start fixing your question.
- Spencer, my tone? You sir are political correctness gone mad!
- If I said your mouse sucked, are you gonna take me out to the parking lot and fight me? i…
- This isn't a programming question, it is a psychology question. It doesn't ask for an expl…
- @mario why in your opinion should I not link to it? Because of the 5 pageviews the site ga…
- Rec, you are not asking a question that can be answered in the form at the bottom of this …
- @user336502, you're pushing your luck with cruddy questions (http://stackoverflow.com/ques…
- Jebus, @AKA, did you even read your own question? This is the worst piece of crap I've ev…
- Jeez dont' people read web sites. What do you think Stackoverflow careers is for? This pla…
- Hmya, how can 4 in 5 programmers be wrong? Or 1 in 2? We don't know how your brain works…
- @M.H: Don't blame the language because you don't know how to use it. Don't blame the gun w…
Of course, "friendliness" can be subjective. But when we're talking about making Stack Overflow a friendly place, we're not talking about being terse or even snippy — we're talking about lighting a bag of dog poo on fire and throwing it at people.
Of 7000 comments submitted, there were 161 that were rated as "unfriendly" by 75% or more of the reviewers… that's about 2.3%. If you browse Stack Overflow for a few minutes, it's likely that you will come across one of these extremely unfriendly comments. Of those 2.3% extremely unfriendly comments, less than 1/5th have been deleted. Most of them are still on Stack Overflow right now.
The "friendliness" situation is much better, mainly because our reviewers tend to universally interpret thank you's as friendly.
- +1 This is a good question, as this programming practice is even used in some big projects. (www.ogre3D.com for ex.)
- @Visage Haha, thanks for that
- Great analogy, @Guffa !
- Nice find, Chad Birch!
- It was tagged javascript before Joel edited it. Clearly it is programming related :)
- Thanks much for the feedback everyone
- i wonder how did you manage to create the compoennts tag? ;) like your question +1
- Thanks for the suggestion !
- That's nice. Let us know how it goes!
- You're welcome…
- hehe…that was fun!
- Thanks, see my edit.
- @Mike: Thank you.
- Cool, will do that.
- Okay, thanks all.
- O_o That's very cool! +1
- @spudly – apologies, turns out the link I posted was a dud – sorry for wasting your time!
- Love the question. What you're after is domain knowledge which is exactly the type of information that a company guards because it's a barrier to entry to blokes in garages writing television clients :)
- Cool. thank you!
- Ha! I didn't even catch it in your post. :)
- LOVING all the images that have been added :-)
- thanks.. thats exactly what I was looking for :)
- Thanks everyone
- @meagar wow that looks awesome! I'm only about a several hour drive from there, I'll see if I can make it. Juggling for the win!!! :)
Of 7000 comments submitted, 557 were rated as "friendly" by 75% of more of the reviewers.
I think this proves that the methodology is reasonably sound. I think everyone can agree that the Mechanical Turk reviewers, who were shown comments out of context and who probably did not know anything about our site (all they knew was that it was a "programmer's discussion forum"), did, nevertheless, produce results that seem to agree with how we, inside the community, would judge the comments. That gives me confidence that we have a reliable measure of friendliness that we can track.
There's a lot of other interesting stuff in the data, so here's an Excel workbook containing the raw data and friendliness ratings.


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This review is from: Rosewill RSV-L4411 Black Metal/ Steel, 1.0 mm thickness, 4U Rackmount Server Chassis, 12 SATA Hot-swap Drives, 5 Included Cooling Fans
Pros: 12 hot-swap bays for $199 (at least when I bought it), there's really no competition. Tons of space inside, includes 12 SATA cables for connecting to the drive bays and they all are long enough to stretch across the case. Fans are extremely quiet and move a decent amount of air.The drive caddies, while a little flimsy lock solidly into place in the drive bays.
Cons: Sharp edges!
Also, a minor nitpick, but I hate when the front panel cables don't follow any sort of color coding. JUST MAKE ALL THE NEGATIVE CONNECTIONS ONE COLOR. Granted, this points out that I obviously never bothered to read the manual but it seems like an obvious design choice, the less that someone has to read the manual the better.
Either way, neither of these issues are significant enough to remove a star, this case is awesome and the best deal out right now.
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Ran some diagnostic tools, all sorts of bad sectors and errors.
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Picked this up to rebuild an HTPC for a customer who already had a Radeon HD 5670 so I figured it wouldn't do any good to install an APU, might as well try out a quad core black edition FX line CPU. Seems like a good idea right?
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text: Rebecca Harris Pittsburgh's Summer of Festivals Brings Big Business By Essential Pittsburgh • May 27, 2014 Marcus Charleston / 90.5 WESA Listen Listening... / 8:42 Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of the summer season. In Pittsburgh, no matter where you go there will be festivals a plenty, celebrating everything from ice cream to the arts. Business contributor Rebecca Harris looked at the economic impact of these festivals citywide, especially when it comes to the diversity of events. "Everything from huge outdoor concerts, to massive fairs, to small outdoor events, to cinema in the parks, to neighborhood festivals. There's really just about something for everybody." Exploring Pittsburgh's Forms of Alternative Transportation By Essential Pittsburgh • May 20, 2014 Marnie Schleicher / 90.5 WESA Listen Listening... / 10:13 According to a Census report released last week, Pittsburgh ranks third among large cities with commuters walking to work. As residents of cities look for alternative transportation the reasons they cite include convenience, affordability and environmental awareness. According to Rebecca Harris, Director of the Center for Women's Entrepreneurship at Chatham University, gridlock on Pennsylvania roads costs commuters "billions in terms of time lost at work as well as increased gasoline expenses." A Week-Long Celebration of Small Businesses By Essential Pittsburgh • May 13, 2014 Rebecca Harris / Chatham Center for Women's Entrepreneurship Listen Listening... / 8:56 This week is National Small Business Week. Rebecca Harris, Director of the Center for Women's Entrepreneurship at Chatham University, discussed the week-long celebration. She explained that more than half of all Americans either own or work for a small business, and each year these businesses create two out of every three new jobs in the United States. "[This week] is really designed to recognize the nation's top businesses, the entrepreneurs,and really the business advocates. There are a number of activities; there are panel discussions, there are forums, there are workshops, there are webinars," Harris said. "It's a big, big venture and it culminates with the naming of the Small Businessperson of the Year in Washington D.C. at the end of the week." From Politics to Consumerism, The Business of Mother's Day By Essential Pittsburgh • May 6, 2014 Etsy ketsy / flickr Listen Listening... / 6:08 Celebrations of mothers and motherhood can be traced back to the ancient Greeks and Romans, who held festivals in honor of the mother goddesses Rhea and Cybele. This year marks the 100th anniversary of Woodrow Wilson's presidential decree that made Mother's Day a national holiday, and in that time it has become one of the biggest holidays for consumer spending in the United States and around the globe. Business contributor Rebecca Harris points out that Mother's Day was not always about gift-giving. Businesses Based on Recycling By Essential Pittsburgh • Apr 29, 2014 Wikimedia Listen Listening... / 9:45 Now that Spring is here households and businesses are no doubt doing some Spring cleaning. But if you want to help the environment or earn some additional cash, where and how do you recycle some of the items you're discarding? This week contributor Rebecca Harris looked at the business of recycling. Recycling is now mandatory in residences, businesses, offices and institutions in Pittsburgh, so these companies have become more important in the city. The average American generates 4.6 pounds of garbage per day, and only recycle a pound and a half. Celebrating Earth Day In Pittsburgh By Essential Pittsburgh • Apr 22, 2014 Wikimedia Virtual Earth Day A virtual Earth Day party takes place this week. 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How Pittsburgh Organizations Are Bringing Hollywood To The Steel City By Essential Pittsburgh • Mar 25, 2014 Kyle Huff / flickr From film festivals, to movies and TV shows, Pittsburgh has become one of Hollywood's leading locations for motion picture and television production. This week contributor Rebecca Harris looked at the business of filmmaking in the Steel City. Pittsburgh has a variety of organizations that help bring Hollywood the the city, which are listed below. These organizations work with different groups and people in the community to make it possible for films and television shows to come to life in Pittsburgh. The Business of French Products By Essential Pittsburgh • Mar 18, 2014 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Multi-coloured_macarons,_September_2010.jpg Listen Listening... / 9:50 This week, contributor Rebecca Harris looked at the connection French businesses and products have to our commercial sector. France is the sixth largest foreign investor in the Pittsburgh region, with 27 French-owned companies that operate about 50 establishments in the area. Here are some Pittsburgh businesses with a French connection: The Business of Gluten Free By Essential Pittsburgh • Feb 25, 2014 Gregory Kallenberg Listen Listening... / 9:05 One of the newest food trends in recent years is an increase in gluten-free products. From grocers' shelves to bakeries, you're finding them everywhere. Contributor Rebecca Harris looks at gluten free products in this week's business segment. The market for gluten-free is growing, and it took second place in Time Magazine's top ten food trends in 2012. The Girl Scouts have introduced a gluten-free chocolate chip cookie, and many people are just avoiding gluten in general. 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|Stjepan Vukčić Kosača
|Grand Duke of Bosnia
|Sandalj Hranić
|Vladislav Hercegović
|Vukac Hranić Kosača
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Stjepan Vukčić Kosača (Cyrillic Стјепан/Стефан Вукчић Косача; 1404–1466) was a medieval Bosnian[1] duke that ruled a hereditary region in Hum. He was a member of the Kosača noble family. He was Grand Duke of Bosnia under the King Stephen Thomas, then, as the Kingdom of Bosnia started to dissolve under the Ottoman's military onset, he became semi-independent Hezeg, first under the Ottoman Empire, then Aragon and again the Ottoman Empire. His semi-independent realm was sometimes called the Duchy of Saint Sava[according to whom?].
It was Stjepan's title Herzeg (Herceg) that gave rise to the name of Ottoman sanjak established after 1482 when Kosača family principality fell under Ottoman rule. The name remained since then and it's used for modern region of Herzegovina (Sanjak of Herzegovina was part of the Bosnia Eyalet, while modern Herzegovina is part of modern Bosnia and Herzegovina), and town of Herceg Novi in present day's Montenegro as well.
Family and early life[edit]
In May of 1404 Blagaj became one of the residences of Sandalj Hranić Grand Duke of Bosnia, later also seat of Stjepan Vukčić Kosača, after whom the some people called the Blagaj Fort Stjepan Grad. The Dubrovnik nobility accepted "Bosnae vojevodem Sandalj et consanguineous eius, knez Vukac, knez Vuk et Stephanum, filium knez Vukac" among the Ragusian nobles and granted them "domum in urbe" by charter dated 29 June 1419.
Upon Sandalj's death (15 March 1435), Tvrtko called an assembly to try to restore peace. As Sandalj had no heirs, his nephew Stjepan inherited the family domains. When Tvrtko died (1443), Stjepan did not participate in the election of Stephen Thomas and refused to recognize him. Stjepan supported Radivoj, the exiled brother and Ottoman ally.
Service under Aragon[edit]
In 1443, the papacy sent envoys to the Bosnian king and Stjepan about a counter-offensive against the Turks, but the two were in the middle of a war. Ivanis Pavlović, sent by Stephen Tomas, attacked Stjepan Vukčić. Stephen Tomas had at the same time been recognized by John Hunyadi, so Stephen turned to Alfonso V, who made him "Knight of the Virgin", but did not give him troops.
On 15 February 1444, Stephen signed a treaty with Alfonso V, King of Aragon and Naples, becoming his vassal in exchange for king's help against Stjepan's enemies, namely King Stephen Thomas of Bosnia, Duke Ivaniš Pavlović and Venice. In the same treaty Stjepan promised to pay regular tribute to Alfonso instead to Ottoman sultan as he did until then.[2]
Being a staunch supporter and adherent of the Bosnian Church, Stjepan Kosača would eventually come to fall out with the Bosnian king Stephen Thomas who, albeit earlier confessing to the Bosnian Church himself, had pledged his allegiance with the Roman Catholic pope to contend the heretic beliefs emanating from within its denomination.
In 1446 the two rivals had made peace, with Stjepan Vukčić recognizing Stephen Thomas as king, and the pre-war borders were restored.[3] Peace was sealed through the marriage between Stjepan Kosača's daughter Catherine and Stephen Thomas in May 1446.[4] Catherine converted into Roman Catholicism.[3] The Ottomans were displeased with the peace as their interest lay in dividing Bosnia.[3] George Brankovic was also displeased due to Srebrenica issue.[3] In 1448, the Turks sent an expedition to plunder King Stephen Tomas lands, they also plundered Stjepan Vukcic lands. Stjepan Vukcic sent envoys to George Brankovic, to try to improve the relations between the two.[3]
The same year Stjepan Vukčić assumed the title "Herceg (Duke) of Hum and the Coast", dropping "Duke of Bosnia".[3] A year later, in 1449, he had changed it into "Duke of Saint Sava", after the Serbian saint whose relics lay in Mileševa in the east of his province.[3] This title had a considerable public relations value since Sava's relics were considered miracle-working by people of all Christian faiths in the region[3] and tied in with a boost of relations between him and George; that same year a war broke out over Srebrenica between George and Bosnian King Stephen Thomas, in which Stjepan sided with the Serbian side.
In 1451 Stjepan Vukčić Kosača attacked Dubrovnik, and laid siege to the city. He had earlier been made a Ragusan nobleman and, consequently, the Ragusan government now proclaimed him a traitor. A reward of 15,000 ducats, a palace in Dubrovnik worth 2,000 ducats, and an annual income of 300 ducats was offered to anyone who would kill him,[5] along with the promise of hereditary Ragusan nobility which also helped hold this promise to whoever did the deed.[5] Stjepan was so scared[speculation?] by the threat that he finally raised the siege.[5]
In the early 1460s, Herceg Stjepan controlled of all of today's Herzegovina as far north as Glamoč, but Nevesinje and Gacko were under the control of the Ottoman Empire.[6] Kosača knew he would soon face Ottoman attack so he asked Venetians to allow Skanderbeg's forces to cross their territory to help him.[7] Venetians allowed Skanderbeg to cross their territory to help Kosača,[8] but Skanderbeg failed to carry out his promises.
After taking the Kingdom of Bosnia in 1463, Mahmud Pasha also invaded Herzegovina and besieged Blagaj, after which Stjepan conceded a truce by sending his youngest son as a hostage to Istanbul, and ceding all of his lands to the north of Blagaj to the Empire.[9]
Stjepan Vukčić died in 1466, and was succeeded by his eldest son Vladislav Hercegović. In 1482 he was overpowered by Ottoman forces led by his brother, Stjepan Vukčić's youngest son, Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha, who converted to Islam prior to that. In the Ottoman Empire, Herzegovina was organized as a province (sanjak) within the state (pashaluk) of Bosnia. The name of the country was changed to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1853, as a result of a twist of political events. It was part of the Ottoman Empire for a bit less than four centuries.
Stjepan founded the Zagrađe Monastery near his realm's seat in Herceg Novi, modern-day Montenegro[citation needed], and the Serb orthodox monastery of Savina, also near Herceg Novi[citation needed].
Stjepan Vukčić was married three times. In 1424, he married Jelena, daughter of Balša III of Zeta and granddaughter of his aunt, Jelena Balšić. His wife died in 1453. Two years later, he married Barbara (possibly of the del Balzo family. She died in 1459. His final marriage, in 1460, was to a Germanwoman named Cecilie.
With Jelena, he had at least four children:
- Queen Katarina of Bosnia (beatified, 1424 – Rome, 25 November 1478, buried in Ara Coeli), married in 1446 King Stephen Thomas of Bosnia
- Vladislav Hercegović (cca 1427 – 1487/89), Duke of St. Sava, Lord of Krajina, married Kyra Ana, daughter of Georgios Kantakuzenos in 1455
- Vlatko Hercegović (cca 1426 – Rab, 1489), Duke of St. Sava, married
- Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha (cca 1430 - 1515), baptized Stjepan; the youngest son of Stjepan Vukčić, whom Sultan Mehmed II took as a hostage, became a Muslim in the Sultan's service. He became the Grand Vizier and Grand Admiral to the Sultan, married Sultan Bayezid II's daughter, Fatima, in 1482; and had descendents by her.
Stjepan and his second wife Barbara had a short-lived son (born in 1456) and a daughter named Mara.
See also[edit]
- ^ "The Nature of the Early Ottoman State. Heath W. Lowry. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2003, p 126.".
- ^ Momčilo Spremić, Balkanski vazali kralja Alfonsa Aragonskog, Prekinut uspon, Beograd 2005, pp. 355–358
- ^ a b c d e f g h Fine, John Van Antwerp (1994). The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. University of Michigan Press. p. 578. ISBN 9780472082605.
- ^ William Miller (1921). Essays on the Latin Orient. pp. 508–509. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
- ^ a b c Medieval and Renaissance Studies (1978). Viator. University of California Press. pp. 388–389. ISBN 0-520-03608-5.
- ^ Safvet-beg Bašagić (1900). Kratka uputa u prošlost Bosne i Hercegovine, od g. 1463-1850 (in Serbo-Croatian). p. 17.
Turci su imali li vlasti slijedeće zemlje i gradove: Nevesinje, Gacko, Zagorje, Podrinje, Taslidžu, Čajnič, Višegrad, Sokol, Srebrenicu, Zvomik, Šabac, Samac i Sarajevo s okolicom. Sva ostala Hercegovina do Glamoča bila je u rukama hercega Stjepana, na koju kralj nije mogo računati.
- ^ Ljubez, Bruno (2009). Jajce Grad: prilog povijesti posljednje bosanske prijestolnice. HKD Napredak. p. 153.
- ^ Ljubić, Šime (1868–1891), Listine o odnošajih izmedju južnoga slaventsva i mletačke republike (Documents about the relations of South Slavs and Venetian Republic), XXV X, Zagreb, p. 242, OCLC 68872994,
CCXXXX. God. 1463. 26. travnja, u Mletcih. Dozvoljava se, da Skenderbeg moze s vojskom proci u pomoc Stjepanu hercegu sv. Save kroz mletacke zemlje.
- ^ Safvet-beg Bašagić (1900). Kratka uputa u prošlost Bosne i Hercegovine, od g. 1463-1850 (in Serbo-Croatian). p. 20.
U Hercegovini Mahmut paša je udario na nenadani otpor. Kršna zemlja Hercegovina sa golim brdima, tijesnim klancima i nepristupnim gradovima zadavaše turskom konjaništvu puno neprilika. Osim toga domaći bogumili junački su se borili uz svoga hercega i njegove sinove. Doduše Mahmut paša je dolinom Neretve sjavio do pod Blagaj i obsijedao ga; nu je li ga zauzeo ili je poslije nagodbe s hercegom predao mu se, nema sigurnih vijesti. Videći herceg Stjepan, da bez povoljna uspjeha, Mahmut paša ne će ostaviti Hercegovine, otpremi najmlagjega sina Stjepana s bogatim darovima sultanu, da moli primirje. Na to Fatih ponudi, da gornju polovinu svojih zemlje ustupi Turskoj, a donju zadrži za se i za sinove. Mladoga Stjepana kao taoca zadrži u Carigradu, koji iza kratkog vremena pređe na Islam pod imenom Ahmed beg Hercegović. Herceg Stjepan pristane na sultanovu ponudu, pa sklopi mir i ustupi Turcima svu gornju Hercegovinu do Blagaja. Na to Mahmud paša bude pozvan u Carigrad.
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|Duke of Bosnia
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Dispatches from rural surgeons
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Rural surgery is a global issue: The perspective of an Argentine surgeon
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Why is this game so overated?
im not even trolling
everything i just said was true
how can you deny it
and the game play is really bad
i just mash rb and send daedra conjurations
GT- sufinomo
dark souls
jrr18 posted...
WillSimplyBe posted...Fallout New Vegas wasn't made by Bethesda, just published by them. It was Obsidian Entertainment who made it, and that's why it was so much better- oops...
NFL Redzone is the best in invention since procrasturbation.
DocOdine posted...
1: choose a new play style
your blinded by your love for this game
and fail to realize that everything i said is so true
GT- sufinomo
dark souls
Lol I didn't realize TC had Dark Souls in his sig.
Slightly better trolling, but still terrible.
Rebel is pretty much a planet, pulling all sorts of moons and satellites his way, among them good, bad, foolish, trollish, and everything else - SeaArrKing
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itrainpokemon posted...
DocOdine posted...1: choose a new play style
your blinded by your need for attention
and that's about it really
I hate pineapple pizza but I don't boycott pizza shops that offer that abomination.--The Liberator
Pokemon is in your name all complaints are forfeit and therefore invalid.
My counter argument
All the pokemonsters look the same...
two homosexuals are chasing an electric gerbil..
all the pokemonsters are illiterate but they have the capacity to speak..
Instead of teaching monsters to speak kids use them in dog fights..
that totally made no sence in new vegas. its bad enough that the guards in skyim are all psychic and know everything you do as soon as you do it, but in new vegas EVERYONE IN THE WHOLE DAMN GAME WAS EITHER PSYCHIC OR FOLLOWING YOU AROUND TO SEE WHAT YOU WERE DOING >>
yay great idea that was.
and the thieves guild, other than that hand guy will respect you after you are guild master.
be more cereal!
Dreadsword101 posted...
Alright... this topic is now about pies.
Apple! With a nice big slice of cheddar cheese on top!
Just kidding about the cheese part. That's ****ing disgusting.
I hate pineapple pizza but I don't boycott pizza shops that offer that abomination.--The Liberator
itrainpokemon posted...
DocOdine posted...1: choose a new play style
New vegas is the most bugged piece of S*** I have ever played and that includes oblivion, Fallout 3 and skyrim so they weren't all true.
Victory through superior fire power!
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Only one problem. YOU KEEP RIGHT ON VOTING THE SAME PEOPLE IN.
Nancy ("let's pass the bill then we'll see what's in it") will win again.
Reminds me of that Alcoholic dirt bag Edward Kennedy, who even if he raped a woman on the lawn of the White house would still win.
Mayor Marion Barry of Washing tom who was on tape with a prostitute smoking Crack just before his election still won.
^ Another neoconfederate speaks. Only in the evangelical south is it more important how an elected official behaves (a #$%$ from an intern! Nooooooooo!!!), than what policies he/she enacts and how much cash they bring to their district. It boggles the mind.
What do you expect from the Public School dropouts? Add to these your illegal immigrants who vote anyway, and you are now living in a country that is slowly deteriorating into a cesspool.
Stinki is a drop out he never went to school. Stupid stinki
Only in USRR sorry, USA... You jealous you aint getting away with rape son?


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Stayed here while traveling through Louisville. The hotel apparently has been completely renovated. Everything seemed new, i.e. paint, decor, lamps, shower stall and bath. Room is very simple but very clean, and that was all I needed. My room was near and exit and the walls seemed a little thin when someone left or entered the building. I thought that... More
This is a basic Sleep Inn, nothing fancy. However, the front desk service was friendly and efficient. The location is quiet. The price was perfect and inexpensive. The room clean and with the basic Sleep Inn items: small closet, flat screen large television, shower (no bath), good bed, awful pillows (that's every Sleep Inn, I find). Breakfast was quite nice;... More
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No wow factor here. Very nondescript hotel. Room was a little on the small side. They tried to compensate for that fact by having mirrors on every wall. No microwave or refrigerator, but it did have an in room coffee maker. Bathroom had a shower only no bathtub. Bed was comfy and afforded a good night's sleep. Channel choices on... More
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We checked in here about 10pm after about 14 hours in the car from MN. We were barely greeted by the staff behind the desk. He made no attempts to ask us how we were doing and just stuck to typing our information into the computer. Mr. Personality, he was definitely not. Not that he was rude, but it seemed... More
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Check in was fast and smooth, room was clean and recently renovated. New carpet smell in hallway but entered our room on the 3rd floor and reeked of cigarette. Desk clerk gave me a neutralizer spray and I bought an odor killer. We were there 4 days and it stilled had a strong smell. I wanted to make sure I... More
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Zara Phillips Olympics Equestrian Event: How Did She Fare?
Originally posted 07/31/2012 10:10AM
Spoiler Alert: Results from the Olympic Games are available live online, several hours ahead of the telecasts. If you'd rather find out how the athletes fare on TV, stop reading here!
Kate & William Are Among the Royals Cheering on Zara Phillips
Originally posted 07/30/2012 01:45PM
Spoiler Alert: Results from the Olympic Games are available live online, several hours ahead of the telecasts. If you'd rather find out how the athletes fare on TV, stop reading here!
It wasn't your everyday family outing.
On Monday as the Queen's granddaughter Zara Phillips competed in the difficult cross-country portion of Olympic equestrian event, her relatives Prince William, Kate, Prince Harry, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, and Camilla all applauded enthusiastically from the stands, as about 50,000 other spectators – including Phillips's mother, Princess Anne – viewed from along the 3.5-mile, 28-obstacle course.
Five minutes after setting off on her horse High Kingdom, Phillips, wearing No. 40, negotiated the Tower of London fence, eliciting tremendous applause – including from her cousins. Sitting between William and Camilla, Kate, who wore a pale blue Team GB badge on the right lapel of her navy blue jacket, also beamed a huge smile.
And there were more smiles to come.
Princess Eugenie Receives Degree and Heads to Work
Originally posted 07/07/2012 08:45AM
Time to close the books and roll up the sleeves.
Fresh out of Newcastle University with a degree in English and history of art, Princess Eugenie, 22, is going to join sister Beatrice, 23, who is doing her financial services exams, in the working world.
Fifth and sixth in line to the throne, the princesses now intend to work part-time in the so-called "family firm" – the business of handling royal responsibilities.
After getting her degree this week, Eugenie said: "Newcastle University has given me such an incredible three years. I have had a wonderful time ... learning and having a fantastic experience."
William & Kate Hang with Harry at the Diamond Jubilee Pop Concert
Originally posted 06/04/2012 06:45PM
Even the royals like to rock out.
At Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee pop concert Monday, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge sat with Prince Harry and Princess Beatrice to take in the show.
The royals were seated in a box high above the crowd of 20,000 invited guests to enjoy music from the 60 years of the Queen's reign. Many of the attendees waved Union Jack flags – Kate included!
The Duchess – in an Alexander McQueen jacket and a dress from Whistles – sat between Prince William and Beatrice. The young royals were just behind Prince Charles and his wife Camilla as they all listened to tunes from the likes of Paul McCartney, Tom Jones and Stevie Wonder.
Royal Family Floats Down Thames for Queen's Jubilee Pageant
Originally posted 06/03/2012 12:55PM
In a spectacular display of royal pageantry, Queen Elizabeth was feted at a special river-born celebration Sunday when she and her family rode down the Thames through London.
In a scale that hasn't been seen for around 350 years, more than 1,000 boats created a magical flotilla along the river – with the Queen, 86, at its heart. She took her place on the 210-ft. Spirit of Chartwell royal barge, which was given a makeover and bedecked with 10,000 roses, carnations, sweet peas and red charm peonies for the cruise – the centerpiece of her Diamond Jubilee.
Helping welcome her aboard were her grandson Prince William and his wife Kate.
Princesses Beatrice, Eugenie Escort the Queen to the Derby
Originally posted 06/02/2012 10:30AM
A beaming Queen Elizabeth kicked off her Diamond Jubilee celebrations Saturday when she was accompanied to the Epsom Derby by her granddaughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie.
The princesses were part of a large royal party, which also included their dad Prince Andrew, as the family began the weekend of fun to mark 60 years on the throne for the Queen. Their mother, Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, even Tweeted: "So proud of my of my beautiful daughters and how special to be at the Epsom Derby supporting their Granny what an amazing Grandmother the Queen is."
Princess Beatrice Gives Tour of Queen Elizabeth's Playhouse
Originally posted 05/30/2012 06:35PM
Princess Beatrice has put her DIY makeover skills to the test as a special gift to mark her grandmother's 60 years on the throne.
Beatrice, 23, redecorated a cute playhouse that Queen Elizabeth was given as a little girl.
Now, as Britain celebrates the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, the beautiful renovation of the little Wendy house has been unveiled. The home, called Y Bwthyn Bach (the Small House), was a present from the Welsh people to the then Princess Elizabeth, in March 1932 when she was just 5 years old.
Queen Elizabeth Loves to Laugh with Her Grandkids
Originally posted 05/25/2012 07:45AM
To the outside world, Queen Elizabeth sometimes appears as a poker-faced woman who seldom lets down her guard or offers up an opinion.
But when she's around her eight grandchildren (and two great-granddaughters), she "lights up," according to one of them.
Princess Eugenie, 21, says she loves telling the 86-year-old monarch about life at university. "We talk about my Newcastle life and how I've got so many essays and things and she still goes, 'Aha,' [and] laughs at what I say, which is lovely," Eugenie says during an ITV1 special, Elizabeth: Queen, Wife, Mother, airing in Britain on June 1.
Kate Is Pretty in Pink for the Queen
Originally posted 05/18/2012 10:00AM
The Duchess of Cambridge was looking good for Her Majesty on Friday.
She joined husband William and his brother Prince Harry for a special lunch at Windsor Castle during which Queen Elizabeth entertained monarchs from 26 countries and most members of her immediate family.
Kate, 30, wore a $2,000 coat dress designed by Emilia Wickstead. Described as a pleated dress with a square neck, it is made of double crepe wool and is from the current collection.
Princess Beatrice Graduates from College
Originally posted 09/09/2011 11:25AM
Princess Beatrice has a new hat!
Prince William's cousin, who loves to wear fabulous fascinators, put on a more tame and traditional topper Friday for her graduation from Goldsmiths College.
With her parents, Prince Andrew, the Duke of York and Sarah, Duchess of York in attendance, Beatrice, 23, received BA Honors degree in history and the history of ideas, according to the U.K.'s Daily Mail.
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