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Europe's history now became a maze of alliances, treacheries, claims and acquisitions. Historians usually consider the 10th century almost as dark and barbarous as the 7th, but this is only from the political and written word viewpoint. 10th century art was as splendid and technically skilful as that of any other age. (Ref. 116) Heavy iron horse-shoes which allowed hooves to tolerate wet soil had been brought into Europe from the east in the last century and by A.D. 1,000 they were cheap enough to be afforded by peasants; but still lacking an adequate yoke, horses could still not be used for plowing, harrowing nor even heavy hauling. (Ref. 213)
Cotton reached the Mediterranean world via the Arabs, from India. (Ref. 160)
A part of Byzantium
The Bulgar King Simeon, educated at Constantinople as a monk, was the first of his people to take the title of Czar. He extended his rule to Serbia and the Adriatic Sea and engaged in wars with Constantinople and Greece. The conversion of the Bulgarians to Christianity did not prevent their monarch from aspiring to the throne at Constantinople and he tried to civilize his people with Greek literature. After his death the country was weakened by civil strife and heretics converted about half of the population to pacifism and communism. Serbia recovered its independence in 931 but lost it again to the Bulgarian Samuel in 989.
But we are a little ahead of our story. In 963 the prince of Kiev, with Byzantine help, had annexed the eastern section of Bulgaria, which was in chaos at the time. By 969, however, led by Chichmanides, the western section managed to break away from the Kievan state and form an independent kingdom in the regions later to be known as Macedonia, Albania, the district of Moravia and some regions of Vidin and Sofia. Under King Samuel, Macedonia became the cultural center of the realm. Four years after Samuel's death the Byzantines had annexed his realm, however, and the First Bulgarian Empire had ended. (Ref. 206)
With regard to Serbia, Chaslav tried to unite the various mountain clans of Serbs in mid-century when they were somewhat out from under the Bulgarian yoke, but in the end the attempt was not successful.
At the end of the last century there had been considerable confusion concerning who was "king of Italy" and the Holy Roman Emperor. The title changed hands repeatedly among the late Carolingian heirs. Arnulf, illegitimate son of Carloman, grandson of Louis the German, was crowned king of Italy in 894 and then emperor in 896. Louis the Child was elected king by the magnates in 900. Upon his death in 911 Conrad, Duke of Franconia was elected in the same way. Italy was without effective native rule throughout this 10th century. In approximately the same period there were still others claiming to be the emperor. There was Berengar1, grandson of Louis the Pious, Guido of Spoleto, Lambert his son, and Louis of Provence, who was crowned emperor in 915. In the Germanic portion of the old Charlemagne Empire, King Henry I, called the Fowler, began his reign as the first Saxon king, but he avoided ecclesiastical coronation as emperor. But the "Middle Kingdom" of the three-way split, which included northern Italy, was weak and soon fell to the stronger Germany as Otto I the Great, succeeded Henry. After some difficulties with the pope, he was eventually crowned as Holy Roman Emperor in 962 and claimed all central and northern Italy except the papal territory of Rome and the Sabine region. In the papal state confusion had reigned for some time, with the landed aristocracy dominating. Marozia, mistress of Pope Sergius III1, controlled the Curia, imprisoned Pope John XI and took command of Rome until her son, Alberic II, could assume power.
In A.D. 950 the Mediterranean was almost entirely a "Muslim lake" and such trade as there was between east and west was in the hands of the Byzantine cities of Italy, such as Bari, Amalfi, Gaeta and Salerno and of course the independent Venice. Northern Italy was converted into a crisscross of irrigation canals for shipping goods. The Moslems were finally dislodged from their base on the Ligurian coast. (Ref. 213, 8)
The written Italian language can be said to date from A.D. 960. The old Latin final vowels were retained, but only one case.
While political fragmentation continued west of the Rhine, in the east a new Saxon Dynasty under Henry I and his son, Otto I the Great, extended influence over the German duchies and conquered the northern kingdom of Italy so that this Ottonian Empire emerged as an equal of Byzantium. By 925 this Saxon Dynasty had regained some territory from France, defeated the Danes and brought Bohemia and Moravia and the Elbe-Oder Slavs under their wing. Otto I married a daughter of Edward2 of England and this dynasty and the related Salic-Frankish Dynasty then ruled Germany until the middle of the 12th century and led through a female branch to the Hohenstaufen emperors to follow that. The social structure was characterized by the political and economic supremacy of the dukes and counts, bishops and abbots, as representatives of the secular and ecclesiastical nobility.
Early in his reign Otto gave most of Bavaria to his brother, Duke Henry. Germany was soon invaded by the Magyars from their bases in Hungary, but Otto finally defeated them at Lechfeld, near Augsburg, in 955, recovering the eastern Bavarian march and laying the foundation for the future Austria. The Magyar leaders were executed. (Ref. 8) It was after these battles that Otto invaded Italy and was finally crowned "Holy Roman Emperor" by Pope John XII, in 962, with central and northern Italy becoming an appanage of the German crown. This predominance of the German monarchy and the virtual eclipse of the French was a striking feature of the 10th century in Europe. Otto, with the help of his brother Bruno, Archbishop of Cologne, began a cultural revival. Late in life he learned to read Latin, but not to speak it. His court literary circle included Irish and English monks and learned Greeks and Italians. He did have some further trouble with Rome but did get his son coronated as Otto II and married to Theophano, daughter of the Greek emperor, Romanus II. Otto II (973-983) took five years to put down a revolt involving the Duke of Bavaria and Boleslav of Bohemia and then had to repulse an attempted Danish invasion. His infant son, Otto III began to rule in 983 under the influence of his brilliant mother, Theophano. As a young adult, in two expeditions to Italy at the end of the century Otto III decapitated Pope Crescentius II, deposed Pope John XVI and installed Pope Sylvester II. He then settled down in Rome, beginning a theatrical restoration of the splendors of the city, and alienating the populace. He died without heirs and was buried at his request beside Charlemagne, at Aachen. (Ref. 119)
In the first half of the century this area was controlled chiefly by the Magyars but after their defeat by King Otto in A.D. 955, the southeastern territories were given to Leopold of Babenberg as a reward for his help in crushing a Bavarian revolt. The Babenberg Dynasty then ruled Austria for the next 270 years, although nominally subject to the Holy Roman Emperor. In A.D. 996 the word "Ostarrichi" appeared for the first time in a document of the emperor. The word simply means "eastern realm".
The Magyars, who dominated and populated Hungary, raided far and wide between A.D. 937 and 955, going over all central Europe and to Orleans and Tours in France, as well as south to Nimes and then down Italy to the tip of the heel, but they did not settle and the disruption was short-lived. (Ref. 8) After they were defeated by the German Otto in 955 they took up Christianity of the Latin variety, as they were afraid of Byzantium. Throughout all, however, they retained their own Turko-Finnic (Magyar) language.
On the political scene, Arpad, who had led the Magyars into Hungary in about 907, was followed eventually by a great grandson, Duke Geisa, who established friendly relations with the Ottonian court and allowed some missionary activity from them. Geisa (also Geza) and his more famous son, Stephen (997-1038), welded the Magyars into a kingdom. Stephen, whose original name was Vajk, before his baptism, married a Bavarian princess and in A.D. 1,001 was crowned by the pope as King Stephen of Hungary3 (Ref. 119)
The Magyars of Hungary spent the opening years of the century destroying the Empire of Great Moravia. (Ref. 137) The creation of Bohemia (and Poland) by the Premyslid Dynasty was founded on agricultural development, suppression of tribal differences in spite of many independent tribal aristocracies and the influence of the Christian church. When Bohemia was early threatened by the Magyars, Miesko I made his country a vassal of Germany and then Bohemia emerged as a stable unit after 929 under Boleslav of the Premyslid line. (Ref. 8) Boleslav II founded the Bishopric of Prague, which resulted in the final conversion of the entire area, including Poland and Hungary, to Latin Christianity. Later in the century Bohemia became subject to the Polish ruler, as will be noted under EASTERN EUROPE, this chapter.
Lest we get carried away by the noble concept of kings and queens, nobles and bishops in this area of Europe, we should realize that these people were in many respects still fairly primitive and that cannibalism was not unknown. Some bands sold human meat labeled "pork" or "mutton", and this practice was to continue for centuries. (Ref. 211)
Switzerland had no separate existence at this time with its territory split between the domains of the Saxon Dynasty and the rulers of Burgundy. The relatively inaccessible Burgundy area was raided by Vikings, Moslems and finally Magyars, all within about 50 years. (Ref. 137)
NOTE: 38: The Holy Roman Empire And The Norman Kingdom in South Italy
Map taken from Reference 97.
At the beginning of this 1 0th century the map of western Europe, in part as a result of Viking raids, was a mosaic of intricate, interlacing counties, communities, principalities and lordships, all part of the feudal system. By the second half of the century the Viking raids had diminished and western Europe recovered rapidly. The heavy mold-board plow came into general use and made a great increase in agriculture possible, as drainage was obtained. Four oxen and long fields were required for this type of plow. While the mer- chants of the other civilization of Eurasia were primarily caterers to the tastes of their social superiors and were accustomed to regulation and taxation from above in the "command" system, which we mentioned at the beginning of the chapter, the aggressive, ruthless and self-reliant ethos of western European merchants was profoundly different. The distinctive characteristics of subsequent western history arise largely from this fact. (Ref. 8, 139)
Garcia, king of Leon, began an expansion eastward, building numerous castles in the area later to be known as Castile. The chiefly Berber armies of the Spanish Omayyad Caliphate periodically devastated the Christian kingdoms of both Leon and Navarre (Basque territory) but the Christian kings paid tribute and thus survived to eventually return the honors and attack the south. When this did occur, one reason was that sheep, which were vital to the economy of northern Spain, had to be taken south to winter pasture in the region held by the Arabs. Famines occurred in 915 and 929, probably due to the disease "rust" on wheat. (Ref. 137, 211)
In the Moslem area of the south the great city of Cordoba had 700 mosques, 3 public baths, a palace with 400 halls and rooms and a library with 400,000 books, as we have previously noted. This famed library continued to draw poets and scholars from all over the Moslem Empire. Abul Kasim, of Cordoba, wrote the first illustrated book of surgery, named Al-Tasrif, which included descriptions of lithotomy, tracheotomy and thyroidectomy, among other procedures. Eastern Islam carried sugar cane to Spain and to Madeira and the Canaries, where later it became an important industry.
The Jews of Cordoba lavished much money to draw men of Jewish law and letters to the city in an attempt to establish a Jewish rebirth politically and culturally. The most famous Jew of this era was the physician and politician, Hasdai ibn Shaprut, famed as a healer who translated medical works of the Greeks into Arabic, but he was also secretary and ambassador to Caliph Abd-er Rahman III (912-961), greatest of the Moslem rulers in Spain. He was the son of a Frankish concubine and a grandson of a Basque princess. Hakam II, caliph from 961 to 976, was overthrown by a bureaucrat first minister, Al Mansur, who became a dictator. After his death, the caliph deteriorated. (Ref. 2, 49, 196)
For most of this century in the west Frank kingdom of France there was a gradual decrease of royal power and the development of a strong feudalism, chiefly be- cause of the competition for the crown by the Carolingian and Robertian houses. The Carolingians kept control early, although Charles III, ruling from Laon was the last one with truly effective power. Viking, Magyar, and Moslem assaults all contributed to the royal downfall, as Charles III, called Charles the Simple, was unable to expel the northmen from the mouth of the Seine. In 911 he finally had to give the Viking leader, Rollo, all of Normandy in exchange for Rollo's baptism and oath of fealty. Actually the Viking chief took the oath lightly and filled up Normandy with Scandinavian immigrants, chiefly Danes. Although most historians have labeled Rollo (also Rolf) a Norwegian, Lauring (Ref. 117) says that he was of Danish royal family origin. The last of the Carolingian kings, at least in name, was Louis V and then Hugh Capet of the old Robertian House of Burgundy was elected king and started the new Capetian Dynasty in 987. France was now an independent kingdom, no longer subject to the Holy Roman Empire and so recognized by Otto III as a reward for the ceding of Lorraine to the Germans. Capet could speak no German and was the first French-speaking king. Indicative of the situation throughout most of Europe, France, even as a rather privileged country, still suffered 10 general famines in this century. (Ref. 117, 160, 119, 260)
The 10th century in England saw a rebirth of monastic life and learning and the beginning of native English literature. Alfred's son Edward (899-924) and grandson Athelston (or Ethelstan) (924-939) carried on the fighting on the frontier, making inroads into Daneslaw and finally conquering almost all of it. The last Scandinavian king of York was Eric Bloodaxe, who was expelled in A.D. 954. As the Danelaw was absorbed, the shire system was extended to it with the old Danish boroughs as a nucleus. The old clan organization was superseded by a quasi-feudal system whereby each man had a lord who was responsible for him at law. The great earldoms began to appear. England, as we know it today, began then to take shape as the boundary between England and Scotland was set at Tweed and Edgar was coronated as king of England in Bath in 973. When Edgar was only 15 years of age, however, he was assassinated in order to make way for Aethelred. (Ref. 8, 301)
For awhile the English kings got homage also from the Welsh and there was stability across the island. In about 980, however, the Vikings attacked again and the new Saxon king, Aethelred the Unready, failed to meet the challenge of the professional Viking army under Sweyn Forkbeard. Both Norwegians and Danes were involved in these attacks at the end of the century. Toynbee (Ref. 220) feels that these attacks actually stimulated the development of the definitive kingdom of England (Ref. 8, 43, 220, 119) Additional Notes
King Constantine II, grandson of Kenneth Mac Alpin, along with kings of Strathclyde and Northumbria, accepted vassalage to Athelstan when he was the English king. Constantine then abdicated in favor of his cousin, Malcolm, who became the 8th king of the Alpin line, most of them having been exterminated by murder. Acknowledging that he was the English king's vassal, he was ceded Strathclyde, although he had to terrorize the people there and burn their towns to get their acknowledgment. But Malcolm was also soon dead from poison and six more Alpins were king before the century was over, all meeting violent deaths. (Ref. 170)
The Norwegian kingdom continued to control Dublin and various northern islands and in addition the Vikings established Limerick about A.D. 920. The native Irish remained amazingly quiescent during this century. (Ref. 211) Additional Notes
As this century progressed the Scandinavians pretty well stopped their piracy and replaced it with European trade. In their written language, the runic characters were now generally abandoned as Christianity brought additional literacy to the area through a handful of English and Saxon missionaries. It was only at that time that the various Scandinavian states finally emerged as organized and even aggressive entities. (Ref. 137)
Haakon the Good, educated at the court of England's King Athelston, tried to introduce Christianity in Norway but made no headway and this religion had to wait for Olaf, son of Tryggve, as he became king in 995 and made the country Christian by the sword. Olaf, himself, remained polygamous. Shortly thereafter in A.D. 1,000 Norway was conquered by Sweden and Denmark, in the first of many inter-Scandinavian wars.
In the battle of Svolder, Olaf was defeated while sailing in his great Viking ship with 34 rowing seats4 and in apparent remorse, he jumped into the sea and was drowned. (Ref. 34)
Weaponsmith was one of the most admired skills of all Northmen and a superb group of tools found in a Norwegian weaponsmith's grave of this century attests to the wealth and status of such craftsmanship. Vikings also carved jet, amber and bone into small ornaments. (Ref. 79)
There is less information available about Sweden in these years than from the other northern countries but we do know that it was gradually united under the kings Uppland towards the end of the century and that Olaf Skotkonung gained control about A.D. 1000, became a Christian and ordered his subjects to do the same, by baptism. (Ref. 8)
King Gorm ruled the major part of Denmark during the first decades of the century, followed by his son Harold Bluetooth. Otto of Germany marched up into Jutlarld and then marched back without actually gaining any land, but Harold saw the possible danger from the Germans and combined the various smaller kingdoms of the Danes under his one rule, advising them to stay at home and protect their homeland. The Viking raider element in the population did not like this advice and they chose Harold's son, Sweyn Forkbeard, as their leader. Father and son battled at sea (as was the custom) with neither winning but Harold was mysteriously killed that night. It was Sweyn, then, who later battled and defeated the Norwegian King Olav Tryggveson at sea. Sweyn sent fleets westward for years, extracting the Danegeld (a type of "protection" racket) from Aethelred of England. (Ref. 34, 117) Additional Notes
No special change in Finland in this century.
By 934 Iceland was as thickly settled as it would be until World War 11, with perhaps 50,000 to 60,000 people and a great literature accumulated. In A.D. 1,000 the Allthing (Parliament) formally adopted Christianity. One-half the people in Iceland were from Bergen, Norway, having fled from the tyranny of Harold Fairhair in the previous century. Sailing from Iceland, but originally from Norway, Bjarno Herjolfsson visited the coast of North America in 985 and a Norwegian colony was established on Greenland by Thorwald and his son Eric the Red of Jaeder, Norway about A.D. 1,000. (Ref. 237)
Some six tribes in Poland were finally united early in this period under the domination of the Polani Slavs with Meiszko I as the first historical ruler of the Polish people. The German Otto had previously subdued many Polish dukes, so in order to avoid further conquest by the Germans, Mieszko placed Poland under the Latin pope. In this attachment with Latin Christianity, Poland, Bohemia and Moravia differed from all the southern Slavs. Subsequently Mieszko resisted Otto II's armies and established the Polish border along the line of the Oder River and the Baltic Sea. His daughter married the king of Sweden and then she later married the king of the Danes and was the mother of Canute, of whom we shall hear much more in the next chapter. The chief city of Poland was Gniezno.
Boleslav I, ruling from 992 after Meiszko's death, was one of the founders of Polish greatness, conquering Moravia, part of Silesia and even Cracow. He had an efficient military machine and laid the basis for an good administrative system. He gained further access to the Baltic by conquering eastern Pomerania. (Ref. 8) Around various feudal centers having local princes, artisan villages developed, each dedicated to a single industry, such as making barrels, or gold-smithing, or horse-breeding. Kruszuica was one of these complexes which developed very rapidly. (Ref. 244)
The Scandinavian merchants were still prominent in the river trade in Russia. Maureen Green (Ref. 79) quotes the Arab historian Ibn Fadlan, writing of the Vikings' arrival on the Volga in 922: "Never had I seen people of more perfect physiques. They are as tall as date palms, have reddish hair and fair skins. Every man carries an axe, a sword and a dagger, and is never seen without them". But he added: "They are the dirtiest of God's creatures."
The Slavonic tribes about Kiev (the Varangian principality) were loosely united as "Rus" Thomas (Ref . 213) says that the first Grand Duchy of Kiev resembled the East India or South African Companies, only under Viking instead of English lords. Oleg and later Igor fought to the gates of Constantinople and forced various treaties with Byzantium. Igor's son, Svyatoslav, was the first Kievan prince to bear a Slavic rather than a Scandinavian name. Igor's widow, Olga, ruled for their child-son and introduced tax and administrative reforms which struck down the old tribal systems, and in various communities, types of parliaments were established. In addition to the upper classes (the families of princes, bodyguards, courtiers, etc.) and the working class of freemen and the slaves, there now appeared other classes such as traders and artisans and merchants. Illiteracy dropped. Although Olga became a Christian, with ceremonies in Constantinople in 957, Svyatoslav remained a pagan when he took the throne. He led the Rus in plundering the Khazar capital on the Volga but this was not difficult as the formerly war-like Khazars had largely become merchants and farmers. As the Grand Prince Svyatoslav attempted to destroy these peaceful people in 962 and 963 he only opened up the way for the fierce Pechnegs, who then dominated the southern Russian steppe, and who finally killed the Kievan prince. Additional Notes
After six years of fratricidal war Vladimir Svyatoslavich (980-1015) of Great Novgorod, with the help of Viking warriors, became the ruler of Kiev and the groom of a sister of the Byzantine Emperor Basil II, thus making Russia a daughter of Byzantium. Through this marriage and trading links, the Greek Christian faith made considerable inroads into the Russian state. (Ref. 49, 79, 8, 222)
The original Georgian kingdoms had not reappeared after the Arab withdrawal although in 978 Abasgia re-christened herself "Georgia" in a bid for rekindling of old Georgian patriotism. (Ref. 137)


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My boyfriend and I both love Godsmack (and Halestorm too!), and we are planning on going to the Syracuse show. I'm not sure if they're doing a presale for that show, but I didn't get the e-mail with the code because I'm apparently a dumbass and was completely unprepared (i.e., not registered on this website) and therefore did not get the e-mail this morning with the code. If anyone would be willing to help me out, I would really, really, really appreciate it! I reeeeeeally would love to get good seats! Please? :-/
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The up vote and down vote buttons were put in place to allow members to vote positively (up vote) or negatively on a given post.
As the myriad of other threads in the Site and Forum Feedback subforum shows it caused more distractions and issues when the downvote was in place. Arn is looking into the usage of both as he noted in one of the other downvote threads but for now we only have the up vote button
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I think they should bring back the downvote button. With just the upvote button, it's akin to something like Facebook likes, which was not the intended purpose for the rating system.
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February 13th, 2009, 06:24 PM | #1 |
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Sony A300
I have a 14 year old girl that is working on her middle school yearbook.
She really is enjoying taking pictures, but all I have got her so far is a couple point and shoot digitals. One of the parents from my son's wrestling team let her shoot some stuff with her Sony A300 and she really liked it. The big thing was the tilting view finding screen thing. I found that camera with a 35-70mm lens and a 18-200mm lens for under 500 bucks. Would that be a decent camera for her???? |
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That camera has great reviews.
You cant go wrong with it or a Cannon or Nikon entry level DSLR. The best thing about the Sony is the Live view performs much better than its competitors. There are good reviews at steves digicams website. Google it. |
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I have the A300 and absolutely love it. Not an entry level by any means, but if you have the coin to drop on it then I say you cant go wrong.
I really wanted to get a canon, and when I compared the "feel" and what not side by side with the sony, I ended up with the sony. the only thing I dont like about it is no movies....most dslr's dont do movies except the new nikon for like 1200 bucks. so I just went out and got a digital video camera that records to SD cards that is actually smaller than my DSLR. good luck |
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All right you guy's better be right, 1 Sony A300 on it's way with 1 35-75mm lens and 1 75-300mm lens, I went with the bigger lens.....
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For some people with bladder cancer, treatment may remove or destroy the cancer. Completing treatment can be both stressful and exciting. You may be relieved to finish treatment, but find it hard not to worry about cancer growing or coming back. (When cancer comes back after treatment, it is called recurrence.) This is a very common concern in people who have had cancer.
It may take a while before your fears lessen. But it may help to know that many cancer survivors have learned to live with this uncertainty and are living full lives. Our document, Living With Uncertainty: The Fear of Cancer Recurrence, gives more detailed information on this.
For other people, the bladder cancer may never go away completely. These people may get regular treatments with chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or other therapies to help keep the cancer in check. Learning to live with cancer as a more of a chronic disease can be difficult and very stressful. It has its own type of uncertainty.
Follow-up care
If you have completed treatment, your doctors will still want to watch you closely. People who have had bladder cancer are at high risk of developing a second bladder cancer, so it is very important to go to all of your follow-up appointments. During these visits, your doctors will ask questions about any problems you may have and may do exams, lab tests (such as urine cytology), and imaging tests. These tests are described in the section "How is bladder cancer diagnosed?"
In people with no signs of cancer remaining, most experts recommend repeat exams every 3 to 6 months to see if the cancer is growing back or if there is a new cancer within the urinary system. Your schedule of exams and tests will depend on the original extent and grade of the cancer, what treatments you've had, and other factors. Be sure to follow your doctor's advice about follow-up tests. A typical follow-up plan includes urine cytology, a general physical exam, imaging tests, and routine blood tests. If your bladder has not been removed, regular cystoscopy exams will be part of the plan as well. The time between doctor visits may be extended after a few years if no new cancers are seen.
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WASHINGTON, March 10- The U.S. Navy has awarded contracts worth nearly $1.4 billion to buy four more Littoral Combat Ships from Lockheed Martin Corp and Australia's Austal Ltd, the U.S. Defense Department said on Monday.
F-35 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER The Pentagon said it remained strongly committed to the Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jet program, which includes an engine built by Pratt& Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp. Northrop Grumman Corp and Britain's BAE Systems Plc also provide significant components for the aircraft.
OTTAWA/ WASHINGTON, Feb 14- U.S. weapons maker General Dynamics Corp has won a contract worth up to $13 billion for its Canadian division to build light-armored vehicles for Saudi Arabia, in what Ottawa said was the largest advanced manufacturing export win in Canadian history.
WASHINGTON, Feb 14- U.S. weapons maker General Dynamics Corp said on Friday it had won a contract valued at up to $13 billion from the Canadian government to build military and commercial vehicles for an international customer.
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Boeing said it expects core earnings to rise to as much as $7.20 a share in 2014, up less than 2 percent from $7.07 a share for 2013.. Robert Stallard, analyst at RBC Capital Markets, said he expected concern about the 2014 forecast, but Boeing's pattern of conservative guidance at the start of the year was well-established.
Chicago- based Boeing said net income in the quarter rose to $1.23 billion, or $1.61 a share, from $978 million, or $1.28 a share, a year earlier. Boeing said it would deliver between 715 and 725 commercial airplanes this year, a possible increase of nearly 12 percent from a record 648 in 2013..
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Brit astrophysical model scoops £1.1m at poker
A 25-year-old Brit astrophysics graduate, model and pro poker player has scooped the £1.1m European Poker Tour jackpot, the Sun reports. Liv Boeree at the 2008 World Series of Poker. Photo: Gene Bromberg Liv Boeree saw off 1,240 rivals in the San Remo tournament, finally trumping Jakob Carlsson's ace high and a six with a pair …
Gorgeous, young, intelligent and a millionaire, she'd make some chap a lovely wife. ;)
I don't remember astrophysics graduates like this...
So who is going to make the first heavenly body joke?
Words fail me.
When I did physics at university there wasnt even a girl at the place that hot, or with that great a set of interests, let alone in the physics department..... I actually dont recal a single girl in the physics department...
It makes me very sad and wish I had a time machine......
April Fool's was ages ago
Are you trying to kill your readership? Surely no such creature exists!
You missed the most important fact about her
So, she is :
(All the above can be prefixed with "very")
But : Is she single?
Follow up question : Does she go for the "geeky" type?
These are all important questions that need to be answered. I think it's time for El Reg to do an interview.
And can we have a Liv Boeree icon please? She's a sort of perfect opposite to the braindead Paris.
Where is....the....I........T....nevermind.
Sky at Night would probably attract a hell of a lot more viewers if she was co-presenter.
....flood of bad poke-her puns.
Paris, because she also likes to give a good shuffle.
..."out of my league" just doesn't cover it.
What happened to the idea that everyone has strengths and weaknesses that more or less balance out in one way or another?!
out of my league!
Frustrating isn't it? I thought it depressing, that the delectable Victoria Coren was 'out of' my league.
But now this beautifall young lady comes along, who is younger, better academically qualified and has greater poker winnings!
Oh for the day, when we are all genetically modified and are all truly equal. A time when all this negative unrealistic yearning, will be a thing of the past!
Is there a course on writing ambigious headlines?
Because this would be a prime candidate for a case study.
Completely accurate, but you have to actually read the article before you understand what it means!
not intimidating...no
let's see...a girl that's into heavy metal, is obviously way smarter than me and can kick my a-hole at poker? no...not intimidated at all ;-) good on her. you GO girl!
Colo(u)r me impressed
"astrophysics graduate, model and pro poker player" and likes metal as well..
How can a woman become more perfect?
Hot Hot Hot
Just Hot! All round Hot.
Geek disappointed...
... I thought this would have been some clever programing which had adapted a piece of astrophysical modelling software to play poker and win against other computers.
(Oh, a woman? I've heard of those...)
Beautiful, intelligent and talented....
Beautiful, intelligent and talented....
... I know what she's going through.
Paris - because she enjoys a good poker
She really ought to put some of her winnings towards the victims of all those earthquakes she has been causing.
See http://www.examiner.com/x-2593-Modern-Love-Examiner~y2010m4d23-Boobquake-2010-80000-women-to-bare-breasts-protest-Iranian-clerics-promiscuity-claim
An excellent cause, which I'd say she is superbly supporting, even though she may not know it.
But she probably does. She probably has an excellent knowledge of world affairs on top of all the other things that make me feel thoroughly inadequate ;)
"astrophysics graduate, model and pro poker player"
And now rich along with all that.
I draw a small crumb of comfort from the fact that she doesn't appear to have a flat head to put my beer glass on.
I work for a gambling company, so I can get away with reading this article as work-related. I just need to check some facts again. And again...
"Fans dreaming of dating Liv have been dealt a blow as she already has a fella - US card ace Allie Prescott. "
Fail - for the the fact she's attached.
Not bad
But I've know hotter Engineering undergrads*.
Running make up modules in Maths and using a prgrammed learning textbook helps open the field.
*But I'm not saying where or when.
Ok, but now what _is_ the IT angle?
There is an astrophysics angle for sure, but that's not enough. May it's the =Sun= namedropping?
Anyway, we shall raise glasses to the lady.
Poke 'er
Your link seems to point mainly to Christy Hemme, rather than Liv Boeree, judging by my extensive research on the interweb. One of them has to lean a lot farther forwards to see their cards.
Astrophysics grad...
Successful poker player...
Likes Metal.....
If she weren't already attached...
... it seems to me her natural pairing would be with Prof Brian Cox.
Can you imagine the potential in their kids...
I for one welcome our new sci-music overlords.
... and in other news
.... geeks still don't get enought female company .
In a changing world, it's nice to have some things you can rely on.
/Wipes away a tear.
... from his face .. (honest guv)
Deal with the devil
There must be something wrong with her, you can't have so much good stuff in one person. I bet she gives the ending away while watching every movie, and nags you about doing the washing up as soon as you get home from work.
Either that or she made a deal with the devil to make her lusted after by the most powerful men in the world, without realising that they were mostly nerds.
the deal is
she has to beat you lot off with a stick.
no, i dont mean like that -_-
standard Issue anime-pervert-sledgehammer.
From the headline I was expecting a story about a mathematical model of the cosmos being applied successfully to the gaming tables, a victory for plucky British boffins. Reading this article made me feel inadequate.


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A fire that started on on the Tahoe National Forest near Bullards Bar Reservoir is spreading smoke into Plumas County. Smoke is visible through much of the county and ash is falling in many areas.
The Bullards Bar Fire started late yesterday afternoon in hot dry and windy conditions. It burned actively through the night. Yesterday's hot and dry conditions have given way to a cooler and more humid air mass today, but continued winds are apparently fanning the flames.
The fire is burning in Yuba County northeast of Yuba City and east of Marysville near Marysville Road. Road closures and evacuations are in effect. The rapid spread of the blaze has prompted Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to declare a state of emergency in Yuba County.
The fire was reported to be 850 acres earlier today and was being fought by 420 fire fighters. Firefighters are being challenged by very steep terrain, however weather conditions over the next 36 to 48 hours should turn more favorable.
Firefighting efforts are being coordinated by the Tahoe National Forest and Cal Fire.
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Drennan & Ford Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Janice L. Conley
Janice L. Conley, passed away December 14th, 2010. Janice was born to Basil and
Nellie Lambert on October 22, 1937 in Garrison,
Kentucky. In 1954 she graduated from Glenwood High school in New Boston Ohio. Upon graduation Janice enlisted in the Marine Corps where she served from 1955-1964.
During her service years she met and married Gunney Sgt. Glen Conley. They married in January of 1963 in Beaver, Washington. Following her military service Glen and Janice settled in Sequim, Wash., where Janice became employed for a number of years with the Sequim Press. She later obtained her realtor license and worked for Coldwell Banker for 20 years until retirement.
Janice is survived by her husband of 47 years Glen Conley, her son Douglass Conley of Sequim and daughter Janell Conley of Sequim. She is also survived by two grandchildren and one greatgrandchild. Janice is also survived by sister Mary Logan of Mansfield, Ohio.
E.J.'"Bud" McCall
February 13, 1923 ~ December 14, 2010
E.J. (Bud) McCall, age 87, passed away quietly at home while surrounded by his family. The cause of death was cancer. Bud accomplished this feat with the same dignity, quiet determination and humor that he had shown in all of his lifetime accomplishments.
He will be greatly missed by his family, many, many friends and neighbors.
Bud was born February 13, 1923, to Agnes J. (Vale) McCall and Edmond Vern McCall in Tacoma, Washington. He was raised in Tacoma, Seattle, and Bremerton, and graduated from Lincoln High School in Seattle.
E.J. was proud to serve our country during World War II, in the Army Signal Corps in Burma and India. Bud retired as Supervisor from U.S. West Communications (now called Qwest) in 1979, after 38 years of service in various capacities. He was originally transferred to Port Angeles in 1947, to help prepare for converting the phone system from manual operations to a dial system.
Edmond married Adele J. Senz on September 5,1948. They were divorced in 1988.
Bud was an avid hiker and backpacker and was a member and past president of the Klahhane Hiking Club. He was also a member of the Elks Club, Telephone Pioneers of America, Sequim VFW,
Sequim Senior Center and loved to play bridge at the Sequim Senior Center Bridge Club and the Dominion Terrace Community Center.
Edmond is survived by a sister, Betty Loomis of Seattle, Wash.; daughters Janis (Leon) Dixon of Indianapolis, Ind., Susan (John) Lee of Port Angeles, Wash.; and sons Kevin and Patrick McCall, also of Port Angeles, Wash.; five grandchildren: Jennifer Schaeffer, Marcie McCall, Elesia (Mike) Hines, Micheal Dixon, and Patsy (John)
Samuelson; two great-grandchildren Emma McCall and Khloe
Samuelson; and his best friend and traveling companion, Jo Robb.
A potluck celebration of life will be held on February 13, 2011, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., at the Dominion Terrace Community clubhouse, 1301 S. 3rd Ave., Sequim, Wash. Bring something yummy to eat and funny (or not) stories of Bud to share.
Memorial Contributions may be sent to the Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County, 540 E. 8th St., Port Angeles, WA 98362, to keep this very valuable organization available to help more people of Clallam County.
Cremation services were provided by Drennan-Ford Funeral and Crematory, Inc. of Port Angeles.
Earl J. Whiting
A memorial service is planned for Earl J. Whiting of Sequim, who died December 25th at the age of 84.
He was born on March 25, 1926 in Washougal, WA to Earle T. and Fay Clearwater Whiting. Earl graduated from Camas High School in 1944 and immediately joined the Army. He served as a technical sergeant.
In 1946 he married Emagene Coe of Portland, OR. Upon discharge from the Army, he returned to Camas and began working for Crown Zellerbach Paper Company. He continued to work there for 37 years, retiring in 1983 as production superintendent. In that capacity, he served as consultant to Crown Zellerbach Mill Managers in St. Francisville LA, Wauna OR, Laja Chile and Crown Van Gelder (Velson Nord) Holland.
After retirement, he and Emagene made their home in Sequim. Earl enjoyed living on the peninsula, hunting, fishing, and crabbing and, in the fall, gathering wild mushrooms. He loved the mountains.
He died peacefully at home on Christmas day surrounded by his family. Survivors include his wife Emagene of Sequim; son Paul and wife Jordis Jensen Whiting of Vancouver, WA; daughter Jeanette Whiting Blum of Olympia; sister Virginia Whiting Garrod of Sequim; and grandson Aaron Blum of Marysville, WA. His son David Whiting preceded him in death in 2009.
Memorial donations in Earl's name may be made to Olympic Cancer Center in Sequim.
Ragnar A. Temte
Lieutenant, US Navy Retired
5 October 1921 - 10 December 2010
Ragnar was born in Nedre Eiker, Norway. In 1928, he, his parents, his two brothers and his sister emigrated from Norway to Everett, WA. They had little money and spoke no English. With hard work the family earned a living, learned English and became citizens.
In 1942,Ragnar joined the United States Navy. He proudly served as a career sailor and officer. Ragnar was a respected leader of men in combat and in life. He served aboard the USS Cahaba A082. Later he was assigned to the USS Valley Forge CV45. Ragnar reported aboard as Boatswain's Mate First Class. Fifteen years and 3 months later, he left the Valley as Lt.j.g. On the USS Valley Forge, Ragnar made a world tour and visited his beloved Norway. The Valley became the first US aircraft carrier to circumnavigate the globe (1947 - 1948) since the Great White Fleet cruised around the world in 1907 under the command of Adm. Dewey.
After the Valley, Ragnar served aboard the USS Passumpsic AO107 and was promoted to Lieutenant. Ragnar served 24 years of continuous sea duty. His only tour of shore duty was served at Naval Ammunition Depot Bangor, WA where he retired from the Navy in 1968. He served in WWII, the Korean Conflict, and Vietnam. After retirement from the Navy, Ragnar worked as a steamship agent in California until his retirement from his civilian career in 1977. He, his wife, Carolyn, and son, Patrick, then moved to Sequim.
In 2008,The Valley Forge Reunion club and Navy Region Northwest honored Ragnar for his dedication and service to the U. S. Navy and the Valley Forge. He was awarded a commemorative coin to recognize and honor his outstanding service and leadership.
Ragnar enjoyed square dancing, traveling and wine making. He dearly loved his cat, Maddielion.
In addition to his wife and son, he will be missed by brother, Jens of Marysville, WA, sister, Randi Hughes of Sioux Falls, SD, sister-in-law, Helen (Gunnar) of Seattle, sister-in-law, Twila Bivins of Ohio, many wonderful nieces and nephews and a host of marvelous friends especially Anne Won and family of Germany.
A memorial service will be held January 15 at 2 pm at St Luke's Episcopal church in Sequim. Memorial donations may be made to Peninsula Friends of Animals Box 404 Sequim WA 98382.
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spotify: error while loading shared libraries: libssl.so.0.9.8: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Same with libcrypto I don't have that file, maybe im missing something or we need to bump libssl Shoulden't we provide libssl.so.0.9.8 from our openssl? I also seen that other makes a own package to only provide them. Like arch do:
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/op/openssl-compatibility/PKGBUILD Ubuntu have made something similar, they got a own package libssl0.9.8 to be able to install to get those files that are missing for...like spotify. Can we do something similar to be able to get spotify going again in Foresight? about spotify, how arch fixes it:
#Link ssl 0.9.8 libraries to most up to date openssl reopen if still an issue