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Zendaya is the perfect person to take the role she has talent she is young beautiful and she is not expensive unlike other celebrties plus she looks like her so much and loves Aaliyah so i think she would give it her best making this an awesome job and movie so i suggest you choose her and plus all of her fans wich is a lot would go to see the movie.
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I rather for Zendaya to play Aaliyah than Rihanna. I feel like it would be disrespectful if they gave Rihanna the role. Hopefully Zendaya can play the role really well because I really don't like Watching people who played on Disney shows into real movies. I don't care about her skin tone. As long as she can play the role right. She is going to have a lot of pressure on her. More than this.
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@Jamie,Kylie is too old.
Aaliyah died at age 22.
The person who plays her would have to be able to play her from age 14 to age 22 when she died.
Can Kylie even dance?
They need someone that can already dance.
This person will need to be able to pick up choreography fast.
Zendaya has all the elements for this role.
I say give her a chance, she'll do great.
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Unfortunately for Aliyah, as good as she was, she did not reach her full potential before her death. How can Rihanna who has achieved more than she did in her lifetime want to play her? If you guys are talking of Whitney Houston, it will be understandable. RIP Aliyah, your death is a great loss.
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Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 505230, 5 pages
Risk Management at the Macroeconomy Level and Development in Developing Countries
Economics, Eastern Illinois University, 600 East Lincoln Avenue, Charleston, IL 61920, USA
Received 29 March 2014; Revised 6 May 2014; Accepted 7 May 2014; Published 19 May 2014
Academic Editor: Udo Broll
Copyright © 2014 Minh Quang Dao. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This paper examines the impact of risk management at the macroeconomy level on economic development in developing countries. Based on data from the World Bank, we use a sample of sixty-three developing economies and find that selected indicators related to risk management at the macroeconomy level do have a statistically significant effect on economic development in these countries. We observe that high inflation rates do not seem to statistically affect economic development even though the coefficient estimate of this variable does have the anticipated negative sign. Regression results show that almost sixty percent of cross-developing country variations in purchasing power parity per capita gross national income can be explained by its linear dependency on the share of international reserves in the GDP and the Worldwide Governance Indicators average. Statistical results of such empirical examination will assist governments in developing countries identify risk management strategies at the macroeconomy level that may be used as powerful instruments for economic development.
1. Introduction
According to the 2014 World Development Report [1], Risk and Opportunity: Managing Risk for Development, macroeconomic preparation has protected the economies of countries as diverse as the Czech Republic, Kenya, and Peru from the adverse effects of the recent global financial crisis. Smaller fiscal deficits and disciplined monetary policy as well as smaller current account deficits enabled these countries to experience a smaller decrease in growth rates following the 2008 international crisis compared to that in the aftermath of the 1997 East Asian crisis. Didier et al. [2] observe the same beneficial effect of macroeconomic preparation in many other low- and middle-income countries. Moderate inflation and sustainable public deficits speed up economic growth while at the same time lowering volatility in the face of external and domestic shocks (see, for instance, Bruno and Easterly [3]).
Since the macroeconomy is the platform where all economic activity occurs, sound macroeconomic management can bring about an environment where households, communities, and enterprises are able to plan for the long haul and undertake their own risk management. In addition, macroeconomic policy can handle large systemic risks, which households and other socioeconomic systems are incapable of addressing on their own. Barro [4] has pointed out that the world economy for decades has been marked by macroeconomic crises which have imposed large welfare losses, more perceptively so since 2007. As a result, policy makers play an important role in preventing these crises or at least in alleviating their effects.
It is normal for modern economies to experience business fluctuations and some level of volatility in the general price level, output, and employment. Evidence shows that high inflation and sudden changes in economic activity produce harmful effects such as a reduction in employment, a credit interruption, and an investment deferment, leading to output losses and a decline in long-term economic growth (see, e.g., Hnatkovska and Loyaza [5]).
The current study empirically examines the effect of selected indicators related to risk management at the macroeconomy level on economic development. Based on data from the World Bank, we use a sample of sixty-three (the sample consists of the following countries: Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Belarus, Benin, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Republic of Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Hungary, India, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Liberia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovak Republic, South Africa, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, and Yemen Republic) developing economies and find that selected indicators related to risk management at the macroeconomy level do have a statistically significant effect on economic development in these countries. Regression results show that sixty percent of cross-developing country variations in purchasing power parity per capita gross national income can be explained by its linear dependency on the consumer price index (CPI) inflation rate, the percentage of international reserves in the GDP, and the Worldwide Governance Indicators average. Statistical results of such empirical examination will assist governments in developing countries identify risk management strategies at the macroeconomy level that may be used as powerful instruments for economic development.
This paper is organized as follows. In the next section, a statistical model to be estimated is formulated. Theoretical underpinnings for the inclusion of explanatory variables are presented in this section. Statistical results are reported in the subsequent section. A final section gives concluding remarks as well as policy recommendations.
2. The Statistical Model
If we assume that various indicators related to risk management at the macroeconomy level linearly affect the level of per capita GDP in a developing country, we can state the following statistical model: where PPPGNI = purchasing power parity GNI per capita, in dollars in 2012. CPIInfRat = dummy variable which takes on the value of 1 if the consumer price index (CPI) inflation rate, annual average 2010–12 (this is the annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services, which may be fixed or changed at specified intervals; the Laspeyres formula is generally used) is above 3 percent and 0 otherwise. InterReserves = percentage of international reserves in the GDP, annual average, 2010–12 (these are holdings of monetary gold, special drawing rights, reserves of IMF members held by the IMF, and holdings of foreign exchange under the control of monetary authorities; the gold component of these reserves is valued at year end (December 31) London prices.). GovnceInd = Worldwide Governance Indicators average, on a scale of −2.5 (least) to 2.5 (most), in 2011 (this is the average of six indicators reflecting broad dimensions of governance (voice and accountability; political stability and absence of violence; government effectiveness; regulatory quality; rule of law; control of corruption) as defined by the Worldwide Governance Indicators project). ExchgClass = coarse classification of flexible exchange rate regimes, on a scale of 1 (least flexible) to 6 (most flexible), 2006–10 (for each country, five year averages of observed exchange rage flexibility (1996–2000, 2001–05, 2006–10) are computed based on a taxonomy of de facto exchange rate arrangements; the coarse classification of exchange rate regimes takes values between 1 and 6, ranging from the least to most flexible exchange rate regimes). GrossPubDbt = gross public debt as a percent of GDP, annual average, 2010–12 (gross public debt is all liabilities that require payment or payments of interest and/or principal by the debtor to the creditor at a date or dates in the future; gross public debt includes debt liabilities in the form of special drawing rights, currency and deposits, debt securities, loans, insurance, pensions and standardized guarantee schemes, and other accounts payable). GovtSurp = government primary surplus as a percentage of GDP, 2010–12 annual average (The government primary surplus is the gross fiscal balance plus net interest payments.). = random error term, with mean 0 and uniform variance.
As pointed out by Hnatkovska and Loyaza [5], high inflation can produce harmful effects such as a reduction in employment, an interruption of credit, and a deferment in investment, leading to output losses. We thus choose to include a dummy variable which takes on the value of 1 if the consumer price index (CPI) inflation rate is above 3 percent and 0 otherwise to capture this effect. We expect the coefficient estimate of this variable to have a negative sign.
Kaminsky et al. [6] observe that fiscal policy in developing countries has the tendency of being procyclical by magnifying upswings and worsening recessions, as far as risk management is concerned. To capture the failure of fiscal policy as a tool of macroeconomic policy due to the fact that it has several goals and tools while at the same time being influenced by the political process, we choose to include two explanatory variables, namely, the share of government primary surplus in the GDP and that of gross of public debt, and expect that the higher the value of the first variable and the lower that of the second variable in a developing country, the more likely the country is preparing for risk, hence, the higher its level of economic development.
To capture the effect sound macroeconomic management before a crisis on development, we include the share of international reserves in the GDP as explanatory variable and expect the coefficient estimate of this variable to have a positive sign. Smaller fiscal deficit and increased international reserves create a buffer that permits developing countries to use countercyclical policies in response to their growth downturns, thereby leading to a much faster recovery.
Another way in which the macroeconomy sector can impact risk management and thus economic development is through flexible exchange rate regimes. Whether a shock came from within or from outside of the domestic economy, flexible exchange rates have a proven track record for absorbing shocks. Edwards and Levy Yeyati [7] show that countries which adopt flexible exchange rate regimes have the tendency of recovering faster and more robustly from deterioration in their terms of trade, while Ramcharan [8] observes the same phenomenon in countries that experienced degradation due to natural disasters. Countries with flexible exchange rates adjust better to shocks that may cause internal or external imbalances (see, for instance, Edwards [9], Lane and Milesi-Ferretti [10], and Ghosh et al. [11]). To estimate this impact we use the coarse classification of flexible exchange rate regimes and expect its coefficient estimate to have a positive sign.
Finally, improved governance can help make the government respond better the needs of the population while being held accountable for its actions. Reinikka and Svensson [12], for instance, reported on how a newspaper campaign in Uganda helped fight corruption in order to improve schooling. Speer [13] argues that a good strategy for raising government responsiveness and for ameliorating public services is participatory governance reform, while Devarajan et al. [14] emphasizes the interaction between civil society, public action, and accountability in Africa. To capture the positive effect of improved governance on economic development, we use the Worldwide Governance Indicators average and expect its coefficient estimate to have a positive sign. Data for all variables are from the 2012 and 2014 World Development Reports [1, 15] and the 2013 World Development Indicators [16].
3. Empirical Results
Table 1 gives least-squares estimates of regression coefficients in (1) for a sample of sixty-three developing economies. The goodness of fit of the model to the data is very good as indicated by the high value of 0.546 of the adjusted coefficient of determination. We observe that four explanatory variables are not statistically significant, namely, the share of the government primary surplus in the GDP, that of gross public debt in the GDP, the coarse classification of flexible exchange rate regimes, and the consumer price index (CPI) inflation rate dummy variable, even though the coefficient estimate of the latter variable does have the anticipated negative sign.
As the share of international reserves in the GDP increases by one percentage point, we would expect a $83 increase in purchasing power parity gross national income per capita, while other things will be equal. On the other hand, a one hundredth of a point increase in the Worldwide Governance Indicators average is expected to lead to a $91 increase in per capita gross national income, ceteris paribus (the reason we choose to increase the Worldwide Governance Indicators average by one hundredth of a point is because the range of values for this variable is only from −2.5 to 2.5 and the data are rounded off to two decimals).
Using the backward elimination stepwise method we arrive at a revised model, the regression results of which are reported in Table 2. We note that the goodness of fit of the model to the data is better as indicated by the higher value of 0.564 of the adjusted coefficient of determination. We observe that two out of three explanatory variables are statistically significant at the 5 percent or lower level and that the coefficient estimate of the consumer price index (CPI) inflation rate dummy variable continues to have the expected negative sign.
We note that the effect of the fraction of international reserves in the GDP and that of the Worldwide Governance Indicators average are roughly the same as was the case in the full model. All else equal, a one-percentage point increase in the share of international reserves in the GDP is expected to lead to a $76 dollar increase in per capita GNI. We also observe that as the Worldwide Governance Indicators average increases by one hundredth of a point, it is expected that per capita purchasing power parity GNI will increase by $94, other things being equal.
4. Conclusion
In this paper we use a statistical model and data from a sample of sixty-three developing economies to empirically analyze the impact of selected indicators related to risk management at the macroeconomy level on the level of per capita GNI. From the statistical results we are able to draw the following conclusions.(1)Within the set of developing economies in this study, the higher the percentage of international reserves in the GDP in a developing country, the higher its level of per capita income. Governments in these countries need to set aside a healthy amount of international reserves to better prepare for risk.(2)Developing countries with a high participatory governance scheme tend to have a higher level of per capita income. This provides compelling evidence that the government can help communities by passing antidiscrimination laws, promoting educational campaigns, and at the same time encouraging dialogues that lead to cohesiveness in the face of diversity. Conversely, the role of communities would be to participate in the governance process in order to improve its quality and enhance the performance of public programs. For instance, the dissemination of information with regard to health and education entitlements and outcomes via community-sponsored social gatherings has enhanced both public services and community participation, resulting in more immunizations, more prenatal care, and less excess school fees (for Uganda, see Björkman and Svensson [17], and for India, see Pandey et al. [18]). These achievements, in turn, are expected to lead to further economic development.(3)While developing countries in this sample that have inflation rates exceeding 3 percent tend to have a lower level of development, this effect is not statistically significant.As an item on our agenda for future research, it would be interesting to investigate the impact of risk management at the macroeconomic level on economic development in developed economies and contrast this effect with that in developing countries.
Conflict of Interests
The author declares that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper.
The author would like to thank an anonymous referee for his comments on and suggestions for an earlier version of this paper and Thi Minh Chi Le for her support during the completion of this paper.
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Brother: Medical records will prove George Zimmerman's story
George Zimmerman's brother said medical records will prove that his brother was attacked and his nose was broken by Trayvon Martin before he fatally shot the teen.
Robert Zimmerman Jr. spoke to CNN's Piers Morgan Thursday night saying he wanted to correct some of the "mythology" and untruths that have been spread about the controversial shooting.
The shooting of Martin, an unarmed 17-year old, has sparked an intense national debate about race, birthed protests and was addressed by President Barack Obama who called the incident a "tragedy."
Robert Zimmerman Jr. also called the shooting a tragedy but warned that the some of the responses have not been healthy.
"This is a tragedy. Her son was lost," he said trying to send a message to Martin's mother. "I feel very badly about that and I want, in the end, not for her son's memory to be seen as how we degraded our system and turned it into mob rule and went into a hate speech. Ultimately, we all wish that this was a different situation."
George Zimmerman has told police he shot Martin in self defense, in the incident that occurred on February 26 incident in a gated community in Sanford, Florida.
Zimmerman's father said on Wednesday that Martin threatened to kill Zimmerman, broke his nose and beat him so badly that Zimmerman was forced to shoot the teen. Robert Zimmerman Jr., on Thursday, told the same story.
"You return force with force when somebody assaults you. George was out of breath, he was barely conscious," the brother said. "There would have been George dead if he had not acted decisively and instantaneously in that moment when he was being disarmed."
Martin's family and legal experts have questioned the Zimmerman's family version after the recent release of surveillance videos from the Sanford police headquarters the night of the incident.
It shows Zimmerman, his hands cuffed, exiting a patrol car and being led into the police station. First broadcast Wednesday by ABCNews.com, the video does not provide close-ups, but also does not show clear signs of injuries on Zimmerman.
"We now have pictures of Mr. Zimmerman walking into the police station, and you see no injuries that would have come from abrasions on a sidewalk," said Lou Palumbo, a retired police officer who owns a private security firm.
"Anyone who's seen a broken nose is aware of the fact that the blood spurts. That leads to a lot of bleeding. You would have expected to see blood on the front of George Zimmerman's shirt collar. Blood -- you know, in many more places," said Marcia Clark, the former prosecutor in the O.J. Simpson trial.
Robert Zimmerman Jr. said his brother was treated at the scene before he was taken to police headquarters and it appears to him that the surveillance tape shows that his brother had injuries.
"We're confident the medical records are going to explain all of George's medical history," Zimmerman Jr. said. "His nose looks swollen in that video. I'm his brother."
Sybrina Fulton, Martin's mother, has said the video is among other evidence that proves her son was killed unjustly.
"I believe that this video is the icing on the cake," she said. "This is not the first part of the evidence that they have had. They have had the 911 tapes and they also have witnesses. This is in addition to what the Sanford Police Department has always had. There is no problem with this case and he needs to be arrested."
George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, said he shot Martin in self-defense after the teen attacked him last month. Martin, who was walking through the gated community back to the house of his father's fiancee, was wearing a hoodie in the rain and carrying Skittles candy and a can of iced tea he had purchased from a nearby convenience store.
Authorities have said Zimmerman has not been charged because there are no grounds to disprove his account that he acted in self-defense. Critics say Zimmerman, who is Hispanic, racially profiled Martin, who was black.
A witness of the incident also spoke to CNN Thursday.
"It would have to be starting with hearing voices, but not seeing, and then, after the voices, opening a window and then seeing -- with two men or two people on the ground, one on top of each other," the witness, who has asked not to be identified, even by gender, told CNN's Anderson Cooper about the incident.
The witness reported hearing through a closed window voices from an area where residents typically walk their dogs. "I thought it was rather loud, but I had just shut my window because it had just started pouring out rain," the witness said. "And then I thought, 'Oh, my gosh, who's out there walking their dog in the rain?' "
The witness recounted seeing two men on the grass, one on top of the other. "And at that point, not looking out the window, I heard the yell for help, one yell for help, and then I heard another ... excruciating type of yell. It didn't almost sound like 'help.' It just sounded so painful. But I wasn't watching out the window during that. And then the next time I looked out the window, there's the same thing: two men on the grass, one on top of each other. I couldn't see a lot of movement. It was very dark, but I felt like they were scuffling. And then I heard the gunshots, which, to me, were more like pops than they were like a bang."
The witness recalled hearing more than one shot. "It definitely was more than one pop noise, so I don't know if it was an echo or anything else. But it definitely made more than one pop."
The witness said the shots were audible as one man was on top of the other. But the witness recalled not having been able to see clearly which man was on top because it was dark.
Within a couple of seconds after the shots, one of the men "was walking toward where I was watching, and I could see him a little bit clearer. Could see that it was a Hispanic man. He didn't appear hurt or anything else."
But the man, who by now had left the grass and was walking on the sidewalk, did seem worried, "with his hand up to his forehead," the witness said. "Now, a couple of seconds later, in the dark, you see that person that's alive walk away; you know, obviously, OK, he must've got up and he walked away, where the other person is still laying there, face down."
The person who was walking away did not appear hurt, said the witness, who has told police of the incident. "You're thinking, wow, I'm looking at the person that just shot someone," the witness said.
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Better Than: Catching your favorite indie-band-made-big in some giant auditorium.
Arcade Fire first hit the scene, changing the sound of indie music forever, back in the early 2000s. Musical force Régine Chassagne is a first-generation Haitian emigrant, and apparently, she and co-founding husband Win Butler are totally in love with Little Haiti, but in all this time, they've never made it to Miami.
All that changed last night when this little band called the Reflektors came through Mekka (of all places), but we all knew who that really was.
UPDATE Arcade Fire is reportedly returning to Miami for two nights in April 2014.
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We arrived at 8 p.m., which seemed nice and early to us. Doors were just opening and the line to get in to Mekka wound around the building. A little stand was set up for free face painting, but you had to choose one of about five band-approved designs. Apparently, we were all to be a part of some video-filming shenanigans. Excite! We here at Crossfade got the cool, retro-future eye-stripe of badassery.
Over the years, there have been a lot of less than savory things said about Mekka. Still, the venue was kind of perfect. The crowd huddled inside one small room, underneath about ten or so shiny disco balls of varying sizes. Something like 20 guitars lined the side of the stage. Everyone was lookin' fresh in the most creative display of DIY Halloween costumes we'll probably see this season. Arcade Fire fans don't fuck around with their DIY.
By 9:30 p.m., we'd had just enough time to finish two drinks to a soundtrack of eclectic jams (Michael Jackson, Canned Heat, Fela Kuti) before the lights dimmed and the band finally took the stage. The place went wild as Rég bounced out from backstage, followed by the rest of the crew and her husband Win, who took to the mic.
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"Buenas noches, sak pase, bonsoir," Win said. "I heard you guys could dance!"
Leading the crowd in a clap session, he, Régine, and the band kicked into their new album's title track "Reflektor." They looked and sounded amazing. With something like ten members on the stage, they had a huge percussion section, complete with steel drums on certain tracks, an elaborate key setup, guitars, drums, bongos, and the kind of dedication to their craft you just don't see too much of anymore.
Régine is amazing. She runs around the stage in a total performance-artist trance, dancing around like a bird or a flower-haired hippie, flitting from instrument to instrument and staging moments of fun absurdity with the crowd.
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Tatian the Assyrian[1][2][3][4] (/ˈteɪʃən, -iən/; c. 120 – c. 180 AD) was an Assyrian early Christian writer and theologian of the 2nd century.
Tatian's most influential work is the Diatessaron, a Biblical paraphrase, or "harmony", of the four gospels that became the standard text of the four gospels in the Syriac-speaking churches until the 5th-century, when it gave way to the four separate gospels in the Peshitta version.[5]
Concerning the date and place of his birth, little is known beyond what he tells about himself in his Oratio ad Graecos, chap. xlii (Ante-Nicene Fathers, ii. 81–82): that he was born in "the land of the Assyrians"; current scholarly consensus is that he died c. 185 AD, perhaps in Assyria.
He came to Rome, where he seems to have remained for some time. Here he seems to have for the first time encountered Christianity. According to his own representation, it was primarily his abhorrence of the pagan cults that led him to spend thought on religious problems. By the Old Testament, he says, he was convinced of the unreasonableness of paganism. He adopted the Christian religion and became the pupil of Justin Martyr. It was the period when Christian philosophers competed with Greek sophists, and like Justin, he opened a Christian school in Rome. It is not known how long he labored in Rome without being disturbed.
Following the death of Justin in 165 AD, the life of Tatian is to some extent obscure. Irenaeus remarks (Haer., I., xxvlii. 1, Ante-Nicene Fathers, i. 353) that after the death of Justin, he was expelled from the church for his Encratitic (ascetic) views (Eusebius claims he founded the Encratitic sect), as well as for being a follower of the gnostic leader Valentinius. It is clear that Tatian left Rome, perhaps to reside for a while in either Greece or Alexandria, where he may have taught Clement.[citation needed] Epiphanius relates that Tatian established a school in Mesopotamia, the influence of which extended to Antioch in Syria, and was felt in Cilicia and especially in Pisidia.
The early development of the Syrian church furnishes a commentary on the attitude of Tatian in practical life. Thus for Aphraates baptism conditions the taking of a vow in which the catechumen promises celibacy. This shows how firmly the views of Tatian were established in Syria, and it supports the supposition that Tatian was the missionary of the countries around the Euphrates.
His Oratio ad Graecos (Address to the Greeks) condemns paganism as worthless, and praises the reasonableness and high antiquity of Christianity. As early as Eusebius, Tatian was praised for his discussions of the antiquity of Moses and of Jewish legislation, and it was because of this chronological section that his Oratio was not generally condemned.
His other major work was the Diatessaron, a "harmony" or synthesis of the four New Testament Gospels into a combined narrative of the life of Jesus. Ephrem the Syrian referred to it as the Evangelion da Mehallete ("The Gospel of the Mixed"), and it was practically the only gospel text used in Syria during the 3rd and 4th centuries.
In the 5th century the Diatessaron was replaced in those Syrian churches that used it by the four original Gospels. Rabbula, Bishop of Edessa, ordered the priests and deacons to see that every church should have a copy of the separate Gospels (Evangelion da Mepharreshe), and Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrus, removed more than two hundred copies of the Diatessaron from the churches in his diocese.
A number of recensions of the Diatessaron are available. The earliest, part of the Eastern family of recensions, is preserved in Ephraim's Commentary on Tatian's work, which itself is preserved in two versions: an Armenian translation preserved in two copies, and a copy of Ephraem's original Syriac text from the late 5th/early 6th century, which has been edited by Louis Lelow (Paris, 1966). Other translations include translations made into Arabic, Persian, and Old Georgian. A fragment of a narrative about the Passion found in the ruins of Dura-Europos in 1933 was once thought to have been from the Diatessaron, but more recent scholarly judgement does not connect it directly to Tatian's work.
The earliest member of the Western family of recensions is the Latin Codex Fuldensis, written at the request of bishop Victor of Capua in 545 AD. Although the text is clearly dependent on the Vulgate, the order of the passages is distinctly how Tatian arranged them. Tatian's influence can be detected much earlier in such Latin manuscripts as the Old Latin translation of the Bible, in Novatian's surviving writings, and in the Roman Antiphony. After the Codex Fuldensis, it would appear that members of the Western family lead an underground existence, popping into view over the centuries in an Old High German translation (c. 830), a Dutch (c. 1280), a Venetian manuscript of the 13th century, and a Middle English manuscript from 1400 that was once owned by Samuel Pepys.
In a lost writing, entitled On Perfection according to the Doctrine of the Savior, Tatian designates matrimony as a symbol of the tying of the flesh to the perishable world and ascribed the "invention" of matrimony to the devil. He distinguishes between the old and the new man; the old man is the law, the new man the Gospel. Other lost writings of Tatian include a work written before the Oratio ad Graecos that contrasts the nature of man with the nature of the animals, and a Problematon biblion which aimed to present a compilation of obscure Scripture sayings.
The starting-point of Tatian's theology is a strict monotheism which becomes the source of the moral life. Originally, the human soul possessed faith in one God, but lost it with the fall. In consequence, under the rule of demons, man sank into the abominable error of polytheism. By monotheistic faith, the soul is delivered from the material world and from demonic rule and is united with God. God is spirit (pneuma), but not the physical or stoical pneuma; he was alone before the creation, but he had within himself potentially the whole creation. Some scholars consider Tatian's creation theology as the beginning of teaching "ex nihilo" (creation from "nothing").[6]
The means of creation was the dynamis logike ("power expressed in words"). At first there proceeded from God the Logos who, generated in the beginning, was to produce the world by creating matter from which the whole creation sprang. Creation is penetrated by the pneuma hylikon, "world spirit," which is common to angels, stars, men, animals, and plants. This world spirit is lower than the divine pneuma, and becomes in man the psyche or "soul," so that on the material side and in his soul man does not differ essentially from the animals; though at the same time he is called to a peculiar union with the divine spirit, which raises him above the animals. This spirit is the image of God in man, and to it man's immortality is due.
The first-born of the spirits fell and caused others to fall, and thus the demons originated. The fall of the spirits was brought about through their desire to separate man from God, in order that he might serve not God but them. Man, however, was implicated in this fall, lost his blessed abode and his soul was deserted by the divine spirit, and sank into the material sphere, in which only a faint reminiscence of God remained alive.
As by freedom man fell, so by freedom he may turn again to God. The Spirit unites with the souls of those who walk uprightly; through the prophets he reminds men of their lost likeness to God. Although Tatian does not mention the name of Jesus, his doctrine of redemption culminates in his Christology.


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NEW ORLEANS -- Drew Brees got suspended coach Sean Payton in the building, broke a prestigious NFL passing record and led New Orleans to a desperately needed first win of the season.
For one memorable night, at least, the entire beleaguered Saints organization and their frustrated fans could celebrate a special moment in football history and recapture that winning feeling that had become commonplace before an offseason overshadowed by the NFL's bounty investigation.
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Brees broke Hall of Fame quarterback Johnny Unitas' half-century-old record by throwing a touchdown pass in his 48th straight game, and the Saints defeated the San Diego Chargers 31-24 on Sunday night.
"I guess you really couldn't have written a better script for tonight," Brees said. "To break the record, to get the win, and the fashion in which we won -- really a complete team effort all the way around.
"The amazing thing about a record like this is it spans over the course of four seasons and hopefully we can keep it going to for a while," Brees said. "There are so many people that are a part of this."
Brees' 40-yard pass to Devery Henderson eclipsed the mark of 47 consecutive games with a touchdown pass Unitas set from 1956-60.
Brees said he was honored and humbled to break a record by a player he saw as a pioneer who stood for "everything that's great in this league."
Brees finished with four touchdown passes, including three to Marques Colston, giving the seventh-year receiver a franchise-record 52 TD catches with the Saints (1-4).
Brees In Class By Himself
Drew Brees set the NFL record for consecutive games with a TD pass Sunday night, breaking Johnny Unitas' mark of 47 with a first-quarter strike to Devery Henderson. Here's the list:
Player | Games | Years |
Drew Brees | 48 | 2009-12* |
Johnny Unitas | 47 | 1956-60 |
Tom Brady | 37 | 2010-12* |
Brett Favre | 36 | 2002-04 |
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At Brees' request, the NFL allowed Payton, assistant head coach Joe Vitt and general manager Mickey Loomis -- all serving various suspensions in connection with the NFL's bounty investigation -- to attend the game. They and Unitas' son, Joe, saw Brees pass for 370 yards, enough to put Brees over 30,000 yards in his 100th game as a Saint.
Afterward, Brees took an elevator near the Saints' locker room up to the Superdome's suite level to share a few moments with Payton, Loomis and Vitt.
"It gave us a good mojo for sure," Brees said of Payton's presence. "I love my coach, so glad he could be here. Mickey and Joe Vitt as well. It is special for our team, special they could be a part of this record."
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, the one who suspended Saints personnel in the bounty matter but also granted Brees' request for Payton, Vitt and Loomis to attend the game, chimed in on his Twitter page shortly after the record fell, writing, "Congrats to (at)drewbrees & his teammates on breaking Unitas' record. Amazing accomplishment by great QB & leader. We're proud of you, Drew."
Philip Rivers passed for 354 yards and two touchdowns to former Saint Robert Meachem, but had two costly turnovers in the final quarter.
"I can't tell you how tough it is to lose a game like this," Rivers said. "We were right there. We were up by 10 points and just didn't get it done. We have a great team, a championship caliber team. But we have to win close games like this."
The first late turnover was Roman Harper's interception and 41-yard return on a pass tipped by fellow safety Malcolm Jenkins. That set up the Saints' final score on Garrett Hartley's field goal. San Diego (3-2) still had a chance to tie in the final minute until defensive end Martez Wilson stripped Rivers and recovered the fumble to seal the victory.
The Saints' defense, which entered the game ranked least in the league, had a hand in the victory not only with the turnovers but five sacks.
"You really have to credit our defense getting pressure on the quarterback," interim head coach Aaron Kromer said. "That's what made a difference in the game."
After his record-setting completion, Brees trotted to the end zone to hug Henderson. The rest of New Orleans' offense pursued and swarmed around Brees in celebration while the jubilant Superdome crowd roared and then howled an elongated, "Dreeeeeeew!"
Brees took the game ball to the sideline where he continued to accept congratulations. The scoring pass capped an 80-yard drive in which Brees completed all three of his third-down passes, including the touchdown.
Colston finished with nine catches for 131 yards, while Henderson had eight catches for 123 yards.
Colston's second TD late in the third quarter eclipsed a franchise mark set by Joe Horn in 2006 and pulled the Saints back within a field goal shortly after the Chargers appeared to have gone ahead 31-14 on Demorrio Williams' interception return for a touchdown. Williams' TD was nullified, however, by Melvin Ingram's late hit on Brees' chin, which drew a roughing-the-passer flag and extended what wound up to be an 87-yard scoring drive.
"Obviously it was a critical play," Chargers coach Norv Turner said. "You can't make those kinds of errors, and we will learn from them."
Vitt is expected to take over the coaching staff when his six-game suspension ends. Loomis was docked eight games. As the Saints headed into their bye week, the desperately needed win offered hope, however faint, of making a run for a fourth-straight playoff appearance when Vitt and Loomis are back.
Colston made his first touchdown catch on a pass Brees lofted perfectly to the back of the end zone. That gave New Orleans a 14-10 lead that lasted until Meachem's 44-yard touchdown catch in the final minute of the half.
San Diego went ahead 24-14 on Ryan Mathews' 13-yard run around left end, capping a three-play drive that started when Henderson tipped a pass that Brees threw behind him, allowing Quentin Jammer to intercept it and give San Diego the ball on the New Orleans 25.
Game notes
Brees set his latest passing record against the team that drafted him in 2001 and for which he played his first five seasons in the NFL before coming to New Orleans in 2006. ... The last game Brees played without throwing for a TD was Oct. 4, 2009, in a victory over the New York Jets. ... Chargers PK Nick Novak, who was filling in for the injured Nate Kaeding, made a 20-yard field goal but missed a 55-yard attempt in the second quarter. ... Saints CB Jabari Greer left the game with what team officials said was a hip injury. He was hurt late in the second quarter and did not return. ... Saints TE Jimmy Graham hurt his right ankle in the first half. He returned but was not a factor.
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NEW ORLEANS, LA - OCTOBER 07: Quarterback Drew Brees #9 of the New Orleans Saints warms up prior to their game...
(Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs | 27 | 21 |
Passing 1st downs | 18 | 19 |
Rushing 1st downs | 6 | 1 |
1st downs from penalties | 3 | 1 |
3rd down efficiency | 4-12 | 9-16 |
4th down efficiency | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Total Plays | 65 | 69 |
Total Yards | 427 | 404 |
Yards per play | 6.6 | 5.9 |
Total Drives | 11 | 12 |
Passing | 310 | 351 |
Comp-Att | 27-42 | 29-45 |
Yards per pass | 6.6 | 7.3 |
Interceptions thrown | 1 | 1 |
Sacks-Yards Lost | 5-44 | 3-19 |
Rushing | 117 | 53 |
Rushing Attempts | 18 | 21 |
Yards per rush | 6.5 | 2.5 |
Red Zone (Made-Att) | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Penalties | 7-56 | 10-99 |
Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
Fumbles lost | 1 | 0 |
Interceptions thrown | 1 | 1 |
Defensive / Special Teams TDs | 0 | 0 |
Possession | 30:34 | 29:26 |
Scoring Summary
TD | 7:02 | Robert Meachem 15 Yard Pass From Philip Rivers (Nick Novak Kick is Good) Drive info: 7 plays, 91 yds, 3:26 | 7 | 0 | |
TD | 3:05 | Devery Henderson 40 Yard Pass From Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley Kick is Good) Drive info: 9 plays, 80 yds, 3:58 | 7 | 7 | |
FG | 10:01 | Nick Novak 20 Yard Field Goal is Good Drive info: 8 plays, 63 yds, 4:08 | 10 | 7 | |
TD | 7:25 | Marques Colston 19 Yard Pass From Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley Kick is Good) Drive info: 7 plays, 80 yds, 2:39 | 10 | 14 | |
TD | 0:44 | Robert Meachem 44 Yard Pass From Philip Rivers (Nick Novak Kick is Good) Drive info: 4 plays, 86 yds, 1:12 | 17 | 14 | |
TD | 12:34 | Ryan Mathews 13 Yard Run (Nick Novak Kick is Good) Drive info: 3 plays, 25 yds, 1:19 | 24 | 14 | |
TD | 0:16 | Marques Colston 16 Yard Pass From Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley Kick is Good) Drive info: 9 plays, 87 yds, 4:28 | 24 | 21 | |
TD | 8:55 | Marques Colston 5 Yard Pass From Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley Kick is Good) Drive info: 9 plays, 90 yds, 5:49 | 24 | 28 | |
FG | 3:00 | Garrett Hartley 26 Yard Field Goal is Good Drive info: 7 plays, 16 yds, 2:49 | 24 | 31 |
Research Notes
Philip Rivers threw for more than 200 yards and completed all of his passes of 15 or more yards downfield in the first half on Sunday. In the second half, the Saints did not allow the big play from Rivers, sacking him four times and intercepting him once in the fourth quarter. [+]Philip Rivers on Passes of 15+ Yards Downfield - Sunday vs Saints
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Swords of the Swashbucklers, a graphic novel plus 12-comic series by Bill Mantlo and Jackson Guice, is now available online for free. Earnings from the commercial sponsors will go to benefit Mantlo's care.
Press release after the break, with reminiscences from Guice and Colleen Doran about Mantlo.
With the cooperation of Bill's brother Mike Mantlo, co-creator Guice, and series artists Geof Isherwood and Colleen Doran, all royalties from Swords of the Swashbucklers will be redirected to Mike to assist with Bill's quality of life.
In 1992, Bill Mantlo was struck by a car and suffered extensive brain injuries. Today, he requires 24-hour care and is not expected to fully recover. Though Medicaid covers his basic needs, the project will help with new clothes and other life improvements.
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"In the early 1980s, I had the tremendous blessing of finding myself working with writer Bill Mantlo on my first regular assignment in comics (The Micronauts)," says Guice. "In addition to taking a nervous young artist under his wing, and helping guide me through some very intimidating first few months of experience in the industry, Bill and I soon discovered a strong collaborative spirit between us — constantly on the phone — bouncing ideas back and forth for potential new characters and projects to come. It became something of an ongoing joke between us, as we invariably would drift off topic into discussing — yet another — new project idea, whenever we spoke."
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"Without pause, Bill said in his usual enthusiastic way — 'That would make a great name for a comic series someday!' — and we laughed. A day or two later, however, Bill called once more and excitedly began describing his broadstroke initial ideas for a space-faring pirate series he wanted us to pitch to EPIC — SWORDS OF THE SWASHBUCKLERS. And that's how it all began."
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