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I know O'Leary doesn't have the upside and height some people want, but he does it all and is as tough as any player in college football. IMO this kid comes in day 1 and is ready to contribute and be very productive.
Reminds me of a TE version of Chris Borland, he will always do the right thing, will always give it his all, and will help you win ball games.
He not only improves from season to season, but from season finale to the following spring practice, and from spring practice to the start of the following season. Then he steps up his game as the season progresses. Must be a dedicated guy.
His frame was quite odd as a sophomore. I think I commented on it here. It's steadily become more normal for the position.
Walford's strength is the ability to fetch the ball in traffic at high point. He's now very dangerous in that role. Brad Kaaya sensed it and depended on Walford routinely on those plays. I'm not sure if Walford's arms are longer than standard for the position. He certainly makes it appear that way.
He can get downfield although it's more one gear than a burst. I'll be interested to see how he times, particularly coming off a serious leg injury. The 40 number might push Walford lower than warranted.
There have been some fumble issues. He makes the grab and scans downfield, believing he's more of a juke threat than actual. Walford loses sense of defenders alongside or tracking from behind. They poke or pry it away.
Canes tight ends have been so effective in the league I have to allow benefit of a doubt. Even guys who barely saw the field like Richard Gordon and Chase Ford have made rosters and contributed recently.
Regarding O'Leary, this goes way back but he reminds me of Todd Christensen.
Christensen was a very prominent fullback at BYU. He terrorized defenses because the college game wasn't accustomed to fullbacks who were used primarily as receiver. It didn't seem strange at all when the Raiders shifted Christensen to tight end.
O'Leary is more of a pinball than Christensen, who generally played high. O'Leary often appears considerably shorter than his listed height. Otherwise I detect quite a few similarities, including feisty playing style and niftiness in traffic. Both of them could disappear for long stretches and then make decisive plays when needed most, and in bunches.
O'Leary has had some minor off field issues. On the field he's versatile, smart and reliable, the type of guy who is perfect for the spotlight position in fielding an opponent's onside kick, for example.
Jeff Heuerman from Ohio State seems to run well for a 6-5 250 pound tight end and has decent receiving skills. Any thoughts on why he's rarely mentioned in draft discussions concerning the tight end position. I'm seeing projections saying 5th round for Heuerman but I think he should go higher. Also how would you rate Arthur Lynch compared to the top 5-10 tight ends in this year's draft?
Rich Gannon was raving about Maxx Williams from Minnesota (he lives up there). He sees him as a late 1st round pick and the best TE in the Draft. He's young, big and tough.
Minnesota doesn't produce a lot of top rated players. For him to excel and get attention as an underclassman ahead of guys like Walford and O'Leary, he's done something right. His Dad was a former NFL player.


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The VoltDB v3.0 release includes a set of user-visible features, including new SQL (specifically column functions), ad hoc SQL execution performance, Export enhancements, online schema changes, and a more streamlined application development process.
I'm very happy to announce the release of VoltDB 2.5. Consistent with prior releases, 2.5 includes one major new feature, Database Replication, combined with other significant work in and around the VoltDB core engine. I'd summarize our 2.5 engineering investments as follows:
Indexes provide a classic "space for speed" trade-off. They add to the persistent memory footprint of your application data but they make query filtering significantly faster. They also represent a trade-off that sacrifices write performance for read performance, on the assumption that indexed data will be filtered by queries more frequently than it is modified.
The VoltDB engineering team is thrilled to announce that VoltDB 3.0 is now available! Over the past six months we've added a ton of features to VoltDB 3.0. This blog post lists the highlights, but that just scratches the surface. Look for future blog posts to dive into specific areas of version 3 functionality.
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VoltDB 3.0 has lower latency and more throughput than the VoltDB v2.x release.
VoltDB 3.0 introduces the use of JSON-encoded columns to allow more flexibility in how you structure and interact with your data. New SQL functions and index capabilities let you work more naturally with JSON data while maintaining the efficiency and transactional consistency of a relational database.
Let's assume that you want to implement a single sign-on (SSO) application using VoltDB. You wish to store the login session for a set of different online sites under a common username.
Summer went by too fast in New England! We are already missing our two engineering internship students, Xin Jia from Brown University and Zheng li from University of Massachusetts, Lowell.
During their internship, Xin and Zheng worked on numerous projects, explored new ideas, and helped accelerate the launch of product features. In short, they were big contributors to VoltDB.
This guest post comes via Dave Sisk, Senior DBA at Salsalabs, and is posted here with his permission and our thanks.
During a recent discussion on a LinkedIn group to which I belong – Columnar Databases – a group member asked this question: "There has been a big talk and interest about real time BI - the ability to get instant analytics from day-to-day operations, so let me ask you - how each of you is working on this subject - are you working with only CDBMS engines, added some non-structured data to the solution or stayed in the "normal" path (data modeling and adding more computing
Over a year ago, we published a blog post to explain how to do an upsert transaction using a stored procedure in VoltDB (http://voltdb.com/blog/upserts-voltdb). Since then, we have received useful feedback and made some significant improvements. Today we would like to introduce a new, simpler and faster way to do UPSERT.
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You've probably heard about the VoltDB, the super fast distributed ACID SQL RDBMS for OLTP, but you might not be aware of its throughput capabilities in detail. VoltDB achieves its high throughput by eliminating the locking and latching of conventional databases. It's also distributed and can automatically shard your data, and it has a bunch of other really cool features that make transaction processing a snap.
We took a key-value application and implemented it in VoltDB (the app is available with the distribution if you want to try it). We set the app up on 4 Dell R510′s with 64GB and dual
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At VoltDB, we've always believed that data is only valuable when you can interact with it. Data you can't interact with — well, that's just overhead. We put access and interactivity first. And that means we put SQL first. Five years ago this wasn't a popular choice but we stuck to our guns. Because we have history on our side.
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VoltDB recently (in versions 4.7 and 4.8) added capabilities to the use of JSON-encoded columns, which were first available in v3. A completely new SET_FIELD function was added, as well as new notation for the FIELD function. These enhancements allow even more flexibility in how you structure and interact with your data, letting you work more naturally with JSON data while maintaining the efficiency and transactional consistency of a relational database.
VoltDB recently (in versions 4.7 and 4.8) added capabilities to the use of JSON-encoded columns, which were first available in v3. A completely new SET_FIELD function was added, as well as new notation for the FIELD function, allowing even more flexibility in how you structure and interact with your data, letting you work more naturally with JSON data while maintaining the efficiency and transactional consistency of a relational database. A previous blog discussed how to query your JSON data, primarily using the FIELD function; this blog discusses how to set your JSON data, using the
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John Hugg was talking with me today about a way to reduce the complexity of error checking in a stored procedure and how rarely it is used. VoltDB's stored procedures let you set "expectations" on each SQL statement. Those expectations can eliminate several lines of code leading to shorter, readable and more reliable stored procedures.
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Last week in St. Louis, Dr. Michael Stonebraker gave the keynote address at the Strangeloop conference. His topic was In-Memory Databases – the Future is Now! Strangeloop is a fantastic multi-disciplinary tech conference run by Alex Miller (@puredanger) that may be the closest thing to geek heaven this side of graduate school. Alex and his crack staff, especially the ever-present Nick Cowan, kept things running very smoothly. The Peabody Opera House and its efficient staff provided an unusually opulent setting for discussions of concurrency, emerging languages, and alternative databases.
One of the best parts about working for a growing start-up is the chance to leave keyboard and office behind and escape to meet users. I spent last week in San Jose at NoSQLNow– a conference designed to bring together users and vendors of "Not Only SQL" products.
VoltDB is, quite proudly, a SQL system and some passers-by raise an eyebrow as we explain this.
A while ago I published my Go VoltDB driver to github (https://github.com/rbetts/voltdbgo). I wrote the driver for three reasons: to learn and write a little go; to be able to test and script against VoltDB using go; and to experiment with some different VoltDB client patterns.
We, and the community, have written several production quality drivers for VoltDB (available at https://www.voltdb.com/download). The go driver, however, has not been tested for production use.
Firstly, it only supports synchronous clients.
My name is Zheng Li, a UMass Lowell graduate student. I spent the summer as an internship at VoltDB. Over the summer, I primarily worked on two VoltDB features, both related to query plans. The features are:
A query plan is an ordered set of steps used to access or modify information in a SQL relational database management system (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Query_plan). Understanding query plans is important because the first plan chosen to execute will directly affect the query execution time.
It's been a busy summer here at VoltDB! Since spring the VoltDB Engineering team has released VoltDB four times (we're operating on 3 week sprints) and delivered numerous product and performance enhancements.
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"Why is this so slow?" Have you put your application into testing (you did this before going to production, right?) and wondered why you're not getting VoltDB's world-class performance? The problem might be with the SQL execution plan.
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Actually the shortest MLB baseball game [answers.com] ever was 51 minutes
2K Sports kept the contest open for two months and couldn't believe what they saw when they reviewed the time code on McGilberry's perfect game. Was it really possible that a gamer threw a perfect game in the first 24 hours the game had come out?
Looks to me like they kept entries then reviewed them once the 2 months were up.
It could have been an hour and a half playing Major League Baseball 2K10 after having spent years with earlier-year versions of the game.
According to Kotaku [kotaku.com], this version of the game has different pitching controls from the previous versions.
Although according to the same article, he spent two weeks prior to the game's release playing the demo and practicing for the contest.
So, yeah - not like he only spent an hour and a half on this. He practiced.
There have been 16 perfect games in MLB since 1900. That is about 1 every 7 seasons, not every season.
Not likely. In 2008, average salary for a starting pitcher was $4,429,366 [ap.org]. There are 162 games during an MLB season (not including playoffs) meaning a pitcher only makes $27,341.77 per game. Even if you assume he only gets "paid" for the games he plays (there are typically five starting pitchers on a team) then he only gets $138,417.68 per appearance.
Even the highest paid starting pitcher currently in the league only makes $23,000,000 per annum making his per appearance fee $718,750. Of course there's also performance bonuses and endorsement deals and what have you, but I don't have numbers for those.
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Religion, Women and Politics in Imperial Rome (4th-5th Centuries A.D.) Dionisio Pérez Sánchez, Manuel Rodríguez Gervás Universidad de Salamanca En el presente trabajo los autores abordan un período fundamental para la comprensión de la historia de los dos últimos siglos del Imperio romano occidental, a partir del estudio del papel que la mujer de condición aristocrática juega en los intrincados laberintos de la política impe- rial. En particular se hace hincapié en la gran semejanza existente entre los elementos justifi- cativos del poder característicos del mundo pagano y del nuevo imperio cristiano, a pesar de la obvia diferencia existente entre ellos. Lo que se plantea en este estudio es hasta qué punto podemos establecer una cierta continuidad en el protagonismo que la mujer imperial desempeña en la legitima- ción del poder en ambas mitades del imperio romano, que se observa en los aspectos relativos a la divi- nización de los gobernantes en ambos períodos, pagano y cristiano, y nos pone en relación de nuevo con el apasionante debate de concebir el cambio muchas veces como una superación de elementos propios de la tradición que se integran y coadyuvan a la elaboración de una nueva visión del mundo y de las teorías políticas justificativas del mismo. Se trata en todo caso de un proceso lento y que muchas veces resulta difícil de percibir en la medida en que asistimos con cierta frecuencia a la indiferenciación de los modelos utilizados en ambos contextos, a pesar de las afirmaciones en contra de las respectivas propa- gandas. Dionisio Pérez Sánchez teaches at the University of Salamanca, where he has been pro- fessor of Ancient History since 1982. He has worked particularly on Late Antiquity and has published for the most part studies relating to the world of the Visigoths, such as El ejército en la sociedad visigoda [The Army in Visigoth Society] (1989) and other contri- butions concerning social and ideological aspects of the period. Manuel J. Rodríguez Gervás is Professor of Ancient History of the University of Salamanca, where he has taught for more than 15 years, while at the same time acting as a researcher in Italian universities. He has published a reference work, Propaganda política y opinión pública en los panegíricos latinos del Bajo Imperio [Political propaganda and public opin- ion in the Latin panegyrics of the Late Empire] (1991) and he is now working on political and ideological aspects of Late Antiquity. The aim of this study is to look at the close relations and cer- tain continuity existing between the pagan and Christian ide- ologies concerning the role played by women of the aristocracy and by the image of women associated with political power. One might think that this symbiosis between Christianity and paganism occurred mainly in the imperial sphere, and not in the rest of society. According to some people, this would be caused by the need to adapt both religious trends syncreti- cally, at the same time that the imperial domus, of which women formed an important part, needed to establish a political-symbolic praxis based on both past models and the new Religion, Women and Politics in Imperial Rome Religion and States 11 Christian formulas. In our view, however, it is not possible to establish any marked gender differences (at least in the functional aspect; the programmatic aspect could be a different story) between the Christian empire and what went before. A pagan aristocrat at the end of the 4th century, Quintus Aurelius Simacus, expressed his ideas on the role and function of women in a letter to his daughter. Through this letter he shows us the double situation prevailing in a time of crisis of values and change such as this was. A first reading leads us to believe that Simacus represents a way of life that is disap- pearing, and his idea of women reflects an old-fashioned way of thinking; however, we think that this proposal is somewhat reductionist. This noble Roman may symbolise a tra- ditionalism in retreat, but it is also true that there are elements for considering him a liv- ing example of the changes in progress in a context in which the image of women pre- sented by Simacus was set. In other words, the idea of the past revived is related to "the genetic heritage of a nobility which has uninterruptedly been transmitted from the ancient times of the origins of Rome and of the nobility itself as a concept of dignity and virtus, with its cultural, ethical and social superiority, together with the devotion and spirit of ser- vice to the whole" that is unique to class. In Simacus, as in other authors of different religions, the major role played by aristocratic women in the society of the age is evident. However, the ultimate reason for all this must be seen in the interest there was in establishing and maintaining certain matrimonial poli- cies of Roman households, which through these equalizing mechanisms in matrimony improved their exchange function in family agreements, preserving interests, increasing benefits and in the last instance, exercising a clear solidarity of class. According to this, the function assigned to women consisted of the reproduction of the family nucleus, but a series of attributes was also conferred on them which were manifested in the possession of a patrimony independent of their husbands and which they could have at their disposal in certain circumstances and under certain conditions. Moreover, the wife was also the depositary of the children's inheritance, once the husband died. In short, women acted as a basic element of cohesion and defence of family interests, and this gives us a precise explanation of women's power through belonging to these aristocratic families in which they played important roles. We insist that Simacus' main purpose when situating women as depositaries of a series of virtues is none other than to guarantee, together with other measures, the inter domus pact, which a century later, when Christian ideology was at its peak, would be represented in the title of honestissima filia that the Bishop Sidonius Apollinar granted the daughter of an out- standing member of the order. Thus we can see that in Simacus the union of the perfectio of the husband and the probitas of the wife according to tradition constituted the paradigm of the ideal marriage, which in turn guaranteed the desired stability, which, as we have seen, involved the virtuous and to some extent necessarily immobile nature of women. Thus, the "immobility", "passivity" or in short, probity of women constituted the principal virtue that facilitated relations between families. It was, however, an immobility operative according to the success of the pact, since certain reasons could annul this and reactivate the series of competences that the Roman matron had with respect to personal property and her children. 12 Dionisio Pérez Sánchez, Manuel Rodríguez Gervás This immobility, as well as the neutralization of women desired by both parts, was high- lighted in Aconia Paulina's funeral farewell to her husband Vetius Agorius Pretextatus, who died in 384 and was a close friend of Simacus's. Paulina, a member of the highest class, the same as the deceased, something to which she referred in first place, stressed the rela- tionship of subordination of the wife to the husband through knowledge, the same as there is between a master and a pupil, a relationship from which a set of virtues would emerge that would make her a faithful, happy, modest, prestigious, pure, good wife, with her mar- riage indeed being an example for Roman matrons "exemplum de me Romulae matres petunt". Based on the above, we would now like to approach the bond existing between the aristo- cratic families and the imperial government. We start from the idea that the imperial domus, with the characteristic elements that enhance and differentiate it, is just the reflec- tion, in a series of aspects, of the set of aristocratic families to which it belongs, and there- fore shares a compendium of values framed by the desire to maintain a dominant role in society. Thus, in the first place, the function assigned to women consisted of reproducing the family nucleus, but they were also conferred a set of powers based on the possession of a patrimony independent of their husband's and which was at their disposal in certain cir- cumstances and under certain conditions. In short, the aristocratic wife acted as a basic element of cohesion and defence of the interests of the family nucleus, and this explains the power women held as a result of belonging to these renowned domus, in which they played, directly or indirectly, important roles. This situation, which is clearly perceptible throughout the history of the Roman Empire, with the characteristics proper to each spe- cific moment of its evolution, was to continue in an autonomous and original form in the history of the so-called barbarian kingdoms, although based on common elements inherit- ed from the imperial model and adapted to the specific situations of each monarchy. The women of the imperial domus in the Christian era also exerted and transmitted royal power, thus expressing on the maximum level the potentia they had in their respective fam- ily groups. They were to carry out this function by means of political-dynastic behaviour that was very similar to that developed by the empresses in the Early Imperial epoch, although now their sacred model would be the ideal of Christian sanctity constructed throughout Late Antiquity. Here we again pose a passionate debate centred around the apparent similarity or, on the contrary, the radical differences that can be found among the justifying elements of both periods, and which again and again take as a point of reference the terms used – in short, the vocabulary characteristic of that age. The result of this process was the redefinition in a Christian key of the terminology used, as well as the iconographic models. The elaboration of an alternative Christian model, based to a large extent upon the political-ideological revolution that occurred starting with Constantine, would continue nonetheless to evolve within the apparently immutable model of the clas- sical world. It was therefore in accordance with the logic of the civic community, in spite of the structural transformations that occurred. These, in the last instance and in con- junction with Christianity, as P. Brown has pointed out, were to play a clear and unstop- pable role in its undoing. There are, however, some clearly innovative elements in the new language – in the Christian language: the Virgin Mary and her relation to imperial women would be at the base of the founding of Christian Constantinople. Starting with Constantine and his Religion, Women and Politics in Imperial Rome Religion and States 13 Fig. 1 Constantine. mother Helena, the Virgin Mary became intentionally related to a set of female divinities such as Rhea, Tyche, Hecate, Demeter, Persephone, and Athena, depositaries of a tradition of wise goddesses who protected and saved the cities which they represented at a certain moment in the development of the civic community. The set of defining values of ancient Byzantium, now the new Christian Rome, was transferred to the Theotokos, to the Mother of God. We can therefore see that the same political framework was consciously main- tained, extolled in the same way as in the pagan era through the use of the panegyric as a medium of propaganda and cohesion, although now sustained in the agglutinating role of Christian ideology, at the same time innovative and enormously indebted to tradition. The development of this process, slow and in many cases difficult to perceive, would be characterised precisely by the lack of differentiation, in some situations, of the models used. The most paradigmatic case was the extolling of the imperial female figure, expressed in the qualities adorning her person, virtues that draw from a pattern already present in the Antonine dynasty. Thus we shall see the most characteristic aspects that shape the image of the late imperial Christian empress. The emperors in the Christian era continued to grant the title of Augusta to the women most directly related to their person, assigning them titles and virtues that had been developing throughout the evolution of the set of aristocratic households succeeding one another in the history of the empire, and which had demonstrated their effectiveness through the usual means of propaganda. As we have mentioned before, the figure of Helena, the mother of Constantine, was the first case in the construction of a model of a Christian Augusta. However, and despite the fact that this was a very incipient model, it would subsequently appear consolidated in the sources when these hailed 5th century Christian empresses such as Pulcheria with the title of "new Helena". Hence it was political and ideological-religious praxis itself that would shape a model defining the Christian empress, a model which would prevail even in the political history of the so-called barbarian kingdoms, mainly the Visigoths and Ostrogoths. Constantine gradually integrated his relatives into the exercise of power in the course of his imperial career. His mother, Helena, was his first and longest-lasting ally in a far-reach- ing political project, as shown by her continuing presence in the different stages of his Fig. 2 Helena. 14 Dionisio Pérez Sánchez, Manuel Rodríguez Gervás political life. Constantine's actions must be set within the change that the year 313 entailed; at that point a "new emperor" and consequently, a "new state" would emerge, although it would have to have as its basis the traditional political-constitutional axes. The victory over Maxentius and the defeat of Licinius in 324 clearly and irreversibly marked the need to establish an alternative code of functioning, based, if you will, on former mod- els, but at the same time on profoundly subversive criteria, which made it necessary to count on a new imperial house, which, as a paradigm of the new image of the family and family ties characteristic of Late Antiquity, would manage, in an original way, and with a manifestly revolutionary result, to combine the unstoppable rise of the Christian religion with the characteristic elements of respected tradition. Thus, and by means of the construction of a specific model in accordance with Christianity, which entailed a complete, and intentional metamorphosis of the image of the emperor's mother, which had its authentic ideologist in Eusebius, a true foundational milestone was established with respect to the holiness of the Augusta, as well as her asso- ciation with the Christian divinity. Eusebius, in the Life of Constantine, the only contem- porary written source of the events, was the initiator of a model of Christian empress that would gradually be outlined and specified in the centuries to follow. However, and as proof that it was not a completely developed and consolidated archetype, in the narration we find episodes such as that of the death of Helena, who is made to ascend to the heavens in what might be defined as a Christian version of the pagan early imperial apotheosis, an image halfway between two worlds which thus reflects the critical nature of the transfor- mations then in motion. In the 5th century, and for the eastern part of the Empire, the role played by the empress Pulcheria, daughter of Arcadius and Eudoxia and sister of the emperor Theodosius II, was of great importance. This princess epitomized in her person the former qualities of the par- adigm of Christian empress, to which other, new elements were added. Besides continuing the founding of churches initiated by Helena, Pulcheria adopted virginity and made it a justifying political value when associating herself with the image of the Theotokos and fighting against doctrines harmful to her interests. Fig. 3 Pulcheria. Fig. 4 Solidi of Pulcheria minted in Constantinopoli (420-2 and 414-20). Religion, Women and Politics in Imperial Rome Religion and States 15 Fig. 5 Translation of Relics, Ivory, Cathedral of Trier. This development can also be associated, as has been said, with the role the empress played as guardian of her brother the emperor and later, Saviour of the Peace in the ceremony of the adventus, which entailed the receiving of, for example, the relics of St. Stephen and in which the Augusta appeared invested with the royal attributes and brandishing a cross which is the symbol of the maintaining of the order and harmony desired by the whole pop- ulation of the city in question (Trier). All these values come under the empress as repre- sentative of a set of virtues, such as harmony or concord, piety, mercy, etc., which ensured a situation desired by the whole citizenry inasmuch as it was the status quo. In other words, the celebration of the adventus implied, in Christian version, and under the tutelage of the Augusta, the confirming of the triumphus after the victory of the cross obtained with clear classical connotations, but which was now also strengthened by the cohesion that the empress in her new political-ideological dimension guaranteed. The construction of an image of Christian empress with traits differentiating it from the early empire was therefore a gradual process with no qualms about integrating earlier ele- ments already proved to have a clear ideological function. The characteristic sacredness of the empresses – repeated with uncommon frequency in the sources – shows that the transition from the imperial religion to Christian theological-political forms had been effectively completed. The empresses, the same as their consorts or relatives, established direct contact with the divinity, but in the women this was strengthened by the emer- gence of the figure of the Mother of God, the real cornerstone of Byzantine Christian religiosity, which even endowed the imperial women with holiness. The close relation of the imperial domus to the divine was visibly shaped by a summa of virtues that would adorn the person of the reigning emperors and empresses, in a process often similar to that of previous eras, but which would now acquire greater singularity, becoming even stronger than before. Within a clear context of ideological battle, which we cannot avoid and which is the log- ical result of the supplanting in the medium term of pagan values by other Christian ones, as shown by historians as opposed and representative as Orosius and Zosimus, we must highlight and try to understand the complementarity and association that occurred between the characteristic ideas of the early imperial era understood as "classic and pagan", and its Christian successor. In this sense we cannot deny the huge capability of adaptation that characterized the new religion, and which allows us to conceive of Christianity as an effective replacement for the values of the previous legitimating elements that were pro- 16 Dionisio Pérez Sánchez, Manuel Rodríguez Gervás gressively falling into disuse, which were at first assimilated and gradually integrated as an effective way to deactivate them. However, as we said at the beginning, the characteristics peculiar to and defining of the history of aristocratic and imperial women did not end in the western part with the disap- pearance of the prevailing political structure: we conclude this paper by highlighting the continuity in the so-called barbarian kingdoms with respect to women's role in the trans- mission of power and in the perpetuation of the aristocratic households. This was expressed in the establishment of female models that drew strongly from the Roman classic and late imperial tradition, and which also represented the political and religious legitimisation that then became dominant. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Arjava A., Women and Law in Late Antiquity, Oxford 1996. Beaucamp J., Donne, patrimonio, Chiesa (Bisancio, IV-VII secolo), in Il Tardoantico alle soglie del duemila. Diritto, Religione, Società, Pisa 2000, pp. 249-265. Cameron A., Kurth A., Images of Women in Antiquity, London 1983. M. 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Patlagean, L'Historie de la femme déguisée en moine et l'evolution de la sainteté féminine à Byzance, in "Studi Medievali", XVII, Spoleto, 1976, pp. 597-623. D. Pérez Sánchez, La condición de la mujer y el poder real en la sociedad visigoda, in "Romanobarbarica", 16, pp. 169-208, 1999. D. Pérez Sánchez, M. Rodríguez Gervás, Imagen y realidad de la mujer en un aristócrata del siglo IV: Símaco, in "Studia Historica Historia Antigua", 18, 2000, pp. 315-330. A.M. Talbot, Holy Women of Byzantium, Washington 1996. R. Teja, Emperadores, obispos, monjes y mujeres. Protagonistas del cristianismo antiguo, Madrid 1999. Religion, Women and Politics in Imperial Rome Religion and States 17 SOURCES 1. Quintus Aurelius Symmachus (340-402), in a letter to his daughter dated after 394, says the following: Ep., VI, 67:... Domina filia, honoratum me opimo lanificii tui monumento satis gaudeo; una quippe et amor in parentem tuum et industria matronalis inclaruit. Sic priscae feminae vitam coluisse traduntur... renuntias stagna verrentibus et residens aut obambulans inter pensa et for- agines puellarum has solas arbitrarius sexus, tui esse delicias. Merito igitur te amo dignamque viro tuo iudico..., quando aeque nobis laus et voluptas ex illius perfectione adventicia, ex tua probitate genuina est. Meanwhile, honourable daughter, I am pleased to have received the tribute of your splendid work in wool: thus, at the same time the affection you feel for your father and the quality of hard-working matron have shone resplendently. They say that women used to live in this way in ancient times… and , resting or moving among the spinning and small children, you choose these that are the pleasures of your sex. Rightly I love you and consider you worthy of your husband, from the moment when honour and delight came to us in equal parts…, and from your rectitude, typical of our family (VI, 67). Eusebius, Life of Constantine 18 Dionisio Pérez Sánchez, Manuel Rodríguez Gervás Chapter XLIV: Of Helena's Generosity and Beneficent Acts. For on the occasion of a circuit which she made of the eastern provinces, in the splendour of imperial authority, she bestowed abun- dant proofs of her liberality as well on the inhabitants of the several cities collectively, as on indi- viduals who approached her, at the same time that she scattered largesse among the soldiery with a liberal hand. But especially abundant were the gifts she bestowed on the naked and unpro- tected poor. To some she gave money, to others an ample supply of clothing: she liberated some from imprisonment, or from the bitter servitude of the mines; others she delivered from unjust oppression, and others again, she restored from exile. Chapter XLV: Helena's Pious Conduct in the Churches. While, however, her character derived lustre from such deeds as I have described, she was far from neglecting personal piety toward God. She might be seen continually frequenting his Church, while at the same time she adorned the houses of prayer with splendid offerings, not overlooking the churches of the smallest cities. In short, this admirable woman was to be seen, in simple and modest attire, mingling with the crowd of worshipers, and testifying her devotion to God by a uniform course of pious conduct. Chapter XLVI: How she made her will, and died at the age of eighty years. And when at length at the close of a long life, she was called to inherit a happier lot, having arrived at the eightieth year of her age, and being very near the time of her departure, she pre- pared and executed her last will in favour of her only son, the emperor and sole monarch of the world, and her grandchildren, the Caesars his sons, to whom severally she bequeathed whatev- er property she possessed in any part of the world. Having thus made her will, this thrice blessed woman died in the presence of her illustrious son, who was in attendance at her side, caring for her and holding her hands: so that, to those who rightly discerned the truth, the thrice blessed one seemed not to die, but to experience a real change and transition from an earthly to a heav- enly existence, since her soul, remoulded as it were into an incorruptible and angelic essence, was received up into her Saviour's presence. 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I got the BD of "Cars 2" in the mail a few days ago. I had just taken my kids to see it at the discount theater, so I was looking forward to watching it without the distractions of "I'm thirsty," or "I need to go potty." BD is tailor-made for computer animation. I use […] [Read More]
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Big ones this week: "Cars 2," "Crazy, Stupid, Love." Also a few BD debuts and the "Toy Story" films make their 3DBD debut. Mainstream: Cars 2; Crazy, Stupid, Love Independent: Dear Santa; The Perfect Gift; Trespass Reissue: It's A Wonderful Life; The Legend of Billie Jean; The Liam Neeson Film Collection; Tom Cruise Blu-Ray Collection […] [Read More]
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Big ones this week: "Captain America" and "Winnie the Pooh," plus some interesting-sounding independent fare. And "Jurassic Park's" trio gets its BD debut. Mainstream: Captain America Independent: A Little Help; Attack the Block; The Columbian; Father of Invention; Mardi Gras; Wrong Turn 4 BD debut: Jurassic Park Documentary: Pearl Jam Twenty Foreign: Rare Exports; Shaolin […] [Read More]
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"Lion King 3D" sounds like a Viewmaster version
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We actually have some mainstream films this week. And it's a dual-release week for Pee-Wee Herman, old and new. Plus: "Pulp Fiction" finally makes its long-awaited BD debut. Mainstream: Fast Five; Scream 4 Independent: The Caller; The Heart Specialist; The High Cost Of Living; Submarine BD debut: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; The Lion King; […] [Read More]
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Busy week, even though there's only one mainstream film. Lots of independent, foreign and TV releases. Mainstream: Transformers Independent: All She Can; Blue Eyes; Forged; Shanghai Mystery; Where the Road Meets the Sun; Without Men Reissues: Ben-Hur, Ma & Pa Kettle BD debut: Airplane!; Basket Case; Footloose; The Naked Gun; Planes, Trains and Automobiles Documentary: […] [Read More]
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With obvious correlations to such detective classics as "And Then There Were None" and "Murder on the Orient Express," "Non-Stop" tells the story of an air marshal (Liam Neeson) who must identify and thwart a passenger texting threats to kill one person on the plane every 20 minutes unless he or she receives $150 million. As with Agatha Christie's works, most of the main characters, including Neeson's troubled alcoholic, initially draw our suspicion. They're too cooperative, not cooperative enough, weirdly furtive, hiding a dark secret or, in the case of one Middle Eastern-looking man, simply presumed to be guilty by ethnicity. The DVD and Blu-ray (Universal, $30-$35) include featurettes.
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Newborn baby death: arrested woman receiving medical treatment
Det Supt Tony Heydon from the East Midlands Major Crime Team talks to Calendar's Kate Hemmingway about the latest in the newborn baby death investigation.
Police confirm newborn baby death is murder
Police in Lincolnshire have confirmed they are treating the death of a newborn baby as murder. Officers were called to Hadrian Drive in Baston near Stamford in the early hours of Thursday morning where they discovered the body of a baby boy.
They later revealed that he died as a result of an obstructed airway. Police have arrested a 16-year-old local woman who they say is helping them with their enquiries. Officers say they are expected to provide an update on developments this afternoon.
Police: Newborn baby died due to airway obstruction
The death of a newborn baby boy was caused by an obstruction of the airway, Lincolnshire police have said.
Officers released the detail after a 16-year-old girl was arrested in connection with the incident which happened in the early hours of September 5. She is currently helping officers with their enquiries.
Detective Chief Inspector Tony Heydon said: "Although we are unable to release any more detail at this stage we can reassure the public that we are not looking for outstanding suspects, we are simply gathering evidence and piecing together the sequence of events over the last couple of days."
Aerial view of street where baby boy was found dead
This is the Lincolnshire street where the body of a newborn baby boy was found by police.
A 16-year-old woman was arrested by officers early this morning in connection with the child's death, and is currently helping police with their enquiries.
Police were called to Hadrian Drive in Baston at 1.51am on Thursday to reports a baby had died.
A Home Office port mortem was carried out yesterday and murder investigation was launched shortly afterwards.
Teenager arrested in Lincolnshire baby death probe
Police have launched a murder inquiry and arrested a teenage girl after the death of a newborn baby boy.
Officers were called to an address in Baston, Lincolnshire, at 1.51am on Thursday after a report that a new-born baby had died.
Officers attended the scene and recovered the body of a new-born baby boy, a Lincolnshire Police spokesman said on Saturday."Extensive enquiries and a Home Office post-mortem were carried out yesterday," he said.
Lincolnshire beach donkeys 'suffering violence'
A seaside donkey owner has said violence against his animals may drive him from a popular beach.
John Nuttall's said two donkeys named Dudley and Banjo suffered cuts to their faces and were traumatised as they were attacked on Cleethorpes beach, in north-east Lincolnshire.
Mr Nuttall told the Grimsby Telegraph: "A lady was walking her dog across the country park, where the donkeys rest after a hard day's work, when she saw these two young lads booting them over and over again in the face".
Humberside Police said two teenagers on bikes had allegedly assaulted two donkeys in Cleethorpes Country Park.
British teacher drowns on Caribbean holiday
A British woman has died while in the Carribean, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has confirmed.
Sian Louise Marshall-Plewes, an English teacher in Lincolnshire, drowned while swimming in the sea near Sosua Beach in the Dominican Republic, according to the Lincolnshire Echo.
Pupils paid tribute to Ms Marshall-Plewes on a Facebook tribute page.
One tribute read: "A lovely lady that gave all her time to the students and will never be forgotten - thoughts are with your family."
In a statement, an FCO spokesman said: "We can confirm the death of a British national, Sian Louise Marshall-Plewes, in the Dominican Republic on August 3.
"We are providing consular assistance to the family at this difficult time."
Woman found alive after swimming off Lincolnshire coast
A woman who disappeared while swimming off the Lincolnshire coast has been found alive after a major search operation.
The Humber Coastguard said the 23-year-old woman, who had been drinking alcohol, was found semi-conscious on the beach near a holiday resort in Chapel St Leonards, near Skegness, early today.
A tractor driver who was working on the beach went to the aid of two men who went into the sea after her, and raised the alarm.
Protester says drones are 'fundamentally wrong'
Chris Nineham, from the Stop the War Coalition, believes armed drones are fundamentally wrong, and he will campaign until the technology is banned.
Hundreds start drone protest march to RAF Waddington
Hundreds of peace campaigners have started marching from Lincoln to RAF Waddington, in protest of a new fleet of armed drones being based in the UK for the first time.
The RAF began remotely operating its Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles earlier this week from the airbase in Lincolnshire.
Previously operated from a United States Air Force base in Nevada, the aircraft are used to support coalition ground forces in Afghanistan.
Members of the Stop The War Coalition, CND, The Drone Campaign Network and War on Want are estimated to walk the four mile route in around two hours.


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Nearly three months down. I'm making money, but can't seem to enjoy it. Now if you excuse me, I'm going to hallucinate wiring operator interface terminals or testing junction boxes for a bit...it's the only thing I really enjoy. Whee...
Oh, and I'm slowly developing a passionate hatred of commercial radio in my area. Country music is a cesspool of pickup trucks, boots, jiggling breasts, and drunken sex. Songs are repeated five times within a shift. Perhaps their intended audience is supposed to be drunk enough to not notice. On a more general note, the only way the voice-tracking on the local I Heart Clear Channel stations could be more obviously robotic is if it were spoken by Paul, Tom, and Donna. Oh, wait, their announcements change, and they're less disingenuous about being synthetic. (I'm referencing the synthesized voices on KHB59. Paul does station identification, Tom does general weather announcements, and Donna does marine forecasts.) I have nothing else to occupy my mind with.
I can't go on about just how maddening it is (or take the co-workers' radio and spike it) lest I lose my job. I have a plan that involves rebroadcasting Pandora or Spotify, which means that everyone can have a two-hour block of random music of their favorite genre played on the radios (which would be tuned to the low-power FM transmitter's broadcast), which should make everyone something other than unhappy...but I need to convince everyone that it's a good idea. Hmm.
I am the only US citizen left in the power systems courses. Let that sink in for a bit. No one else from around here cares about vital infrastructure enough to take this course. I'm also ready to collapse by the time I get to campus, the trip over from work just doesn't give me enough deco time. At least it will all be over in May.
Well, nothing's being done here. I'm too tired to form mental images beyond abstract scribbles. I want to finish the group shot, draw an unhappy Tankaa being hugged by Colin while fangirls squee, and finish those ship designs. I'd like to write down more of the ideas I have...there are so many things I'd love to speculate about, ranging from the Wayward Wyverns to why Tankaa and Ori are who they are. Will I ever...?
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In honor of Alon's impending marriage, I give you the Betrothed Challenge. Pick any two canonically married (or presumed married--Beregond, Curufin, Lobelia Sackville-Baggins, etc.) characters and write the tale of how the decision to marry came about. Did he ask her? Did she ask him? Was it a matter of state? In front of witnesses? Behind the old oak tree? Did someone go down on his (or her) knees to pop the question? Your fic need not be longer than one chapter, but there is no official page limit. This challenge is open for three months.
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What is the story behind Lobelia and Otho Sackville-Baggins's marriage?
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- How Thranduil met the love of his life. Elsila is an original character, whom I have portrayed in stories as Thranduil's queen and mother of Legolas and his older sister Elwen.
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- The harder side of romance: Gilraen and Arathorn. And you thought there wasn't enough material for a second Gilraen story, didn't you? Read how it all began...
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- Otho Sackville-Baggins musters his courage to ask that important question. An entry for the 'Betrothed' Challenge.
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- If at first you don't succeed... A short story about Diamond and Pippin, written for the 'betrothed' challenge.
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- Merry and Pippin come to terms with the Dark after returning to the Shire. [ Thanks, katakanadian and jen, for your meticulous beta reading! ]
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- A Very Short fic for the Betrothed Challenge. Earendil proposes to Elwing after they say goodbye to Tuor and Idril. Still in draft stage.
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- The betrothal of Peregrin Took and Diamond North-took of Long Cleeve, and sharing the news with some friends. This is slightly re-written from my story "Peregrin and Diamond" for the Betrothed Challenge.
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- Spring has come to Rohan, and Theoden, newly crowned Lord of the Mark, rides to the Eastfold to claim his bride. Written for the 'Betrothed' challenge. Congratulations Alon!
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Free Speech, Sedition & Treason The American Left has pushed the United States to the brink of Constitutional crisis. Whether or not the left agrees with conservatives regarding the unconstitutionality of its preferred laws, the perception of millions of Americans is that the country is in political crisis. This is the state of the nation… Read More »


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Inception World Premiere Photo Gallery
The stars of the hugely anticipated cerebral blockbuster Inception attended the world premiere of the film in London's Leicester Square on Thursday, July 8. Hundreds of fans queued in sweltering temperatures to catch a glimpse of stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Sir Michael Caine, Marion Cotillard, Cillian Murphy, Tom Hardy and Ken Watanabe, as well as the film's writer and director Christopher Nolan (of The Dark Knight fame). View photos from the red carpet…
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Survey says: Ask team members for feedback
How happy are your team members, particularly the newer ones? Have they mastered the tasks you've asked them to perform? Are they fitting in with their coworkers? At Meadow Hills Veterinary Center in Kennewick, Wash., practice manager Brian Conrad, CVPM, understands the importance of finding answers to these questions.
"We want to make sure everything we're doing is worthwhile," he says. "We're proud of our retention rate at Meadow Hills and the hiring process we go through, but we want to look for ways to take it to the next level."
So Conrad created a survey for new employees to find out how the practice can take those next steps. "You should be taking advantage of these people because they have fresh eyes," Conrad says. "New employees may have ideas for how you can become more profitable."Here are most important aspects of the survey—click here to download the form.
How effective is the training program?
At Conrad's practice, a training program typically lasts between eight and 12 weeks. Each team member is assigned a mentor who teaches him or her the ins and outs of the position. With that kind of time investment, Conrad needs to make sure employees get the most out of the program.
"Team members really seem to appreciate the one-on-one structure of the mentorship," he says. "We hear all the time about how people are thrown into jobs and expected to learn on their own. We make sure mentors are working with new employees to help them understand what's going on."
Recently, after receiving survey feedback, Conrad realized his employees wanted more training about what happens in other departments to gain a better understanding of how the hospital runs as a whole. He now asks team members to observe other departments for an hour or so and take notes on how things work. As a result, team members are more well-rounded and able to answer client questions.
How are you fitting in?
Teamwork is crucial in running a veterinary practice, so Conrad makes sure team members have everything they need to be effective—and that includes good relationships with their coworkers. But with more than 50 employees, building these relationships is often easier said than done. So Conrad requests feedback. "We want to create a very welcoming environment," he says. "The only way to find out whether we're achieving that goal is to ask our employees."
Again, the surveys showed a hidden problem: Team members were quick to blame newer employees for mistakes, which often led to hurt feelings. So Conrad and veteran team members began communicating more openly with the new employees, recalling personal stories about their own past mistakes and how they overcame them.
Conrad also mails a card to new employees welcoming them and expressing his optimism for the future.
What have you done for us?
After answering questions relating to the practice's performance, team members have a chance to do a little bragging. Conrad asks new employees about their accomplishments in client service and teamwork since joining the practice. After all, if they can't give an example of how they went above and beyond for a client, perhaps they're not meeting the practice's needs.
"We certainly don't expect them to know everything after eight weeks," Conrad says. "But we really value and expect excellent customer service. Even after six or eight weeks, you should be able to show me a time you exceeded a client's expectations."
Don't ignore your practice's weak spots. Identify and eliminate them with a new employee survey. Your clients will thank you—and so will your team members.
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