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As the husband of a photographer, I have come to learn a lot about the profession. I know what a "reflector" is. I can adjust the power on an "Alien Bee." I can set up a parabolic umbrella with the best of them.
When the photo shoot is over and the day is done, I can disassemble all this stuff and haul it home. I actually come in handy sometimes.
Being a photographer's gofer – I mean assistant – also has its advantages.
This past week, I had the opportunity to watch a group of youngsters with an interest in photography attend Chanel Rene's photo camp at Studio OC, which Rene owns here in Fountain Valley.
This wasn't a class for someone with a point-and-shoot.
The students, ranging in age from 9 to 15, spent five days armed with Canons and Nikons and learned about camera settings and composition the first day. On the second day, they learned how to capture and manipulate natural light.
"The kids had a blast and were able to grasp aperture and ISO a lot faster than I was expecting," Rene posted on her Facebook page.
The rest of the week featured an in-studio photo shoot with a paid model and props plus a field trip to Armstrong Gardens, where the young photographers worked on perspective and telling a story.
On the fourth day, the students got to decide what kind of photos they wanted to display at a show on Friday night.
On Friday morning, the students got a primer on basic editing techniques in Adobe Photoshop. They learned color correction, black-and-white conversion, blemish removal, a few Instagram color techniques and more.
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Rene's focus with the weeklong camp, according to Studio OC's website: Challenge each student to find her own unique voice through photography.
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There is a second camp scheduled Aug. 5-9. It's for children ages 9-16 and runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. It costs $150 per child (and $100 for each sibling). Again, there will be a week-ending gallery show, where the students will proudly show what they've learned. To sign up, go to studioOC.com.
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The River Dee is a beautiful waterway which passes through Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Starting out in the dramatic Cairngorm Mountains, the river flows through the magnificent Dee Valley, past Ballater, Royal Deeside and Balmoral Castle, before eventually reaching its North Sea estuary at Aberdeen. Encompassing such a fine range of attractions, both natural and cultural, a trip to the River Dee could be the best Ballater hotels for example, and you'll be able to enjoy a number of exciting annual events, such as Victoria Day, and the Ballater Walking Festival. The town is also within close reach of Balmoral Castle – the official Scottish residence of The British Royal Family. The Castle itself is open to visits from the public between the months of April and July, and features a beautiful 49,000-acre estate, including lochs, forests and a well-tended, landscaped garden.
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Shuster, David L. and Farley, Kenneth A. and Sisterson, Janet M. and Burnett, Donald S. (2004) Quantifying the diffusion kinetics and spatial distributions of radiogenic ^4He in minerals containing proton-induced ^3He. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 217 (1-2). pp. 19-32. ISSN 0012-821X. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20121119-100729426
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Apatite, titanite and olivine samples were bombarded with a ~ 150 MeV proton beam to produce ~ 10^8 atoms/mg of spallation ^3He. High-precision stepped-heating experiments were then performed in which the artificial ^3He and, for apatite and titanite, the natural radiogenic ^4He were measured to characterize the diffusive behavior of each isotope. Helium-3 diffusion coefficients are in excellent agreement with concurrently and/or previously determined He diffusion coefficients for each mineral. Our results indicate that proton-induced ^3He is uniformly distributed and that radiation damage associated with a proton fluence of ~ 5 x 10^(14) protons/cm^2 does not cause noticeable changes in ^4He diffusion behavior in at least apatite and titanite. Proton-induced ^3He can therefore be used to establish He diffusion coefficients in minerals with insufficient natural helium for analysis or those in which the natural ^4He distribution is inhomogeneous. In addition,step-heating ^4He/^3He analysis of a mineral with a uniform synthetic ^3He concentration provides a means by which a natural ^4He distribution can be determined.
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With X Games 16 Best Trick less then a month away (16 days to be exact), Metal Mulisha rider Jimmy Fitzpatrick is still hard at work perfecting the front flip, as well as a secret front flip combination -- tricks that could win the hungry X Games newcomer a medal if everything falls into place. Last month, ESPN.com/Action contributor Chris Tedesco visited the Metal Mulisha Compound, checking in on Fitz during his early days of experimentation with the trick. At the time, he had a long way to go to perfect the unnatural rotation, but with each passing day Fitz has been improving his take on the difficult trick.
Just last week, after a grueling day of riding at his riding facility dubbed "Fitzland," Fitzpatrick decided to hit up his foam pit to pop off a few more front flip attempts before the sun checked out. ESPN's Cliff Talley was on hand to document the action, as well as get a firsthand rundown from the man himself. As far as we know, Fitz has yet to take the trick to dirt. However, in Arizona, X Games 15 front flipping sensation and X Games 16 Best Trick invite Paris Rosen has perfected the ramp-to-dirt front flip, supposedly riding away from 13 consecutive 73-foot front flips this past Monday. Looks like XG16 is shaping up to be another nail biter!


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Portugal international Ricardo Quaresma has sined with Dubai club Al Ahli following his release from Turkish side Besiktas.
Capped 36 times for his country, the attacker signed an 18-month contract with the UAE side with the option to extend his stay in the Arab nation for an additional year.
Following his arrival, Al Ahli chief executive Ahmed Khalifa hailed Quaresma's addition to the squad as a sign of the club's intention to climb up the league table.
"We are always trying to improve the squad and provide the coaching staff with the tools they require for creating a successful team," Khalifa told the press.
"We have brought Quaresma with the same intention and I am confident his presence will be a great boost in the second half of the season. It should give us a push in our title chase.
"During this transfer window, it is very difficult to find players of quality like Quaresma," he went on.
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Maniac can sit here & say he was trying to do the right thing from here till there & claim he shouldn't be punished for that. He should be punished for the death of an unarmed minor which he caused by following the boy which resulted in a scuffle & ultimately the death of the boy who had every right to be where he was. |
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Sad this case gets more attention than the 10 deaths (including a 6 year old girl playing in her front yard) and 40 injuries in Chicago.
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A kid walking home and being singled out BECAUSE he's black and wearing a hoodie and then being killed, is a murder for nothing more than some idiot choosing to take the law into his own hands. Neither life is more important than the next but you could have brought up the hundreds of thousands that die because of drunk drivers or slip in stores due to slippery surfaces left negligibly by employees. |
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What's understandable is a guy making a dumbass choice during a vilolent confrontation. What isn't is a 6 year old girl playing in her front yard getting shot up. Oh because it wasn't a POSSIBLY racially inspired murder we're just going to pretend it didn't happen. No wonder things don't change. |
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Again, it's not ACCEPTABLE which is the way I think you took the word "understandable" it's just a bigger shock because of WHY it happened. It was clear negligence on the part of Zimmerman and if he would have simply listened to the police, that kid wouldn't be dead. |
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A folding hard-top roof is a big piece of apparatus to fit into a supermini bodyshell but Mitsubishi's engineers managed it with the Colt CZC and did so without too many drawbacks. The styling with the roof up is somewhat gawky but roof-down, the shape is much better resolved. The rear seats are really only suitable for children or baggage but space in the front is fine and build quality is strong. Mitsubishi's cute little convertible won't be to everyone's taste but as an affordable way into open-topped motoring, it's one of the more sensible options out there.
If your heart is telling you that you want a convertible car but your bank manager doesn't quite concur, there is still hope. On the used market, some of the most desirable drop-tops around take on a new air of affordability and if they're still on the outside of your price range, compact cabriolets like Mitsubishi's Colt CZC should make an acceptable alternative. A folding metal roof grafted onto the Colt supermini platform won't carry the high street wow-factor of an Audi or BMW effort but when the sun gets its hat on, fans of open-topped driving won't give two squirts of their factor 25.
The Mitsubishi Colt on which the Mitsubishi Colt CZC cabriolet is based made its debut in 2004 but the CZC version loitered in the shadows until 2006 before putting in its appearance in UK showrooms. It arrived at a time when supermini manufacturers were adopting folding hard-top technology in increasing numbers with the aim of grabbing a piece of the action that Peugeot had cornered with its 206CC model. Aside from that Peugeot and this Mitsubishi, notable protagonists in this emerging supermini-based convertible market included the Nissan Micra C+C and the Vauxhall Tigra. A couple of engines were offered in the Colt CZC. A 1.5-litre petrol unit with 107bhp and the 1.5-litre turbocharged effort that powered the feisty Colt CZT warm hatch. With 147bhp, the latter unit could produce a spiky turn of speed even with the extra weight of the roof mechanism to content with. Trim levels were a simple CZ1, CZ2 and CZ3. Towards the end of 2008, the Colt supermini received a hefty facelift that looked to bring a touch more aggression and sporty intent to the range with styling cues from the Lancer. The Colt CZC carried on with the front end of the pre-facelift cars, Mitsubishi presumably figuring that the leaner, meaner look wasn't the way to go in its lovable little convertible. It was probably, a wise move. The 1.5-litre Turbo engine was dropped from the line-up at around this time.
Mitsubishi based the CZC prototype on the chassis and running gear of their existing Colt five-door hatch. Which means that they needed to engineer a folding hard top roof and space for two adults up front plus two 'occasional seats' behind into a wheelbase of no more than 2,500mm. That's quite a task and the results, while impressive from a utility standpoint, won't win Mitsubishi any awards for aesthetics. That may be a little harsh as with the roof folded into the boot, the Colt CZC is a cheeky and rather appealing looking thing, with a pleasantly wedge-shaped profile and a pugnacious wheel-at-each-corner stance. It looks less happy when the roof is raised, giving it a rather odd push-me-pull-you appearance thanks to the relatively short bonnet and long rear deck. Rivals, such as Vauxhall's Tigra, showed that it is possible to produce a small coupe-cabriolet that doesn't look like a spud when the roof is in place but that car has only two seats. The CZC comes from decent stock, as the hatchback Colt is a roomy vehicle. There's only so much space between the front and rear wheels, however, and the folding hard top, while extending the rump of the car backwards, also eats into the space available for the rear seats. Unlike the relatively generous knee room on offer in the hatch, the CZC's rear seats are best left for shopping or very small kids. Get a tall driver or passenger up front and the available rear leg room virtually vanishes. Still, the CZC isn't targeted at growing families, instead aiming at twenty and thirtysomethings looking for an inexpensive, reliable, cheeky and fun car. The interior is functional but well executed. The urge to over-complicate matters has been resisted but there is some very nice detailing with only the quality of the plastics occasionally letting the Colt down. The round dials with their silver centres are highlighted with white surrounds that glow a pale green in the dark. Then there's the white column fabricated from the same luminous material that runs from the centre console down to the base of the gearstick. It's unusual but overall the interior pulls together very nicely. Compulsive button-prodders probably won't find a whole lot to keep them amused but if you appreciate pared-down cleanliness, you'll get on just fine with the Colt CZC's cabin. Mitsubishi may have given the CZC a minimalist look and feel inside but it's actually fairly well equipped. It comes laden with standard equipment, including alloy wheels, air-conditioning, leather trimmed steering wheel and gear lever, radio/CD/MP3 stereo, four airbags, anti-lock brakes with EBD (electronic brakeforce distribution) and integrated front fog lights.
Don't be too hard on yourself if you've never seen or heard of a Colt CZC before. The car never provoked stampedes of chequebook wielding customers at Mitsubishi dealerships. Modest sales mean a modest selection of vehicles for used buyers to choose from and prices are tough to pinpoint as a result. An 08-plate model will be around £6,000 and buyers will be looking at something closer to £4,000 for one of the first models registered in 2006.
Mitsubishi's reputation for reliability is well deserved and with even more than usual to go wrong in a folding hard-top car, this has got to be a big point in the CZC's favour. The engines are used in a number of other Mitsubishi products and should prove durable but check cars featuring the turbocharged unit carefully to make sure they haven't been thrashed. Avoid anything with a hint of damp about the interior as leaky roof can be a nightmare to sort out.
This normally aspirated 1,499cc engine in the 1,110kg Colt CZC produces 107bhp at 6,000rpm and 107lb/ft of torque at 4,000rpm. It's enough for a 10.2 second sprint to 60mph and a top speed of 114mph, while 42.8mpg is possible on the combined cycle, as is a CO2 level of 157g/km. The 1.5-litre turbo unit will be harder to track down but with 148bhp, it's usefully rapid. The 0-60mph sprint takes just 8.3s, a time that few models in the supermini-based convertible sector can challenge. Considering the weight of the folding hardtop arrangement and the reduction in stiffness caused by removing the fixed roof of the standard car, the CZC handles reasonably well. There's the usual thuds and shudders on poor road surfaces but nothing too dramatic. The light steering and stumpy nose make it easy to thread the CZC through city streets but owners might wish for a little more weight in the helm at higher speeds.
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Written by international experts, this publication provides the reader with the present knowledge and future research directions of diagnostic and therapeutic ultrasound and spectroscopy. Focused topics include Duplex ultrasound, transcranial color Duplex, MRA guided Doppler ultrasonography and near-infrared spectroscopy. New directions in the use and application of transcranial and color Duplex ultrasound are provided, as well as the use of ultrasound and arterial stiffness for measuring human vascular health and circulatory control. Novel use of ultrasound for the detection of intra-cardiac and intra-pulmonary shunts is also described along with its utility for the assessment of gastric regulation and emptying.
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The Israel Defense Forces and Border Police dismantled two illegal buildings in the West Bank outpost of Mitzpeh Yitzhar early on Thursday morning.
The area around the outpost was declared a closed military zone, in order to prevent anyone from obstructing the demolition.
Army Radio reported security forces did not meet with any violent opposition, and that no major clashes resulted from the demolition of the buildings, one of which was a residential structure.
There were also reports that the settlers claimed that security forces threatened to use tear gas if they tried to stop the demolition.
National Union MK Michael Ben-Ari, who visited the site on Thursday morning, said in response to the demolition that "Netanyahu and Barak are determined to fan the flames."
Some 50 settlers and right-wing activists entered a key West Bank military base early Tuesday morning and threw rocks, burned tires, and vandalized military vehicles.
The settlers were acting in response to a rumor that the IDF would act to evict a West Bank settlement in accordance with an August Supreme Court ruling.
In a further incident, arsonists set fire to a deserted mosque in central Jerusalem during the night between Tuesday and Wednesday. There was no structural damage reported and the damage mainly consisted of the blackening of walls and graffiti reading "Price Tag," and anti-Islamic phrases.


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Bercot, who is also a lawyer, takes the reader on a very stimulating journey in which we meet Polycarp (who was personally discipled by the apostle John) and other second-century witnesses. -- The Plough, April, 1990
Perhaps the single most important thing the book did for me was to introduce me in an unforgettable way to the early Christian writings. ...However, the author, David Bercot, does more than introduce the reader to the early Christians and their writings he advances a powerful and persuasive argument as to why we should take the early Christians and their writings seriously. This argument is basically similar to saying that the further upstream you go, the purer the waters should be. He makes a convincing case that these early Christian writers were in the best possible position to interpret and understand what the inspired writers had in mind when they wrote the New Testament. After all, some of these early Christian leaders were co-workers with the apostles and knew them personally. It is logical that they had a real advantage over us who read the Bible after nearly 2,000 years. -- Family Life, October, 1989
To say this book packs a jolt is an understatement. Bercot doesn't point fingers; he just tells it like it is, and no book other than Snyder's The Problem of Wineskins has affected my thinking of the church more than this one. This book has my highest recommendations. -- The Obligator, August, 1989
We've heard it all before. The church's decline began when Constantine named Christianity the religion of the Roman Empire. David Bercot recounts all this and more. He is deeply concerned with the church's lack of spirituality. He is upset that the church has adopted worldly standards of success rapid growth and wealth. He is right in feeling and expressing these concerns. And he expresses them well. -- Bookstore Journal, November, 1989
But this is not primarily a history book. It's a fresh, creative look at the problems facing the church today and the solution to those problems. It's a call for today's church to return to the simple holiness, unfailing love, and patient cross-bearing of the early Christians.
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JbConsole is a Firebird console tool. I have tested with Jython 2.5b3 and Jaybird 2.1.6 .
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It's still toy level, but it seems to be sample implementation of Jaybird and Jython.
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Swing and Java (JVM) I fast. 驚いた。 I was surprised.
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent, unwanted thoughts (obsessions) and/or repetitive behaviors (compulsions).
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Troy Davis last words can be heard below. His chilling last words were to the victim Mark MacPhail's family:
"The incident that night was not my fault, I did not have a gun…I did not personally kill your son, father and brother. I am innocent."
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Always pro-active, our Board spearheads new programs and further development of the School, guiding us through our strategic planning and policy-making activities. Lake Forest Graduate School of Management's Board of Directors meets four times per year in November, February, June and September.
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Selection Eclipse represents the next step in winemaking excellence from Winexpert. They've gone back to the drawing board, reformulating recipes to make sure they're always the best. The Sonoma Valley Pinot Noir has been reformulated for a slight bump in alcohol, as well as a more varietal-expressive yeast, allowing the rich character of the wine to truly shine through.
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The Accidental Time Traveller : Journalist Rosie Hartford is having an odd day. Or one hell of a hangover...Having had a blazing row with her boyfriend - fellow journalist Will - she reluctantly sets off for her latest assignment: an interview with one of the residents of The Meadows, a grotty local estate about to become the set for a major reality TV show, The 1950s House. But stepping through the front door, Rosie finds herself in a different house - and transported back in time. Everything is grey and drab - the food, the clothes, the TV. It's like the world is in permanent black and white. It's not long before Rosie realises what's going on. She's obviously a contestant on the 1950s show! She's pretty miffed she's not been given warning, but she might as well give it a go - after all, the cameras are always watching and the first rule of reality TV is always keep smiling! But what really sends Rosie into a spin is the fact that Will is there too - but here he is known as Billy and has been married since he was 16 to Rosie's best friend. In the 1950s, Will/Billy is a family man and devoted father, a side to him that Rosie finds hard to imagine. He grows vegetables, repairs shoes and even has a shed. He is, in fact, a grown up. The truth slowly dawns on Rosie that this is reality, not reality TV. After she gets over the shock, she begins to embrace daily life 1950s-style. Gone are the excessive consumerism, drifting relationships and cheap thrills of the Noughties. In its place is make do and mend, commitment, duty and honour. Together Rosie and Billy make a great team, covering dramatic local stories, and inevitably growing closer until Rosie falls in love with Will/Billy all over again. But now he has a wife and kids and is out of bounds...Unless she can get back to 2008!
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BREAKING NEWS — Firefighters Battle Ballston Garage Blaze
(Update at 2:35 p.m.) An elderly woman is dead following a car fire in the parking garage below the Ballston Hilton (950 N. Stafford Street).
Homicide detectives were called to investigate the woman's death, but according to police spokeswoman Det. Crystal Nosal the death is now being investigated as a probable accident.
Police believe the woman, 74-year-old Adele Lapinell of Annandale, suffered some sort of medical emergency that caused her to crash her vehicle on the G-1 level of the garage. The crash caused the fire, Nosal said — likely the result of a gas line that was damaged by the collision. The first and second floors of the hotel were evacuated during the fire as a precaution.
Lapinell's body was found as firefighters extinguished the blaze. Nosal said she was identified as a "registered parker" in the garage. She was the only person in the vehicle at the time of the collision.
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The Albanians
The origins of the Albanian-speaking population in Greece, known as Arvanites, remain uncertain. They appear to be the descendants of the Illyrian populations who withdrew into the highlands of the central Dinaric chain. Their name may originate from the valley of the Arbanon (along the Shkumbi River) in the theme of Dyrrachion (Durrës or Durazzo), in which they were first noted by outside commentators. Their language probably evolved from ancient Illyrian, which was formerly classed with the Hellenic group of Indo-European languages but was later recognized as an independent member of the latter family; it is heavily influenced by Greek, Slavic languages, Turkish, and medieval Italian. The Albanians in the 14th century began to advance into Greece's western coastal plain, where they served both Byzantine and Serbian overlords and ruled independently under various warlords and chiefly families; they were also present in considerable numbers in Thessaly, Boeotia, Attica (Attikí), and the Peloponnese, serving as soldiers and farmers and colonizing deserted lands. Albanians arrived in large numbers in the Peloponnese during the reign of the despotēs Manuel Kantakouzenos, who brought them there to serve as soldiers and to resettle depopulated regions. The reason for their migration to these areas as well as the impact of their presence on the region's existing ethnic and linguistic structure remains debated. These early Albanian-speaking settlers constitute a group distinct from the economic migrants from Albania, who have settled in Greece in the late 20th and early 21st centuries and who are simply known as "Albanians" (Greek: Alvanoi).
The Aromani
The Aromani (Vlachs) played an important role in central and southern Thessaly. They have generally been identified with the indigenous, pre-Slav populations of Dacian and Thracian origin, many of whom migrated into the less accessible mountainous areas of Greece and the northern Balkan region because of the Germanic and Avar-Slav invasions and immigration of the 5th–7th centuries. The Aromani maintained a transhumant pastoral economy in those areas. Their language belongs to the so-called Macedo-Romanian group and is closely related to that known from the 13th century on as Romanian (Daco-Romanian); it is essentially rooted in late Latin but heavily influenced by the Slavic dialects with which the Daco-Thracian populations were in regular contact. By the 11th century the Aromani are described as communities of shepherds who moved with their flocks between their winter pastures in Thessaly and summer pastures in Mount Gramoz and the Pindus range; they are found in Byzantine armies and are mentioned in many documents dealing with landholdings in northern Greece, where—as is often the case in relations between settled and nomadic populations—they were regarded as troublemakers and thieves. Byzantines were often imprecise in their use of ethnic names; the Aromani seem frequently to have been confused with the Bulgarians, through whose territory they also wandered on their seasonal routes and pasturage. A major modern debate about the role of the Aromani in the establishment of the second Bulgarian empire after 1185 continues and is strongly marked by nationalist sentiment.
Emerging Greek identity
As the Byzantine Empire declined, the predominant role of Greek culture, literature, and language became more apparent. For Christians of the early and middle Byzantine worlds, the terms Hellene and Hellenic generally (although not exclusively, since in certain literary contexts a classicizing style permitted a somewhat different usage) had a negative connotation, signifying pagan and non-Christian rather than "Greek." From the 12th century, however, in the context of increasing conflict with western European culture on the one hand and the encroaching Turkish powers on the other, this situation changed. Gradually a more self-consciously Greek consciousness began to develop, and a greater interest in "Hellenic" culture in a positive sense eventually evolved. Byzantines began to refer to themselves not just as "Romioi" (literally, "Roman," referring to members of the Eastern Roman [that is, Byzantine] Empire). In the decades prior to the Greek War of Independence, the Greeks began to identify themselves as "Hellenes" and assert their identity with the ancient Hellenic world. Among learned circles a deep interest in the Classical past was cultivated. While there was a powerful secularist tradition in this, culminating in the ideas of the Neoplatonic Byzantine philosopher George Gemistus Plethon, who argued for the implementation of the political-philosophical system outlined in Plato's Republic, it was the combination of popular Orthodoxy (and strongly anti-Western ecclesiastical sentiment) with a specifically Greek identity that shaped the Byzantines' notions of themselves in the twilight years of the empire. With the political extinction of the empire, it was the Greek Orthodox Church and the Greek-language community, in both "Greece" and Asia Minor, that continued to cultivate this identity as well as the ideology of a Byzantine imperial heritage rooted in both the Roman and the Classical Greek past.
Greece under Ottoman rule
Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks on May 29, 1453. The Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI Palaeologus, was last seen fighting alongside his troops on the battlements; his death gave rise to the widely disseminated legend that the emperor had turned to marble but would one day return to liberate his people. By 1453 the Byzantine Empire had become but a pathetic shadow of its former glories. The fall of this symbolic bastion of Christendom in the struggle against Islam may have sent shock waves through Western Christendom, but the conquest was accepted with resignation by many of the inhabitants of the city; as they saw it, their plight was a consequence of the sinfulness of the Byzantine Empire. For many people, Ottoman rule and the maintenance of the integrity of the Orthodox faith were preferable to accepting the pretensions of the papacy, which was the price Western Christendom had sought to exact in return for military assistance to ward off the Turkish threat.
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Form of government | unitary multiparty republic with one legislative house (Hellenic Parliament [300]) |
Head of state | President: Prokopis Pavlopoulos |
Head of government | Prime Minister: Alexis Tsipras |
Capital | Athens |
Official language | Greek |
Official religion | See footnote 1. |
Monetary unit | euro (€) |
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Total area (sq mi) | 50,949 |
Total area (sq km) | 131,957 |
Urban-rural population | Urban: (2010) 61.2% Rural: (2010) 38.8% |
Life expectancy at birth | Male: (2012) 77.5 years Female: (2012) 82.8 years |
Literacy: percentage of population age 15 and over literate | Male: (2010) 98.3% Female: (2010) 96.1% |
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Splash pages really weren't Johnny Romita's strong point but he did have some good ones, my favorites of which are seen here, again in no particular order (although the one above is a particular favorite). Most of these are, oddly enough, inked by Mike Esposito (as Mickey Demeo) and some are actually pencilled by Don Heck over Romita's strong layouts.
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Girl, 9, Gets Hit by Truck, Saves Her Little Sister's Life
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Sisterly love took on a whole new meaning for Anaiah Rucker last month, when the 9-year-old girl saved her little sister's life by letting herself get hit by a pickup truck.
Anaiah and her 5-year-old sister, Camry, were crossing the street to catch the bus for school when the accident happened, ABC affiliate WSBTV in Madison, Ga., reports.
"I love her more than anything," Anaiah told the station from her Atlanta hospital room. "I pushed my sister out of the way so she wouldn't get hit."
Morning Express reports Anaiah nearly died from her injuries, which included two broken legs -- the left leg was amputated, a broken neck and spleen damage. She also lost a kidney.
Anaiah tells WSBTV it was raining that day, that she looked both ways and thought they were clear to enter the street.
"I saw the truck and I was like, 'No!' " Andrea Taylor, the girls' mother who was watching from her porch, tells WSBTV. "I seen my daughter kinda snatch my 5-year-old back, and if it wasn't for that, my 5-year-old would have ... I don't think she would have made it."
The truck driver was not charged in the incident, according to the network.
WSBTV reports Anaiah is scheduled to be released today, and police cars and fire trucks from Madison will provide an escort home where it will be Anaiah Rucker Day.
Hailed as a hero, Anaiah tells WSBTV her motives were simple.
"I thought she was too young," she tells the network. "She's my sister. I love her."
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Ana Rod said...Anaih we love you I hope you know that we all care about your health and wellbeing. xxxxxxxxlove you
Montana said...Nice Mom, Didn't want to get wet ? Let's stand on the porch instead of going to the corner to get your kids. Your damn right I place blame
Patricia Laman said...Thats how I feel too. Evidently, everyone on this board thinks I'm insensitive, and wrong to blame the Mother.
Erica said...What a brave little girl, but why wasn't the mother crossing the street with them? Thank god she's going to be ok
mauigirl808 said...When the bus stops for my kids, the lights are flashing red. This means ALL traffic should stop because of this very thing.
heartlesstac said...The girls were crossing the street before the bus arrived so therefore no flashing lights.Anaiah looked both ways before crossing the street--it was raining hard that morning. The posted speed is 45 mph-the driver wasn't charged because there was no bus with flashing lights.
Rosita3597 said...What a brave little girl, but that's what love will have you do, put others ahead of yourself.
Fran said...What a Awesome little girl, all my prayers are with her.. Everyone who watches the video should learn a little something , from that beautiful child.. One selfless act,the true meaning of LOVE.
hqdrgs said...What a Great Show of The Human Spirit. Extremely Brave of her to react in such a way. Kudos to you for showing the world at such a young age that compassion and caring still exist. Smiles to you sweety!!
Cindy said...What an amazing mom. To teach her children of love that holds no boundaries. The lessons she has taught her daughters is what guided this little girl to save her sister. The love in this family must be apparent. To the little girl and her amazing family, my prayers are with you all. May you all take the time to heal together. Such a tradgedy strikes the entire family, not just the child. Glad to hear the community is behind all of them.
Christine said...what an awefull accident but that is one brave little 9 year old God Bless her and her family
LWILSON said...Bless her heart. That was a very brave and selfless act. Is there a fund set-up for this brave young lady?
Rosario said...What this little girl did was an expression of love that many seem to have forgotten. The bible speaks about this brotherly/sisterly love. She should be commended for what she did. And greatly supported by her community. Not only did she save her sister's life but it was a great act of unselfishness. Something alot of people in this world lack of. My heart goes out to you sweety. If you read this comment, send me an email!
holmes said...first of all thank god that both children are alive But what kind of PARENT or LACK OF would let there 9 and 5 yr olds cross any street alone while standing on the front porch! If the info in this article is CORRECT then that mother does not even remotely deserve the title of PARENT and is entirely responsible for the injuries that child will have to deal with the rest of her life!!!!! SHAME ON HER!!!!! but again i being a total stranger am very thankfull that they are alive and hope them the best
ayannamayberry said...holmes,
You're obviously an idiot that rode the short bus to school so you were never taught to cross the street before the age of 9!! Children walk to school all the time in Elementary school, a lot further than across the street to catch the bus! If you think a 4th grader shouldn't walk across the street to catch a bus then you can't possibly be a parent. If you are, you probably still wipe your child's behind, spoon feed, follow them around school all day and wash them up at night till they are 18!!
Allene said...What a brave and loving sister! Just wondering why the Mother was on the porch and not walking her young kids across the street?
XLMB said...I sincerely hope mommy had a little one in the house which is why she couldn't walk her daughter's to the school bus. If that is not the case and there is no mention of that hopefully the mother will get off her more than likely fat a** AND WALK YOUR KIDS TO THE BUS!
Geoff said...What a brave little girl! I know the two sisters will be in each other's hearts forever.