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|Before most officers who are reading this page were even born, there was a television game show called, "You Bet Your Life." Groucho Marx was the host and the first sponsor was Desoto, a car that the same young officers have never seen, except maybe at an antique car show. Desotos were made by Chrysler and were generally sold at Desoto-Plymouth dealers.
The fact is, I'm barely old enough to remember "You Bet Your Life," which eventually became "The Groucho Show" after a cheating scandal cast a dark shadow over games shows. Mostly, the action consisted of banter between Groucho and his semi-famous guests. The show was known for gorgeous women, scantily attired for the times, and Groucho's leering remarks, which would be socially unacceptable on network television today.
Several months ago, I thought about the old "You Bet Your Life Show" after a shooting incident involving the Knoxville Police Department, which patrols within the city limits of Knox County, Tennessee, where I spent my career with the Knox County Sheriff's Department.
Cutting straight to chase, KPD officers were dispatched to the scene of a disturbance where a suspect was brandishing, what the complainant thought was a replica or toy gun. The man had also told people that he intended to force the police to kill him. When the first officer arrived on the scene, the suspect pointed his weapon at the officer and the officer, of course, shot him.
As it turned out, the weapon, which was a dead-ringer for a real pistol, wasn't. Also, the suicide by cop failed and the suspect survived.
In the area where my newspaper column is read, probably an eighty to a hundred mile radius, taking in parts of three or four states, I have become somewhat of a symbol of law enforcement, the only police officer a lot of folks know -- or feel as if they know me because they regularly read my columns and my books.
The people within the geographic area where my column appears, are probably divided pretty much as the rest of the country in how they feel about cops. Some people are diehard supporters, most are fairly neutral and a few rabidly despise all law enforcement officers for their own reasons.
When the cop-haters in my region become outraged with police officers, I very often become the focus of their anger -- especially if I have just written a column defending whatever incident outraged the anti-law enforcement crowd to begin with. So when the man with the authentic-looking pistol was shot, I knew the mail would start coming in and I would eventually be accosted on the street by someone or challenged by an audience member in one of the groups to which I frequently speak.
Over the next two weeks, I got the indignant mail and e-mail right on schedule but I began to think maybe I would miss the angry citizen -- just that once. It wasn't to be, though. I walked into an auditorium a little over two weeks after incident and spotted my man right off the bat. These people have a look to them, an angry intense stare that I've learned to identify through the years.
He managed to contain himself until the question and answer session at the end of my talk, though he was obviously squirming in anticipation. I let him sweat for a while longer, picking other people, until I knew he was primed. I pointed at him politely and said, "Do you have a question, Sir?"
Without hesitation he was on feet. "Yes. I would like to know how you justify the shooting of a man armed only with a toy pistol by an officer who knew it was a toy?" He waited for an answer, seeming immensely pleased with himself.
"Well, to start with, I don't have to justify anything personally, because I wasn't there. However, if you had been there, would you have been willing to bet your life that an obviously deranged and suicidal man had not switched weapons after the first call was made or that the person who called in the original complaint might have been mistaken about whether the weapon was real?"
"Absolutely," he said. "I'd take the risk before I'd chance shooting an unarmed man." His voice was rising in pitch and his face was becoming very red.
"Would you take the same risk if a possibly lethal weapon was pointed at your wife or one of your children?" I asked.
Before the man could answer, two of the members of the club to which I was speaking, stepped up and spoke quietly to my inquisitor. I don't know what they said but he quickly took his seat and I moved on to another question. The man made a hasty exit when I finished answering questions.
I knew I'd see him again, though. Or somebody just like him. If not next week, then the week after.
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Here's a linear algebra notes i wrote in 1998, using Mathematica version 3, with much math typesetting. linearAlgebraNotes.nb. Mathematica 7 convert it to PDF very well. See: linearAlgebraNotes.pdf. Surprisingly, when converting to HTML, it actually generated a valid html with valid CSS. linearAlgebraNotes.html But further, it also exported to XML+MathML well: linearAlgebraNotes.xml (can be viewed with Firefox 3.6.12). Very well done!
A note about Mathematica's typesetting. Mathematica's typesetting capabilities is best on this earth. It was invented with Mathematica version 3 in 1996. It's not just a inert incomprehensible code as in TeX. For example, typing
1/Sqrt[x^2 + y^3], press a button, then it gets rendered into a 2-dimensional math notation.
Yet, Mathematica understands it as a live math expression. When writing math, you don't need to learn some inane specialized formatting language. You just type as you code in a computer language.
Also, whatever complex math expressions are automatically formatted, meaning, automatically wrapped. All these capabilities, i'd attribute to 2 very simple ideas:
Today, most mathematicians and engineers still use the TeX/LaTeX mumbo jumbo. And much of open source offerings are based on TeX. 〔➤ 9 Tools to Display Math on Web〕 MathML was a great idea (with much input from Wolfram Research), but it's a decade now and it's still practically not usable.

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Health Board decision – "A sad day for NHS democracy"
Cambridgeshire's Shadow Cabinet Member for Health, Geoff Heathcock, has labelled a decision to allow only three elected councillors on the county's new health board, "a sad day for democracy in the NHS".
Cllr Heathcock spoke out after the county council's Tory-run Cabinet rejected calls from Liberal Democrats for five county councillors and one councillor from each of the five district councils on the new Health and Wellbeing Board.
But the Tories pressed ahead instead with two Conservative county councillors and a solitary district councillor.
Councillor Heathcock said:
"This is a sad day for any real attempt to bring meaningful democracy into the NHS. Contrary views on health policy and commissioning of service decisions will be diluted by the time they reach the board.
"The Cabinet simply doesn't understand the concept of an inclusive board with proper representation from across the political spectrum. The board will be run and dominated by officers, which of course is how they like it."
There was only limited discussion during the Cabinet meeting on the issue where it was suggested that district councillors views could be heard at local network meetings.
"This is simply not good enough," added Cllr Heathcock.
The new board will oversee the spending of up to £800 million a year and have responsibility for public health throughout the county and play a major role in social care. It is being set up under the NHS health reforms and is designed to give local people more say on their services. Other members will be drawn from council officers and health officials.


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|Phase II study of obatoclax mesylate (GX15-070), a small-molecule BCL-2 family antagonist, for patients with myelofibrosis.
MedLine Citation:
|PMID: 20709666 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|BACKGROUND: Myelofibrosis (MF) is a disease characterized by the overexpression of the antiapoptotic BCL-2 family of proteins (eg, BCL-XL and MCL-1).
PATIENTS AND METHODS: We conducted a multicenter, open-label, noncomparative phase II study of obatoclax mesylate, a small-molecule pan-BCL-2 antagonist, in patients with MF. Obatoclax was administered as a 24-hour infusion (on an outpatient basis) every 2 weeks at a fixed dose of 60 mg.
RESULTS: A total of 22 patients were enrolled, with a median age of 63 years (range, 43-89 years). Twelve were men, and all 22 patients were previously treated (median of 2 previous therapies). Ten patients (45%) had a Lille score of 1, and 9 patients (41%) had a Lille score of 2. Thirteen (59%) were red blood cell transfusion dependent. A median of 7 cycles of obatoclax were administered. No patient achieved complete or partial response according to International Working Group criteria. One patient (4%) demonstrated a clinical improvement (in terms of hemoglobin and platelet count) after 7 cycles of therapy. The improvement was sustained for 4 cycles of therapy, after which he underwent allogeneic stem cell transplantation. The most common adverse events included low-grade ataxia and fatigue in 50% of the patients. Dose reduction because of toxicity was required in 1 patient, whereas 2 patients were taken off the study because of grade 3 ataxia and grade 3 heart failure. Grade 3/4 anemia and thrombocytopenia were evident in 6 (27%) and 4 (18%) patients, respectively.
CONCLUSION: Obatoclax exhibits no significant clinical activity in patients with MF at the dose and schedule evaluated.
|Sameer A Parikh; Hagop Kantarjian; Aaron Schimmer; William Walsh; Ekatherine Asatiani; Khaled El-Shami; Elliott Winton; Srdan Verstovsek
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Antineoplastic Agents / administration & dosage*, adverse effects
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / antagonists & inhibitors*, metabolism
Pyrroles / administration & dosage*, adverse effects
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Pointer to a good article about product management.
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Lou was pretty good at getting paid, it turns out.
Share extensions in iOS 8: Explained | iMore
The how of getting your app onto the iOS 8 "Share" menu.
How to Avoid Lowering Your Prices | SiriusDecisions
Sound strategies for avoiding pricing messes in the field. I'll add another vote for offering a longer contract rather than lowering price. The big secret here is that it's very hard to change the price at which a subscription is established, so don't lock in a low rate to win a customer; give free months of service instead.
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1895 Map of the University of Virginia Grounds
It's not every day that you get to see a picture of the world just before it changed. But that's what I found in my latest eBay finding, a copy of the Y.M.C.A. Student's Hand Book to the University of Virginia, 1895–'96. Inside the book, after the title page and opposite the calendar of the year (more on that in a second), is a fold-out map of the University as it existed at the beginning of the 1895 school year.
It's literally a peek backwards in time. The infirmary (now Varsity Hall) is on the map where it was built and stood until its move in 2005 to make way for the expansion of Rouss Hall for the McIntire School of Commerce (and Rouss, Cocke, and Cabell are not on the map at all). The original Dawson's Row buildings dot the map in an arc leading away from Monroe Hill. The lost Jefferson Anatomical Building, here labeled "Biological Laboratory," stands on the map alongside a pair of more modern buildings for Anatomy and Chemistry, both now lost to time. Memorial Gym is still the skating pond. Carr's Hill is a set of wooden dwellings, with no sign of the president's home that Stanford White built — of course, this was before the University had a president. Madison Bowl, and the original Madison House building, are just the "YMCA Campus."
And of course, the Rotunda only has one set of east-west wings, and it has a big Annex.
It's all poised on the brink of a monumental event: the destruction of the Rotunda Annex and the burning out of Jefferson's Rotunda on October 27, 1895. In a day the University was turned upside down. Two years later the Rotunda would be rebuilt in a grand style, three academic buildings would close off Mr. Jefferson's Lawn, and the unprecedented fundraising challenge would prove the last straw for the old faculty government model. Within ten years the University's first president would take office. It's a fascinating look back into a lost world.
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2014 UVA Reunion, Part III: The people
The best part of any reunion is the people, and I've learned an important lesson this time: get here early. I was never rushed, had enough time to spend with everyone, and lowered my blood pressure probably 20 or so points.
The shenanigans of our group of friends shall mostly be lost to the mists of time (or behind private walls on Facebook), but a few things stand out:
- Lunch from Take It Away on Friday afternoon, sitting under the tree in front of Pavilion VIII and watching the world go by.
- Bringing beer to the gentlemen of the Virginia Glee Club at the Glee Club House
- Meeting alumni from several generations of Club and seeing a program from the Founders Day 1943 debut of The Testament of Freedom – autographed by Randall Thompson
- Closing down Millers on Thursday night listening to John D'Earth
After Saturday's banquet, I had reached my quota of extroversion, and my claustrophobia kicked in. So I took my leave of my friends and walked up East Lawn, then cut across to West. As I passed Pavilion V, I was hailed by strangers sitting outside one of the Lawn Rooms, who pointed out my absence of beverage and rectified same; we exchanged pleasantries and University personal histories. Walking back down East Lawn again, I was stopped by alumni of the class of 1974, sitting outside another Lawn room drinking bourbon and smoking cigars. They pointed to my orange and blue bow tie and said, "Now that's how it's supposed to be done!"
2014 UVA Reunions, Part II: The Rotunda
I got a special behind-the-scenes tour of the Rotunda on Saturday. The Rotunda, Jefferson's library and the centerpiece of his Academical Village, just got done with a roof replacement and now enters the second, more extensive phase of its renovations as they redo the mechanical systems and get ready to return it to a building more integrated with student life. The guide said that they were inspired by the way students took to the McGregor Room in Alderman when it was turned into study space after Special Collections moved into its new dedicated building, and hope to recreate that effect in the oval room across from the Board of Visitors meeting room on the second floor. I can't think of anything better.
The tour itself was fascinating. We stood in the lower oval rooms on the ground floor and learned what they've reconstructed about the larger role of the chemistry labs in the earliest days of the university, when the Rotunda was not just library but also science classroom. We marveled at the graffiti left by builders in the portland cement lining the cistern buried in the east courtyard, long hidden under a fountain. And we got to ascend both tiers of balcony above the Dome Room floor, which have long been off limits to regular tours.
The last part was the most special. Behind an opened panel on the north wall was a small chamber housing the machinery for the north clock. There was a 1970s era unfinished wood structure around the clock mechanism. And the wood structure was covered by signatures of probationary classes of the University Guide Service. The Guides' secret hideaway had long been a legend, and seeing it in broad daylight was surprising at first. But as I wrote to a friend, I felt that the Guides found a way to become part of the historic fabric of the building in an intimately familiar and ultimately respectful way, just like the builders who left their names in the cement of the cistern. Seeing the signatures meant that my friends had found a way to become a deep part of the history of the University.
Check the Flickr photoset for more.
2014 UVa Reunions, part 1: The Library
My 20th reunion has been a great time to connect with friends, gawk at the architecture (again), and disappear into the library. —Wait, what?
I got into Charlottesville on Thursday for reunions weekend, and headed straight to the library. I was on the trail of the mysterious Glee Club concert program. I found the mention of William Wood Glass's correspondence with Ada Bantz Beardsworth in January of this year, and one sentence in the finding aid was electrifying: "He also included programs for the University of Virginia Glee Club."
In the end, the discovery was simple. I went to Special Collections, requested the box of correspondence, opened it, and there it was: a program for the February 12, 1894 Glee Club concert. Featuring E.A. Craighill, author of the Good Old Song, and the same concert program that the Club took on that 1893–1894 tour, the program formed the second earliest record we have of an actual Glee Club performance. It also had a human dimension: Glass wrote a letter to Ada on the front and back, describing the concert and its aftermath. He notes, "We had a fine time, but not as large a house as we anticipated. I made a great mash on one of Miss Baldwin's girls."
I'm getting the program scanned properly. It should be part of our permanent record of Club's history.
I returned to Alderman on Friday to dig through other holdings. I finally laid eyes on the January 1871 copy of the Virginia University Magazine, which fixes our earliest date for the Glee Club, and made my way through much of the collection of Corks and Curls. I'll post about some of those findings another time.
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New mix: been so lonesome, just 'bout flew away
Percolating this one for a while, as usual. Genesis has been the end of a long hard winter, some outstanding old gospel 78s that washed up on Bandcamp, and a few songs ("Headspins," "Genius of Love") that seized my playlist and wouldn't let go.
- In Your Eyes (Special Mix) – Peter Gabriel
- I Won't Be Long – Beck (I Won't Be Long)
- City With No Children – Arcade Fire (The Suburbs)
- Man – Neko Case (The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You (Deluxe Edition))
- Headspins – Splashh (Comfort)
- Little By Little – Radiohead (The King of Limbs)
- Weightless – Brian Eno (Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks)
- Root Down – Beastie Boys (Ill Communication)
- White Girl – Soul Coughing (Irresistible Bliss)
- Can You Get to That – Funkadelic (Maggot Brain)
- Borrowed Time – Alexander O'Neal (Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound)
- Bittersweet Me – R.E.M. (New Adventures In Hi-Fi)
- Genius Of Love – Tom Tom Club (Tom Tom Club)
- Patience – The Men (Campfire Songs)
- What Are They Doing in Heaven Today? – Dixie Hummingbirds (When the Moon Goes Down in the Valley of Time: African-American Gospel, 1939-51)
- Stones In My Passway – Robert Johnson (The Complete Recordings)
- Royals – Lorde (The Love Club EP)
- Deeper Into Movies – Yo La Tengo (I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One)
- Too Much of Nothing (take 2) – Bob Dylan (A Tree With Roots)
- That Was My Veil – June Tabor & Oysterband (Ragged Kingdom)
- Wash. – Bon Iver (Bon Iver)
- Avalanche (Slow) – Zola Jesus, JG Thirlwell & Mivos Quartet (Versions)
- Green, Green Rocky Road – Dave Van Ronk (Inside Llewyn Davis: Original Soundtrack Recording)
- Water Wheel – Steve Gunn (Time Off)
- Ceremony – New Order (International: The Best of New Order)
- One Day – Angelic Gospel Singers with the Dixie Humming Birds (When the Moon Goes Down in the Valley of Time: African-American Gospel, 1939-51)
- Winter's Come And Gone – Gillian Welch (Hell Among The Yearlings)
Virginia Glee Club History: Wanted
Why are some sources hard to find? There are usually a couple of reasons–either the item hasn't been digitized (but thanks to references in other sources we know that it exists), or the item has been digitized but Google, in its infinite wisdom, isn't making a full copy of the source available.
The current list:
- Corks and Curls volume 1 (1888). According to the snippet view search, Page 92 contains a description and information about that year's Glee Club, about which we have very little information.
- Corks and Curls volume 2 (1889). Again, tantalizing glimpses indicate that pages 10, 96, and 97 reference the Glee Club. This is especially tantalizing because our only prior evidence about the group says that it did not organize in 1888-1889.
- Corks and Curls volume 3 (1890). Page 106ff appears to supplement what little we know about the group in 1889-1890.
- Additional papers of Ada Bantz Beardsworth, Box folder 23:2. This is a funny one, but apparently the subject had a former boyfriend in the Virginia Glee Club (William Wood Glass), who sang in the Glee Club in the 1895-1896 season. And they corresponded, and he sent her concert programs! We only have one concert program of the Club prior to 1900 so this item, in the UVA Library Special Collections, would be quite a find.
- Programs from the 1980s and the 2000s. For whatever reason, we have more knowledge about concerts in the 1940s through the 1970s than we do about the 1980s, 2000s, and even 2010s (thanks to a few generous alums we have the 1990s mostly covered). Anyone holding a cache of concert programs from these eras?
So if there are any sleuths out there with access to the UVA Library or other repositories of rare Virginiana, who can help me out with a scanner, I'd be eternally grateful.
Virginia Glee Club history: the University Band and the Arcadians
I've devoted some of my Virginia Glee Club historical research time to non-Glee Club topics in an effort to better understand the life of the average Club guy across the decades of the group's existence. In the process, I've learned some interesting things about Club itself.
First, other musical groups, namely the University Band. If you think the Club has had a checkered history, what with multiple potential founding dates and occasional fallow years, then check out the band! Though instrumental music has an earlier start date than organized glee clubs, with the first reference to student instrumental groups coming in 1832, there were not only many starts and stops but also outright faculty opposition. In a foreshadowing of this year's performance space flap, students were forbidden in the late 1830s from practicing instruments except between the hours of 2 and 3 in the afternoon, or from four to eight o'clock at night—and never on Sunday. So formal bands died out, to be replaced by the Calathumps — not a good tradeoff for order at the University. New organized bands sprouted in the early 20th century but seemed always to die away, so you had a founding of a band in 1908–09, another in 1910–11, another in the 1920s, another in 1934, a dwindling to almost nothing in the early 1960s, and then a resurgence with significant donor money in 2004. The last refounding of the Band, with the clear goal of the extinguishing of the Pep Band, doesn't reflect well on student self governance, but at least it got a band that had instruments and practice space.
Second, the Arcadians. I've written about them before, but it's interesting to study this group in a little more detail. The University had had a small dramatic group, the VVV Club, in the early 1900s, but the Arcadians were something else—seriously organized, putting on big shows, and apparently sucking in all the musical talent. In 1904 the University only had 662 students, not reaching over 1000 until 1915–16, and the pool of available students wasn't big enough to support both a Glee Club and a dramatic group that performed musicals. So, after five musicals, the Arcadians were bankrupt and no student groups remained to put on entertainments. Enter the Glee Club of 1910–11. And, given that there were only a few additional fallow years from this season forward, we can really thank the poor financial management skills of the Arcadians with giving the Glee Club the opportunity to get back on its feet for good.
New mix: something other than regret
Starting with this. I completed something other than regret, my 33rd mix in the modern era, on the 10th of November, and it's all over the map, but with some pretty strong thematic material running through as well. I especially love the way that Laura Marling excavates on the three tracks from Once I Was an Eagle, which is my favorite album of 2013; the woozy, witchy, R&B-driven silliness of "Nommo (The Magick Song)" ("All praises due to the Black man," indeed); the light touch of Antony's "Crackagen", and the way that John Fahey's riff on Clarence Ashley's "The Coo Coo Bird" fits so seamlessly with gospel. I've definitely got something other than regret.
- Song-Song – Brad Mehldau Trio (The Art Of The Trio Volume 3)
- Nommo- The Magick Song – Gary Bartz And NTU Troop (I've Known Rivers And Other Bodies)
- Is That Enough – Yo La Tengo (Fade)
- Blue Light – Mazzy Star (So Tonight That I Might See)
- Life & Soul – The Sundays (Blind)
- Take The Night Off – Laura Marling (Once I Was An Eagle)
- I Was An Eagle – Laura Marling (Once I Was An Eagle)
- Crackagen – Antony and the Johnsons (Another World)
- Everybody's Heart's Breaking Now – Lavender Diamond (Incorruptible Heart)
- Variations On The Coocoo – John Fahey (The Dance Of Death & Other Plantation Favorites)
- Where Shall I Go? – Sister Marie Knight (When the Moon Goes Down in the Valley of Time: African-American Gospel, 1939-51)
- Don't Give Up – Peter Gabriel (So (Remastered 2012))
- Incinerate – Sonic Youth (Rather Ripped)
- Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes – Sun Kil Moon (Tiny Cities)
- We'll Sweep Out The Ashes In The Morning – Gram Parsons (G.P. / Grievous Angel)
- Breathe – Laura Marling (Once I Was An Eagle)
- Turn Your Color – The Men (Campfire Songs)
- I'll Fly Away – Southern Sons (When the Moon Goes Down in the Valley of Time: African-American Gospel, 1939-51)


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Who you choose, Triond or Facebook?
Being a Triond Freak is far better than being a Facebook Freak
Yesterday I read a statistical data which revealed that 'Facebook Freaks' i.e. Facebook obsessed people pop-in their accounts for at least 8 hours daily, which is equivalent to a full working day. They view their accounts for minimum 15-20 times to check out for the status, the pictures they've been tagged in, etc. And normal people from the age range of 18-25 spend 1 hour 20 minutes on average.
In start I thought about sharing this info to all my Triond users (and hopefully for some who Google it). But then just telling a statistical data is so BORING! Why not 'do it the fun way i.e. the 'Triond way'? Facebook freaks spend 15-20 times viewing their accounts. When I thought about it, it came to my mind; "I don't spend 8 hours on Facebook, but I definitely spend 2 hours on Triond from my mobile, and extra 1 hour if I need to write a article and publish it. (Many of my Triond friends would have noticed that I don't publish on 'every day' basis, like 1 article in a couple of days. Call me lazy, but I feel that works out for me anyways.) So maybe I'm a 'Triond Freak' after all.
Makes sense my Triond amigos isn't it? Triond freaks: a good title indeed. Their statistical data revealed that the people of age range from 18-25 spend 1.5 hours approximately. Well, on Triond, people of all ages spend time a lot. And we actually do something far more worthwhile, isn't it friends? Instead of tagging people, uploading pictures and uploading your status, we publish articles, read other articles, many have something new to learn about, many articles are informative, we actually be in touch with people around the world far better on Triond as compared to Facebook, we comment our views and ultimately if I need to give a catchphrase for Triond, I would refer it as the 'LEARN AND EARN' spot.
It's not like that I'm totally against Facebook. Even I visit it, but to only be in contact with my college buddies and old-time close friends, and that is all. So, I don't mind to say that Triond seems a better home, if you have a writer inside you. And if you speak about 'connecting people', Triond connects people far more better that Facebook I reckon.
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Hi group,
how can I realize some if-like conditions with JSF within a JSP page.
What I'd like to do is to hide some parts of the page if e.g. a user is not logged-in or the user has not the propper rights.
Normally if would do this with something similar to
<% if(statment) { ... } %>
I know that most of the JSF-Tags have an "render"-attribute but it seems this isn't probably the best in hiding large sections as you have to set each element's renderer attribute.
How would you as JSF experts realize it?
Thanks in advance


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If New Jersey Gov. Christie actually joins the 2012 presidential race, he risks a rapid fall from grace.
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The grace of the speaker, and the mystic quality of the thing spoken, arrested him.'
"Seventeen, an it please your grace," said Stephen, in the gruff voice of his age.
As they come in, grace speaks to him, and Philip shakes his head.
grace's face was alight with appreciation of Mrs. Gray's gift.
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late 12c., "God's favor or help," from Old French grace "pardon, divine grace, mercy; favor, thanks; elegance, virtue" (12c.), from Latin gratia "favor, esteem, regard; pleasing quality, good will, gratitude" (source of Italian grazia, Spanish gracia), from gratus "pleasing, agreeable," from PIE root *gwere- "to favor" (cf. Sanskrit grnati "sings, praises, announces," Lithuanian giriu "to praise, celebrate," Avestan gar- "to praise").
Sense of "virtue" is early 14c., that of "beauty of form or movement, pleasing quality" is mid-14c. In classical sense, "one of the three sister goddesses (Latin Gratiæ, Greek Kharites), bestowers of beauty and charm," it is first recorded in English 1579 in Spenser. The short prayer that is said before or after a meal (early 13c.; until 16c. usually graces) has a sense of "gratitude."
c.1200, "to thank," from Old French gracier, from grace (see grace (n.)). Meaning "to show favor" (mid-15c.) led to that of "to lend or add grace to something" (1580s, e.g. grace us with your presence), which is the root of the musical sense in grace notes (1650s). Related: Graced; gracing.
(1.) Of form or person (Prov. 1:9; 3:22; Ps. 45:2). (2.) Favour, kindness, friendship (Gen. 6:8; 18:3; 19:19; 2 Tim. 1:9). (3.) God's forgiving mercy (Rom. 11:6; Eph. 2:5). (4.) The gospel as distinguished from the law (John 1:17; Rom. 6:14; 1 Pet. 5:12). (5.) Gifts freely bestowed by God; as miracles, prophecy, tongues (Rom. 15:15; 1 Cor. 15:10; Eph. 3:8). (6.) Christian virtues (2 Cor. 8:7; 2 Pet. 3:18). (7.) The glory hereafter to be revealed (1 Pet. 1:13).


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Weasel13 Feb 22, 2013 1:41 PM
Re: iOS 6 iPhone 4s battery drain in response to Greg Bastug1
Without reading through 146 pages is there a fix for this? I updated yesterday and had never had an issue. Today my battery drained in 4 hours without even really using it! It really makes the phone useless! Please help if there is a fix....
mhg8 Feb 22, 2013 1:43 PM
Re: iOS 6 iPhone 4s battery drain in response to Greg Bastug1
I have the same problem as you, but mig bigget frustation is, that my standby time and my usage time is equal. If my phone can last lets say 11 hours, my phone says that usage time is maybe 10 hours and 45 minutes, while my standby says 11 hours. And i maybe used my phone for a total of 30 minutes. That the most frustating thing. So i restored iPhone from new but didn't help, I know we all have this problem, but can anyone solve this?
jrphonehome Feb 22, 2013 3:03 PM
Re: iOS 6 iPhone 4s battery drain in response to mhg8
after days of a hot battery that drained in less than 4 hours thanks to ios 6 and the subsequent 6.1 patch, my phone is finally working normally again.
this makes no sense to me but something in here fixed it for me:
1. went to app store
2. downloaded a contact manager, backed up my contact list
3. plugged phone in to pc, did a complete backup using iTunes
was just about to do a full reset but when i picked it up it wasn't hot any more. now it's running perfect.
TimK1964 Feb 22, 2013 3:25 PM
Re: iOS 6 iPhone 4s battery drain in response to Greg Bastug1
Need someone smarter than I...
My phone shows a drain of 120mA. Nothing is on and I am not using it. The battery is discharging at about 10% and hour with the phone idle.
Tonight I try another DFU reset and set the phone up as a new phone. I will skip loading anything and see how the battery goes.
It appears I will be forced to upgrade if I want to have a phone. Thanks for the help Apple
tungsten2k Feb 22, 2013 3:38 PM
Re: iOS 6 iPhone 4s battery drain in response to mattzulu
Pizza while I appreciate your suggestion, and the intent, I must advise you with this battery once you've reached 100% -any time longer on the charger than let's say one hour is actually bad for long term battery life. Full cycle charges however, are beneficial. A full cycle charge is when you allow your phone to drop below 20% and then charge your phone to 100% without interruption. Allowing a maximum of 1 hour past 100% on the charger.
And yes my battery life is still terrible post the most recent update. Apple needs to handle this.
Lot of misinformation above.
First, the lithium ion charge management ic in the iPhone does not allow the battery to continually charge if left connected "beyond one hour". It charges the battery with a modified constant-current/constant-voltage charge curve. It will charge at a constant-current rate of up to 900mAHr (depending on power-source) up until the charge voltage is 4.19v, at which point it maintains constant-voltage 4.19v charge rate. Normal Lithium-ion terminates when the charge current drops to 1/5 of the constant-current rate (900/5 mAHr in this case) but the iPhone has specific disconnects the battery from the charge circuit and allows the phone to be powered by the USB directly. In this state, it will show the battery status as an appliance plug, rather than a lightning bolt (example: http://halo.bungie.org/misc/mid7night_iphone_goodies/BungieHaloTheme3.jpeg). There is no harm in leaving the iPhone connected to external power indefinitely in this state, and in fact, doing so increases battery longevity, since otherwise, the battery would be draining to power the phone, exhausting the finite charge cycles.
Second, full cycle charges are not beneficial for the battery in any way. They are however needed for ensuring that the battery guage reading accurately represents the energy content of the battery by keeping them calibrated to one another, as well as letting the charge IC better know the charge capacity so it can better manage the charge process. Draining the Lithium-ion battery any amount, and charging it up, diminishes a portion of the finite number of useful charge cycles from it (>80% of original battery capacity after 400 cycles, in the case of the 4S). Full charge cycles are not needed, nor beneficial at all for the battery itself. Apple's documentation is purposefully misleading on this, erring on over-simplification in order to get users to perform a single full charge cycle once per month.
Lastly, a full cycle discharge should not be terminated when the battery guage reads 20% or less. It terminates when the iPhone shuts down on it's own. Only by allowing the iPhone to fully depleat on it's own during normal use, will the battery level guage be given the information necessary to recalibrate it's parameters to the battery. Artificially increasing the discharge rate (such as by running a GPS app, game, or some other application that uses many of the on-board radios and devices, in addition to the screen and CPU) undermines the calibration proceedure and will result in inaccurate calibration where the capacity reported will be lower than actual capacity. If during the calibration process, you terminated discharge manually when the phone charge guage indicated <20%, then you have not performed the calibration proceedure, and thus, cannot state whether you have a problem with your battery or not, based on percieved abnormally-fast depletion.
BatmanX Feb 23, 2013 4:41 AM
Re: iOS 6 iPhone 4s battery drain in response to razmee209
You are pathetic Apple
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razmee209 Feb 22, 2013 3:48 PM
Re: iOS 6 iPhone 4s battery drain in response to BatmanX
Dude nobody from apple reads these forums, this a user to user forum, like you and I.
BatmanX Feb 22, 2013 3:52 PM
Re: iOS 6 iPhone 4s battery drain in response to razmee209
Well somebody is editing my messages (always says edited by host) when they don't like what I say about Apple lol
I'm just assuming it's someone at Apple lol
tungsten2k Feb 22, 2013 4:02 PM
Re: iOS 6 iPhone 4s battery drain in response to TimK1964
TimK1964, your battery has over 400 cycles on it. To put it bluntly, it's nearing the end of it's useful life. Apple states that your battery should have 80% of its original capacity at 400 cycles. Based on this, I would expect your battery to be considerably lower capacity than new. Additionally, calibration will be imperitive in order to have the battery guage match the actual battery contents.
Like I said before, I too had the same issues as everyone here, and it was only after actually performing at least one full charge cycle did it not show completely rediculous discharge rate (10% in just 10 minutes, right of the charger), and even then it wasn't ideal. But running it through approx 2 more full charge cycles (I didn't let it sit and run them statically, but it did run down fully once again overnight, after i had used it all day again), did it finally begin to show reasonable numbers during use.
This is all under 6.1.2 of course. Anyone complaining about previous versions, I think we need to simply point to the upgrade first, since they just muddy the waters of what we're trying to do, and that is determine if there is a software problem with 6.1.2 and excessive battery useage for some devices.
Back to your task at hand, 120ma is about normal discharge rate for an iPhone with the screen and radios on and not connecteed to a power source. Why do you think that's excessive ? Or maybe I don't understand your question?
TimK1964 Feb 22, 2013 4:06 PM
Re: iOS 6 iPhone 4s battery drain in response to Greg Bastug1
tungsten2k - thanks. 120mA means nothing to me, I figured you would know if that was normal and I was correct.
This was my first iPhone so I am not sure what a 'normal' lifespan for the phone should be.
It sounds like it may be worth the $40 to get a new battery put in. We have a store here that does it. New battery than go through setting it up as a new phone might be my best option.
Once the battery hits that 80%, does it really start to die quicker after each charge?
I appreciate the feedback you have given. I don't want to keep trying to fix an issue if part of the problem is the battery hitting end of life.
Now it's time to decide - spend $40 on a battery and hope it helps or spend $150 on an iPhone 5.
sbailey4 Feb 22, 2013 4:12 PM
Re: iOS 6 iPhone 4s battery drain in response to Kristin22
OK well the easiest option to start is as follows:
1: to go to settings>reset>reset all settings. The iPhone will reboot.
2: You will be prompted with a few options. select "set up as new". This does not delete your apps or data so dont worry about that.
3: You will then be prompted to run through a wizard to select certain options. Run through and select what u want
4: It will load back up and the only thing you will see is the wallpaper will be back as default so you will have to change it back to what you want. Otherwise all your icons and groups and apps should remain just as they were.
Thats all.
Now the other piece is to allow the device to run down until it shuts itself off. You can time this around when you go to bed as not to interfere with your day. Then plug it in and allow it to charge fully ( Full charge on iPhone is around 1.5 hrs AFTER it shows 100%.) So if you are sleeping great just let it charge all night The key here is to allow it to charge undisturbed all the way. BTW the device only takes like 3 hrs to charge if totally dead so I suspect most folks can find 3 hrs somewhere to allow their device to charge without messing with it. Of course it will be on while charging so if you receive an emergency call it will still function.
Pizza98704 Feb 22, 2013 4:22 PM
Re: iOS 6 iPhone 4s battery drain in response to sbailey4
This is what I have been posting in this thread alot. Apparently, I am spamming, when it works for me.
Here are the instructions I have:
- Do the IOS update (the one that is the latest, or if you already did or have it downloaded, then proceed to step 2)
- Reset All Settings: SETTINGS>GENERAL>RESET>RESET ALL SETTINGS
- Use it until it dies (automatically shuts off)
- Plug into Charge
- Leave it 1.5 hours or longer after it reaches 100% --> Undisturbed (preferably overnight)
- Give it a few days to Calibrate
This has helped me on my Ipod Touch 4th generation, running IOS 6.0.1
Also, there is an update (IOS update 6.12), should I update to it on my Ipod Touch 4th generation?
sbailey4 Feb 22, 2013 4:24 PM
Re: iOS 6 iPhone 4s battery drain in response to Rory
I understand that. My question was have you run it after the restore without loading all your apps back or restoring the backup. I think you mentioned you didnt restore a backup but DID load all your apps. So potentially there is an app that's causing your issue. The only way to know if run the phone in its default state and see how it functions. If all is well then it would indicate that your device is ok and you have an app that is not playing nice on your device or with the version of iOS that you have. Maybe add a few back at a time and monitor it. While I know that can be a pain if there is nothing wrong with your device it would be worth it to know if App X is causing you to not like your iPhone very much and don't use it.
Rory wrote:
That's what the DFU reset does - loads new firmware, then the IOS... When you set it up as a 'new phone' - then instead of 'restoring' from a backup - you basically install apps again, songs, photos, etc....
I've done the DFU thing twice to no avail.
Charged my phone overnight - unplugged this morning at 7:30 am - it is now 2:50 pm here - I have 32% left - battery watch app says 3 hours left on battery......
Before 6.1.1 and 6.1.2 I'd get 2-3 days....
This also with the phone barely used at all....
Hanuman Hoffman Feb 22, 2013 4:33 PM
Re: iOS 6 iPhone 4s battery drain in response to javiervargas
As I mentioned in an earlier reply in this thread, my 4s was leaking badly on 6.0.1
I did reset all settings and upgraded to 6.1 then restored from the backup it had made.
While 4s battery has never been strong from the beginning, I am no longer experiencing the extreme discharge.
Current reading:
Usage:1 hr. 13 min.
Standby: 10 hours, 18 min.
Current charge remaining is 87%.
My wife's 4s is at 6.1 and holding about the same way.
I have never updated OTA.
I have never used iCloud.
I always connect to iTunes through an iMac.
Not experienced enough to suggest a fix.
I will not be upgrading beyond 6.1 until these issues sort themselves out.
sunking101 Feb 22, 2013 4:40 PM
Re: iOS 6 iPhone 4s battery drain in response to TimK1964
There seem to be a few people on here who think a new battery might fix this. If your battery life is noticeably worse since you installed a new iOS then it goes without saying that your battery is not the problem. Sure batteries age and their storage capacity diminishes over time but it's such a subtle process that you barely notice it. When you install a new iOS update and your battery life disappears like never before, there can be only one explanation.
I have had problems ever since I upgraded from iOS5.1 to iOS 6.0. Immediately I started having battery drain problems, phantom data useage and assistive touch problems. The iOS 6.1 update fixed my battery drain & phantom data useage problem and although I still have one or two niggles which didn't exist in iOS5.1, I am relatively happy with my iPhone. I dare not upgrade iOS again until a decent version is released. I cannot believe that they still haven't launched an o/s as stable as 5.1 despite three attempts now.


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Ravenna: Hotel Sant' Andreavia Carlo Cattaneo, 33, Phone: 0544.215564
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Reviewed by: lauram from Canada, review #1465
When: May 2006
A beautiful little hotel w/ nice garden: helpful staff; excellent location; quiet, comfortable, bright rooms; modern, spacious bathrooms; tasty big breakfast.
Although the hotel is in a street that cars can access, this street borders the pedestrian part of town; and if you stay in a room that overlooks the back garden, as all of us did, it's very quiet (even the neighbour's noisy dog [see review of a couple of years ago] is pretty quiet these days!).
I have noticed that several of my other reviews mention noise issues: this one won't, since we had completely peaceful nights (and days) here. The hotel is a few minutes' walk from all the main points of interest, and a very nice introductory walk of less than 20 minutes (even pulling our carry-ons behind us) from the train station.
We really loved our meal at Ca' de Ven restaurant, I think about a 10-minute walk away; and the meal at La Gardela was also good and also close on foot. There are lots of shops within a few minutes' walk, including an internet post. In fact, everywhere in Ravenna seems to be just a few minutes' walk from here! This small hotel has a spacious, bright entrance foyer with lots of tourist information, a pleasant sitting area, and a spacious, bright breakfast room (a generous selection of breakfast items is included in the price of the room); a gorgeous double wooden staircase (and an unobtrusive little lift) give access to the upstairs floors.
The lovely big lawn with bordering flower beds and shrubs is straight through the entrance out the back, and offers several tables and chairs you can move around to find just the right amount of sun or shade; you can sit here for breakfast, if you want.
Our "first"-floor room, a suite with a second (queen) bed in the adjoining room and a king(?) bed in the main room, had lovely high ceilings, lots of light and room, and our favourite bathroom in Italy - lots of hot water and water-pressure, ample elbow-room and shelves, excellent lighting.
Our daughter and her friend shared a second unit, a "French" room (describes the bed size, I think marginally different from a queen) on the ground floor, with charming French-door access right onto the back garden and a large handicapped-accessible bathroom. Though we liked our room immensely, when we saw theirs my husband and I were envious! We paid 250/night for all of our accommodation (double suite and French room); very reasonable, I think. The staff were all outstanding here: the manager who had kindly given us a little price break when we had told her about our budget and who offered to make phone calls not only local restaurant reservations, but also to Bologna area Italian speakers we wanted to confirm plans with; the cook who laid the buffet table a bit early on our departure day so that we could enjoy breakfast before catching our train (and who called up a couple of taxis pronto when we decided the rain that morning really was going to put a damper on our plans to walk to the station). I really loved visiting Ravenna, for all the usual artistic and other great reasons, but the Sant' Andrea made this my favourite city of the trip. An unqualified yes! yes! for this hotel.
Reviewed by: Donna Marie from CA, review #1233
When: October 2005
Charming {3 star} hotel in Ravenna city center.
Three star rated Hotel San Andrea in the city center of Ravenna is as charming and comfortable as they come. Large rooms and thoroughly modern bathrooms complete with helpful and knowledgeable staff make this a pleasant place to stay. Expect a large and delicious breakfast in the dining room or out in the enclosed garden on warm, sunny days. And, all the beautiful sights of Ravenna are a stone's throw away!
Reviewed by: Staci from CT, review #626
When: July 2004
Wonderful, immaculate, new {3 star} hotel located in the center of Ravenna - the mosaic capital of the world.
The S. Andrea is a quite new hotel and the property reflects that. This 3 star had beautifully polished wood flooring and furniture in the entrance area, clean spacious rooms and bathrooms, and a charming well-tended garden out back.
Our family had two rooms (140 for a triple and 160 for a suite) although the suite could easily have held the 5 of us. Believe me, the rooms are really large. The beds are incredibly comfortable. Bathrooms are marble, offer one sink and a new stall shower with plenty of hot water.
Breakfast was included and it was more than adequate. There are two slight negatives of which a potential customer should be aware: 1) There is a dog and some young children living in the adjacent backyard property. As sound proofing in the hotel could have been better, you will need your earplugs. 2) Ravenna is very difficult to drive in and the S. Andrea's garage requires backing down 2 small and narrow streets. The entrance to the garage is often blocked by local resident cars. If you will require your car at a certain time, talk to the staff and see what alternatives you have. We needed our car at 5am and the plan to park in a special space out front worked perfectly.
In summary, this hotel is really inviting, gorgeous, friendly, comfortable, and pretty. The staff went out of their way to help us with all requests. I would definitely stay here again. Next time though, I'll try to arrive by train!
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Labrador Pond
Labrador Pond is located on the borders of Onondaga and Cortland counties near the Village of Tully. The pond is a main part of the 1,480 acre Labrador Hollow Unique Area.
Physical Features
Elevation: 1,200 feet
Area: 102 acres
Length: 0.7 miles
Maximum Depth: 5 feet
Plant Life
Significant rooted aquatic vegetation growth throughout the pond.
Public Access Sites
Off Markham Hollow Road. Hand launch. Accessible fishing pier. Non-motorized Watercraft Only. Fishing Only Allowed From Pier or Watercraft.
General Fishing Information
Smallouth bass and chain pickerel are the reported as the main gamefish in the pond. Pumpkinseed sunfish, bluegill, brown bullhead and yellow perch can also be found in the pond.
Fisheries Management
Labrador Pond is not stocked and statewide fishing regulations apply.


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i have been lagging in enthusiasm for MANY reasons...HOWEVER...i got THE SPARK today and entered my secret code and got my 500 points for buying it and , voila, i have been re-enthused with the silly 500 sparkpoints which get me UP for producing more and finding my STREAKS...now, onto the reading
as my feet hint the floor in the morning i thank God for my life, then I stretch and say thank you Father God for my health,beautiful body9
I remember seeing Jack Lalaine doing these, and wow, he still looks great. Make faces (and don't forget to tighten the neck) to get those muscles working and looking good. It also boosts your mood when you sit there being silly.
This might sound silly, but I know some people out there don't make their bed in the morning. It only takes a minute or two and it gives you a boost for the day because you can already check something off your list! It really is a great way to start the day!


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Vineland mayoral candidate Ruben Bermudez (right) holds up positive election results for his campaign alongside campaign volunteers Ramon Irizarry and Maribel Rodriguez at Hampton Inn Tuesday night December 18, 2012.
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VINELAND - Ruben Bermudez will be the city's first Hispanic mayor after ousting one-term incumbent Robert Romano in Tuesday's runoff election.
Bermudez, a Landis Avenue business owner and former City Council president who entered the often nasty campaign as an underdog, has vowed to make the ideas of everyday citizens a vital part of how he governs for the next four years.
Bermudez will be joined by all five of his council running mates, who also were elected Tuesday: Anthony R. Fanucci, Paul F. Spinelli, John A. Procopio, Maritza Gonzalez and Angela Calakos. ...


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St. Thaddeus Monastery
|The Armenian Monastic Ensemble in Iran
|Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List
|ii, iii, vi
|UNESCO region
|Inscription history
|2008 (32nd Session)
The Saint Thaddeus Monastery (Armenian: Սուրբ Թադէոսի վանք Surb Tadeosi vank' ; Azeri: Qara-Kilisa; Persian: قره کلیسا / Ghara Kelisa, literally "The Black Church")[1] is an ancient Armenian monastery located in the mountainous area of Iran's West Azerbaijan Province, about 20 kilometers from the town of Maku.[2][3]
The monastery is visible from a distance because of the massiveness of the church, strongly characterized by the polygonal drums and conical roofs of its two domes. There are several chapels nearby: three on the hills east of the stream, one approximately 3 km south of the monastery on the road to Bastam, and another that serves as the church for the village of Ghara-Kilise.[4]
History and architecture[edit]
One of the 12 Apostles, St. Thaddeus, also known as Saint Jude, (not to be confused with Judas Iscariot), was martyred while spreading the Gospel. He is revered as an apostle of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Legend has it that a church dedicated to him was first built on the present site in AD 68.[citation needed]
Not much appears to remain of the original church, which was extensively rebuilt in 1329 after an earthquake damaged the structure in 1319. Nevertheless, some of the parts surrounding the altar apse date from the 10th century.
Much of the present structure dates from 1811 [5] when Qajar prince Abbas Mirza helped in renovations and repairs. Undertaken by Simeon, Father Superior of the monastery, a large narthex-like western extension was added to the medieval church. This structure exactly duplicates the design of the cathedral at Etchmiadzin.[6] The 19th century additions are from carved sandstone. The earliest parts are of black and white stone, hence its Turkic name Kara Kilise, the Black Church.
A fortified wall surrounds the church and its now-abandoned monastery buildings.
In July 2008, the St. Thaddeus monastery was added to UNESCO's World Heritage List, along with two other Armenian monuments located in the same province: Saint Stepanos Monastery and the chapel of Dzordzor.
Notable details[edit]
Apostles Thaddeus and Bartholomew[edit]
According to Armenian Church tradition, the Apostles Thaddeus and Bartholomew traveled through Armenia in AD 45 to preach the word of God; many people were converted and numerous secret Christian communities were established there.
The ancient Christian historian Moses of Khorene tell the following story, considered a legend by most modern historiography.[7] Thaddeus converted King Abgar V of Edessa. After his death, the Armenian kingdom was split into two parts. His son Ananun crowned himself in Edessa, while his nephew Sanatruk ruled in Armenia. About AD 66, Ananun gave the order to kill St. Thaddeus in Edessa. The king's daughter Sandokht, who had converted to Christianity, was martyred with Thaddeus. Her tomb is said to be located near the Ghara Kelisa.
It only has one service a year, on the Day of St. Thaddeus (near July first), which is attended by Armenian pilgrims from all over Iran and other countries.
See also[edit]
Nearby medieval Armenian monasteries in Vaspurakan[edit]
- Saint Bartholomew Monastery, a 13th-century Armenian monastery (about 110 km south-southwest in Turkey) that was built at the site of the martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew, another Armenian patron saint
- Saint Stepanos Monastery, an Armenian monastery about 82 km west in the Araks River valley
- ^ Korbendau, Yves; Parker, Claire; McElhearn, Kirk (2009-03-01). The Many Faces of Iran. ISBN 9782867701535.
- ^ Index of Armenian Art: Armenian Architecture
- ^ Jude: A Pilgrimage to the Saint of Last Resort By Liz Trotta
- ^ "Thadeus Monastery – Armenica.org". armenica.org.
- ^ Thierry & Donabedian 1989, p. 308.
- ^ Patrick Donabedian & Jean-Michell Thierry, "Armenian Art", New York, 1989. Page 308.
- ^ David Wilmshurst (2011). The Martyred Church: A History of the Church of the East. East & West Publishing Limited. pp. 7–9. ISBN 978-1-907318-04-7. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to St. Thaddeus Monastery.
- UNESCO World Heritage: Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran
- Thaddeus Monastery at Armeniapedia
- St Thaddeus at Armenica.org
- Armenian Architecture studies
- Hamid-Rezā Hosseini, Sound of the Ancient Bell (Avā-ye Nāghus-e Kohan - آواى ناقوس کهن), in Persian, Jadid Online, October 31, 2008, [1].
A shorter English version: Iran's World Heritage Monastery, Jadid Online, December 25, 2008: [2].
Slide show (with English subtitles): [3] (5 min 41 sec).
Coordinates: 39°05′32″N 44°32′40″E / 39.09222°N 44.54444°E
- Buildings and structures completed in 1329
- Christian monasteries established in the 14th century
- Armenian Apostolic monasteries
- Armenian churches in Iran
- World Heritage Sites in Iran
- History of West Azerbaijan Province
- Buildings and structures in West Azerbaijan Province
- Visitor attractions in West Azerbaijan Province


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These digital warriors are unstoppableComment on this story
Durban - Living in the information era, we are often swept out to sea by the tidal wave of data. It is often incomprehensible. It needs an actuarial or mathematics degree to decipher. But help is on the way. And it comes in all sizes and shapes, cultures and colours. These are young digital warriors. They are connected. Their weapon is the internet. Their enemy is corruption. And they are here to bring a revolution of ethics into the 21st century.
I was at a global conference of the Open Knowledge Foundation in Geneva a few weeks ago with hundreds of young technical geeks. There were thousands more connecting from around the world through web stream. I sensed a new digital revolution hovering on the horizon.
My message for them was very simple: My generation has betrayed you. Look at the financial and economic crisis that brought the global economy to its knees in 2008. Tens of millions of your parents lost their jobs, their pensions and their homes. Trillions of US dollars of taxpayers' money was pumped into saving the banks. Were those who were responsible for these crimes ever brought to justice? The answer is no. They have returned to their same ways of doing business with their obscene bonuses reinstated.
In the next hour I spend with you, I said, I know that 300 children will die of causes linked to under-nutrition. We have the solutions, we have the money and we have the science to stop this happening. But we do not have the political will. Inequality rises in the world.
These young people are idealistic. They remind me of what we were in 1976 when we defied our parents and confronted the brutality of apartheid. They embrace an impossible dream that they can unleash a tsunami of hope in the world that will put information and power in the hands of ordinary people to hold their leaders to account.
This is their revolution: to bring justice and fairness into the core of our new global narrative. They are unstoppable, because they will make every citizen a journalist and whistle-blower.
In my time as minister of communications in the Mandela cabinet, there were fewer phones in sub-Saharan Africa than the city of New York or Tokyo.
Today we are the fastest-growing market in the world with more than 700 million cellphones. This pervasive technological platform is cutting-edge and digital, and with it comes the death of geography, and the death of the veil of secrecy that has oppressed us in the past.
The next generation has the power to redefine our growth path, our governance and global dynamic. They have the skills. Technology is already re-organising the way we think of work, the way we organise our societies, how we access services, educate our children and mobilise our communities. But we must not become obsessed. Technology is a tool.
Scientists today confirm that if we do not change our current growth and consumption trajectory, we will see a three-to-four-degree rise in temperature this century.
That means that between 60-80 percent of coal, oil and gas reserves of publicly listed companies are unburnable. But technology is the catalyst of entrepreneurial opportunities of the 21st century; one that will set us down the path to sustainable livelihoods that does not exceed our planetary boundaries.
Political wisdom says that each generation has to discover its struggle. I have a sense that these represent a new generation of struggle.
They are keen to unite with communities, social movements, the men and women of integrity in governments, business or civil society. Fusing online and offline will bring a revolution of ethics into the cold steel of technology and strengthen our fight for the survival of the human species and our planet.
Mapping our money is a critical plank of that transparency and accountability. According to the organisation Open Spending the aim is to track every government financial transaction across the world and present it in useful and engaging forms for everyone from a school child to a data geek.
The site is offered as a free service. All code, content and data are shared and openly licensed. As data literacy improves, applications will empower citizens to compare performance between schools in order to decide where to enrol their children, or see the medical records of individual doctors to know their track record. It will ensure our children will receive vaccinations, there will be an increase in yield on crops and entrepreneurs will have "direct access" to funds.
As Justin Arenstein, the digital strategist from the African Media Initiative, explained: "In Kenya, many citizens were totally confused on the voter-registration process. An application on their phones was able to tell them where the polling booths were, where to register and what identification was needed on the voting day. It cost $250 (R2 400) to develop."
Laura James, the chief executive of the Open Knowledge Foundation, said: "Making government, scientific and other data accessible and usable drives positive change across the spectrum: from health to transport, education to entrepreneurship and culture to community.
"This project will give citizens in developing countries the knowledge they need to campaign for change, and empower them to hold their governments to account."
In South Africa, scandals of maladministration and corruption dominate headlines. No amount of "sunshine journalism" or the heavy hand of the "Secrecy Laws" can liquidate the truth. Six million people dependent on public health services in the Eastern Cape understand the devastating consequences of the R800 million stolen by public officials. They know that babies have died because vaccines, needles, medicines and incubators have not been bought.
In Gauteng, The Star newspaper reported that the health department couldn't account for more than R12-billion, nearly half its budget. The Auditor General has found that the department's accounting officer, Ndoda Biyela, failed to effectively prevent irregular spending of more than R5.7bn and wasteful spending of more than R408m. Departmental maladministration was rife and the Treasury found unauthorised expenditure amounted to a staggering R2.2bn.
According to journalist Baldwin Ndaba, this could have bought two years' worth of treatments for the 1.9 million public-sector patients on antiretrovirals, a year of kidney dialysis treatments for 60 000 people, about 340 000 intensive-care beds, or 3 000 full-body X-ray machines.
As we reconfigure democracy and build the phalanx of countervailing checks and balances, I am confident that technology will drive public innovation and citizens will again become the driving force of our democratic transformation as they were in our freedom Struggle. - The Mercury
l Naidoo is a former cabinet minister tasked with delivering RDP housing and a former Cosatu general secretary.
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May Newsletter
It's 15 days and counting until Summer 2012 kicks off with Memorial Day weekend. The City is busy finishing up improvements including expansion of the parking lot behind the Sandbridge Market, improved beach access points at Pike Lane and the Market and installation of a third traffic lane (by Little Island Park) that will allow folks traveling to Back Bay Wildlife Refuge and False Cape State Park to bypass those going to the beach at Little Island. Our Annual Spring Clean-Up is scheduled for May 20th which will be held rain or shine (for more info. visit http://sandbridgelife.com/archives/1154). With the completion of this event, Sandbridge Beach will be ready for our summer season.
April was an active month for real estate at the beach. We had 6 homes and 3 condos sell throughout the month. See link for detail and sold prices. Of note is the reduction in inventory, particularly with single family homes. Currently there are 62 homes listed for sale; down from an average of 95 during the last 3-4 years. It is my opinion that part of the reason for this uptick in sales is that true supply and demand theory is at work. Simply put, as supply goes down, demand goes up (coupled with low interest rates and higher affordability). Next month's newsletter will feature real estate statistics comparing the first six months of 2011 to 2012. It should prove to be interesting.
Enjoy the rest of May, it will go by quickly. I have been enjoying the warm weather, sea breezes and low humidity. A few days ago my family and I got out on the boat in Back Bay. It was great – a little dinner, a little fishing and a million dollar sunset! See you at the beach.


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About The Table Podcast
The Hosts
The Table is a weekly podcast from the Howard G. Hendricks Center for Christian Leadership and Cultural Engagement. These podcasts treat key topics related to God, religion, Christianity, and Culture. They will be hosted by Dr. Mark Bailey, Dr. Mark Yarbrough, or Dr. Darrell Bock. Dr. Bock as Executive Director for Cultural Engagement at the Center has responsibility for these podcasts as part of the cultural engagement initiative at DTS.
The Name "The Table"
We call the podcasts "The Table" intentionally. The name the Table denotes gathering around a table for a conversation on complex topics. In our world, anyone can pull up a chair and have a voice. Views abound. Dialogue and engagement ensues, considering topics from an array of angles. We do not just talk to ourselves. Our view is not the only one at the table. In cultural engagement it is crucial to understand the array of talking voices and engage them. So our podcasts are conversations on life in our world, interacting with the many voices clamoring for attention. In the conversations, the goal of the DTS hosts is to help Christians think biblically and theologically about these issues and how to engage them in a gracious yet forthright manner.
Conversation at The Table
The podcasts will interview experts in the areas covered from within DTS, from the evangelical world in general, and from the wider culture. As such an array of views will be presented by those interviewed. Not all the views expressed will come from within a Christian or a DTS perspective. Still a substantive conversation has value. The goal is to inform users with an up to date look at the topic in question drawing on the knowledge and experience of those we interview. We hope to both inform and engage topics through the conversations we have.
Many issues we cover have a variety of credible ways Christians approach the topic. Our conversations will make the issues and options tied to the topics clearer, enabling us to think more carefully about the issue. We invite you to the Table to partake in conversations on issues that make a difference in how we live.
Some topics we cover may be for mature audiences only. Topics such as sexuality, or issues tied to violence or abuse, will venture into sensitive areas where disecretion is advised.
In addition, our comments section is open for public responses. These responses should reflect the engagement our topics are designed to generate, but those responses do not always reflect the views of DTS. Comments are only removed if they are interpreted by the moderator as being inappropriate or crude in nature.
Supplemental Events and Downloads
Initially topics will be broken up into parts and can be downloaded one part at a time. Some topics also include a special cultural engagement chapel or a brown bag interview with student questions. So some topics will have these supplemental events posted under the topic. These supplemental events can also be downloaded currently without charge. In the future, these supplemental events may come with a modest charge for the download to help cover our production costs.


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Press Release
School Spending is up $789 Million
The Washington Education Association (WEA) has called for a "Day of Action" rally in Olympia on November 28th, the first day of the Special Session of the Legislature. Teachers and public school employees are being urged to leave their classrooms to attend this rally and deliver a "budget cuts hurt kids" message to legislators. A Week of Action is planned for this week (11/14), with teachers across the state wearing "These Cuts Hurt" buttons, and the WEA placing editorials and ads in newspapers across the state claiming that school budgets have been cut.
Despite cries about hurting kids, the state education budget has not been cut. Education spending has increased by $789 million compared to the last budget, rising from $12.9 billion in the 2009-11 budget to $13.7 in the 2011-13 budget.
This spending boost includes teacher salary step increases, pension and benefit increases, student enrollment increases, $62.2 million in new programs, $92 million for full-day kindergarten, and the start-up costs for spending $300 million to implement a new test for Washington's students. Reductions of 3% and 1.9% to the highest paid administrators and teachers, respectively, were included in the 2011-13 budget, but many districts were able to avoid imposing these reductions and reduced other areas of local spending instead.
In 2010-11, schools added an additional 235 employees to school payrolls, increasing from 101,675 employees in 2009-10 to 101,910 employees in 2010-11.
Here is a summary, based on data from the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Legislative Evaluation and Accountability Program Committee, and the State Board of Education.
1. Public School Staffing
- Number of full-time-equivalent (FTE) school employees: 101,910
- Number of FTE classroom teachers: 48,397
- Number of students per classroom teacher: 20.5
- Share of employees who are classroom teachers: 47%
2. Education Spending
- Total education spending in 2010-11 (budgeted) dollars: $10.25 billion
- Share of each education dollar reaching the classroom: 59 cents
- Per pupil spending in operating costs only: $10,326
- Per pupil spending in operating and capital costs (for 2009-10): $12,089
- Average teacher's pay and benefits: $79,814. Base and other salary of $61,396, plus $18,418 in benefits and pension
- Average district administrator pay and benefits: $127,506. Base and other salary of $102,828, plus $24,678 in benefits and pension
- Average superintendent pay and benefits: $161,856. Base and other salary of $130,656, plus $31,200 in benefits and pension
In Washington 74,000 students attend 228 schools ranked as the worst schools by the State Board of Education's Public School Accountability Index, while only 28,650 students attend 81 schools ranked as the best schools on the Index.
Simply spending more money does not raise student achievement. State leaders could improve schools by passing legislation that:
- Lets principals fire bad teachers;
- Lets students attend a charter school;
- Puts principals in charge of their school budgets.
Detailed research and ideas for reform are available in Washington Policy Center's study, Eight Practical Ways to Reverse the Decline of Public Schools.


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PG&E may offer discounts to some companies; north state firms would be eligible
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. wants to give large industrial users rate reductions in an effort to promote economic development in California.
The rates would target companies with power loads of 200 kilowatts or more, providing a 12 percent discount for five years, or 35 percent reduction for five years in areas with high unemployment — 25 percent above the state average.
As it stands today, Shasta, Tehama, Trinity and Siskiyou counties would qualify for the higher discount.
PG&E has asked the California Public Utilities Commission for a decision on its proposal by March 2013.
"We can't predict the future, but currently it appears businesses in Shasta County would be eligible for the enhanced reduction," PG&E spokesman Jonathan Marshall said Wednesday.
The program would be available to companies that avow they need the cost break to expand, build a new plant, or stay in California. It also would be available to an out-of-state company relocating or expanding into California.
"The program is not designed to lure a company from Trinity County to Shasta County," Marshall said.
There are 31 PG&E customers in Shasta County that have a capacity of 200 kilowatts or larger — 18 of them are industrial, six are retail and hospitality firms, five are educational institutions, one is a government entity and one is a medical facility.
"We are looking at a variety of ways we can help promote economic development in our service areas," Marshall said. "We are deeply embedded in the communities we serve; we have a common stake to promote healthier communities and healthier economies."
Marshall explained the goal is to have the program pay for itself by preventing the loss of paying customers.
"If we can, through a discount, keep them as paying customers, it will be a win for California and our customers," Marshall said.
PG&E has fixed costs in its systems, Marshall explained, so when there are fewer customers to pay for those costs, it puts upward pressure on rates.
"So we want to keep as many customers on the system as we can to spread those costs," Marshall added.
The cities of Redding and Shasta Lake have their own utilities, which offer rate incentives for industrial users.
"For economic development, it is a very big deal for manufacturing companies," Pat Keener, Redding's economic development liaison, said of competitive electric rates.
Wages, materials and energy are among the top five costs companies deal with in California, Keener said.
"So it (energy) is very high on their list when people look to come to Redding," Keener said.
Redding offers an economic development service rate to new customers that have a maximum load greater than 100 kilowatts.
The five-year discount starts at 25 percent and goes down to a 5 percent discount by the fifth year.
Redding also has a large industrial discount for companies that use at least 15,000 kilowatt hours for three months over a 12-month period. The rate is negotiated based on the number of jobs and size of the facility.
"We have nobody on that service rate at this time," Keener said.
Shasta Lake offers electric rate discounts to new customers in its Shasta Gateway Industrial Park. Eligibility is based on based on electricity load.
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