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God CAN… God WILL mend broken hearts
August 16th, 2011
Hello, my name is Vanessa. I am 24 years old. At these moments, I would like to ask you for prayer. My life has changed soooo much in the past year. Our family lost our home because we could no longer afford paying the mortgage. Therefore, my mother and I will soon be moving to my older sister's house. The truth is… I'm very nervous. Its going to be a huge change. The reason being… my sister lives with her boyfriend who has hit and verbally abused her. I can still remember the bruises upon her body. I haven't been able to completely forgive and forget. PLEASE pray that God may help me to forgive.
I'm also unemployed at the moment, which has been very difficult. I feel sooo helpless and discouraged at times. I just pray that I may have patience and trust that God will open the doors to a job. I've been applying, praying, but still remain unemployed. On the other hand, I'm very humbled and grateful because God has opened the door for me. I got accepted into graduate school. I will be pursuing a master's degree, in guidance and counseling for K-12 graders. However, I'm terrified. Sometimes, I question my potential. I'm scared of the "unknown." I'm even more scared of failing. Its so ironic… getting accepted into graduate school comes with many different emotions.
I long to seek and accept God's amazing plan for my life. PLEASE pray for me… may God direct me and keep me strong. Thank you very much =) God bless!
7 Responses to "God CAN… God WILL mend broken hearts"
Tasha Says:
August 18th, 2011 at 8:08 am
I will pray for you and I ask for you to pray for me. Our situations are so similar. So I will keep you in prayer. God bless.
Vanessa Aguilar Says:
August 18th, 2011 at 9:53 pm
Hi Tasha =) thank you sooo much! I will definitely keep you in my prayers… Are you currently looking for a job or currently going through changes?? (hopefully you don't mind me asking)
Today, I felt so overwhelmed with everything going on. I broke down. I fell to my knees and cried until I couldn't cry any more. I cried out to our Father… I don't know what the future holds, but I trust that our heavenly Father has a plan for us all.. including you and I. Please stay strong. =) God bless!
quino_ann Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 7:50 am
Sis i prayed for u and i will continue pray for u,,God is good,,,
Naizgi Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 9:00 am
Jesus is the same yesterday today and for ever he just for you and to you done all things and now you are in him in heavenly places es see Jesus the owner of the universe who did for you and raised and live for ever more he is the king of kings and loves you as himself be blessed and prayed for you may God fulfill all your needs in this tent of your dwelling place just a tent. When Jesus comes you will know that you look like him.
Vanessa Aguilar Says:
August 26th, 2011 at 4:38 pm
Ann- Thank you soo much. I really appreciate your prayers. AMEN. God is wonderful.
Naizgi- Thank you so much for your beautiful words. They are taken to heart. I will fix my eyes on Jesus. I will walk by faith. I may have been the sheep that went astray, but I will find my way back to my faithful shepard. May God bless you.
becca Says:
February 6th, 2013 at 12:13 am
Hi my name is becca,I was bought up as a christian from a young age but not everything was as it seemed behind closed doors sexual abuse for years,I received gods healing and am set free the struggle I have is with my ungodly partner.when we first met I had come out of a turbulent unloving relationship I had always prayed for a commuted christian but over years this never materialised I felt abandoned very alone anyway my partner showed me love I had never known he excepted me loved me untill now,I suffered a miscarriage a wanted baby then after a few years last year 2012 I went to bible week only to find when I got home he no longer wanted me two days later I found out I was pregnant again I miscarried again he sent me home middle of night bleeding heavily I just wanted his arms around me him to love me again I took sleeping pills walking the streets every second like an hour little by little I was getting through with a loving church but then he wanted me back suddenly I drifted back into problems again finding him on twitter again broken promises then Christmas I find lingery in his wardrobe partly hidden said for my birthday which was a lie then he said I will tell U the truth I was mistaken identity no label but he signed for the parcel collected it from depot his name address but said no tags attached and very expensive something he never bought myself I am truly devastated I longed for thus baby too now I cant get myself together he says he's telling me the truth he never cheated then today I never wanted a baby then anyway as I was arguing for the truth then he said well that was when we were not together I said what when you cheated he said no when parcel sent … The truth is painfull but eventually sets you free lies mess with your head and I can't cope nine years together what do I do I just want to hide away please help. Thanx
pietergabriel Says:
February 6th, 2013 at 4:36 pm
It is so painful to read about all this pain and suffering,but…then realising nothing happen without God knowing and or allowing it!Now, that doesn't sound as if that is right! The truth is and will always be …God is always in control.When "bad" things happen to the children of God ,we ask many questions -the reason we ask… is because we struggle to believe that God can allow these things!!! THIS is EXACTLY where faith in God ,and trust in His Word really kick in!
The reasons as to why God allow these things, are explained by Jesus Himself! We may not question God's "plan"! God explain it sooo clearly to Job! Where were you ,when I created everything? Read the book Job in the Bible – you will learn as to how Big God really is, how Sovereign He is! God is the Almighty – do you understand what that mean?!! We want to understand the fullness of God's power but… just to be able, to understand more than what His Word explain to us!That is far too much for us!Just to experience God's presence, caused people to fall to their knees and they were immediately overwhelmed by the Greatness,Love and Power of God! God the father, Jesus Christ the Son of God, and the Holy Spirit of God (knowing they are one but three) revealed Himself/themselve to people in different ways! Moses experienced a powerful storm, fire and then… in a breeze God came to Him! Paul saw a blinding light when God spoke to Him – he trembled.
In Marc 9:2-8, Petrus and 2 other disciples saw Jesus in His Glorified Body! In that event, we don't read that Petrus and the other 2 fell down, but surely in some way they were stunned. The Word says that Petrus was talking, but not really knowing what he was saying! He said that" …it is good that we(the disciples) are here, now we can build a shelter for You, Moses and Elija !" Something I find quite interesting – the Word doesn't tell us, that Jesus have to introduce them to Elija and Moses(people who they just read and heard of before) – it seems that it was revealed to them by the spirit, they immediately recognised them! Surely they were frightened by what happened, but Petrus could still speak …even if it didn't make sense what he said!Seeing Jesus in His glory …! Wow… it's amazing! I've seen the face of Jesus and experienced our Savior's presence… it was not frightening but the most wonderful experience ever!His passionate love, shining through His eyes….(read The testimony of pietergabriel in the Healing section) God is sooo wonderful!
Your problems… take everything to God Almighty!Give it to Jesus!All your fears,anxiety and whatever may trouble you!Don't take the words:"Trust in the Lord" ever and ever again as lightly!!!God is busy with you and your family! Put ALL your trust in our Lord and Savior Jesus!Open your heart ,your ears ,your eyes! God will reveal Himself to you!Whether it is by His presence, Jesus' presence, or by different ways through the Holy Spirit ,or…by the "opening" or "closing" of doors , restoring your life , healing, or which ever way He wants to reveal Him, God will,bit in His time!Be patient and walk in faith! God, Jesus Christ ,in Your Name and by the working of the Holy Spirit we pray for this family!Please guide them, join them in the power of Your Spirit and provide in their needs. Jesus, Father God , be their Way ,their Truth and their Life – because You are the Almighty and You know the best!!We ask this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ!Amen! Be blessed in the Lord!


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AMD 785G Chipset Motherboard Preview
Reviewed by: ajmatson
Reviewed on: August 5, 2009
Today we are going to be taking a preview at a new motherboard chipset from AMD dubbed the 785G chipset. You may notice that the 785G chipset is much like the 780G chipset, which was very popular among those using integrated graphics or hybrid graphics for light gaming and workstations. Like the 780G chipset, the newer 785G chipset still has an integrated GPU. However, it is much more advanced than the last generation and not to be taken lightly. The 785G chipset is comprised of the ATI Radeon HD 4200 graphics core and is manufactured using a 55nm process. There are still the same 40 stream processors, but the 785G supports Unified Video Decoder 2 (UVD2). UVD2 adds support for accelerated multiple streams, which allows for technology such as picture-in-picture and video detail enhancements. The 785G also has accelerated video transcoding, as well as HDMI 1.3 support. With the new integrated GPU, the HD 4200, like its discrete kin, supports DirectX 10.1 for better gaming and visual performance. One other benefit that the 785G chipset has is the continued support of Hybrid CrossFire. Like the 780G, the 785G chipset will allow a Hybrid CrossFire setup with certain discrete cards to boost performance when it is needed. A big difference between the 780G and the new 785G chipset is multiple memory type support. Like the new AM3 processors, the 785G chipset can be run with DDR2 or DDR3 memory, depending on what the manufacturer chose to develop the motherboard with. The three boards we are going to be previewing today vary depending on the setup to give the users the technology they need. First up is the Gigabyte MA785G-UD3H, which is a full-size board, followed by the Gigabyte MA785GMT-UD2H, and finishing with the MSI 785GM-E65.
Just a note, this is a preview of some of the 785G boards that are on the review schedule. Look for the testing results and more in depth looks at the boards in the next few weeks.
Gigabyte MA785G-UD3H:
The Gigabyte MA785G-UD3H is a 785G board that uses the older DDR2 memory standard, although it does run up to DDR2-1333MHz overclocked. This board supports not only AM3, but AM2+ and AM2 as well, which included the Phenom, Phenom II, Athlon, Athlon II, and Sempron processors. On this particular board, the 785G is paired with the SB710 Southbridge. The MA785G-UD3H still uses HyperTransport 3.0 and uses Gigabyte's patented Ultra Durable 3 technology for lower temps and better efficiency. The MA785G-UD3H has a blue-colored PC Board and has the orange and yellow scheme that Gigabyte used for its DDR2-based boards in the past. The MA785G-UD3H is designed in an ATX form factor and measures 30.5cm by 22.9cm.
The MA785G-UD3H offers a lot to the inner geek. For the I/O panel, there is a PS/2 port that supports a keyboard or a mouse, a VGA port, a DVI port, an HDMI 1.3 port, an optical SPDIF port, six USB 2.0 ports, a Firewire port, one LAN port, and the audio jacks. For the expansion side of the MA785G-UD3H, there are two PCI Express x16 slots, which support CrossFire for a multi-GPU configuration. One thing of note is that the orange PCI Express slot runs at only x4 speeds and when it is populated, the middle PCI Express x1 slots are unusable because they share the lanes with the orange x16 slot. In addition to the graphics card slots, there are three PCI Express X1 slots and two legacy PCI slots for older hardware support.
The MA785G-UD3H supports both AM2+ and AM3 processors so you have more flexibility with the upgrade path that you choose. There is a 4+1 power phase design to ensure stable power and there is an enbedded controller on the board that supports Advanced Clock Calibration for the AMD Overdrive utility. As I mentioned earlier, the MA785G-UD3H uses DDR2 memory up to 1333Mhz when overclocked. The area around the CPU and memory are pretty much clear, which will allow for large heatsinks and water cooling blocks to be used with little to no blockage.
Just as with the I/O panel, the headers provide a lot of connection options, should you need them. Starting from the left, there is a COM header, a floppy drive port, two Firewire headers, a LPT port header, the front panel headers, six SATA 3.0Gb/s ports that support RAID 0,1, 10, and JBOD, and one IDE port for support of two devices. Above the orange PCI Express X16 slot there are also three USB 2.0 headers. One nice feature of the MA785G-UD3H is the Dual-BIOS design, which has an exact backup of the BIOS should something happen to it.
To cool the MA785G-UD3H, there is a heatsink over the 785G Northbridge with a fin design to help dissipate heat and another one over the Southbridge. Combined with the Ultra Durable 3 design, which has 2oz of copper in the PC board and stronger components, such as the solid Japanese capacitors and lower RDS(on) MOSFETs, Gigabyte designed this board to last up to the torture of the enthusiast and more.
Gigabyte MA785GMT-UD2H:
Another 785G based motherboard from Gigabyte is the MA785GMT-UD2H, which is a bit different from the MA785G-UD3H we just looked at. At first you will notice that this board uses the mATX form factor, which measures 24.3cm by 24.3cm. This makes the MA785GMT-UD2H perfect for HTPC cases and smaller workstations. This board also uses a blue-colored PC Board with the Ultra Durable 3 design. The MA785GMT-UD2H supports only AM3 processors, which include the Athlon II and Phenom II series CPUs. Unlike the last board we looked at, this one uses DDR3 memory instead of the older DDR2. This board uses the 785G and SB710 combination, which has the HD 4200 onboard video as well. The color scheme is the blue and white design that Gigabyte has been using for its DDR3-based AMD boards.
Like the previous board, this one has plenty of connections and expansion slots for your needs. The MA785GMT-UD2H has a PS/2 combo port, six USB 2.0 ports, a VGA port, a DVI port, a HDMI 1.3 port, an optical SPDIF port, a Firewire port, an eSATA port, one LAN port, and the six audio jacks. In addition, the MA785GMT-UD2H has one PCI Express X15 slot, one PCI Express X1 slot, and two legacy PCI slots. This board also offers Hybrid CrossFireX between the integrated Radeon HD 4200 GPU and certain discrete graphics cards for a GPU boost with minimal expense.
The CPU area on the MA785GMT-UD2H is open and clear, which will make using large heatsinks or water cooling blocks a cinch. The MA785GMT-UD2H uses a 4+1 phase power design for stability and accepts DDR3 memory up to 1800MHz when overclocked. Under the Northbridge heatsink there is a 128MB DDR3 Sideport memory chip, which gives the integrated HD 4200 memory a faster memory buffer to boost performance. The integrated GPU supports DirectX 10.1 for the next generation visual experience. The MA785GMT-UD2H will accept AM3 processors, such as the Phenom II and Athlon II series, and runs them using HyperTransport 3.0 bus for 5200 MT/s.
Again, the MA785GMT-UD2H has just about every header that might be needed. There is a SPDIF in/out header, a COM header, a Firewire header, three USB 2.0 headers, the front panel headers, five SATA 3.0Gb/s ports supporting RAID 0,1,10, and JBOD, an IDE port, a floppy port, and a LPT port.
The MA785GMT-UD2H has the new style heatsink over the Northbridge we have seen on some of the new boards, which is made out of aluminum. There is also a smaller heatsink over the Southbridge to keep it cool when needed. In addition, the MA785GMT-UD2H uses the Ultra Durable 3 design, which has 2oz of copper in the PC board, as well as solid Japanese made capacitors and lower RDS(on) MOSFETs. This design allows the board to remain cooler and last longer through use.
The last motherboard in our preview is the MSI 785GM-E65. The 785GM-E65 also uses the 785G and SB710 chipset. This board is designed with a dark, sleek design, using a dark brown PC Board and a black and blue scheme for the slots and ports. The 785GM-E65 is also an AM3-only board using DDR3 memory. The layout of the board is nice and clean and there should be no issues with ports being covered by large video cards. The 785GM-E65 has integrated graphics using the HD 4200 IGP for robust video and brings DirectX 10.1 to the table for a great visual experience. The MSI 785GM-E65 is also a mATX form factor board measuring 23.4cm by 23.4cm, making it ideal for HTPC cases and workstations.
As with the previous two boards, the I/O panel offers a lot of connections for anyone. From the top, there is the combo PS2 port, an optical SPDIF port, a VGA port, a DVI port, a HDMI 1.3 port, six USB 2.0 ports, a Firewire port, one LAN port, and the six audio jacks. For the expansion slots, there is one PCI Express X16 slot, one PCI Express X1 slot, and two legacy PCI slots for older hardware support. The board also supports Hybrid CrossfireX using the onboard video and certain discrete graphics cards for a power boost to your video experience.
The CPU area is clear despite the amount of real estate being used. The 785GM-E65 supports AM3 processors, which include the Phenom II and Athlon II series. There is a 4+1 phase power design for clean voltage aiding in stable overclocks. This board supports DDR3 memory up to 1333Mhz natively, however, you can push it farther if the memory is overclocked.
Just as with the I/O panel, there is quite a bit of extra hardware supported through the use of headers. Starting on the left, the headers are an audio header, a Firewire header, three USB 2.0 headers, the front panel header, five SATA ports that support RAID 0,1,10 and JBOD, an IDE port, a floppy port, a COM header, and a LPT header. In addition, this board has an onboard buzzer, which comes in handy trying to figure out why a system will not boot. I feel, as an enthusiast, every board should have either a buzzer or a POST LCD, so it is nice to see MSI taking this into consideration and making life easier.
To cool the 785GM-E65, MSI chose a heatsink and heatpipe combo. Of the three boards previewed today, MSI's offering is the only one to cover the voltage regulation area, which should be a must so that enthusiasts can get more performance while overclocking. The heatsink from the VRM area connects to the fin style heatsinK over the Northbridge to aid in transfering heat. There is a smaller heatsink over the Southbridge to help keep it cool as well. MSI also uses all solid capacitators for stability and employs an Active Phase Switching design to save on power loss and works with any operating system.
A couple of unique features on the 785GM-E65 is an Easy OC switch for error free overclocking and Sideport memory. The Easy OC switch is a jumperless switch that automatically overclocks the system by set percentages so that anyone, even first time overclockers, can squeeze every bit of performance from their hardware. The Sideport memory is a 128MB DDR3 chip on the board that acts as a faster memory buffer for the integrated HD 4200 video, allowing for better frame rates and richer video.
As I mentioned earlier, the benchmarks will be coming soon, so stay tuned and keep your eyes open for the fun.


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FRESNO — It was an inning that the Madera South softball team would probably like to do over — or at least forget.
Leading 3-0 in the bottom of the sixth, the Stallions allowed three hits, committed an error and also hit a Fresno batter while giving up four runs Friday in a 4-3 road loss to the Warriors.
"I honestly don't know what happened in that inning," Madera South head coach Kelly Valmonte said. "We definitely need to not let up. That's what they do, they start relaxing."
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The Version 5.0 update to Puzzle & Dragons comes with the expected bug fixes and technical gameplay improvements, but it also makes life a lot easier for players. For instance, PAL Points (those points that are earned either via daily login bonuses or by using your friends' monsters in battle) can now be spent in bulk. If you're the kind of player that saves up thousands of PAL Points, spending these on new monsters 200 points at a time can be time consuming to say the least. Now though, you can collect up to 10 monsters at once, saving time in the long run.
Furthermore, this update also gives players the chance to further expand their Monster Box and friends list. Since friends' monsters can mean the difference between life or death in a tough battle, it's great to have plenty of friends on hand. Add this to the fact that each partner monster may have a different skill to offer, and it only makes sense that we'd be given more room to collect friends just as we collect monsters.
"The 5.0 update of Puzzle & Dragons is a great opportunity for veteran players to experience new monsters and enhancements as well as a wonderful time for new players to see firsthand why over 10 million players around the world have enjoyed our puzzle RPG," said Jun Iwasaki, President of GungHo Online Entertainment America, via a company release.
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"I've never been strongly partisan driven because, like anything else, the thing I reach to and kind of I measure everything I do by, is how are those most affected by whatever we're dealing with affected by how you're going about it. Do they have a voice?" Mallott said.
Mallot is Tlingit, born and raised in Yakutat. He's been involved in Alaska business for most of his life. The list is long including working as the CEO of the Sealaska Corporation for 10 years, the CEO of First Alaskans Institute, the director of a few banks, the mayor of Juneau and participating on many corporate boards. He was inducted into the Alaska Business Hall of Fame this year.
"It's ultimately being able to say to people that I'm a fair person, I will not make irresponsible judgements," Mallott said. "I understand your circumstance and I want to talk to you about it."
Carol Brown is an attorney and tribal advocate for the regional non-profit, the Association of Village Council Presidents. She asked Mallott about the state recognizing tribal sovereignty and working with tribal courts.
"So that the tribes can handle the situations locally instead of having to outsource," Brown said. "What are your thoughts on that?"
Mallott said he agreed "completely". He told her that all levels of governance available to Alaskans should be utilized.
"I just think the State is missing an incredible opportunity, not just to have a meaningful governance structure that is close to people and is respected by them, but by not recognizing tribes it also continues to keep a divide between us as Alaskans that needs to be done away with," Mallott said.
As for the state's new oil tax structure, Mallot said he would be voting to repeal it. He says the current one and the old one have not worked. Neither has had enough support from Alaskans.
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KINGDOM CITY — South Callaway head coach Tony Brandt decided to tweak the defensive approach for the Bulldogs as they opened the second half against the rival North Callaway Thunderbirds on Friday night.
After employing a zone defense and going into the break down 34-27, Brandt implemented a man-to-man scheme to start the third quarter, hoping the move would throw off the Thunderbirds.
"We switched some things we were doing and (North Callaway) took advantage of it very well," Brandt said. "They adjusted and had three of four possessions in a row where they scored.
"… It did not affect them whatsoever."
The Thunderbirds jumped on the Bulldogs with a 13-2 run to start the third quarter and fought off a late surge by South Callaway to prevail 66-55.
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Roots Steakhouse Coming To Ridgewood
Will a steakhouse finally make a lasting success out of 17 Chestnut Street in Ridgewood? Harvest Restaurant Group has leased the former Blend for a third location of its Roots Steakhouse concept, according to The Ridgewood News. The other two … Continue reading
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Blend, the 2-year-old bar and restaurant in Ridgewood, has closed. Ed Sullivan, one of its owners and the owner of the building, said he is seeking someone to purchase its liquor license and assets. Until three weeks ago, Sullivan said, … Continue reading
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HONEA PATH, S.C. (AP) -- Authorities say a man has been struck and killed by a car just minutes after his dog was run over on the same stretch of road near Honea Path.
The Laurens County Coroner's Office said 67-year-old Jeffrey Glancy was listening to an apology from the driver who hit his dog in front of his home on U.S. Highway 25 on Tuesday morning when he was killed.
Investigators say the road was wet and it was still dark when Glancy was struck.
Authorities say Glancy's chocolate Labrador retriever also was killed.
Troopers are investigating the collision that killed Glancey. No charges have been filed.
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Generation That Said No to Plastics (the Nineteen-Sixties Witnessed Youth's Rejection of the Phony and Artificial)
Chodos, Robert, Compass: A Jesuit Journal
There was a decade called the sixties, which began in January 1960 and ended in December 1969, but there was also something called The Sixties, of which rock music, hippies, drugs, sex, student protest and radical politics were some of the outward signs. Not everyone who lived through the sixties fully experienced The Sixties, but there were few who were not affected in some way. The Sixties didn't begin until the sixties were about half over; as for when, or indeed whether, The Sixties ended, there are probably as many answers as there are people who went through them.
Why did The Sixties happen in the sixties? Writing in Compass five years ago, historian Modris Eksteins suggested that something very like The Sixties was taking shape in the 1910s when it was cut short by the First World War. The war was followed by the failed attempt to return to "normalcy" in the 1920s, the Great Depression, the Second World War and the paranoid Cold War of the 1950s. By the 1960s the tragic cycle of the early and mid-twentieth century had finally run its course.
At the same time, post-Second World War prosperity was still at its height, fuelling the optimism that underlay The Sixties. There were also the sheer demographics of the era: the accession of the first wave of the baby boom to young adulthood. The powerful experiences of that stage of life were made even more powerful by the circumstance that so many of us were undergoing these experiences all at once--and larger numbers of us were congregated on university campuses than ever before.
Nor would the sixties have become The Sixties without the war in Vietnam. For people seeking evidence of the corrupt nature of the System, the Vietnam War was the smoking gun. I'm not sure whether it was because Vietnam was uncommonly foolish and futile as wars go, whether was appeared less palatable as television showed us more of it, or whether a generation had simply arisen that decided to take Isaiah seriously and Just Say No to war. In any case, one of the slogans of the antiwar movement was "What if they gave a war and nobody came?" In unprecedented numbers, people--young people especially--declined the invitation to participate in or support the Vietnam War.
The images that The Sixties most commonly evoke are American ones (Haight-Ashbury, Students for a Democratic Society, Woodstock), perhaps with a few British rock groups and Paris street marches thrown in. I spent most of the decade in Quebec, which had its own Sixties, intertwined with the American Sixties but not identical to them. As the name of a magazine of the time had it, Quebec was almost America: Presqu'Amerique.
The 1960s began in Quebec with the defeat of the hidebound Union Nationale provincial government, the election of Jean Lesage's Liberals, and the burst of energy that became known as the Quiet Revolution. In retrospect, many of the reforms of the Quiet Revolution were part of a wave of provincial affirmation that swept Canada at the time--in Ontario very similar reforms occurred in the name of Tory continuity under John Robarts. But as with most things, this affirmation had an extra dimension in Quebec, a dimension that was provided by nationalism.
In any case, the Quiet Revolution was already on the wane and conservative forces in the Lesage government had gained the upper hand by the time Quebec's Sixties really got underway in 1964. A number of things happened within a few months that signalled the start of a new era. One such event in Quebec was the confrontation between demonstrators and police during a visit by Queen Elizabeth that became known as "Nightstick Saturday." Another sign was the formation of the Union Generale des Etudiants du Quebec (UGEQ), the Quebec student union that split off from the Canadian Union of Students. UGEQ adopted a Paris-inspired philosophy of student unionism, according to which students were young intellectual workers whose proper role was to be in solidarity with fellow members of the working class. …


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Clinical Audiologist Benjamin L. Wightman Discusses Hearing Loss, Aging And Hearing Protection
Wednesday October 24, 2012: 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm -- Malletts Creek Branch: Program Room AB
Over 36 million Americans suffer from hearing loss - That is over 4 times the amount of people living in New York City! Over 18 million of these individuals are under the age of 65.
Ben Wightman, UM audiologist, will discuss problems with hearing, how to preserve and protect one's hearing, personal amplification, tinnitus, as well as various assistive devices related to audiology. This event is co-sponsored by the U-M Council for Disability Concerns as part of the Council's Investing in Ability Week.
Benjamin L. Wightman worked at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, in private practice, and with the Department of Veteran Affairs prior to joining the University of Michigan as a Clinical Audiologist last year. He has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Michigan State University and a Doctor of Audiology Degree from Northwestern University. He is a current member of the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association and the American Academy of Audiology.


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So, you quit smoking! Congrats! ... Now what?
You've done it! You've quit smoking! You've got one heckuva story about what it took to kick the habit. Heroin addicts have nothing on you – you've been through worse! But now, after years of trying patches, cold-turkey, classes, guilt and shame … YOU'VE DONE IT! Now what?
I'm sorry, but there is no way that quitting smoking is anywhere near as tough as quitting heroin or cocaine. I have done all 3 and smoking was the easiest to quit and the least likely the kill me. Please be more considerate when you write these posts. I once had a man tell me that it would be better if I did heroin and that I should quit smoking. I have seen many people die of heroin over doses and while over the long term smoking can cause cancer it's harmfulness is no where near that of the other drugs mentioned.


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Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement members are unhappy with the State Environmental Protection Commission's vote to approve a Clean Water Act rule. ICCI State Policy Director Adam Masons says his group wanted a stricter rule that called for all large farms to have clean water act permits and there be a three strikes and you're out rule effectively shutting down those violators. He says some EPC commissioners shouldn't have voted on the rule due to a conflict of interest.
Mason says due to what ICCI sees as a conflict of interest, they're looking at a court challenge against both the Iowa Environmental Protection Commission and Department of Natural Resources..
Mason says the five commissioners they're challenging include Gene Ver Steeg, Brent Rastetter, Max Smith, Nancy Couser and Cindy Greiman. Those five joined the other four commissioners in approving the rule at Tuesday's meeting.
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Rated 4 out of 5 by maci1 great pool great hotel, however service quality needs to be imroved bad sleeping , bed is old and uncomfortable July 13, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by BigBoy4273 A great time at the W Hotel!! Our stay at the W Hotel was more than what we were expecting. We had an Oasis suite on the 17th floor. The view was incredible and to make it even better there were fireworks (July 4th) a few blocks down and from the suite the view of the fireworks were incredible! The next day we were move to a cool corner suite and it is exactly that, a cool corner suite. It was even better than the oasis suite. My favorite experience at the hotel was with the staff. They were friendly and helpful. I would like to thank Justin Bower (Whatever/Whenever Manager). He helped me with planning the trip to the W and met me at the hotel when I arrived. He gave my family and me world class service that I have not experience at any other hotel. There are also others that reached out to make our stay special, Ms. Claudia Mosconi (Wet & beach Insider) made our transition from the Oasis to the cool corner suite fun and entertaining. There was even Ms. Claudine Brown who made a friend out of my son just by spending time to talk and make him laugh. Just by providing this type of outstanding service to not only me but to my family, I WILL RETURN NEXT YEAR FOR THE 4TH OF JULY FOR ANOTHER EXCEPTIONAL WEEK EXPERIENCE!!! Thank you W Hotel and I recommend that everyone experience what I experienced. IT WAS GREAT!! July 10, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by dch2013 Beach Getaway with nightlife We love to stay at the W as it has the beach, nice pool, excellent staff and the nightlife in South Beach is close and plentiful. July 9, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by MollyG23 Wonderful experience Service was incredible, and accommodations were lovely. July 8, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by DazlingD All I can say is WOW!!! For my first time in Miami, I booked a fabulous studio and it was amazing! The staff, the amenities, the beach, everything exceeded my expectations. Every staff member was wonderfully friendly, I cannot fault anything. If you do not stay at this hotel you are doing yourself an injustice!! Thank you for an amazing time! July 7, 2014
Rated 2 out of 5 by nobullm not a five star lot of hype, but furniture is scratched up and ikea type. wouldn't stay at the setai any day for less money than what i spent. not true luxury unless you don't know what that is July 5, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by BahamasBigDaddy Great Stay Great hotel. Great service, Hotel is clean and well kept, great views of the city and the ocean from the room, close proximity to beaches, night life and restaurants. July 5, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by EmnM The hotel concierge Ralph helped make our stay fantastic! We love the W hotel in south beach!!!! The rooms are fantastic and the hotel and pool are amazing. Ralph helped us with a few of our planning details while we were staying there and he is part of the reason that we will come back. July 3, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by IareOne very nice hotel Over all the Hotel was very nice and had great features which made our stay very comfortable. The only two thing that I had an issue with; the WiFi was free in the Lobby and pool but not in the room (this to me felt like a money grab), also the staff (very helpful and responsive) at any task they lingered around until you reached into your pocket and tipped them. it made my wife very uncomfortable. July 3, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by GOLDYXXX -LACKING CUSTOMER PROFILES The W-Hotel in Miami Beach is a wonderful destination. I , however, take exception to a management that pays no attention to a returning client's wants/needs in terms of a lack of customer profile to detail the type and location of room preference from visit-to-visit. The pool , restaurant , hotel staff personnel are outstanding... July 1, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Carlos2222222 Love this hotel This is our favorite hotel .. . .it is swanky and the service is top notched.. .. .we always get upgraded as SPG platinum and would come back here in heart beat as this is one of the best W hotels we have stayed in.. Came here for Bday and was treated like royalty June 30, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Dimi123 Great hotel for vacation or businnes meetings We were here for an international conference. The hotel was at proximity with the convention center. The beach was right next to us. The restaurants inside the hotel are excellent. The people and the service at the W (whatever whenever) are awsome. We asked the concierge for assistance and Vicky helped us a lot! In addition, Felix from the Banquets was great as well. In general this is a highly recommended hotel! June 29, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by LoriandMig Check in desk was extraordinary! Thank you check-in! You made the whole stay a pleasure! June 28, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by alex222 Excellent services The services are all-rounded and the staff are very professional and polite. June 25, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by beachlover885 Great Hotel but watch your bill Loved the hotel and beach area that it has. Staff were very friendly and room was beautiful. I do think the hotel is a little over priced but not horrible priced. My only caution is that you check your bill at the end of the stay. I had read online about this practice and sure enough it happened to me where at the end of my stay they added a bunch of food extras that they said came from snacks in the room. They did correct the issuue but had to call multiple times and send multiple emails. June 25, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by FlawedBeauty21 Love this hotel! The best hotel in South Beach! June 24, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by SoBeJohnny Wonderful Hotel Great staff, everyone always asking if they can help. Don't plan on getting into your room before 4pm and you won't have a single disappointment. Location is great, pool was awesome. NOT a college party type hotel which is exactly what we wanted. Already booked our next stay. June 24, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by jmilagre Amazing in every way I was in town for a conference and fell in love with thos hotel ALL over again. From all of their staff, to the amazing facility...the W South Beach never fails. The Insider John was warm and welcoming and so was Jennifer and Jessie Rosario. A huge thank you for making my stay one to remember. June 24, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by PatLeg review The hotel need to be revemp.....the furniture is hold and damage June 24, 2014
Rated 2 out of 5 by BHAns GEHAns I had reserved three rooms for June 19-22. Check in time was 4pm but only one of our rooms were ready. The registration desk could not give me any sort of estimate as to why there was a delay nor could they tell me when the other rooms would be ready. I had to call the front desk repeatedly before all three rooms were ready at 630 pm, 2.5 hours after check in. In addition, the shower door in one of the rooms did not close, causing the bathroom to flood. We had to call maintenance several times and even then, it took several hours for someone to come and address the problem. Finally, I was not granted late check-out for my room. I was told I had to leave at 11am since. The poor quality of service significantly affected my stay at the W. I am not sure I will return. June 24, 2014
Rated 2 out of 5 by BHAns Nice hotel, poor service I had reserved three rooms for June 19-22. Check in time was 4pm but only one of our rooms were ready. The registration desk could not give me any sort of estimate as to why there was a delay nor could they tell me when the other rooms would be ready. I had to call the front desk repeatedly before all three rooms were ready at 630 pm, 2.5 hours after check in. In addition, the shower door in one of the rooms did not close, causing the bathroom to flood. We had to call maintenance several times and even then, it took several hours for someone to come and address the problem. Finally, I was not granted late check-out for my room. I was told I had to leave at 11am since. The poor quality of service significantly affected my stay at the W. I am not sure I will return. June 24, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Geoff3333 First class hotel My second stay at the W in south beach. The property is beautiful and up to date. Like the location as it is right outside the main drag and it is quite and relaxing. The staff was great and met my every need. All were very friendly and helpful. The rooms are roomy and stylish. The food poolside was very good but not great and was pricey for what you got but that seems to be the story at all the hotels down there. Hotel has two great restaurants, Mr Chows, and I believe the Wall. As far as luxury goes in Miami the W is one of the top options and highly enjoyed both my stays their and can't wait to get back. The only problem I had at all was I was delayed checking into my room but the manager more then made it up to me. June 23, 2014
Rated 3 out of 5 by Mohegan This hotel is like a falsely hip retail experience, Everything thing is not only for sale, but it occupies too much space in the room - and the fact that it is absurdly expensive is not readily discoverable. June 20, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by JB68 Best in South Beach Easily the best W in the Starwood system in the US June 19, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Mark128 Stylish yet welcoming oasis I often find W hotels just try too hard to be cool and end up being cold instead. This hotel is effortlessly stylish, has great facilities but most importantly the staff make you welcome and are always ready to help with a smile. I stay at Starwood properties all the time, this is now on my favorites list. Would be great for fun stay with my wife or to bring whole family, the basketball court on the roof is a neat touch! Nice pool and easy access to the beach. My thanks to Delilah and Julia on the front desk, you were both excellent and very welcoming June 18, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5 by NJR28211 Three Strikes and you are out I have stayed at this hotel 3 times in the past 3 years all all of the stays were equally bad. I tried to check in at 7pm only to be told my room wasnt ready. I was put next to the disco without warning and at 2am when I called to complain about the noise, I was offered sleepy time tea and ear plugs & told the music would go on until 4am. My last visit I had to wait in a 25 min line to check in and was told there was no late check out even though i requested it 3 days in advance. The front desk staff and concierge dont appear to care for their customers. June 17, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by toddml Superb Stay Just back from 9 nights and 3rd time here, it just keeps getting better! From a fantastic upgrade, to the simply superb food at the Dutch (both breakfast and dinner) and wonderfully looked after by the staff what more could I ask! I will be honest and say on the whole I prefer Asia as I find the service levels to be higher than North American resorts and travelling from the UK there is not a huge difference in time to get to either! Here though I feel like I have found a North American resort that ticks all the boxes as well! The pool area is a great balance, its not all show and the music is a good level, so you can relax and enjoy a book but also get the vive that you are in Miami South Beach! Found the service round the pool to be excellent, was very well looked after and nothing was to much trouble! The suite was great, spacious with amazing views of both the city and the beach, what more could you want in a morning and evening sat on the balcony! The only thing that seemed to let it down was the W Lounge bar area, just didnt seem as relaxing or approachable as the rest of the hotel, but as I have been told this is being updated to address some of these issues that is even better and cannot wait to see it on a future visit! To me the highest compliment I could say is that it gave some of the resorts and retreats in Asia a run for its money in service levels and how I was looked after on this trip and that is not something I have experienced in North America before! June 14, 2014
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Why Pennsylvania's plan to reform the Electoral College is doomed.
Dominic Pileggi is the most hated man in liberal America. This puzzles him. The majority leader of the Pennsylvania State Senate plans to introduce a bill that would split up the state's 20 electoral votes, apportioning them by congressional district instead of awarding them all to the winner of the popular vote. Democrats see a partisan motive: If the plan had been in effect in 2008, Barack Obama would have won only 11 of Pennsylvania's electoral votes instead of all 21.
Pileggi sees it differently. "I'm getting more complaints from Republicans!" he says. "Some Republicans believe 2012 is going to be the year we win the popular vote in Pennsylvania again." He is thinking only of the commonwealth. "This would be good for Pennsylvania," Pileggi says. "The results would reflect which candidate won the popular vote. Is there a better way to closely conform the electoral vote to the popular vote? I'm open to suggestions."
We should pause for a moment, because redistricting plans and Electoral College reform plans are a fertile pasture of spin and cant. Where did this idea come from? In Pennsylvania, it came from a little-known pressure group that spent $75,000 to bend the ears of Republican operatives. That's sort of how similar plans have come up in other states—Colorado in 2004, California in 2007.
Why is Pileggi's idea so terrifying to Democrats? Those doomed Colorado and California plans were ballot initiatives. In 2004, the Democratic-aligned strategists behind the plan to split the state's electoral votes lost by a 2-to-1 margin. (The main group opposing the initiative was evocatively called Coloradans Against a Stupid Idea.) In 2007, Democrats branded a Republican-aligned vote-split plan as the "dirty tricks initiative." In a bad year for the GOP, the money dried up; the initiative never made the ballot.
There are no such Republican problems in Pennsylvania. Pileggi's Republicans control the state legislature and the governor's office. Democrats who want to stop this must place their hopes in other Republicans—like the state chairman, Rob Gleason—who oppose this for picayune local political reasons, or are willing to bet it all on Republicans winning the state for the first time since they crushed Dukakis. If Democrats find six Republican to oppose it in the Senate, or 11 in the House, they can stop it. Otherwise, it's splitsville.
In the meantime, what's wrong with the idea? There are two people who can best answer the question. One of them, sadly, is dead.
In 1800, when some states actually divvied up their electoral votes like this, Thomas Jefferson wrote to James Monroe with his thoughts about the relative fairness of vote-split plans:
All agree that an election by districts would be best, if it could be general, but while ten States choose either by their legislatures or by a general ticket, it is folly and worse than folly for the other six not to do it. In these ten States the minority is certainly unrepresented, and their majorities not only have the weight of their whole State in their scale, but have the benefit of so much of our minorities as can succeed at a district election. This is, in fact, ensuring to our minorities the appointment of the government.
Jefferson didn't hate the idea of assigning electoral votes by district. "To state it in another form," he wrote, "it is merely a question whether we will divide the United States into sixteen or one hundred and thirty-seven districts. The latter being more chequered, and representing the people in smaller sections, would be more likely to be an exact representation of their diversified sentiments." The problem: If every state didn't divide its votes this way, the system would be a mess, random and unfair. "Representation of a part by great, and part by small sections, would give a result very different from what would be the sentiment of the whole people of the United States, were they assembled together."


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This weekend race is going to be pretty boring, not sure if I will even watch to be honest, NO Hayden, Stoner, and, Cal and Ben will be off their game given last weeks performance, so a two horse race which aren't the most exciting of racers.


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Die Stadt Sindos: Eine Siedlung von der späten Bronze- bis zur Klassischen Zeit am Thermaischen Golf in Makedonien
July 2013 (117.3)
- Book Review
Die Stadt Sindos: Eine Siedlung von der späten Bronze- bis zur Klassischen Zeit am Thermaischen Golf in Makedonien
By Stefanos Gimatzidis (Prähistorische Archäologie in Südosteuropa 26). Pp. 531, figs. 108, pls. 145, tables 12. Marie Leidorf, Rahden 2010. €89.90. ISBN 978-3-89646-597-9 (cloth).
The grand narratives of ancient Greece and the Aegean usually exclude any lengthy discussion of Macedonia before Phillip II and the Late Classical period. Fieldwork conducted during the last three decades, however, is beginning to change this picture, as are major publications of recent years. Works such as the volume under review and the highly regarded publication series of which it forms part (Prähistorische Archäologie in Südosteuropa) establish the significance of this region, and especially the microregion of the Thermaic Gulf, for the understanding of connectivity in the Aegean. These developments convince me that the notion of coastal Macedonia as an Aegean periphery can no longer be maintained.
In this volume, which is based on the author's Ph.D. thesis at the Freie Universität Berlin, Gimatzidis publishes the results of excavations conducted by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki from 1990 to 2002 at modern Anchialos, which lies to the west of Thessaloniki and is identified with ancient Sindos. The book is fittingly prefaced by Tiverios (director of excavations at the site and at nearby Karabournaki), whose work has reshaped our understanding of the connections of the Thermaic Gulf with the Aegean in the Geometric and Archaic periods.
Publications of settlements are scarce in Aegean archaeology, which makes this study of the landscape, stratigraphy, and pottery of ancient Sindos particularly timely. Other classes of material are comparatively rare, and finds such as animal bone or shell are excluded from the volume.
In chapter 2, Gimatzidis reviews the dynamic riverine landscape of the north coast of the Thermaic Gulf and its historical topography and espouses the identification of modern Anchialos with ancient Sindos. At Sindos, as in other lowland sites of Macedonia, successive occupation phases created tells known as toumbes. The toumba of Sindos dates from the Late Bronze Age and is flanked by two tables (or trapezes) shaped by habitation in the Early Iron Age (ch. 3). Excavation targeted all areas of the mound and involved stratigraphic work with a trench on the toumba and two deep trenches on the edge of the upper trapeza, in addition to horizontal exposure on the lower trapeza. In all, Gimatzidis identifies 16 occupation phases, extending from the end of the Bronze Age to the Classical period. Phase 7, of the mid eighth century (Late Geometric Ia), is particularly important in representing the maximum extent of the site and also in being the only phase that is well defined by a thick destruction layer. I do not share the author's overconfidence in the dating of some phases, while errors and inconsistencies have been noted in his dating of phase 3 (V. Saripanidi, Εισαγμένη και εγχώρια κεραμική στο βορειοελλαδικό χώρο: Η περίπτωση της Σίνδου [Thessaloniki 2012] 11–12).
Chapter 4, which makes up nearly half the volume, contains the analysis of the Late Bronze Age–classical pottery. The bulk of the material comes from the Subgeometric IIIb and Late Geometric Ia phases 8 and 7 (eighth century), whereas relatively little comes from the Late Bronze Age phases 16–11, and the Archaic–Classical phases 4–1. Although this is partly on account of the vicissitudes of excavation and the chances of survival, the author's selection bias is also at play. One especially regrets having so little on the settlement that used the rich archaic–classical cemetery of Sindos.
In chapter 4, the material is divided into broad chronological phases (Late Bronze Age, Early Iron Age, Archaic period, and Classical period), subdivided according to type and classified according to 32 ceramic "wares." The classification has many merits, but the author would have done better to introduce the (broadly) local wares before the imported wares. I am also very skeptical about the relatively high number of Euboean wares Gimatzidis identifies partly on the basis of fabric. It is widely agreed that macroscopic differentiation of the fine ware products of the major sites of central Euboea is not possible. To date, differentiation has not even been achieved by chemical analysis, including the very recent project directed by Michael Kerschner and Irene Lemos (presented in Athens on 15–16 April 2011). Undoubtedly, sites elsewhere in Euboea must have also exported pottery, but all the available evidence suggests that it was central Euboea that was at the forefront of the island's overseas connections.
The author offers extensive discussion of a number of widely attested pottery shapes/types, including pendent semicircle skyphoi, other skyphoi with geometric decoration, kantharoi, jugs with cutaway neck, the local hybrid class of "Silver Slip Ware" (here given a bizarre name) and Catling's ("The Typology of the Protogeometric and Subprotogeometric Pottery from Troia and Its Aegean Contex," Studia Troica 8 [1998] 151–87) Type I and II amphoras. Particularly useful are the many quantitative analyses covering the representation of specific shapes, types, or features in the different phases of Sindos and the distribution maps that accompany the discussion of many shapes and types. The lack of any discussion of the methodology of quantification, however, compromises this wealth of information.
The short chapter 5 presents the small finds from Sindos, most notable of which are four inscribed Late Archaic and classical sherds. The scarcity of metal items is surprising, since Macedonia in this period is renowned for its bronzes, and Sindos has yielded evidence for metalworking (15, table 125f).
Chapter 6 offers an overview of stratigraphy, settlement history, and ceramic consumption at Sindos. Particularly interesting are the chronological table (where "Coldstream 1968" is mistyped as 1978)—which slightly raises the date of the beginning and end of Euboean and Macedonian Late Geometric—and the quantification of different wares (including imported ones) and shapes by settlement phase. It is disappointing that the approach remains descriptive, rather than interpretative, and the lack of any reference to the theory of ceramic consumption is symptomatic of how undertheorized the whole work is. One would have expected the author to present an interpretation of the many Euboean pottery imports in eighth-century Sindos, especially because the site has been strongly associated with Euboean trade ever since the first publication of a handful of sherds (J.N. Coldstream, Geometric Greece [London 1977] 209) and has even been considered as a colony or trading station. Gimatzidis does not discuss the issue, however, and the only loosely relevant commentary is offered with reference to Catling's Type II amphoras (268–69). Gimatzidis' approach is informed by critical reviews of the subject (e.g., J.K. Papadopoulos, "Euboians in Macedonia? A Closer Look," OJA 15 [1996] 151–81), but Euboeocentric notions persist in the argument that Euboean traders and colonists managed the wide distribution of these amphoras. I see wide-ranging evidence for local traders from the Thermaic Gulf as leading this development (M. Bessios, I. Tzifopoulos, and A. Kotsonas, Μεθώνη Πιερίας I: Επιγραφές, χαράγματα και εμπορικά σύμβολα στη γεωμετρική και αρχαϊκή κεραμική από το "Υπόγειο" της Μεθώνης Πιερίας στη Μακεδονία. Υ.Π.Δ.Β.Μ.Θ. [Thessaloniki 2012] 154–62, 234–35).
In the ensuing chapter 7, I expected the author to elaborate on points made in previous chapters and engage with connectivity and settlement dynamics in the Thermaic Gulf. Instead, he embarks on a critical review of the chronology and stratigraphy of four sites in Euboea and three other sites with abundant Euboean pottery and also presents a case for the supreme importance of the stratigraphy of Sindos for the dating of Euboean pottery, which is rather overstated. The volume is clearly missing a section with conclusions, and the choice to close a work on Sindos with a discussion of the chronology of Al Mina in Syria is most unfortunate.
The text is supplemented by a well-organized catalogue with 738 detailed entries, including a few dozen entries of pieces from other sites given for comparative purposes (which would have been better numbered separately or not inserted in between entries of material from Sindos). Illustrations include drawings of all the material and photographs of a selection of it.
Notwithstanding some shortcomings in method and approach, Gimatzidis' book is a major contribution to the study of the pottery and stratigraphy of Early Iron Age Macedonia. It is only regrettable that the author does not go much beyond description and classification and does not engage with historical processes.
Antonis Kotsonas
Amsterdam Archaeological Centre
University of Amsterdam
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Book Review of Die Stadt Sindos: Eine Siedlung von der späten Bronze- bis zur Klassischen Zeit am Thermaischen Golf in Makedonien, by Stefanos Gimatzidis
Reviewed by Antonis Kotsonas
American Journal of Archaeology Vol. 117, No. 3 (July 2013)
Published online at www.ajaonline.org/online-review-book/1618
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