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From Memling to Pourbus: The Forgotten Period
Green, Laurence, Contemporary Review
The time is the fifteenth century, the place Bruges: a bustling metropolis, the meeting place of diverse European states and an important financial centre. But also a city where the refined culture of the Court of Burgundy has a major influence on the international and local bourgeoisie. The Court, the bourgeoisie, and the clergy commissioned works of art that today make up the jewels of our artistic patrimony.
Yet at the end of the century Bruges suffered serious political, social and economic problems. However, the image of a city supposedly in terminal decline after 1500 is far from accurate. Bruges remained a city of European stature despite a series of setbacks. It was a place in which artists continued to display immense creativity, craftsmanly skill and perfection and their work responded sublimely to the tastes and needs of an international clientele.
The positive fifteenth-century image enjoyed by the proud inhabitants of Bruges persisted and this was perhaps one of the reasons so many city faces figured so often in paintings. Erasmus spoke of the 'Athens of the North'. The Florentine historian Guicciardini described Bruges as a city where one could enjoy the good life, a city where the quality of life was important, an evocation of the 'ideal city' as seen from the human perspective. Culture, courtesy and good manners were considered essential qualities and the refinement of Burgundy continued to manifest itself for decades. Art, music and literature flourished in this environment.
This golden era in the history of Bruges is splendidly evoked in the exhibition From Memling to Pourbus: The Forgotten Period which is being held at the historic Saint John's Hospital in Bruges, in both the nineteenth century buildings and the restored medieval hospital wards that now serve as the Memling Museum. The exhibition features over 200 works of art, documents, manuscripts, prints, tapestries, utensils, furniture and sculpture from a variety of museums and private collections in Europe and America, set out according to various themes relating to the political, social, economic and cultural background of the city at that time.
The point of departure is a representative selection of works from two great artists: Hans Memling (1430/5-1494) and Gerard David (d. 1523). With their ideas on natural representation, composition, spatial illusion, light and colour, and their artisan-like perfection they created, as it were, a synthesis of the work of their predecessors, the so-called 'Flemish Primitives'. At the same time they created a Bruges artistic identity, a canon for the coming generations.
Between these two poles of 'tradition and innovation', the panorama of a century of artistic endeavour, ending with the death of Pieter Pourbus (1510-1584), is presented from different angles. One of the studies portrays the evolution of the social position of the individuals who commissioned artistic work. The production to meet the demands of the open market resulted in certain changes in workshop practice. Other developments include the role played in the distribution of art works by the gallery known as the 'Pand' and the city's annual fairs, the importance of the art trade and production for export.
The idea of the Renaissance, with its acceptance of the return to classical Antiquity in its pure Italian form is difficult to apply to northern regions like Flanders. In the case of Bruges there was a gradual emanation of Italian influence. The Bruges artistic milieu of around 1500 probably had no need for radical change as there was no shortage of clients.
Artists came into contact with the art of the Italian Renaissance through the Italian colony residing in Bruges, paintings and prints imported into the city or produced there and the experience of Flemish artists who made the trip to Italy. Above all, they would have seen the temporary decorations produced on ceremonial occasions like the 'Joyful Entrances' of Charles V in 1515 and 1520. …


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Gloria Micaela
Update on Gloria MicaelaGloria Micaela is married. She is 34 years old. She finished six years of primary school education. She has a son, who is a student now.
She works weaving traditional pieces. Currently is is working weaving traditional belts and sashes. She began this business as a worker in another business, and up until now has 5 years of experience weaving traditional belts and sashes. She has the support of her husband who works building houses.
She is asking for a loan that she will use to buy raw materials such as yarn for making different colors and designs so that she can increase her production of weavings as she hopes to improve and continue expanding her business.
Solicita un préstamo que lo utilizara para la compra de materia prima, como hilos y laborares de diferente colores y diseños, para que así aumente su producción de tejidos, ya que espera mejorar y seguir creciendo en su negocio.
Previous Loan DetailsMs. Gloria Micaela is married, 33 years old, finished her primary school education, and has one child. She devotes herself to weaving traditional clothing and began this business as an agent in another business. She has ten years of experience to date, and counts on the support of her husband who... More from Gloria Micaela's previous loan »
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About Asociación ASDIRASDIR (Asociación de Desarrollo Integral Rural - Association for the Development of Rural Communities) is a community-based organization that works to promote development in the villages and communities where it serves. It was founded in 1999 in the village of Nimasac, Totonicapán Department, by a handful of local men and women to support community projects and group loans. Today ASDIR has 5 offices across 3 departments (Totonicapán, Sololá and Suchitepéquez) serving more than 6,000 clients, most of them in rural communities.
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Our Field Partners often work with borrowers over a series of loans as the borrowers build credit, take out bigger loans, and expand their businesses. In order to make it easier for our Field Partners to post loans for borrowers who have been listed on Kiva before, we allow them to post successive and concurrent loans for their Kiva borrowers. This means that our Field Partners are able to post a borrower's second, third, etc., loan on Kiva without having to re-enter all of the borrower's information.
This borrower has been listed on Kiva before, so you'll see an updated loan description, as well as excerpts of the original descriptions from earlier loans. Most borrowers take out loans consecutively, meaning that they receive a second loan after having repaid the first. However, sometimes our Field Partners give out concurrent loans, allowing borrowers to take out one primary loan and a secondary "add-on" loan along with it. These "add-on" loans are typically smaller than the borrower's primary loan and serve a different purpose. Because Field Partners can now post loans as successive and concurrent loans, you will be able to track borrower progress over time and see the various ways a borrower is working with our Field Partners through funds from Kiva's lenders.
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Taking, collecting, and uploading photos of borrowers is one of the most challenging elements of using Kiva for our Field Partners. In order to make Kiva easier for Field Partners to use, we have allowed them to post successive and concurrent loans without taking a new photo of the borrower if the criteria above are met.


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*NOTE (DESURA)* - If you're having problems with the Desura version (we are too), you can download version 1.1.2 through the link at the bottom of this article. Sorry for the inconvenience, we contacted Desura about it, hopefully it's working soon!
Hi everyone!
Today, Segatakai will be released for download on Desura! In case you haven't noticed, we changed the team's name from Negative² Games to Indemonai Games for various reasons which we will not bore you with. So, with the release of the game on Desura, we made a new build of the game (1.1.2) with the new team logos. I will be uploading version 1.1.2 onto IndieDB today as well and updating this article once it is up. The core game is untouched, so if you have version 1.1 there's no need to re-download the game once again (unless you want to see our new logo in game!)
We also released a Soundtrack sampler, which you can see right here:
If you enjoy the music and would like to help Indemonai Games with our future projects, you can purchase the soundtrack right here: Bandcamp. There are two versions available: "Barebones" - contains 4 songs; and "Complete" - contains 10 songs.
We will be discussing our new projects (hopefully) very soon, so stay tuned to our IndieDB page and our Official Website if you enjoyed Segatakai!
Our updated links:
Track us on IndieDB: Indiedb.com
YouTube: Youtube.com
Twitter: Twitter.com
Facebook: Facebook.com
Website: Indemonai.com (temp page)
Music: Fabioguedes.bandcamp.com
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Indemonai Games
Segatakai, Null Divide+, Monokrome and Olav & the Lute are your fearsome foursome this Freedom Friday!
A brief update about what we're currently working on, Segatakai's Mac Version, Desura and Segatakai's website.
There have been a couple of problems with the release of the update! Read on for more information, especially if you downloaded v1.1 before this article...
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Version 1.1.2 of Segatakai. PLEASE read the .txt file within the file for installation instructions - this game is a bit different to install.
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Okay I might be really stupid, but I can¡t seem to make it work.
I did exactly what it says, even in the same C:\Games\Segatakai folder, and I keep getting "not a valid windows 32 application" every time I run the exe.
So, if I'm getting it right, inside C:\Games\Segatakai there are 3 folders (Binaries, Engine and UDK games) There, I paste the exe and dll and that's it, right? But no matter where I paste it I keep getting the same error.
Yeah, I'm retarded, since I'm the only one who can't make it run.
Not the only one, I've gotten an e-mail before from someone with the same problem, I'm still waiting for his reply though. What is your OS?
Xp professional sp3
Alright, I'll drop you a PM when I figure out a solution (sorry about the trouble).
Alright awesome, I am looking forward to it :)
Hopefully this time I will have the guts to record it haha
Will there be a Linux version?
No, sorry :( UDK does not export to Linux unfortunately so there is nothing we can do :\
Spanish gameplay!
Gameplay en Español!
Thank you for the vid :) I left a comment!
DL link for mac? :)
Mac version will be up at a later date since we have very limited access to a Mac. Expect it to be out maybe around a week after the weekend update! :)


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A season full of transitions for the Washington County Commanderettes (15-17) ended last week with a loss to the Nelson County Cardinals (13-19) in the first round of the 19th District Tournament.
Coming into this year, the Commanderettes lost five players to graduation from last season's 21-10 team and had no seniors.
Washington County Fiscal Court had a busy meeting last Friday, putting the gears in motion to outsource a company which would handle the necessary work to have the court be compliant with Affordable Care Act, as well as handle benefits processing and direct deposit.
"We really want to get into the meat and potatoes of it this morning," Washington County Judge-Executive John Settles told the court before diving into the matter.
You wouldn't think by looking at the rural and rustic beauty of Washington County that it would have a problem with littering and illegal dumping, but it may happen more than you think.
"It's not a big problem, but it's a problem," Solid Waste Coordinator Brad Langford said.
According to Langford, there have been two dump sites found within the last month in the county.
On Oct. 22, the Springfield Police Department received a call about a general, unspecified threat that was written in a bathroom stall at Washington County High School.
According to Springfield Police Chief Jim Smith, they got the call late Thursday morning and responded along with the Kentucky State Police, though SPD conducted the investigation.
In what would be their second consecutive game against a team in the conversation as Class 2A's top football team, the Washington County Commanders (4-5, 1-2) were unable to keep up with the vaunted offense of the Christian Academy-Louisville Centurions (7-2, 3-0) on Friday night, losing by a score of 56-8.
The Centurions showed why they are considered a top Class 2A team from the very start, jumping out to a 21-0 lead early on in the game.
The Washington County Commanders (4-4, 1-1) couldn't dethrone the two-time defending Class 2A state champions on Friday night, losing to the DeSales Colts (6-2, 1-1) by a score of 48-0.
WC's defense started the game off with a strong performance, holding the Colts to a field goal on the opening drive of the game.
After months of waiting, the Springfield Tourism Commission finally has its new executive director – and she's a Washington County native.
Stephanie McMillin, 45, was recently announced as the commission's new director, and she's bringing with her a wealth of knowledge and experience.
She is replacing Carla Abbi, the former executive director, who left in June.
After two dominating wins over the Franklin County Flyers and the Burgin Bulldogs last week, the Washington County Commanderettes (15-17, 3-6) were tripped up by the Nelson County Cardinals in Monday night's opening round of the district tournament just before press time on Monday night.
The Commanderettes fell to the Cardinals in four sets (30-28, 25-13, 19-25, 25-21).
Lincoln Park Homestead State Park has been quite busy lately, but with more happenings going on than just tourism and golf.
That's because the park has been getting some much-needed upkeep.
"It's been giving us problems for several years," Bobby Bartholomai, park manager, said. "And we're finally able to address them this past year."
The possibility of a five-year moratorium was presented to the city council that would allow AU Associates, the company that renovated the Robertson Building, to "waive" their taxes during that timeframe.
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'When it comes to it, news is just some things that have happened'
Newspapers: still the most important medium for understanding the world
Adam Curtis: "We don't read newspapers because the journalism is so boring" [more inside]
Adam Curtis: "We don't read newspapers because the journalism is so boring" [more inside]
Boston in lockdown as hunt for marathon bombers unfolds
What started as a report of a convenience store robbery near the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology last night has sprawled into a chaotic manhunt for the perpetrators of the recent terrorist attack on the Boston Marathon. The deadly pursuit, involving a policeman's murder, a carjacking, a violent chase with thrown explosives, and the death of one suspect, has resulted in Governor Deval Patrick ordering an unprecedented lockdown of the entire Boston metropolitan area as an army of law enforcement searches house by house for the remaining gunman. The Associated Press has identified the duo as Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, and his 19-year-old brother Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, who remains at large. Both are immigrants from wartorn Chechnya in southwestern Russia. The Guardian liveblog is good for quick updates, and Reddit's updating crowdsourced timeline of events that has often outpaced mainstream media coverage of the situation. You can also get real-time reports straight from the (Java-based) local police scanner.
Tie game. Bottom of the 9th. Bases loaded. Two outs. Three balls. Two strikes. And the pitch...
In less than an hour, the Supreme Court will hand down its final judgment in what has become one of the most crucial legal battles of our time: the constitutionality of President Obama's landmark health care reform law. The product of a strict party line vote following a
year century of debate, disinformation, and tense legislative wrangling, the Affordable Care Act would (among other popular reforms) require all Americans to buy insurance coverage by 2014, broadening the risk pool for the benefit of those with pre-existing conditions.
The fate of this "individual mandate," bitterly opposed by Republicans despite its similarity to past plans touted by conservatives (including presidential contender Mitt Romney) is the central question facing the justices today. If the conservative majority takes the dramatic step of striking down the mandate, the law will be toothless, and in danger of wholesale reversal, rendering millions uninsured, dealing a crippling blow to the president's re-election hopes, and possibly endangering the federal regulatory state.
But despite the pessimism of bettors, some believe the Court will demur, wary of damaging its already-fragile reputation with another partisan 5-4 decision. But those who know don't talk, and those who talk don't know. Watch the SCOTUSblog liveblog for updates, Q&A, and analysis as the truth finally comes out shortly after 10 a.m. EST.
"Kill the economy. Blame the Democrats. It's the perfect crime."
"When a Nobel Prize Isn't Enough." With a sharply-worded rebuke of the congressional GOP, Nobel Prize-winning economist Peter Diamond has announced he is withdrawing as a candidate for the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors due to GOP obstructionism. Republican Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, a leading critic of Diamond's appointment, welcomes the announcement and raises a predictable call for a candidate "capable of garnering bipartisan support in the Senate."
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In February, AOL acquired the Huffington Post for $315 million. (Previously) The formation of The Huffington Post Media Group was announced, to integrate content for a new combined, claimed audience of "117 Million Americans and 270 Million Globally." Then, AOL fired 200 US employees (leaving many sites without editorial staff) and began restructuring. Today, they announced that 30 brands, including popular site Slashfood, will be closed or folded into existing Huffington Post sections. [more inside]
"Arbeit Macht Frei" Sign Stolen
Poland has declared a state of emergency, after the infamous bronze sign reading "Arbeit Macht Frei" at former Konzentrationslager (concentration camp) Auschwitz was stolen yesterday. [more inside]
Fox "upset-the-White-House-won't-call-it" News
Fox News's bent on the news is well known, but recently the White House has begun actively excluding the network, including skipping Fox's Chris Wallace on a recent round of Sunday morning news shows. "We simply decided to stop abiding by the fiction ... that Fox is a traditional news organization." says White House Depty Communications Director Pfeiffer (as has Press Secretary Gibbs and others). The responses range from concern about an attempt to control the media to a feeling that it's about time. Is it just about Fox's anti-Obama pundits, or is it also about Fox's consistent errors and misinformed viewership? Or is the White House attempting containment so that Fox's ratings-gold style and ideas don't take over the rest of the press?
Threat Level Elevated
US News reports that in a new tell-all book, Tom Ridge admits manipulating terror threat levels for political motives. In the forthcoming book, Ridge reportedly acknowledges for the first time that he was pushed to raise the security alert on the eve of President Bush's re-election, something he "saw as politically motivated and worth resigning over." But as The Atlantic points out, Ridge apparently gave in to the White House demands anyway, resigning only after the election. Huffington Post also provides additional discussion on this developing story.
The Saddam Sessions
Saddam's Confessions - Given Saddam Hussein's central place in the American Consciousness over the last couple decades and particularly in recent years, I found 60 minutes' interview with FBI interrogator George Piro pretty fascinating.
Don't Bomb Us.
Don't Bomb Us. In response to credible reports that Bush wanted to bomb al-Jazeera's HQ in allied Qatar (discussed here and here on MeFi), Al Jazeera staffers start their own English-language blog. Their site contains remembrances of their fallen colleagues, firsthand accounts of US attacks on their offices, links to relevant reports on the controversy, Flickr photosets of protests calling for an official investigation, and al Jazeera's code of ethics. Also, a quick note to Tony Blair: " P.S. Thanks for talking Mr. Bush out of bombing our offices!" Not surprisingly, their blog is generating some comments.
Fighting the Liberal Media Bias
In 2001 America destroyed the Kabul offices of al-Jazeera with two smartbombs; officials said it was an accident. In 2003 America destroyed the Baghdad offices of al-Jazeera with missiles; officials said it was an accident. Now, two British civil servants are on trial for leaking a memo revealing that Bush intended to bomb al-Jazeera... at their headquarters in allied Qatar.
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After the theft of a Dalek from a UK tourist attraction, its "kidnappers" have delivered a ransom note - and its severed plunger.
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CNN gets Chung. Beefs up roster.
CNN gets Chung. Beefs up roster. Their continued battle with Fox News heats up with their hiring of Connie Chung. All this sounds a lot more exciting than it really is.
Alzheimer's vaccine looks promising?
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Be sure to complete each item included in the Enrollment Checklist. Each step will help you prepare for your arrival at UWRF.
As soon as possible, please let us know the date, time, location, and appointment number for your visa interview so we can provide additional documentation if necessary. This information should be sent via email to firstname.lastname@example.com. You can learn more about how to prepare for your interview on the Immigration Information webpage.
All UWRF students have a Falcon Account which gives access to essential university resources necessary to everyday life as a student. You will use this account to check e-mail, log in to computers in computer labs, and log in to eSIS, the system you will use to register for classes and track and monitor your grades and financial information.You will need to activate your account online.
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Those who live on campus must sign a housing contract with UWRF. UWRF offers 11 residence halls to accommodate students. Costs associated with living on campus, room amenities, configurations, and photographs are available on the Department of Residence Life website.
All international students using funds from outside the U.S. are encouraged to use peerTransfer to pay their housing deposit.
New international students are asked to arrive on Monday, August 29, 2016, to allow adequate time for placement testing, class registration, orientation and Week of Welcome events. In order to prepare for your arrival, all international students are required to submit a Travel Plan Form to International Student Services no later than August 1, 2016. Carefully review the information on the Travel Plans Form BEFORE purchasing your air ticket because there are specific details (times, locations, etc.) that may influence your purchase.
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- Thursday, 28 April 2016 PH, ROK Conclude Arrangement, Loan Agreement for the Panguil Bay Bridge Project
- Thursday, 28 April 2016 Statement on the Recent Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile Test by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Tuesday, 26 April 2016 On Government Efforts to Rescue Kidnap Victims
News from PHL Embassies, Consulates & Missions
Friday, 29 April 2016
- Friday, 29 April 2016 PHL Consulate General in Honolulu Conducts Mobile Field Voting in Maui and Hilo, Hawaii
- Friday, 29 April 2016 New PHL Ambassador Presents Credentials to Australian Governor General
- Friday, 29 April 2016 PHL Consulate General Vancouver's Announcement for Overseas Voters
- Friday, 29 April 2016 PHL Embassy and POLO Activate Joint Assistance Desk in Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia
31 March 2015 - The Philippine Consulate General in Agana hosted the launching of the 10th Ambassador, Consuls General and Tourism Directors Tour (10th ACGTDT) in the Philippines and Get-Together of past Guam participants in the program from 2005 to 2014 on March 28 at the Top of the Reef of the Guam Reef and Olive Spa Resort Hotel. This was the first time that the Consulate General hosted a formal launching of the ACGTDT since the tour's inception in 2005.
More than 50 past and prospective participants attended the event. The event also served as a reunion of past Guam delegates who joined the tour during the last 10 years.
Philippine Consul General Marciano R. de Borja welcomed the participants and encouraged them to join this year's tour to be held in Manila and Cebu from July 06 to 09. He mentioned that this year is the 10th Anniversary of the program and the Consulate General's goal is to double the number of participants from Guam compared to the past programs with additional delegates from Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, the Republic of Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia. He also mentioned that one of the primary goals of the ACGTDT when it was conceptualized was to help double the tourist arrivals in the Philippines.
Consul Edgar Tomas Q. Auxilian introduced the 10th Ambassador, Consuls General and Tourism Directors Tour in the Philippines by his presentation that includes the ACGTDT history, tour itinerary and mechanics as well as past editions of the ACGTDT. The three-night, four-day tour which will be held in Manila and Cebu will kick off to visits of key sites in Manila and Cebu with detail arrangements and itinerary.
The presentation was followed by the testimonies of selected past participants of the ACGTDT, namely, Ms. Virginia Stadler, a one-time tour participant who joined the tour in 2007, Prof. Mila Alcazaren, another one-time participant of the tour who joined in 2014 together with her seven Tagalog Class students from the University of Guam, and Mr. Rey Llaneta, owner and President of ReMax Philippines and a three-time tour participant (in 2011, 2012 and 2013) who shared that he was encouraged by the message of Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose L. Cuisia when he first joined the program to look at the bright prospects offered by the Philippines, which led to his decision to open and head a franchise of ReMax, one of the biggest American real estate companies, in the Philippines.
The above testimonies and wonderful experiences during the tour helped the Consulate General encourage the new participants to join and promote Philippine tourism.
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Lyndhurst Police Chief Rick Porrello tells Channel 3 that a Pepper Pike man led police in Mayfield Heights, Lyndhurst and South Euclid on a chase on Mayfield Road, crashing into one car head-on and also striking a Lyndhurst police cruiser.
Porrello said that, just before 10 p.m. Monday, Mayfield Heights police tried stopping a suspected intoxicated driver traveling westbound on Mayfield Road.
Lyndhurst police went to assist and saw the vehicle driving recklessly, crossing left of center, Porrello said.
The driver continued westbound past Richmond Road where he struck an eastbound vehicle head-on in South Euclid, then hit another car, Porrello said.
As police tried to box the suspected intoxicated driver in, he then hit a Lyndhurst police cruiser, causing minor damage, Porrello said.
The driver was finally stopped at the intersection of Mayfield and Green roads in South Euclid.
Porrello says William K. McGinty, 23, of Pepper Pike was charged with OVI and reckless operation.
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Congratulations to Nicolas Theoret on being invited to compete in the Magna Student Innovation Challenge!
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An update on the condition of the Kalamazoo River following the 2010 Enbridge oil spill can be found here.
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The ExPerienced Past
Recovery of the experienced past in a literal sense is, as we have seen, not possible. One reason for this is that in any historical situation only a small fragment of the totality of people's experiences is ever recorded for posterity. "The trawling net fills," Geoffrey Braithwaite says of the process of writing a biography, "then the biographer hauls it in, sorts, throws back, stores, fillets and sells. Yet consider what he doesn't catch: there is always far more of that."1 Modestly but accurately, Robert Capa called his photos of the D- Day landing "a cut into the whole event," rather than the full reality. 2 Of the tens of thousands of Chinese who took part in the Boxer movement, we have recorded traces of the behavior of only a tiny faceless (and mostly nameless) fraction. Even in the case of the hundreds of foreigners besieged in the legation quarters in Beijing in the summer of 1900, the letters, diaries, and books that many of them wrote detailing their experiences represented, at best, summaries, distillations, artful reconstructions, not full and exact replications.
This suggests a second reason for the impossibility of truly resurrecting the experienced past. Even if full replication of past experience were feasible, it would remain just that: replication, either in words or visual images or both, not the experience itself. In the foreign accounts of the siege of the legations, we are treated again and again to graphic descriptions of the experiential world of the besieged. But, unlike the inhabitants of this world, we cannot ourselves directly experience, minute by minute, day after day, the sweltering heat and drenching rains, the multiple sounds of gunfire in the night, the fear of being wounded or killed, the crying of "babies, tortured by heat-rash, mosquitoes and the thousands of flies," the stench of rotting pony carcasses. 3 The best that a participant account can do is provide a vivid and compelling sense of what the past was like. It cannot give us the past.
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Bootie Top 10 – July 2013
This month, we're clearing out a bunch of mashup material that's been on our Bootie playlists for the past few months — some tracks that took a while for us to warm up too, and others that fell through the cracks of our hard drive, but we recently rediscovered. Three tracks are from excellent full-length mashup albums, so click on the links to discover more. Quite a few names on this month's list are also making their very first appearance on the Bootie Top 10, proving that there's always fresh new blood in the mashup scene. As usual, listed alphabetically by mashup producer.
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dj BC – Drive My Car, Thief! (Beastie Boys vs. The Beatles) – Atlanta
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Obama may have to get closer to pulling "The Full Biden" than he ever thought he'd have to , both to regain HIS OWN GROUND lost at the first debate, AND continue the new parameters for this second debate with Romney. All the talking points that he clumsily omitted in the first debate, but that were taken up by Biden, will get a second hearing tonight. The question is, can Obama re-invoke them and score points with them, and will that be enough to re-establish some momentum for himself. I kind of doubt it, unless the townhall format somehow is rigged to once again put him in the best light. I tend to think Obama will go down in flames, maybe not so completely as he did the first time, but certainly won't perform well enough to "win".Will Obama find the only way to do this is to mimic Biden's cluelessly off-putting arrogance and disrespect, OR will he
be able to maintain his "cool" and still pull off strong,or at least "strong-sounding" arguments?
Regardless of what happens, the DNC "strategists", talking heads, and Obama buttboys and buttgirls, will be crowing out a new narrative about how the tide has changed, and Obama has provided a game changer for himself and his ticket. Ultimately, it doesn't matter what they say-—what matters is election day, and it will be 55%/45% in favor of Romney.


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Fix Version/s: 1.1.8
Component/s: Portlet_Support
I have a report of a user who wanted to use JSCookMenu in a portlet. This results in a ClassCastException because org.apache.myfaces.component.html.util.AddResource assumes that the underlying request object will be an HttpServletRequest.
I will fix this for AddResource, but I suspect that there are other offending classes in Tomahawk.
For future reference, you should always use methods from ExternalContext instead of doing (HttpServletRequest)ExternalContext.getRequest().
If you MUST use features of HttpServletRequest that ExternalContext doesn't offer then you should use the PortletUtil to make sure that you don't break portlets. To tell if you are running in a portlet environment, you can say:
org.apache.myfaces.portlet.PortletUtil.isPortletRequest(FacesContext facesContext)
Note: calling PortletUtil does not put any dependency on the Portlet API.
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Many of the references mentioned here where solved on
MYFACES-434, or committed with reference to this issue, but this one was never closed, so I'm closing this one now, since all parts mentioned where changed to work in portlets before release of 1.1.8.
Blazej Kepa,
Your patch looks great. Unfortunately, it's no longer valid. I couldn't determine where to apply it. Please provide an updated version. In the future, it would be helpful to create patches with fully-qualified paths relative to the root of the project.
I have partially fixed this issue by adding support for RenderRequest to addAdditionalInfoToHeader method. When RenderRequest is passed then scripts and resources are rendered in body section (can't find a way to add them to html head section, is there any?)
I ran into a similar issue with t:tabbedPane but the offending cast to HttpServletRequest was in
addAdditionalHeaderInfoToRender() of AddResource.java . Since this method is manipulating the header and that is not possible in a portal, the right thing might be to check if isPortalRequest and do nothing.
I'm trying to put the htmlEditor on Liferay 3.6 to see if it works. Then I hit the exact problem.
We're using Liferay to develop some portal applications. JSF is definitely the right direction to go. I'd highly appreciate if the Myfaces team could port all components on to portlet container ASAP. Thanks.
Patch committed. Thanks to Thomas Heute of JBoss.
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Elqui is a valley 359 miles north of Santiago in Chile. It has been described as a long, green garden in the midst of the arid Andes. Even though parts of the Elqui Valley have been taken over for the cultivation of grapes and other fruits, most of it is still a place of unspoiled nature, blessed with clear blue skies. The valley is a haven for relaxation. People come here for hiking, fishing, mountain biking and horseback riding. Resorts offer yoga, massages, and various forms of therapeutic meditation. If you are planning a visit in February, book your budget hotel in Elqui in advance, because that is when thousands of people from Santiago and other urban centers flock to the valley.
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Another incongruous argument is also that politicians can surely be prosecuted and convicted in other nations because foreign judges are not actually dangerous communists and influenced by the centre-left like the Italian ones.
We are all sons of Berlusconi.
Summers in Italy are usually warm and very pleasant. Festivals, food, and music are all mixed with a taste of art, culture, and beautiful landscapes, from its famous coastlines to the many little borghi. Summer is also the period when Italy's often-colourful politics usually become silent. Yet, something interesting may also happen. The Grand Council of Fascism, for example, dismissed Benito Mussolini on July 1943. This undermined the fascist dictatorship, and then provoked many changes within the international community.
Silvio Berlusconi's recent trials and verdicts also generated many storms over Italy's summer skies, with implications on the democratic structure of the country. It led to the predicaments that the coalition, led by centre-leftist Enrico Letta and supported by the media tycoon's own party, finds itself in. Surprisingly, in the past couple of months, all the main international political and economic actors have not been particularly concerned about this. They all seem delighted that Letta's government is continuing and prefer to believe that Berlusconi has been defeated and will stay away from power. Stability and willingness to implement reforms are the key points in this age of austerity.
On August 15, the day of Ferragosto, a summer (electoral?) campaign was started to rescue the media tycoon's political career. Since the fascist years this holy day has been characterised by Italians, especially the lower and middle classes, taking short trips to various tourist destinations. In August, some tourists found leaflets and pamphlets backing Berlusconi, along with airplanes flying banners supporting the former prime minister. This, in truth, is a small example of a number of bizarre acts promoted by the Italian centre-right, including an enduring propaganda to dispute the judicial system and save Berlusconi. This has been backed by many of the same politicians who recently apparently opposed their own famous right-wing leader.
His close allies and sympathisers, in fact, gathered in Rome to protest against the July verdict on tax fraud and the ban from politics. This meeting in front of Berlusconi's residence mirrored a previous one organised in March by some senior politicians to somewhat "occupy" the Milan court to protest against the famous prostitution-related Rubygate trial.
Fascist democracy?
Some mainstream Italian media outlets supported the thesis of politicised judges and the demonstrations to back the convicted leader. (This again showed the odd links between the media and political power in some Western countries.) Peaceful protests are always acceptable, yet, "marching" on the capital and against other state powers is a very different matter, and not merely because this happened in the nation which experienced another march on Rome in 1922.
If someone who is convicted by a high court and banned from public office can enjoy such popular support and political benevolence, then people, and especially the EU, should start enquiring about what type of democracy Italians are experiencing, and, peculiarly, keenly supporting, rather than exclusively looking at public debts, fiscal reforms, and labour flexibility. The proper workings of a democracy should be a requisite also to avoid political corruption and waste of public funding.
What is also interesting to note is that decades after the so-called Bribesville investigation and the Clean Hands scandal, which highlighted a system of corruption and pulverised a generation of politicians and the domestic political system, judges are again under criticism for investigating an allegedly untouchable political class. The usual paradoxical reasoning here is evident: votes = power = immunity. Another incongruous argument is also that politicians can surely be prosecuted and convicted in other nations because foreign judges are not actually dangerous communists and influenced by the centre-left like the Italian ones. Quite worryingly, all this generates a sort of pre-modern understanding of democracy and institutional order - where there are no balance of powers, controls, or equality. In sum, the cores of some basic liberal and democratic principles are sadly delegitimised.
Italy therefore seems to live in another out-of-the-ordinary era. Unemployment and economic crisis are seriously hitting its social and industrial fabric. Yet, Berlusconi, his pride and honour, his old and novel parties, amnesties, and the calls against a sort of judicial "mafia" and takeover, has been, instead, all that mattered. Meanwhile foreign investors are ready to buy, "on sale", some key domestic assets - Alitalia, Telecom, and many other medium and small companies. Indeed, Syria, the German elections, and the EU austerity all became secondary and often irrelevant topics - mostly due to the provincialism of some local media.
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In which other country could this happen? Where do senior political figures talk about rebellion and reaction? The point is that part of Italian society really believes in these peculiar stories and the significance of these priorities. This would put them out of the democratic order in a number of other nations. This is the result of all the years of pitiable political talk shows, pin-up girls, ignorant elites, lack of meritocracy, emigration, disregard of institutions, and cultural impoverishment. Private interests are, in many ways, triumphing over collective and public needs. The same Letta cabinet, for some, has to exist to cut taxes - to please Berlusconi and his past and future electoral promises - and protect the mogul. Indeed, the decision made by a parliamentary commission to dismiss Berlusconi from his seat (which also means less immunity for the other trials, and a blow to his image) counted for more than everything else - with the tycoon, as we saw, threatening the existence of the government.
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If the United Nations and other international bodies were rightly worried about some cases of xenophobia towards Cecile Kyenge, Italy's first black minister, one should wonder why they are not uneasy with the current challenge to the ideals and workings of a democracy. The EU and the European Central Bank, along with a few world leaders and the pressure of financial markets, were all keen to dismiss Berlusconi in November 2011, when Italy was in dire financial trouble. What do they think of this government so influenced by Berlusconi, which, for example, flaunts rules by cutting some taxes without European approval?
The Italian economy is not really florid these days. It was highly hypocritical to back Letta because his government is pro-EU and it did not, in truth, question the Brussels-led politics. Events proved that the coalition had little stability and it was not honestly supporting any financial growth. Berlusconi, in fact, forced his ministers to resign and his loyal colleagues were ready to kick the government out. The well-known story is that some rejected his plans, and he then surprisingly backed the government in full view of a good part of the Western world, including the British ambassador who attended the vote in parliament. These politicians are considered as some sort of saviours - though people in Italy and abroad tend to forget that they backed all of Berlusconi's actions so far.
This includes Angelino Alfano, the vice prime minister, who is presently trying to take control of the centre-right - even if one should wonder who would finance the party if Berlusconi does not lead it. He is, nonetheless, internationally known not for his political capabilities, but for the bizarre deportation of the family of a Kazakh dissident. Another one is Minister Nunzia de Girolamo, who after the confidence vote, in order to overcome the party's disunity, said, "We are all sons of Berlusconi." Indeed, all of them criticised the parliamentary commission's decision to dismiss their leader, and will probably vote against it, and will continue believing that the judicial system is one of the main sectors to be reformed.
Yet many foreign political actors prefer to overlook all these facts, and the fact that Berlusconi may again influence Italian politics. In this critical democratic phase, more attention should be paid to national political behaviour. It seems, instead, that the international media are the only ones truly willing to monitor the state of Italian democracy.
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