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Celimontana House at Colosseum
Size65 m²
Floor No.4(with elevator)
- Family/child friendly
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Washer/dryer
- Elevator in building
- Balcony/terrace
- Towels
Accommodation summary
|via di Sant'Erasmo, 00184 roma, Italy
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|A few hours
|Calendar updated
House rulescheck-in is from 2,00 pm to 7,00 pm an extracharge of 20,00 euros is due for check-in out of time
Check-out is from 9,00 am to 11,00 am
Pets are not allowed
The appartment is NO SMOKING.
The linen is changed every week
An additional payment of 25 euros id due for the final cleaning
Child of less than two years are not paying
|Weekly rate for up to 2 guests
|£ 580
|Monthly rate for up to 2 guests
|£ 1818
|Price for > 2 guests
|£ 10 per guest/night extra
|Maximum Nights
|1 month
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|On arrangement
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Reviews of this property
We have pleasant holiday in sunny Roma at Celimontana House. All thinks were perfect.Good location, walking distance Colosseum, Forum Romanum. Close to big supermarket Simple. Andrea is very kind man, explain us everything.
very polite and helpful host, the flat is good equiped and verry quite, excellent for trips to the historic Roma
can be highly recommended without any restrictions
The apartment is very well located (very close to the colosseum) and in a very quiet street. Is is a very comfortable place to return to in the evening after you spent the day walking the city. The Host, Andrea, was very kind and showed us the important things (supermarket, where to get the bus tickets) in the area of the apartment when we arrived. We had a very nice stay.
Great apartment. Close to Colosseum and close to everything - we walked everywhere. On top of that, Andrea is really lovely and accommodating.
A plus is that we did the Eating Italy Cooking Class with Nonna and it was in the building!
Definitely stay here. (And take the cooking class - it was a lot of fun.)
Great stay in Andrea appartment. Andrea was very kind and gave us perfect information about everything. The appartment is really warm,clean and ready to enjoy Roma.
Thanks Andrea
The apartment is, reasonably priced, well-situated near the Coliseum, spacious, and comfortable. Andrea was a very helpful host, pointing out bus routes, the supermarket, nearby restaurants, and other helpful information. I recommend this apartment. We had a good experience.
The place is very nice and pleasant, very well located. Hosts are very helpful and kind, they will offer you any help you need. They were also available on phone during the stay. The appartment is very well equipped, tidy and spacious even too big for two and comfortable for 4. Actually if someone likes to walk there is no need for using the bus as any historical place you would like to visit in the city center is at walking distance. For those who want to take a bus, there is one nearby, though you should be warned that the bus schedule is the mystery of city of Rome, a mystery that we did not manage to solve till the end of the stay ;). Nevertheless we have managed to take this bus few times.
Not to make it too long I do recommend this appartment if you want to have a nice and cosy stay in Rome!
We enjoyed our stay at Andrea's apartment. Andrea was very kind. He welcomed us and showed us around the neighborhood. He gave us tips about where we can eat, grocery shop and take a bus. The apartment was cozy and had a great location. I would love to stay here again if I visit Rome again.
Great location and great host! Even before arriving Andrea and Carla contacted us with suggestions and tips. The appartment was perfect, in nice neighborhood and exactly as discribed. Room plenty for 4 persons. It takes 10 minutes to walk to Colosseum and nice restaurants and 15 minutes to Metro. Busstop around the corner. We will stay there again in future.
The cosy accomodation is perfect for relaxing, it is situated in a quiet street. The Colloseum can be reached within a ten minutes walk, you can also take a bus which brings you to the main places of interest in the historic town centre. Nearby the appartment there is a supermarket and some nice restaurants. Andrea is very kind and helpful and will provide you with useful information. We are looking forward to visit this accomodation again. Mille grazie!
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IRIS Dog Containment Pen has a double-steel latch door and is completely rust proof making this pen perfect for indoor or outdoor use. 2 sizes to choose from. Small (square) or Large (octagon) Read More
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4 (small) or 8 (large) commercial grade plastic panels. Use panel connectors as ground spikes.
- Double-steel latch door
- Easy assembly, no tools required
- Rust Proof
Small: 36"W x 36"D x 23.6"H (Square)
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- Material: Plastic
- Country of Origin: USA
- Feature: Rust-Proof
- Size: 4 Panels (36"W x 36"D x 23.6"H),8 Panels (62.9"W x 62.9"D x 34.2"H)
- Type: Kennel,Security Roof
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I have an 11 week old Border Collie pup. When he jumps on the sides of his pen they wobble to and fro. He also pushes the unit around on the floor. The screw locks on the latches are tedious. The latches themselves are weak. I recommend purchasing an extra large metal crate to use as a containment pen. For outside use, I had to resort to tying the pup up.
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This crate is awesome. Easy to assemble and easy to travel with. Have 2 dogs now and works great for bedtime. I am buying the bigger one for day/play time. Only problem I had was the smaller one is a little short. My dog was able to climb out. I Put lid on using fiberglass tressel and plastic ties and it is now perfect. Would be great if lids were available.
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Tron Run/r is out now on PC & PS4 – launch trailer
The Tron-themed endless runner exist Early Access.
Tron headlines
Tron Run/r hits PC, PS4 and Xbox One in February
Early access title Tron Run/r is almost ready for full launch.
Tron: Escape rated, probably exists
Something called Tron: Escape is very probably a real thing.
Tron game in the works, says Scarface composer
A new Tron game is coming, according to someone who apparently hasn't been told that video games are top secret business.
Saints Row: The Third trailer takes the piss out of Tron
THQ's released a brand new Saints Row: The Third trailer, showing the Decker gang, headed up by Matt Miller. The trailer for the Volition action sequel then takes a sudden U-turn by ripping on Tron. This is too brilliant not to watch, so go do that now below the break. Saints Row: The Third launches […]
TRON: Evolution gets multiplayer details, new screens show off some of the environment
Last week, a video for TRON: Evolution featuring game director Darren Hedges was released, along with a couple of screens. Today, there's seven new screens for you to feast your eyes on along with some news on multiplayer.
TRON: Evolution - Move, 3D and multiplayer detailed
Sony has released a video for TRON: Evolution featuring game director Darren Hedges over on t he US PS Blog, and we've posted it for you below. In it, Hedges chats about Move support for the game, along with stereoscopic 3D and the multiplayer elements.
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GTTV: New Mafia II video, MOH, Gears, Twisted Metal
The latest episode of Game Trailers TV is out, and in it you get to hear David Jaffe talk about vehicle combat in the new Twisted Metal, Jeff Bridges chat about Tron, and Todd McFarlane discuss his latest project with 38 Studios.
Disney and PDP to release Tron and Mickey inspired controllers
Disney and peripheral maker PDP have teamed up to release some rather unique looking controllers based on Epic Mickey and Tron.
Tron Evolution gets screens, hands-on
News on Propaganda's Tron Evolution has been a bit scarce lately, but that's about to change.
Lastest VGA announcment is a TRON teaser [UPDATE]
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Rumour: Disney starting on new Tron game
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Floating Candle String Lights
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An unexpected sight hung indoors or out, our floating candles appear as though found in a dusty attic.
- 12' long
- 10 plastic candles cover globe lights.
- Hangs from a brown cord; prong-style plug in.
- Includes two replacement bulbs.
- For both indoor or outdoor use; avoid contact with water.
- UL listed.
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- Connect up to a maximum of 8 strands.
- Overall: 12' long
- Candle (10): 3" diameter, 6" high
- Bulb: 5 watts, type C7
- Wipe with a soft dry cloth.
- When not in use, store in a box or in tissue paper.
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South Africa: Privacy and domestic violence online and off
By Esther Nasikye and Sally-Jean Shackleton for GenderIT.org
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 23 August 2010
While women's rights activists have been at the forefront of making the private crimes that occur at home – domestic violence, marital rape – public, new technologies are making the private public in ways that disenfranchise, alienate and violate women. Esther Nasikye and Sally-Jean Shackleton explore how ICTs, privacy and domestic violence in South Africa are exposing problems in both policy and practice. Photo: "John Atherton":http://www.flickr.com/people/gbaku/Full article at http://www.genderit.org/articles/south-africa-privacy-and-domestic-violence-online-and


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It's a new year, and Maine journalism is worse for the battering it took in 2009. But there are some new lights appearing on the horizon that might just make things a little brighter.
The first is a new endeavor founded by yet another of those recently-unemployed daily-newspaper journalists, the MAINE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEREST REPORTING, led by former Kennebec Journal/Morning Sentinel publisher John Christie.
From his first story, published last week, it appears Christie will be resurrecting a journalistic endeavor long missing from Maine's mainstream press: holding powerful people accountable for their actions.
The debut story was based on an age-old premise: money and personal connections drive politics. But exactly how that happens in Maine has been under-covered, thanks to pols' and journos' often-friendly relations (see "Our Journalism Echoes Our Politics," by Lance Tapley, August 3, 2009).
In a story posted online at PineTreeWatchdog.org and printed in the Bangor Daily News, the Lewiston Sun Journal, and two weekly papers in the midcoast, the Ellsworth American and the Mount Desert Islander, Christie made clear how Governor John Baldacci thanks his friends.
Specifically, people who raised money for Baldacci's political campaigns and have known him for many years can get special favors from him, even — indeed especially — in tough budget circumstances.
Christie fills his story with quotes from State House players asserting that, as we all know, politics is personal. And when Baldacci weakly protests claims that he made a political decision — carving out an exemption to a new sales-tax expansion — to help his friends and benefactors in the skiing and real-estate businesses, Christie not only quotes his anemic reply ("the facts don't bear it out") but shows those facts clearly, as they do bear out the very allegation Baldacci denies.
It is a bit sad to be singling out this effort. It is basic, straightforward, workaday journalism that should never have been missing from Maine's daily newspapers. It should not have taken a startup nonprofit to ask why the governor's demands were so specific, and limited to inside players. But it did, and we're glad it's back.
And while the Portland Press Herald and its sister papers are not publishing Christie's work (Christie was let go when Richard Connor took over the company), there are small signs of a NEW WATCHDOG MENTALITY at Maine's largest newspaper company, too. It's not just that Connor has added one more capitol reporter — which he has done.
Over the past week, the Press Herald newsroom has been on top of a small-potatoes story, but in a way that portends better government scrutiny than officials have been used to of late.
Starting on January 5, with a front-page story entitled "At Deering Oaks, That Familiar Sinking Feeling," the PPH has demonstrated an institutional memory many feared lost. That first story reported that a snowplow machine had sunk in Deering Oaks Pond the previous day. But it went much deeper, digging up PPH archive photos from three previous times Portland's public-works department had done the same thing, all the way back to 1987. Two days later, the paper reported that the estimate for fishing the Bobcat out of the pond was not the $500 city officials initially claimed, but rather $5000. One day after that, the paper reported that the city's policy for clearing snow from the pond requires the ice thickness be checked before the plow sets out, and quoted city sources saying that hadn't happened. It's not government waste or incompetence on a grand scale, but it's a beginning.
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What's a football guy doing running an NBA team?
"Believe me," Mickey Loomis said about a half-dozen times Friday, "I'm no NBA expert."
But Loomis, who helped build the New Orleans Saints into a Super Bowl winner as that team's general manager, now finds himself in the position of having to green light decisions for the Hornets as well as the team's director of basketball operations. New owner Tom Benson named Loomis to that post last June. Benson, of course, also owns the Saints, and he added the Hornets to his portfolio in April, to the tune of $338 million.
With two pro franchises to run, Benson streamlined his management teams, giving Loomis and Saints president Dennis Laucha decision-making authority over the Hornets as well. The teams are also merging some of their sales and marketing staffs.
Dell Demps is still the Hornets' GM, responsible for personnel and coaching decisions. But he and Coach Monty Williams now have to work with Loomis and Laucha before sending recommendations up to Benson for final approval.
"When you buy something you want to have people in place who are going to carry your message," Loomis said by telephone Friday. " ... I'm here to help Monty, and help Dell as much as I can, a sounding board for different ideas. I'm reporting to the owner, advising him. I'm here to help. But I'm not going to take away from my day job. We've got some work to do."
I'm here to help Monty, and help Dell as much as I can, a sounding board for different ideas. I'm reporting to the owner, advising him. I'm here to help. But I'm not going to take away from my day job. We've got some work to do."
..."I love the head coach we've got, Monty Williams, and Dell as well," Loomis said. "We've got two great young guys -- and I mean young in terms of their experience. I like them a lot ... what was important to me was the philosophy, and what they believed in in terms of creating a successful environment. There were a lot of similarities in what Dell and Monty believed in and what I believed in."
...Loomis says he has tried not to be very visible around the Hornets' players and has not had much contact with them ("I know how that is when you get somebody else in the mix"), preferring to work behind the scenes with Demps. But Loomis was the primary point person behind Williams' contract extension, that takes him out now through the 2015-16 season.
..."He's picked up the NBA pretty quick," Demps said. "It's been a really good relationship. When his suspension ended, I said to him, 'Now don't forget about us. We want you still coming around.' "
There is already speculation that resigning Gordon could cost Demps his job
There is already speculation that resigning Gordon could cost Demps his job
There is already speculation that resigning Gordon could cost Demps his job,
now you're just full of shit
Loomis does have some familiarity with basketball, having played at Northwest Christian University in Eugene, Oregon (now an NAIA school), from 1975-78.
Demps played the Gordon shite as best as he could. he made the move he felt at the time he had to with the information he had presen
i'd take him over anyone else.
If we let him go we essentially gave up Paul for Austin Rivers and Aminu.
I would offer up for consideration that the Gordon match / lack of S&T was a brass decision rather than a management decision.
Did it seem like a good idea with just a little data or a good idea given the body of work?
the Clippers didn't mind tossing Gordon in because they thought he'd command a high salary and that his injury history would make him not worth it. Key word: Clippers.
and a top draft pick and salary cap space
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I remember the trade almost being called off (if not called off before being revived) because the Clippers did not want to include Gordon. From that statement, it makes it look like the opposite.
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Rob Ford Songs: Embattled Toronto Mayor Inspires New Musical Sub-Genre
UPDATE: On November 5, 2013, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford admitted to smoking crack cocaine about a year ago.
Current Toronto mayor Rob Ford is a mighty divisive figure in the city's political scene right now and the many, many headlines he's been generating lately help explain why.
But while stories like "Man Tied To Alleged Rob Ford Drug Video Arrested In Alberta," "Toronto Mayor's Aides Quit Amid 'Crackstarter' Controversy" and "Did Rob Ford Know And Lie About Alleged 'Crackstarter' Video?" all make for wonderful watercooler tittering, they ignore one dramatically unappreciated role Rob Ford has played in enriching the romantic tapestry of the city — artistic muse.
The giant statue of Rob Ford's head sculpted out of butter at last summer's Canadian National Exhibition was a good start, but of late — to use a football analogy the mayor would be fond of — it's been musicians who've been taking the ball and running with it.
It seems everyone from Berlin-based art provocateur Peaches to Juno-nominated rapper D-sisive have found inspiration from Rob Ford's big, sweaty personality. The result is what might be a new theme-based musical sub-genre. We've been calling it Gravy Train Music.
We took the best Rob Ford-based songs we've heard recently and collected them for your listening pleasure.
Click the slideshow below to check the songs out.
Freestyle rap battle champ Charron has made the biggest mark so far with his song "Rob Ford Smoking Crack." Released just three days ago over 20,000 people have already checked out his song on YouTube.
Juno nominated rapper D-sisive was accused of being a Rob Ford sympathist when he released this song from the free downloadable album "Jonestown 2: Jimmy Go Bye Bye" in 2011. It's not really like that.
Antagonistic Toronto underground rapper K-Dot-O-Dot has decided he kinda likes Rob Ford and is expressing it in songform. It should be noted as well that K-Dot and his partner 9th Uno who make up the act Drugstore Cowboys have put one of their old songs called "I Smoke Crack" on YouTube with the purposefully misleading title "Rob Ford Smoking Crack."
Going under the name #Entertainment, smut rapper and StinkMitt member Bettiforde has created "Bored Of Rob Ford" with guest vocals from Peaches, actor Michael Venus and Joel Gibb of The Hidden Cameras, among others.
The 640 team made this parody song about Rob Ford's "gravy train" catchphrase.
Although this song is called "Crack" and is kinda about crack, it technically isn't about the mayor. However, when promoting the launch of the video on Twitter the band spammed so many people with the link and the hashtags #RobFord #crack that they got temporarily suspended from the service.
Uploaded by "RobFordFans," here's the other side of the Rob Ford music-making spectrum.
Toronto dancehall musician Shameer Rahman will get everyone dancing with "Mr. Rob Ford Song." If this scandal is still brewing by the time Caribana 2013 hits (Aug.1-4) this deserves to be its anthem.
Every scandal has to start somewhere, and this one ultimately begins with the Toronto suburbs voting in Rob Ford. And despite the admission of crack smoking, alcohol abuse, homophobic, racist and sexist remarks, etc. the suburban Ford Nation still stand behind him even as downtowners storm city hall in protest. Relevant lyrics: "You always seemed so sure, that one day we'd be fighting in a suburban war / your part of town against mine, I saw you standing on the opposite shore."
But things really kicked off in May, 2013, as Gawker broke the news that a video exists of Toronto mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine. Busted! Or so we thought. Relevant lyrics: "Well I'm busted, yes I'm busted, but my heart won't let me die."
The next day, Rob Ford called a press conference. "I cannot comment on a tape I haven't seen or does not exist," he said before leaving his brother to field questions. Perhaps his attempted exit from the scandal would have worked but, of course, the tape does exist. Relevant lyrics: "As a matter of fact I don't recall this photo being taken, you don't even actually exist, so I just started shaking."
And so the scandal began. Gawker's Crackstarter campaign (to raise enough money to buy the crack tape from those who introduced it in the first place) began to soar, and anyone with a working mind believed it was only a matter of time before Ford was ousted. Because that seemed reasonable – the last word any of us would ever use to describe the Rob Ford debacle six months later. Relevant lyric: "Today the headlines tomorrow hard times, and no one ever really knows the truth from the lies; and in the end the story must hide, deeper and deeper and deeper inside."
But soon, hope began to fade. Gawker's crack-video contact went missing, the Crackstarter funds were donated to worthy causes and Rob Ford continued to reign. However, allegations began to quietly build, with murmurs that the mayor did far more than just smoke crack. Maybe "nine crimes" is actually quite generous of us. Relevant lyrics: "And it's not alright." (Yeah! How do you like that?)"
Soon, this became the only one word that seemed appropriate every time Ford opened his mouth. Relevant lyrics: "You feel so lucky, but your ego obscures reality, and you never bother to wonder why."
But then on a dark day in late October, Rob Ford stepped up and apologized – for . . . mistakes. He was sorry for making drunken mistakes. And that's all anybody needed to hear, and everything's fine now. (Just kidding. This was merely the first drop on the roller coaster none of us want to be riding.) Relevant lyrics: "The boy's a time bomb."
Then on November 5, Rob Ford came out of his office to surprise us all. "Ask me what you asked back in May," he commanded. "Exactly. Yes, I have smoked crack cocaine." Relevant lyrics: "Sittin' here stuck on stupid, tryna figure out when, what, and how I'mma let this come out of my mouth; said it ain't gonna be easy, but I need to stop thinkin', contemplatin' be a man and get it over with (over with)."
After further elaborating that his crack-smoking "probably occurred in one of my drunken stupors," he said, "all I can do is apologize and move on." But... Relevant lyrics: "It's too late to apologize, it's too late."
Unfortunately, with every day that passed with no resignation and more allegations, Rob Ford seemed less and less like a man ready to deal with his problems, and more like, well, the title of the song in question. This was, of course, confirmed when he said "eating p---y" while wearing a sports jersey at City Hall on November 13. Relevant lyrics: "I'm not supposed to be a kid, but I'm an idiot; I'd say I'm sorry, but it wouldn't mean shit."
And it all just kept getting worse. During council on November 12, Rob Ford began priding himself on his apologies, then admitted he "effed up" before promising he'd never "pinpoint" fellow council members because he's "not a rat." He'd also used the term on his ex-radio show ("I'm not a rat and I don't squeal on people") despite it being usually associated with the sort of thugs and gangsters Ford's been hanging out with. Relevant lyrics: "If you know what I know, then you'll keep your mouth closed, we don't tolerate snitches."
Which brings us to Rob Ford having "more than enough to eat at home" according to his November 13 statement. Oh, and news that Doug and Rob Ford will now have a series on the Sun Network. Nope. Stop. Stop it right now. Goodbye. Relevant lyrics: "Stop right now, thank you very much."
Since Ford's admission, Toronto has found itself front and centre of international news, resulting in record-breaking levels of humiliation and cool-feeling on our part. On the one hand, "SNL," "The Daily Show," and "The Colbert Report" have served up the crème de la crème of Toronto-oriented satire. On the other, Rob Ford has appeared on Fox News and CNN to embarrass the city in person. Relevant lyric: "I might be too strung out on compliments, overdosed on confidence, started not to give a fuck and stopped fearing the consequence. Drinking every night because we drink to my accomplishments. Faded way too long, I'm floating in and out of consciousness."
Aside from Rob Ford wearing his Argos jersey to Sunday's game and arguably cursing the team, he is being stripped of key mayoral powers by city council, rendering him a mere mortal (or councillor, I guess) who can no longer appoint a deputy mayor or executive committee members. Alas, he can still appear on his Sun TV show and Anderson Cooper 360. Relevant lyric: "But when you feel so powerless, what are you going to do?"
With only brother Doug Ford behind Rob Ford at City Hall, what has to happen before he goes to get actual help? How many more apologies can we possibly be on the receiving end of? How many more allegations need to come forward? How many more underworld ties are we going to see? How many more sports teams will have apologize for their jersey being worn by the mayor? How many more lists do we have to write? In the worlds of JoJo… Relevant lyric: "Get out – leave!"


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GIVE ME A BREAK !!!!!!!! iN Fact when we Win the game, I want ALL Giant fans to blow their car horns !!!
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You know what aftyer that comment, we should have our buses ride around the stadium blowing their horns on the way in and out of that ramshackle excuse for a Stadium


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Fact Sheet Series 2004 - Secondary and Technical Education
The OVAE Fact Sheet Series highlights efforts currently underway at the Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) to support the principles of the President's No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The principle(s) supported by this effort are checked.
- Increase Accountability and Academic Achievement
- Increase Options and Involvement for Parents and Students
- Focus on What Works
A defining characteristic of the 21st century economy has been the emergence of high-skill, high-growth occupations where job entry does not require a four-year degree, but where the career success demands on-going education. These changes, in turn, are causing postsecondary institutions to become more creative and flexible in their programmatic and delivery structures.
The OVAE funded project seeks to capture information on the emerging models being developed through collaborative relationships that often include business, industry, trade organizations, and institutions of higher education. In addition to identifying emerging models, this effort will also identify the essential components of all model types.
The investigation focuses on:
- How are these partnerships formed?
- How are they structured?
- Who is involved in their operations?
- What are the roles of each member of the partnership?
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- Final report that presents an enhanced framework of common program features and provides policy and research recommendations. The report will also include iindividual profiles of sites highlighting the program's structure and delivery mechanisms.
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Threatened historic places list includes Cook County buildings
The annual list of Illinois' ten most endangered historic places came out today.
Three of the most threatened places named by Landmarks Illinois are in Cook County.
President Jim Peters said the former Park Ridge home and studio of Alfonso Iannelli made the list. Peters says Iannelli, who collaborated with architects including Frank Lloyd Wright, was one of the most significant artists of his time, and one of the least known today.
"He did a lot of sculpture work that you see on these Prairie-style buildings, and he was one of the first people to do that to where he did sculpture that became a part of a building rather than tacked on," Peters said.
Another building that made the list, Prentice Women's Hospital, by Bertrand Goldberg, resembles a four-leaf clover in concrete. Northwestern University wants to tear the old hospital down, but is delaying getting a permit temporarily at the request of the local alderman.
Peters said the New Regal Theater on Chicago's South Side was included, too, because it has gone into foreclosure.


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Re: st: appending two survey data sets
Ameya Bondre <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Re: st: appending two survey data sets
Thu, 1 Nov 2012 07:54:20 -0700
Thanks Stas..
Just one question -
so, both the surveys had similar sampling methods:
First blocks were sampled and then the individuals were chosen by
health centers as the strata. This makes "block" as the primary
sampling unit, "health center" as the stratum and "individuals" as the
secondary sampling units? Now, I have variables for all of these in
both the survey data sets (2009, 2011). But I need to append these
data sets, in order to run regressions to do a trend analysis across
the two years. For that, I need to put the svyset command for the
"appended dataset", before performing any regressions..
My question is, what variables do I enter in the svyset command -
svyset psu ( ) [pw = ] strata ( ) ... (now that I have two of each
kind, from each data set)..?
Thank you for your time,
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Stas Kolenikov <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
> On 1, 2, 3, the short answers are "yes", "yes" and "yes". The longer
> answers depend on what you have at hand. If you had a simple random
> sample at each stage, then you simply muliply through the ratios (# of
> units sampled)/(# of units in the population) to get the probability
> of selection. A smarter survey statistician would design a PPS survey,
> in which hospitals would be selected with probabilities proportional
> to the measure of size (# of beds, # of hospitalized, etc.). You
> obviously have to make the names of your survey design variables the
> same in two data sets.
> A short answer to 4 is to -generate int year=2009- in one data set and
> -year=2011- in the other before appending. I am not sure as to what's
> the best way to approach 5, as it really depends on the computing
> capacity you may have at hand. 800 variables and 10,000 observations
> would produce at most 64Mb data set, and one would really have to go
> back to the hardward from late 1990s to have problems with a data set
> of this size.
> --
> -- Stas Kolenikov, PhD, PStat (SSC) :: http://stas.kolenikov.name
> -- Senior Survey Statistician, Abt SRBI :: work email kolenikovs at
> srbi dot com
> -- Opinions stated in this email are mine only, and do not reflect the
> position of my employer
> On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Ameya Bondre
> <email@example.com> wrote:
>> My name is Ameya Bondre and I am working on two survey data sets for a
>> sustainability study, and had few questions.
>> The study design:
>> To give you a background - I have to compare a range of conditions
>> (health behaviors, diseases and health services) in a region, at the
>> end of a health program (year 2009 - endline survey), with similar
>> conditions two years after the program stopped (year 2011 - evaluation
>> survey, to measure sustainability of program activities). I have two
>> data sets for the two cross-sectional surveys conducted in 2009 and
>> 2011. The surveys are independent (as in, the sampling was done again
>> in 2011). The populations surveyed each time, are different
>> cross-sections of the same region. Both surveys involve the same
>> sampling technique with "block" as the stratum, "health center" as the
>> primary sampling unit and "respondents/mothers" as the secondary
>> sampling unit (but the variable names for these design variables are
>> different in 2009 and 2011 data sets). I am using STATA 10. No FPC
>> correction has been applied as per the program reports.
>> Questions (sampling weights and svy command):
>> 1) I have probability weights already given in the 2009 data sets but
>> I don't have those built in, for the 2011 data sets. I have been told
>> that the entire sampling method was similar for both years. Am I
>> understanding correctly that I first need to calculate weights for all
>> observations for 2011, then append data sets, and then set up the
>> combined data set as a "survey set"?
>> 2) Further, do I need to create the sampling weight variable by
>> calculating probability weights for 2011 observations (which I already
>> have for 2009) ? if yes, what's the method to get weights - would I
>> require the region's population (N) in 2011?
>> 3) Do I need to create new design variables for the svyset command,
>> after appending the two data sets? (like one variable for psu, strata,
>> weight - taking both data sets into account)
>> Questions (appending data sets)
>> 4) In appending, I am not able to label the variables/observations for
>> 2011 separately from 2009, to identify them as "2009" and "2011"
>> variables (as appending adds observations and I want to compare
>> trends across both years), how do I do that?
>> 4) Since I am using STATA 10 with limited memory and my data sets are
>> huge (800 odd variables and sample sizes in thousands); can I append
>> few variables at a time (that I need to analyze, for certain
>> regressions), instead of the entire data set - would that affect the
>> survey design of the new combined data set, after appending?
>> Please do let me know if any question is not clear. Thanks for your time..
>> Best,
>> Ameya Bondre
>> *
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>> * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search
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By Richard Clarke
Arsène Wenger doesn't do birthdays.
The Arsenal manager reaches a massive milestone on Thursday – 60 years-old – but his routine will be the same. Football, football and then a bit more football.
He'll take training, attend the Annual General Meeting, speak to TV Online then go home and watch the night's games on television.
There is little time for reflection and certainly no appetite for self-congratulation. Wenger knows he must look forward relentlessly so there is no inclination to observe the passing years.
"No, I have nothing to celebrate," he said dismissively ahead of Tuesday's game in Alkmaar.
"It will be very quiet. I have the AGM. We have a big game on Sunday again and Thursday night is the Europa League with the new fifth referee system. They are responsible for my ageing so I have to watch that!"
He went on: "As you get older, everybody will tell you there is a massive contrast between how you look and how you feel.
"I believe as well, it's a state of mind. People at 40 can be young physically but old mentally.
"And I am in a job where you always look in front of you. Unfortunately, the older you get, the less distance there is in front of you but football is exciting when you have a team like I have now because you know that the potential is there.
"And it's down to me to get it out."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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I tend to shy away from writing stuff that comes across to schmaltzy. So, when I wrote this Christmas drama I drew inspiration from the wonderful film "A Christmas Story." I thought it was funny how the kids just went nuts opening presents. Unfortunately, this is all to true in real life as we forget the real meaning of this holy day...
Wendy: Mom
John: Dad
Justin: Kid
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A couch or two chairs put together
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1 wrapped 'one-size-fits-all nightgown'
1 wrapped horrible-looking tie
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Kids: This is mine. Hey, this one looks like mine. I bet ths one is mine. Hey, that's mine.
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Dad: Okay, okay, c'mon now, settle down.
Mom: What time is it anyway?
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Mom: You tell me every year dear.
Dad: I know. It's a tradition.
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Dad: (holding stomach) I hope so too. (Mom elbows him).
Kids: Can we open presents now? Can we? Can we?
Mom: Yes, yes. Bring them over here and let's sort them.
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Shadow, police K-9, retired
Shadow, the Pequot Lakes Police Department's K-9 dog, was retired Jan. 31, the city council learned Tuesday, March 5.
"The dog is at the end of his useful life cycle," said police chief Eric Klang, noting the department planned to look at the K-9 program as part of its strategic planning.
The city will offer to sell Shadow to police officer Josh Gartner, his handler, for $1.
"Shadow has been a real asset to the department for his working life, and your service with Shadow has been appreciated by the community," Klang wrote in a letter to Gartner.
Shadow is 11 and is a specially trained narcotics detection dog. The police department began the K-9 program in October 2005. Shadow, a border collie/spaniel mix, has been with Gartner for seven and a half years.
In other business March 5, the council:
• Agreed to place two stop signs at the intersection of North Washington and Oriole Street to replace a yield sign that is being ignored. The intersection is now in a residential area feeding from commercial, and the area has younger families with toddlers.
• Agreed to pay the Brainerd Lakes Area Economic Development Corp. $6,500 for services in 2013.
• Approved a fire protection agreement with the Nisswa Fire Department for $1,379 in 2013 to pay for fire protection to the Inland Trails area.
• Agreed to buy a John Deere lawn mower from Northwood Turf and Power for $12,348.
• Learned talks are continuing on possible Washington Street improvements.
• Agreed to restructure, with conditions, a $100,000 note that Brandon Andersen of Lonesome Cottage owes the city of Pequot Lakes for the purchase of four lots in the business park five years ago.
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Town Square
Should the school board elect or appoint its new member?
Original post made by Emily Atwood, another community, on Mar 15, 2007
The school board is looking for someone to fill the school board seat left by president Juanita Haugen, who died March 5. At their regular meeting March 13, the board discussed the possibilities of appointing or electing its new member.
Clerk Pat Kernan was first appointed to the board in September 1996 and elected in November 1997. Member Jim Ott was appointed in May 2006 when Gloria Fredette resigned in April 2006. No one chose to run when the terms of Kernan and Ott were coming to an end, so the two regained their seats without an election.
Yet there was a lot of interest in the board when Steve Pulido resigned to take on an Alameda County Supreme Court judgeship. Nine board hopefuls applied, and Chris Grant was appointed in February after two weeks of interviews by a community panel and the board.
With Haugen's replacement, the board would have two of its members appointed and two re-elected by default.
Trustee Kris Weaver, re-elected in 2003, thought the $150,000 spent on a special election would be better used in the classroom. With Haugen's, Weaver's and Grant's terms all ending November 2008, the board wondered if the process was worth it.
They put off the decision until the March 27 meeting, saying they wanted feedback from the public regarding this issue.
Which would you support, a special election or an appointment?
a resident of Siena
on Mar 16, 2007 at 2:53 pm
A special election is a tremendous waste of money, and an appointment would probably end up being the public's choice anyway, so spare us all the pretend "politics" of Pleasanton. Just because Pleasanton is boring doesn't mean we need to get all excited about the school board, which few of us are involved in anyway; just let the people who know what they're doing choose a colleague.
a resident of Walnut Grove Elementary School
on Mar 19, 2007 at 10:09 pm
I respectfully disagree. It is not a waste of money to have the democratic process followed. The men and women in our armed forces are risking their lives everyday to ensure that people around the world have the opportunity to experience democracy in action, yet we at home all too often take the process for granted.
A special election would at least ensure that the public's voice was heard and the result was not simply a partisan polital decision.
a resident of Siena
on Mar 21, 2007 at 3:14 pm
1) Why give everyone a voice if a third or less of the people will vote? How about we first get the school board to improve education about voting. Then, a generation later, when the kids are actually voting, let the school board have elections because the students they taught will now actually vote for them.
2)How partisan can a school board election get?
3)The war is the most irrelevant topic to bring up. Anytime someone wants to make a point they argue about our troops and that is sad. Why should we fight pollution? Because our troops fight for us. Why should we improve education? Because our troops fight for us. Why should we support people's rights? Because our troops fight for us.
Wrong. There are so many LOGICAL ways to answer a question but we turn to what some might call a fallacy. Everyone always arguing about the troops, and I myself am now on a tangent, but you people disrespect the troops so much by using their effort to fit whatever cause you want.
I now cordially invite you to fight me with logos, not pathos. (For explanation, see Mrs. J Smith, (Amador Valley High School) and her junior English class.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Mar 21, 2007 at 6:05 pm
The school board is an elected body. One avenue would be to appoint for the remainder of Juanita Haugan's term and then have the election as scheduled with the caveat that the appointed person would agree not to run in 2008. This would save the district the $150,000 price tag, help the school board continue with school business and remove the advantage of incumbency. This model has been used in many other school districts.
a resident of Vineyard Avenue
on Mar 21, 2007 at 9:07 pm
I was disturbed to read the editorial by Jeb Bing about appointing Jill Buck to the PUSD Board, suggesting that we eliminate the Democratic Process for efficiency. While an election is an expensive solution, we all know that democracy does not come cheap. We have the right to vote because blood has been shed, lives lost, the sacrifice of people's health, wealth and power; these are costs that cannot be counted in dollars. A Special Election would take money from our education system but what is the cost of throwing out a democratic process?
While an appointment process is not a vote, it can be democratic - by allowing interested candidates to apply, by having public forums, by inviting public comment. Each vacancy should be considered separate from any other, not just an empty seat. Perhaps we would like to balance the Board with males/females, with conservatives/liberals, with parents/nonparents. Circumstances change daily and new candidates could emerge.
An appointment would be fiscally responsible, but let's try to make it as democratic as possible.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Mar 21, 2007 at 9:18 pm
I agree wholeheartedly with Susan's comment. Hear, hear...
We just have to find someone who wants to be a board member for the interim. Anyone interested?
a resident of Highland Oaks
on Mar 22, 2007 at 9:09 am
Susan has the right idea. We aren't well-served to have the four school board members appoint someone (again,) and we shouldn't have to spend $150K for a special election, so let's ask someone to step forward, volunteer to serve out Juanita Haugen's term, and promise not to run in 2008. Then we can have the election discourse we all want, and we won't have given an appointee the gift of incumbency. There is surely someone in Pleasanton who's qualified to step in for Juanita, don't you think?
a resident of Vintage Hills Elementary School
on Mar 22, 2007 at 12:58 pm
Santiago. You ask "Why give everyone a voice if a third or less of the people will vote?" Because democracy gives all citizens a right to choose their representatives. If two thirds fail to exercise that right or otherwise participate in the democratic process because it is deemed 'boring' and unimportant to them, that is no reason to take the right to participate away from those who take their rights and responsibilities as citizens seriously.
By your logic (which truly is a fallacy in the strict definition of the word), your right to hold forth on this forum should be taken away because the vast majority of Pleasanton residents do not participate in this forum. While I respect Ms. Smith at Amador greatly, I suggest you should perhaps sign up for a Civics class with Mr. Ladd as well.
a resident of Amador Valley High School
on Apr 22, 2007 at 9:43 pm
It is great to hear such thoughtful comments in support of the democratic process; unfortunately the district has not heard your voices. It is not too late. Since two candidates have stepped forward to offer the board the cost free alternative of an interim appointment, you still have time to email them or speak at the meeting on Tuesday night April 22, 7:30.
Our elected body now consists of four out of five appointed trustees. This board has no accountability to the voters. The strong advantage to the incumbent discourages potential candidates, but the last election in which there was an open seat there were eight or more candidates eager to serve.
I am hopeful the board will appoint one of the interim applicants. They both have the background that eliminates the concern about the learning curve, and will allow them to step into the position able to contribute. They have said they are not interest in running in the next election and will sign a written statement to that effect.
This issue would not arise so frequently if PUSD would support term limits. City council representatives complete their last term at a designated time so it falls within the election cycle. Since our school board is more of a self appointed monarchy, trustees stay in office until their lives require an untimely resignation.
They should have one vote in deciding the next trustee the same as you and me, I want my vote back.


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Crossroads Gallery
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DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
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Nov 22, 2013
AOL Autos announced the six finalists for the second annual Technology of the Year award during the LA Auto Show this week. The public announcement took place at the Connected Car Expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center on 11/19, immediately preceding the Press Day Kickoff Party for the LA Auto Show.
The following evening, teams from the six finalists, industry experts, internal AOL teams and journalists gathered at the Los Angeles' Belasco Theater to celebrate the announcement. All six vehicles housing the finalist technologies were brought into the venue and on-display for attendees to hop in the drivers' seat and check out the technologies.
Event-goers were also given a sneak preview into the upcoming release of Autoblog 360, a new test-drive tablet app from Autoblog first released mid-October.
With over 40 nominees received, the six finalists are: Chevrolet MyLink Valet Mode, Infiniti Backup Collision Intervention, Mercedes-Benz Intelligent Drive, Mopar® In-Vehicle Wireless Charging for Portable Devices, Tesla's Supercharger, and Volvo Pedestrian and Cyclist Detection with Full Auto Brake.
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Brooke Mueller made a rare public appearance with one of her sons. Hopefully supervised.
Abbie Cornish is having a pretty good last few months. Here she is promoting her new movie.
Carrie Underwood selling something for a check.
Anyone want to guess how Joanna Krupa and Denise Richards met years ago?
Ewan McGregor signing some autographs at the airport.
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George Clooney on the set of his new movie.
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Dunno if anyone would want to sticky this but this is the way I have had most success to weathering without a hassel of a lot of tools
In fact there is 1 tool, you need a electric sander and some fine grit sandpaper!
It is easier if you have a sander that is smaller or one that comes to a point (normally those have some sort of velcro attachment)
(Pictures to come in a second)
The weathering technique is rather simple and adds texture to your armor without the need of a dremel and doesn't make your weathering appear to be flat up close.
Step 1:
Make sure your armor is primed before you paint it, this can lead to the color of your sintra showing through (that can be ok given your base armor dind't have a bunch of colors in it)
Step 1.1
Make sure your armor is completly dry, doing any sort of sanding can smear your paint and give an unplesant look.
Step 1.2
Put on a mask, most paints have LEAD and can be toxic if inhaled
Step 2
Place your peice of armor on somthing sturdy, clamp it if you want or hold it in your hand if you are strong enough
You will want to avoid the armor from moving otherwise you get a effect that I will picture below
Step 3
Start Sanding!
This way of doing it is very random, don't try to place your sander in just one area. If you are really bored roll up some tape in multiple balls and throw it at your armor, then use those areas for your battle scars!
((only if you have nothing else to do))
3.1 Start with a lower pressure and work your way up, lift the sander to see what the result is and if you think it needs more press harder
3.2 (making bullet effects) Remember that a blaster shouldn't affect bes'kar just its paint, energy shots would hit and deflect or just evaporate, bullet shots shouldn't be full circles and should be a little oblonged (in my opinion) Start by pressing down at an angle (if you are using a pointed sander) or by pressing down flat (only do this if you are on a "hill in your armor so not your entire sander is hitting the armor) rotate in a circle and lift, finetune by shaping how you desire
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3.3 (Making slashed effects) Claws, swords, and lightsabers exist in the star wars universe, if you are upclose and personal be sure to reflect it! (parry first haha) Take the edge of your sander and just press firm, you can do this multiple times in teh same line or parallel to give it a longer or claw apperance.
(Pictures below in order)
1. Full Armor Weathered
2. Square Sander
3. Weathering with Slash (on stripe) and bullet effects
4. Angled Sander


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Hi DeKnow, well I see your post 294 is addressed entirely to me again. There are other people in the discussion also.
The only comment I'd make on what you've asked me is that the Seeley study is not the only study, and other methods have been used in other studies, the result has been the same though. But since you seem to be talking to me in particular, my position is I'm not a defender, or an attacker, of these study / studies. I'm neutral, I'm happy to learn from them, whatever may be learned. And regardless of this or that method used, and wether we say this study was wrong here and this study was wrong there, results are similar.
I think it's because that magic thing, whatever it is that happens or doesn't happen, in the hives of successful small cellers, but not in the hives of the failed small cellers, has not been isolated yet.
But hey, first things first. I pm'ed you my address for the book, but have not heard anything back yet.


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Most years, our family puts up a large artificial Christmas tree that we have had for many years. This year, however, we have a tiny tree, a little tabletop tree instead. It is a real tree though, and that makes me happy because that is what I had as a child.
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A moment when an ambidextrous person stands in front of a task, confused because he/she doesn't know which hand to start with, due to unknown preference of hand.
I skipped coffee and went straight to the cereal bowl but stood confused for about 5 seconds couldn't I couldn't figure out which hand to grab the bowl with. My latest ambidextrosity :(
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text: I noticed Ethan Burgess competed in the pairs event- wasn't he on Skating with Celebrities (Stars?)? So here's my question: can "ineligible" skaters compete in adult events, or was the speculation that skaters gave up their eligibility for that show incorrect? My second question is did Alex Johnson compete in an adult event? Lexi Rohner's blog lists him as "competing and supporting adult skating". Did he compete, or was that a typo for coaching? I couldn't find him on any of the results sheets I looked at.


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Figure of King James II in the Horse Armoury, The Penny Magazine, 1840.
Figure of King James II in the Horse Armoury, The Penny Magazine, 1840.
Cuirassier armour, English, London and Greenwich, 1610-25 (II.94)
Harquebusier's armour. (II.108)
Breastplate with firearm damage. (III.107)
Toiras breastplates displayed in the White Tower after 1882
Armour of King James II. English, London, 1686 (II.123)
The armour of James II in the New Horse Armoury. © Private collection 2013
Figure of King Charles I in the Horse Armoury, The Penny Magazine, 1840
'Interior of the Horse Armoury', anon engraving, The Penny Magazine, 1836 © Royal Armouries 2013
James II from Charles Knight, London, 1842.
Portrait of Lodewijk Huygens, ink drawing by Constantijn Huygens II, 6 November 1669 © Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Engraving of James II.
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The decision to include for the first time a figure of James II within the re-display of the Line of Kings in 1827 may have been a difficult one.
The re-display was co-ordinated by Dr Samuel Meyrick, who had been consulted after he had published a criticism of the numerous inaccuracies in the displays of historic armour in the Tower of London in his 1824 work A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour. Meyrick had principally criticised the use of suits of armour for monarchs that were completely inappropriate for the period in which the monarch had lived.
The Tower Armouries collection included armour that had belonged to monarchs, including Henry VIII and Charles I, and these armours were often featured in the Line of Kings and celebrated in the Tower of London guidebooks. Meyrick's re-display ousted many former royal figures, mainly replacing them with noblemen. The only new royal figure added by Meyrick in 1827 was that of James II – signalling the Line of Kings' change of message. James II's harquebusier armour was one of the genuine pieces of royal armour that remained in the Armouries collection, and consequently it would appear obvious to include this in the Line. However, James II was a monarch who had not fitted comfortably into the grand narrative on display. At long last the display of 'good kings' could accommodate James II, whose fine personal armour appears not previously to have been exhibited at the Tower.
Although a Catholic, James II had succeeded to the throne peacefully in 1685. Problems started when it was perceived that he was attempting to promote the Roman Catholic cause within Britain, replacing Protestants in positions of power by Catholics. In 1687 he issued the Declaration of Indulgences aiming for religious toleration, but the last straw came when his second wife, Mary of Modena, gave birth to a son in 1688, appearing to secure the Catholic Stuart succession.
When William of Orange, a Dutch Protestant and James II's son-in-law, invaded at the end of 1688 he met little resistance and James fled abroad. In February 1689 Parliament declared James' flight constituted an abdication and William and Mary (James' daughter) were declared joint monarchs. By July 1690 it appeared William's position and the Glorious Revolution had succeeded when he defeated James II's forces at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.
In the nineteenth century James II was still not viewed favourably, seen as aiming for Popery and absolute power, this has been noted in the Oxford Dictionary for National Biography, where W. A. Speck has describes the nineteenth century view of James II as effectively 'using the royal prerogative to undermine English liberties'. This left the question of whether to display him in the Line of Kings.
What resulted was one of the most dramatic displays in the Line of Kings. In the Tower of London guidebook for 1827 the figure of James II is described as appearing 'to be stealing cautiously along, close to the wall', his horse also facing the door. It would have almost looked like James was in the process of abdicating as visitors arrived to view the line. This was not subtle and was commented upon by the critical London Magazine which stated 'The last figure on horseback is that of James II – and the manner in which the guidebook abuses him for the place into which they have chosen to put him in the Tower, is an exemplary lesson to fallen monarchs'. The display almost appeared to be a warning. It is not clear how long this dramatic display was kept. In the Tower of London guidebook for 1842 James II is still last in the line, but no emphasis is made on his actions.
In 1882-3 the Line of Kings was removed from the New Horse Armoury, which was soon to be demolished, and the equestrian figures were installed in the Council Chamber within the White Tower. In the 1903 guidebook the figure of James II is described in an enclosure and alongside other monarchs. The figure of James would have been completely reconsidered in April 1915 when his white horse was broken up having succumbed to worm and fungus.
It seems after his initial introduction to the Line in 1827 the emphasis of James II's failures in life took a back seat to the narrative of the history of arms and armour. In the 1827 guidebook visitors are asked to note 'the striking contrast which his appearance affords, when compared with the rest of the equestrian figures', as there is a move towards wearing less steel plate in the face of the development of firearms. This is repeated in the 1842 guidebook which states 'Altogether this suit presents a ludicrous contrast to the preceding'.
James II would not have been an obvious choice for inclusion within the Line of Kings during the 18th century when it represented good kingship. However, the existence of his own armour within the collection almost made his inclusion compulsory when the display was re-organised on a more scholarly basis to show the history of arms and armour.
James II is represented in the current Line of Kings display by his personal armour exhibited on an equestrian figure. As no wooden head of James II seems to have been carved, Meyrick appears in 1827 to have transferred Charles II's head to James II's figure. This has been repeated in the current exhibition.
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adj. When one surrounds him/herself exclusively with those of similar religious beliefs to the extent that he/she begins to confuse baseless faith with proven knowledge.
The pastor leads such a hermetitheistic life that it's almost impossible for his new neighbor to to make smalltalk with him.
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MUSC 425 Advanced Digital Music Production (1)
This course fosters advanced creative expression and technical competence. Students in this class will develop solo works and participate in collaborative projects with peers in Computer Science, Art Studio, and English courses. These projects will engage a number of music technology practices including composing with sequencers, sound design, recording, mixing, and mastering for contexts including multimedia, animation/video scoring, and CD production.