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Workshops are a great way to immerse yourself in a photographic experience with a focus on learning. It is a bit like going to a foreign country to learn a language, just much shorter and a lot more fun. Come with me on one of my East Coast workshops to locations such as The Great Smoky Mountains National Park or the Outer Banks of North Carolina and receive in-depth instructions on using your camera to capture unique and beautiful images. All of my workshops are very personalized; I keep the attendee to workshop leader low (no more than 6 to 1) and always find out what YOU WANT TO LEARN and focus my efforts on those objectives. You will also meet and interact with other photographers with similar interests and benefit from their experiences and knowledge, too. Or, schedule a personal, one-on-one workshop at a location of your choosing. Please note, as of May 2017 I have moved to a new home in Hayesville, North Carolina and will be adding new workshops to the schedule very soon. Check back periodically or email me and let me know where you want to go.
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Central-Eastern Europe: Civil war in Russia among the Rurikid princes, after a tense standoff in Staraya Russa and Golden Horde intervention, results in a westward shift of local hegemony from Vladimir to Tver, ruled by Yaroslav III's descendants.
Southern Europe: Western Imperial reconquest of much of Sardinia, with Genoese and native help, especially in Arborea. Pisa, having found a valuable ally in the Neapolitan fleet, firmly holds Gallura (NE Sardinia) and helps preserve the independence of Torres. Far East: The Sambyeolcho Rebellion against the Joseon/Choson dynasty rages in southern Korea under the leadership of Bae Jungson. The Sambyeolcho (Three Patrols), powerful private armies of the Choe family, risen in rebellion after the enforced end of the military dictatorship ruling the country, are finally crushed by joint Korean and Mongol armies in the islands of Jeju-do and Jin-do.
1271 British Isles: Tristan the Red emerges the winner and the sole king from the cruel civil war in Scotland and Alba, massacring a large part of his opponents, several relatives and entire enemy clans.
Southern Europe: Alberto della Scala, claimant to the lordship of Verona, successfully resists his enemies the counts of San Bonifacio and the Este militias in the Cathar stronghold of Sirmione. Out of gratitude, he promises Cathars, still present in Lombardy after fierce persecutions, will be free to profess in his domains. The Western "Roman" emperor Olympius of Sicily and Ifrigia (*later Punia, *OTL Tunisia), in fear of losing his grip over the Papacy, forbids anyone from inhabiting the city boundaries of Rome, dispersing its surviving population: the empty, ruined shell of the city is to be kept by monastic orders as a pilgrimage center for the veneration of the tomb of St. Peter.
North Africa: Pope Dominic IV (Albert Magnus) dies in Bardapolis (*OTL Tunis) and is succeeded by the nominal patriarch of Jerusalem, the Levantine-born Jacob de Urgel, who assumes the name of Alexander III.
Central-Eastern Europe, Southern Europe: Exploiting a native Slavic revolt against feudal oppression, Nogai Khan of Berestia and king Ottokar/Otakar II of Bohemia jointly crush the Crusaders in Krain/Carniola: their prince Florestan the Crossbearer, defeated, flees by sea from Trieste to Sicily. The Slovenians are now subjected to the Bohemian crown, which gains access to the Adriatic Sea. The subsequent Hungarian-Bohemian rivalry will be skilfully fueled by Nogai, whose army proceeds into Friul, joining with the local Cuman avantgarde to sack the countryside of Veneto before turning back.
Middle East: The Knights of St. John, assisted by the Templars, successfully defend the Krak des Chevaliers against the Sungurid Turks.
India: Hindustani khanate forces campaign in the northern mountains and tribal areas of Nuristan and Baltistan, extorting tribute and vassalage.
Far East: Kublai Khan proclaims the new Yuan Dynasty (actually, his own branch of the Borjegin clan, or Gengiskhanids) as the legitimate rulers of China, as the southern Song still struggle to stop the Mongol juggernaut. The Chinese are a subject people, with only Mongols allowed to bear arms in their domain; nevertheless, the superior Chinese civilization deeply fascinates the conquerors, now eager to gain acceptance and a place in such a long and illustrious history.
Middle East, Caucasus: Kurdish and Turkic tribes rebel against the Ilkhanid Mongol yoke from Ahlat (*Armenia) to northern Iraq, resisting subsequent attempts to extinguish their revolt. They find a competent and ruthless leader in Abdullah Yalik, nicknamed "Hammer of the Mongols".
1272 Northern Europe: Birger Wolksson, second son of Wolk/Roman of Riga, who after falling out with his father and brother took refuge in the Russian republic of Pskov converting to Orthodox Christianity, is recognized as the local knyaz, or military leader, under the name Fyodor Volkov, establishing one of the most relevant Russian noble families.
Southern Europe: Enrico I Castiglioni, count-margrave of Seprio and Pombia and undisputed master of vast domains on the two banks of the middle Ticino river, crushes the rebel Communal forces of Como in the battle of the Lura creek and reoccupies the city, being confirmed as its lord.
Central-Eastern Europe: The Rurikid kingdom of Slavonia and Mačva (NW Serbia) is made into a Hungarian vassal, with tacit assent from overlord Nogai Khan of Berestia. With the excuse of feasting this swift success, Alberico/Erberek I Attila of Hungary invites 1500 restive nobles at Esztergom, then has them massacred by treason:mad:, breaking the back of the Hungarian nobility's opposition to his tyranny. A brand new nobility of mainly Cuman and Székely extraction will emerge in the following years.
Southern Europe, Byzantine Empire: Stefan Vladislav II, the Nemanjid Serbian lord of Scutari/Shkodēr, wrests Dyrrachion (*OTL Dūrres) from Venetian hands and is crowned king of Albania by a Papal legate, after pledging to support Catholicism.
Byzantine Empire: The Batiturks refusing conversion to Catholicism in Morea/Peloponnesus rebel under the leadership of Toghrul Beg, devastating the land and massacring the apostates who accepted the new faith and the related benefits offered by duke William of Athens. They then pour upon the Papal holding of Achaia and horribly sack Patras, making it their stronghold. They'll soon start building a navy of their own to plunder the Mediterranean. Basileus Anthemius II Megas Branas dies in Constantinople, succeeded in a very smooth way by his oldest surviving son, Bardas IV. The new ruler inherits a culturally splendid, but militarily weakened empire, protected by its good relations with the Mongols, but in urgent need of reform. The real strongman behind the Byzantine throne, however, is the megas dux (comander in chief) Alexius of Cybira, claiming descent from the Cyprus branch of the Canossas; he'll establish his descendants, the Kybirenides, as one of the noblest families in Byzantium. The Venetian fleet retakes the island of Chios, a Byzantine-Genoese codominium.
North Africa, Eastern Africa: Abdurrahman I the One-Eyed, a slave-soldier of Azeri origins, gains power in the Mamluk sultanate of Aswan, transferring its capital to the new site of Burj al-Maris, hence the name of Marisia the realm will take. During the civil war Abdurrahman won, Dotawo, the last notable Christian polity in northern Nubia, had been destroyed.
British Isles: King Owain IV (*OTL Llewellyn the Last) of Wales dies, and soon his sons Dafydd III and Rhodri begin quarreling for the crown. The only result is a quick English intervention, after which Dafydd is enthroned, but in a vassal state and effectively reduced to a puppet well guarded by palace masters loyal to Simon I of England.
Western Europe: The town of Tours gains hegemony in the League of St.-Arnaud by crushing a rebel coalition of peasants and petty nobles near Orléans. This battle marks the appearance in western Europe of a new powerful weapon, the zoucaine, a repeating crossbow modeled after the Chinese chu-ko-nu, cumbersome but very effective.
Northern Europe: Nogai Khan sacks central and northern Germany, repressing peasant rebellions against the heavy feudal system imposed by the Mongol overlords (but run by German nobles).
Southern Europe: The Comune of Florence routs its nearby rival, the town of Pistoia, at the battle of Campi, and forces it to raze the walls and lower or abolish certain duties and tributes on trade which caused the conflict.
Central-Eastern Europe: The Bohemians capture Pozsony/Pressburg/Preslavia (*OTL Bratislava) from Hungary, which is busy fighting against Bosnian Bogomil incursions and a serious revolt among the Croatian nobility, stirred by the Catholic clergy in revolt against the "national" church of Hungary.
Byzantine Empire: Basileus Bardas IV repays the huge debt owed to Genoa by granting the Genoese the quarter of Perai, as it was before the "Latin" Crusaders took Constantinople, and the overall income of port duties throughout the empire for the next five years.
Far East: The Mongol conquest of Xiangyang marks the beginning of the final agony for the southern Song dynasty of China.
Central-Eastern Europe: Mongol (Golden Horde) punitive raids devastate the cities of Vologda and Smolensk and ravage parts of southern Russia.
Southern Europe: Riccardo II da Canossa holds the lordship of Reggio Emilia, but the town regains Communal freedom upon his death, expelling his son Bernardo.
Western Europe: The kingdom of Navarra has to formally acknowledge its vassal status to Aquitaine/Occitania; king Ferdinand VI is deposed and exiled to Andalusia, his young son Sancho VI marries Melisenda, daughter of his overlord Bernard II of Aquitaine/Occitania. The Communal town of Strasburg is forced to accept the lordship of Rudolph I of Habsburg-Alamannia after suffering a long siege.
Southern Europe: Arimanno de' Ridolfi, son of marquis Rodolfo II of Camerino, crushes the Communal militia of Gubbio at the battle of Scheggia, subduing the Umbrian town.
North Africa, Black Africa: The Maurians, after subduing the last rebellious Zenete tribes of Mauretania Ultima (*OTL Mauritania), invade Senegal, extorting tributes in ivory, spices and serfs from the local Christianized kingdoms.
Byzantine Empire: Gabriel Ho Kyrios Megas, despot of Turcopolia, dies of a fever soon after his last male son, also called Gabriel. The pronoiars (feudatories) do not agree on a successor and the state quickly collapses into an anarchical mess of local lordships, theoretically accepting Byzantine suzerainty but where no imperial army would be able to set a firm foot. In the meantime, Vlach and Albanian immigration from the north is still on the rise, and in Morea (*Peloponnesus) the local Batiturks are rampaging.
East Africa: The Mahdali dynasty replaces with Hassan IV ibn Talut the Shi'ite Twelver Shirazi dynasty in power since almost five centuries in the Zeng/Zanj empire (actually more of a thalassocracy based on slave and spice trade) based in Kilwa (Tanzania). The new ruler adheres to the Zaydi branch of Shiism. By now the Swahili language, born by the contact between Arab and Bantu languages, has attained the status of a major trade language.
Central Asia: The forces of Baraq Khan of Hindustan attack the Ilkhans in Afghanistan, starting a long rivalry for the control of the region. Far East: Japan repels a Mongol invasion at the battle of Bun'ei (Kyushu island). The large Mongol-Korean fleet assembled in Hakata Bay finds a huge Japanese army already well prepared and led by shikken (regent) Hōjō Tokimune, alerted by the recent devastation of Tsushima. The landing party overwhelms the Japanese samurai (warriors), but finds strong defences behind them; one day later the entire fleet has to reimbark the army and depart hastily for Korea after a typhoon damages it.
British Isles: Simon I of Montfort, king of England, intervenes in the inner convulsions of Northumbria and makes it a puppet kingdom with his son Peter as king. The remaining Godwinsons, the last surviving members of the ancient House of Cerdic, are brushed apart and mostly deported or exiled in monasteries as a source of infighting and rebellion. This marks the true end of the Anglo-Saxon era in Britain.
Southern Europe: Western Histria rebels against Venetian domination, starting the Capodistria War between Venice and Meinhard IV, count-margrave of Gurizberg (*OTL Gorizia), Tyrol and Merania. Venice preserves its power over her part of Histria, but Meinhard gets hegemony over Trieste – theoretically a free city vassal to the crown of Bohemia.
Northern Europe, Central-Eastern Europe: The long war of Franconia pits one against the other the crown of Bohemia, the landgrave of Hesse and the local Bohemian vassal lords, ending by exhaustion and fragmenting territorial control in the area; the common overlord, Nogai Khan, plays one against the other the rivals, even sacking Moravia twice to remind the Bohemian king what is his own due place in the order of the world.
1275 Southern Europe: Ravenna becomes a signoria (lordship) under Martino Tebaldi the Old, a distant scion of the Canossas.
North Africa: The First Council of Bardapolis (*OTL Tunis), summoned by Pope Alexander III with little imperial interference, takes a hard stance against the "national" Churches in European countries subject to the Mongol Khan, excommunicating them. This will not prevent them from continuing on their own, evolving to council-ruled structures with the local king as supreme arbiter. In order to fight back the proliferation of religious orders, the council also provides for the absorption of orders and congregations born after 1215 (save the all-powerful Agostinians) into already existing ones (Benedictine, Cistercian, Franciscan, Dominican...); but this move only exacerbates the chaos and fuels the growth of the Apostolic movement, which is gaining ground in Lombardy and Burgundy. The council also condemns the doctrine of the "double truth" (that is that knowledge can be reached by two distinct paths, philosophy and religious revelation) and excommunicates its main supporters Boetius the Swede and Martino Miracoli. The two condemned scholars take refuge from Sicily, where they dwelt, in Constantinople. King Alexander I the Mighty of Greater Lesvallia (*OTL Kabylia) wrenches the Rawel (*OTL Rif) from Mauretania/Mornavia (*OTL Morocco) after the victorious battle of Taza, a dreadful bloodbath where the flower of the Maurian nobility is slain. The war originated from a dispute after a dynastical marriage. The battle marks the rise of Greater Lesvallia to main native power of Christian North Africa, and the sudden, sharp decline of Maurian fortunes.
Byzantine Empire: The Ionian island of Kefalonia is sacked and conquered by Batiturk pirates from Morea/Peloponnesus, who now begin raiding the Venetian trade with the Aegean. Duke William I of Athens takes advantage of the effective dissolution of Turcopolia to gobble up central Greece up to the Thermopylae; the Thessalian lords, however, prove hard-headed and well organized and repulse his mercenary forces.
Byzantine Empire, Middle East: Prince Constantine, heir to the throne of Armenia Minor, soundly defeats the Sungurid Turks in the battle of Hromgla/Rumkale on the Euphrates river.
Far East: The Mongols conquer the main Chinese stronghold of Suzhou, gainging full control of the Yangtze valley. ca. 1275
Northern Europe, Western Europe: The "Norse madness", syphilis, imported from Hesperia (*OTL America), makes its first appearance in Europe, soon spreading from Alba-Scotland and Scandinavia throughout the continent.
Central-Eastern Europe: Lviv/Lemberg is made the new capital of Galicia by Grand prince Leo I, a loyal vassal of Nogai khan.
Byzantine Empire: John Tacticus, a Byzantine general of Batiturk origins, theorizes the reform of the imperial army, resurrecting on new feudal bases the concept of the themes, which made Byzantium so strong in earlier centuries, and reducing the need for mercenaries. His administrative and military reform will be applied piecemeal in the following decades.
Central Asia: The state of flux prevailing in the area fosters further migrations, bringing about the final Turkicization of most of Central Asia at the expense of the historical Iranic presence, now limited to some major trade centers and the mountainous areas in the southeast.
Northern Hesperia (*OTL America): Reconsidering a concept vaguely grasped from Ryrid and its Welsh companions a century before, the Rwadhas (*OTL Mandan) develop an own writing – an ideographic script carved on wood and stone or depicted on dried skins.
Central Asia, Far East: Alghu Khan's surviving sons, Yehe Baghatur and Mirza Mangudai (a Tengriist and a Waliist Muslim, respectively), after years of exile in Hindustan, reenter Central Asia from Afghanistan capturing the Tajik lands. Having failed in their attacks on Samarkand and Otrar, they plunge across the Asman Tau (*OTL Tien Shan) in eastern Turkestan (*OTL Xinjiang Uyghur). There the elder brother, Yehe Baghatur, is recognized as Great Khan by the most independent Mongol tribes from the Altai and Dzungaria, reigning form his capital in Yarkand, whereas his younger brother Mangudai acts as sub-prince for the largely Muslim Uyghurs. A long feud with Kublai Khan begins, as well as a parallel struggle against the rulers of the Chagatai khanate.
Northern Europe: The Swedish prince Magnus III Ladulås ("Barnlock"), supported by Denmark, dethrones his brother Valdemar I after a protracted struggle, chasing him out of Sweden. Valdemar takes refuge in Norway.
Central-Eastern Europe: Alberico/Erberek I Attila of Hungary crushes in blood the Croatian insurgency, executing a dreadful percentage of the local nobility.
1276 Western Europe: A brief, bloody fratricide war opposes the three sons of king Elpidio I of Andalusia upon his death: in the space of a few months Godenço manages to have both his brothers assassinated and ascend the throne in Cordoba, despite opposition from the Church and the people, who call him another Cain. Infamous sack of Perpignan at the hands of Balearic freebooters and Coghound diehards, still active in trade and piracy from the Atlantides (*OTL Azores), which after the Maurian conquest of the Canary islands have become a refuge (*Think of a Medieval Tortuga). It is, however, their last Mediterranean venture.
Southern Europe: With Venetian support, Stefan Dragutin I deposes his father Stefan Uroš I and becomes king of Zeta (*later Melanoria, OTL Montenegro). The nearby sea-trading town of Ragusa/Dubrovnik is forced into tributary status to both Venice and Zeta.
Middle East: The Myriamites conquer the Templar fortress at Eilat, gaining an access to the Red Sea.
Eastern Africa: The Christian Coptic kingdom of Alodia/Alwa, in OTL central Sudan, is overrun by the Islamicized Beja nomads invading from the east; an influx of Nubian refugees will later reach Ethiopia.
Far East: The Chinese Song court and hundred of thousands of frightened people flee their capital, Hangzhou, in front of the advancing Mongol armies of Kublai Khan, and relocate in the southern provinces, first in Fujian and finally to Guangdong, for their last stand.
1277 Northern Europe: A devastating flood in the estuary of the Ems (Dollart) sets the stage for the loss of some land (which will happen slowly until the 16th century) and the geographical separation of (central) Frisia proper from eastern Frisia.
British Isles: King Dafydd III of Wales, suspected of having planned an anti-English revolt, is murdered and replaced with his rival brother Rhodri II Saesnig, who had been until then kept in golden prisony in London. England adopts St. George's cross as its flag.
Southern Europe: Meinhard IV, count-margrave of Gurizberg (*OTL Gorizia), Tyrol and Merania, wrests Bulsan (*OTL Bolzano) from the count-bishopric of Trient (*OTL Trento); already excommunicated after refusing to overturn his fathers' usurpation of the Aquileian Patriarchate domains, Meinhard shows little respect for ecclesiastical holdings. Alberto I della Scala takes over as lord of Verona.
Central-Eastern Europe: Maimudas I Blackbeard, a young Waliist Muslim chieftain and illegitimate son of Mindaugas, concludes the civil war in Lithuania establishing his stern authority and renewing Lithuanian allegiance to Nogai Khan of Berestia.
Middle East: The already strained relationship between the Myriamite theocracy of Palestine and the Sungurid Turks of Syria reaches the breaking point when emir Lalak ibn Sungur begins a persecution against the growing number of Myriamite converts in his domain.
SE Asia: King Narathihapate of Pagan suffers a crushing defeat against Kublai's Mongol army at the battle of Ngasaunggyan, following his overconfident invasion of Yunnan.
Southern Europe: The lordships of southern Apulia rebel against the Western Roman emperor, establishing the Sacred United Crown :D:D:D compact, where the counts and princes of Gallipoli, Otranto, Leuca, Lecce, Brindisi and Taranto shift the royal title among themeselves each year. Tiny as it is, the confederation has a substantial army and is defended by sea by both Venice and Bari, who compete to gain favor in the area.
Southern Europe, Byzantine Empire: The swineherd Ivailo leads a major popular uprising in central Bulgaria and is crowned Czar by his followers. His army, comprising many petty nobles and some dissatisfied boyars too, defeats the Byzantine army at the battle of Devnya, but is unable to conquer the strongly fortified towns of Sredets/Sofia and Tarnovo.
Western Europe: Count Bernat IV of Foix, Comminges, Couserans, Bigorre etc. sees his domain vastly enlarged when he inherits by way of marriage the march of Saragossa/Aragon from Navarra, but his claim is immediately contested by Robert II, the Norman duke of Barcelona and Catalonia, and his son Amalric the Greedy. Saragossa is soon conquered, but the Pyrenaic areas remain in the hands of the House of Foix, who calls for help the prince of Valencia, Paul II the Saint. Soon the conflict escalates into a chaotic mess. Florestan the Crusader, a respected veteran of the struggles against the Mongols and their henchmen, is enthroned in Andalusia by a Western imperial-Genoese expedition with Papal benediction; the hated king Godenço flees to Greater Lesvallia (~OTL Algeria).
Southern Europe: A creeping conflict for the control of the count-Archbishopric of Milan between the Della Torre/Torriani and Castiglioni (a Milanese branch of the Seprio counts) families begins. North Africa: Pope Alexander III dies in Bardapolis (*OTL Tunis), being succeded by the bishop of Barcelona, Teoderic Grau, who takes the name of John XIX (same as an old anti-Pope) and, on orders from the western emperor Olympius, quashes the faction pressing for an immediate comeback in nearly abandoned Rome.
Byzantine Empire: Batiturk pirates from Patras conquer a sizable part of Crete (especially in the east) during a major raid, establishing another base for their activities. In time most of them will turn to normal traders, finding it less dangerous and equally remunerative, and founding a renowned trading community of Turco-Cretans.
Central-Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Caucasus: Orda, the aged Khan of the Golden Horde (actually a loose confederation made up by the White Horde, controlling the Dasht-i-Kipchak, OTL Kazakhstan, and southern Siberia, and by the Blue Horde in the Pontic steppes) dies after a long and mostly peaceful reign, marked only by some punitive expeditions into Russia. He is succeeded by his son Köchü. Middle East: The Sungurid Turks gain a major victory by conquering Tripoli of Lebanon from Venice. The Templar fortress of Chastel Blanc at Safita in Syria, however, repels the attackers.
1279 Northern Europe: Maimudas I Blackbeard of Lithuania and his mostly Muslim army thrash the German-Swedish crusaders at the battle of *Aizkraukle, killing prince Wolk/Roman of Riga, then devastate Livonia and Courland but fail in the sieges of the major strongholds still under Christian control. The deceased prince's remaining heir, the Swedish-born Erik Stenhuvd, takes over stubbornly resisting the new rising power.
Western Europe: Valencian forces invade Catalonia but are defeated at the battle of Tarragona. Navarrese-Foix forces recapture Saragossa after a popular revolt expelled the Catalo-Normans.
Southern Europe: The Communal republic of Tortona falls to marquis Manfredo Pallavicino, already lord of extensive holdings in the middle Padan Plain.
Central-Eastern Europe, Southern Europe: The Sponheim branch reigning with ducal title over Carinthia and Styria goes extinct with the death of duke Philip, a former clergyman turned back lay feudatory after the Mongol invasions. Both Carinthia and Styria are inherited in personal union by king Ottokar/Otakar II of Bohemia, who already was duke Philip's immediate liege. Hungary, in search for a maritime outlet, wrests Fiume/Rijeka and the lands of Merania from their master Meinhard IV of Gurizberg (*OTL Gorizia) and Tyrol, whose Friulian lands are further plundered by the Cuman Guard still based in western Friul despite any attempt to dislodge them. Bohemian forces intervene when the Hungarians invade Krain/Carniola and Styria: the two armies clash at the battle of the Kumberg (*in OTL Slovenia), where king Alberico/Erberek I Attila of Hungary, wounded and defeated, narrowly escapes capture.
Southern Europe, Byzantine Empire: Nogai Khan of Berestia, eyeing the Sklaviniai (*OTL Balkans) and Byzantium since a few years, intervenes in the Bulgarian quagmire. After wresting reconstructed Drystra/Silistra from the Byzantines, he enthrones there the Cumanian (*OTL Moldavian) boyar Eltimir. Nogai now aims to provide (unrequested) help against Ivailo and his rebel army and, "in exchange", extort tribute and as much land as possible from Byzantium. When the Byzantines, already bound to the Ilkhans of Persia/Iran, refuse:eek: Nogai's offers for help, the European Khan invades and ravages first Bulgaria (to no avail, as Ivailo and his men survive in mountain fastnesses), then Byzantine Thrace. The walls of Constantinople, restored under the late basileus Anthemius II, however resist Nogai's siege engines and the very scorched earth they made quickly exhaust the Mongols' logistical train. So Nogai's army devastates its way through Macedonia, crushing a Turcopolian force at the lower Vardar before graciously accepting the submission of the trembling Mikrovlakians in Skupiokastritsa (*OTL Skopje). Then, with winter approaching, Nogai rides back through Serbia and Hungary to his Polish domain.
Central Asia: Bahram Shah Khan of the Chagatai Khanate is murdered in a family struggle for the throne; soon the area becomes a battlefield between his sons and relatives and the two brothers Yehe Baghatur and Mirza Mangudai of eastern Turkestan, effectively shattering the unity of the khanate and severing most contacts between the east and west of the Mongol empire.
India: The much decayed Chola Empire, once the master of the eastern Indian Ocean, is destroyed once and for all and swallowed by the Hoysala kingdom and the resurgent Pandyas: the last Chola emperor, Rajendra III, is killed in battle.
Far East: The Song dynasty of southern China is ended for good after the Yuan naval victory at Yamen (Guangdong). The 7-year old emperor, Zhang Bing, drowns with one of his officials, Lu Xiufu, who plunged himself into the sea with the young emperor in a last act of defiance. A Mongol diplomatic party to Japan sent by Kublai Khan ends up in a pile of severed heads :mad:at the court of shikken (regent) Hōjō Tokimune.
1280 Northern Europe: Haakon V of Norway dies, leaving the throne to his favored son, Magnus III the Red (*not to be confused with the other Magnus III reigning in Sweden).
Northern Europe, Western Europe: Louis III of Flanders, Hainault and Champagne seizes Brabant when its young Mongol-appointed duke, the German Heiko of Nassau, dies without heirs. He promptly has himself crowned as king of Lower Lorraine (a long time dead title now resurrected) by a Papal legate sent from England, establishing an alliance with king Simon I of Montfort the Younger. Louis, however, still sends regular tribute to Nogai Khan of Berestia, hoping to avoid his much-feared retaliation.
Southern Europe: Naples resists a land siege by Western Imperial forces, who are later soundly beaten with a sortie. By sea the Neapolitans had smashed the imperials near Capri, thus preventing any blockade.
North Africa: Emperor Olympius of Western Rome cedes the town of Tripoli of Libya to Genoa, in payment of long due debts.
Southern Europe, Byzantine Empire: Taking advantage of the ravages wrought by Nogai's horde, Ivailo's rebels manage to conquer Sredets/Sofia and Tarnovo from the groggy Byzantines. Ivailo is crowned by his followers as Czar of a reborn Bulgaria, in rivalry with Berestian-backed prince Eltimir of Drystra/Silistra.
Byzantine Empire: A Venetian fleet torches Pelagamborion (*not existing in OTL, on the Aegean coast at the root of the Gallipoli peninsula), a port they founded a century before, now in Byzantine hands and already "visited" by Nogai's horde.
Middle East: Caesarea of Palestine falls to the Myriamites; Beirut and Saida/Sidon also open their gates to the new conquerors, who, despite fiercely persecuting the Catholic clergy and the monastic military orders, prove more tolerant to the laymen of any faith.
ca. 1280
SE Asia: Pressed by the Mongol armies of Kublai Khan, the Shan people invades eastern Burma from Yunnan, establishing there an own kingdom.
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In this paper, we attempt to put forward an oft-ignored model for describing cognitive change during cognitive therapy for depression, while discussing the strengths and weaknesses of the three models of change described by Hollon, Evans, and DeRubeis. Along the way we point out some of the conceptual ambiguities regarding cognitive processes and contents as they have been applied in the cognitive therapy literature. We propose that short-term cognitive therapy works primarily through the teaching of compensatory skills. Our proposal is motivated, in part, by the paucity of differential effects of cognitive therapy when compared with antidepressant medications on existing cognitive measures, when at the same time there are reports of differential relapse prevention for these two treatments. In addition, we describe a set of features that a measure of compensatory skills should possess.
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All City Choir Festival is Friday, Saturday
The 36th Annual Detroit Lakes All-City Choir Festival will be held Friday, April 9, and Saturday, April 10. Over 500 Detroit Lakes choir students in grades 6-12 will be participating in this event.
Mark Potvin, a native of Detroit Lakes and current resident of Princeton, Minn., will be the clinician and guest conductor of this year's All-City Choir Festival.
Potvin earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, where he studied under Weston Noble and sang in the world-renowned Nordic Choir. He is in his second year of the St. Cloud State University Masters Degree program emphasizing in choral conducting.
Potvin conducts the St. Cloud State University Men's Choir and is the assistant conductor and tour manager for the St. Cloud State University Concert Choir.
At the All-City Grand Finale Concert on Saturday, April 10, Potvin will direct one of two selections performed by each participating choir in addition to three mass choir selections featuring all choir students in grades 6-12.
The Grand Concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Ralph Anderson Gymnasium at the Detroit Lakes High School. The public is cordially invited to attend. Choir members are selling advance tickets and tickets will also be available at the door. Admission prices are $5 for Adults and $3 for students in grades 6-12. Children in grades 5 and under will be admitted free of charge.


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Russellville Independent Schools superintendent Leon Smith has announced that assistant principal Robin Cornelius will be moving to the district office in order to take over as the new instructional coach for district.
Cornelius has been the assistant to SES principal Lisa White for the past two years, but now will be working will all the teachers in the district in her new position, which she takes over from Bonnie Speaks, who left to become the assistant principal at Chandlers School in Logan County.
"Ms. Cornelius has done an incredible job with our staff at Stevenson Elementary," Smith said. "And we feel like she can continue the strong instruction with our staff at both schools in this position."
Russellville Independent has gone to a system of guided and planning for all teachers this school year, which has already paid big dividends for the teachers, Smith said.
"Our teachers will meet with their coaches on Thursday or Friday and discuss their lesson plans for the upcoming week," Smith said. "It's a very strong model and we think it will have a very big impact on our instruction and on our test scores this year."
As an assistant principal, Cornelius had a limited amount of time she could devote to working with teachers on guided planning, but her new role allows her to do much more of that.
"This coach is working a lot with teachers," Smith said. "This position will allow her to spend more time with the teachers than she did as an assistant principal. Ms. Cornelius is a very solid educator and very eager to learn. We're very proud to have her."
In the meantime, the assistant principal job at Stevenson Elementary will be posted and filled in the coming weeks.
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QR Bystanders
When a person suffers cardiac arrest, most people don't know what to do. That's why the Dutch Heart Foundation developed a smartphone app. The App provides audio support for performing CPR. We wanted to encourage people to download the app by combining the problem and the solution in one visual. We developed a print ad with a QR-code, entirely made of real people. Scan the picture with a QR-reader and it will send you immediately to the app-store, to download the CPR app.
Print advertisment created by Publicis, Netherlands for Dutch Heart Foundation, within the category: Public Interest, NGO.
Know what to do when cardiac arrest strikes.
Creative Directors: Marcel Hartog, Jeroen van Zwam
Art Director: Marco Sluijter
Copywriter: Jeroen de Korte
Photographer: Arno Bosma
Post Production: Jim van Motman, Magic Group
It's a really really cool visual, but QR-codes......... I have a QR-idea in a folder 'to do' on my desktop as well, but I don't really want to finish it, for it's a freaking QR code...
Whilst it might be cool for adblogs, I doubt many people are going to scan it. As a communication expert, which we should all be, it's your responsibly not to use QR codes.
Know what to do when cardiac arrest strikes. Get an iphone.....what a pathetic idea.
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Cayo Santa Maria Cuba has so much more to offer than just incredible sand, surf and sun. there are many things to do like several excursions for all visitors to this area of Cuba. Of course, if guests can't make it to all, it just means they need to come back for a second and third trip. With the amenities and beautiful culture of Cuba, there really is something for everyone in Cayo Santa Maria.
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Being on an island is a dream vacation for most people. Sunny days, beautiful blue water and a warm atmosphere make an island the ideal place to relax and have some fun. All of these things and more can be found on the island of Cayo Santa Maria.
Located off of the north central coast of Cuba, Cayo Santa Maria has a lot of offer to its visitors and tourists. Relaxing on the warm sand and enjoying beautiful beaches is an ideal way to spend any day. For those seeking a little bit more adventure, here is a few activities that Cayo Santa Maria has to offer:
Seeing dolphins up close and personal is something that not many people get to experience. Cayo Santa Maria is home to one of the world's largest dolphinariums. Guests who visit this dolphin aquarium can swim with the dolphins and even enjoy a live show featuring sea lions!
There is nothing like snorkeling in Cayo Santa Maria. The crystal clear waters make it easy to see various forms of marine wildlife up close. Swimming with the fishes and amongst the corals in their natural habitat will give you an unforgettable experience.
Kite Surfing
If you're looking for a thrill on your vacation, spending a day kite surfing on the water is something that you must do.
The activities listed are just a few things to do on this beautiful island. It is an ideal place for a honeymoon, family vacation or any time you just need to get away! Plan your vacation to Cayo Santa Maria today!
Iglesia San Juan Bautista de Remedios
This might be one of the most beautiful buildings in all of Cuba. The lone bell tower of the church stretches towards the sky and the combination of a muted yellow and white color helps reflect the fun yet serious nature of the building. Visitors are free to walk through the church or to take in any of the public services, should they desire.
Plaza Las Dunas
If the shopping bug catches anyone while visiting Cayo Santa Maria, they need to check out Plaza Las Dunas. It is a fulfilled atmosphere with a full replica pirate ship marketing its presence. It is also the perfect location to pick up a few items for friends back home. Even for those who don't feel like shopping, strolling through the streets of the plaza makes for a fun filled and enjoyable time (plus there are some fantastic small restaurants to visit).
Delfinario en Cayo Santa Maria
This is the perfect excursion all visitors to Cayo Santa Maria need to check out. From snorkeling to swimming with the dolphins, it has something for anyone and everyone. Plus, who doesn't want to swim with the dolphins? This is a unique experience all its own that really imprints on guests while visiting Cayo Santa Maria. There are natural and wildlife tours for anyone who loves learning about marine wildlife and enjoys seeing the animals up close and personal.
Plaza La Estrella
This is another small shopping area perfect for souvenirs. All of the items are individually made by locals so there is never a worry about fake goods imported from another country, which is the case with many other tourist destinations. The peaceful stress of the plaza offer the perfect stopping ground for enjoying a cup of tea or lunch while away from the hotel. It just has this amazing and comfortable feel to the plaza visitors need to take in.
Marina Gaviota a Cayo Santa Maria
At the marina in town, private boats can be booked for personalized tours of the area. These boats can offer snorkeling out in the open water or other sightseeing opportunities. Plus, seeing Cayo Santa Maria form the water truly provides a unique perspective on just how beautiful the area of Cuba really is.
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Aussie mockumentary about a children's dance school.
Brit Ben Miller stars in this Aussie mockumentary about a children's dance school. He's the choreographer training a troupe of girls for a contest, designing routines around his favourite causes, from animal experimentation to female oppression in Afghanistan.
While fittingly amusing, he's royally upstaged by Kerry Armstrong as pushy mum Justine. Meanwhile a Gothed-up Tara Morice (Strictly Ballroom) is sullenly preparing constricting costumes liable to cause fainting fits.
There are loud echoes of Drop Dead Gorgeous and Little Miss Sunshine but this is a lighter affair, favouring one-liners over character development. It may be familiar, but it's funny, feelgood and eminently quotable.
It may not give Christopher Guest any sleepless nights, but this is a light-hearted affair with plenty of great one-liners to its credit.


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Keith Stuart: We spend a whole day with the latest Fifa extravaganza – and find much to enjoy in its trinity of major gameplay overhauls
Steve Boxer: Super Mario 3D and Mario Kart 3D are must-buys for 3DS owners, and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword – likely to be the Wii's swansong – is worth the long wait
Keith Stuart: We chat to Nathan Martz of Double Fine Productions about the challenges and rewards of making a game filled with Sesame Street characters – and ideologies
Steve Boxer: There's more to Dead Island than just a clever trailer – we found some dead satisfying four-player co-op gameplay in Deep Silver's zombie-RPG at E3
Nick Gillett on the sequels, PlayStation Vita and Wii U unveiled at E3
Keith Stuart: This paean to the classic era of action RPGs has some neat visual and narrative tricks up its richly decorated sleeves
Steve Boxer: The mediocrity of previous Saints Row games has been banished from its third incarnation
Keith Stuart: The tweets are alive with the sound of discontented journalists returning from E3 2011. Do they have a point?
Keith Stuart: Batman is back, and this time the Caped Crusader has a whole city to explore. We join him for a tour through the dark and violent streets of Gotham
Keith Stuart: The president of EA Games talks to the Guardian about the evolving games industry, and that rivalry with Activision
Keith Stuart: While E3 was dominated by Battlefield v Modern Warfare, there were other shooters on the showfloor. We got to grips with the latest build of Codemasters' contender
The first glimpse of Nintendo's successor to the Wii was one of the many highlights of an excellent E3 Expo. By Kelly MacDonald
Keith Stuart: The Wii U and PlayStation Vita may have grabbed the headlines, but there were plenty of other games developments to enjoy
Steve Boxer: At last, Io Interactive has returned to Agent 47, the bar-coded master of killing and disguise. Oh, how we've missed him
Nick Cowen: Epic has taken fan feedback to heart and created a game players will want to marry, not just date
Steve Boxer: The latest instalment of Bethesda's much-loved fantasy RPG was one of E3's stand-out games – it means to set a new standard for the entire genre
Under surveillance at E3 was the Spec Ops mode, Survival, for Modern Warfare 3 – and Keith Stuart likes what he sees
Nick Cowen: An absolutely mind-blowing experience – a layered story with utterly bombastic combat
As the annual three-day E3 games convention rolls to the finish line, we take a look through some of the highlights so far
Keith Stuart: EA claims this will be a special year for Fifa. My brief demo at E3 shows they may be right
Lionhead's Peter Molyneux talks at E3 about consoles, magic, and why his new title has definitely gone off the rails. By Nick Cowen
Charles Arthur: Investors hate it, developers love it, our testers are intrigued by it, others can't quite see the point of it ... there's no single take on Nintendo's successor to the Wii
The company's deputy president talks to Nick Cowen about the PlayStation Network hack, PS Vita and the PS3's enduring appeal
As the games industry launches new products in Los Angeles, we take a look at Nintendo's new Wii U as well as Sony's PlayStation Vita and Microsoft's plans for Kinect
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Animated Adventures
This exhibition has been developed by W5 in Belfast, Northern Ireland as part of an eTEC consortium project.
The idea of this 200 sq metre exhibition is to explain, in the animators own words, how they come up with ideas and then how they turn those ideas into animations.
The following animators have written the text and provide images of their work to illustrate creativity in the medium of animation: Aardman Animations, Banjax, Michael Sormann, Richard Vaucher, D7 Studios, Timothy Albee and Evan Cagle. Each one has a very different style and approach which makes this exhibition fascinating for professionals, budding animators, family and education audiences.
Find out what's in the exhibition >
Animated Adventures is an exhibition produced by The Association for Science and Discovery Centres Travelling Exhibitions Consortium (eTEC) and funded by the Millennium Commission through a ReDiscover grant.
Wallace and Grommit are © and TM Aardman Animations Ltd. 2005 All Rights reserved.


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Scriabin: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2
Catalogue Number LSO0770
James Mallinson producer
Classic Sound Ltd engineering, editing, mixing & mastering
Recorded live in DSD 128fs, at the Barbican, London
Symphony No 1 recorded
Symphony No 2 recorded
FORMAT - SACD Hybrid
Layer 1: SACD audio - 2.0 stereo + 5.1 surround mixes
Layer 2: CD audio - 16bit 44.1kHz
2 disc jewel case with clear tray
Notes in English, French and German
***** 'Music like a drug…captured on two CDs of overwhelming sound…an indulgence of sound – if music is a drug that goes beyond Wagner then it has to be this' Neue Presse
**** 'Gergiev manages the ascent and descent between the individual movements very well and they are full of tension. The LSO is at its best and makes very colourful and intense sounds. Particularly well done is the sensual, impressionistic third movement' Pizzicato
**** 'Gergiev goes for atmosphere, and delivers engaging and stimulating readings. The London Symphony Orchestra is on top form throughout, with the strings producing a weighty, dark tone and the woodwind solos a particular delight. Chorus and soloists also make impressive contributions to the First Symphony's finale. The SACD sound quality is excellent…showing the orchestra off to its full potential' Classical Ear
'There is no denying Valery Gergiev's commitment to the music, and if you have the matching coupling of Scriabin symphonies 3 and 4, you need not hesitate' Classical CD Choice
'He (Gergiev) and the orchestra become one organic unit with an inner logic that this indeed exalted, passionate music demands. A wonderful new issue I've enjoyed tremendously' The Whole Note
'(Gergiev) turns them into masterpieces… it sounds quite old fashioned with other conductors, but Gergiev adds this sense of flight that is very Scriabin-esque that looks to the future, and so it becomes wonderful… there's a great inner sense of freedom with this music that Gergiev manages to create' BBC Radio 3
(Second Symphony) 'Fine playing by the members of the LSO, including ardent violin solos, paired with avian twittering of the flute in the third movement' Washington Post
'Gergiev gets it right; even more impressive is the quality of this DSD recording, subtly engineered by James Mallinson and Classic Sound. The finely calibrated playing of the LSO is a joy to hear; they sound so idiomatic too. Gergiev is steady but never dull; he also finds warmth and suppleness in the music.. Even more striking is the palpable sense of destination, of impending apotheosis, of a musical and emotional vortex that's impossible to escape. Simon Halsey's ideally distant singers sound genuinely ecstatic. The earth certainly moved for me, and I daresay it will for you, too…' Musicweb International
Concert Reviews
**** 'These were fine, controlled performances, correctly free in style but never rambling or diffuse, and wonderfully well-played by a full-strength LSO. In both quality and quantity, the sound – orchestral and choral – was terrific.' The Arts Desk (Symphony No 1)
**** 'Gergiev was in his element, firing up the musicians in the boisterous outer movements and stressing elegance in the slow centrepiece.' Financial Times (Symphony No 2)
Reviews for LSO0771 Scriabin Symphonies Nos 3 & 4***** Performance **** Sonics
'The thrill of a live performance comes over with more immediacy with Gergiev and the LSO… some deliciously seductive playing from the LSO.'
BBC Radio 3 CD Review
***** 'Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra deliver the music with rhythmic precision and focused tone colours to bring across Scriabin's kaleidoscopic sound world with brilliance. The engineering is superb on this hybrid SACD, and the acoustics of London's Barbican add wonderful dimensions to the orchestra's lush and vibrant sound.'
Valery Gergiev
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra bring to a close their revelatory Scriabin cycle with the release of Symphonies 1 & 2.
Epic in scope, Scriabin's highly original First Symphony was composed at the turn of the twentieth century. The ambitious work consists of six movements, the last of which features a chorus and two vocal soloists, beautifully sung in this recording by Ekaterina Sergeeva, Alexander Timchenko and the London Symphony Chorus. In the monumental choral finale, which brings the symphony to a rousing conclusion, Scriabin uses a text of his own composition to praise the supreme power of art: 'Come, all peoples of the world, Let us sing the praises of Art! Glory to Art, Glory forever!'
Premiered two years after Symphony No 1, the Second Symphony contains echoes of Strauss, Tchaikovsky and Wagner, alongside Scriabin's deeply personal sound. While relatively more restrained in style than the composer's other symphonic output, over the course of its five movements there are sweeping climaxes, swirling colours and passages of majestic intensity, with a brooding Andante opening continuing without pause into a fervent second movement.
A mezzo-soprano born in St Petersburg, Ekaterina Sergeeva has been a soloist with the Mariinsky Academy of Young Singers since 2005, after graduating from the St Petersburg Conservatory. In 2009 Ekaterina sang the part of Elektra's Trainbearer, which she recorded with Valery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra for LSO Live. Her accolades include prizes at both the 2008 International Zara Dolukhanova Amber Nightingale Competition and 2006 International Lisitsian Competition, as well as a Diploma for best performance of a contemporary work from the 2006 International Rimsky-Korsakov Competition.
Tenor Alexander Timchenko was born in Leningrad and graduated from the Glinka Choral School of the St Petersburg State Academic Capella in 1993, continuing his studies at the St Petersburg Conservatory. He performed the role of Shepherd in Stravinsky Oedipus rex with Valery Gergiev and the LSO in 2012, and has also featured on recordings including Stravinsky Les Noces with the Mariinsky Orchestra & Chorus, conducted by Valery Gergiev, 2010.
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|Simon Halsey
|London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
|Ekaterina Sergeeva
Alexander Timchenko
1. Symphony No 1 in E Major, Op 26: I. Lento
3. Symphony No 1 in E Major, Op 26: III. Lento
4. Symphony No 1 in E Major, Op 26: IV. Vivace
5. Symphony No 1 in E Major, Op 26: V. Allegro
Disc 2
1. Symphony No 2 in C Minor, Op 29: I. Andante
2. Symphony No 2 in C Minor, Op 29: II. Allegro
3. Symphony No 2 in C Minor, Op 29: III. Andante
4. Symphony No 2 in C Minor, Op 29: IV. Tempestoso


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Rocket boy by Liz Phair heard on Stealing Beauty movie
Artist: Liz Phair
Music By: Liz Phair, Jim Ellison
Courtesy: Matador Records/atlantic Records
Music By: Liz Phair, Jim Ellison
Courtesy: Matador Records/atlantic Records
TOP 20 Popular songs from films where this soundtrack is played
Glory box by Portishead
Superstition by Stevie Wonder
I'll be seeing you by Billie Holiday
Alice by Cocteau Twins
I need love by Sam Phillips
You won't fall by Lori Carson
If 6 was 9 by Axiom Funk
My baby just cares for me by Nina Simone
Glory box
Tenderly by Chet Baker
My love and i by Charlie Haden
Rock star by Hole
Rhymes of an hour by Blue Öyster Cult
'o cammello 'nnammurato by Pino Daniele
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Comet no.9 by Helium
Rocket boy lyricsRocket boy, rocket boy, rocket boy...
Didn't see, I had no idea, I never heard it before
And I said, "What good are you?
Yeah, well, 'Why don't I?' is the question of the year."
You used to
Reed full lyrics be my favorite toy
But what happened to my rocket boy?
Rocket boy, where are you gonna land?
I said, "Go, don't stop it, go, don't stop it, how we all understand."
You used to be my pride and joy
Now you're just my rocket, rocket boy
They don't know, my friends
We got off again
How'm I gonna get myself to sleep?
I've got stains on my sheets and my nails are torn down to the bone
Wouldn't it be nice to have an ordinary girlfriend?
Laughing 'bout it makes it real
It makes it happen to me
Well, I can reach you
Didn't see, I had no idea, I never heard it before
"Well," I said, "what good are you?
Why don't I, no sense of fear?"
You used to be my favorite toy
But now you're just my little rocket boy
(Rocket boy)
My rocket boy
(My rocket boy)
Rocket boy, when are you gonna land?
(Rocket boy, yeah)
I said, "Go, don't stop it, go, don't stop it, now may all understand."
(Rocket boy, yeah)
I said, "Rocket boy, when are you gonna land?"
(Rocket boy)
I said, "Rocket boy, they just don't understand."
(Die is cast and the dice are rollin', I'm feelin' like shit 'cause she's feelin' like gold)
You used to be my pride and joy, my boy
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Kiron Khosla
Kiron Khosla's paintings revive a loose collage aesthetic of appropriation in which perspectives are jumbled and narrative readings thwarted by the amusing inclusion of familiar iconography pilfered from art-historical greats East and West, recomposed on his canvases along with stripes, handwritten texts, vegetation, flowers and abstract shapes. Historical and mythical figures lifted wholesale from other works wander in improbable directions, heading nowhere or bound to cross paths.
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Sydney FC chairman backs Kossie
Sydney FC chairman Andrew Kemeny has backed under-pressure coach John Kosmina, saying the club's players must shoulder some blame for the side's poor season.
Kosmina's position is under increasing threat after the sky blues were beaten on Saturday by Adelaide 2-0 to all but end any hope of making this year's A-League finals.
But Mr Kemeny backed the former Socceroo, saying bad luck and poor performances had more to do with the club's plight.
"There's just no question about John's contract and I think it's time that the media stopped speculating on it. He'll be here next year," he said in a statement.
"I think he had a lot of handicaps, with an awful lot of players out injured to deal with, some players are not in form... some players are leaving at the end of the season and perhaps they are not putting in 100 per cent.
"Yes, it's an ongoing discussion and he's doing his best."
Mr Kemeny stopped short of naming the players involved but Iain Fyfe (Adelaide), Jacob Timpano and Robbie Middleby (North Queensland) are among those at the club who are moving on at season's end.
But with new owners David Traktovenko and Paul Ramsay taking over the club in March, it is unclear how much weight Mr Kemeny's endorsement will carry.
Kosmina's predecessor Branko Culina has also thrown his weight behind the embattled coach, calling on Sydney to stick with their man.
Culina, who coached Sydney for nine games in 2007 before being dumped, said the club should allow Kosmina to see out his contract.
"What it really comes down to is if the club takes its time to choose the right people it has to stick by them through thick and thin," he said.
"It's as simple as that. If you don't do that, how many changes are you going to have?
"Clubs should be a bit more responsible... if it's a two-year deal, it's two years."
Sydney had gone through three coaches, including Culina, in as many years prior to Kosmina's appointment in October 2007.
After a bright start the pressure has mounted on Kosmina, Sydney winning just two games out of its last eight to fall out of the finals race.
"People can judge John Kosmina, for right or wrong. He's been there a year-and-a-half," Culina said.
"You name me one coach in the A-League who hasn't had a difficult time.
"It is difficult to run a successful organisation and plan for it if you are making those changes so frequently."
Topics: a-league, sport, soccer, sydney-2000, australia, nsw, china
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