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Autzen Stadium Sky Suites offer a premium social environment for between 21 and 44 fans to watch the ducks in actions. These luxury private suites are located on the north and south sides of Autzen Stadium. Amenities include: A private Kitchen complete with a wet bar, refrigerator, microwave, private restroom, two color televisions, access to the Club Room, retractable windows, stadium catering, and more. Leases for these special suites are 3-7 years. Please give us a call for more information on the "suite" experience.
The Charter Box is located on the North side of Autzen Stadium above sections 9-13. These special indoor seats offer an open air experience for Oregon football. The Charter Box level includes stadium seating, concessions, restrooms, multiple televisions, elevator access and more.
The Club at Autzen's popularity has made attrition extremely low for these premium seats. Located on the South side of Autzen above the concourse level between the two 10 yard lines*, this area features seats with chair backs, armrests, cup holders and access to the climate controlled Club Room. The Club experience offers upgraded concessions, the Club at Autzen Duck Store, televisions, elevator/escalator access and the perfect place to socialize pregame and at halftime
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W Hotels Unveils the Future of Luxury Suites
Since the W Hotels brand launched in 1998 their properties have featured a reinterpretation of the classic hotel Presidential Suite, dubbed the Extreme Wow Suite. Now W has commissioned Paris-based architect / designer Patrick Jouin to create the Extreme Wow Suite of the future, taking technologically advanced customization to the max. The resulting design includes hidden details and elements of surprise in addition to every imaginable luxury. The main feature of the suite is a large pod (above) housing a bathtub that can move around to capture different views, containing movable screens that will display greeting messages, time, temperature and information on the location city. The concept suite was just unveiled in Sao Paolo, Brazil as part of a special touring exhibition entitled "Le Paris de Patrick Jouin."


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Twitter Wars: Seth Davis vs John Walters
Most of the time we do a Twitter Wars post, it takes a theatrical, comedic approach to media members scuffling in social media. Even in the midst of a Twitter fight, I'm convinced the parties involved are playing to the crowd just as much as they are trying to "defeat" their "combatant." After all, there is always a bit of an element of the ridiculous to adult sportswriters arguing on Twitter.
But then I came across this Twitter War between Seth Davis of Sports Illustrated, CBS Sports, and Campus Insiders and former Sports Illustrated writer John Walters. And, woo boy is this a nasty one. This Twitter fight is no laughing matter as the two sportswriters exchanged personal shots including Davis taking a shot at Walters' departure from SI and Walters mocking Davis' father Lanny helping the Redskins in their ongoing nickname saga.
For the backstory - Walters is a former SI writer who now operates his own independent site, Medium Happy. (In the interest of full disclosure, AA syndicated a post from Walters last August when he was freelancing for another Bloguin site.) In the wake of the controversial Oklahoma State report from SI, Walters wrote an entry on his personal blog about the inner workings of Sports Illustrated and the perceived lack of fact-checking that went into the story.
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Well, for 195$ you can't really ask for more these days. Defo beating the competitor GTX560Ti for the 200$ price point. Now if we all just wait 3 weeks or so...
nice price and good performance that really gives a kick plus it shows what 1gb video memory really still can do even in 1920x1200 ^^
UN-FRICKEN-REAL! This card hangs with it's 2GB brother in all games at 2560x1600 except battle field. I am rather surprised AMD didn't release this themselves like they did with the 1GB 6950. At stock speeds it runs with the GTX 560ti for a bit less money. It overclocks like a banshee and rubs elbows with a GTX 580 when it does. All for $195. AMAZING! It makes me wonder if one of these board manufactures will release a 1.5GB or 2GB 7950. Only problem there is they will be shooting themselves in the foot since it will be faster than an HD 7870 for the same amount. Unless you plan on xfire or SLI running cinema 4k, 3GB memory is an overkill it seems.
Ok this is an excellent offering and really is the 1920x mainstream darling. I mean to be at 6970/GTX580 territory and under $200 what's not to love! And, North American AIB's like Sapphire and PowerColor should be engineering this configuration into our markets… quick. I'd like to see them stick with Samsung or Hynix, give it a similarly nice HP cooler, while skip any OC'n if they believe they should charge for it (I'll do it myself). I'm sure AIB's could sell a ton, the market is ripe as who knows when and if Nvidia can give folk this level from a GK106 GTX650.
when i click on the Manufacturer i get this link http://www.club3d.com/ and it's not working for me, but i have always used this link to Club-3D: http://www.club-3d.com/ just to let u know W1zzard ^^;
Damn, wish I was in the market for a card, I'd jump on this. How much is a XFX 5870 XXX selling for these days?
I don't know where you're getting your pricing from, but I can't find this card for much less than 220 pounds in the UK or 245 Euros in Europe and those prices are a long way from $195 US. They are closer to $340 US and for that price there are faster cards available.
People really have to stop compare US prices to europe prices, and especially UK prices (taxes mostly, and things are more expensive in Europe). The cheapest 7850 RQ are about 1800SEK (225€) Anyway I really like the Royalqueen cards. Good value. I kinda wish they had a 7770 though.


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The Second volume of the first complete cycle of Dvorák symphonies on Warner Classics conducted by José Serebrier and featuring the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Recorded at the Lighthouse, Poole, 21-22nd September 2011 by producer and engineer Phil Rowlands.
On Classic FM radio: David Mellor Recommends - 25 February David's CD of the Week is a wonderful recording of Dvorak from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by José Serebrier.
" ...His understanding of the structure is secure; he trusts his players and knows when to give them their head, with the violas and in the solos for the second oboe and third horn as much as when it is the turn of the principals. After the dark forcefulness with which he plays the openig theme, its return gently on horns in the movement's closing bard has its touchingly conclusive effect. The recording is exceptionally quick in catching all these nuances, which are not merely decorative but are an essential part of the invention." International Record Review March 2012
From CLASSICAL SOURCE Volume Two of José Serebrier's very welcome survey of the nine symphonies of Antonín Dvorák brings us the great Seventh as well as the equally wonderful In Nature's Realm and Scherzo capriccioso. The collection begins with an unforced and swinging account of the ultimate Slavonic Dance from the Opus 46 collection. The Seventh Symphony receives an exhilarating and moving performance (tension maintained through the use of minimal pauses between movements), lovingly detailed, wonderfully expressive (this is music of glorious lyricism) and given with a purpose that sweeps the listener along, the music's recesses fully explored and its emotional demonstration given a powerful outing by an orchestra and conductor that have forged a significant partnership. In Nature's Realm and Scherzo capriccioso are both inimitable masterpieces and here receive renditions of notable outgoingness as well as displaying many subtleties and thrills. The former piece is full of wonderment at the world's beauties, the composer at his most rapturous. The Scherzo, beginning with an arresting motif heard from the horns, is a sort of large-scale Slavonic Dance, and essentially vital, but the trio (its repeat rightly observed by Serebrier) is appreciably tinged by the recent death of Dvoøák's mother, a deeply-felt melody of infinite sadness given to cor anglais. Serebrier and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra have the memorable measure of this great music and the recording faithfully captures the lively acoustic. The next volume is keenly awaited.
The opening salvo in José Serebrier's new Dvořák symphony cycle for Warner Classics proved a genuine tonic, featuring as it did one of the most endearingly communicative and beamingly affectionate accounts of the New World to have come my way in many a moon. I'm happy to report that its successor boasts comparable virtues, the Uruguayan maestro presiding over music-making that is at once alive, compassionate and wise – 'old-school' conducting of the most exalted order, in fact, and a real treat to encounter in this day and age. Serebrier's reading of the lofty Seventh Symphony is immensely personable, songful and (with one exception in the coda) magnificently faithful to the composer's intentions. Above all, the performance radiates a wholly entrancing freshness that stems in no small measure from Serebrier's beguiling fluidity of pulse and intensely warm-hearted shaping of melody, combined with an intimate knowledge of the symphony's inner workings – middle voices are attended to with particular care (and, in turn, the Bournemouth clarinets, horns and violas cover themselves in glory). At the same time, there's absolutely no want of symphonic rigor.In the opening movement Dvořák's gripping argument unfolds with splendid sweep and inevitability, while the finale evinces an indomitable sureness of purpose that not even some spurious re-jigging of the parts in the majestic apotheosis can undermine. Elsewhere, the slow movement has both enviable concentration and nobility of tone to commend it. The scherzo, too, is memorable, brimful of infectious rhythmic swagger, those subtly variegated textures in the poignant trio section sifted with exceptional skill; moreover, Serebrier sees to it that the violas' "superbly tragic cry" (in John Clapham's eloquent description) at 6'29" is as touchingly expressive as one could ever hope to hear. Make no mistake, this is a Seventh to cherish. The delights continue in the three remaining items on the programme. The exuberance of the G minor Slavonic Dance is tempered with a nostalgic glow that is very appealing. In Serebrier's watchful hands, In Nature's Realm really does sound newly-minted – an enchantingly spontaneous display, this, illuminated by orchestral playing of disarming grace and application. The marvellous Scherzo capriccioso is just as impressive, its heaven-sent second subject lilting to joyous perfection (I defy you not to smile!) and capped by a properly exhilarating dash to the finish. In fact, my sole niggle of note concerns the rather washy acoustic, though it's also fair to state that the sound is otherwise vivid, truthful in timbre and wide-ranging. Andrew Achenbach (Classical Review)
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Hello everyone, I have an 80 year old house, concrete block foundation. I moved in last Summer, and decided if the basement seemed to be dry, it would be good to finish it to add living space. The inspector indicated that one wall had a 5/8th inch inward bow to it. The other walls were all within 1/4 inch of plumb. I have no moisture issues in the basement as far as I can tell. So my question is whether it's worth it to put in measure to ensure the wall does not bow any more or just assume that with an 80 year old home the foundation has settled as much as it's going to. I would hate to finish up the inside only to have to tear it all out and fix the foundation, but there's also no reason to spend money and time on something that isn't really an issue. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks. | |||
5/8" on an 80 year old house is nothing. For all you know, it was built that far out to begin with. If you have no moisture coming through and there are no trees growing close to the opposite side of the 5/8 wall, then you are probably safe to finish out the basement. Jaybee | ||||
Thanks for the reply. There is a large oak tree near the house on that side, however. I know that can sometimes cause water leakage. Do you think it will factor into this decision? | ||||
you never know until you dig. when it thaws, just for peace of mind, why not trench a ditch down as far as the bowing goes, and see if you have anything larger than spaghetti-sized roots in there. you can clip a large root growing straight at the house, and it will branch off into little goat-hair roots all over the place. keeps the wall intact another 20 years or so, and keeps the tree growing as well. if they are growing to the size of a pop bottle neck or larger, though, the tree will be crippled on the root side when you clip 'em. sig: if this is a new economy, how come they still want my old-fashioned money? | ||||
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the coffee bean
Once upon a time, when Meredith was about nine years old, she was at the grocery store with her father. Wondering what it would smell like, she picked up a whole coffee bean and sniffed, very hard. The bean went up her nostril. When she tried to pull it out, it went up farther and got very, very stuck. Her dad tried to get it out, her sister tried to get it out. The harder they tried, the stucker it got. They ended up in the emergency room. The doctor had to use very, very long tweezers to get out the coffee bean. Meredith really, REALLY hates this story to this very day, and I am in a lot of trouble for telling it.
Once upon a time, when Zachary Jacob was about five years old, we were having a spaghetti dinner. Jacob Zachary was not known for chewing his food very well at that time. He was taking a drink of milk when Kate said something that tickled his funny bone. He laughed so hard, trying not to spit out his milk, that a piece of spaghetti about five inches long came out his nose. We all stared at it, lying there on the plate, and then broke up laughing. I'm surprised there weren't more pieces of spaghetti produced! For some reason, this continues to be a very funny story for us – we laugh hysterically at just the memory. Oh well, we are easily amused.
kate the crooner
When she was two years old, Kate decided that she would not take naps anymore. This was not a good decision from her parents' perspective — arsenic hour was born. So her mother instituted "rest hour" – she had to stay in her bed "resting" for one hour. In the beginning, her mother spent a lot of time putting her back into bed, and finally, holding the bedroom door shut. Once Kate realized this was not going to end, she began entertaining herself by singing. Very loudly and with great verve (think Ethel Merman crossed with Edith Piaf). She would croon her favorites: I've Been Working on the Railroad and Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Only problem was, she had no Rs, so it was "I've Been Wookin' on the WailWoad" and "Wudolf the Wed-Nosed Reindeewuh." Very, very hard to ignore; she became indignant if anyone laughed.
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Once upon a time, when Meredith was about three years old, her mother was in the bathtub, trying to take a long, relaxing bath. Her father was in his study, working on an article. Meredith decided she wanted to get dressed all by herself. She picked out a pink and green striped tee shirt with yellow and red polka-dot shorts. She struggled and struggled, but got them on right side out and with all body parts through the correct holes. She came into the bathroom to show off to her mother, who said, "Sweetie, you need either the top or the bottom to be solid; otherwise you won't match." Meredith sighed and marched back to her room. Next, she tried a navy blue and green plaid shirt and purple and green striped shorts. When she showed her father, he said, "Mimi, you need to have either the top or the bottom to be solid, or you won't match." Meredith sighed even harder and went back to her closet. This time, she got a red and white checked shirt and a pair of orange paisley shorts. Back in the bathroom, her mother repeated her earlier comment, "Sweetie, I'm very proud of you, but you still need either the top or the bottom to be solid to match." At the end of her rope, Meredith bellowed pitifully, "What color is solid??????"
Kate went to a very progressive preschool, staffed mainly by PhD students in early childhood education and child psychology, where the clinical terms for behavior and learning assessment were the norm. Thus, the gymnasium was called the "Gross Motor Room," etc. Kate's arms and legs between ages two and three were disproportionately short for her torso (not to mention her enormously large head). This meant that her weakest area of performance was in Gross Motor Skills, otherwise known as climbing and riding a tricycle. When she climbed the stairs, she went up on her hands and knees, afraid that she would lose her balance if she walked. She insisted that her mother follow her up the stairs, saying "Mama, Mama, hind me be! Hind me be!"
Kate's other weak area at preschool was table manners — she couldn't grasp the reason for a fork, when her hand was right there, ready to dive in. She would complain to her mother that the preschool staff was starving her, not allowing her to have seconds. In fact, they drew the line at fourths.
measuring development
Jacob Zachary's Kindergarten teacher was a lovely veteran of 22 years of five-year-olds. She had a great sense of humor, and she appreciated the same in others. The "Draw a Man" test is (was) a common tool for measuring intellectual development in small children. The child is asked to draw a man with as much detail as possible. The more body parts (e.g., neck, fingers, round body rather than a stick figure) that are included, the higher the level of development is measured. When his teacher was reviewing Jacob Zachary's test with him, she noted that it was a very nice drawing, but that the man had all his fingers and toes, but no ears. Jacob Zachary, without missing a beat, said, "I know, isn't it sad? He was born that way."
Meredith's note: For the record, the coffee bean story is the ONLY childhood story that still mortifies me and the only story I forbade my mother from telling. In the spirit of not censoring her, I've left it in, but she's in very big trouble. Also? My brother's wit and table manners remain the same, and while my sister's head is still ginormous, her table manners have gotten much, much better.


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He's stuck on the tundra.
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I certainly hope you're right roadrunner.. the site is better with him than without him. Hope he'll show up soon.
He will turn up sooner or later
Found him.
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I'm just ending a stay of 2 weeks at El Sueno Tropical sitting at the bar and sipping on a cold beer. We have had a great time. This was my first trip to the Nicoya peninsula. The hotel is under recent new ownership and Jose and Joanna were very gracious hosts. The room was well appointed, comfortable, and air... More
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For Oregon State University anthropologist Kenneth Maes, the lack of health workers in contexts of poverty point to important links between population health, politics, and society. Maes focuses on lay health workers who engage in basic healthcare and health-promoting outreach activities at the community level, outside of clinics and hospitals. Community Health Workers or "CHWs" are thought to be uniquely capable of averting needless deaths and suffering through their intimate relationships with community members. But around the world, many community health workers live in poverty, are poorly compensated, and lack secure employment. According to the model of "partnership" that guides many of today's global health initiatives, wealthy institutions provide drugs, medical technologies, and well-paid experts, while poor countries are expected to provide cheap labor. Government and non-governmental health organizations are often unable or unwilling to provide better job conditions for CHWs.
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Since 2006, Maes' research has focused on CHWs in Ethiopia. Using data from surveys, participant observation, and in-depth interviews, he has affirmed that people become CHWs partly because they seek to uphold values of humble service to others in need. But people also hope that becoming a CHW will help them achieve freedom from economic insecurity within their own households. The surveys he conducted during the 2008 global food crisis revealed that many CHWs experience moderate to severe household food insecurity, and that food insecurity is strongly associated with increased levels of psychological distress. Maes finds that apparently devoted and self-sacrificing Ethiopians end up questioning their commitments to the CHW role when they find it does not address their hope of achieving socioeconomic progress. Maes will soon be returning to Ethiopia as Co-Principal Investigator on a research project funded by the National Science Foundation. In collaboration with Ethiopian colleagues in local universities and public health agencies, he will study the well-being of rural health workers and their relationships with the communities their serve and the global institutions that rely on them. He also hopes to begin new projects examining CHWs and the challenges they face here in Oregon.


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William F. Jasper
Terror Book Author Wins Round #1 in Censorship Battle
In spite of a 20-month campaign of intimidation by one of the most powerful prosecutors in America, author Peter Lance has succeeded in getting the updated edition of Triple Cross, his book on the 9/11 terrorist attacks, released to the public. Originally published in 2006, Triple Cross: How Bin Laden's Master Spy Penetrated the CIA, the Green Berets, and the FBI details the incredible story of Ali Mohamed, the Egyptian who managed to penetrate the deepest levels of the U.S. intelligence community and provide vital assistance to Al Qaeda terrorist operations for years prior to the 9/11 terror attacks — while on the U.S. government's payroll.
UN's Marxist Plan for Global Government
United Nations General Assembly President Miguel D'Escoto Brockmann intends to leave his mark on the United Nations and the global economic-political picture before his one-year term ends in September. D'Escoto, a longtime top official in the communist Sandinista government of Nicaragua, has chosen as his primary vehicle for making this mark the UN Conference on the World's Financial and Economic Crisis to be held June 24-26 at the UN headquarters in New York.
The Spectre of Treason
Sooner or later members of Congress and the American people have got to deal with the unmentionable "T" word and all that it implies. And it had better be sooner because later may be too late. A nation cannot long survive treason in its highest offices and positions of trust. But one of the most grotesque symptoms of the pernicious malaise of liberalism that has infected Western political, academic, and media elites during the last half century is the unwillingness to recognize treason for the terrible crime that it is — or even to acknowledge that such an offense exists. These elites have perennially apologized for, romanticized, defended, explained away, and covered for the traitors who have committed these despicable acts. Even worse, they have transformed treason into official policies which have resulted in the transfer of massive assistance — including military aid — to our deadly enemies.
Leftists in Tizzy Over Exposure of KGB Ties
The Left is in a tizzy over Izzy. More precisely, they are in a tizzy over the latest revelations exposing the late I.F. "Izzy" Stone as worse than a god with feet of clay. Documents from the KGB archives show that instead of being the sainted, fiercely independent crusading journalist he pretended to be, Stone was, in fact, a Soviet agent, a toady for Stalin, one of the most vile, murderous tyrants ever to have stalked the planet.
More Extremism from Obama's DHS
The political profiling scandal at President Obama's Department of Homeland Security just keeps on growing. On Tuesday, May 5, the Washington Times reported on a newly leaked DHS document on "extremism" which reinforces concerns that the DHS is treading a dangerous path of attempting to stigmatize and criminalize, in the minds of members of the law enforcement community, those who dissent from or peacefully oppose government policies and the trend toward omnipotent government.
Homeland Security: Everyone's a Threat
Feeling the heat from veterans groups, pro-life organizations, conservatives, and even Democratic members of Congress, President Barack Obama's Secretary for Homeland Security Janet Napolitano was forced to make a slight about-face regarding a controversial intelligence report issued by her department for law-enforcement agencies, including federal-state "Fusion Centers." In a string of media appearances in mid-April, Secretary Napolitano half-apologized for a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report that has drawn severe criticism for targeting conservative political opponents and associating them with dangerous terrorists.
New DHS Domestic Terrorism Report Targets Millions of Americans
On April 7, when President Barack Obama was winding up an overseas tour that included bowing to Saudi King Abdullah and expressing mea culpas for America's past sins, his Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was unleashing the dogs of war against his political opposition at home: Americans alarmed by his radical policies on gun control, abortion, illegal aliens, nationalizing the economy, and more. A secret 10-page DHS document sent to law-enforcement agencies nationwide is stirring up a political firestorm. Entitled "Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment," the DHS report (pdf), dated April 7, sloppily (or cleverly and maliciously) demonizes millions of law-abiding Americans, conflating them with violent, criminal groups such as Neo-Nazis and "white supremacists" simply because they adhere to political beliefs at variance with those of the administration.
Do You Fit the Terrorist Profile?
Are you on some government list as a possible "domestic terrorist" suspect because you have exercised your First Amendment right to express opposition to a government program or a proposed piece of legislation?
Globalization Driven by New, Apocalyptic Horsemen
Over the past several months, a steady drumbeat in elite media circles has been pounding out a persistent theme: global crises have exposed the limits of national sovereignty and underscored the necessity for nations to embrace "global governance."
"Nations Will Be Redefined" — Rupert Murdoch
"We are in the midst of a phase of history in which nations will be redefined and their futures fundamentally altered," wrote media mogul Rupert Murdoch in a recent memo to the management staff of News Corp, his global media empire, which includes Fox TV.


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Savoir Beds to Open U.S. Stores
NEW YORK-Savoir Beds, a United Kingdom-based manufacturer of luxury mattresses, is planning to enter the U.S. market with store openings here and in other major metropolitan areas. The stores will open throughout this year, according to a company statement. Offering hand-crafted mattresses made with all-natural, toxin-free and allergen-free materials, Savoir Beds began in 1905 with … More »


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By Edgar Allen Beem
At the stroke of midnight, as Friday, December 28, 2012, ticked over into Saturday, December 29, 2012, same-sex marriage became legal in Maine and hundreds of supporters and celebrants gathered at Portland City Hall to observe the historic occasion. As three hundred well-wishers, buoyed by jazz bands, bubble blowing, boutonnières, free cupcakes, and signs reading "Thank you, Maine," braved temperatures in the twenties outside on the plaza, fifteen gay and lesbian couples were admitted to the second floor city clerk's office one at a time to receive their marriage licenses.
The first couple through the door were massage therapist Michael Snell and photographer Steven Bridges, both smiling ear to ear and wearing matching "Love is Love" T-shirts. Along with Mayor Michael Brennan, City Clerk Katherine Jones, and vital records clerk Christina Horne, Snell and Bridges, who have been together for nine years, were met by a crush of media, all jockeying and juggling in order to find the best angle to document Maine's first gay marriage license.
After Snell and Bridges repaired to the State of Maine Room for the brief civil ceremony that made them, at 12:25 a.m., Maine's first gay married couple, Bridges told reporters, "We finally feel equal and happy to live in Maine."
"People in Maine are fair," said Portland Mayor Michael Brennan, "and they recognized that it wasn't fair to tell a certain segment of the population that they couldn't have the same rights as everyone else. We're a state that places a high premium on being fair."
In all, some forty-four same-sex couples received marriage licenses on December 29 from municipal offices in Portland, South Portland, Augusta, Bangor, Brewer, Brunswick, Falmouth, Gardiner, Hallowell, and Northport. Not only did the newlyweds usher in a new era of civil rights for Maine's gay residents, they are in the vanguard of what many see as a potentially profitable new venture for Maine as a same-sex wedding destination. Just how profitable is difficult to determine due to the complex history of same-sex marriage in Maine and America.
Same-sex marriage was originally approved by the Maine Legislature in May of 2009, but in November of that same year opponents managed to repeal the marriage equality law in a statewide referendum by a margin of 53 percent to 47 percent. Three years later, Question 1 on the November 6, 2012, ballot — "Do you favor a law allowing marriage licenses for same-sex couples that protects religious freedom by ensuring no religion or clergy is required to perform such a marriage in violation of the religious beliefs?" — passed by the exact same margin, marking the first time the people of a state had authorized same-sex marriage by popular vote.
On the same day, voters in Maryland and Washington also endorsed same-sex marriage, albeit by supporting existing legislation. That brings to ten the number of places in the United States — Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Iowa, Maryland, Washington, and the District of Columbia — where same-sex couples may legally marry.
In Maine, residents must apply for marriage licenses in the towns and cities where they live, but out-of-state visitors may apply for marriage licenses anywhere they like. The hope is that visitors to Vacationland will take advantage of marriage equality to get married in Maine, in the process contributing a new revenue stream to the state's economy.
In 2009, the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law published a study entitled "The Economic Impact of Extending Marriage to Same-Sex Couples in Maine," which projected that 2,316 of the 4,644 same-sex couples in Maine would marry in the first three years after legalization and that, over the same three years, 15,657 same-sex couples would come to Maine from out-of-state to get married, pumping $60 million into the state's economy and another $3.6 million in taxes and fees into state coffers.
In November of 2012, however, the Williams Institute revised its economic impact estimates downward, noting that there was now a lot of competition for destination wedding venues. The conservative new estimate was just $15.5 million over three years, representing solely resident Maine couples.
One of the first businesses in line for a slice of the same-sex wedding pie, whatever the size may be, was Gay Weddings in Maine.com, an online wedding directory of gay-friendly vendors and venues. The Web site is the brainchild of Portland marketing executive Sid Tripp, who also co-founded the Downeast Pride Alliance business networking group in 2008.
"Going to a vendor and saying, 'We're a gay couple and we want to get married' is a daunting task," says Tripp, who charges anywhere from $75 to $480 a year for listings on the Gay Weddings in Maine Web site. "It's a site people can feel comfortable in using."
Diane York, of Diane York Weddings & Events, is one of four wedding planners who signed up for the same-sex wedding directory. "Everyone sees this as a win-win situation," says York of the arrival of same-sex marriage in Maine. "Some people have a hard time getting their minds around what people do in bed, but I don't care. It's the fair thing to do and it's a long time coming."
Despite the Williams Institute's decision not to factor out-of-state couples into the Maine same-sex marriage economic impact, York expects it to be significant. "Ninety-five percent of my clients come from out of state," says York, "but almost all have some connection to Maine. They went to school here, or they have a camp here, or they have relatives here. I anticipate there will be some gay and lesbian people who left the state to go to a larger community who now will come back to Maine to get married."
The fact that only forty-four couples took out marriage licenses on the first day they were available does not worry York. "Most people," she reasons, "don't want to get married in the winter in Maine."
Dan Kennedy, owner of Harmon's & Barton's, Minott's Flowers, and Sawyer & Company florists, shares Diane York's optimism. "We had booked three weddings before it was even legal," says Kennedy. "As of today, we have booked four weddings and have several commitments."
Kennedy, whose Greater Portland floral shops have been doing gay weddings, or commitment ceremonies, since 2002, reports that a dozen same-sex couples made inquiries at the twenty-third annual Maine Wedding Association Bridal Show and Wedding Expo on Sunday, January 6. "It was the first time we've had same-sex couples openly discussing their weddings and arrangements with us," says Kennedy. "It's just starting, but I think it's going to be a shot to the economy in 2013."
Jo Moser, one of eight photographers signed up so far on the Gay Weddings in Maine Web site, believes that older couples who have held commitment services in the past will not be in any rush to legalize their marriages, but she expects a steady flow of both in-state and out-of-state couples.
"I have been a photographer for forty years and I have been documenting gay life in California and Maine for thirty-eight years," says Moser. "Now that we have marriage equality, today I booked three weddings. It's a good day."
While Maine's same-sex marriage law specifically exempts churches and clergy, places of public accommodation, meaning any business that provides goods, services, or facilities to the public, would be guilty of discrimination if they refuse to serve customers based on sexual orientation.
One gray area that caught a gay couple in Litchfield by surprise concerned the application of the new same-sex marriage law to Maine's two thousand notaries public. Rich Hirschmann and Richard Acker, shop owners in Portland's Old Port and Litchfield residents, went to the Litchfield town office on Monday, December 31, and secured a marriage license. When they asked if one of the town clerks would marry them, however, one town employee informed them that the two town employees who were notaries public were "shy about things like this." The men went away without getting married.
Town clerk Doris Parlin, who is a notary public, says she did not know Hirschmann and Acker wanted to get married on the spot. "I would have [performed the marriage ceremony], but not on that day," says Parlin. "It was a horrendous day. We were way too busy."
On January 8, Litchfield selectmen took the decision out of the clerks' hands, voting 3-0 to no longer allow municipal clerks to perform weddings at town hall at all. Town Manager Michael Byron told the Portland Press Herald the selectmen acted on his recommendation, saying, "With all the calls on municipal clerks for regular services, they don't have the time to perform weddings."
"The religious exemption in Maine's new marriage law doesn't cover notaries, just clergy, churches, and religious institutions," explains Mary L. Bonauto, Civil Rights Project director for Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) in Boston, and a Portland resident. "And for those notaries who do offer their services as wedding officiants, they must do so on a non-discriminatory basis. Notaries who don't routinely do weddings can't be made to perform marriages for same-sex couples, or any other couples for that matter."
Art and antiques dealer Seth Thayer and couture furrier Greg Tinder were the only couple to secure a marriage license at the Northport town office on December 29. "We were so excited we were finally able to do it that we wanted to do it the first day," says Thayer. "We were also scared that we could have the right taken away."
Thayer and Tinder, who moved to Maine from Chicago in 2001, were devastated in 2009 when Maine's new same-sex marriage law was rejected at referendum. They, like all of Maine's four thousand same-sex couples, could have gone to Massachusetts, Vermont, or New Hampshire to get married, but Thayer says, "No, it wouldn't count." They decided to wait until their marriage would be recognized in Maine, all of which raises the question of whether a significant number of out-of-state couples are also waiting for same-sex marriage to become legal in their home states.
Thayer and Tinder are planning a big wedding bash this summer for family and friends, but on historic December 29, they simply went down to the shore at Saturday Cove in Northport with a few friends and took their vows overlooking the sea. "It was a spiritual service to us," says Thayer. "This is our spirituality right here — nature, sunsets, walks on the shore."
"We refer to it as God's platform," says Tinder of the couple's shorefront wedding.
Most same-sex weddings to date have been civil rather than church weddings, but that will no doubt change. The religious exemption language inserted into Question 1 to indemnify churches and clergy was meant to appease conservative and evangelical Christians who oppose same-sex marriage, but many Christian denominations, among them Congregational and some Episcopal churches, as well as Unitarian Universalist congregations, have championed marriage equality and will sanctify same-sex marriages.
Historic preservation architects Nancy Barba and Cynthia Wheelock believed it was as important to be married in the eyes of God as in the view of the state. They sanctified their union on January 2, 1999, in a blessing ceremony at the Episcopal Cathedral Church of St. Luke in Portland. The ceremony was attended by some eighty friends and family and is memorialized in a beautiful stained-glass window in the St. Luke's sanctuary. "It was for all intents and purposes a wedding," says Barba. "It just didn't have legal standing."
Barba and Wheelock waited in line at Portland City Hall on the night of December 28 with their daughter, Eliza, 11. They plan on having a small civil wedding ceremony sometime within the allotted ninety days from the issuance of their marriage license. "Whatever we can do to strengthen our family is amazing," says Barba. "The more strength you bring to a relationship, the better it is for society."
Reverend Kate Dalton is the associate pastor of First Parish Church (UCC) in Yarmouth. She and teacher Nora O'Farrell were "married" in a church service in California in 2006 and made it official in 2008 during the brief time same-sex marriage was legal in the Golden State.
Now that same-sex marriage is legal in Maine, Dalton and O'Farrell are planning to renew their vows to please their eight-year-old sons. "Our boys are saying to us, without being prompted, 'It's a really big deal. When are you going to do it?' " says Dalton.
Opponents have portrayed same-sex marriage as a radical redefinition of marriage, while proponents have championed it as a simple matter of civil rights. But what same-sex marriage really represents, says Dalton, is the desire of many gay and lesbian couples to embrace very conventional family values. "There is a whole section of the gay community that asks, 'Why are we even fighting for this?' " she says. "But for a family unit, it's the easiest way to get the protections other families get."
Among the protections same-sex couples and their families are seeking are access to health insurance through a spouse's workplace, child custody following a divorce, sick leave to care for a non-biological child, ability to file joint returns and take advantage of tax breaks for married people, and access to Social Security benefits after the death of a spouse. Some of these rights will not accrue to same-sex couples until same-sex marriage becomes federal as well as state law.
Jill Barkley worked with the Maine chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union to help pass Maine's same-sex marriage law. She is now launching Jill Bean Wedding and Event Design and is planning a same-sex wedding expo in Portland in April. Her own wedding plans, however, are up in the air.
"I am planning to get married," Barkley explains, "but my partner is Canadian. I cannot under current law sponsor my partner for a Green Card. I am forced to choose between my country and the person I love."
The U.S. Supreme Court was scheduled to hear arguments on the constitutionality of both the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as a union between one man and one woman, and California's Proposition 8, which overturned that state's same-sex marriage law in late March. Until the court rules, Barkley and all gay and lesbian people have more rights under Maine law than federal law. That's cold comfort for some, like photographer Jo Moser and her partner, who have held three wedding celebrations in California and Maine over the years. "We won't do it again until it becomes federal," Moser says.
Edgar Allen Beem is a freelance writer from Yarmouth who has been contributing to Down East since 1983.


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Overview on al-Jazari and his Mechanical Devices
By Prof. Yavuz Unat *
1. Al-Jazari and his encyclopedia of mechanics
Bedî'ûz-Zamân Abû 'l-'Izz Ismâ'il b. ar-Razzâz Al-Jazarî lived in Anatolia during the 13th century. He was originary from Mesopotamia. That region was called in ancient times Cezîre or Cizre (Jazîra in Arabic). We have no other knowledge about his life, except the scanty notices contained in the introduction of his book. As we may learn from this, he was in the service of the Sultan of Diyarbekir, Al-Salîh Nâsîrüddîn Abû 'l-Fath Mahmûd bin Muhammad bin Kara Arslan bin Dawûd bin Sukmân bin Artuq (ruled between 1200 and 1222), beginning from 1181, and before that he was in the service of his father and brother. [1]
On the demand of Sukmân bin Artuk, al-Jazarî wrote a work with the title Al-Jâmi' Bayna'l-Ilm va'l-'Amali An-nâfi fî Sinâ'ati 'l-Hiyal (The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices). This work, filled with practical information and theoretical insights on a wide range of machines, reached a high peak in mechanical technology. The machines described in the book are classified in six categories; the first three categories being composed of ten chapters, and the last three containing 5 chapters:
Category 1: Clocks [2] (10 chapters)
Category 2: Vessels and figures suitable for drinking sessions (10 chapters)
Category 3: Pitchers, basins and other things for hand washing and phlebotomy (10 chapters)
Category 4: Fountains and perpetual flutes ((10 chapters)
Category 5: Machines for raising water (5 chapters)
Category 6: Miscellaneous (5 chapters) [3].
When the work of al-Jazarî is analyzed, we see that he made various tools by using and developing the principles that have been known from the Greek mechanical tradition. These principles are air vacuum and balance principles.
In the Greek mechanical tradition, studies were made on air, vacuum and balance principles by Ctesibios (3rd century BCE), Philon (2nd century BCE) and Heron (1st century CE). As a result of these studies, machines were developed. Archimedes (287-212 BCE) should be considered among them. Some of these studies were translated into Arabic and their achievements were greatly developed in the treatises of Banû Mûsâ (9th century), al-Khâzînî (fl. about 1120) and al-Jazarî (13th century). Kitâb al-Hiyal (The Book of Mechanical Devices), written by Ahmad ibn Mûsâ, one of the three brothers Banû Mûsâ, is one the first detailed and original work on this topic to have been written in Arabic. In this book, Ahmad described a hundred devices of which the functioning was based on air, vacuum and balance principles. These devices are magical pitchers, fountains, lamps, tools that keep fixed water level, levers and bellows. For the construction of these machines, straight, double and curled siphons, valve control by buoy and air control mechanisms were used [4]. A short treatise ascribed to the philosopher al-Fârâbî (874-950), Risâla lî-Abî Nasr al-Fârâbî fî'l-Khalâ' (Article On Vacuum), hit on the subject of air and vacuum [5]. Al-Khâzînî's book Kitâb Mizân al-Hikma (Book of the balance of wisdom) is highly important in this regard. Al-Khâzînî changed the water gauge to an incredible balance tool and he made scales that he called "al-Mizân al-Jâmî'" (Universal balance) [6]. On the basis of this mechanical heritage, stemming from Greek and Arabic scientific tradition, al-Jazarî carried on the previous achievements in this field to an unprecedented peak. He did not expose in his long treatise the theoretical principles of the theories of air and vacuum he worked with, however his dexterity in making clever and intriguing devices shows how he knew the topic in detail.
2. Samples of machines made by Jazarî and working with air, vacuum and balance principles
2.1. Pitchers
Pitchers, which can pour the liquids filled in a requested way, are in the first place of the machines that were designed by al-Jazarî based on air and vacuum. He gave ways of making of six pitchers in his treatise. Some of these pitchers are:
Big brass pitchers which pours the water automatically for the ritual ablution of the king (Fig. 1) [7]: When the bird sings on, the pitcher is brought near the king, water begins to pour from the beak of the duck. The king can then have his ritual ablution. The empty pitcher is then brought back; it is filled with water and brought again when it is necessary.
Pitcher with Peacock: The tool is the pitcher in the shape of a peacock (Fig. 2). The neck of the peacock rises from the level of the head and its tail is closed. The pitcher is used for ritual ablution. An appointed person pours water from the cover of the peacock tail into the peacock. When the circular nosing on the tail is pulled, sufficient water pours from the peacock bill for having ritual ablution.
2.2. Fountains
It can be said that al-Jazarî developed considerably fountain mechanisms. Until his time, there were few excellent fountains as well made technically as those of Jazarî. There is no information about fountains in Heron and Philon. However, it is said that Vitrivius used some pipes to support water to the fountain. Fountains that have more complicated structure had not been made until Banû Musâ.
Although the fountains of al-Jazarî were similar with those of Banû Mûsâ in principle, they were more excellent on the technical level. Al-Jazarî was aware of his technical superiority and he made explicit criticisms to the models of Banû Mûsâ.
He described six fountains based on balance principle. Furthermore, his book contains four devices that are technically similar with fountains. However, they did not spout water, they were designed to make only a sound. Despite this feature, we can consider them among the typical models of al-Jazarî's fountains.
Among those fountains we mention the one with two Tipping-buckets. It is formed from a tank that supports water and a fountain that is placed in the pool. Fountain spouts water like an arc for fifteen minutes then like a lily of the valley (Fig. 3).
2.3. Automata
The design of automata based on simulating the movements of the Moon, the Sun and living organisms on earth has a long history. Beginning from ancient times, mankind has believed that nature is alive and has thought that it could be aroused by the contribution of magic, charm or supernatural powers. Colored stones, strange figures and idols in caves are the oldest signs of this request. However, before the Greek civilization, the dolls with moving arms found in ancient Egyptian graves can be considered as pre-studies in this field. More complicated ones are seen in early Egypt.
Greeks had made more complicated automats. It is said that Daedalus (4th century BCE) had made a flying bird and a sculpture that protected the labyrinth by moving up and down and also Tarentumlu Archytas (4th century BCE) had made a bird from wood and this bird was made to fly with adequate mechanical principles. During Antiquity, studies on automata were developed in two ways: Tools of fine technology designed to amaze and amuse and utilitarian machines such as water clocks.
Of the first category, that of the devices created for fun and amusement, which were built on the basis of various physical principles of air, vacuum, water, blaze and balance, we find a variety of them in Greek works. The most important contributions were those of Ctesibios, Philon and Heron.
This trend of mechanical devices, centered on fine technology, continued in the Islamic civilisation. Samples of such machines are seen in the Kitâb al-Hiyal by Banû Musâ. Some of them include a horse that gets his head into bucket to drink water, oil lamp that can regulate the wick and oil level, and lamps that were not extinguished when turned forth to the wind.
3. Automata studies developed with water clocks
The oldest time measurement tools were the Sun, the sand and water clocks. Egyptians had benefited from the shadow length of the Sun for measuring the elapsed hours in the daytime. On this basis, they made simple reliable sundials which were also free of expense. However, those sundials require the Sun's rays, consequently they could not be used in cloudy weathers and particularly not during the night. For this reason, the water clocks were called "horologium hibernum" or night clocks.
The common usage to which water clocks were applied is to announce the passing times from daytime or night. Various methods were followed in the technique, such as throwing a ball on a bell, tooting, banging big drum by timpanists, and of the movements of dancing toys. Consequently, automation studies had a great development related with water clocks.
Automata studies reached their highest point with al-Jazarî. In his book, he describes gives various samples of automata. Some of them are:
An arbiter for a drinking session: This is an automat that decides who will drink during a drinking session (Fig. 4). The device was made in the shape of a citadel with five stages. On the ground, a concubine sits while holding a bottle in her hand and there is a glass in front of her. On the upper stage there are four musician concubines. A dancer is on the upper stage and on the top stage there is a door with two leaves. On the citadel there is a dome and on the dome there is a horse and its rider located.
This automat was taken to meetings and put on the floor. After a while, concubines begin to play their musical instruments, the dancer begins to dance, and the rider begins to turn. Afterwards, the concubine begins to fill the glass from the bottle. The rider stops, and a snake presents the glass to the person who was pointed by rider. After the person drinks, he puts the glass in front of the concubine. This ceremony repeats for 20 times with 20 minutes intervals, then the leaves of the door on the top stage opens and a figure comes out from the door. His right hand says that there is no more to drink while his left hand points that there are still two glasses.
Basin with peacock for washing the hands
The device (Fig. 5) is composed from a basin that is placed on a base, four columns rise from the bottom of the basin and a citadel with two doors that carry the peacock on the columns. The neck of the peacock lies as an arc and its bill points to the basin. Its tail is straightened up. Water flows from the bill of the peacock; meanwhile one of the doors opens and a child comes out holding a soap jar in his hand. When the flow of water stops, the other door opens and a child comes out holding a towel in his hand.
4. Water clocks
The machines made by al-Jazarî about this topic are very interesting and very important for the history of technology. The water clocks chapters of his book are written with a high care and in a very sensitive way. Furthermore, he provided a profusion of details concerning their mechanism which he described in detail.
4.1. Elephant Water Clock
This clock is the most famous machine of al-Jazarî. It is in elephant shape and there is a chair on its shoulder, a citadel on the column of corners of chair, a small dome on the citadel and a bird on the dome (Fig. 6). A balcony is set on the citadel in the way of an elephant's head. A man is sitting on the balcony, two falcons on the right and left sides of the man. Between the columns of the balcony lies an arm with two snakes twined on it, a hemisphere on the center of the chair and a platform on which the clerk holds a pencil in his hand. On the platform is situated an arc that is divided to 7 ½ degrees. A handler sits on the elephant neck and holds an axe in his right hand and a staff in his left hand. Two vases are on the two sides of the elephant neck.
When the pencil of the clerk comes to 7 ½ degrees in half an hour, the bird sings, half of one hole becomes white, the man sitting on the balcony lifts his hand up from the falcon bill on his right side and puts his left hand on the falcon bill on this left side. A ball falls from the falcon bill on the right side into the snake mouth on the right side; the snake brings the ball in the vase on to the right shoulder of the elephant, the handler of the elephant thrusts at the elephant head with his axe, he lifts his hand with a staff and he beats on the elephant head. The ball comes out from the elephant chest, a bell hanging on its belly falls and makes sound, and consequently it announces that half an hour passed. Pencil of clerk comes out of the degree sign. After, the same process repeats for the falcon and the snake on the left side. One hole becomes completely white. In this time one hour has passed.
4.2. Water clock with citadel that announces sun hours
This water clock of Jazarî (Fig. 7) is the Sun water clock that was divided into 12 for night time and to 12 for daytime. This clock is an astronomical clock; namely it indicates the location of the Sun on the sky in the daytime, the zodiac locations of the Sun and Moon in the sky and how many hours passed from daytime or from night.
This clock is in the shape of a house with the length of two people. On its bottom part there is a door with nine hand spans length closed with bronze or wood. There are two timpanists, two trumpeters, two bell players in front of the curtain on the ground part of the tool, there are two altars on the two sides of the curtain and one each falcons with open wings in the altars, two vases in front of the falcons and one each bell hanging in the vases, between two altars there are 12 glass disks arranged in a semicircle form that has convexity upward, a frieze on the altars and a crescent made from gold moving through the frieze, on the frieze 12 doors with the same colors and with one each leaf. On them 12 doors with two leaves are parallel with subjacent doors, on the doors a window where can be seen six of the 12 constellations, under it a circle that carries the Sun and under it one more circle that carries the Moon.
In the beginning of the day, a gold crescent begins to move regularly on the frieze. When it passes the first door and comes between the first and second door, leafs of the first door on the upper side open and a figure is seen, at the same time a subjacent door turns and its color changes. Two falcons come forward and get close to vases and they fall one ball each on the bells from their bills. They make a sound that can be heard from a long distance. In the 6th, 9th and 12th hours, additionally timpanists play their drums, trumpeters play their trumpets and bell players play the bells at the same time.
The Sun stands in the level of the constellation, on which it exists in the beginning of the day, to rise from the horizon. The constellation rising with the Sun slowly arises and the constellation against it sets.
As for the night; the Moon is seen in the same shape as its appearance in the sky at the level of constellation it locates, if it is a crescent it is seen as a crescent, if it is half a moon it is seen as a half moon and if it is a full moon it is seen as a full moon. From the beginning of the night, in an hour period, a light is seen that gets bigger until the first glass disk becomes completely luminous. When the sixth and ninth glass disks become completely luminous, musicians perform their works as in the daytime. When the twelfth glass disk becomes luminous, which is the end hour of the night, the same processes are repeated.
4.3. Water clock of the boat
This clock is a beautiful pot in the shape of a boat which is made of brass (Fig. 8). In the center of this boat, there stands a citadel in a square shape on brass columns and there is a small dome on the citadel. There is a door on the surface of the citadel which looks at a bow of the boat. From this door, the head and chest of the falcon are seen. There are two opposite beams between the columns. An arm passes from the center of beam. A snake tail twines to this arm. Snake head lies towards the falcon. In the center of the boat, there is a part which looks like a dome and on this part there is a chair where a clerk sits holding a pencil in his hand. On the chair, around the clerk 15 signs are made. The pencil moves on these signs and when it comes at the end of the signs, an equal time of day has passed. The falcon drops a bronze ball into the snake's mouth. The snake goes down and puts the ball on a big bell in the bow of a boat and returns its place. The pencil of the clerk returns the first sign again.
5. Clocks with candles
The other group which is interesting for automation studies and had not been examined until Jazarî concerns the clocks with candles. Four models of this kind are described in Al-Jâmi' fi sinâ'ât al-hiyal. One of them is given as an example below.
The device is a candlestick which has a glass cover on it (Fig. 9). On the bottom of the cover, there is a perch and on it there is falcon of which back and back head are adjacent to the cover. There presents a clerk holding a pencil in his hand on the right side of the falcon and on the chair the basis of the candlestick. At the beginning the pencil of the clerk is outside of the semicircle which is divided into fifteen pieces. The candle is lighted. Pencil point of clerk moves until it comes across the first sign. When the pencil reaches the end of fifteen degrees, a ball falls from the falcon bill to the basis of the candlestick. In this case it is known that one hour of night has passed.
6. Blood Letting Containers
Among the automat studies of al-Jazarî, there are blood letting containers which measure the blood quantity taken from a patient. No record is available before that time about blood letting containers. Al-Jazârî made four blood letting containers by using the balance principle. We give one of them as an example.
The tool is in the shape of a basin that is placed on a basis (Fig. 10). There stands a monk on the platform in the center of container. The monk holds a rod in his hand and one point of rod lies towards the edge of the container which is marked from 1 to 120. The tool is placed infront of the person whose blood will be taken. Blood is taken into the container. When 1 drachm blood is accumulated in the container, rod in monk's hand reaches to first sign. When the blood quantity increases, monk turns with his rod to show blood quantity.
7. Pumps for raising water
These pumps are used for taking water upward from lakes or wells. Al-Jazarî describes five of them. Below is one of them as an example.
As seen in Fig. 11, the pump is in the shape of a building that is placed in a well or lake. When the animal above turns, turbines move and with this movement the spoon enters into the water and takes water upward.
8. Palace Gate
Another important device created by al-Jazarî is the gate of Artuqid Palace (Fig. 12). This gate was 18 handspans length, namely four meters length and 6 handspans, namely 1.5 meters width and two leaves, and it was made of cast glass. The central part of the gate is in the shape of a frame that is composed from hexagon and octagon star motifs. This frame is surrounded by küfî writing that is embossed with twining foliage: "Domain Belongs to God Who is One and Certain". This writing is surrounded by a framing which is embossed with polished one yellow and one red leaf. On the up side of the leaf of the gate, there is one glass sheet and on it there is an everlasting rainproof from cast glass which is a production of marvelous effort. The whole framework of the gate is surrounded with embossed glass cord. The closing part is in the shape of a smart column.
Al-Jazarî explains how he filled the first frame. Four blocks is cut from wood in the shape of a hexagon star, octagon star, almond and saddle; iron nails are made which are four inch length, do not have flat heads and have increments in the shape of palm seeds on upper part.
Al-Jazarî says that he did not give the depiction of each part's detail of gate, and he left the remaining parts to the manual skill of the artist; while he did not mention that this glass gate was mounted on a solid gate, it is easy to conclude by his prepared nails behind the gate during casting procedures, this was nailed on a solid gate.
Al-Jazarî used a very modern method while casting the closing system. He made a block from candle that has a flat base, emptied the inner side and pipe shape and on the upper side he made some kinds of bubbles to put nails into. Than he covered inside and outside of this block with clay and the candle remained lighted. He adds that the masters of this work know how to do this application. The place of melted candle is filled with glass solution.
In modern casting method, for no movement of block and for homogeneous metal solution, namely for no air bubble, upper side of block is closed with sand and metal solution is poured from a channel into block, the other end is held open for gases to come out. In the casting of the mentioned closing system, it is seen that Jazarî used this method and casting industry had highly developed in this period. Regarding this issue, Lynn White says that: "Particularly the important point is, casting depictions of metals in closed casting tools with green sand were firstly given, that were not used until 15th century in the West".
Contents of al-Jazari's book
The book contains six categories:
Category I – Clocks
Category II – Vessels and figures suitable for drinking sessions
Category III – Pitchers, basins and other things (for handwashing and phlebotomy)
Category IV – Fountains and perpetual flutes
Category V – Machines for raising water
Category VI – Miscellaneous
End Notes
[1] C. Brockelmann, Geschichte der Arabischen Litteratur, Leiden: Brill, 1943-49, Suppl. I, pp. 902-903; George Sarton, Introduction to the History of Science, Baltimore, 1927, vol II, pp. 632-633.
[2] See the table of contents of the book below.
[3] Donald R. Hill, The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices (Kitâb fî Ma'rifat al-Hiyal al-Handasiyya) by Ibn al-Razzâz al-Jazzazî, Dordrecht and Boston, 1974; Al-Jazârî, The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Device, Facsimile, Ankara 1990; Al-Jazârî, Al-Câmi Bayna'l-Ilm va'l-Amal an-Nâfi Fî Sinaâti'l-Hiyal, Edited and translated by Sevim Tekeli, Melek Dosay ve Yavuz Unat (in Turkish), TTK, Ankara 2002.
[4] See Donald Hill, The Book of Ingenious Devices (Kitâb al-Hiyâl) by the Banû (Sons of) Mûsâ bin Shâkir, London, 1979; Atilla Bir, The Book of ?Kitâb al-Hiyal' of the Banû bin Shâkir, Istanbul, 1990.
[5] See Lugal, Necati & Sayili, Aydin, Fârâbî's Article on Vacuum, Ankara, 1951.
[6] See Carl Brockelmann, Geschihte der Arabischen Litteratur, op. cit., vol I, p. 494; Suppl., I., p. 902; E. Wiedemann, "Hazini", IA, Cilt 5, Istanbul, 1950, p. 414.
[7] Figures in this article are taken from the oldest extant copy (preserved in Topkapi Sarayi Libray, Ahmet III collection, MS 3472) was completed by Muhammad ibn Yusuf ibn 'Uthman al-Haskafi at the end of Sha'ban 602 H/ 10 April 1206. This manuscript is published online at: http://www.ebuliz.com.
* Associate Professor in Ankara University, Turkey, Faculty of Letters, History of Science Department.
by: FSTC Limited, Mon 25 February, 2008
The following short survey presents a rapid overview on the life, work and achievements of Al-Jazari, the most famous mechanical engineer of his time, some 1000 years ago. Al-Jazari brought Islamic technology to a culminant point. The author provides also web links and data related to the work achieved by himself and FSTC on Islamic technology, in general, and on Al-Jazari's ground breaking work, in particular. The Machines of Al-Jazari and Taqi Al-Din by: FSTC Limited
Prof. Salim T S Al-Hassani
In this pioneering survey of some of the machines of Al-Jazari and Taqi Al-Din, Professor Salim Al-Hassani uses in-depth analysis with the tools of modern technology to make them live again. Relying on the original manuscripts and applying modern engineering technology and graphic modelling with computers, we can see these machines designed and described many centuries ago come to life. Automation and Robotics in Muslim Heritage: The Cultural Roots of al-Jazari's Mechanical Systems by: FSTC LimitedThis short paper introduces a longer essay by Prof. Gunalan Nadarajan, Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies in the College of Arts and Architecture at Penn State University. The essay draws on the work of al-Jazari, the famous 13th century Islamic scholar, engineer and scientist. 800 Years Later: In Memory of Al-Jazari, A Genius Mechanical Engineer by: Professor Salim T S Al-HassaniAl-Jazari (1136-1206) was an important Arab Muslim scholar. He was an inventor and mechanical engineer who gained fame and glory with his famous book of mechanics Al-Jami `bayn al-`ilm wa 'l-`amal al-nafi `fi sina `at al-hiyal (A Compendium on the Theory and Useful Practice of the Mechanical Arts), the most significant treatise of the Islamic tradition of mechanical engineering and a ground breaking work in the history of technology. Some 800 years after his death, modern history of science is appealed to give him credit and celebrate his work. Al-Jazari: 800 Years After by: FSTC LimitedSome 800 years in the past, in 1206, a brilliant Muslim scholar died : Badi? al-Zaman Abu al-'Izz ibn Isma?il ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari. He was one of the most important inventors and mechanical engineers in the history of technology. His magnum opus book of mechanics, the famous Al-Jami? bayn al-?ilm wa 'l-?amal al-nafi? fi sina?at al-hiyal (A Compendium on the Theory and Useful Practice of the Mechanical Arts) was the most significant treatise of the Islamic tradition of mechanical engineering and a ground breaking work in the history of mechanics. An 800 Years Old Ancestor: Today's Science of Robotics and al-Jazari by: FSTC LimitedIntroducing al-Jazari's ancestry to modern cybernetics and robotics science, Prof. Toygar Akman narrates in this testimony article his own discovery of the work of the great 13th century Muslim scholar. He shows further how al-Jazari's mechanical achievements laid the ground to a proto science of robotics avant la lettre.