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Associate Professor of English Pauls Toutonghi is one of just eight up-and-coming authors asked by Salon.com to imagine Moammar Gadhafi's final days.
"A fall so sudden and dramatic is perhaps best told in fiction," the online magazine noted in its introduction. "So we asked eight top novelists to imagine this moment from Gadhafi's perspective. What is the 'King of Kings' thinking as he fights for his life?"
Toutonghi's contribution, "Solace," envisions the dictator on the run in Mizrahi, comforting himself with chess—and casual cruelty.


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On Super Bowl Sunday, Colin Kaepernick and Joe Flacco will become the 55th and 56th quarterbacks to start at the ultimate position in sports on the ultimate stage in all of American sports.
History will tell on Sunday, and in years to come, the place Kaepernick and Flacco will have in history. Super Bowl 47 may prove to be the lone shot at glory or the springboard to a legendary career that ultimately winds up in Canton.
But how do the previous 54 rank? Well, here is my list. As a starting point in compiling the rankings, I award one point for a Super Bowl start and three points per Super Bowl win – although I do make exceptions in the course of determining this rank.
54. Tony Eason (0-1)
I ranked the Bears first in my recent rankings of all 46 Super Bowl winners, so it would seem unfair to put the opposing starting quarterback in the massacre dead last.
But let's just say Super Bowl 20 was not Eason's day.
Few remember that the Bears actually fumbled on the very first play from scrimmage, giving New England a golden opportunity to jump out to a 7-0 lead on a short field.
Eason's first pass was out to the flat to tight end Lin Dawson (now the AD at Grambling State University), who blew out his knee before he could make a play. Five more incompletions,a fumble, and three sacks later, Eason was replaced by veteran Steve Grogan, who was respectable (17-30, 177 yards) under the circumstances.
And if Eason had gotten the Pats in the end zone on that first drive?? They probably would have lost 46-14.
53. Craig Morton (0-2)
Has a unique place in history as one of two QBs to start Super Bowls for two different teams – the Cowboys in Super Bowl V and then with the Broncos against the Cowboys seven years later.
Both were forgettable. Morton was 12-26 for 127 yards and three INTs in Dallas' loss to the Colts in Miami. Super Bowl XII wound up being even worse, as Morton would suffer as much of a beating as Tony Eason did eight years later and finished 4-15 for 39 yards and four INT's before yielding to backup Norris Weese, who did not fare much better.
It would be left for a later QB to make No. 7 legendary in Denver.
52. Kerry Collins (0-1)
Have a good friend of mine who is a huge Kerry Collins fan, so I'm sure he'll be thrilled to see him near the bottom of this list! Collins had equally as impossible assignment as Tony Eason did against the Bears.
Going against Ray Lewis and the Ravens in SB 35, Collins went 15-39 for 112 yards and four INTs.
51. Rich Gannon (0-1)
One one-time Raiders QB deserves another. Gannon had a fantastic career that spanned 18 seasons, and his best years were towards the end with the Raiders, leading the league in passing yards in Oakland's Super Bowl year of 2002.
Against the Tampa Bay Bucs Gannon had his hands full however, throwing five interceptions, including three pick-six's.
50. David Woodley (0-1)
It started fabulous for Woodley in Super Bowl 17, with a 76-yard TD pass to Jimmy Cefalo to start SB 17. The rest of the day was a far cry from that, 4-13 for only 21 yards after that.
Woodley is one of three former starting Super Bowl QBs now deceased (Steve McNair, Johnny Unitas), which is actually an amazingly low number considering some of the early QBs are starting to get way up in years. Less than ten years after his Super Bowl appearance Woodley underwent a liver transplant and would eventually pass away at age 44.
49. Billy Kilmer (0-1)
Hitting on another Miami v. Washington Super Bowl played in the Los Angeles area, the veteran Kilmer could only muster 104 passing yards and three INTs as the Redskins did not score on offense against the undefeated Dolphins in Super Bowl 7.
48. Chris Chandler (0-1)
Chris Chandler was the ultimate journeyman, playing for seven team (Colts/Bucs/Cards/Oilers/Falcons/Bears/two stints with Rams). By far his best years were in 1997-98 with the A-T-L and averaged 9.65 yards per completion in the '98 season that culminated with the Falcons lone Super Bowl appearance, losing to the Broncos.
47. Boomer Esiason (0-1)
Did not do much against the 49ers in Super Bowl 23, passing for 144 yards and a 46.1 passer rating. The Bengals lone TD came on Stanford Jennings third-quarter kickoff return, which kept the Bengals in the game until the end.
One of the biggest what-ifs in Super Bowl history remains what if Stanley Wilson had not gone on a cocaine binge the night before.
46. Joe Kapp (0-1)
To this day, he still has one of the more unique career paths in football history, starting the 1959 Rose Bowl and the 1963 CFL Grey Cup before leading the Vikings to their Super Bowl IV appearance and later returning to the University of California as head coach.
Despite all of that Kapp may go down being best remembered for his brawl with Angleo Mosca at a luncheon leading up to the 2011 Grey Cup, over a play that occurred in the 1963 game.
That tussle earned Kapp and Mosca a number one ranking on a TruTV episode of 'World's Dumbest.'
45. Ron Jaworski (0-1)
Over three decades removed from Super Bowl XV, don't you think Jaws is STILL having nightmares about Rob Martin??
44. Neil O'Donnell (0-1)
Meanwhile it's 'Larry Brown' from SB XXX that O'Donnell keeps muttering in his sleep. Interesting stat on McDonnell, he was never intercepted more than nine times in a season in his career.
43. Stan Humphries (0-1)
Most astonishing Super Bowl fact ever: the Niners were 20-point favorites against the Chargers in SB 29 and wound up covering. Humphries racked up some yards in a worthless cause but was picked three times.
42. Rex Grossman (0-1)
Amazing that I went through a dozen QBs before getting to Rex. He wasn't that bad against the Colts, going 20-28 – but it was a fourth quarter pick-six at the hands of Kelvin Hayden that doomed Chicago's chances.
41. Matt Hasselback (0-1)
Held up his own (26-49, 273) against the Steelers in Super Bowl XL, but his team only scored 10 points.
40. Drew Bledsoe (0-1)
The No. 1 overall pick of the 1993 Draft had a solid career, but he was picked off four times by the Packers in his lone Super Bowl appearance.
39. Daryle Lamonica (0-1)
The original 'Mad Bomber' and one of the faces of the old AFL, Daryle started for the Raiders against Green Bay in Super Bowl II. His career completion percentage was less than 50 percent.
38. Earl Morrall (1-1)
Yes, he does have a win on his ledger, as the only QB to lead his team to victory in a relief role as the Colts won Super Bowl V, which somewhat made up for his awful performance v. the Jets (6-17, 71 yards, 3 picks) two years earlier.
37. Johnny Unitas (0-0)
In the later days of his career, Unitas neither made much impact in a relief role v. the Jets or starting against the Cowboys. Out of sheer respect Johnny U can't be ranked too low.
36. Vince Ferragamo (0-1)
Heading into Super Bowl 47, only two QBs started the big game with less seat time as a starting quarterback than Colin Kaepernick – one of them was Ferragamo who had a decent game as the 9-7 (regular season) Rams through a scare into the mighty Steelers in SB 14.
35. Ken Anderson (0-1)
The pride of perennial Division III power Augustana, Ken Anderson became one of the more prolific QBs of the 1970s after coming to the Bengals on the advice of a quarterback coach named Bill Walsh. In 1981 Anderson led the Bengals to the AFC Championship and threw for 300 yards in a losing cause against Bill Walsh's 49ers in SB 16.
34. Donovan McNabb (0-1)
McNabb will probably be in Canton one day, but the waning moments of Super Bowl 39 seemed like Donovan's career in a nutshell. Was he sick or just shaken up?? Did he throw up?? McNabb did throw for 357 yards and three touchdowns in the loss, but was also picked off three times.
33. Dan Marino (0-1)
Came up short against Joe Montana in Palo Alto in SB 19, but after the most prolific touchdown season in league history at the time, it was figured that Marino would get more chances in the big game.
A perfect example on how the Super Bowl and the NFL cannot be taken for granted.
32. Steve McNair (0-1)
It was in a loss, but McNair's courageous performance in Super Bowl 34 remains vividly remembered, even if it ended one yard short. McNair was definitely a warrior who left it all on the field.
31. Fran Tarkenton (0-3)
He had a sense of humor about it, even hosting Saturday Night Live after absorbing his third Super Bowl loss and spoofing himself on a faux 'That Was a Great Moment in My Career' (spoofing United Way spots the league aired in that era) during Weekend Update.
Needless to say, facing the '73 Dolphins/'74 Steelers/'76 Raiders was a very tall order. Fran does have the distinction of throwing a completed pass to himself, although he was penalized on the play for throwing the ball a second time after it was batted back to him.
30. Jake Delhomme (0-1)
Jake gets the award for best performance ever by a losing QB in a Super Bowl, throwing for 323 yards/3 TD (0 INT's) in the Panthers 32-29 loss to New England.
29. Jim Kelly (0-4)
Don't knock Kelly too much, it's a lot better to be 0-4 than 0-0 and not even be on this silly list. But Kelly only threw two TDs in those four games v. seven interceptions. Kelly did not complete one of his appearances, as he was knocked out of Super Bowl 27.
Continue reading to see how the winners rank.


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Retail Rents Rise In The World's Most Expensive Shopping Destinations
'Despite a backdrop of a slower global economy and continued uncertainty - notably surrounding the euro zone – global prime retail markets have proved generally resilient over the year to June, with rental growth driven in particular by a strong performance in Asia and the Americas.' according to Cushman & Wakefield's latest Main Streets Across the World report launched today.
Of the 326 prime locations in 62 countries surveyed for the report, a total of 147 saw rents increasing with just 49 (15%) experiencing rental declines, compared with (19%) in 2011.
Hong Kong's Causeway Bay driven by a surge in demand and leasing activity experienced a 34.9% hike in rental values to US$2,630 sq ft overtaking Fifth Avenue in New York at US$2,500 sq ft, as the most expensive retail destination in the world - the first time Fifth Avenue has not been top in 11 years.
The biggest climber in the top ten was Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris at US$1,129 sq.ft, which jumped two places into third spot, leaving Ginza Tokyo in fourth place US$ 1,057 sq ft.
Luxury retailing continues to fuel trading and rental growth across prime pitches of the global market. Luxury retailers are competing for the most coveted shopping destinations, exerting upward pressure on prime rental values. Despite recent slower sales growth, the luxury sector will remain resilient and continue to play a vital and prominent role in driving overall performance in the world's premier locations.
Martin Mahmuti - Analyst, European Research Group: 'Looking ahead, the main drivers behind global growth are not expected to shift significantly - with growing structural demand in tier 1 locations, market globalisation and luxury expansion in key developments. Asia Pacific and South America will remain the main focus of many international retailers as they take advantage of new modern supply and gradually maturing retail markets, but with new policies aimed at supporting retail, in India and China among others, potentially altering growth dynamics.'
John Strachan - Head of Global Retail Services, 'There has been the usual jostling for the top positions between Hong Kong and New York but of course the real message here is the unfaltering advance of the top global cities, fuelled by a shortage of supply and the interest of international brands.'
The Americas showed the strongest rental growth of all regions. Prime rental rises in North American locations were driven by the strong performance of the US (16.3%) and Mexico (11.5%), while Canadian values recording a marginal uplift.
Conditions in the US retail market improved over the year as sales and leasing activity picked up - albeit mainly in the prime segment. However, further falls in vacancy rates and limited new supply on the market could see the overall rental rate increase over the next 12 months for the first time since 2008.
Buoyed by rises in emerging markets, rental growth in South America improved (11.6%) on 2010/2011 figure and surpassed all other regions. Brazil was yet again the engine of growth not only in economic activity but also in prime retail rents. Indeed, the city of Rio de Janeiro witnessed exceptionally strong uplifts, with rents surging by 64.7% in the highly sought after area of Garcia D'avila (Ipanema).
The Americas ranking of the top 10 most expensive locations was again dominated by destinations in the United States, with Fifth Avenue leading the way as the priciest street. However, there were a number of movements; most notably, Times Square - a new addition to this year's survey - was firmly in second place as it recorded rental growth of 55.6%, with Madison Avenue and East 57th Street sharing third spot.
Matt Winn, Senior Managing Director, Head of Retail Services, Americas 'The last year saw continued strong rental growth across the Americas led by the recovering economy and strong demographic trends in the US and Latin America. Given current demand for urban units from a broad range of retailers we expect this trend to continue in prime areas as well as secondary locations throughout the region. Supply constraints in key markets may in fact limit growth going forward as demand remains higher than available supply in many major markets.'
Despite a slight deceleration in regional growth rate in Asia Pacific to 8.6% compared with 12.2% in 2011, occupier demand in the region remained robust, with retailers eager to tap into a generally younger but increasingly affluent middle-class. Asia Pacific also contained five of the 10 most expensive global locations and operators continued to compete for the limited prime space in the coveted destinations of Hong Kong and South Korea.
The highlight of this year's survey was Hong Kong with advance 21.8% as a result of extremely active demand from a diverse group of new international retailers, expansion plans from existing brands and very limited availability. Indeed, notwithstanding slowing economic activity, retailers continued to see the market as the ideal launching platform into mainland China.
Prime rents in India rose by 12.5% on the back of strong occupier demand across all sub-sectors, however, some retailers were increasingly favouring high street properties at the expense of shopping centres, evidenced by the 75.0% increase in rents in Colaba Causeway in Mumbai - the highest increase globally.
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong was the most expensive retail location in Asia Pacific, widening the rental difference on second placed Central, Hong Kong further.
Michele Woo, Senior Director, Retail Transaction Services, Cushman & Wakefield, Hong Kong, 'The highlight of Asia this year was Hong Kong where we saw prime rents surge by 21.8% as a result of a strong demand from diverse group of new international retailers and the scarcity of available space. However, the recent announcement of a new duty on foreign home buyers has led to a further shift to retail property investment in HK. In addition, there is a slowing in leasing activity in the past month as retailers adopt a wait and see approach towards year-end. Notwithstanding this, Hong Kong will remain the ideal launching platform into China for international retailers although we are unlikely to see these very high levels of rental growth sustained. Overall we expect retail activity Asia Pacific will remain healthy as international retailers struggling to generate profitable trading in their own markets, look for expansion opportunities in the region.'
The retail sectors performance across the region remained deeply polarized over the past year, with premier locations in most large cities attracting good demand from international luxury brands. At the same time, even in stronger cities, secondary pitches are still struggling on the back of rising availability and weak consumer sentiment.
EMEA prime values were up by 1.7% in the year to June, boosted by the continued demand from international fashion brands and the luxury sector. Prime rents in 25 of the 31 European markets surveyed saw rents remain stable or increase, whilst they fell noticeably in countries affected by austerity measures e.g. Greece (17.1%), Ireland (15.1%) Hungary (13.3%), or by increasing supply e.g. Bulgaria (7.7%).
The prime segment of core European markets witnessed dynamic activity, underlined by a rental uplift of 14.6% in France achieved through impressive double-digit rises, primarily in luxury driven locations. Other core markets saw positive growth although at a gradually more moderate trend; United Kingdom (6.3%), Italy (5.4%) Germany (4.7%), the Netherlands (4.5%) and Spain (2.0%)
Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris was again the most expensive retail location in the EMEA region, recording rental growth of 30.0% over the year and widening the rental difference on second placed New Bond Street, London.
Pierre Raynal, Head of Retail Agency France, said 'Over the past few months, strong international retailer demand continued to boost the main thoroughfares of Paris. The Champs-Elysées in particular, which in 2011 saw the grand openings of Marks & Spencer, Abercrombie & Fitch and Banana Republic has remained in the spotlight in 2012 with the opening of Levi Strauss, Kusmi Tea and the refurbishment of Hugo Boss flagship stores. With tourist numbers expected to grow further in the next few years Paris, one of Europe's key gateway cities, will continue to benefit from strong retailer demand. Luxury players will remain a fundamental driver of the city's property market and Champs-Elysées will remain at the heart of this, with the opening soon of a new Tiffany's flagship store for example. Despite a recent slowdown, the resilient performance of much of the luxury sector and the record number of tourists from emerging countries suggests that this trend will continue in 2013, with prime rents expected to remain under upward pressure due to scarcity of supply.'


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As a child, each new visit to grandma's would start with an exploration of the house. You know how snoopy kids are. I'm sure there were new discoveries to be made whether it was something new, or something I hadn't noticed yet.
This brush and mirror set was always in it's place sitting on the dresser. I remember thinking that they looked like something that a movie star would use in an old black and white movie. So you know I had to play the part. With mirror and brush in hand I would sit on grandma's bed. There was no fancy chair to sit on like the movie star had. I would look into the mirror and brush my hair.
I didn't feel like a movie star. Probably because my hair was so short - grr! It did feel awkward however. The handle was so long. I decided that it was not meant to really brush your hair, but to sit there and look pretty.
This is but one of many family treasures that teleport me back in time as if I was actually there.
Leslie Ann


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Game: Twinks 1, Mariners 6
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The Quote: "I'm a little concerned. A little more than normal. I never go in the training room. I've never pulled a muscle, or anything." - Mike Redmond
The bright side about Mike Redmond's injury is that my piece on Drew Butera may suddenly be relevant again.
Ken Griffey hit his 8th opening day home run and his 25th career home run at the Metrodome when he redirected a Francisco Liriano offering over the baggy. If there is one person that will miss the Metrodome it will be Griff. His 25 at the facility is Griffey's most at a stadium that wasn't his home field and his 41 total against the Twins is his most against any opponent.
Joe Mauer's absence in the third spot exposes a large hole in the Twins offensive strategy that led to a potent run-scoring lineup in 2008. In the top of the first, Denard Span walked and Alexi Casilla laced a single, putting runners on first and second with no outs. Under these circumstances over the course of his career, Mauer has had 144 plate appearances and is 47-for-130 (.362 BA) with a 7.6% strikeout rate and grounding into 12 doubleplays. Without the availability of Mauer, Ron Gardenhire opted to use Michael Cuddyer in the third spot. There is plenty to like about the decision to use Cuddyer third but advancing runners is not his strong suit. Cuddyer has had 211 plate appearances in those same conditions and is 52-for-191 (.278 BA) with a 20% strikeout rate and has been doubled up 20 times. In this occasion, Cuddyer failed to advance Span and Casilla as he struck out (one of three on Monday). Being able to advance Span and Casilla up one base would allow for Justin Morneau to bring in Span via sacrifice fly or both on a base hit and losing that ability will decrease the Twins scoring opportunities.
Joe Christensen says that Denard Span looks like a natural out in left field. Considering that the Twins' left field candidates last year combined for a UZR (ultimate zone rating) of -25.2 and left is the most expansive corner outfield at the Metrodome, having Span patrolling the landscape in front of the Home Run Porch will be a welcomed addition.
Check out Geoff Baker's Seattle Time Mariners' blog throughout the series with the Twins. Baker does a great job of providing updates and images throughout the series.
You sit around, trying to enjoy your beer on the plaza with a conveniently placed Twins World Champions banner behind you, eagerly awaiting the start of the 2009 season and - BAM! - someone snaps your picture and before you know it, it's posted on Yahoo!...
If you are around your computer tonight, tune into Seth Stohs' podcast at 9 pm. I'll be joining Seth who will be talking to Twins minor league pitcher Tom Stuifbergen (of Netherlands WBC fame).


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Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits the United Nations General Assembly every year in what has become a predictable routine: a round of volatile remarks about the United States and Israel, attempts by U.N. leaders to keep the peace, and crowds of protesters following him.
This time is no different.
But Ahmadinejad arrived in New York this week under a particularly fraught set of circumstances, not only for his country, but for the rest of the Middle East and for President Barack Obama.
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Ahmadinejad's term expires next year, so this is likely his last visit as a head of state. Iran is reeling from economic sanctions linked to its continued development of a nuclear program. Israel, America's strongest ally in the region, is threatening to launch a military strike. And Obama, caught in the middle during a re-election campaign, has suddenly been forced to defend his handling of Iran, as well as the worsening civil war in Syria (in which Iran is suspected to have a hand) and the spread of anti-American protests across the Arab world.
"We are much closer to potential action and tipping points than any other time when Ahmadinejad has come to New York with his act," said Edward Turzanski, a political and national security analyst at La Salle University. "This time, people may be a bit more fixed on what he actually says."
While few doubt Ahmadinejad's ability to draw attention, there are growing questions about his relevancy.
"He's not responsible for the nuclear program or foreign policy despite all his controversial statements," said Mehdi Khalaji, a trained theologian and former journalist in Iran who is now a senior fellow with the Washington Institute. "It's Khamenei."
That's Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, who wields "absolute power" and sends Ahmadinejad "around the world to make inflammatory statements about Israel," Khalaji said.
Which, in Khalaji's mind, makes Ahmadinejad's New York visit largely a charade.
"No one in Tehran takes this seriously," Khalaji said. "They are mocking him. Iranian journalists, the people in Tehran, despite the censorship, they are mocking him. They question the use of his travel and why he imposes such a financial cost on the country for this trip. So, even inside the country nobody cares about this. Because everyone knows he likes to be the center of attention, he likes to be in the spotlight, but in terms of policy he really doesn't matter."
But Ahmadinejad is still Iran's chief international public representative, and has access to the General Assembly podium, where, in past remarks, he has denied the Holocaust and doubted whether the 9/11 hijackers were to blame for the 2001 terror attacks. He is scheduled to return to the assembly on Wednesday.
Obama will have already delivered his own speech and left town by then. Despite the growing attention on foreign affairs in the presidential race, Obama chose not to meet with world leaders at the U.N. so he could return to the campaign trail (a decision underlined by his appearance on "The View.")
Politically, the move seems to make sense: although the circumstances of Ahmadinejad's visit magnified the president's Middle East problems, such concerns are secondary in a race focused largely on the economy, said Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion. In essence, Obama is signaling that he's willing to put off action on foreign policy until after he gets re-elected.
Addressing the General Assembly on Tuesday - in which he pledged to prevent Iran from development nuclear weapons - allowed Obama to show himself as presidential "without getting caught up in the (foreign policy) details, where things may not work out as well," Miringoff said.
Obama's opponent, Mitt Romney, has accused the president of mishandling the Arab Spring uprisings of the past year and of appeasing Iran and other hostile regimes. He also criticized Obama's failure to schedule a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the U.N.
"This is a time for a president who will shape events in the Middle East, not just be merciful or be at the mercy of the events," Romney said.
Obama says he won't be intimidated by Romney, Netanyahu or Ahmadinejad.
"When it comes to out national security decisions, any pressure that I feel is simply to do what's right for the American people. And I am going to block out any noise that's out there," Obama told CBS' "60 Minutes."
Meanwhile, Ahmadinejad has remained true to form since arriving in New York. Disregarding warnings to tone down his rhetoric, he told reporters he didn't take Israel's war threat seriously because it had no roots in the Middle East and would be "eliminated." He accused the United States of allowing itself to be pushed around by "a few Zionists," according to NBC News. And he criticized the U.S. for failing to take a stronger line against the anti-Islam video, the Associated Press reported.
All that was a warmup to his General Assembly speech on Wednesday.
"You can always count on him to say something uniquely aggravating and bizarre, and he won't disappoint," Turzanski predicted.
And the world will, again, be listening.


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Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church
The Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church is one of the three major Orthodox Churches in Ukraine. The others include the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyiv Patriarchate. The UAOC has its origins in the Sobor of 1921 in Kyiv, shortly after Ukraine's new found independence. With the new nation being created, many ethnic Ukrainians living in Ukraine felt the need for an indigenous Autocephalous Orthodox Church. There have been three different "resurrections" of the UAOC in Ukraine, each following a period of political persecution.
In wake of the break up of the Russian Empire some national groups sought autonomy or autocephaly from Moscow. In 1921 an All-Ukraine Sobor (Synod) was called in Kiev, the Capital of the newly minted country of Ukraine, and the delegation created the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC). Because of the actions of the Sobor, the Sobor delegates had ordained Metropolitan Vasyl (Lypkivsky) as head of the Church. The UAOC was at that point independent of all other churches, and it claimed to haveobtained its autocephalous status a few years later in 1924 when Gregory VII, Patriarch of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch, issued a tomos re-establishing the Kievan Metropolia. The responsibility of establishing a new Synod of Bishops was given to the Metropolitan-Archbishop of Warsaw, Dionisij Waledynskyj.
However, the Ukrainian nation did not last for very long, and eventually the USSR came into being. The Soviet's were openly atheist and Russification was being introduced throughout the USSR. The Soviet government persecuted the UAOC (for being Orthodox, and for being Ukrainian); and the Russian Orthodox Church also prevented the UAOC from establishing their ecclesiastical order for some time. Eventually, the UAOC was erased.
During World War II, the Orthodox and Ukrainians were not being persecuted due to the war (Ukraine was a battleground between the German and Soviet Armys). On October 8, 1942 Archbishop Nikanor and Bishop Mstyslav of the UAOC and Metropolitan Oleksiy (Hromadsky) of the Ukrainian Autonomous Orthodox Church entered into an Act of Union at the Pochayiv (Pochaev) Lavra uniting these two church hierarchies. German occupation authorities and pro-Russian hierarchs of the Autonomous Church convinced Metropolitan Oleksiy to withdraw his signature. Metropolitan Oleksiy was executed in Volynia on May 7, 1943 by UPA (Ukrainian Insurgent Army) insurgents.
The Russian Orthodox Church regained its general monopoly after World War II in the Ukrainian SSR. Most of the other churches were liquidated, as the Soviet government only recognized the Moscow Patriarchate (MP). The MP was revived at the time of the Russian Revolution, as the only legitimate church in most of the Soviet Union. Many accused it of being a puppet of the Communist Party. After the suspicious death of Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow some churches sought to remain independent of Moscow; something that was tolerated until after World War II. In the post-war years, many Ukrainian Orthodox clergy not affiliated with Moscow fled to Germany or the United States. The UAOC in Ukraine was then liquidated by the Soviets with the assistance of the Moscow Patriarchate. Any UAOC hierarchs or clergy who remained in Ukraine and refused to join the Russian Church were executed or sent to concentration camps. A few years later the same thing happened to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Western Ukraine (Galicia) and Transcarpathia.
Re-gaining the state recognition in the late 1980s, the Church was initially governed from abroad by Patriarch Mstyslav (Skrypnyk) of Kiev. Subsequent to his death, he was succeeded by Patriarchs Volodymyr (Romanyuk) and Dymytry (Yarema). Patriarch Volodymyr would, during his time as patriarch, separate from the UAOC to found the UOC-KP, together with Metropolitan (now Patriarch) Filaret (Denysenko).
In 2003, the Church Sobor elected Metropolitan MEFODIY (Kudriakov) of Ternopil to lead the church. As Father & Head of the UAOC worldwide, he is Metropolitan of Kyiv & all Ukraine. Since his elevation, he has worked towards a more global visibility for the church, including a pastoral visit to the United States in 2006. He has fostered continued positive relations with the Ukrainian government and other religious communities.
Geographically the church now has a stronger presence in Western Ukrainian provinces with a smaller representation elsewhere. Previous to 1995, there were more parishes abroad in the Ukrainian diaspora communities of Canada and the United States. However, many of these parishes now form the separate churches (which are eparchies of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople), the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA.
The UAOC however, has maintained an ecclesiastical structure outside of Ukraine. There are eparchies in North & South America, Western Europe and elsewhere. Metropolitan Mykhayil (Javchak) heads the UAOC in the Americas and other locations. Significant growth has taken place in recent times in Latin America. There is also a parish of the church in Canberra, Australia.
His Beatitude MEFODIY continues to provide for the spiritual enrichment of the UAOC throughout the world. He has given special emphasis to the improvement of seminary life and the education of candidates for the ministry. He is also committed to the ongoing dialog for the unification of the Ukrainian Orthodox churches.


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It's a glorious, sunny morning on my son Evan's lanai (porch) in Honolulu, Hawaii. I am simultaneously balancing a laptop and a mug of Kona coffee, gazing out at the magnificent ocean view, and pinching myself (picture that if you will). I cannot believe I am here. The whole time Evan's been stationed in the Navy at Pearl Harbor, I figured there was no way I'd ever be able to visit him. Then my daughter Rosie picked up stakes and moved to Seattle in February, so there were two kids I could no longer see.
Suddenly, miraculously, everything changed. I found myself booking an itinerary that would take me to both Evan and Rose in the same trip. I was going to Oahu with an overnight layover, both ways, in Seattle! A win-win situation.
The manic preparations began. I packed enough for a seven-month stay, which was great except that I was only staying seven days. So I unpacked two-thirds of it and was ready to go. True to form, I left oodles of instructions for everyone while I was gone. Would anyone at church remember to set out crayons, as well as paper, for the Easter breakfast craft table? Better make a note of that! Would Julie remember to feed her fish, as she has without prompting for the last year and a half? Better remind her five or six times! The madness continued as we pulled out of the driveway en route to Philadelphia International Airport, me still calling out directives (Trash pickup Friday! Unplug the iron after use!) until the family chorused, en masse, "Will you please shut up?" (That darned family! See, they miss me already!)
So began the longest solo trek I have ever made. No travel companion at the airport, in the sky, in the hotel room. No one to share the exasperation of rain delays and a missed connection. No one to toast when the flight attendant passed out the complimentary mai tais over the Pacific. I read a book and couldn't concentrate. I longed to sleep and couldn't doze off. Try as I might, I couldn't shut off the boring, droning voice inside my head. Who had invited ME along, anyway? What a drag! After 54 years of busy-ness and more or less constant company, I came face to face with a cold, hard fact: I'd rather be with somebody, ANYbody, than be alone.
After a brief but great visit with Rosie, I proceeded to Hawaii. The first hours were wonderfully full of treats and distractions: Evan greeted me with a beautiful orchid lei; we took an evening stroll at Waikiki and had a long catch-up talk over dinner. With relief I plunged back into the world of other people. But Evan is on duty today, and I am once again on my own. This will be the pattern for most of the days I am here. Amazingly, a visit from his mommy did not much impress the US Navy. If I drive him to Pearl Harbor, I can have the car and explore the island during the hours he's at work.
So where should I go? To Kailua Beach? Hike Diamond Head? Find a local farmers' market? Do I even know what I want? Have I ever before shut off my auto-pilot, paused in my dance of actions and reactions with others to find out? It's so scary; I'd much rather join a horde of camera-wielding Japanese tourists on a bus to anywhere than set off to somewhere with only Elise. Elise, who dogs my footsteps like an annoying identical twin, she who talks too much and reflects too little. Elise who, left to her own devices, doesn't have the first clue what to do. It seems that what I'd really love is a vacation from me — and I can't have one.
So here I sit on the lanai, a stranger (to myself) in Paradise. It won't be easy to change the habits of a lifetime, but I realize I just can't afford to waste these few golden days. I take another sip of coffee and a deep breath and make a choice. I will head on out, somewhere, alone. Since I can't shed myself like a snakeskin, I will use this time to get acquainted with the inhabitant of my body and to make my peace with her. Soon I'll be home again, with the million sounds of my jam-packed life to drown out my own voice once more. Until that happens, though, I pray I can listen to that unique voice without automatic dislike. Find a way to actually relish being solitary.
May this be the week I finally learn to tolerate, and perhaps even enjoy being with, the person I am. And who knows? I just may leave Honolulu with a brand new friend. Me.


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GCH CH Claircreek's Impression de Matisse
It was déjà vu all over again at the St Petersburg Dog Fanciers Association show in Tampa FL as the Portuguese Water Dog, GCH CH Claircreek's Impression de Matisse, and the Skye Terrier, GCH CH Cragsmoor Good Time Charlie, repeated their BIS and RBIS performances from yesterday's Greater Venice Florida Dog Club show.
GCH CH Cragsmoor Good Time Charlie
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BIS judge James Reynolds also considered the Boykin Spaniel, CH Larley's Nothing But the Truth, the Afghan Hound, GCH CH Regimes Thriller Of Elmo, the Pomeranian, GCH CH Abbapoola's Mr Slice Of Life, the French Bulldog, GCH CH Bandog Major League Homerun At TX Star, and the German Shepherd Dog, CH Wonderland's Force Of Nature. It was the third straight BIS for Matisse and his 60th BIS in 78 final attempts this year. That's an incredible 77 percent win ratio. This is going to be a long, hot summer.


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MARSEILLE, France —
Top-seeded Tomas Berdych struggled past Ernests Gulbis of Latvia 6-4, 6-7 (10), 6-4 to reach the quarterfinals of the Open 13 on Wednesday.
Berdych withstood 19 aces from Gulbis in his second-round opener.
He was joined by third-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the 2009 champion who eased past Nikolay Davydenko 7-6 (1), 6-3. Tsonga will meet Bernard Tomic of Australia, who also won in straight sets, 6-3, 7-5, against Somdev Devvarman of India.
Gilles Muller, who upset fifth-seeded Richard Gasquet in the first round, defeated Marcel Granollers 7-6 (2), 7-6 (1).
Sixth-seeded Gilles Simon won his first-round match beating Robin Haase of the Netherlands 7-5, 7-5.
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At this site we maintain a list of the 5000 Largest Known Primes which is updated hourly. This list is the most important databases at The Prime Pages: a collection of research, records and results all about prime numbers. This page summarizes our information about one of these primes.
field (help)value
Description:6657 · 21012706 + 1
Verification status (*):Proven
Official Comment:
Proof-code(s): (*):L1204 : Brown1, PSieve, Srsieve, PrimeGrid, LLR
Decimal Digits:304859 (log10 is 304858.70606744)
Rank (*):15651 (digit rank is 1)
Entrance Rank (*):1873
Currently on list? (*):no
Submitted:10/6/2012 07:15:29 CDT
Last modified:10/6/2012 08:20:25 CDT
Removed (*):9/7/2013 16:23:09 CDT
Database id:109648
Status Flags:none
Score (*):42.9847 (normalized score 0.3014)
The Top 5000 Primes is a list for proven primes only. In order to maintain the
integrity of this list, we seek to verify the primality of all submissions.
We are currently unable to check all proofs (ECPP, KP, ...), but we will at least trial
divide and PRP
check every entry before it is included in the list.
machineRedHat P4 P4
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modified2012-11-04 23:29:01
created2012-10-06 07:18:02
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notesCommand: /home/caldwell/client/pfgw -t -q"6657*2^1012706+1" 2>&1PFGW Version 22.214.171.124BIT.20110215.x86_Dev [GWNUM 26.5]Primality testing 6657*2^1012706+1 [N-1, Brillhart-Lehmer-Selfridge]Running N-1 test using base 11Calling Brillhart-Lehmer-Selfridge with factored part 100.00%6657*2^1012706+1 is prime! (2455.0875s+0.0008s)[Elapsed time: 40.92 minutes]
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Last week we had a day that was damp and chilly, not enough to break out a jacket, but enough that I found myself putting in a big order of loose leaf tea and plotting soup strategies. Of course it's warmer now, but oh man, the promise of cold months and building fires and big pots of stuff simmering away, I just can't help myself.
In the last two weeks, I've made the same red lentil soup a couple of times, which I only do when I am really taken with something. This soup is similar to the recipe I wrote about here, but gussied up with Turkish dried mint and Aleppo pepper flakes. Aside from fresh mint garnishes in Vietnamese dishes, I rarely use mint, but here the dried stuff adds a subtle note that really complements the tomatoes and the lentils. I had no idea dried mint would engender Such Strong Opinions in me, but it totally makes the soup. In fact, I'd say you could replace (or omit) the Syrian pepper, but I wouldn't bother making the soup without dried mint.
Come mid-winter, I'll try this recipe using canned tomatoes, but I think this soup really benefits from the mild sweetness and tenderness of fresh tomatoes -- they melt into the broth, adding a bit of acidity without taking over. Our tomato plants are turning that coppery brown that means tomato season is trailing to an end, so hop to it. Shopping list: tomatoes, nubby red lentils, chewy bulgur, and DRIED MINT.
In other news, Mark and I sat in the same room with THE Debbie Harry last night. I was too intimidated to say anything but hello, but she is an amazing performer (and 68 years old!). Mark's elementary school friend Tommy plays guitar in Blondie, so we saw the show and then hung out backstage for a bit. I decided it'd be rude to ask Debbie Harry to take a picture with me after she had showered and taken off all her stage makeup (it would have been, right?) but I'm still a little bummed I didn't get one. If I'm ever backstage with Stevie Nicks, though...
Lentil soup with dried mint, tomato, and bulgur
adapted from Anya von Bremzen's recipe in Melissa Clark's In the Kitchen with a Good Appetite
I followed the recipe almost exactly, though I add more garlic and reduce the bulgur so the soup stays a bit brothier. No lemon because I thought it was a perfect level of acidity, and I didn't float butter on the end as she recommends. The second time I made it, I swapped water + better than bouillon for the chicken broth, because I didn't feel like waiting to defrost chicken stock from the freezer. It was not shabby at all.
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 medium onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, chopped
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon red pepper, like Aleppo, plus more for serving
1 medium tomato, chopped
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 teaspoon dried mint, plus more for serving
1 cup red lentils
1/8 cup coarse bulgur wheat
4 cups chicken stock
1. In a large pot over medium heat, melt the butter and add the onion, salt, and pepper. Cook until the onion is soft, then add the garlic and cook until fragrant.
2. Stir in the tomato, tomato paste, and mint, and cook for an additional 1-2 minutes. Add the lentils and bulgur and cover with the chicken stock, plus 2 additional cups of water. Cover and simmer for 30-45 minutes, until lentils are tender. Serve with extra mint and red pepper.


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June 16, 2008 at 12:43 pm #9747spillouParticipant
Hi everyone,
I am trying to assess my cell proliferation by using a CFSE assay, however I can't obtain more than one single pic on the flow cytometer after 5 days, even if I know that my cells did proliferate.
Does anyone have an idea about it?
Thanks a lot
June 17, 2008 at 7:26 am #84590
The most obvious reason is that there's something wrong in the CFSE staining you've done. Double-check your protocol that you did all correctly. If I recall correctly, CFSE is very sensitive to light, so you must protect it or else some few hours exposure can spoil it.
Btw, what methods you use to ensure that your cells have prolified? Do you just check them under a microscope or count them in a chamber, or just look at the colour of your medium?
What cells do you use? For example T cells need proper stimulants to make them divide (e.g. PHA if you want unspecific proliferation), as well as the feeder cells. It is easy to think your cells proliferate, when the actual metabolism and medium colour change is caused by the feeder cells, not the cells you want to study. (And you cannot count the T cells directly because of the feeders)
You could provide me some more information about your cells and the protocol, and I can try to come up with alternative solutions.
June 23, 2008 at 2:24 pm #84719spillouParticipant
Thanks a lot for your reply.
I am using primary T-cells indeed, but I tried with some MM6 macrophages and K562 (to check if the cell type might make a difference). I am stimulating my T-cells with PMA instead of PHA, but as these twomitogens are pretty similar, I don't think this make a huge difference.
I am counting my cells on a Neubauer chamber with trypan blue, and I am also using a nucleocounter to get the number of cells/their viability.
I wasn't aware of the CFSE light sensitivity. I will protect it from the light from now.
About the CFSE concentrations, I diluted it quite a lot (down to 500 times the lowest concentrations proposed by the manufacturer) and also used it highly concentrated, but it doesn't make any difference (well apart from the GMFI of my single pic obviously).
If you have any ideas, please let me know, because I really have no other clue.
Thank you.
P.S: I bought two kits as I was supposed to use it quite a lot, and I have the same results with both batches
June 24, 2008 at 6:30 am #84738
Aight, let me know if protecting from light fixed the problem – that's what caused some CFSE staining problems in our lab. If it's not exposure to light that ruins your experiment, then I'll try to figure out what else it might be.
November 4, 2010 at 3:46 am #102138avinashbttParticipant
Hi there
This is Avinash, PhD student at QUT, Australia. I have been doing PBMCs proliferation using CFSE. I stain my cells with 5uM CFSE (5mM stock). In my unstimulated control cells, I cannot see any proliferation under microscope when compared to my antigen stimulated and ConA stimulated wells. Even there is color change between unstimulated and stimulated cells.
However, when I analyze them on CFSE, I get more than one peak in my unstimulated histogram. My ConA looks very good (with 4 peaks minimum). But there is not much difference between my vaccinated antigen stimulated and unstimulated ones.
Could anyone please help out with this.
June 13, 2012 at 6:29 am #111559hemhaspriParticipant
Dear all
I do a proliferation assay after pulsing PBMCS with CFSE (5micromol for 2-10million cells) and then staining with CD3. I sort the cells and then stimulate them for proliferation with PHA(2microlitre). I also stain the cells with CD4 and CD8 on the day of analysis. I add PI jus before running the cells on the flow cytometer to discriminate for live vs dead cells.I am worried because I only get a single peak for each day (1-5 days expt). am i using too much CFSE? is that making it difficult to discern the peaks? Can somebody help with the trouble shooting. I also apply single compensation controls for the first day and find no spill for the rest of the days by using the same settings.
Thanks in advance
June 13, 2012 at 7:17 am #111561
How does the single peak relate to your negative control? Do all your cells have full or lowered CFSE intensity? Does the intensity go down each day?
Having too much CFSE should not be the cause, because even high concentrations diminish quickly due to the cell divisions. In my experience, high CFSE concentrations easily shoot the cells off the axis but does not affect the peaks once the cells start to divide – except that their intensity is high in general. Rather, you might have too much PHA. It is a very powerful mitogen and chances are that it makes all the cells divide -> all cells have undergone equal amounts of cell divisions -> one peak.
You could try to control this by comparing your unstained cells, fresh CFSE stain and one sample from, say, day 4 or 5. If the day 4-5 sample is between the two others, it most likely indicates that the case is like I mentioned above.
I typically use 1 µl/ml of PHA if I just want the T cells to multiply – even that, I think, is plenty. For CFSE staining I may use even less (0.5 µl/ml or so) in order to be able to discriminate each cell division (=peaks) properly.
June 25, 2012 at 6:37 am #111666hemhaspriParticipant
Thanks a lot for your reply
I did MLR proliferation assay with 10micromole of CFSE and did not see any division till day 5 but there was a slight movement in the original peak.
On day 8 i saw a popultion which was completely negative for the CFSE and also one small peak which was slightly positive for CFSE but the cells were dead almost should i consider as divided cells.
Please help me regarding the post analysis of cfse proliferation, Do I have to use any special softwares for that? or any gating strategy can be used? On day 8 I get some extended population from the original population, but unable to differentiate them as individual cell divisions and finally gating them becomes impossible. Please help me regarding the gating strategies that can be used.
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This year, many of us here at the Aquarium had one thing on the brain – Blacktip Reef.
From demolition to animal acquisitions, construction to animal introductions, countless hours of work from all of our departments went into the creation of this $12.5 million dollar exhibit!
As 2013 comes to a close, we'd like to take a moment to look back at how Blacktip Reef was made:
Animal Transports
Before construction could begin on our new exhibit, the animals in our old Wings in the Water exhibit had to be safely removed!
Many of the animals that called Wings in the Water home, like our zebra sharks (Zeke and Zoe) and green sea turtle (Calypso) were moved behind-the-scenes, where they could patiently await the creation of their new home. Others were moved to other exhibits at the Aquarium or to other accredited institutions.
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After all the animals had been safely removed from the exhibit space and the necessary demolition was finished, the construction phase could begin!
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After Calypso and a few hundred fish had acclimated well to their new home, all 20 of our blacktip reef sharks were added to the exhibit.
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19 years after the murder of Mickey Thompson and his wife, Thompson's former business partner, Michael Goodwin, has been sentenced to two consecutive life terms for the crime. Goodwin was convicted of first-degree murder for hiring bicycle-riding hitmen to kill Thompson at his home in guard-gated Bradbury, California, apparently over a business deal gone sour. While this conviction won't bring back the creator of the unbearably awesome quad-blown-Pontiac-powered Challenger, it does bring an ending to the long and painful battle of Thompson's sister, Colleen Campbell, to bring Goodwin to trial.
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A Dutch listing for a Driver: San Francisco Collector's Edition gives up more details on Ubisoft's car-chase sequel with out-of-body experiences.
The game itself will feature "more than 120 licensed cars," says the product description, with "more than 200 km (124 miles) of drivable roads in and around San Francisco's iconic locations.
Nine multiplayer modes are also described, and "Shift" - Tanner's quasi-astral projection described in Ubisoft's E3 presser - will be usable in them. Tanner has been rendered comatose by a bad car accident, and the game you're playing out is apparently inside his dreamlike state. With Shift, if you're in a bad accident or the target gives you the slip, you can float in stop-time to another car headed in the proper direction and continue the chase there.
It's novel, and I've given Driver so many second chances, from DRIV3R forward but I'm still skeptical of how this kind of near god-mode fits into a chase game without distorting its balance, much less how the story can accommodate it.
With the collector's edition, you get some exclusive in-game content: two cars, plus the "Mass Chase" challenge. Real world bonus items include a San Francisco map and a replica of a 1970 Dodge Challenger Hemi R/T "Six Pack." That's a lot of words that mean: "Muscle Car"
Hat-tip to Jip for spying the listing and providing the translation.
260 Driver San Francisco Collector's Edition [bartsmit.com, in Dutch]