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AIKEN, SC (WFXG) - Congressman Joe Wilson's final Aiken County bus stop of the day involved meeting folks at the Aiken Center for Active Seniors and Hitchcock Healthcare. It was a marathon day for the District 2 representative.
"I'm really inspired, I'm humbled and visiting, beginning with the North Augusta Chamber of Commerce," said Wilson.
His tour also featured a stop at the Savannah River Site, the same place that has faced budget cuts and furloughs the past several months.
"I'm the only person serving in Congress who's actually worked at the Savannah River Site," explained Wilson. "I was out there today to see the success of Ameresco."
Wilson said he's pleased with the progress he's seeing.
"25 jobs permanent. It was 250 jobs in construction. Over and over again, any way I can promote the missions of the Savannah River Site, I'm very grateful," said Wilson.
He said the bus tour helps in shaping his policies back in the nation's capital.
"It's energizing," Wilson said. "The people I represent are very encouraging to me."
During my interview, Wilson also expressed support for Project Jackson in North Augusta.
His final bus tour stops on Thursday will be in Barnwell and Orangeburg Counties.

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Forbidden Technologies at IBC2013 announced it has integrated its FORscene cloud video platform with Windows Azure Media Services to promote cloud video workflows.
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When a buyer pays a royalty to an unrelated third party such a payment can only be considered to be made as a condition of the sale when the seller (or person related to the seller) requires the buyer to make that payment. Where such a payment is not considered to be made as a condition of sale, no part of the royalty or licence fee is ever to be included in the customs value even when it clearly relates to the imported goods.
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Fisted Away are proud to bring you the first interview with returning Rangers star, Gabonese striker Daniel Cousin. Clearly deeply affected by rejoining the Scottish club, an emotional and fired-up Cousin sat down with reporter Nigel Spickanspan to mainly swear and sigh.
FistedAway: So Daniel, you must be pleased to be back at Ibrox?
Cousin: What the FUCK? My agent is so fired.
FA: After captaining Gabon in a tournament that they co-hosted, this is a real fairytale isn't it?
Cousin: Fucking fairytale, that's right. Christ, why didn't anyone TELL me? Do you have any idea how much it costs to fly from Libreville to Glasgow?
FA: At 35, are you feeling the pressure to perform?
Cousin: Pressure? I've got bills to pay, man. This is…it's unbelievable. Seven and a half grand a week, man. A WEEK. Down the fucking toilet.
FA: This must be a very emotional return for you. What were your first thought on signing?
Cousin: I'm starting to think that contract I signed wasn't real.
FA: Do you think that Rangers can make up the ground on Celtic?
Cousin: Do you reckon they might be interested?
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- Harvard Square Parking Garage: $36/day
- Church Street Lot: $34/day
Alternatively, parking is also available at Alewife Station (on the T Red Line) for $7/day, only 3 stops away from Harvard Square.
There are limited metered parking spaces around campus, restricted to 2 hours.
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Feature and Follow Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Rachel of Parajunkee and Alison of Alison Can Read.If you want to know more how this meme works just visit the link of Rachel and Alison.
Q: What is your guilty pleasure as far as reading? Is it a genre, or is it a certain type of book?For me it is the certain kind of books although I'm addicted to YA there are times that I read different genre of books if it contains a good story. If for me it's not a boring one I will read it.
For I really don't look on the genre as long as the cover catches my eye, the cover reveals a good story, I know not all but then that's not the only criteria I have, of course I will look at the excerpt and if I find it interesting I will read it.
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While Fools should generally take the opinion of Wall Street with a grain of salt, it's not a bad idea to take a look at particularly stock-shaking upgrades and downgrades -- just in case their reasoning behind the call makes sense.
What: Shares of Celldex Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CLDX) popped 10% today after Leerink Swann raised its price target on the stock by a whopping 60%.
So what: Leerink maintained its "outperform" rating on Celldex, but a new price target of $45 per share (from $28) implies a valuation of more than $1 billion and represents 55% worth of upside to Friday's closing price. Analyst Howard Liang believes that Celldex's experimental cancer immunotherapy, CDX-1127, has huge potential as a co-stimulatory agonist, but given the fact that there's still no human data on the drug, Fools shouldn't read too much into the call.
Now what: Celldex expects to report its first phase 1 patient data in early November.
"As a combination partner for immune checkpoint inhibitors such as anti-PD-1 agents, we believe the efficacy bar is not high based on our analysis of early clinical data on other IO agents, and we believe any demonstration of single-agent activity coupled with a clean safety profile could position CDX-1127 as one of the leading candidates for PD-1 combination," Liang wrote in a note to clients.
Of course, when you consider just how far CDX-1127 still has to go, the risk/reward trade-off on Celldex shares -- which have already run 380% over the past year -- might be as attractive as Leerink would have you believe.
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IS&T provides Unity as the Institute's voice mail option. It is integrated with the MITVoIP (Sylantro) telephone system. Students may also access voice messages via their Personal SIP (PSIP) accounts.
MITvoip users can access their voice mail via the MITVoIP web interface. (Certificates required)
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Moving right along... if you know anything about me you know that I don't take my colour and print obsession very lightly. It's very rare that you will see me without colour or prints of some sort. As you may or may not know, African attire focuses on colour, prints, and textiles - and of course, I can't help but to be inspired every time.
However I know that's not the case with some people. Colour can be very intimidating for most; the best advice I can give is try to ease into it. The best way to achieve this is by integrating it into your accessories - bags, belts, necklaces, etc. - and also going for more modest colours or prints, whichever you prefer.
My response to people who ask how I pull off the things I wear is always the same: there are no RULES when it comes to fashion, just pet peeves.
There is something very demure and sexy about high waisted pants paired with a denim shirt. The white blazer also gives it that touch of sophistication. You can switch out the bag for a smaller purse or clutch. Let's have a moment of silence for the colour block wedges. They tie the whole outfit together and add just that much more colour for a colour crazy me. Sunnies you can do or do without.
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Watch Usher, Sheryl Crow Tell Politicians 'Stop Using Our Songs'
Donald Trump has used a number of recognizable classic rock songs during his campaign by Queen, the Rolling Stones and R.E.M. On Sunday's Last Week Tonight, a team of high-profile musicians – Usher, Sheryl Crow, Heart, Michael Bolton, John Mellencamp, Cyndi Lauper, Josh Groban and Imagine Dragons' Dan Reynolds – united to deliver a clear message to politicians: stop using our songs without permission.
"If artists want to lend their music to politicians, that's fine," John Oliver says in the clip. "But it is not OK for politicians to just take their songs. This happens every single election, and it is time for musicians to come together and take a stand."
"It's that time of year: campaign season's here," the supergroup sings on the ballad – which they warn is also not available for campaign use. "You wave and point, make your speeches while balloons fall everywhere/ But we notice something's wrong, and it's gone on way too long/ So we're asking you right now: stop using our songs."
"That's licensing. You gotta call my publisher, OK?" Usher declares. Groban belts, "If I wanted to sing and not get paid, I'd be on Spotify."


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[Perspectives] Angel of mercy
Can we become habituated to the presence of death to the point that we will work actively to end life? Chronic (video), starring Tim Roth and directed by Michel Franco, is an unnerving exploration of this issue. The movie starts with an emaciated young woman propped up in the shower, naked. It's unclear whether she is dead or not. You briefly wonder if this is going to be a police procedural. In fact, she is being washed by Roth's character David, a nurse for terminally ill patients.


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i started this blog post BEFORE i went to stitches but didn't get a chance to post it. the post is just a bit of eye candy from our trip to monterey at the beginning of february. hubby has an annual conference there every year. i love the monterey/pacific grove area. the whole historic area of the canneries speaks to me-despite all the modernization-i can still see and feel the old Steinbeckian "cannery row." i enjoy walking the streets of cannery row letting steinbeck's stories and memories flood back to me.
once a working cannery the monterey canning company now houses shops and the local starbucks.
liam and i had a great time cruising around town on our bikes. wow-no hills!!!
i'm a big ed ricketts(steinbecks buddy) fan- i love him. if you want to know more about ed i encourage you to read "about ed ricketts" by john steinbeck. it can be found at the front of steinbeck's "the log from the sea of cortez" book.
a memorial statue stands at the site of ed's deadly car wreak back in 1948. the statue is always adorned with fresh flowers. you can check out my old post about ed ricketts here.
lover's point-a great place for thought.
we were fortunate to watch 3 sea otters play and feed. diminishing numbers of otters make this a special occasion!!!!
being a lover of color and a dyer of fiber-i am always seeing things with a "dyers" eye. wanting to recreate things i have seen-such as these sea anemones in a tide pool.
while the boys were out on a bike ride- i walked along the beach. it was a beautiful late afternoon- full moon in a tide pool.
monterey has the best thrift stores.
new altar boy shoes!!! a skirt for st. paddy's day, a skein of handspun yarn for a dollar,
and 4 awesome tops. score score score!!!!
pacific grove is a cute little town next to monterey. i love the little houses. this particular house had some awesome recycled garbage art adorning it. check out the jelly fish.
and the soda can flowers!
on our last day we went to the carmel mission. the california missions have a beauty all their own.
raised as a catholic the imagery and art work was beautiful to me.
there was a small museum but this piece really freaked me out- the confessional. something i always dreaded as child.
scary huh?
there was a flock of scottish blackfaced sheep at the historic ranch next to the mission.-the fiber looked divine. unfortunately they didn't sell it-or maybe that was a good thing:)
this blog is a peek into my life of mountain biking, fiber, knitting, spinning, and learning to sew. life is too short to worry about capital letters!
Sunday, March 18, 2012
late post
Posted by woolydaisy at 2:38 PM
Labels: ed ricketts, monterey, pacific grove
3 comments:
- danielle said...
Gotta know which thrift shop you made those great buys at! I have either great luck or no luck at the Goodwill down there. And the ones in PG are fun to go thru but I rarely have good luck there
- Monday, March 19, 2012
- woolydaisy said...
hi danielle- it was the goodwill. it was on one of the main streets-lighthouse? or what's the other one? central? it was in walking distance of the big CVS drugstore. i love the way they have everything organized my color!
- Monday, March 19, 2012
- soxchik said...
You had me at the altar boy shoes and the confessional. This post has some fantastic photos!
- Monday, March 19, 2012
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International IP law is largely silent on traditional knowledge (TK) and there is, therefore, flexibility and scope for States and regional organizations to establish sui generis protection systems, as several have done. Traditional cultural expressions/folklore (TCEs) are addressed to some extent in some international IP treaties, and, once again, many States and regional organizations have established sui generis laws for TCEs.
At the same time, at the international level, text-based negotiations are underway in the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on IP and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) towards the development of an international legal instrument or instruments which will provide effective protection for TK and TCEs – this work has included consideration of flexibilities within conventional IP systems which allow for the enhanced protection of TK and TCEs, as well as sui generis adaptations to existing IP systems.
The IGC is also discussing the relationship between IP and access to and benefit-sharing in genetic resources, and is considering several options in this regard, including options within the IP system. The IGC's negotiations are ongoing.


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Saluti Dall'Italia!
Good afternoon everyone... or, as they say in Italy 'Buon Pomeriggio'. As I sit here writting, I can see the waves in the mediterranean sea from my hotel window and can smell the salt water in the air. E and I are having a great time visiting friends and family and enjoying our time in San Remo before we take off for the Adriatic Coast. There is nothing better than spending the days at the beach and the nights sipping wine at a restaurant on the sea. I'll keep this short (the pictures speak for themselves) and I'll say that we are happy, safe and enjoying life.
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Instant Win Game – Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs Movie Tickets
I went to Tom Thumb's Web site to see this week's grocery ad and noticed an instant win game for two tickets to see Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs. I decided to play, and I won! The game runs from 5/26 – 6/30/2009, and you'll be entered to win a grand prize trip to Denver, Colorado.
You can play on any of the Safeway sites (it should be the first graphic on the homepage, but it rotates with other promos so click quickly!):
According to the rules, there are three games you can play to try to win. I won on the first game (find acorns under snow), so I'm not sure what the others are. They're giving away 1000 pairs of tickets, which are redeemable at a participating Fandango theater. You must live in one of these states to play: AK, AZ, CA, CO, DC, DE, HI, ID, IL, MD, MT, NE, NJ, NM, NV, OR, PA, SD, TX, VA, WA, WY, VA.
Good luck!
Oh – because I got distracted with the game, I'll do the coupon match-ups on Wednesday. A quick glance at the ad didn't reveal any spectacular deals unless you want meat. Looks like there are several options for $1.00/lb.
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There are several different types of allergies currently affecting 1 in 5 Americans. An allergy starts when your immune system reacts to a substance that may not be harmful but recognized as a foreign allergen. An allergen can include pollen, mold, animal dander, certain foods, chemicals and skin irritants.
The immune system will produce antibodies against that particular allergen. When the body detects the allergen again, the antibodies begin to release histamine causing allergy symptoms. The response may inflame your sinuses, skin, airway or digestive system. Once you develop an allergy, you are more likely to develop another one.
Most Common Types of Allergens and Their Examples Include:
- Airborne Allergies: Pollen, Animal Dander, Mold, and Dust Mites
- Certain Foods: Peanuts, Soy, Wheat, Tree Nuts, Eggs, Fish, Milk, and Shellfish
- Insect Sting: Wasp and Bee Stings
- Latex, or Other Substances That Contact Skin: These Allergens Produce Skin Reaction if Touched
- Medications: Penicillin of Penicillin-Based Antibiotics
There is a large variation in allergic reactions. Some only show up as a mild skin irritation. Some are life threatening and severe like anaphylaxis. Anaphylaxis is a life-threatening emergency that can trigger the body to go into shock.
Food and insect sting allergies are capable of triggering anaphylaxis. The signs of an anaphylactic reaction include a swelling of mouth or throat, drop in blood pressure, loss of consciousness, skin rash, difficulty breathing, lightheadedness, nausea or vomiting.
More common symptoms:
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- Asthma
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Traditional Approach
Traditional approach to treating an allergy includes medications to reduce immune system reactions and only temporarily suppress symptoms. You may feel quick relief, but these medications do not balance the immune system or improve immune function. Learning how to properly detox, balance your gut flora and boost your immune system will help you effectively conquer your battle with the allergy.
Naturopathic Approach
There are multiple contributing factors that cause allergies that can be assessed:
- Genetic
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Måns and his heroes will open Eurovision 2016
The opening act for Semi-final 1 in Eurovision Song Contest 2016 will bring life to Måns' animated heroes
In just two weeks we have the Grand Final in Eurovision Song Contest 2016, and the rehearsals have already started in Globen Arena in Stockholm.
The opening act for the first Semi-final is one of the things that has been rehearsed in the arena the last few days, and here we will se that Måns has the main role in the opening of Eurovision 2016
His winning song from 2015, "Heroes" gets new life literally when the computer animated projections are transformed into human flesh and blood, in the form of an army of children. A bit like what we saw in this year's final of Melodifestivalen, also in Stockholm.
Here his animated friend came to life for the first time. A real boy and a child choir accompanied Måns on stage.
Hopeful feelings
Måns says:
– Basically it is the same act we did for Melodifestivalen, and it is all about conveying the same hopeful feelings. This time it starts very dark, for later to brighten up in hope.
A huge children's choir appears on stage, with green grass on the LED floor. Green trees popping up in the background and replace the gloomy darkness.
– It is to supposed to mirror somehow the times we live in, and what we hope we are heading towards. We tear down the walls and build bridges, which of course is the whole reason that Eurovision exists.
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Ethical Goods began as a good idea between one charity and one business and has grown to become a impressive company with a large and ever-growing portfolio of product to cause relationships and consultancy clients.
The idea of Ethical Goods was birthed by a group of friends following the successful tie up between the company Harrogate Spa and charity Pump Aid. This first concept saw the launch of the Thirsty Planet brand. Thirsty Planet was the genesis product for Ethical Goods and continues to sell well, having produced increased turnover for Harrogate Spa and over £2m for clean water in African nations.
Our team have extensive expertise in business development, investment, mergers and acquisitions, marketing and communications, business, charity and NGO leadership, product development and production, poverty alleviation projects, consumer engagement, sponsorship endorsement and Cause Marketing, knock-out presentations, event management, campaigning and fiscal management. Click on any of the pictures below to find out more about our leadership team.
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One of the most expensive aspects of backpacking comes from the experiences and activities you take in along the way.
Backpacking in New Zealand is an excellent example. A trip here isn't complete without a bungy jump, a jet-boating tour, a skydive, or one of the many other extreme sports on offer. Each one of these activities can very quickly break your budget.
By researching the activities on offer prior to your round the world trip, you can ensure your budget accounts for the experiences you hope to encounter along the way.
One popular activity for backpackers in many places throughout the world is quad biking – driving a quad bike off-road is an absolute rush and a fantastic way to experience the scenery of the destination you've traveled to.
Here are 5 Places to Experience Quad Biking While Backpacking Around the World:
1) South Island – New Zealand
A trip to the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island should undoubtedly include a hike on the Franz Josef Glacier. Another option to consider on your backpacking trip is a quad bike tour in the glacial valley.
It's a fantastic way to get a feel for untouched West Coast bush and also presents some unique views of Big Franz – the fastest moving glacier in the world.
Across Country Quad Bikes offers two hour tours for $160 NZD – the guides do an excellent job of giving history on the West Coast Region and the tour includes heaps of river crossings – be prepared to get wet.
2) Greek Islands
Spend the day riding around the winding, mountainous roads that circle many of Greece's beautiful islands. It's an excellent way to get from beach to beach.
As cheap as 30 Euros for an entire day, hiring quad bikes on the Greek Islands is easy and affordable. Be sure you have an International Driver's License to avoid any complications.
3) Spain
Thoughts of backpacking in Spain bring up images of relaxation, tapas, tinto de verano, sun, and mid-day siestas. One option for a backpacker in the south of Spain is a quad bike tour.
Spend the day exploring the hills and forests around La Manga and get lost in the Spanish countryside. You must be 21 years old to rent a quad bike in Spain, and cheap airfares to Spain are available on regional operators such as Ryan Air.
4) Hamilton Island, Australia
More than just beaches, reefs, and tourists, Hamilton Island off Australia's East Coast has some amazing bush land which is perfect for exploring on a quad bike.
Experience the natural beauty and wonder of Hamilton Island's forests as you navigate the terrain on a guided quad bike tour. The guides offer up local history on Hamilton Island and the surrounding islands and you're presented numerous opportunties for photos.
Start your trip with cheap flights to Cairns and slowly make your way south to the Whitsundays.
5) Algarve, Portugal
The Algarve in southern Portugal is filled with pristine, untouched beaches, natural cliff faces, rolling hillsides and year-round warmth. Add to this mix very affordable prices in the low season, cheap and fresh seafood, and friendly locals and the Algare becomes an excellent destination for the backpacker or budget traveler.
Quad bike hire is available through local operators of which there are heaps – be sure to call around for the best deal, especially in the high season. You'll need an International Drivers Liscense.
Quad biking is a unique and exciting way to experience the scenery and landscapes of the destination you've traveled to – it's an absolute rush and very often a budget friendly activity.
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|Hypocrites seek Wealth but are Stingy with Alms
Allah says, some hypocrites give Allah their strongest oaths that if He enriches them from His bounty, they will give away alms and be among the righteous. However, they did not fulfill their vows or say the truth with their words. The consequence of this action is that hypocrisy was placed in their hearts until the Day they meet Allah the Exalted, on the Day of Resurrection. We seek refuge with Allah from such an end. Allah said,
﴿بِمَآ أَخْلَفُواْ اللَّهَ مَا وَعَدُوهُ﴾
(...because they broke that (covenant) with Allah which they had promised to Him) He placed hypocrisy in their hearts because they broke their promise and lied. In the Two Sahihs, it is recorded that the Messenger of Allah said,
«آيَةُ الْمُنَافِقِ ثَلَاثٌ: إِذَا حَدَّثَ كَذَبَ، وَإِذَا وَعَدَ أَخْلَفَ، وَإِذَا ائْتُمِنَ خَان»
(There are three signs for a hypocrite: if he speaks, he lies; if he promises, he breaks the promise; and if he is entrusted, he betrays the trust.) Allah said,
﴿أَلَمْ يَعْلَمُواْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ سِرَّهُمْ وَنَجْوَاهُمْ﴾
(Know they not that Allah knows their secret ideas, and their Najwa,) Allah states that He knows the secret and what is more hidden than the secret. He has full knowledge of what is in their hearts, even when they pretend that they will give away alms, if they acquire wealth, and will be grateful to Allah for it. Truly, Allah knows them better than they know themselves, for He is the All-Knower of all unseen and apparent things, every secret, every session of counsel, and all that is seen and hidden.
﴿الَّذِينَ يَلْمِزُونَ الْمُطَّوِّعِينَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي الصَّدَقَـتِ وَالَّذِينَ لاَ يَجِدُونَ إِلاَّ جُهْدَهُمْ فَيَسْخَرُونَ مِنْهُمْ سَخِرَ اللَّهُ مِنْهُمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ﴾
(79. Those who defame such of the believers who give charity voluntarily, and such who could not find to give charity except what is available to them -- so they mock at them (believers); Allah will throw back their mockery on them, and they shall have a painful torment.)
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The mother is pregnant with her eleventh child. She is 27.
A food drive organized at school will now feed them for a year.
|A fraction of the food collected during the week long food drive
A football league has been organized around Nablus.
Boys and girls from different socio economic backgrounds are coming together and playing against each other in after school friendlies. Girls from Askar Refugee Camp are playing girls from the Samaritan Village. Boys from Balata Refugee Camp are beating their wealthier counterparts from uptown Nablus.
There is little chance these children would ever have met and spent time together in a positive environment.
Many children at our private school are on scholarship. They are exceptionally bright children, many of whom live in the camps. These children are unlikely to have otherwise had access to a means to recognize their potential and take control of their futures.
These families, these children and stories like these are uncovered by an NGO founded by the director of our English department at school. Staffed by many of the same teachers, they work in the camps and around Nablus providing children with the same quality of English education we provide in our private school.
For free.
Teach for Palestine is primarily an education program. But in terms of its contribution to the community - it is much more. Through their work in the poorer areas of Nablus, TFP bridges gaps between those in need and those who can help them.
Kids from the private school often volunteer to come take part in and help out with TFP projects, breeding within them a sense of social responsibility.
TFP has grown so much over the past five years and they plan on expanding their work with Palestinian children around the West Bank and neighboring countries. Check them out, keep up to date with what they're doing and, if you can, donate.
It is, of course, primarily an education program. But it is also so much more.
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So this year my friend and I decided to hit up Fashion's Night Out again, and for once we were super early. It was good but not as good as the year before. We walked like hell and also got stuck in enormous crowds of people. I feel like this year there was triple the amount of people out. Without a doubt we had fun no matter what and ended up making the best out of the crazy night. I finally got to wear my necklace (yippie)! I really thank the lord we wore flat shoes because I saw many many girls out there struggling for their lives. Hope everyone enjoyed FNO!
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Just answered my own question (and your's):http://orthodoxwiki.org/ApolytikionTroparionFrom OrthodoxWiki(Redirected from Apolytikion)Troparion (also tropar; plural troparia) is a type of hymn in Byzantine music, in the Orthodox Church and other Eastern Christian churches. It is a short hymn of one stanza, or one of a series of stanzas; this may carry the further connotation of a hymn interpolated between psalm verses.The term most often refers to the apolytikion, the thematic hymn which closes Vespers. (In Greek churches, the apolytikion troparion is known simply as the apolytikion; in most other churches, it is known simply as the troparion.) This troparion serves as a thematic hymn and is repeated at every service of the day.Troparia are also found as the stanzas of canons. Such troparia are modeled on the irmoi of the ode.Troparia are also sometimes used as refrains for chanted psalm verses, though stichera more often serve this function.
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Our choir director and Parish Council have been seriously discussing eliminating the use of words like troparion, kontakion, theotokion, anaphora, etc. in favor of their English translations--which I might add--are difficult to come to agreement on. Some feel that these terms are so Orthodox that you might as well be Protestant if you change Troparion to Today's Theme. Others totally disagree. Thoughts?Copwboy
I guess I could have been clearer in my previous post. How would one translate the following terms, for example,into simple, understandable English?
I think my question is sort of on the subject: which of these are meant to be sung by the entire congregation, and which are meant to be sung by only the reader? I go to matins many mornings and there are only a few of us there (I am a catechumen so a lot of this is new to me, btw), and our presiding priest assigns us each something - theotokia, troparia to the saint of the day, or the third one (ummm...the other day it was the holy cross, and a couple days later it was just more troparia to the same saint because it was the Hierarch Gregory). Then there are ones we all sing together, but I am not always sure I'm supposed to be singing (the irmos, for instance). I just sing, mostly, and I figure he'll tell me if I'm not supposed to be singing.
Hi Cleveland,How about our Cav's?
I know the definitions of the words which I listed in an earlier post. What I am looking for are short English translations for each. For example, could Anaphora be translated as "The Offering"? Could Troparian be translated as "Theme For Today" or "Theme of the Feast" or Theme for the Saint"? The arguments in our church committee have to do with the actual "best" translations. Thanks in advance for your help.
PanahidaI will defer to Shultz, since we don't use that term in Greek.Shultz's is the best answer.
Yes we do, but as Παννυχίς/Παννυχίδος, the all-night service (from παν+νυξ-->the whole night)...it's the more ancient name of Ολονυκτία. Pannychis was an all-night feast in the Eleusinian mysteries (vigil?)
--Theotokos"Birth-giver" of God, but I prefer the more elegant Mother of God
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Notre Dame QB's: Going into this season, Notre Dame's quarterback situation was a non-factor with starter Everett Golson returning after a 12 win season, and having backups who have had playing time in Tommy Rees and Andrew Hendrix. However, in late May, Everett Golson was suspended for the season and Tommy Rees would be named starter. Tommy Rees has started 18 games over 3 years with a majority of the starts being in the 2011 season. Rees appeared in every game in 2012 with the exceptions of Navy (due to suspension) and Alabama, with notable amounts of playing time against Michigan, BYU, and the final drive against Purdue. Rees completed 34 out of 59 passes for 436 yards with 2 passing touchdowns and 2 interceptions. Backing Rees up will be Andrew Hendrix, who only completed 5 of 7 passes for 55 yards. Hendrix is also capable of running the ball as well. True freshman Malik Zaire enrolled early and had significant playing time in the spring game with a touchdown pass. Zaire and Hendrix both could see a lot of playing time this season depending on how things go, regardless it is important for both to get playing time and game-time experience.
Notre Dame QB's vs. Temple Pass Defense: The Temple Owls had one of the worst secondaries in college football last season with a unit that only had 4 interceptions all season and allowed 237 passing yards a game. The Owls graduated both starting safeties from last season and are expected to have a true freshman starting at one of the safety spots going into the season opener. Considering that the Temple pass defense is one of the worst units on the team it would be ideal for Notre Dame to pass early on in the game and allow the backup quarterbacks to get playing time.
Edge: Notre Dame
Temple QB's: Temple quarterback Connor Reilly will be making his first career start against the Irish, Reilly has been the holder on extra points. The starter from the previous season, Chris Coyer moved to H-Back and is actually the teams returning leading rusher as well and had 444 yards and 2 touchdowns on the ground. Backing up Connor Reilly will be Juice Granger who passed for 370 yards and also completed 31 passes out of 55 attempts with 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. Granger is the teams second returning leading rusher with 206 yards and 1 touchdown.
Temple QB's vs. Notre Dame Pass Defense: Connor Reilly has the task in his first career start of going against a veteran Notre Dame secondary that returns 3 starters. Notre Dame's pass defense was a surprise last season and allowed only a few opposing teams to pass for 200 or more yards all season. Even with the loss of Zeke Motta to the NFL, look for the Irish to keep improving in the pass defense and keep Temple below 200 passing yards all game.
Edge: Notre Dame
Notre Dame RB's: Although the Irish lost Cierre Wood and Theo Riddick, who both had significant stats last season, there is still plenty of depth at the running back position. George Atkinson III is the top returning player with 51 carries for 361 yards and 5 rushing touchdowns and had a few 50+ yard runs and a team-high 7.1 yards a carry. Cam McDaniel had 23 carries for 125 yards and 1 touchdown last season. Amir Carlisle and Will Mahone will both see playing time as well along with true freshmen Greg Bryant and Tarean Folston. Will Mahone had an injury and will be out against the Owls.
Notre Dame RB's vs. Temple Rush Defense: The run defense for Temple isn't any better than their pass defense. The Owls allowed 199 rushing yards a game which was the teams worst since 2006 (allowed 244 yards per game on the ground) and lost most of their starters on the defensive line and return only 1 starter this season. Rotating in running backs will be important to wear out their defense and also get in playing time as well. Look for a strong effort by the Notre Dame running game and for most to potentially all available running backs getting in playing time.
Edge: Notre Dame
Temple RB's: Temple lost nearly half of their returning rushing yards in Montel Harris, a Boston College transfer who had 1,054 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns last season. His backup last season, Matt Brown also graduated and had 372 rushing yards and 4 touchdowns. The starter, Kenny Harper had only 65 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns last season. Also, his backup Jamie Gilmore only had 94 rushing yards last season.
Temple RB's vs. Notre Dame Rush Defense: Notre Dame has what may be the best defensive line in college football that is headlined by juniors Louis Nix III and Stephon Tuitt. With Temple being heavily inexperienced at running back, look for the Irish to have a strong showing on defense against the run and keep Temple well below 100 rushing yards for the game.
Edge: Notre Dame
Notre Dame WR's and TE's: The Irish lost their top guy in tight end Tyler Eifert who set numerous records for a Notre Dame tight end and is now in the NFL with the Cincinnati Bengals. The Irish do return TJ Jones and DaVaris Daniels, TJ Jones was named one of the team captain and had 50 receptions for 649 yards and 4 touchdowns. Daniels had 31 catches for 490 yards and missed 2 games late in the season due to injury. Also returning of note are Chris Brown and Daniel Smith. CJ Prosise moved over from the secondary and the Irish have quite a few incoming freshmen. Corey Robinson in particular has done well in preseason practice and was an early enrollee as well. Troy Niklas is the new starter at tight end with the loss of Tyler Eifert and is expected to carry on the legacy of Notre Dame producing great tight ends recently and historically. Also, the backups at tight end will be Alex Welch and Ben Koyack.
Notre Dame WR's and TE's vs. Temple DB's: The Temple secondary is one of the weakest units on the team and is breaking in new starters at both safety spots as well. Tommy Rees will need to get the ball to his receivers and spread it out as well. While TJ Jones, DaVaris Daniels, and Troy Niklas will be targeted, look for others to see playing time as well. The Notre Dame receivers should have a great game and look for backups to get meaningful minutes in as well.
Edge: Notre Dame
Temple WR's and TE's: The top returnee at receiver for Temple is Jalen Fitzpatrick who had 30 receptions for 363 yards and 2 touchdowns. The only other players who return with 10 or more receptions are Cody Booth (who has moved to the offensive line) and Kenny Harper (a running back), as Temple was more of a run based team in 2012 (201 rushing yards per game and 121 passing yards per game).
Temple WR's and TE's vs. Notre Dame DB's: Jalen Fitzpatrick is the only player the Irish have to worry about significantly with Temple being more of a run based team, which will help with the defense as it may mean that the Irish don't have to drop as many players into coverage and still be able to commit to both the pass and the run.
Edge: Notre Dame
Notre Dame OL: The Notre Dame offensive line is headlined by Zach Martin and Chris Watt on the left side. Martin was named captain for the second season in a row and the unit will feature a couple new starters with Braxston Cave and Mike Golic Jr. having graduated. Early enrollee Steve Elmer has been drawn quite a bit of praise from Brian Kelly and also is capable of playing multiple spots on the offensive line as well.
Notre Dame OL vs. Temple DL: The Temple Owls only return one starter in senior Levi Brown for their defensive line. Even with Notre Dame having a couple new starters, this shouldn't be an issue as the Irish should be able to open lanes up for the running game and keep opposing defenders out of the backfield.
Edge: Notre Dame
Temple OL: The Temple OL returns quite a few starters including 6th year player Sean Boyle. The line did a solid job in run blocking as Temple had 1000 yard rusher last season. The Owls offensive line is easily the strength of Temple offense this season with the Owls having new starters at QB and RB most notably.
Temple OL vs. Notre Dame DL: While the Temple offensive line is their best offensive unit, they face one of the very best defensive lines in Notre Dame's. While Notre Dame has a little bit of the depth issue due to injuries, they should be able to play backups as needed against Temple.
Edge: Notre Dame
Notre Dame DL: The defensive line for Notre Dame is the strength of a really great Notre Dame defense. Even with the loss of Kapron Lewis-Moore, the Irish have Stephon Tuitt, Louis Nix III and Sheldon Day starting. Day has earned a lot of praise after playing a solid amount as a true freshman while Tuitt and Nix are All-American candidates. Tuitt had a strong season in 2012 with 12 sacks and a defensive touchdown, and Nix is a force in the middle. Sheldon Day is a rising star and could a strong presence in opposing backfields with the main focus on Nix and Tuitt.
Notre Dame DL vs. Temple OL: While Temple returns the core of its offensive line, the Irish have two players in Stephon Tuitt and Louis Nix that will attract double coverage and give more opportunities for Sheldon Day and other defenders. The Irish will need to stay healthy and avoid injuries with Tony Springmann and Chase Hounshell out for the season.
Edge: Notre Dame
Temple DL: Levi Brown is the only starter returning from the Temple defensive line from last season and he had 27 tackles and 3 tackles for loss last season. The unit allowed 200 or more rushing yards in 5 games in the 2012 season.
Temple DL vs. Notre Dame OL: With Temple having only 1 returning starter from last season, the new starters will be put to a test right away with an experienced Notre Dame offensive line that features a strong left side. Temple's defense also had trouble getting pressure on opposing quarterbacks with the most out of a single player being 2 quarterback hurries. Look for Notre Dame to contain the inexperienced Temple defensive line.
Notre Dame LB's: The loss of Manti Te'o will be felt, but the linebacker unit is still deep even with Danny Spond having to retire early. Jaylon Smith will start at outside linebacker opposite multi-year starter Prince Shembo. The inside has veterans with Carlo Calabrese and Dan Fox, but is deep with Jarrett Grace and Kendall Moore as well. Shembo could build upon his strong junior season with a potential of a double-digit sack season as well.
Notre Dame LB's vs. Temple: For the Notre Dame linebackers, the biggest focus for them will be supporting the defensive line. Look for Prince Shembo to make his presence known in the backfield and put pressure on Temple. Jaylon Smith will need to be able to make an impact as well with it being his first career start.
Edge: Notre Dame
Temple LB's: The linebacker unit is the strongest unit of Temple's defense that returns to tackler in Tyler Matakevich who had 101 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, and 3 pass deflections last season. He also was the Big East Defensive Freshman Player of the Year last season. Another returning starter is Blaze Caponegro who had 30 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 tackle for loss, and 1 pass deflection last season. Nate D. Smith returns with 75 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 2 pass deflections and 1 quarterback hurry.
Temple LB's vs. Notre Dame: Containing Temple's linebackers will be the most important thing to do for the Irish, especially Tyler Matakevich. This could mean more double tight end sets on offense for the Irish. If Notre Dame keeps the linebacker unit contained and out of the backfield, then that will make things significantly easier on offense for Notre Dame.
Edge: Even
Notre Dame DB's: What was a big question mark going into last season wound up significantly exceeding expectations and helped keep numerous teams below 200 passing yards last season. The unit returns nearly intact with the only notable losses being Zeke Motta and Jamoris Slaughter (both in the NFL now). The unit welcomes back Austin Collinsworth and Lo Wood who missed last season due to injury. Bennett Jackson was named captain and is the teams top returning tackler and interception leader with 65 tackles and 4 interceptions. KeiVarae Russell was a big surprise after being put into the other starting cornerback spot and and had 2 interceptions and was first team freshman All-American as well. Matthias Farley stepped in when Jamoris Slaughter and had a solid season as a redshirt freshman.
Notre Dame DB's vs. Temple WR's: The only receiver Notre Dame must really worry about is Jalen Fitzpatrick as he is the only returning receiver to have made an impact last season. Fitzpatrick had 363 receiving yards last season which was 226 more yards than the no. 2 receiver last season. Considering all of this, Notre Dame won't have to have as many players playing in coverage and should be able to focus on the run.
Edge: Notre Dame
Temple DB's: Temple is starting new safeties this season but returns both starting corners in Zamel Johnson and Anthony Robey. The pass defense was horrible last season with Temple allowing 237 yards per game and only allowed below 200 yards 3 times (and one of those was a run-based team that only attempted 9 passes in the entire game). The unit only had 4 interceptions all season which was one of the lowest among Division 1-A teams last season.
Temple DB's vs. Notre Dame WR's: The Irish have experienced receivers in TJ Jones and DaVaris Daniels and can pose problems for the Owls secondary. If Tommy Rees is able to get the ball to the receivers and spread it around, it will make committing to the pass harder for Temple, especially with a unit that was weak against the pass last season and having a couple of new starters.
Edge: Notre Dame
Notre Dame Kicking Game: Kyle Brindza made 23 out of 31 field goals with the most notable being the game winner against Purdue last season and also was the kickoff specialist last season with 26 touchbacks. Wake Forest transfer Alex Wulfeck is expected to take over on punts with Ben Turk having graduated, but it is possible that Brindza could handle punting duty as well in addition to being the kicker and kickoff specialist.
Temple Kicking Game: The unit is getting a big drop off with the kicker and punter from last season being gone. Albany transfer Paul Layton will be handing the kicking and punting duties and was 2-time All-NEC while at Albany.
Stronger Unit: Notre Dame
Notre Dame Return Game: George Atkinson III didn't have as great of a season as he did in 2011 when he returned 2 kickoffs for touchdowns. In 2012, he had just a 20 yard average and only a long of 39 yards. Punt returns were a non-factor as most needed to be fair caught.
Temple Return Game: The return game also suffered a huge hit with the loss of Matt Brown who averaged 25.5 yards per return and had a kickoff return for a touchdown. He also also averaged 14.2 yards per punt return with a long of 45. Jaen Fitzpatrick also returned kickoffs and had a 24 yard average and a long of 43.
Stronger Unit: Even
Everything Else: The offseason for Notre Dame was an interesting turn of events with the suspension of Everett Golson and injury issues as well. However, the team has it's depth and experience, and returns most of the starters on defense while having a strong left side on the offensive line. New starters and first year players will need to establish themselves. Tommy Rees has the experience and needs to cut down on turnovers that were an issue most notably in 2011. The running back unit will need to be consistent with the losses of Theo Riddick and Cierre Wood. While George Atkinson III is the starter, the backups need to establish themselves to prevent reliance on Atkinson. Troy Niklas will need to be able to make plays and help make up for the loss of Eifert. The defensive line must stay healthy and get in backups as needed for experience. Temple is playing under a first year head coach, a new starter at quarterback who was buried on the depth chart the last couple of seasons. Temple had major losses in the running game and on the defensive front. Look for a strong balanced effort on offense to open the season for the Irish.
Prediction: Notre Dame 45, Temple 0


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In my last post I asked you to take a brief survey. Many of you did, in fact, within about 13 hours I had nearly 150 responses. However, the survey host, Surveymonkey, only provides the first 100 responses. This is not really a big deal, and given that the survey itself was a bit rough-and-ready, it got the job done.
I asked 10 questions in total on four different topics. The topics themselves were arbitrary. They were simply accessible constructs which most people have an opinion about.
The values on the y-axis are raw numbers, but given that n=100, they also correspond largely to percentages (a few people, over a few questions, did not answer).
1) How old are you?
2) What's your favourite colour?
3) What's your favourite kind of snack?
4) Do you have any aversions / phobias?
5) What is your preferred alcohol
A few people critiqued me for not including the option for multiple aversions/phobias, and for not including a teetotaller option in the alcohol question. However, this shouldn't really make a difference. The key was in the question that accompanied each topic:
What proportion of the population also [reflects your opinion]?
I am going to have to go through all the data and manually enter it into some analytics software, and so I will withold from concluding whether the effect I was looking for was found. However, I encourage you to consider your preferences, and your own answers to the follow up questions, and to try and hazard a guess as to what I was hoping to find.
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I expect you to find that we ignore base rates, and that we overestimate the frequency of our choices. Like the last question, how many people will answer the same as you?. Just by maths(conditional probabilities ftw) you would expect a very low % of people agreeing. But as we are in ourselves, we consider ourselves to be the world.
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As sudden as it feels now that Phase 3 is almost here, I have been laying some foundations for it:
A. Found a writing coach. I needed someone to keep me motivated to write, to advise me on making this a business, to listen to me whine. I chose someone I met at a writers' conference, because I remembered her warm and sunny personality (she is from California), her professionalism, and her great laugh. That laugh alone is worth the investment. We talk once or twice a month on the phone. I update her on what I'm doing, brag or wimper, and she offers insights and suggestions and gives me assignments which I usually forget to do. I know that I wouldn't have accomplished nearly as much as I have without her support.
B. Got my finances in order. I originally planned to retire in October of 2008. I made that my deadline to pay off the mortgage on my house. I found out what the payments would have to be to make that happen, and since I wasn't too far off from paying it off, managed to pay enough more per month to close it out. So now those lovely chunks of change, instead of going to the mortgage holder, accumulate in my bank account. My car is paid for. And I've been using my Social Security checks to pay off a credit card debt.
C. Began working regularly on a couple of novels, just to prove to myself I was serious. I discovered that I could find 30 minutes a day of writing time after work, and half-hour by half-hour I finished drafts of both of them.
D. Renovated my garden. I love growing vegetables, but for the last few years had given up trying to have a garden, and it quickly became a weedy jungle. Last summer and fall I pulled up every weed there was and covered the beds with straw. Now the beds are ready for their own Phase 3. Spinach, anyone? I'm also building some more beds so I can go crazy, vegetively speaking. To celebrate, I bought a beautiful pair of stone washed overalls which I plan to live in this summer, and a great straw gardening hat.
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have less. To read less and think less. To try less and
discipline ourselves less.
These are the choices that lead to an empty life. These are
the choices that, once made, lead to a life of constant
apprehension instead of a life of wondrous anticipation.
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can possibly be. All of us have the choice.
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less or to be nothing at all!
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capabilities. Why not do all that we can, every moment that
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The Norris Music Boosters are parents and friends of music students in the Norris School District. Our purpose is to support all activities of the instrumental and vocal music departments at Norris High School. We serve this purpose by presenting scholarships, promoting leadership and education, administering fundraising activities, financially supporting special projects within the music department, arranging meals for the music groups, and by acting as sponsors when the groups travel.
If you are a parent of a music student at Norris School District you are already considered a booster. There is no membership fee to be a part of the organization nor do you have to attend meetings. You can act as a booster simply by attending activities that your student is involved with through the music department and by participating in meetings and projects.
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Why possess we, writing in English, the habit of so effortlessly and frequently relying upon the be verb? I recognize that, at times, "is", "are", or any other variant, its simplicity highlighting the nuances at hand, far better serves the author than any action verb could; however, more often than not (or so I believe), employing the be verb simply deadens even the otherwise-crispest of sentences. Perhaps more pernicious, used unsparingly, it denigrates the very concept of being.
An example: In the cover article of this week's Leader, a Starke County, Indiana, publication, editor John Reed, writing about the 2008 Harvest Days Festival in perfidious Knox, my mother's hometown and the county's seat of government, notes, "The cheerleading competition will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in the parking lot across the street from the MC Smith Funeral Home" Could not Mr. Reed just as easily have apprised the reader of the relevant information without resorting to "will be"? He could, perhaps, have composed the following simple declarative: "The cheerleading competition will occur . . . ." Instead, he leaves me to fret: Heaven forfend the cheerleading competition would endure an existential crisis, realizing that the Festival's committee has limited its time of being to one minute (or, more liberally, hour), on one day, at one place. How should we react to such misfortune whilst not forgetting to tend to the psychological and spiritual well-being of the "lots of 'guy' activities, including the Burnout sponsored by the Knox-Center Township Fire Department"?
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A long essay that I recently wrote on the various views of the fall of the Sasanian Empire and the coming of Islam was recently featured on the Mizan Project website. You can read the first part here, and the second part here.
Author: khodadadkavad
Episode 12: One more on Cyrus and the Origins of His Empire
Episode 12 is out… download it from here, or subscribe to the History of Iran Podcast via your favourite podcast catcher. Here is the feed for it.
… and here are some pictures and maps to help with visualisation. Also, look at this Achaemenid Daric (Achaemenid gold coin) which is very close to the Lydian prototype.
Cyrus the Great on Livius
Nice, short article on Cyrus. Livius is generally a good site and I would trust most of its contents.
Episode 11: The Kingdom of Anshan and Cyrus the Great
You can download Episode 11 from here… you can also check out the feed or try your favourite podcast index.
This episode will explain the local (mainly Anshanite) context for the rise of Cyrus, as well as telling a bit about the version of the story of the birth of Cyrus told by Herodotus.
1- Cyrus' genealogy:
- Cyrus' name is written as Kurush (II) son of Kambujia (Cambyses I) son of Kurush (I) son of Chish-pish (Tespes).
- He is said to be the son of Mandane (daughter of Astyages of Media) by Herodotus.
2- Here is a useful article on the site of Malyan/Malian (ancient Anshan) and the archaeological excavations of it.
3- Another article on the description of Cyrus as presented in Herodotus' History.
Bibliographia Iranica
The new episodes of the podcast are on their way. In the meantime, I invite the readers to check out the blog of my friend and colleague Arash Zeini, now a collective effort of him and several other friends, which is dedicated to introducing the new publications in Iranian Studies. The blog is a great resource and I will use it from here on as a resource for the podcast and for the History Page. Check it out here!
Episode 10: the World that Cyrus Conquered
Finally we arrive at the tale of Cyrus, what you have all been waiting for. Get the episode from here…
This is the introduction to the history of Cyrus, looking at the world in which he started his career. I go from the Mediterranean to China and back to Mesopotamia, surveying the Eurasian world in 550 BCE or so, as well as making some preliminary remarks about Cyrus himself.
Check out the Bibliography for items added for this subject.
Episode 9, the Disappearing Kingdom: Medes and the Median Empire
You can download the new episode form this link…
As usual, the feed is here.
Names of the characters mentioned
Dioces: the "founder" of the Median Empire according to Herodotus (possibly inspired by the Mannean Diakku, mentioned in Assyrian annales)
Phraortes: his son, possibly the chief Kashtariti mentioned in the chronicle of Essarhaddon
Cyaxares: the greatest of the Median kings, according to Herodotus, and the "conqueror" of Assyria. Possibly Umakishtar who is mentioned in the Gadd Chronicle and said by the Babylonian chronicles to be the person who sacked Assur/Ashur.
Astyages: the last of the Median Emperors, possibly Ishtumigu of the Babylonian chronicles.
Apologies and Explanations
In which I explain and apologise..
Medes are on their way…
Elamite names "galore"
One of the dear readers of this weblog, and listeners to the podcast, suggested that I make a list of the names I so much enjoy pronouncing. I think it is a good idea, except someone has already done it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Elam (for the chaps mentioned this week, scroll down to the Neo-Elamite period).
You should notice that pronunciation occasionally vary. Some of the Elamite pronunciations are being perfected. Temti-Human-Inshushinak now seems to be more like Tepti-Humban-Inshushinak (which is the way I say it). Some are better known (if you can say that about anything Elamite) by their Akkadian names. Shutruk-Nahunte is sometimes written Shutruk-nakhunte or Shutruk-Nahhunte. These are attempts at rendering Elamite in English. The sound /h/ in his name is a laryngeal sound which does not exist in English, similar to Arabic ح.
Apart from these Elamites, I mentioned a few Assyrians and some Babylonians. Sargon II, Esarhaddon, Sennacherib, and Ashurbanipal are the Assyrian ones. Merodach-Baladan the Chaldean was really the only "Babylonian" I mentioned.
I will post a similar list from the next episode on.
Episode 8: the Neo-Elamite Kingdom
Well, here it is FINALLY! I got things to work, and meanwhile everything has changed (the feed is still the same)
This episode goes back to the Elamites and their adventures with the Neo-Assyrians, and their murky last century.
Here are a couple of more readings, one on the chronology of the Neo-Elamite period based on newer finds, and the second on Neo-Elamite "acculturation."
A book on the Arjan Tomb, an important late Elamite discovery (you can read a condensed version with detailed interpretations here)