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8 Courtly Medieval Female Writers
Neha Patel Apr 20, 2020
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In this epic sequel to Once & Future, Ari and her Rainbow knights must pull off a Holy Grail heist thousands of years in the past -- without destroying their own destinies. Ari and her cursed wizard Merlin must travel back in time to the unenlightened Middle Ages and steal the King Arthur's Grail -- the very definition of impossible. It's imperative that the time travelers not skew the timeline and alter the course of history. Coming face to face with the original Arthurian legend could produce a ripple effect that changes everything.
It's safe to say that most readers have grown up with a healthy dose of the legends of King Arthur, the great British king who went on an epic quest for the Holy Grail and was eventually laid to rest in Avalon. But where did King Arthur live in the time between? Well, it was none other than the famous court of Camelot, where he and his knights conferred at the Round Table.
Courtly intrigue is fascinating to modern audiences. It is far more romantic than the machinations of Washington played out on C-SPAN. At least medieval courts had knights, wizards, and fealty, which are far more romantic than congressional hearings and pardoning turkeys.
Medieval Courts Through the Eyes of Women
That said, almost all the legends of King Arthur are male-centric, with the two key female characters—Morgan le Fay and Queen Guinevere—being pigeon-holed as evil sorceress and adulteress, respectively. To be frank, their stories have almost always been told by men.
Unfortunately, despite his iconic status, King Arthur's life is simply a legend, meaning that we'll never know the true nature of the women at his court. Fortunately, there were plenty of (real) female courtiers who lived in various medieval courts and penned everything from histories to poems. Thanks to them, we can at least have a female perspective of court life beyond the male gaze.
Female Writers From Medieval Japan
Medieval Japan saw the rise of feudalism and is generally broken into two major periods: Kamakura (1185–1333) and Muromachi (1336–1573). The Azuchi–Momoyama period (1568–1600) is sometimes included.
Medieval Japanese literature continued the classical tradition of monogatari (court fiction) and waka poetry, which is court poetry from the 6th century to 14th century. Many female writers were noblewoman who were acclaimed poets with their own merits. However, much of their lives went unrecorded, hence the ambiguity surrounding their respective births and deaths.
Ben no Naishi (possibly 1228–1270)
Notable work: Sacred Rites in Moonlight: Ben No Naishi Nikki
Ben no Naishi was a naishi (female courtier) who served in the court of Emperor Go-Fukakusa, the 89th emperor of Japan. She is famous for her memoir Sacred Rites in Moonlight: Ben No Naishi Nikki but is also regarded as an accomplished poet.
Kenreimon-in Ukyō no Daibu (possibly 1157–1233)
Notable work: Kenreimon-in Ukyō no Daibu Shū
Kenreimon-in Ukyō no Daibu served Taira no Tokuko, the Empress-consort of Emperor Takakura, from 1173 to ~1178. Twenty-three of her poems were included in chokusen wakashū (imperial Japanese anthologies of waka poetry), and she also completed her personal anthology Kenreimon-in Ukyō no Daibu Shū.
Princess Shikishi (1149 –1201*)
Notable work: String of Beads: Complete Poems of Princess Shikishi
Princess Shikishi was the thirrd daughter of Emperor Go-Shirakawa, the 77th Emperor of Japan. She never married, and served at Kamo Shrine, a Shinto sanctuary complex in Kyoto. She eventually left the shrine and became a Buddhist nun. Most of Princess Shikishi's poems are in a form called tanka, which groups syllables in a set of 5-7-5-7-7. Her talent led to her poetry being included in 15 of 21 imperial anthologies. A prolific poet, 399 of her poems are recognized today.
*Although Princess Shikishi is regarded as a classical poet, I am including her in our list of medieval writers since her life extended well into the early Kamakura period (which began in 1185).
Kaki Mon'in (unknown–1380s)
Notable work: Kaki Mon'in Go-shū
Kaki Mon'in was a noblewoman, Buddhist nun, and waka poet of the Nanboku-chō period (1336–1392), which occurred at the very beginning of the wider Muromachi period (1336–1573). At court, she served as the concubine of Emperor Go-Murakami, the 97th emperor of Japan and was the mother of Emperor Go-Kameyama, the 99th emperor of Japan (some sources suggest that she was also the mother of Emperor Chōkei, the 98th emperor of Japan).
Her private collection of waka poetry, Kaki Mon'in Go-shū, is regarded as a valuable resource on the accession of Emperor Chōkei. Seventeen poems from this private collection were included in the Shin'yō Wakashū, an important 14th century anthology.
Female Writers From Medieval Europe
The time period of medieval Europe, known as the Middle Ages, generally begins with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and ends at the Renaissance. Traditionally, the Middle Ages are broken into 3 periods: Early (i.e. the Dark Ages) from the 5th century to 10th century; High from 1000 to ~1300; and Late from 1250 to 1500. Like medieval Japan, much of medieval Europe was ensconced in feudalism.
During the Middle Ages, literature was primarily composed of religious works along with some secular works. The reason religious work was so prominent (and well preserved) is because clerics ran intellectual life; therefore, it was clerics who produced most of the writing. A good amount of secular works, at least those still preserved, were written by nobles and courtiers who provided accounts of life at court, histories, and even some translations.
Marie de France (1160–1215)
Notable work: Lais of Marie de France
Country: England (but possibly born in France)
Marie de France was a poet who lived in England and was most likely born in France. Almost nothing is known about her life; historians are even unsure which court she lived and wrote at. However, she was known in the royal court of King Henry II of England.
Marie de France is regarded as the first woman to write in francophone, a Romance language of the Indo-European family. She also knew Latin, Middle English, and (possibly) Breton. Her claim to fame is being the author of the Lais of Marie de France, which strongly influenced romantic and heroic literature.
Leonor López de Córdoba (1362–1420)
Notable work: Memorias
Leonor López de Córdoba was a Spanish noblewoman best known for her autobiography aptly names Memorias. Her parents were Martin López de Córdoba and Sancha Carrillo, who were well-connected to the Spanish royal family.
In 1403, Leonor López de Córdoba resided in the court of Henry III of Castile and became an advisor to his queen Catherine of Lancaster; however, de Córdoba was banished from the court after falling out of favor. Her writing has a place in history because Memorias is the believed to be the earliest autobiography written in Spanish. That said, there is evidence to suggest that she dictated the work to a notary.
Christine de Pizan (1364–1430)
Notable work: Le Livre de la Cité des Dames (The Book of the City of Ladies)
Country: France (but born in Venice, Italy)
Christine de Pizan was a poet and writer in the court of King Charles VI of France. She was born in Venice, Italy, but moved to France after her father accepted an appointment as an astrologer in the court of Charles V.
Christine de Pizan is famous for her defense of women in Le Livre de la Cité des Dames (The Book of the City of Ladies), which is actually her formal response to Roman de la Rose (The Romance of the Rose) by Jean de Meun. His sensual language and imagery drew criticism from de Pizan. In Le Livre de la Cité des Dames, she describes an allegorical city of "Dames" who each served as its building blocks.
Anna Comnena (1083–1153)
Notable work: The Alexiad
Country: Byzantine Empire (born in Constantinople, which is modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Anna Comnena had a pretty eventful life. Born on December 1, 1083 to none other than Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and his wife Irene Doukaina, she is infamous for her failed attempt to usurp her brother John II Komnenos.
Growing up, she was well-educated in Greek literature, history, philosophy, theology, mathematics, and medicine. The reason for her comprehensive education was that she and her fiancé were next in line for the Byzantine throne…until her brother, John II Komnenos, was born. When her father died in 1118, Anna Comnena and her mother failed to usurp the throne from John II Komnenos, who exiled his sister to a monastery. It was there that she wrote The Alexiad, an account of her father's reign as emperor.
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Loire River, longest river in France, rising in the southern Massif Central and flowing north and west for 634 miles (1,020 km) to the Atlantic Ocean, which it enters south of the Bretagne (Brittany) peninsula. Its major tributary is the Allier, which joins the Loire at Le Bec d'Allier. Its drains an area of about 45,000 square miles (117,000 square km). The picturesque valley is dotted with châteaus.
Cathedral on the banks of the Loire River, Blois, France.
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The château at Amboise, France, on the Loire River.
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The river rises at about 4,500 feet (1,370 metres) above sea level, at the foot of the Gerbier de Jonc in the Cévennes near the Mediterranean coast. In its upper course it flows through a succession of downfaulted, flat-floored basins set in the highlands of the Massif Central. Crossing them, its valley narrows to gorges. After being joined by the Allier, the greatly enlarged stream flows across the limestone platform of Berry, and its valley becomes only a slight groove.
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The upper course of the Loire tends to flow north toward the centre of the Paris Basin, but it then swings in a great curve past Orléans and flows westward to the sea by its long estuary at Nantes.
The Loire Basin has a temperate maritime climate, with no consistent dry season and with heavy precipitation, including winter snowfall, in the highlands that occupy its upper basin. The area of its headwaters is also subject to violent autumn storms from the Mediterranean. The river is usually highest in late winter, but there is no reliable rule; floods may occur in any month, though normally not in July and August.
In its middle course, the river occupies a shallow but steep-sided groove. Its once-marshy floodplain is protected from flooding by levées ("embankments") built progressively from the 12th to the 19th century. Effective agricultural reclamation began in the 14th century and was stimulated by the presence of the French court in the 15th and 16th centuries, when the middle Loire valley sustained a strip of land intensively cultivated for cash crops. In the 18th century, before the French Revolution, it reached the peak of its prosperity. The river was the great highway for movement of goods, and the cities on its banks were busy ports. During the period of developing river traffic in the 17th and 18th centuries, canal links were built connecting the Loire navigation with the Seine system of navigable waterways, which allowed products to be carried to Paris. These connecting canals are too narrow for modern vessels, and their use is limited. Left behind by modern developments, the Loire countryside remains predominantly rural, Old World, and little affected by modern industry.
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Vineyard in the Loire River valley, France.
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ANTWERPEN. Núria Güell. "Troika Fiscal Desobediente Consultancy" Extra States: Nations in Liquidation. 21 de september – 16 december 2018. Extra City Kunsthal
'Extra States: Nations in Liquidation' brings together artists whose works aim to critically address, recompose or bypass the traditional readings of the state. How do we think of "the state" in contemporary society? How much agency and effect do "extra state" power structures have, in the form of political ideologies, multinational companies, supra-state bodies and others, and to what extent can they transcend and bypass the state as we know it? Where do we stand as citizens when "extra states" such as the European Union, Facebook, Cambridge Analytica, the International Monetary Fund or the European Central Bank affect our life?
Nuria Güell has created an agency that will consult on the complexities of tax avoidance, playing within the rules of the European Union's single market.
The consultancy advises on strategies borrowed from international financial tax assessors that reduce the tax liability of neoliberal companies.
Núria Güell uses her artwork for political and social activism, believing that art holds the power to rethink ourselves as a society. Through installation, writing, performance, and video, Güell rethinks the ethics practiced by the large institutions that govern our society and suggests alternative methodologies
Núri Güell graduated from the University of Barcelona with a degree in fine art and continued her studies under Tania Bruguera at Behavior Art Master in Cuba. Her work has been exhibited in biennials in Havana, Pontevedra, Ljubljana, and Liverpool, as well as in the Print Triennial of Tallinn, and her projects exhibited in Museums and galleries around the world, including recently the VanAbbemuseum, Eindhoven, and the Irish Museum of Modern Art.
Participating artists Sven Augustijnen, Dora Budor, Chto Delat, Núria Güell, Goldin+Senneby, Femke Herregraven, Sanja Iveković, Sophie Jung, Metahaven, Kapwani Kiwanga, Nástio Mosquito, Trevor Paglen, Anton Vidokle & Pelin Tan. Artefacts from Neutral Moresnet and Bulkes, with trailer of 'Operation: Bulkes' (dir. Siniša Bosančić, 2021). Scenography / spatial installation by Olivier Goethals.
Extra City Kunsthal, Eikelstraat 31, 2600 Antwerpen
https://extracitykunsthal.org
www.nuriaguell.net
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how programming languages got their names: How programming languages got their names @TheStrangeRoots Bash Clojure The creator wanted to include the letter 'c' (C#), 'I' (Lisp) and 'j' (Java) and liked that it was a pun on 'closure'. The word 'closure', the act of closing, comes from the Latin 'clausūra' stemming from ' clauděre' which means 'to shut or close'. Bash is an acronym for Bourne-again Shell, a pun on the Bourne Shell - named after creator Stephen Bourne - being "born again". 'Bash' is also a verb meaning 'to strike with a heavy blow', possibly from the Danish 'baske' meaning 'to beat, strike'. Quite simply C got its name because it was preceded by a programming language called B. C spawned its own children including C++ and C#. It is the third letter in the English alphabet and was originally identical to the Greek letter 'Gamma'. $. Java Go Elixir The name Java was the result of a highly- caffeinated brainstorming session. Java, or 'Jawa' in Indonesian, is the name of a large island in Indonesia that produces strong, dark and sweet coffee. It has been a slang term for coffee in the United States since the 1800s. One of the Google developers said the name Go, sometime referred to as Golang, was chosen because it was 'short and easy to type'. The word 'go', meaning 'to travel or go somewhere' stems from the Old High German 'gan' (to go). The word 'elixir', meaning a potion or essence that prolongs life or preserves something, stems from the Arabic 'al-iksı' via the late Greek 'xerion', a powder for drying wounds. Appeared in Middle English from the 14th century. Java JavaScript Perl Kotlin Inspired by Java, it was named after Kotlin Island in Russia. Originally called Kettusaari by the Finns ('fox island') and Ketlingen by the Swedes, (maybe stemming from 'kettel' meaning 'cauldron'). After Russia won control of the island in 1703 it was Originally named Mocha, a type of fine quality coffee, it was later renamed JavaScript, combining Java, US slang for coffee, + 'Script, 'something that is written' from the Latin 'scriptum', 'a set of written words or writing'. Initially named Pearl, the alternative spelling was adopted as the name was already taken. It comes from the Middle French 'perle 'meaning 'bead' or 'something valuable' and the Latin 'perna' meaning 'leg', also a mollusc shaped like a leg of mutton. JS renamed 'Kotling' then 'Kotlin'. PHP Python Ris named partly after the first names of the first two R authors (Ross Ihaka and Robert Gentleman) and partly as a play on the name of S, itss parent langauge. It is the 18th letter in the alphabet and derives from the Greek letter 'Rho' php Originally known as Personal Home Page Construction Kit, this was later shortened to just PHP (an acronym for Personal Home Page). It is now accepted as the initials for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor. Creator Guido van Rossum named Python after TV comedy Monty Python's Flying Circus. The word 'python' comes from the ancient Greek 'Puthón', the name of a huge serpent killed by the god Apollo. Later adopted as a generic term for non- poisonous snakes that constrict their prey. Ruby Scala Rust Influenced by Perl, the developer chose a colleague's birthstone which followed it in the monthly sequence (June is Pearl, Ruby is July). Ruby comes from the Old French 'rubi', a 'reddish precious stone', and the Latin 'rubeus', 'red'. Scala is a combination of the first letters of 'scalable' and 'language!. It is also the Italian word for 'stairway', as it helps users to ascend to a better language. The logo is also an abstraction of a staircase or steps. Rust's name comes from a fungus that is robust, distributed, and parallel. It is also a substring of robust. Rust, also the reddish coating formed on oxidized metal, stems from the German 'rost' and possibly the Indo-European base of 'red'. Swift TypeScript SQL SQL First called "Structured English Query Language" (SEQUEL), pronounced "sequel", it was a pun that it was the sequel to QUEL. It was later shortened to SQL. The word 'sequel' stems from the Latin 'sequēla' from 'sequi' meaning 'to follow'. Originating from the shortcomings of JavaScript, hence the similarility of the name. Its name combines 'Type', meaning a kind or class (from the Greek 'tuptein' 'to strike'), with 'Script, 'something that is written' from the Latin 'scriptum'. The word 'swift' means 'moving with great speed or velocity' and can be traced back to the prehistoric 'swipt' meaning to 'move in a sweeping manner'. The swallow-like bird became known as a swift from the TS 17th century and is used as the language's logo. how programming languages got their names
Programming language origins: How programming languages got their names @TheStrangeRoots Bash Clojure The creator wanted to include the letter 'c' (C#), 'I' (Lisp) and 'j' (Java) and liked that it was a pun on 'closure'. The word 'closure', the act of closing, comes from the Latin 'clausūra' stemming from ' clauděre' which means 'to shut or close'. Bash is an acronym for Bourne-again Shell, a pun on the Bourne Shell - named after creator Stephen Bourne - being "born again". 'Bash' is also a verb meaning 'to strike with a heavy blow', possibly from the Danish 'baske' meaning 'to beat, strike'. Quite simply C got its name because it was preceded by a programming language called B. C spawned its own children including C++ and C#. It is the third letter in the English alphabet and was originally identical to the Greek letter 'Gamma'. $. Java Go Elixir The name Java was the result of a highly- caffeinated brainstorming session. Java, or 'Jawa' in Indonesian, is the name of a large island in Indonesia that produces strong, dark and sweet coffee. It has been a slang term for coffee in the United States since the 1800s. One of the Google developers said the name Go, sometime referred to as Golang, was chosen because it was 'short and easy to type'. The word 'go', meaning 'to travel or go somewhere' stems from the Old High German 'gan' (to go). The word 'elixir', meaning a potion or essence that prolongs life or preserves something, stems from the Arabic 'al-iksı' via the late Greek 'xerion', a powder for drying wounds. Appeared in Middle English from the 14th century. Java JavaScript Perl Kotlin Inspired by Java, it was named after Kotlin Island in Russia. Originally called Kettusaari by the Finns ('fox island') and Ketlingen by the Swedes, (maybe stemming from 'kettel' meaning 'cauldron'). After Russia won control of the island in 1703 it was Originally named Mocha, a type of fine quality coffee, it was later renamed JavaScript, combining Java, US slang for coffee, + 'Script, 'something that is written' from the Latin 'scriptum', 'a set of written words or writing'. Initially named Pearl, the alternative spelling was adopted as the name was already taken. It comes from the Middle French 'perle 'meaning 'bead' or 'something valuable' and the Latin 'perna' meaning 'leg', also a mollusc shaped like a leg of mutton. JS renamed 'Kotling' then 'Kotlin'. PHP Python Ris named partly after the first names of the first two R authors (Ross Ihaka and Robert Gentleman) and partly as a play on the name of S, itss parent langauge. It is the 18th letter in the alphabet and derives from the Greek letter 'Rho' php Originally known as Personal Home Page Construction Kit, this was later shortened to just PHP (an acronym for Personal Home Page). It is now accepted as the initials for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor. Creator Guido van Rossum named Python after TV comedy Monty Python's Flying Circus. The word 'python' comes from the ancient Greek 'Puthón', the name of a huge serpent killed by the god Apollo. Later adopted as a generic term for non- poisonous snakes that constrict their prey. Ruby Scala Rust Influenced by Perl, the developer chose a colleague's birthstone which followed it in the monthly sequence (June is Pearl, Ruby is July). Ruby comes from the Old French 'rubi', a 'reddish precious stone', and the Latin 'rubeus', 'red'. Scala is a combination of the first letters of 'scalable' and 'language!. It is also the Italian word for 'stairway', as it helps users to ascend to a better language. The logo is also an abstraction of a staircase or steps. Rust's name comes from a fungus that is robust, distributed, and parallel. It is also a substring of robust. Rust, also the reddish coating formed on oxidized metal, stems from the German 'rost' and possibly the Indo-European base of 'red'. Swift TypeScript SQL SQL First called "Structured English Query Language" (SEQUEL), pronounced "sequel", it was a pun that it was the sequel to QUEL. It was later shortened to SQL. The word 'sequel' stems from the Latin 'sequēla' from 'sequi' meaning 'to follow'. Originating from the shortcomings of JavaScript, hence the similarility of the name. Its name combines 'Type', meaning a kind or class (from the Greek 'tuptein' 'to strike'), with 'Script, 'something that is written' from the Latin 'scriptum'. The word 'swift' means 'moving with great speed or velocity' and can be traced back to the prehistoric 'swipt' meaning to 'move in a sweeping manner'. The swallow-like bird became known as a swift from the TS 17th century and is used as the language's logo. Programming language origins
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Henderson, Richard
by Mark F. Miller, 1988
20 Apr. 1735–30 Jan. 1785
See also Thomas Henderson, brother.
Richard Henderson, land speculator, judge, and politician, was born in Hanover County, Va., the son of Samuel and Elizabeth Williams Henderson. Before Richard was ten the family moved south to Granville County, N. C. Under his mother's watchful eye, he was educated by a private tutor and directed his energies towards a career in law. Samuel Henderson was the Granville sheriff, and young Richard found his first employment at his father's side as a deputy. With that experience Richard next arranged to read law under his mother's cousin, John Williams, a young and gifted attorney. Henderson was soon admitted to the bar and joined Williams in his practice. Their association would become a lifelong friendship; it was enhanced further in 1763, when Henderson married William's stepdaughter, Elizabeth Keeling, the daughter of an English peer, Lord Keeling.
Henderson's career took a major step forward in March 1768, when royal governor William Tryon appointed him associate justice on the colony's Superior Court. Tryon, in writing to the British colonial secretary, the Earl of Shelburne, described Henderson as a "gentleman of candor and ability . . . for whom [the inhabitants] entertain an esteem." Henderson's tenure in office occurred during a turbulent period for the Piedmont. As the Regulators reached their zenith in 1770–71, Henderson felt the full fury of their wrath. In September 1770, while court was in session at Hillsborough, Regulators stormed into the town and besieged the courthouse. Henderson managed to escape out a back door, but several other colonial officials, including John Williams, were less fortunate. In November, the Regulators burned Henderson's home near Williamsboro. In the trial following the Battle of Alamance in 1771, he was one of the presiding justices who convicted twelve Regulators, of whom six were executed. When his term ended in 1773, Henderson retired from the bench in order to pursue his real ambition.
From a young age the West had always held a fascination for him. Perhaps as early as the mid-1760s Henderson had begun to formulate a plan of exploration, and while riding the circuit through western North Carolina he had met a young man who shared his enthusiasm. By 1769 Henderson felt the time had come to equip an expedition to explore the lands beyond the Appalachians and to locate areas suitable for settlement. The little band set out on a two-year mission led by Henderson's friend, Daniel Boone.
Despite Boone's glowing reports, Henderson was in no position to capitalize until the demands of the bench had been lifted from his shoulders. Once that had been accomplished, he lost little time and in 1774 formed the Louisa Company. Consisting of six prominent citizens, including John Williams, the association determined to purchase from the Indians a sizable tract of land and then as Lords Proprietors to direct its settlement. The following year the company was enlarged and renamed the Transylvania Company. In March 1775 the proprietors signed a treaty with the Cherokee at Sycamore Shoals on the Watauga River, thereby gaining title to an immense tract of land consisting of present-day Kentucky and a large section of Tennessee. Boone was again commissioned to travel west and begin a settlement, which was soon called Boonesborough.
The company was beset with troubles from the beginning. The governors of North Carolina and Virginia both issued proclamations denouncing Henderson and the company and invalidating any agreement with the Indians. As the proprietors tried to organize the settlers and establish a government in Kentucky, James Hogg, a member of the company, traveled north to Philadelphia to present to the Continental Congress a memorial from the Transylvanians seeking admission as the fourteenth colony. The Congress, appeasing the states' claims to western lands and respecting imperial jurisdiction over the West, wanted no part of the Transylvania colony. Without federal recognition, the colony's fate was sealed. The Transylvania Company lingered for several years but effective control of the land had been lost. Eventually North Carolina and Virginia each granted the company 200,000 acres as compensation for its expense and services in the undertaking. Henderson, though, was far from finished with land speculation. In 1779–80 he spearheaded another group of settlers into the Cumberland Valley in Tennessee and founded French Lick (present-day Nashville).
Henderson was equally as busy on the eastern side of the mountains. With the coming of the Revolution he became an ardent supporter of the American cause and maintained an active role throughout the war. In 1778 he was nominated as a delegate to the Continental Congress but stepped aside when John Williams was also being considered. During the same year he declined an appointment to the Council of State. Also in 1778 he returned to the bench as judge but resigned a short time later. For the next two years, Henderson served on the boundary commission to determine the line between Virginia and North Carolina. That finished in 1780, he was a member of the state's Board of War until the hostilities ended in 1781. A militia colonel himself, he assisted in recruitment and the procurement of supplies.
With peace restored, Granville County elected Henderson to the state legislature in 1781, and he served on the Council of State from 1782 to 1783. His life was cut short by death at age forty-nine. He was buried on his farm where his house still stands near Williamsboro on Nutbush Creek. Henderson was an Anglican and a vestryman in the Parish of Granville. His children were educated by Henry Patillo, an eminent Presbyterian clergyman. Henderson, who was always interested in education, played a key role in the establishment of Granville Hall, an academy begun in 1779. The Hendersons had six children: Fanny (b. 1764), Richard (b. 1766), Archibald (b. 1768), Elizabeth (b. 1770), Leonard (b. 1778), and John (b. 1780).
Walter Clark, ed., State Records of North Carolina, vols. 12–23 (1895–1904).
Lyman C. Draper Collection (State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison), which contains the richest source material for the period of westward migration in general and Richard Henderson in particular, especially Draper's life of Boone and the Kentucky, Virginia, and North Carolina Papers.
Archibald Henderson, The Conquest of the Old Southwest (1920), "The Creative Forces in Westward Expansion: Henderson and Boone," American Historical Review 28 (1914), "Richard Henderson and the Occupation of Kentucky," Mississippi Valley Historical Review 1 (1914), and Star of Empire (1919).
William S. Lester, The Transylvania Colony (1935).
George W. Ranck, Boonesborough (1901)—No. 16 of the Filson Club Publications contains a copy of Henderson's journal of his trip to Kentucky in 1775.
William L. Saunders, ed., Colonial Records of North Carolina, vols. 7–10 (1890).
"Richard Henderson." N.C. Highway Historical Marker G-62, N.C. Office of Archives & History. https://www.ncdcr.gov/about/history/division-historical-resources/nc-highway-historical-marker-program/Markers.aspx?sp=Markers&k=Markers&sv=G-62 (accessed January 3, 2013).
Ranck, George W. Boonesborough; its founding, pioneer struggles, Indian experiences, Transylvania days, and revolutionary annals. Louisville, Ky.: J. P. Morton & company. 1901. https://archive.org/details/boonesboroughits00ranc (accessed January 3, 2013).
Frankum, Ronald B., Jr. "Henderson, Richard." The Kentucky Encyclopedia. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. 1992. 422-423. http://books.google.com/books?id=8eFSK4o--M0C&lpg=PP1&pg=PA422#v=onepage&q&f=false (accessed January 4, 2013).
Henderson, Archibald. "Richard Henderson: the authorship of the Cumberland compact and the founding of Nashville." [Nashville?] 1916. https://archive.org/details/richardhenderson00hend (accessed January 7, 2013).
"Photograph, Accession #: H.19XX.328.16." 1910-1930. North Carolina Museum of History.
"Old Revolutionary Residence of Richard Henderson." Ranck, George W. Boonesborough; its founding, pioneer struggles, Indian experiences, Transylvania days, and revolutionary annals. Louisville, Ky.: J. P. Morton & company. 1901. 115. https://archive.org/details/boonesboroughits00ranc (accessed January 3, 2013).
Miller, Mark F.
Granville County
1 January 1988 | Miller, Mark F.


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The 2016 All-Asia Executive Team survey reflects the opinions of 1,394 investment professionals at 582 financial institutions. Respondents from the buy side work at firms that collectively manage an estimated $963 billion in Asia ex-Japan equities. The in-depth research reflects feedback from both buy- and sell-side analysts, with an unparalleled level of detail on the IR efforts of companies across the region.
1. China's State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) are communicating more with investors than ever before, including those outside of Asia. The SOEs are taking disclosure more seriously as well, reflecting the country's increased focus on outbound investment and recognition of the increasing importance of perception and credibility in today's global investment environment.
2. Buyside participation in the polling surged 24 percent year on year from 2015 to 2016, while hedge funds participation in the polling of the investor relations work of Asian companies is up three percentage points over last year to 29 percent. The growth in smaller asset manager participation (less than 2.5 billion) from 74 percent to 78 percent is another significant development since the executive team polling does not weight assets under management in the voting.
3. Banks in India are seeing their CEOs, IROs and CFOs emerging as some of the top ranked in the region, reflecting greater transparency and accountability at the top, as well as a commitment to increasing shareholder value.
Each year, II asks portfolio managers and sell-side analysts to name the best CEOs, CFOs and investor relations professionals at the Asia (ex-Japan) companies they cover, and to evaluate these businesses on several corporate governance attributes, including making board members and senior executives accessible, providing timely and accurate disclosure of essential financial information. Voting is unprompted and confidential, and rankings in each of the four categories — Best CEO, Best CFO, Best IR Professional and Best IR Company — are based on combined buy- and sell-side votes.
China State Construction International Holdings, an engineering and construction outfit headquartered in Hong Kong, is No. 1 in Industrials.
Kerry Logistics Network, a Hong Kong-based provider of freight services and warehouse operations, topped the Transportation roster.
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp., the world's largest semiconductor foundry, leads the line-up in Technology/Semiconductors.
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The Coyote Creek Trail is a pedestrian and cycling trail along Coyote Creek in San Jose, California, which continues into Coyote Valley and northern Morgan Hill. The Coyote Creek Trail was designated part of the National Recreation Trail system in 2009. It is also part of the Bay Area Ridge Trail system.

Coyote Creek Trail in San Jose

The northern portion of the trail is in the San Jose city limits. The northernmost point is at the southern tip of San Francisco Bay.
The trail is not yet continuous within San Jose.
A paved section exists between the Highway 237 Bikeway and Tasman Drive. A short disconnected segment is at Berryessa Road at the San Jose Flea Market and Berryessa BART Station. The trail is paved from Tully Road south for 2 miles to the end of the city-maintained segment at Hellyer County Park, where the paved county section continues.

Ecological artist Deborah Kennedy was commissioned by the San Jose Public Art Program to work alongside sculptor Diana Pumpelly Bates in 2004 on completion of a community project for the Coyote Creek Trail. Their public artworks, including Kennedy's 'Ripple Effect' and Bates 'Run River Run', are used to promote public awareness of a concrete landing pad and ramp leading to a levee where strollers, wheelchairs, and bicyclists have greater accessibility to the site.

Coyote Creek Parkway
The southern county-maintained portion of the Coyote Creek Trail is part of the Coyote Creek Parkway, which includes the trail and a chain of county parks along the creek.
The county portion is 15 miles of paved trail from Hellyer Park to Anderson Lake.

Landmarks on the trail

 City of San Jose
 North San Jose segment ()
 Highway 237 Bikeway
 VTA light rail Cisco Way station
 Berryessa District segment ()
 San Jose Flea Market
 Berryessa BART Station
 South San Jose segment () - contiguous with county portion of trail
 connects to Hellyer County Park
 Santa Clara County ()
 Hellyer County Park
 Hellyer Park Velodrome
 Coyote, California
 Santa Clara County Model Aircraft Skypark
 Anderson Lake County Park

Gallery

References

External links

 "Coyote Creek Trail-San Jose Trail Network", by American Trails
 Coyote Creek Parkway North trail map by Bay Area Ridge Trail
 Coyote Creek Parkway South trail map by Bay Area Ridge Trail
 "Coyote Creek Trail", by Bay Area Mountain Bike Rides
 Coyote Creek Trail North: Yerba Buena Road to San Francisco Bay by Ronald Horii, observations in 2009
 Coyote Creek Trail South: Hellyer Park to Anderson Lake Park by Ronald Horii, observations in 2009

Bike paths in San Jose, California
Trails in the San Francisco Bay Area
Bay Area Ridge Trail
National Recreation Trails in California

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Stunning image shows astronaut's-eye view of rocket approaching the ISS
By Georgina Torbet	 September 28, 2019
The approach of Soyuz 61, as seen from the International Space Station. Christina H Koch
This week a new group of astronauts launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan headed for the International Space Station. The three new ISS crew members, Jessica Meir of NASA, Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, and Hazza Ali Almansoori of the Emirati Space Agency docked with the station several hours later, temporarily taking the population of the station to nine people. That marks the largest crew aboard the ISS since 2015, but members of previous Expedition team 60 will be returning to Earth in around a week.
While the transferring of astronauts to and from the ISS is fairly standard for space agencies these days, there was something special about this mission. Astronaut Christina Koch was looking forward to being joined by her best friend and fellow NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, so she decided to capture an image of the incoming craft from her perspective on board the ISS. The result is the stunning photo above, showing the ghostly trails from the first stage and the cloud of vapor around the craft.
The astronauts traveled aboard a Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft, docking at the station's Zvezda service module six hours after launch. The crew will stay aboard the ISS for at least six months and will be working on scientific projects in varied fields including biology, physical sciences, and the development of new technologies. They will also perform upgrades to the stations including installing new lithium-ion batteries which collect power from the station's solar panels, part of an ongoing project to update the ISS's power system.
Further work planned includes the upgrade and repair of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, the most advanced magnetic spectrometer in space which is used for particle physics experiments. The tool is used to search for dark matter and antimatter, as well as measuring cosmic rays. It cost a staggering $2 billion to install, but a problem with the cooling system has prevented the ISS crew from taking full advantage of it. As it is located outside of the space station, in order to fix the problem the crew will take a series of spacewalks to perform the highly complex repairs.
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10 Most-Cited Legal History Faculty (in law schools) in the U.S., 2016-2020 (CORRECTED)
Based on the latest Sisk data, here are the ten most-cited law faculty working on legal history in the U.S. for the period 2016-2020 (inclusive) (remember that the data was collected in late May/early June of 2021, and that the pre-2021 database did expand a bit since then). Numbers are rounded to the nearest ten. Faculty for whom roughly 75% or more of their citations (based on a sample) are in this area are listed; others with less than 75% of their citations in this field (but still a plurality) are listed in the category of "other highly cited scholars who work partly in this area."
Lawrence Friedman
Michael Klarman
Phillip Hamburger
G. Edward White
Stuart Banner
Samuel Moyn
William E. Forbath
John Witt
Kurt Lash
Christopher Tomlins
Other highly-cited scholars who work partly in this area
Reva Siegel
Herbert Hovenkamp
David Bernstein
Mark Graber
This list is--unsurprisingly given the Westlaw database is dominated by U.S. law journals--skewed towards those working on American legal history, with the result that very distinguished legal historians working on non-U.S. topics (e.g., James Gordley at Tulane, or my colleague RH. Helmholz) do not appear.
https://leiterlawschool.typepad.com/leiter/2021/09/10-most-cited-legal-history-faculty-in-law-schools-in-the-us-2016-2020.html
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Q: Interview Question: Find Median From Mega Number Of Integers There is a file that contains 10G(1000000000) number of integers, please find the Median of these integers. you are given 2G memory to do this. Can anyone come up with an reasonable way? thanks!

A: Create an array of 8-byte longs that has 2^16 entries.  Take your input numbers, shift off the bottom sixteen bits, and create a histogram.
Now you count up in that histogram until you reach the bin that covers the midpoint of the values.
Pass through again, ignoring all numbers that don't have that same set of top bits, and make a histogram of the bottom bits.
Count up through that histogram until you reach the bin that covers the midpoint of the (entire list of) values.
Now you know the median, in O(n) time and O(1) space (in practice, under 1 MB).
Here's some sample Scala code that does this:
def medianFinder(numbers: Iterable[Int]) = {
  def midArgMid(a: Array[Long], mid: Long) = {
    val cuml = a.scanLeft(0L)(_ + _).drop(1)
    cuml.zipWithIndex.dropWhile(_._1 < mid).head
  }
  val topHistogram = new Array[Long](65536)
  var count = 0L
  numbers.foreach(number => {
    count += 1
    topHistogram(number>>>16) += 1
  })
  val (topCount,topIndex) = midArgMid(topHistogram, (count+1)/2)
  val botHistogram = new Array[Long](65536)
  numbers.foreach(number => {
    if ((number>>>16) == topIndex) botHistogram(number & 0xFFFF) += 1
  })
  val (botCount,botIndex) =
    midArgMid(botHistogram, (count+1)/2 - (topCount-topHistogram(topIndex)))
  (topIndex<<16) + botIndex
}

and here it is working on a small set of input data:
scala> medianFinder(List(1,123,12345,1234567,123456789))
res18: Int = 12345

If you have 64 bit integers stored, you can use the same strategy in 4 passes instead.

A: If the file is in text format, you may be able to fit it in memory just by converting things to integers as you read them in, since an integer stored as characters may take more space than an integer stored as an integer, depending on the size of the integers and the type of text file. EDIT: You edited your original question; I can see now that you can't read them into memory, see below.
If you can't read them into memory, this is what I came up with:

*

*Figure out how many integers you have. You may know this from the start. If not, then it only takes one pass through the file. Let's say this is S.

*Use your 2G of memory to find the x largest integers (however many you can fit). You can do one pass through the file, keeping the x largest in a sorted list of some sort, discarding the rest as you go. Now you know the x-th largest integer. You can discard all of these except for the x-th largest, which I'll call x1.

*Do another pass through, finding the next x largest integers less than x1, the least of which is x2.

*I think you can see where I'm going with this. After a few passes, you will have read in the (S/2)-th largest integer (you'll have to keep track of how many integers you've found), which is your median. If S is even then you'll average the two in the middle.

A: Make a pass through the file and find count of integers and minimum and maximum integer value.
Take midpoint of min and max, and get count, min and max for values either side of the midpoint - by again reading through the file.
partition count > count => median lies within that partition.
Repeat for the partition, taking into account size of 'partitions to the left' (easy to maintain), and also watching for min = max.
Am sure this'd work for an arbitrary number of partitions as well.

A: *

*Do an on-disk external mergesort on the file to sort the integers (counting them if that's not already known).

*Once the file is sorted, seek to the middle number (odd case), or average the two middle numbers (even case) in the file to get the median.

The amount of memory used is adjustable and unaffected by the number of integers in the original file.  One caveat of the external sort is that the intermediate sorting data needs to be written to disk.
Given n = number of integers in the original file:

*

*Running time: O(nlogn)

*Memory: O(1), adjustable

*Disk: O(n)

A: You can use the Medians of Medians algorithm.

A: Check out Torben's method in here:http://ndevilla.free.fr/median/median/index.html. It also has implementation in C at the bottom of the document.

A: My best guess that probabilistic median of medians would be the fastest one. Recipe:

*

*Take next set of N integers (N should be big enough, say 1000 or 10000 elements)

*Then calculate median of these integers and assign it to variable X_new.

*If iteration is not first - calculate median of two medians:

X_global = (X_global + X_new) / 2

*When you will see that X_global fluctuates not much - this means that you found approximate median of data.
But there some notes :

*

*question arises  - Is median error acceptable or not.

*integers must be distributed randomly in a uniform way, for solution to work

EDIT:
I've played a bit with this algorithm, changed a bit idea - in each iteration we should sum X_new with decreasing weight, such as:

X_global = k*X_global + (1.-k)*X_new  :
k from [0.5 .. 1.], and increases in each iteration.

Point is to make calculation of median to converge fast to some number in very small amount of iterations. So that very approximate median (with big error) is found between 100000000 array elements in only 252 iterations !!! Check this C experiment:
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>

#define ARRAY_SIZE 100000000
#define RANGE_SIZE 1000

// probabilistic median of medians method
// should print 5000 as data average
// from ARRAY_SIZE of elements
int main (int argc, const char * argv[]) {
    int iter = 0;
    int X_global = 0;
    int X_new = 0;
    int i = 0;
    float dk = 0.002;
    float k = 0.5;
    srand(time(NULL));

    while (i<ARRAY_SIZE && k!=1.) {
        X_new=0;
        for (int j=i; j<i+RANGE_SIZE; j++) {
            X_new+=rand()%10000 + 1;
        }
        X_new/=RANGE_SIZE;

        if (iter>0) {
            k += dk;
            k = (k>1.)? 1.:k;
            X_global = k*X_global+(1.-k)*X_new;

        }
        else {
            X_global = X_new;
        }

        i+=RANGE_SIZE+1;
        iter++;
        printf("iter %d, median = %d \n",iter,X_global);
    }

    return 0;

}

Opps seems i'm talking about mean, not median. If it is so, and you need exactly median, not mean - ignore my post. In any case mean and median are very related concepts.
Good luck.

A: Here is the algorithm described by @Rex Kerr implemented in Java.
/**
 * Computes the median.
 * @param arr Array of strings, each element represents a distinct binary number and has the same number of bits (padded with leading zeroes if necessary)
 * @return the median (number of rank ceil((m+1)/2) ) of the array as a string
 */
static String computeMedian(String[] arr) {

    // rank of the median element
    int m = (int) Math.ceil((arr.length+1)/2.0);

    String bitMask = "";
    int zeroBin = 0;

    while (bitMask.length() < arr[0].length()) {

        // puts elements which conform to the bitMask into one of two buckets
        for (String curr : arr) {
            if (curr.startsWith(bitMask))
                if (curr.charAt(bitMask.length()) == '0')
                    zeroBin++;
        }

        // decides in which bucket the median is located
        if (zeroBin >= m)
            bitMask = bitMask.concat("0");
        else {
            m -= zeroBin;
            bitMask = bitMask.concat("1");
        }

        zeroBin = 0;
    }

    return bitMask;
}

Some test cases and updates to the algorithm can be found here.

A: I was also asked the same question and i couldn't tell an exact answer so after the interview i went through some books on interviews and here is what i found from Cracking The Coding interview book.

Example: Numbers are randomly generated and stored into an (expanding) array. How
  wouldyoukeep track of the median?
Our data structure brainstorm might look like the following:
• Linked list? Probably not. Linked lists tend not to do very well with accessing and
  sorting numbers.
• Array? Maybe, but you already have an array. Could you somehow keep the elements
  sorted? That's probably expensive. Let's hold off on this and return to it if it's needed.
• Binary tree? This is possible, since binary trees do fairly well with ordering. In fact, if the binary search tree is perfectly balanced, the top might be the median. But, be careful—if there's an even number of elements, the median is actually the average
  of the middle two elements. The middle two elements can't both be at the top. This is probably a workable algorithm, but let's come back to it.
• Heap? A heap is really good at basic ordering and keeping track of max and mins.
  This is actually interesting—if you had two heaps, you could keep track of the bigger
  half and the smaller half of the elements. The bigger half is kept in a min heap, such
  that the smallest element in the bigger half is at the root.The smaller half is kept in a
  max heap, such that the biggest element of the smaller half is at the root. Now, with
  these data structures, you have the potential median elements at the roots. If the
  heaps are no longer the same size, you can quickly "rebalance" the heaps by popping
  an element off the one heap and pushing it onto the other.
Note that the more problems you do, the more developed your instinct on which data
  structure to apply will be. You will also develop a more finely tuned instinct as to which of these approaches is the most useful.

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US president Joe Biden predicted Russia would "move in" on Ukraine and warned an invasion would be a "disaster" for Vladimir Putin, as he urged the west to remain united in holding Moscow "accountable" for any aggression.
At a news conference in Washington on Wednesday, Biden said Russia would "pay a stiff price, immediately, short-term, medium-term and long-term" in the event of an invasion of its neighbour Ukraine.
However, the US president's comments on the western response to Russian aggression were muddied by his suggestion that a "minor incursion" into Ukraine might yield lighter retaliation, which the White House was later forced to clarify.
"If any Russian military forces move across the Ukrainian border, that's a renewed invasion, and it will be met with a swift, severe and united response from the United States and our allies," said Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary.
Related news: EU officials sought to reassure the US that Brussels remains committed to Washington-led negotiations with Russia over averting further conflict in Ukraine. French president Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday broke ranks to call on EU states to "conduct their own dialogue" rather than engage with diplomatic efforts involving the US and Nato.
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2. Biden backs Fed shift to monetary tightening Joe Biden backed the Federal Reserve's shift towards tighter monetary policy to fight inflation, using his first formal press conference in months to defend his handling of the economy and reboot his presidency.
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4. University regulator cracks down on 'poor quality' courses in England Universities and colleges in England that fail to meet standards on dropout rates and graduate employment could lose out on funding, under "tough" new measures proposed by the regulator. The Office for Students, which oversees quality in higher education, announced strict thresholds that it proposes institutions must meet to avoid investigation and potential restrictions on access to student loan funding.
5. Johnson buys time as Tories rally behind leader Boris Johnson secured a fragile truce with his Conservative party after he was told to quit by a senior former minister and a Tory MP defected to Labour. Christian Wakeford, MP for Bury South, crossed the floor of the House of Commons to join the opposition, blindsiding Johnson just minutes before prime minister's questions.
Coronavirus digest
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Cathay Pacific is offering bonuses of up to $3,700 to incentivise to pilots to fly into Hong Kong and stay in hotel quarantine for weeks.
The day ahead
ECB The European Central Bank Governing Council publishes its December monetary policy meeting minutes and monthly inflation figures. Eurozone inflation rose to 5 per cent in December, setting a record high since the single currency was created more than two decades ago.
Other data France releases its January business confidence survey and Germany publishes its producer price index figures for December. (INSEE)
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#ifndef DSPF_SP_CONVOL_H_
#define DSPF_SP_CONVOL_H_

#ifndef __TI_COMPILER_VERSION__           // for non TI compiler
#include "assert.h"                       // intrinsics prototypes
#include "C6xSimulator.h"                 // intrinsics prototypes
#include "C6xSimulator_type_modifiers.h"  // define/undefine typing keywords
#endif

/** @ingroup CORRELATION */
/* @{ */

/** @defgroup  DSPF_sp_convol */
/** @ingroup DSPF_sp_convol */
/* @{ */

/**
 *   This function calculates the full-length convolution of real vectors
 *   x and h using time-domain techniques. The result is placed in real
 *   vector y. It is assumed that input vector x is padded with nh-1 no of
 *   zeros in the beginning and end.
 *
 *         @param x   Pointer to real input vector of size = nr+nh-1.
 *         @param h   pointer to real input vector of size nh in forward order.
 *         @param y   Pointer to real output vector of size ny.
 *         @param nh  Number of elements in vector h.
 *         @param ny  Number of elements in vector y.
 *
 * @par Algorithm:
 * DSPF_sp_convol_cn.c is the natural C equivalent of the optimized
 * linear assembly code without restrictions. Note that the linear
 * assembly code is optimized and restrictions may apply.
 *
 * @par Assumptions:
 *   nh is a multiple of 2 and greater than or equal to 2.

 *   ny is a multiple of 2.

 *   x, h and y are assumed to be aligned on a double-word boundary.

 *
 * @par Implementation Notes:
 * @b Interruptibility: The code is interruptible.

 * @b Endian Support: The code supports both big and little endian modes.

 *
 */

void DSPF_sp_convol(const float *x, const float *h,
    float *restrict y, const short nh, const short ny);

#endif /* DSPF_SP_CONVOL_H_ */

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