God knows exactly what we need and when we need it. Last year as a church family, we read through the Bible. During the month of August the schedule took us to the Psalms and on that particular morning it brought me to Psalm 121. At that time, prominent on my mind and a prominent topic in mine and Karen's conversations was the fact that we now had two children in high school, even more; we had a senior, Kristin. That meant in a year, she would be heading off to college. Well, today, those thoughts and conversations become reality as today is the day we move Kristin to Auburn University to begin a new phase of her life, and a certain transition for our family. Today is also the day where God's Word's in this psalm becomes more real to me than ever. These years have flown by. I didn't really believe it when people used to tell me that they would, but it's true. I can still remember as if it was yesterday when we put her on the school bus for the first time as she started kindergarten. As the bus drove away, the tears flowed, not Kristin's, but mine and Karen's. When we leave her today, they'll be no bus to bring her home when school's out.
"Indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep" My Bible titles Psalm 121 My Help Comes from the LORD. It is a fitting title because it is God's supernatural strength that we must all rely on as we live out His will. The specific purpose of this psalm was to give confidence to those traveling to Jerusalem in order to attend the feasts and worship in the temple. It expresses the LORD's tireless care and sovereign protection throughout all of one's life. As His child, you can be assured He's always there.
Encountering God's Word is encountering God. It's where He reveals Himself to us and challenges us to walk according to His statutes. But it is also where He assures and encourages us with His promises. God knew I needed the comfort of Psalm 121 last August, and He knows that from today forward, I'll need it even more. In just a few years, Logan will follow Kristin and take the next step in his life's journey. I know many parents who are in similar situations as Karen and I, at the point of having to let go as never before. It's a great moment in many ways for our children, but at the same time, a frightening one for us as parents. Be comforted by the promise of this psalm. We have a God we can trust. So, all of our preparations are complete; we've purchased the necessities for her dorm room and the cars are packed. At the end of the day today we'll leave, and as we have, we'll continue to pray for Kristin. We will pray that in our absence God will continue to watch over her. I know He will. He always has. After all, it's in His arms where she's most secure. "From where does my help come? My help comes from the LORD…" Thank you God!
Father, I trust you and thank you for watching over Kristin. I know that as she sleeps, you won't; when she moves about, you'll be there; and if she falls, you'll catch her. It's our tendency sometimes to hold tighter to the one's we love the most. Father, as our children grow and as they go, help us as parents to know it is in your arms that we give them. Help us to be comforted by that. Be with those we love and keep them safe. Thank you for your ever watchful eye. Amen!
In order to appreciate God's grace fully, we often need a lesson from the past. In James' epistle, he encourages Jewish Christians to live out their faith in spite of difficult circumstances. He wrote to them saying, "Be doers of the word, and not hearers only" (James 1:22). James never taught that people were saved by their works, but that true faith, faith that is "living" works itself out practically in a person's life. There are many important lessons in the book of James, but I want us to see the lesson of the grace of God as displayed in the life of James. In the opening of his letter, James, the brother of Jesus describes himself as a servant. But James had a past. Having grown up alongside of Jesus, witnessing His childhood and His public ministry, James rejected Jesus as Messiah (John 7:5). It was only upon Jesus' resurrection that James believed. So why would Jesus have any use for James after he had denied Him for all those years?
You and I have a past as well. The title of this devotion, Grace In An Unlikely Place is not meant to imply that God's grace is in some way obscure in Scripture, but instead to show that it permeates all of Scripture, even where we may not readily see it. God's grace is displayed not only in what the Holy Spirit inspired James to write in his epistle, but also, that after years of unbelief, he was allowed to write it. James becoming a leader in the church of Jerusalem and known as one of its "pillars" has wonderful implications for you and me. He is a testimony of God's grace. No matter how long you have been in denial about Jesus Christ, when you believe, God can use you in a mighty way. God's grace is free flowing and when it's truly received, like it did with James, it will affect change in our lives. So, look for God's grace in His Word; even in the places it may not seem obvious. Think about how God has shown His grace to you and respond to Him in a manner worthy of that grace.
Father, what a gracious God you are. You displayed that grace prominently in how you used James although he didn't believe Jesus to be Messiah until after the resurrection. But you revealed yourself to Him, changed him and used him for your glory. Thank you for that same grace you've shown me. Let it continue to change me that I may bring you glory as well.


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Glenn Capers is more than just an outstanding photographer, he's a storyteller. Glenn has a personable way with his subjects that allows him to really get to know them and find out their story. Perhaps that is what makes his work special.
Glenn is originally from New York, though he now calls Colorado home. In the past, Glenn was a professional photojournalist, cinema and landscape photographer, and he even took photographs for the Associated Press. Now, he spends much of his time traveling and teaching street photography and journalism around the world.
Glenn believes that to be a good photographer, you need more than just the right techniques and a good camera. Instead, Glenn talks to his subjects. More importantly, he listens to them. He feels that when people are given the chance to tell their story, they validate their reason for living. For this noble reason, Glenn meets people, talks to them, visits their homes, and captures their moments. Connecting with people, and freezing those important moments in time to share a person's story with the world is not just his goal, it's his specialty.
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Could 2011 be the year the housing market rebounds? Agents are cautiously optimistic.
After enduring some of the real estate industry's worst years, cautious optimism is catching on among Central Ohio agents. The burst housing bubble and the Great Recession dealt a one-two punch. But many Realtors see 2011 as the year that the industry will lift itself off the mat and start swinging again.
Of course, recovery is relative after years of plummeting values and market sluggishness. The holidays and the difficult winter weather might have slowed down some buyers in late 2010 and early 2011. Still, agents expect to build on last year. "Starting out this year, it feels like the phone is ringing a little more and there are serious buyers out there. The expectation is, it can't get any worse than it has been," says Chris Pedon, a sales associate with HER Real Living in Bexley and the Columbus Board of Realtors' treasurer.
Columbus Board of Realtors (CBR) statistics showed slight improvement from 2009 to 2010. Average time on the market fell from 97 to 90 days. The average list price increased from $163,193 to $167,670, but the average sale price fell slightly ($159,840 to $158,893). In 2011, the Clear Capital Home Data Index places Columbus among 10 markets expected to see home prices rise. Columbus ranked fifth with a projected 2.1 percent increase. With values expected to decline in 35 of the top 50 markets, Columbus is in comparatively good shape.
Central Ohio is expected to remain a buyer's market, but prudent sellers who keep their goals realistic can sell their home. Some pitfalls exist. The end of "no money down" mortgages has eliminated some buyers from the pool, as have expiring federal tax credits.
Overall, inner-ring suburbs such as Bexley, Grandview Heights and Upper Arlington as well as Columbus neighborhoods like Clintonville have been steady. The Downtown housing market may stumble now that tax abatements are beginning to expire.
The high end of the market, which thrived during the early part of the decade, remains a challenge. "If you're under $325,000, there are more buyers than if you're over $500,000," says Rick Benjamin, a salesman with RE/MAX Premier Choice and president of the Columbus Board of Realtors.
Columbus never reached the foreclosure levels of cities such as Las Vegas or Stockton, Calif., where entire subdivisions became deserted. Realtors say it's because the advantages the region offered in the past still hold true. "We have good, stable employment here. Quality schools are everywhere. They have a great deal to do with the stability of Central Ohio," says Tom Calhoon of Prudential Calhoon Realty. In areas where school districts struggle to pass levies, housing continues to be soft.
But foreclosures aren't the only challenge. More and more buyers face the same situation as James and Rachael Lawton. After a long search, they chose a new home in the Lewis Center zip code based on its proximity to Columbus, schools and quality of life for raising a family.
The couple must still sell their Northwest Columbus condominium, which went on the market in October. The Lawtons conferred with their agent about how to best present the property. "We went into it knowing we were listing it at the worst time of the year," Rachael says, adding that they prepared financially for the likelihood it might not sell until spring.
Some agents say the housing market is likely to strengthen when other key economic indicators surge. Adam Knolls, an exclusive buyer agent and vice president of Revealty, says consumer confidence levels will be a forerunner for renewed energy in the housing market. The minor increases to date haven't been enough to move the needle, he says.
"First-time buyers are not ready to jump in. It does affect people's psyches to make that 30-year commitment," Knolls says.
Other agents are reporting more activity than they've seen in years. "On the middle and high ends, there has been a lot of interest. The confidence level is beginning to ebb back. We're hoping to see some of the inventory fall," says Virgil Mathias, sales associate with Coldwell Banker-King Thompson.
The housing crisis has changed how the market is gauged. Statistics now break out short sales, the practice of allowing homeowners who cannot pay off their mortgage to sell at a lower price to avoid foreclosure. Short sales became common after the real estate bubble burst and show no signs of diminishing.
"Appraisal is a challenge. In the beginning, appraisers were not looking at short sales. Now their lenders are saying you have to look at short sales. So that is part of the market," Calhoon says. However, a county board of revisions cannot consider short sales when a comparing a home to others in its neighborhood during a reappraisal.
As long as foreclosures and short sales persist, they will exert an influence on sale prices. Such an environment favors buyers who can afford to wait for everything they want in a new home.
When the so-called months supply of homes--a measure of how long it would take to sell all inventory on the market--stays above nine months, the market favors the buyer. Once supply moves to six months or less, the advantage goes to the seller, Benjamin says. As of December (the most recent data available), the supply of homes stood at 9.93 months.
In 2011, more buyers may be like Gretchen and Adrian Burns, who recently moved from East Columbus to Lancaster. For them, it was a matter of finding a home at the right price. The small-town feel of Lancaster and its close proximity to Columbus aided their decision. "We were ready to move out of our current one and wanted to find a house to raise a family," Gretchen says. The couple didn't sell their old home, opting to keep it as a rental.
The expiration of the first-time buyer tax credit has curtailed activity at the lower end of the pricing scale. "Some people were smart enough to notice the interest rates went down and you could make that back in a few years," Knolls says.
But there are still homebuyers waiting to find the right house who won't drop their search just because the tax break vanished. Agents are quick to point out that a bigger block of potential buyers was lost after the initial market contraction occurred. "A lot of people who qualified suddenly did not," Knolls says.
Even a strong buyers market doesn't give shoppers carte blanche. When bidding on a home, buyers need to keep their offer realistic in order for the seller to counter. "If you're in the 10 percent range, it's assumed to be a serious offer. People should buy their first choice every time they can," Benjamin says.
Given the large inventory from which they can choose, buyers don't want to spend time or money upgrading countertops, appliances or carpeting. They want to minimize those decisions, Calhoon says. "They can be pickier. Many of our buyers are two-income families, so they are willing to pay to get something nice so they're not taking time off work. There is a higher expectation of quality," he says.
Buyers have grown more astute, checking statistics online and conducting other research before deciding where to shop, Calhoon says. Many times, buyer e-mails are the first point of contact an agent has.
Some buyers demand new homes, but the best opportunities lie in the resale market--as long the house has a good floor plan and is in good condition, Benjamin says. That does not mean new homes are immune from market forces. "Even the new builds are competitive, because they have to be," Benjamin says. Newer homes have advantages. For buyers who want to act quickly and not compromise on the features they want, there are better opportunities to find a match in newer communities, Mathias says.
There are limits to what a buyer can achieve, even in a down market. If a seller has priced competitively, shoppers need to be realistic, Mathias says. "Unfortunately, we see buyers who still think we have 10 to 20 percent off list price. In Central Ohio, those are few and far between," he says.
Even in the best real estate market, savvy owners who price their homes properly have better odds of finding a buyer. Benjamin proved this in the past year when he listed his own home. He priced it competitively, and it sold in 10 days.
Agents agree that homeowners who want to sell should not try to test the market, but enter it with an appropriate price from the outset. Buyers will react more quickly and chances of selling improve. The last thing most owners want is for their house to sit idle for months without any showings. "Those who are serious about selling are much more serious about pricing," Mathias says.
In the Bexley area, where demand is high and turnover is low, HER's Pedon says, buyers can still name their price to some extent. In 2010, Dublin homes sold for an average 94 percent to 95 percent of their list price, Mathias says, a result of proper pricing. That holds true in other Central Ohio communities, too. Westerville and Worthington both exceeded 96 percent of list price in 2009 and 2010, according to CBR statistics. Since the real estate bubble burst, the problem is not with the houses sold, but those not selling.
If sellers price their home correctly, buyer power drops. In cities where overbuilding occurred, mostly in communities around the outerbelt, sellers' leverage fades. Sellers have an advantage when they drive negotiations on items other than price. "They should compromise on timing, home inspections and other issues," Knolls says.
Sellers should consider hiring a professional to "stage" the home, removing the clutter and placing items in storage to improve its appeal. "Being so competitive in the market, you have to stage the house better," Pedon says. The upfront cost for the service is minor compared with what the seller stands to lose by going to market too soon and reducing the price later, Benjamin says.
To sell an Upper Arlington client's property, Calhoon listed their $400,000-plus home at $385,000, and it sold in the low $390,000s. If they had started in the $400,000 range, Calhoon says, "It would have sat there for two or three months, then we would have reduced it."
Delisting a house won't erase past sales attempts. Until a listing has been inactive for a year, CBR continues to count days on the market. "We feel that's a more accurate barometer of the market," Benjamin says. Still, if a seller delists to lower the price or make renovations, it could increase their chance of a successful sale.
It doesn't take long to find out if a house is overpriced. Based on activity and the number of showings, Mathias says, a seller can see how they fit into the market. For example, a $750,000 house that gets multiple showings and seemingly motivated buyers but no offers has a pricing problem, he says.
Some sellers will consider solutions that would have been nonstarters a few years ago, including renting or rent-to-own arrangements. "People have accepted that those are viable options. A lot of sellers are willing to work with you," Knolls says. Such options also have helped to reduce the local housing inventory, he adds.
In recent years, more sellers have sold their houses and moved into a rental while they continue to search for a new home. As selling has become harder, more owners are willing to take the sale whenever they can get it, Pedon says. That also applies to time of occupancy. While 30 days after closing was the traditional time allowed for the seller to vacate, that timeframe could be negotiable now, Pedon says.
Few transactions are open and shut. The sale process has slowed considerably as buyers gained strength and the ability to haggle. In a typical negotiation, the buyer will ask for things they don't want to increase the chances of receiving items they do, Knolls says.
"The seller needs to be flexible because it seems as if we're negotiating three or four times instead of one. It isn't like the old days where you put it in contract and move toward closing," Pedon says.
"There's a challenge on every little transaction. You used to stack up three closings in a row. You can't do that today because you're not 100 percent sure the first one will be funded," Calhoon says.


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Shahnameh
by Joshua J. Mark
Available in other languages: Spanish, Persian, Turkish
The Shahnameh ("Book of Kings", composed 977-1010 CE) is a medieval epic written by the poet Abolqasem Ferdowsi (l. c. 940-1020 CE) in order to preserve the myths, legends, history, language, and culture of ancient Persia. It is the longest work by a single author in world literature at a length of 50,000 rhymed couplets, 62 stories, and 990 chapters.
The book relates some of the most famous stories from Persian myth, legend, and history. It was originally commissioned by Mansur I (r. 961-976 CE) of the Samanid Dynasty (819-999 CE), which encouraged the development of Persian literature, and was begun by the poet Daqiqi (l. c. 935-977 CE) who died after writing the beginning. It was completed by Ferdowsi under the Ghaznavid Dynasty (977-1186 CE) which was less enthusiastic but still expressed an interest in the subject.
The work covers the entire history of ancient Persia from the creation of the world to the Muslim Arab conquest of 651 CE which toppled the Sassanian Empire (224-651 CE), the last great Persian Empire of antiquity. The conquest devastated the ancient Persian culture and threatened to completely annihilate it under the Umayyad Caliphate (651-750 CE), but when the Abbasid Caliphate (750-1258 CE) overthrew the Umayyads, Persian culture was again valued and the development of Persian literature and art was encouraged.
The Shahnameh has been credited with preserving Persian language, literature, & culture, & is the national epic of Iran.
Ferdowsi seized upon the interest in the Persian past to create a work that would both honor the past and prevent it ever being lost as it almost had been following the conquest. Although Ferdowsi dedicated himself to the work with the understanding that he would be paid well when it was finished, it is likely he would have written it on his own without patronage in order to create a living landscape of Persian history that people would be able to visit and appreciate long after he was gone.
The poet makes his motivation clear in the work itself when he boldly tells the reader that he will live forever through his work which, in the modern day, has been credited with preserving Persian language, literature, and culture, is the national epic of Iran, and is consistently included among the greatest works in world literature.
Conquest & Revival
The Sassanian Empire, beginning with its first monarch Ardashir I (r. 224-240 CE), worked toward the preservation of the Persian oral tradition by committing scripture, commentary, and other works to written form. Whatever literature may have existed in the earlier Achaemenid Empire (c. 550-330 BCE) had been lost during the conquest of Alexander the Great, and the Parthian Empire (247 BCE - 224 CE) had developed a script to preserve Zoroastrian scripture which existed only in oral form. The Sassanids took the Parthian initiative further and created written Persian literature.
In 651 CE, the Sassanian Empire fell to the Muslim Arabs who then imposed their religion and culture on the conquered. Libraries, temples, and other repositories for books were burned and the Persian culture suppressed. The Umayyad Dynasty maintained this oppression until they were overthrown by the Abbasids with the help of Persian allies. The Abbasid Dynasty recognized the value of Persian culture and encouraged its expression, notably under the Samanid Dynasty which ruled by leave of the Abbasids.
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Under the Samanids, the development of Persian literature was encouraged through the patronage of monarchs. Court poets, such as Rudaki (l. 859 - c. 940 CE), were well compensated for their works. The court poet was advisor, friend, entertainer, and chronicler to the king and either wrote what they were inspired to by circumstance (such as an elegy or celebratory verse) or what was specifically commissioned by the king. The interest in Persian literature encouraged Mansur I to have his court poet, Daqiqi, begin the Shahnameh based on the earlier poetic work known as the Khodaynamag (written during the Sassanian period) and a work in prose, The Book of Kings of Abu Mansur, (commissioned by the aristocrat Abu Mansur Mohammed, d. 987 CE) as his sources for what was envisaged as an epic poem. Daqiqi had composed 1,000 verses when he was murdered by his slave and the project, of course, was stopped.
Ferdowsi & the Shahnameh
Ferdowsi was not a court poet but was a friend of the influential Abu Mansur who may have encouraged Mansur I to give him the job of completing Daqiqi's work. Mansur I agreed to pay Ferdowsi a gold piece for each couplet he wrote as the work progressed but Ferdowsi, possibly believing at this time that it would not take him very long, requested a lump sum to be paid when the poem was completed. It would take him almost 30 years to write the Shahnameh and, by the time it was finished, Mansur I and the Samanids would no longer be in power and Ferdowsi would have to request patronage of the Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni (r. 999-1030 CE) of the Ghaznavid Dynasty in order to be paid. Ghaznavids did not have the same interest in or appreciation of Persian culture that the Samanids had. Even so, Mahmud agreed to Ferdowsi's request and the poet continued on with his work.
Ferdowsi
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Very little is known of Ferdowsi's life except that he was a Shia Muslim, a member of the upper-class of landowners (similar to a feudal lord in Europe), came from the city of Tus (Tusi), had wealthy and influential friends, was married and had two children (a son, who predeceased him, and a daughter), and devoted his life to his work. When he had finished it, he requested his pay but, according to the poet Nezami-ye Aruzi (wrote c. 1110-1161 CE), the courier entrusted with delivering the money was a Sunni Muslim who despised Ferdowsi as a Shia. He changed the gold coins for silver and delivered them to Ferdowsi at a bathhouse (in another version of this story it is Mahmud himself who exchanges the gold for silver and for the same reason) much to the poet's surprise and disappointment.
Ferdowsi was so insulted that, after buying himself a beer at a nearby stand, he divided the coins between the beer-seller and the man who kept the baths and then, fearing Mahmud's displeasure at this act, fled the region. His benefactor, Abu Mansur, was dead by this time but, according to Ferdowsi's own account, Abu Mansur's son, Mansur Tusi, continued to help him financially. Even so, Ferdowsi complains bitterly that he had not received what was promised and how, although wealthy associates praised his talent, they gave him nothing in return for it.
Ferdowsi is not at all the distanced third-person narrator in the work but periodically inserts himself to make clear a story's moral.
He eventually returned to his home city of Tus and most likely lived off the revenue of his family's estates, though this is conjecture as all that is firmly known is that he had an orchard; no other lands are mentioned. Eventually, Mahmud had the correct sum sent to the poet but, as the legend goes, the caravan bringing the gold entered the gates of Tus just as Ferdowsi's funeral entourage was coming out. Ferdowsi's daughter refused the cash, and it was redirected to the construction of a caravansary near the city.
This account is considered legendary because Nezami visited Ferdowsi's tomb and collected the information on the poet over 100 years after his death. Even so, this version of events is suggested by Ferdowsi's own comments throughout the Shahnameh. Ferdowsi is not at all the distanced third-person narrator in the work but periodically inserts himself to make clear a story's moral, lament a character's distress or death, offer advice and, in a number of passages, talk about his life and how he is feeling at the moment. In these personal passages, it is clear that his health was failing and he felt abandoned and ill-used but this did nothing to discourage him from finishing the work.
Overview of Structure & Religious Influences
The Shahnameh, as noted, tells the story of the history of ancient Iran from the beginning of the world through the fall of the Sassanian Empire to the Muslim Arabs. Scholar Homa Katouzian comments on its structure:
Shahnameh is made up of three cycles, the Pishdadiyan, the Keyaniyan, and the Sassanian. The first, beginning with the dawn of man and the Pishdadiyan, is pure mythology. The next cycle describes the Iranian kingdom of the Keyaniyan, the long story of a heroic age in which myth and legend combine to produce an ancient epic. The first two cycles of Shahnameh are centered on eastern Persia whereas the third cycle is centered on the south and west. It mixes history with legend while providing an account of the history of the Sassanian monarchy, the last Persian dynasty before the Arab conquest. (19-20)
The Pishdadiyan, Keyaniyan, and Sassanian refer to dynastic houses and each of these informs the action of the stories concerning the Mythical Age, Heroic Age, and Historical Age respectively. Ferdowsi repeatedly addresses the subject of the monarchy, illustrating the problems which arise from the abuse of power and, conversely, the greater good that comes from acting in the interests of others. From the first cycle through the third, the danger of thinking too highly of one's self, and treating others poorly, is highlighted through tales of prideful, unjust monarchs or nobility losing the divine grace of the gods (which legitimized their rule) though selfish acts which disregarded the good of the people they were supposed to serve.
Persian Hero Garshasp
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Ferdowsi begins the poem with an introduction, praising God. Although he was a Shia Muslim, it is unclear which God he is praising here – Allah of Islam or Ahura Mazda of the ancient Persian religion of Zoroastrianism – but, considering his focus throughout the work, it is most likely Ahura Mazda. Scholar Dick Davis comments:
Although there can be no doubt whatsoever that Ferdowsi was a sincere Moslem…he makes no attempt to include any elements of the Qur'anic/Moslem cosmology in his poem, nor does he attempt to integrate the legendary Persian chronology of the material at the opening of his poem with a Qur'anic chronology. Unlike other writers who dealt with similar material, and who did attempt to intertwine the two chronologies, he simply ignores Islamic cosmology and chronology altogether and places the Persian creation myths center stage. (xix-xx)
The work is also informed by a belief system, often referred to as a Zoroastrian heresy, known as Zorvanism, which was especially popular during the Sassanian period. Traditional Zoroastrianism held that there was one supreme God – Ahura Mazda – who struggled constantly with his adversary – Angra Mainyu (also known as Ahriman), a created being. This belief made no provision for the origin of evil because all things – including Ahriman – had come from the all-good Ahura Mazda.
Zorvanism solved this problem by making Zorvan, the embodiment of Infinite Time, the supreme deity who gave birth to the twins Ahura Mazda and Ahriman. Setting Time as the supreme god, however, encouraged a fatalistic approach to life because there was no placating Time as one could a deity. A number of the stories in the Shahnameh reflect this belief in implacable fate where, no matter how great and powerful the hero, there is no escape from the destiny set in motion by Time.
Famous Stories
The poem begins with the creation of the world, the first humans, and the establishment of kingship. The greatest of these kings is Jamshid (also given as Yima elsewhere) who provides humanity with the gifts of civilization. He is able to accomplish all his great feats because he has the farr, the divine grace given by the gods, which makes a man a king. In time, however, he begins to think more highly of himself than he should and has a great throne built for himself, which elevates him above the world. He becomes "ungrateful, proud, forgetful of God's name", boasts of his supremacy, and so loses the divine grace (Davis, 7-8). The loss of the farr, and Jamshid's decline, opens up the opportunity for Ahriman to spread chaos and destruction, which he does in the form of the usurper king Zahak, the embodiment of evil, who murders his father, overthrows Jamshid and establishes a 1,000-year tyranny which is finally overthrown by the hero Fereydun.
There are many more stories in the cycle of the Mythic Age, which Ferdowsi develops completely before moving on to the Heroic Age. This cycle is the longest of the Shahnameh and features some of the most famous figures such as Rustum (also given as Rostom or Rustam), his son Sohrab, and the good prince Siyavash. The Keyanian cycle takes its name from the title of king or chief – key – and the most famous of these is Key Kavus, the often unjust ruler of Iran whose ongoing feud with the kingdom of Turan informs this section. Rustum, born of the princess Rudaabeh and the hero Zal, emerges as the champion of Iran. He is invincible, riding his great stallion Rakhsh into battle and on various adventures.
Persian Hero Rustum
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On one of these, he meets the princess Tahmineh in the land of Turan and spends the night with her. He must leave the next morning but gives her his armband, telling her that, if she bears him a daughter to give it to her as a hairband but, if a son, for his arm. Tahmineh gives birth to the boy Sohrab who, when he comes of age, demands to know who his father is. Tahmineh tells him she has kept his father's name secret because if the king of Turan, Afrasiyab, finds out, he might kill Sohrab; she then reveals Rustum's name.
Sohrab vows to end the war between Iran and Turan and find his father at the same time. He sets off with an army to kill Key Kavus and then plans to return and overthrow Afrasiyab and restore peace. Afrasiyab, however, knows that Sohrab is Rustum's son and makes sure that, whenever they meet, they will not recognize each other. Sohrab has become as great a warrior as his father and ably defeats Kavus' troops until, finally, he meets the champion of Iran in single combat, not knowing it is Rustum. Rustum has no idea he even has a son and attacks the champion of Turan. Sohrab fights well but is finally struck down and defeated. As he is dying, Sohrab learns he has been killed by the great Rustum and tells him that he is his son but that he should not grieve because fate decreed all that had happened.
The tale of Rustum and Sohrab is among the best-known in the Shahnameh but another, equally popular, is the story of the good prince Siyavash, son of Key Kavus. Kavus' wife, Queen Sudabeh, is Siyavash's step-mother and falls in love with him. She propositions him, telling she will have Kavus murdered and she and Siyavash will rule together. He rejects her and Sudabeh fears he will reveal her to Kavus, so she goes to her husband, after tearing her clothes and smearing herself with blood, and accuses Siyavash of raping her. Siyavash maintains his innocence and so Kavus decrees a trial by fire. Siyavash is ordered to ride through an enormous conflagration which will destroy him if he is guilty but leave him untouched if innocent. Siyavash rides into the flames and emerges on the other side unscathed. Kavus then orders Sudabeh executed but Siyavash intercedes, and she is spared. Siyavash later goes to Turan, where he is married to a princess who will give birth to their son, Key Kosrow, and is later unjustly executed by Afrasiab.
The Fire Ordeal of Siyavush
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The section closes with a great battle in which Rustum is killed but predicts, before dying, a greater age to come and hope for the future. The third cycle begins with a brief mention of the Arsacids (Parthian Empire) before telling the story of the Sassanians and their struggle against the invading forces of the Muslim Arabs.
Ferdowsi's chronology of events and history of the empire is accurate though scholars have noted that the depiction of the Sassanians and Muslim Arabs is romanticized, depicting the one along the same lines as Iran and the other as Turan from the Heroic Age. The Sassanians are finally defeated, and Ferdowsi ends the tale with the line, "After this came the era of Omar, and when he brought the new faith, the pulpit replaced the throne" (Davis, 961) in reference to the Caliph Umar and the arrival of Islam in Persia.
Ferdowsi concludes his poem with a few lines on his enduring fame as its creator: "I've reached the end of this great history/And all the land will fill with talk of me…And men of sense and wisdom will proclaim,/When I have gone, my praises and my fame" (Davis, 962). This prophecy came to pass as his work was embraced early on by the people of Iran (by the 13th century CE, it had already been copied and images from the poem adorned various structures) eventually becoming the country's national epic.
The German poet Goethe (l. 1749-1832 CE) and English poet Edward Fitzgerald (l. 1809-1883 CE), through their respective works West-Eastern Divan (a collection of poems inspired by the Persian master poet Hafiz Shiraz) and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, piqued Western interest in Persian literature and translations of Ferdowsi's work brought the story to an even wider audience. Over a thousand years after its completion, the Shahnameh continues to be admired and Ferdowsi's name, as he predicted, stands equal in stature to any of the great writers of world literature.
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Could This Stretched Out Ferrari Roma Be A Mule For The Front-Engine V12 Successor To The 812?
Our spy photographers have come through with their latest shots of a Ferrari test mule driving around Maranello. The car could be a development prototype for the as-of-yet unconfirmed successor to the 812 Superfast.
Although the camouflaged car looks quite a bit like the Ferrari Roma, it's also evident that the proportions have been stretched and flattened slightly and the wheels enlarged (suggesting they hide bigger brakes), likely to deal with the extra power of a bigger engine. All of which leads observers to infer that it will be powered by a V12 engine, something that's also evidenced in a video of the test mule caught by YouTuber Varryx.
This test mule driving around Ferrari's headquarters follows shortly after the automaker stopped taking orders for its current front-engine, V12-powered super GT, the 812 Superfast, GTS, and Competizione. These have all been bought up and the automaker will continue making them only until it completes all existing customer orders, making this the perfect time to work on the follow-up.
The suggestion is that the car is testing as a modified version of the entry-level Roma because that model sits on the automaker's new scalable architecture for front-engine vehicles. Previous reports have suggested that the platform is capable of harboring V12 and hybrid drivetrains, which the 812's chassis was not designed for.
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It is a small beautiful settlement that however has one of the most beautiful sandy beaches of Pilion. It constitutes a traditional municipal apartment of Lafkos and it is connected with Lafkos by a 8,5 kms road. With Platanias it is connected by a path of 800 m. and in the summertime coastally by boat that comes and goes.
Finally one can observe an intensely rising building constructional course so that it allocates enough tourist lodgings as hotels, rented rooms, taverns, ouzo selling restaurants, mini market etc.
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Ajman Free Zone offers economical, effortless, hassle free and absolutely affordable services for start-ups. Wearhouse prices and the office rents are cheaper than other equivalent free zone authorities, Cost of leaving is much lower than Dubai, Sharjah & Abu Dhabi or comparatively in any other Emirates. Modern infrastructure & investor friendly environment keeps Ajman Free Zone at a competitive edge over its competitors.
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In order to cater the growing demand of Creative and media based business in the UAE, Sharjah Media City (Shams) was launched in January 2017. With a soul aim to boost the professionals and entrepreneurs and also to facilitate a state of the art Media hub for innovative facilities and services. Shams has indeed proven to cover an eclectic range to those aspiring for their entrepreneurial venture in the UAE.
Hamriyah Free Zone Authority was established by an Emiri decree issued in November 12, 1995. It is located in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, which gives the free zone a unique geographic and time zone advantage backed by a secure and fully convertible currency and a multi-access to neighboring and global countries through land, sea and air. Hamriyah Free Zone is fast becoming one of the cornerstones of the United Arab Emirates industrial development. As the Next Generation Free Zone, Hamriyah Free Zone is ensuring that its management is flexible and dynamic besides being an investor oriented free zone.
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Creative City has been providing thousands of clients with reliable services in a successful business environment. Creative City sets up professional environment for individuals and businesses working in a broad spectrum of business fields including media, events, consulting, education, communication and marketing, music and entertainment, design and technology complementing existing media clusters in the region and further facilitating creativity in all fields.
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RAKEZ is committed to its promise of empowering free zone and non-free zone investors by offering a cost-effective and world-class economic zone with customizable packages and services as well as state-of-the-art facilities.Blessed with a strategic location, RAKEZ connects investors to growing markets of the Middle East, North Africa, Europe as well as South and Central Asia.
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Dubai Airport Free Zone (DAFZA) was established as a free economic zone in 1996 as part of the Dubai Government's strategic plan to be an investment driven economy. Today it is one of the fastest growing free zones in the region contributing 4.7 per cent of Dubai's GDP (gross domestic product).
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Industry participants and Free Zone member companies enjoy access to market infrastructure and physical facilities such as gold and diamond vaults, trading platforms like the Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange, Dubai Diamond Exchange, the Dubai Pearl Exchange and DMCC Tradeflow, the DMCC Tea Centre and a range of commodities backed financial investment tools.
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Today, Jafza is a dynamic base for thousands of businesses, from over 100 countries, sustaining over 135,000 jobs and attracting more than 20% of the UAE's foreign direct investment; all the while exceeding 50% of Dubai's total exports, with an phenomenal value for trade of $69 billion.
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Dubai South –The City of You – is an emerging 145 sq. km. master-planned city based on happiness of the individual.
Identified as the emirate's flagship urban project, Dubai South is centered on the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. The royal vision is reflected in the themes of Dubai Plan 2021
Dubai South is projected to sustain a population of a million. As an economic platform, it is designed to support every conceivable kind of business and industry and create 500,000 jobs.
It is home to the world's largest airport in the making – the Al Maktoum International Airport – and is host landmark events such as World Expo 2020 and the Dubai Airshow.
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Our Caretaker is always on the lookout for little creatures to bring to The Woodlands. Today a wonderful weta came to visit, riding on a weed. First we had a good look at him and then we took him carefully back to the QEII.


The Reishi mushroom is one of the most revered herbs in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Now known as Ling zhi in China, there are references to its use in that country as far back as 100 B.C. where it was referred to as the "Herb of Spiritual Potency" and the "Ten-thousand Year Mushroom".
Certified Organic Full Spectrum Reishi Extract 12% Beta Glucan (polysaccharide) 4% Triterpenes (ganoderic acids) The Reishi mushroom is one of the most revered herbs in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Now known as Ling zhi in China, there are references to its use in that country as far back as 100 B.C. where it was referred to as the "Herb of Spiritual Potency" and the "Ten-thousand Year Mushroom".
The focus of TCM is on actively promoting good health and the prevention of health problems. Reishi is one of the most highly regarded herbs in TCM for this purpose and the mushroom most often used as a general health tonic. Modern clinical research also supports many of the uses for this mushroom as described in TCM. Reishi is a very powerful tonic herb that is one of the few double directional substances known to man.
This means that it has the ability to bring balance by regulating an immune system up or down. Immune Senescence is the gradual decline of the immune system that typically follows with aging. The Life Extension Foundation wrote a very powerful article on reishi which directly tied it to preventing immunosenescence resulting in a predicted impact of adding 7-16 years to lifespan.
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NASA's Perseverance rover collects first dirt samples
NASA's most advanced geologist robot to date has collected the first samples of rock debris and dust from the surface of the Red Planet.
The Perseverance rover has drilled two samples of what scientists call regolith as it continues its mission to study geological processes and find tell-tale evidence that life once existed on Mars. The NASA-operated rover collected regolith samples Dec. 2 and Tuesday (December 6), adding them to its collection of 15 rock cores recovered from Jezero Crater (plus one atmosphere sample) since the spacecraft landed in February 2021.
The two new specimens differ from the existing collection of Perserverance rocks, which were drilled from boulders; the regolith samples come from a mound of sand and windblown dust that resembles a dune here on Earth, albeit smaller.
On the subject: 12 amazing photos of the first year of the Perseverance rover on Mars
Although most of the samples that Perseverance collects during its mission are rock cores that may contain telltale signs of life, scientists have determined that such regolith samples may be the key to understanding the geological processes that formed Mars.
In addition, regolith samples could help scientists plan for future space missions and mitigate problems that astronauts may end up with on the Martian surface.
This is because regolith can affect a wide variety of equipment, from solar panels that harvest energy to spacesuits worn by astronauts. Not only can fine rock powder and dust jam sensitive parts and even slow down rovers on the surface, but larger, sharper rocks within the regolith could put astronauts at risk by punching holes in spacesuits.
"If we have a more permanent presence on Mars, we need to know how the dust and regolith will interact with our spacecraft and habitat," Erin Gibbons, a doctoral student at McGill University in Canada and a member of the Perseverance team, said in a statement. . "Some of these dust particles can be as small as cigarette smoke and can get into an astronaut's breathing apparatus. We need a more complete picture of what materials could be harmful to our researchers, whether they be humans or robots."
However, it is also possible that Martian regolith may actually be an important resource for crewed space missions to Mars aiming for longer stays and resilience in space, as the thin material could be packaged against habitat to help protect humans from harsh solar radiation. that flows down. to the surface of Mars, which is not protected by a magnetic field, like the Earth.
A regolith sample collected by NASA's Perseverance rover on Dec. 2 in a storage tube. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
However, before anyone gets too excited about this approach, scientists need to know if the Martian regolith contains perchlorate, a toxic chemical that can pose a health hazard to astronauts if swallowed or inhaled in large amounts.
Hence the interest in Martian regolith and efforts to include the material in the collection that Perseverance is assembling for a proposed Martian sample return mission being developed by NASA and the European Space Agency to bring the rover collection to Earth. Here, scientists could study regolith in more detail in laboratories with more sensitive and powerful equipment than the chemical analysis instruments that robots can deliver to the Red Planet.
Perseverance collected regolith samples with a drill mounted on the end of a robotic arm, as is done for rock cores, but with a different drill than the one used for previous samples.
The regolith drill resembles a spike with small holes at one end, allowing the drill to pick up loose material.
This drill bit was designed and tested using simulated Martian regolith developed by scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California. This artificial Martian material is made up of volcanic rock that has been ground into particles of various sizes, from large coarse pebbles to fine dust, and was inspired by images of real Martian regolith and data collected from previous missions to Mars.
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Q: How does one convert a number to a DateTime for comparison in an Entity Framework LINQ Query? I have two entities in a database which hold a DateTime in two different formats; SuperLogs.EndTime is a normal DateTime whilst SuperLogs.Logs holds the DateTime as separated numeric components of Year (int), Month (int), Day (int) and Time (double).  What I want to do in my query is get the only SuperLogs entity which latest Log has a DateTime greater than the EndTime of superLogX.
I have a C# function (GetLogDateTime) to convert the DateTime on the Logs into an actual DateTime but when passed into the following query, "System.InvalidOperationException: Internal .NET Framework Data Provider error 1025." is thrown.
var superLogNewerThanSuperLogX = await MyDbContext.SuperLogs.SingleOrDefaultAsync
(
    superLog => superLog.Logs.Max<Log, DateTime>(GetLogDateTime) > superLogX.EndTime
);

GetLogDateTime is implemented as follows:
private static DateTime GetLogDateTime(Log log)
{
    var time = log.Time;
    var hasTime = log.Time.HasValue;
    var hours = hasTime ? Math.Floor(time.Value / 10000) : 0;
    var minutes = hasTime ? Math.Floor(time.Value / 100) - hours * 100 : 0;

    return new DateTime
    (
        log.Year,
        log.Month,
        log.Day,
        (int)hours,
        (int)minutes,
        hasTime ? (int)(time.Value - (hours * 10000 + minutes * 100)) : 0,
        hasTime ? (int)((time.Value - Math.Truncate(time.Value)) * 1000) : 0
    );
}

My guess is part of the problem is that GetLogDateTime only converts into a Func<Log, DateTime> but needs to convert into an Expression<Func<Log, DateTime>> somehow.  I'm not sure how to do this and if it's not possible I also have a Database-implemented Scalar Function which performs the same task as this method.
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.CreateDateTime
(
    @year SMALLINT,
    @month SMALLINT,
    @day SMALLINT,
    @time FLOAT
)
RETURNS DATETIME AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @paddedYear VARCHAR(4) = REPLACE(STR(@year, 4), SPACE(1), '0')
    DECLARE @paddedMonth VARCHAR(2) = REPLACE(STR(@month, 2), SPACE(1), '0')
    DECLARE @paddedDay VARCHAR(2) = REPLACE(STR(@day, 2), SPACE(1), '0')
    DECLARE @hours FLOAT = ROUND(@time / 10000, 0, 1)
    DECLARE @hoursAndMinutes FLOAT = ROUND(@time / 100, 0, 1)
    DECLARE @hoursMinutesAndSeconds FLOAT = ROUND(@time, 0, 1)
    --DATETIME only supports 3 decimal places on seconds so VARCHAR 5 is the max needed for the string 0.xxx
    DECLARE @milliseconds VARCHAR(5) = CAST(@time - ROUND(@time, 0, 1) AS VARCHAR(5))
    RETURN IIF
    (
        @year IS NULL
        OR @month IS NULL
        OR @day IS NULL,
        NULL,
        CAST
        (
            IIF
            (
                @time IS NULL,
                @paddedYear
                + @paddedMonth
                + @paddedDay,
                @paddedYear
                + @paddedMonth
                + @paddedDay
                + ' '
                --In ROUND, the final argument of 1 forces ROUND to always round down (desired here).
                + REPLACE(STR(@hours, 2), SPACE(1), '0')
                + ':'
                + REPLACE(STR(@hoursAndMinutes - @hours * 100, 2), SPACE(1), '0')
                + ':'
                + REPLACE(STR(@hoursMinutesAndSeconds - @hoursAndMinutes * 100, 2), SPACE(1), '0')
                + IIF
                (
                    @time <> @hoursMinutesAndSeconds,
                    '.'
                    + SUBSTRING(@milliseconds, 3, LEN(@milliseconds) - 2),
                    ''
                )
            )
            AS DATETIME
        )
    )
END

However, this doesn't particularly help either as I can't seem to get Entity Framework to allow me to call it!  At the moment the only viable option I can see is to try to move my entire query (much bigger than shown here) into the database as a Stored Procedure.  Is there another way or is this what I'm going to be forced to do?

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