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Би́тва на реке́ Гра́ник () (334 год до н. э.) — сражение между македонской армией Александра Великого и войском персидских сатрапов на реке Граник в Малой Азии.

Весной 334 года  войско Александра переправилось из Македонии в Азию через Геллеспонт. Персидские сатрапы на военном совете отклонили предложение Мемнона, который стремился избежать битвы. По мнению Мемнона, персам следовало «отступать, вытаптывать подножный корм конницей, жечь урожай и не щадить даже своих городов». В таких условиях из-за отсутствия провианта для своего войска Александр не смог бы долго находиться в стране.

Персидское войско встретило македонян на высоком правом берегу реки Граник. Александр Македонский подошёл к реке во второй половине дня на четвёртом дне марша. Наиболее опытный военачальник македонского войска Парменион предлагал дать войску передышку. Александр напротив принял решение незамедлительно начать сражение. Одной из причин поражения персов стала неудачная диспозиция их войска — спереди расположилась конница, а сзади пехота. Во время сражения Александр чуть не погиб. Молодого царя спас военачальник Клит.

После победы в битве при Гранике войско македонян продолжило завоевание Малой Азии. Победа над персами оказала большое влияние на колеблющиеся полисы Эллады. На сторону Александра перешла большая часть городов Малой Азии, включая Сарды, в которых находилась царская казна.

Источники
Основными античными источниками, в которых описана битва при Гранике, являются труды Арриана, Диодора Сицилийского и Плутарха. Упоминания деталей сражения присутствуют и у других авторов. Отличительной чертой античных источников о битве при Гранике является то, что они написаны историками, которые жили через несколько веков после Александра. Эти труды не только не дублируют, а во многом даже противоречат друг другу.

Первоисточником для Плутарха были труды Аристобула и Хареса. Повествование Плутарха не даёт понимания хода битвы, так как в основном касается личной  Александра. Диодор Сицилийский не упоминает свой первоисточник при описании сражения. По всей видимости, им были труды Клитарха. Историк также большое внимание уделяет личному участию Александра в битве, однако, в отличие от Плутарха, приводит и некоторые детали о персидских военачальниках и тактических особенностях битвы.

Наиболее полным описанием битвы при Гранике является труд Арриана. Этот историк использовал труды придворного летописца Александра Каллисфена и участника сражения Птолемея. По утверждению историка А. Девайна, реконструкция сражения невозможна без взятия за основу информации из Арриана. Недостатками изложения Арриана является его схематический характер и умолчание большого количества деталей. По всей видимости, это обусловлено как скоротечностью битвы, так и недостаточным освещением всех её деталей у неопытного в военном деле Каллисфена.

Предыстория

Подготовка к войне Македонии против империи Ахеменидов была начата ещё при отце Александра Филиппе II. Весной 336 года  десятитысячное войско под командованием Пармениона и Аттала было переброшено через Геллеспонт. Однако действия персидского полководца Мемнона нарушили планы македонян. Ход военной кампании также затормозило убийство Филиппа II и смерть одного из военачальников Аттала. Парменион в одиночку не мог противостоять персидскому войску Мемнона. По факту, на момент перехода войска Александра через Геллеспонт, македоняне удерживали лишь Абидос и Ретейон. Впоследствии Мемнону ставили в вину, что он не очистил всё побережье Малой Азии от македонян, тем самым оставив для Александра возможность беспрепятственного перехода через Геллеспонт. Вторжение Александра в Азию началось через два года после смерти его отца Филиппа II, весной 334 года  В течение первых лет царствования он был занят походами против ряда фракийских и иллирийских племён на северных границах и усмирением восставших против македонской гегемонии Фив в Греции. Историки не сомневаются, что персидские сатрапы на момент высадки Александра уже собрали свои войска.

Арриан описывает военный совет персидских военачальников, который состоялся у города  после получения информации о пересечении македонянами Геллеспонта. Речь на совете шла о стратегии ведения войны, а не об организации обороны. На совете присутствовали как персидские сатрапы — Киликии Арсам, Ионии и Лидии Спифридат, Геллеспонтской Фригии Арсит, так и военачальники — Мемнон, Реомифр, Петин и Нифат.

Согласно античным источникам, военачальник Мемнон предложил не вступать в бой, а «отступать, вытаптывать подножный корм конницей, жечь урожай и не щадить даже своих городов». По его мнению, Александр со своим войском не смог бы долго находиться в стране, в которой не найдёт провианта. По мнению современных историков, предложенная Мемноном стратегия была наиболее эффективной в тех условиях. В момент высадки Александра в Азии войско македонян обладало провиантом всего на десять дней. Новый урожай ещё не созрел, и, в случае уничтожения запасов провизии в городах, войско Александра оказалось бы в крайне плачевном состоянии. Подвоз провианта из Македонии с учётом господства персидского флота на море был также весьма затруднительным.

Персидские военачальники отвергли предложенный Мемноном план. Диодор Сицилийский писал, что решение вступить в битву было принято большинством голосов. В изложении Арриана, главным оппонентом Мемнона выступил Арсит, который заявил, «что он не допустит, чтобы у его подданных сгорел хоть один дом». Современные историки выделяют несколько мотивов такого решения. Мемнон для персов был греком, к которому они относились не только с недоверием, но и воспринимали в качестве потенциального политического конкурента. «Тактика выжженной земли», которую предлагал Мемнон, могла вызвать восстание среди местного населения. Местные крестьяне не согласились бы уничтожить своё имущество и стать беженцами, а на реализацию плана у персов не хватило бы сил. Также вызывает сомнение возможность персов обеспечить полную морскую блокаду. Возможно, план Мемнона был сложнее и предполагал не только «тактику выжженной земли», но и маневрирование, направленное на истощение армии Александра, соединение с пополнениями, которые могли собрать персы. Также нельзя исключать и прямой приказ Дария III разбить Александра в первом же решающем сражении. О недоверии персов к Мемнону также свидетельствует его незначительная роль во время самого сражения, в котором он командовал только контингентом собственных всадников.

Силы и диспозиция сторон. Выбор места битвы

Оценка количества персидских войск в битве при Гранике разнится в античных источниках. Арриан пишет о 20 тысячах всадников и 20 тысячах греческих наёмников. Диодор сообщает о 10 тысячах всадников и 100 тысячах пеших воинов, а Юстин оценивает общее количество воинов в 600 тысяч человек. В современной исторической литературе наиболее соответствующими действительности считают данные Арриана, хотя и они вызывают сомнение. Так, обращает на себя внимание равное количество конницы и пехоты у персов, что является уникальным случаем для сражений античного мира. Также вызывает сомнение, что вся пехота персов состояла исключительно из греческих наёмников без участия местных контингентов. Александр пересекал Геллеспонт с 32 тысячами пехоты и 5 тысячами конницы. Если учесть, что к войску македонского царя присоединился азиатский контингент в области Абидоса, то его общая численность могла достигать 50 тысяч.

Персидское войско находилось на высоком правом берегу реки Граник. Персидское командование решило использовать естественное препятствие, чтобы увеличить силу обороны своих войск. В этом месте, по утверждению Плутарха, располагались «ворота Азии», без обладания которыми Александр не мог бы начать вторжение вглубь державы персов. Обрывистость и крутизна берега предполагала создание сложностей для македонян при форсировании реки. Битва при Гранике вошла в историю военного искусства в качестве одного из первых примеров использования особенностей местности для усиления обороны своих войск. Также, по утверждению Плутарха, персы учитывали македонский обычай не начинать походы в месяце десии. Александр также учёл вековую традицию и приказал называть этот месяц вторым артемисием.

В первой линии находились всадники, за которыми расположилась пехота. По мнению Ю. Дейвиса и У. Д. Маккоя, такая диспозиция персидского войска была связана с нежеланием персов делить лавры победы с греческими наёмниками или с недоверием к грекам, которые в любой момент могли перейти на сторону своих соплеменников. По мнению Э. Бэдиана, напротив, расположение конницы впереди пехоты имело рациональное обоснование с точки зрения военной целесообразности. Историк А. К. Нефёдкин предположил, что тактика персидских военачальников состояла в закреплении пехотой успехов конницы, либо, напротив, защиту отступающих всадников. Ещё по одной версии план персов был прост — опрокинуть македонян в реку и тем самым выиграть битву. Такое расположение войск было крайне неудачным и стало одной из причин поражения персов. Сильная в наступлении персидская кавалерия в оборонительном бою теряла не только качественное, но и количественное преимущество.

На момент начала сражения Александр знал о расположении персидского войска от своих разведчиков под командованием Гегелоха. Детальное описание расположения македонского войска привёл Арриан. В центре Александр разместил пехоту, а на флангах — конницу. Командование конницей на левом фланге было поручено Пармениону, а на правом находился сам Александр. При Гранике Александр разделил конницу на несколько отрядов, каждый из которых представлял отдельное тактическое соединение. Македонский царь впервые использовал данный род войск в качестве основной ударной силы.

Македоняне подошли к Гранику на четвёртый день марша во второй половине дня. Александр приказал незамедлительно вступить в бой. Такая инициатива молодого царя вызвала несогласие со стороны одного из наиболее опытных военачальников Пармениона. Он указывал на общую усталость войска и предлагал перенести начало битвы на следующее утро. Однако Александр решил использовать фактор неожиданности и приказал своим воинам готовиться к битве. Также, согласно Плутарху, Парменион указывал, что переправа через Граник рискованна, особенно под вечер, на что Александр ответил, что «ему будет стыдно перед Геллеспонтом, если, переправившись через пролив, он убоится Граника». По мнению историка А. Е. Разина, предложение Пармениона предполагало остановиться на ночёвку, а с утра начать форсирование реки. Военачальник считал, что персы на ночь будут вынуждены отойти в свой лагерь. Такая медлительность, по мнению Александра, ободрила бы персов и негативно подействовала бы на македонян. Описание хода битвы в различных античных источниках разнится. Так, к примеру, согласно Диодору Сицилийскому Александр спокойно пересёк реку на рассвете и выстроил войско в боевой порядок.

Ход битвы

Историк Н. Хаммонд назвал битву при Гранике одним из наиболее загадочных сражений в истории по трём причинам — разночтении деталей в античных источниках, необоснованности манёвров и диспозиции сторон, а также несоответствии описания места битвы современным характеристикам береговой линии реки Граник. Это приводит к появлению разных интерпретаций деталей сражения в научных статьях. Как бы то ни было, историки выделяют в битве при Гранике три отдельных фазы: неудачную атаку авангарда македонян, последующее сражение с персидской конницей, которое началось с манёвра Александра, и затем уничтожение пехоты наёмников.

Первыми в бой вступили отряды кавалерии из ил Сократа и Аминты на правом фланге, которые понесли потери и отступили. Тогда речку форсировал сам Александр со своими гетайрами в сопровождении отрядов лёгкой пехоты, после чего в бой пошла пехота. Александр постарался вклиниться между левым флангом и центром персов. Появление на поле сражения македонского царя сделало сражение ещё более ожесточённым. Гибель или взятие в плен Александра могли в один момент закончить войну. Поэтому персы поступили неосторожно и бросились навстречу гетайрам, чем совершили фатальную для себя ошибку. Они не только потеряли манёвренность, но и не учли преимуществ македонян в ближнем бою. Кривые сабли персов не могли пробить прочные панцири воинов противника. Туда, где в стане персидской конницы возникала брешь, устремлялись фалангиты, которые наносили удары не только по всадникам, но и по лошадям.

Во время сражения чуть не погиб и сам Александр. Античные источники приводят несколько версий происшествия. Наиболее ярко историю описал Плутарх, который позаимствовал информацию у историка Хареса. Во время сражения на Александра одновременно бросились два персидских военачальника Спифридат и . Спифридат ударом сабли срезал гребень с перьями со шлема Александра. Он готовился нанести второй удар, когда был сражён копьём командира царской агемы (элитного эскадрона гетайров, всегда находившегося возле царя во время битв) Клита. У Квинта Курция Руфа, Клит отрубил руку Ресаку, когда тот готовился убить Александра. У Арриана Клит отсёк руку Спифридата, который находился сзади Александра и занёс кинжал. Диодор Сицилийский писал, что Ресак первым ударом оглушил Александра. Когда он вторым ударом собирался убить царя, Клит отрубил персу руку. Достоверность и точность передачи деталей битвы подвергается сомнению. По всей видимости, первоисточником стал труд летописца при армии Александра Каллисфена. Историк, который был с Клитом в хороших отношениях, в своём сочинении повторял гомеровский стиль с его мономахиями.

В конечном итоге яростные атаки македонян сломили сопротивление персидской конницы. Первыми дрогнули персы на «александровом» фланге, затем в центре и на правом фланге. Пехота располагалась на возвышенности во второй линии и не принимала участия в сражении персидской конницы. Греческая наёмная пехота на стороне персов была окружена и уничтожена. Таким образом македоняне смогли разбить войско противника по частям. Из 20 тысяч греческих наёмников в плен было взято лишь две тысячи воинов, которых впоследствии отправили на каторжные работы. Такое судьбу пленных историки связывают с отношением Александра и македонян к грекам на службе у персов как к изменникам и предателям общеэллинского дела.

Потери македонян, согласно античным источникам, были незначительными. Арриан пишет о 25 гетайрах, более 60 всадниках и около 30 фалангитах; Юстин — девяти пехотинцах и 120 всадниках; Плутарх с отсылкой к Аристобулу — 34 воинах, из которых девять были пехотинцами. Также под Александром был убит конь. Потери персов были несопоставимо бо́льшими. Согласно Арриану они составляли тысячу всадников и практически всю пехоту (две тысячи воинов которой попали в плен); Диодору Сицилийскому — более десяти тысяч пехоты, не менее двух тысяч всадников и больше двадцати тысяч пленных; Плутарху — двадцать тысяч пехотинцев и две тысячи пятьсот всадников. Марк Юниан Юстин охарактеризовал потери персов просто как «великое множество». Кроме количества персов античные источники приводят имена множества погибших военачальников — Нифат, Петин, Спифридат, Митробузан, Митридат, Арбупал, Ресак, Фарнак и Омар. Диодор Сицилийский среди прочих «похоронил» в битве при Гранике Атизия, которого, согласно тому же автору, повторно убили в 333 году  Арсит, которого считали виновником поражения, бежал, после чего покончил жизнь самоубийством. М. В. Нечитайлов считает, что потери персов не были громадными, а составляли лишь девятую часть всего личного состава. После кратковременного сопротивления конница бежала, после чего погибла, либо была взята в плен, вся наёмная греческая пехота.

Итоги битвы
После сражения Александр проявил большую заботу о раненых македонянах. Убитых похоронили с воинскими почестями на поле боя. Их родственников освободили от налогов. Таким образом македонский царь приобретал популярность не только благодаря своим качествам полководца и героизму, но и соучастием в судьбе обычных воинов.

Победа при Гранике имела большое влияние на колеблющиеся полисы Эллады. Моральная составляющая победы заключалась в том, что битва показала преимущество македонского войска над персидским. До 334 года  греки считали персидскую конницу непобедимой на равнине. После поражения персов македонянам без боя сдались большая часть городов Малой Азии, включая Сарды, в которых находилась царская казна. Сопротивление войску Александра оказали только приморские города Милет и Галикарнас, где развернулись очередные сражения.

Первая победа Александра Македонского над персами обеспечила ему создание плацдарма в Азии для дальнейшего наступления. Сколь бы знаменательной ни была победа, она не обеспечивала беспрепятственного завоевания всей Малой Азии. Армии сатрапов под Граником не были основными силами империи Ахеменидов, соответственно их поражение не было фатальным для Дария III.

Историография
Наиболее ранние научные работы о битве при Гранике были посвящены топографии, а именно идентификации места сражения. Первым, кто начал изучать данный вопрос, стал немецкий географ и картограф Генрих Киперт. По его мнению, битва произошла в долине реки Коджабаш. Именно мнение Г. Киперта относительно места сражения стало общепринятым в историографии.

Среди научных работ, которые рассматривали непосредственно ход сражения, следует выделить статьи  и К. Леманна. Среди прочего В. Юдеих создал детальную схему сражения, а также доказывал, что протяжённость фронта составляла 2—2,5 км.

Отдельный интерес у историков вызывала диспозиция персидского войска. Также историки обращают внимание на тактические особенности сражения, приводят различные оценки возможных сил сторон, изучают мотивы тех или иных действий персидских и македонских военачальников.

В 1974 году была опубликована первая и на 2022 год единственная монография о битве при Гранике Никоса Николициса. Эта работа стала классическим исследованием источников с помощью сравнительно-исторического метода и собственных толкований. На сегодняшний день, по мнению историка А. К. Нефёдкина, книга является наиболее полным исследованием о сражении при Гранике.

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Loper Report: 'Men in Black: International,' 'Late Night'
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Wil Loper reviews "Men in Black: International" and "Late Night."
"wait, are you a queen?"
"inde she is."
"i pledge loyalty eternal to you!"
"no no no i'm not interested."
"too late i alread pledged the loyalty, i wish you'd said no no no before."
That was a clip from "men in black: international", one of the newest movies to hit theaters.
Is it worth seeing?
Here to let us know is our film critic, wil loper you know those little neuralizers they use in the men in black movies to make people forget what they just saw?
Let's just say once this movie ends, you'll be wishing you had one of those to forget this movie ever existed.
Will smith and tommy lee jones are out of the franchise, and tessa thompson and chris hemsworth take over to save the world from aliens.
This time around there's something called the hive which wants a weapon to destroy the planet or the solar system or the universe, or just do something very bad.
Now, thompson and hemsworth give it everything they've got, their charismatic acting is one of the few enjoyable things in this movie.
It's the completely generic and mish mash script that makes this movie a slog to watch.
We're never really made to care about what's going on, and besides a car that has weapons hidden in every part of it, nothing in this movie is clever or inventive.
Skip it, go back to the original men in black.
2 neuralizers out of 5, if only we could flash that and start over.
Next up: "late night" emma thompson is an out of touch late night talk show host whose show is about to be cancelled.
Her writing staff is all white men, so they bring on mindy kaling to give a fresh take and hopefully help save thompson from being replaced.
This was exactly the movie i needed to wash the bad taste of men in black away.
It's laugh out loud funny, it digs at some real truths in the workplace and society, and it's got an emotional punch as well.
And of course it's got terrific acting by emma thompson, mindy kaling, john lithgow, and more.
This movie is definitely worth seeing.
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Feedback Movie - Eddie Marsan, Paul Anderson, Ivana Baquero
Starring Eddie Marsan (This is England), Paul Anderson (Peaky Blinders) and Ivana Baquero (Pan's Labyrinth) and from the creators of REC and THE SHALLOWS. BLACK MIRROR meets DIE HARD, FEEDBACK..
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* Oliver Stoll (Sportpsychologe) (* 1963), deutscher Sportpsychologe
 Oliver Stoll (Althistoriker) (* 1964), deutscher Althistoriker


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Daniel Tschofenig (* 28. März 2002 in Villach) ist ein österreichischer Skispringer.

Karriere
Tschofenig gab sein internationales Debüt im FIS Cup im Juli 2018 im österreichischen Villach. Der damals 16-Jährige belegte dort den 44. Platz. Im Mai 2019 wurde er in den C-Kader des ÖSV berufen. Im Oktober 2019 erzielte er ebenfalls in Villach einen 29. Platz. Damit konnte der Österreicher im FIS Cup seine ersten Punkte erspringen. Im Dezember 2020 wurde er Dritter im FIS-Cup-Wettbewerb in Kandersteg. Danach sprang er im Alpen Cup.
Sein Debüt im Continental Cup gab er in der Saison 2020/21 am 18. Dezember 2020 im finnischen Ruka. Der damals 18-Jährige belegte dort den 19. Platz.
Am 6. Jänner 2021 gab er sein Weltcup-Debüt im Rahmen der 69. Vierschanzentournee. Im österreichischen Bischofshofen bestand er die Qualifikation und konnte so am Wettbewerb teilnehmen. Tschofenig qualifizierte sich über die Lucky Loser für den zweiten Durchgang. Er schloss das Springen mit dem 30. Platz ab und konnte so seinen ersten Weltcuppunkt erringen. Die Tournee schloss er mit einer Teilnahme auf Rang 50 ab. Bei den Nordischen Juniorenskiweltmeisterschaften in Lahti verpasste er im Einzel auf der Normalschanze als Vierter eine Medaille nur knapp, konnte aber im Team mit seinen Mannschaftskameraden David Haagen, Elias Medwed und Niklas Bachlinger Gold gewinnen. Danach zählte er beim Weltcup im rumänischen Raşnov am 19. Februar 2021 wieder zum österreichischen Aufgebot und sprang als Neunter erstmals in die Top 10. Tags darauf wurde er mit dem österreichischen Mixed-Team Dritter und feierte so einen ersten Podestplatz. Trotz dieser guten Leistungen wurde er nicht für die Nordische-Ski-WM in Oberstdorf berücksichtigt.

Am 13. September 2021 gewann Tschofenig, der inzwischen dem B-Kader des ÖSV angehört, in Bischofshofen erstmals ein Continental-Cup-Springen, nachdem er bereits am Vortag Zweiter geworden war. Im Winter wurde er bei der Vierschanzentournee 2021/22 18. Im Anschluss wurde er auch weiterhin im Weltcup eingesetzt und erreichte am 16. Jänner 2022 im polnischen Zakopane Rang fünf. Daraufhin wurde er vom Österreichischen Olympischen Comité für die Olympischen Winterspiele 2022 in Peking nominiert. Dort wurde er jedoch nicht im Wettkampf eingesetzt. Bei den Nordischen Juniorenskiweltmeisterschaften 2022 im polnischen Zakopane wurde er sowohl Einzel Juniorenweltmeister vor seinen Landsleuten David Haagen und Markus Müller, wie auch im Mannschaftswettbewerb mit Haagen, Müller und Jonas Schuster und im Mixed-Teamwettbewerb mit Haagen sowie Vanessa Moharitsch und Julia Mühlbacher.

Am 11. Februar 2023 erreichte er mit dem dritten Platz beim Weltcup auf der Großen Olympiaschanze in Lake Placid seine bisher beste Platzierung im Einzel-Weltcup.

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Tschofenig springt für den SV Achomitz/SD Zahomc. Er lebt in Hohenthurn, einer Gemeinde in Kärnten. Er spielte von 2008 bis 2015 Fußball für den SV Draschitz. Tschofenig ist mit Alexandria Loutitt liiert.

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Boise Junior High School, also known as North Junior High School, is an Art Deco, brick school designed by Tourtellotte & Hummel and constructed in Boise, Idaho, USA, in 1937. The school was included as a contributing property in the Fort Street Historic District on November 12, 1982. It was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 17, 1982.

History
In the late 1920s and early 1930s, several independent schools and small school districts were consolidated under the larger Boise School District, and soon arose a need for additional classroom space. Moreover, the district reorganized its schools from an eight-grade primary and four-grade secondary system to an elementary, junior high, and senior high school system. The district received a grant from the Works Progress Administration allowing construction of Boise's first junior high.

The school was constructed by contractor J.O. Jordan & Son from locally sourced brick and sandstone, and the building was dedicated in 1937. When South Junior High School was constructed in 1948, Boise Junior High School was renamed North Junior High School. A band room was added to the building in 1949, and a cafeteria was added in 1968.

History of Lemp Triangle
The school was constructed on a , 2-block parcel of land known as Lemp Triangle, named for brewer and former Boise City mayor John Lemp.

On November 23, 1867, mayor Henry E. Prickett filed the original 410-acre plat of Boise City in the office of the Ada County Recorder, and on January 13, 1868, Prickett petitioned the United States Department of the Interior for a townsite patent. But on May 2, 1870, Boise City received an award of 442 acres from the Department of the Interior, an increase of 32 acres of public property over the original townsite plat. Part of the 32-acre parcel remained unimproved, and on June 5, 1891, mayor James A. Pinney deeded 4.55 acres of the parcel to John Lemp in exchange for $1.00 consideration. Lemp occupied the property, and by 1905 he was renting it to a "China vegetable garden," but by then his claim of ownership was in dispute, and a new deed to the property was presented to Lemp by mayor John M. Haines in 1908.

Voters rejected a bond measure in 1910 that would have provided $40,000 for the purchase of Lemp Triangle and would have designated the property as a city park. Then in 1913, after a decision by the Idaho Supreme Court declaring the Lemp deeds unlawful, Boise City regained control of the property and designated it as a park.

The Boise School Board voted to purchase the property for $22,500 in June, 1925, for construction of a junior high school, and the site also was considered briefly for additional construction of an elementary school to replace the aging Whittier School.

Boise Junior High School construction would be delayed for over ten years, however, and excavation at Lemp Triangle finally began early in March, 1936. The cornerstone was set in place by buildings and grounds superintendent C. B. Little on May 21, 1936, and the building was dedicated May 24, 1937.

The residential area north and east of Lemp Triangle was developed in 1911, including 65 homesites in what was dubbed the Lemp Triangle Addition.

Lemp street runs east and west, seven blocks north of Lemp Triangle. The street is part of Boise's North End.

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WATERBOARD TERRORISTS : Trump says 'liberal' Europe should have tortured jihadi abdeslam
WATERBOARDING should have been used to force terror suspect Salah Abdeslam to talk, Donald Trump has controversially claimed.
The presidential candidate has blasted the soft-touch approach with Abdelsam in Europe who was a "mastermind" in the terror attacks which killed 130 in Paris in November, but dumped his suicide belt and fled.
Mr Trump also said the "liberal" attitude in Europe makes it difficult to counter terror attacks.
Islamic State (ISIS) jihadi Abdeslam was arrested in Belgium on Friday after four months in hiding, when armed commandos discovered him living in a flat laden with bomb making materials.
Days later 31 people were killed and 300 injured when a terror cell detonated bombs on the Metro line at Maalbeek and the Zaventem Airport.
Mr Trump argued in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer that Abdeslam would have talked "a lot faster with the torture" saying he believes the Brussels attacks were in retaliation for the arrest.
He said: "If he would've talked you might not have had the blow up – all these people dead and all these people wounded because he probably knew about it.
"We have to be smart. I mean it's hard to believe. We can't waterboard — listen, nothing's nice about it, but it's your minimal form of torture.
"Waterboarding would be fine. If they can expand the laws, I would do a lot more than waterboarding.
"You have to get the information from these people."
Waterboarding is a form of torture in which a person has water poured on their face to simulate drowning.
It was used for many years on prisoners of war and terror suspects but the interrogation tactic, was banned by President Barack Obama days after he took office in 2009.
It has emerged since the attack in Brussels that Abdeslam was questioned for just TWO HOURS at Bruges despite being arrested four days before the attacks.
As more information surrounding his arrest comes to light, Abdeslam was interrogated for 60 minute sessions at Bruges prison where he is being held, but investigators took a chronological approach – beginning with Paris.
The interviews were short as Abdeslam was recovering from surgery on his leg, after he was shot during his arrest, a Belgium official said.
Mr Trump has argued that he would authorise waterboarding and "far worse" forms of torture against suspected terrorists if he was president.
Terror attacks rocked the Belgian capital as 34 were killed and 300 wounded
He also said he would change laws which ban torture.
The Republican frontrunner said: "We have to change our laws and we have to be able to fight on an almost equal basis."
Critics have said he is advocating torture.
Former Bush-era Department of Justice lawyer John Yoo said Mr Trump does not understand the use of interrogation techniques.
He said: "To me, this is just another example of I think Trump exaggerating, overstating, playing to a crowd.
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We hope you had a wonderful Spring Break. Here is our latest installment of Fashionable Things We Have Found. Enjoy!
This debate from the New York Times discussing if clothing is going too casual in "The Casual Couture of the Average American". There are 6 varying points of view to consider.
If color is your thing, this infographic about the history of Pantone colors is very interesting.
This is a great video about how a sewing machine works.


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Sinornis (Sinornis santensis) – kopalny ptak z grupy Euenantiornithes; jego nazwa znaczy "chiński ptak".

Żył w okresie wczesnej kredy (ok. 124 mln lat temu) na terenach wschodniej Azji. Długość ciała ok. 14 cm, wysokość ok. 6 cm, masa ok. 20 g. Jego szczątki znaleziono w Chinach (w prowincji Liaoning).

Był ptakiem bardziej zaawansowanym, w porównaniu z archeopteryksem. Jego szczęki miały mniejsze zęby, na skrzydłach posiadał krótsze szpony. Jego kość ogonowa była znacznie zredukowana. Na mostku posiadał grzebień z chrząstki, który służył do przytwierdzenia znacznie silniejszych mięśni obsługujących skrzydła. Posiadał puste w środku kości pneumatyczne.

Linki zewnętrzne
 Sinornis na dinodata.org
 Sinornis na dinosaurier-web.de

Enantiornithes
Ptaki kredy
Wymarłe ptaki Azji
Gatunki i podgatunki zwierząt nazwane w 1992 roku

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Eduard's US Navy Personnel 1942 figure set comes in their standard top opening cardboard box. In it there are two dark tan plastic sprues, a small photoetched fret and an instruction sheet.
With what is provided on the two plastic trees, you can assemble six crew members doing various maintenance work. Three are working on the engine and have small PE tools in their hands and the other three are loading the ammunition belts into the armament bays of the aircraft. The poses of the plastic figures are not quite the same as on the box cover. For example there is no man wearing glasses holding a case, or others kneeling over a toolbox. Instead you have those handling the ammo belts (which are provided as PE parts) and an injected ammunition box.
The overall moulding quality is typical of Eduard. If you already have an Eduard figure kit, you won't be surprised. The figures are molded is several pieces (two legs, torso, two arms and the head) and this doesn't make the assembly easy. Sometimes it gives an "unnatural" look to the figures but in the case of these Navy figures, I don't think it is that bad. I found sink marks on some torsos but nothing too dramatic.
This is a nice and interesting figures set, especially with the additional PE parts, even if you get less for the same price when you compare this one to some older references produced by Eduard (Japanese and Luftwaffe set for example). However if you want to do an U.S. WWII Navy diorama, it's the only game in town if you exclude the expensive resin alternatives.
Highs: Good overall quality. Additional PE fret.
Lows: Some sink marks. No pilot figure.
Verdict: This set is recommended if you need figures for an U.S. WWII carrier based diorama.
Nice review, was interested in this set. It's a shame that Eduard has developed the habit of the box art figures not matching the contents. Certainly not going to increase sales that way, especially if someone is only interested in one or two of the figures.


Amman - Italy and Jordan signed an agreement in Amman that is considered a milestone in bilateral university cooperation between the two Countries. It is a field that features an increasing number of projects and initiatives between Italian and Jordanian universities. The agreement, which replaces the previous bilateral memorandum of 2005 on the subject, was signed by the Jordanian Minister of Higher Education, Adel Tweissi, and the Italian Ambassador to Amman, Giovanni Brauzzi. The Minister reiterated his deep interest in increasing opportunities for study and university exchanges, as well as his appreciation for the significant increase in scholarships awarded by the Italian government. The ceremony was also attended by some Jordanian students who were awarded scholarships for the academic year 2018-2019. They will be able to enroll or continue their studies at Italian universities, which have always been a benchmark for young people interested in completing their higher education.
A delegation from the University of Pisa was also at the signing. They are on a mission to Jordan for a project that aims to optimize the use of water in agriculture in the Mediterranean regions with higher water vulnerability, establishing an interdepartmental planning group "Water, Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Energy". The group will involve some prestigious Jordanian scientific institutions such as the Royal Scientific Society (RSS), the Higher Council for Science and Technology (HCST), the National Agricultural Research Center (NARC) of Baaqa, the Jordan University for Science and Technology (JUST) of Irbid and SESAME. The initiative is a sign of the increasing involvement of Italian universities in these issues, which are vital for the future of the Middle East.


A Kyokushin Karate grading was held on Saturday September 13 at Turramurra Dojo.
1st Row, L-R: Sempai Jon Ellis, Sempai Rob James, Sempai Alex Lloyd. 2nd Row, L-R: Sempai Todd Murphy, Jeremy Gray, Will Brook.
Sempai Jon Ellis (2nd Dan Kyokushin): Sempai Jon is the head instructor of Ballina Dojo, North Coast NSW.
Sempai Rob James (1st Dan Kyokushin): Sempai Rob is the head instructor of Aspley Dojo, Brisbane.
Sempai Alex Lloyd (1st Dan Kyokushin): Sempai Alex is a student at Turramurra Dojo, Sydney, a former Knox Karate student and now instructor.
Sempai Todd Murphy (1st Dan Kyokushin): Sempai Todd is a student and instructor at Annangrove Dojo, Sydney.
All attempting the grading performed to a high standard. Congratulations to everyone who participated. Special mention goes to the new black belt grades: Jon Ellis received his Sandan (3rd Dan) and the title of Sensei; while Rob James, Alex Lloyd and Todd Murphy were graded to Nidan (2nd Dan). Jeremy Gray fought an admirable 20 fights for his 1st Kyu (Senior Brown Belt) and Joshua Darley was graded to 2nd Kyu (Brown Belt). Will Brook also was graded to 2nd Kyu, despite having to attempt the grading with a broken hand!


If you wanted to go play at Fantasia mini golf and you are staying at AOA. What's the best way to get there if you don't want to drive?
Hrm… You can take a Bus to any park, then take a bus to the Swan and Dolphin. Or you can take a bus to HS then take the Boat to Swan and Dolphin. Or Bus to Epcot, walk through Epcot out the International Gateway then walk to Swan and Dolphin or take Boat to Swan and Dolphin. Once you get to Swan and Dolphin, just cross the street.
I honestly would uber, unless you have lots of time.
I recommend going though, it was cute and fun!
I am a big fan of Disney transportation and almost always a proponent.
This is the one major exception I've found.


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Restructuring takes toll on Avis
By This Is Money
Updated: 19:00 EST, 19 October 2004
SHARES in Avis Europe slithered to a new low of 63 3/4p, down 3 3/4p, as the car rental group warned it is taking a £30m hit on a botched back-office and IT restructuring project.
The group said the cost will be taken as an exceptional item. Avis had hoped the new system would bring much-needed margin improvements of around 1%, but that will now be 'significantly reduced'.
New chief executive Murray Hennessy is understood to be considering legal action to recoup some of the cash. But he believed it was right to take 'decisive action' and that there will be no impact on underlying operations.
Full-year profit expectations remain unchanged, with lower sales over the summer months offset by cost savings and lower interest. Analysts expect Avis to make £36m before exceptionals this year.


It is not difficult profiling a pathologic gambler. A gambler can be categorized with a gambling behavior referred to as pathologic behavior when their gambling activities have resulting negative impact with their life. It can affect family relationships, their jobs, and social life resulting to a devastating financial burden that incapacitates them from paying all their debts due to excessive gambling.
A pathologic gambler expresses disturbing behavior of irritability and restlessness in an attempt to stop gambling, feel the urgent need to bet with increasing amount despite the mounting debts as a negative consequence of this action. They spend excessively up to the last penny and spend more time gambling than intended. Pathologic gamblers often find themselves in a frustrating situation in every attempt to stop gambling activities. They experience withdrawal symptoms such as lack of sleep just thinking about gambling. They will also find themselves in the middle of illegal activities in an effort to finance their gambling addiction.
Pathologic gamblers can be likened to addiction with chemical dependency where they substantially cannot control their addiction with denial and remorse feeling of depression. Their addiction is characterized by extreme euphoria of winning, severe depression of losing and a grave suicidal tendency.
Pathologic gamblers are addicted not with the money but being in action to bet and the thirst for self gratification of winning. Unlike as in substance addiction where they can become overdosed and high with drugs, pathologic gamblers usually find themselves in the usual financial devastation and self. Pathologic gambling is a recognized addiction illness that requires immediate attention because of higher incidents for suicidal tendencies than from drug addiction.
Pathologic gambling is a chronic and progressive illness that when addressed with immediate and proper treatment is highly curable. When remain untreated, the condition will continue to progress until it reaches irreparable damage that sacrifices many important things that matter to the gambler: their family, their life and their future.
One of the important aspects of the treatment regimen involved will be assessing the patient for psychological tendency to commit suicide and subject them to intense psychological therapy. Medical support for pathologic gamblers will also include group therapy, assessment for possible anti-depressant medications and appropriately referred to an expert psychologist for the correction of their behavioral problems with gambling. In all cases of pathologic gamblers, early diagnosis of the problem is an empirical step towards saving a gambler from a gambling addiction.


Branding/Off-Branding - Adam Wiesen is a multimedia designer in New York City.
The stuff I've posted most recently has been 'off-brand'. What does that mean exactly? In these, the Halcyon days of branding, design firms are paid (usually very well) to work with a client and develop a branding path that includes color palate, font, banner log, and just about everything else that a client will then turn over to their in-house designers to use as a basis for corporate identity going forward.


Jerome Small is the Victorian Socialists candidate for Calwell. Jerome has been a construction worker for two decades, and a trade unionist activist for his whole working life. He is a long time anti-war and anti-racism campaigner. In the 1980s he led student walk-outs against the nuclear industry & US bases and in the late 1990s he was a leader of the protest movement against Pauline Hanson.
Follow Jerome's campaign on Facebook.
Jerome stands for policies that put people before profit.
The richest 200 people in Australia increased their wealth by $49 billion last year. The corporate tax rate has been cut from 49% in the 1980s to 30% today. A third of major corporations pay no tax! There should be a wealth tax for the super rich, an increase in company tax to 50% and a crackdown on tax evasion by multinationals. We can use the proceeds to fund public education and health, and make uni and TAFE free.
Real wages are in decline. Legislate for an immediate increase to minimum wages – a rise from $18.93 to $25 would be a good start – and for an increase in all award wages. Restore penalty rates and reverse all anti-union laws, including restrictions on the right to strike. We need secure jobs that we can rely on for a living.
Privatisation has been a disaster, resulting in fat profits and high prices. Put transport, energy and the banks in public hands, and extend public housing to reduce housing costs. For-profit childcare and aged-care are too expensive and low quality. We need free public preschool and aged-care systems.
Politicians are out of touch with ordinary people. No wonder, when their salaries start at $207,100 a year.
Politicians should be on a worker's wage. Jerome Small, along with all Victorian Socialists candidates, has pledged to only take $87,000 a year, the wage of an average public servant (a nurse or a teacher), and to put the rest into community campaigns for better services.
In suburbs such as Dallas and Broadmeadows, unemployment is at crisis levels of 25%. This should be unthinkable in a country as wealthy as Australia. With 15 people who want work for every job vacancy, the government should focus on job creation and publicly funded training, and raise welfare payments above the poverty line, not punish welfare recipients with "robo debt" and other similar schemes.
It's a disgrace that on average women earn only 84% of the male wage. Victorian Socialists support struggles like the Big Steps campaign by early childhood educators to get wage justice and close the gender pay gap. We want a public childcare system, taking the burden off women and families.
Instead of fixing the problems facing ordinary people, politicians and the media run scare campaigns about migrants, Muslims and refugees. The horrific racist massacre in Christchurch shows where this racism leads. Victorian Socialists campaign against all forms of racism, including Islamophobia. We're for welcoming refugees instead of locking them up. We support the struggles of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. We support a free Palestine and oppose our government's support of Israeli war crimes. And our activists have always been in the front line of campaigns against fascists and the far right.
Climate change is already affecting the most vulnerable in our society. Put the power industry in public hands to achieve 100% renewables within 10 years. Stop the Adani mine. No new coal mines. Phase out all coal and gas. Guarantee secure jobs for workers from the fossil fuel industry in the renewable energy sector.
Unscrupulous businesses use Craigieburn, Campbellfield and other working class suburbs as dumping grounds for toxic waste, including highly flammable chemicals. Years of deregulation, turning vital services over to for-profit operators, and defunding of enforcement agencies has led to this disaster. It's time for the government to take control of the waste disposal industry before it poisons more people in Melbourne's north.


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20 Interesting Facts About San Jose
Facts About San Jose
San Jose is named after el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe, the city's predecessor, which was eventually located in the area of what is now the Plaza de César Chávez.
The Santa Clara Valley has been home to the Tamyen group of the Ohlone people since around 4,000 BC.
San Jose is located at 37°20′10″N 121°53′26″W.
San Jose lies at a mean elevation of 82 feet above sea level.
San Jose was founded on November 29, 1777, as the Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe, the first city founded in the Californias.
San Jose is one of the wealthiest major cities in the United States and the world and has the third-highest GDP per capita in the world.
San Jose was the state's first civilian settlement, the first capital from 1849 to 1852
San Jose was the first incorporated city on March 27, 1850.
San Jose has an average of 301 days of sunshine and an annual mean temperature of 60.5 °F.
The San Jose Metropolitan Area has the most millionaires and the most billionaires in the United States per capita.
The estimated population of San Jose is 1.028 million, as of 2019.
San Jose is Nicknamed the Capital of Silicon Valley in the 1990s.
The city has a total area of 180.0 sq mi, of which 3.4 sq mi is water.
Krazy George Henderson, who began cheerleading at San Jose State in 1968, is credited as the inventor of The Wave.
San Jose was the site of California's Largest Mercury Mine.
San Jose had five Chinatowns, the first Chinatown was established in 1866, however, none had survived due to fires, floods and city development
San Jose was the state capital from 1849 to 1852.
The area around San Jose was inhabited by the Tamien nation of the Ohlone peoples of California.
On average San Jose experiences one or two moderate earthquakes per year.
The lowest point in San Jose is 13 ft below sea level at the San Francisco Bay in Alviso.
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Home/News/Harris kicks off Senate debate on COVID-19 reduction, Republicans make nuisance of themselves
Harris kicks off Senate debate on COVID-19 reduction, Republicans make nuisance of themselves
Diana Even March 5, 2021
As Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said, "We all know this will merely delay the inevitable. It will accomplish little more than a few sore throats for the Senate clerks who work very hard." He also said he's "delighted" that the public which already supports the bill will be able to hear all the details of it. "The senator from Wisconsin wants to give the American people another opportunity to hear what's in the American Rescue plan. We Democrats want America to hear what's in the plan," he added. Schumer vowed that the bill will be passed before the week is out, even if that means going into the weekend.
It's great GOP Senator Ron Johnson wants to read the American Rescue Plan on the Senate floor
It gives Americans another opportunity to hear what's in it!
Direct checks
Vaccine funding
Small biz help
Anti-poverty measures
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) March 4, 2021
Johnson has every intent of making this go into the weekend, beyond if he can do so. He's supposedly setting up shifts for Republicans to take to force their amendment votes, so they can't be dispensed with on voice votes. "I'm coming up with a process that keeps people from tiring out. I'm getting sign ups. I'm laying out a three shift schedule," Johnson said. How successful that shift work will be at 3 AM Saturday morning remains to be seen, but Sen. Mitt Romney—the "moderate" one—is all for the delaying tactics. That means Republicans are pretty much unanimously opposed to schools having the funds to be reopened safely, for teachers to get vaccinated, for their constituents to get financial help, and food and housing assistance. And maybe get their jobs back.
Because that's what's in the plan: all that and more. Senate Democrats have made some substantial changes to the bill passed by the House last week. The most substantive changes are removing the $15/hour minimum wage hike; lowering the cap for the $1,400 survival checks to exclude people making more than $80,000/annually (down from $100,000 in the House bill) or joint filers making more than $160,000 (from $200,000 in the House bill); funding for a bridge in New York and a railway system in California. Unfortunately, an effort by Finance Chair Ron Wyden to extend the $400/week unemployment boost through September failed, and it will expire on August 29. But he did successfully fight off the effort by conservative Democrats to reduce that assistance to $300.
In exchange for some of that, it will provide more funding to rural hospitals and to expanding broadband—so more for rural states represented by Republicans who are opposing the bill. At least Democrats are looking out for Republican voters. It will also provide more funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency for helping the homeless, and changes the formula for state and local aid to give smaller population states more money.
Once again, Democrats are looking out for Republican voters. Especially those in Alaska, which will see its fisheries and tourist industry get some added boosts, along with the other small state aid. For all that, Lisa Murkowski, the senior Republican senator from Alaska, voted no on the initial procedural vote to bring the bill to the floor. But we're all in this together, excepting the Republican lawmakers who don't want any of this to happen.
Information Roundup: American Rescue Plan nears passage, FBI points warnings, and Piers takes stroll
Information roundup: American Rescue Plan passes; Republicans echo hate group; Trump caught on tape
Do People fear about struggle crimes so long as U.S. troopers come residence alive?
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: we nonetheless have a pandemic to cope with, even when DC reporters are bored
Tuesday Evening Owls: Excerpts from the February version of the Harper's Index


2013-11-24, a set on Flickr.
Rich brings us the message this week on Phil 4-6-7 and Mathew 6:24-34. We will learn how to face uncertainty about tomorrow and not worry about it today.
2013-11-17, a set on Flickr.
Pastor Theresa brings us this week's message and walks us through Psalm 100.
2013-11-10, a set on Flickr.
Pastor Glenn gives a mini message and introduces the "My Hope America" DVD featuring Billy Graham.


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Утембаев:
 Утембаев, Аббас Омарович — народный комиссар местной промышленности КазССР октябрь 1942 г. — июнь 1943 г.
 Утембаев, Ерик Мылтыкбаевич — казахстанский государственный деятель, дипломат, Чрезвычайный и полномочный посол Казахстана.


We live in a world of competition. It seems like everyone is trying to be the best at this, the best at that, and if you're not good at something, then you might as well not amount to anything. Everyone seems like they have to be better. Even if no one rightly says it out loud, you're still thinking it.
And in the midst of it all, we're told to be ourselves and to be unique. I've heard the phrase "just be yourself" wayyy to many times in my fifteen years. Of course, everyone should be themselves, but if you could be fashionable, smart, or athletic, or good at something.
The problem is, sometimes I don't feel like I'm good at anything. I feel like a loser. Like everyone else has this purpose in life...and I'm just a little outsider, doing my little thing, but personally, nobody needs me. Nobody really wants me. Oh sure, they like me, but I just don't belong.
I'm awful at algebra. My mom just reminded me this morning that my younger sister has 5 lessons left in her math book. Me? I'm not even half way through my year course. I know I'll never be smart. And even the things I consider myself at least fairly good at, I'm not good at, really. My writing is filled with mistakes and flaws. And the only reason I'm good at photography is because I have a good camera. Which basically, means nothing.
I'm not even a great big sister. I want to be. But it's so hard. It's hard being in charge of everything. I feel like I have to be this super perfect person, who is a great role model. But I feel fake. I want to be real to my siblings. I want them to know it's okay to cry, it's okay to be imperfect. That it's good to laugh and love. I hate being the artificial person I am now to them.
And my friends. The few friends that I do have. I'm rarely around people my age, which I guess it's good because I need to learn to grow up. I think the last time I was with a girl my age was at least three weeks ago.
I hate writing this. It's making me feel sad. I think I just need to go for a run, which always helps. But I hate being fake. So that's why I'm posting this. To show that I'm not really that good of a person, and that I do feel bad at times.
I'm not even a good Christian. I mean, how can Jesus want me? I'm just a loser. A failure. I don't even feel like I'm on fire enough or good enough for Him. Duh, of course I'm not good enough for Him. But He loves me anyway. Which just blows my dumb little brain into pieces. I'm gonna go grab my Bible and journal, then head outside. The outdoors clears my mind.
so, goodbye, and thanks for listening to my pathetic ranting.
What wonderful pictures. What a beautiful post, I have felt this way so many times. I feel like I'm not good enough or don't amount to anything. There are times where I feel so worthless and so insignificant, neglected and so alone. I feel like nobody understands me. I also don't have too many friends and most of my friends are older than me. It hurts to not feel accepted or loved. IT is neat to know though that God loves us no matter how much we think we are a failure or are not good enough. God chose us before we were even born. It is so neat to know that He will never leave us and will always love us no matter how dumb we act or how much we sin. Thank you so much for sharing this Kendra- It is nice to know that someone else feels the same way. I could really relate to this post! You are a wonderful person, and a great photographer!
Oh my goodness Kendra!Don't you dare think about yourself like that! I used to! You're amazing, beautiful, a really good writer and SO clever. You're a role model to me, honestly! Whenever I'm in a real tough situation, I actually think "What would Kendra do?" And I'm always ranting on to my parents about how amazing you are and your relationship with Christ is! Honestly, you can ask my mom and dad. I have no real strong Christian friends and you are my only one so I always really look forward to talking to you! You're one of my best role models and I love you too bits like a sister (I apologise for being soppy) I used to think about myself like this and my mom said, "Jess! Jesus made you, do you think he would want you to think about yourself like this! You are made beautifully by an amazing God!"
pathetic ranting? Awesome ranting! You are such an awesome super cool awesome cool person!
And your pictures are way too awesome.
don't you even think it. you're going through the same thing that I went through at your age. you will find so many things that you're good at in the next year or so -- right now, just. be. yourself. and by that, i mean don't be afraid to follow along with a trend if it's something you truly enjoy. and by the way, these photos are amazing, and you are awesome. the end.
awee, Jessie. (mind if I call you that?) thanks a million.
I think there's something going around this week. You're not alone in this "pathetic" rant, because it's been mine all along! I could name countless girls who are talented and strong Christians who feel the same way. Don't feel discouraged or left out. Once we start letting those thoughts creep into our minds, it's so easy to get self-focused and upset. Easier said then done.
But you should have no worries. Because you are unique. You're bold. You are good at photography. I don't know very many people who love to run as much as you do!
I love how we always go through the same things...it's so neat, isn't it? And thank you, Flop.
aweee, hans. I love you too! you're the best little sister/twin sis. haha.
Ah, another perfectionist being too hard on herself. I call it the "I should have been farther than this by now" complex. I've had it all my life, but I'm learning more and more as I grow (and grow older) that I really, truly cannot meet God's standard, and I'm not supposed to be able to meet it. Here's something my dad said at my wedding: "I have good news, and bad news. The bad news is, you can't do it. The good news is, you don't have to." He basically went on to say that God's whole purpose is to do it in us.
And if you're like me, you will then fret about how you aren't *letting* Him do it in you, the way you should be. But you can't even do that. If you are dependent on your own grasp of God, then, girl, you are toast! But you're not! (Jn 10:28) We have a friend who, whenever his children complain, "why this?" or "why that?" he tells them, "Because God wants to form His Son in you." If you really "fit in" like all the people around you seem to fit in; if you were really a success, the way you want to be a success in your own eyes; if you could make yourself into the image *you* want, then there would be no opportunity for Christ to be formed in you. We are supposed to fall into the ground and die—die to the world, to ourselves, to our own rights—and we don't get to choose what we look like when we come out of the grave again!
But you are, too, smart, even if Algebra is not your thing. And btw, I hated math and felt like a dunce at it until I got to college. Then I suddenly saw it as a challenge I had to master, a series of problems worth solving for the joy of the triumph, and then I loved it. It still wasn't easy, but I loved it.
I've "known" you for two days, but here's what I see: a bright, talented girl who strives for excellency in all things, and who succeeds at it most of the time. And, most importantly, who genuinely loves Jesus.
Remember, "Only talented people fret about mediocrity."
I think I have the answers, and then I don't. I say one thing and do another. I compare myself to others and don't measure up to some impossible-to-meet standard. There is no such thing as getting it right. You can even say all the right things, and look like you do the right things to everyone else, but you will never get it right.
There is only one way to get it right. Be genuine. I (personally) would rather spend the day with a genuine doubter than a fake believer.
I do not believe that you are a loser, ever. But God does not more than me.
If you believe that you are a loser, then what is the point of believing in Jesus at the same time?
And. . .thank you for your honesty, humility and not being afraid to show us your doubts and shortcomings.


At its annual meeting on Nov. 13, MTA Benefits installed two new directors to its Board and honored one outgoing director. Standing, from left to right, are MTA Vice President Tim Sullivan, outgoing Director Ryan Hoyt, MTAB President Maryann Robinson, Director Richard Liston and MTA Executive Director-Treasurer Ann Clarke.
Seated in front, from left to right, are MTAB Directors Kimberly Auger, Bonnie Page and Lynn Howard.
Not pictured are MTA President Paul Toner and new Directors Gerry Ruane and Donna Johnson.
H ere in Massachusetts, we pride ourselves on knowing how to drive in all types of weather. Wet leaves? Harsh road glare? Downed power lines? We see it all. Sometimes, we see it all in one day.
Winter driving in Massachusetts challenges even the most seasoned road warrior. Snow and ice present a variety of hazards. On sunny days, the glare of ice-crusted snow makes the experience of driving even more difficult.
Your tires are your first line of defense against skidding into another car or swerving around road hazards. Tires need to maintain a proper grip on snow, ice, sleet or road debris. At a minimum, you should invest in all-season tires. Depending on the terrain you typically drive on, you might prefer snow tires or studded tires.
Beyond your initial investment in the proper tires, take care to monitor tire pressure. In cold weather, the air pressure in your tires drops, which can mean less than optimal contact with the road surface. Check your car's owners' manual for the correct cold-weather inflation pressure for your tires.
Equipped with the right tires or four-wheel drive, you might feel more confident. Don't think that's a license to speed down the highway or move more quickly than less prepared drivers, however. As other drivers may brake more erratically, hit patches of ice or swerve to avoid hazards, your best bet is to keep a safe distance and a slow speed; you can brake and react to other vehicles more easily when your vehicle is moving slowly. What's more, you won't need to brake as aggressively, which will help you avoid skidding.
And don't be afraid of pulling back off both the brake and the accelerator. If you start to skid and your front tires lose traction, ease off on the accelerator, the brake and the turn. As your steering wheel goes back to neutral, your car's weight will shift forward onto the front tires, letting them find their grip.
To learn more about auto insurance and to determine whether you're properly covered, contact an advisor at Educators Insurance Agency toll-free at 877.284.7646 or visit EIA's website, www.educatorsinsuranceagency.com.
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