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Love Letters: Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse and Courthouse East
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Oh Baltimore, oh Baltimore, order in the court! If you have ever had the pleasure of working in the legal field, or even served your civic duty as a Baltimore City juror, you have engaged with the Clarence Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse located at 110 N. Calvert Street—the epitome of an architecturally sound historic building.
Constructed in 1896 and completed in 1900, this Beaux Arts courthouse screams unique and is a historic building that is significant to the history of Baltimore. This building has architectural pillars, bursting with marble floors adorned throughout, grand stairways, ionic columns, high ceilings and elevators, in which you can envision an elevator operator. Walking through the long hallways, the smell of "history" fills your nose and awakens your senses so that it encompasses the fine details of architecture. My observation of this courthouse throughout the years has offered me the ability to examine details, like the stretched windows with various shapes, the wooden doors of the bathroom stalls in the ladies' room on the 2nd floor, and the floor-to-ceiling entry doors of the main entrance. Have you ever looked at the doors while they were closed, while being the first person to arrive at the courthouse? It's like waiting for a castle door to open to see the Wizard! In 1985, the courthouse was rededicated in honor of Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. a celebrated national civil rights leader of the NAACP and an admired lawyer and judge during the twentieth century.
I'd be remiss to not mention that directly across the street is Courthouse East combined with the post office and between the buildings is Battle Monument Square. Both courthouses are one entity, housing judges of the 8th Judicial Circuit Court for the State of Maryland and many other agencies serving Baltimore City.
My crush for these buildings developed in 1999, two years after moving to Baltimore from the Bronx when I first entered the legal system and held a position as a secretary for Pretrial Release Division of the Maryland Division of Corrections. Afterwards, I worked for the State's Attorney for Baltimore City and three well known Baltimore City judges. The soles of my feet have clicked and clacked on the white-marble floors of this old establishment for almost twenty years. I have built professional and long-lasting relationships with Baltimoreans in the Clarence Mitchell, Jr Courthouse, and Courthouse East. My love for these buildings are an extraordinary part of my Baltimore employment experience and history that will forever remain in my heart!
Claudia Holden
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Fixy Tours | Hue: A city of ���perfume and purple���
Our journey to Hue from nearby city Danang in Central Vietnam had us go through a mandatory discomfort in a small, cramped bus (and being puked on by a seat mate) before finding peace in another old city that lives in the present.
By the time we arrived in Hue, it was nighttime but we drowned our worries of dealing with overbooked dormitels by eating heaps of rice and beef.
We didn't have to worry, really. Hue City Hostel (40 Chu Van An Street) had more than enough space for two weary travelers. The hotel staff was friendly and accommodating; their chic dorm room (with paintings and red/white wall decals) was unbelievably cheap for its kind.
That's how we ended up sleeping until noon the next day. Clearly, we were getting too comfortable in a dormitel that was so much better than the crappy ones we've had in Ho Chi Minh City and Hoi An.
We rented a motorbike to catch up on our flexible (and Wikitravel-based itinerary). We drove to the Thien Mu pagoda and a temple of literature beautifully located by a river.
When we could walk around no more, we rested our weary feet.
By the Perfume River, we sat. Until we saw the sun set, marking another day of our tiring travel.
Watching tourist boats that pose a sort of genteel royalty by their designs, anyone couldn't tell which way the rapid goes. Song Huong, which is translated as river (song) and perfume (Huong), has the calmness of a lake amid the daily traffic of those small sailing vessels under three bridges Trang Tien, Cau Phu Xuan, and Cau Da Vien.
Although river cruises and tours to royal tombs and pagodas keep the food coming to their tables, the locals continue to rely on the river for their everyday life. Fishing boats are still among those docked at the riverbanks. Carrying basins of clothes and detergents, women sometimes do laundry using the river water. The smell of their fabric conditioner did not miss our nose while having late lunch in a riverside restaurant on Thursday. Although its name does not describe the river literally, being there in time for their laundry left us no reason to argue why it's called the Perfume River. But, some Vietnamese say that "Huong" is a female Vietnamese name.
The river draws a line in the middle of Hue City in Central Vietnam. At the one side, the Imperial City surrounded by moats stand valiant and untouched. Its bricked walls keep the legend of Nguyen dynasty since the 17th Century. The Purple Forbidden City stays protected inside.
It was on top priority of our itinerary and we had to make sure we'd wake up early for it the next day.
Touring the Purple Forbidden City was like attending world history class on June at school. Everything about it is exciting – for the first 20 minutes.
After some time of walking around the ancient, Confucian philosophy-inspired oriental architectures (and after walking under the heat of the sun like students in a Philippine public high school), our curiosity waned.
Exhaustion and hunger started to kick in after we explored the forbidden city of 2.5 kilometers in perimeter and surrounded by moats.
But that's not to say that we didn't take notes. We did. And we're more than ready to ace a pop quiz about the Palace of Supreme Harmony, Thai Hoa Palace, and the Noon Gate.
The majestic Noon gate features strong stone brick foundation and five entrances (each for certain kinds of people who reside in the city). The entrance at the center of the gate is solely reserved for the emperor – no one else. That's why we had to go through the left gate (used by soldiers in the past, and now visiting tourists in the present; the Vietnamese who toured the place pass through the right gate and pay a smaller amount for the entrance fee).
The Palace of Supreme Harmony basks under the sun in its glory: from the Oriental roof decorations, to the lacquered details of dragons in columns, and to the finely crafted gold-plated throne. All these are said to be in harmony of each other, just like the emperor's relationship with his subjects. Chinese poems about peace and prosperity throughout the Nguyen dynasty can also be seen hung by the ceiling.
All these beauty are reserved for our eyes only; the museum doesn't allow visitors to take photos. Bummer.
The second part of the tour had us driving around the Imperial City to get to the Hue fine arts museum. It housed a number of ancient relics: from fancy ceramics from China and France, to ancient weaponry and coins.
Spittoons and spears and books with pages of copper became topics of conversation. Soon after, we drove back to the city for some lunch in a food place that Jesse Googled.
We didn't take naps after eating lunch. Our last few hours in Hue had to be meaningful. We've yet to cross the tomb visits in our itinerary.
We visited Tu Duc where we witnessed more old spots of resting places of important people in Vietnam. Emperor Tu Duc was the fourth ruler of the Nguyen dynasty. The tomb that we visited was constructed in three years with some 50 monuments that used to stand erect around it. The area used to be an alternative city where the emperor would go to for "working vacations."
Tu Duc tomb is said to be one of the finest in Hue. It is an excellent example of Vietnamese Buddhist aesthetics and architecture. It has a lake, wooden pavilions, and temples dedicated to the emperor's wives and concubines.
The best part of the visit (other than the thrilling motorbike ride) was dressing up with royal clothes and having our photos taken in a throne. We donned replicas of king and queen robes and posed for the camera like we were Asia's Next Top Model.
At the end of the day, we sulked in the lobby of our hostel and washed our tired souls with Hue beer. Then we realized something: we missed to experience night life in Hue.
A quick Google search gave a solution: a quick visit to Brown Eyes (56 Chu Van An), just a few meters near where we sleep.
The small bar/nightclub was packed by mostly young European tourists and some Vietnamese. The interior of the bar isn't something a partyphile would describe as "cool" but that's the beauty of it. The hodgepodge of graffiti, lights, posters, and flags of different countries make the bar appealing to anyone who wants a good time.
And while we didn't have to dress up to enjoy some beer and music (the bass in the speakers were a delight and their playlist wasn't bad, except for the occasional Gangnam Style and Call Me Maybe moments), Jesse was too worried about being stepped on by people wearing shoes. His solution? Dance next to European backpackers who are also wearing flip-flops.
Lorie spotted a Vietnamese bartender who looked like Filipino actor Polo Ravales too. That, along with the temples and ancient architecture, was another great sight in Hue.
(Lorie and Jesse were both fellows of FK Norway's exchange program in Asia)
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Presidential Executive Orders Will Not Lower Drug Costs
July 28, 2020 — Elizabeth Wright
On Friday, President Trump signed three Executive Orders that he claims will lower drug costs. He withheld a fourth EO for 30 days in anticipation of a meeting to discuss alternatives with pharmaceutical manufacturer CEOs. Originally scheduled for Tuesday, July 28, it was cancelled but some news outlets are reporting the meeting will be held Wednesday.
Citizens Against Government Waste released a press statement on Friday voicing our opposition for two of the EOs, one of which would allow the importation of drugs from Canada and other countries. The other, which has been delayed until August 24, would establish a most-favored-nation (MFN) pricing policy for Medicare Part B, a price control. This is the latest form of what has been better known as the International Pricing Index.
A third EO would change how contracted pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) negotiate significant discounts on drugs for Medicare Part D beneficiaries using a retrospective rebate system. CAGW posted a blog expressing our disapproval with the EO because it would disrupt how PBMs keep Medicare Part D drug costs and premiums down. The underlying reason for rebates, as opposed to upfront discounts, remain. A class action lawsuit initiated in 1994 citing two antitrust laws, the Sherman Antitrust Act and Robinson-Patman Act, followed by a settlement, was responsible for changing upfront drug price negotiations based on volume to rebates based on utilization.
The fourth EO would allow patients without access to affordable insulin and injectable epinephrine through private insurance or Federal programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, to purchase the drugs from a Federally Qualified Health Centers. The prices would align with the 340B safety-net program's substantial discounts.
The EO that is an effort to import drugs began with a proposed rule to import drugs from Canada, to which CAGW submitted comments on March 5, 2020 opposing the process. The EO essentially follows the proposed rule and asks that it be finalized.
Even if the rule was finalized, Canada has already stated it will not supply their price-controlled drugs to U.S. citizens. Their main concern is that doing so would cause increased shortages in their country. It is highly unlikely that pharmaceutical manufacturers would ship more drugs to Canada, or any country, than its population needs, in order for the same drugs to be sent back to the U.S.
Based on the current proposed rule, not all drugs could be reimported, like controlled substances, intravenous drugs, and biological products. A quick review of the rule clearly shows that meeting the requirements to make sure the drugs are reimported safely back into the U.S. would be expensive and provide little, if any savings.
What the rule will do is encourage more illegal behavior and a greater production of counterfeit drugs from countries like China, Mexico, and India. Faux "Canadian" drugs and websites already attempt to sell dangerous and worthless products to unsuspecting citizens, on the street and through corrupt pharmacists, and that problem will be exacerbated by legitimizing importation of drugs.
The other rule to which CAGW vehemently objects would change how Medicare Part B drugs are paid for by the government.
These drugs are purchased and administered by physicians in their offices or in outpatient offices. The EO would likely resemble an October 2018 announcement of a proposed rule that would establish a price for a Part B drug based on a mix of international prices from 14 countries, including developed nations such Canada, England, Greece, Italy, and Japan.
Physicians are reimbursed for Part B drugs at a statutory set average sales price plus 6 percent for drugs they administer in their offices. (Due to the sequester cuts from the Bipartisan Budget Act, the reimbursement is currently 4.3 percent.)
But the EO's new MFN process would pay the lowest price in these countries, a more extreme policy than paying the aggregate price. These countries have socialized, government-controlled healthcare and utilize price controls and rationing to keep costs down.
The argument made by administration officials has been that if Medicare pays the lower price it would force U.S.-based research companies to demand more from foreign developed nations because they "don't have to do business there or can negotiate a price more in line with what Americans pay."
That's an interesting theory but without stronger intellectual property protections agreed to in trade countries, these countries are either more likely to attempt to steal patents, as Italy tried in 2017, or they would choose not to purchase the drug at all. In fact, these countries routinely refuse to pay for innovative drugs, thus denying access to them by their citizens.
A Galen Institute report by Doug Badger, "Examination of International Drug Pricing Policies in Selected Countries Shows Prevalent Government Control over Pricing and Restrictions on Access," pointed out that of all the new therapies introduced between 2011 and 2018, 89 percent are available to Americans. Foreigners get access to fewer drugs, like only 62 percent in Germany and 48 percent in the France. For cancer drugs, the numbers show similar disparities. Americans get access to 96 percent of new oncology drugs, while Germans get access to 73 percent, the French get access to 66 percent, and Belgians gets access to 56 percent.
CAGW agrees reforms can be made to Medicare Part B, perhaps by utilizing a specific amount, instead of a percentage added to the average sales price of the drug to reimburse physicians. But the EO adopts policies that simply affirm that price controls work. It runs counter to the President's Council of Economic Advisers February 2020 report that accuses countries of "free-riding" on U.S. investments due to their price control structures and "that if free-riding abroad was reduced and foreign relative drug prices reflected relative GDP per capita, total innovator revenues from those countries would have been $194 billion higher in 2017, raising global revenues by 42 percent. Reducing foreign price controls would increase profits and innovation, thereby leading to greater competition and lower prices for U.S. patients."
The EOs are a disaster for taxpayers and patients, would make it difficult to negotiate future and fairer trade deals when it comes to biopharmaceuticals, and in CAGW's view, represent some of the worst decisions on healthcare policy ever made by a Republican administration.
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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., ended his old-fashioned filibuster to try and hold up the nomination of John Brennan for CIA director after nearly 13 hours early Thursday.
Business in the Senate ground to a halt Wednesday as Paul — aided by colleagues from both parties — launched into the filibuster as he tried to hold up the nomination over concerns about the president's authority to kill Americans with drones.
Paul's filibuster was at least two hours longer than most in U.S. history, as most flame out around 10 hours. Paul finished speaking around 12:40 a.m. local time, and his filibuster lasted 12 hours and 52 minutes.
"I would be surprised if we didn't hear back from the White House," Paul said.
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Why is it Important to Be Alert?
I will never forget the day I went hiking on a popular Alaskan trail this summer with a friend and all of our kids. It was a beautiful day. We came prepared wearing our hiking gear, brought our bear spray, filled our camelbacks with water and brought snacks for the kids. We were the first hikers of the day to set off on the trail.
As we approached the pseudo summit, we had stopped to take a water and snack break. As we were looking around at the beautiful mountain, I had spotted something across the field about 500 ft. from us. I could see something pacing back and forth. At first I thought it was a dog, but then soon realized it was a wolf! Right next to the pacing wolf was another wolf!
We immediately put our dogs back on their leashes and instructed the kids to get together in a huddle around us, stay together to go back down the mountain. As we were walking off the mountain we were praying for God to please keep us safe and protect us from the attack of the wolf pack! I am happy to report we made it safely off the mountain, but were so glad we were alert to our surroundings. If we were not paying attention, the situation could have been so much worse.
Our situation on the mountain that day reminds me of when Jesus took the disciples to the Garden of Gethsemane to pray (Matthew 26:-45). Jesus knew the time was approaching when Judas was going to betray Him and be taken away by the Roman soldiers. In the garden, Jesus is overwhelmed with sorrow and asks Peter and two other men to keep watch while Jesus prayed. When Jesus returned from praying, He finds His disciples sleeping. Jesus says, "could you men not keep watch with me for one hour?" "Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak" (Matt. 26:41).
According to Mark 14:41, Jesus goes away and comes back two more times, each time telling the disciples to keep watch and pray. But each time Jesus returns, He found the disciples sleeping. After the third time, of warning the disciples to keep watch and pray, it was too late. A crowd armed with swords and Roman soldiers appeared to take Jesus away.
Jesus knew before the crowd and soldiers came, they were about to be faced with threatening circumstances. Jesus wanted His disciples to not waver in the face of temptation. He was trying to warn them to keep watch and pray so they would not fall victim when confronted with threatening circumstances. Instead the disciples fell asleep.
How much more prepared would the disciples had been if they were alert and listened to God's instructions?
Jesus was trying to warn the disciples that night in the garden, to remain physically and spiritually awake to keep them from falling into sin. Having an encounter with the wolves that day was a reminder how important it is to be alert not only to our physical surroundings, but our spiritual surroundings as well. Satan can be so quick and deceiving. Like the wolves, he is lurking around ready to attack at any moment.
What a great important reminder to stay awake and alert to Satan's schemes, because he is sneaky! I for one have been a victim and didn't even realize it.
Just as Jesus instructed the disciples to keep watch and pray in the Garden of Gethsemane, is what He asks us to do.
Even though we were prepared for the hike that day, we weren't necessarily prepared for our encounter with the wolves (a threatening situation). God heard our prayers that day and kept us safe as we hiked off the mountain. In that situation, our prayers are what kept us safe.
We become more alert and watchful when we are devoted in prayer.
How do you stay spiritually awake?
How has staying alert and watchful kept you safe?
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God of Carnage (PJLA Malaysia)
Posted by Jee Wan on May 6, 2011 August 13, 2018
God of Carnage (originally Le Dieu Du Carnage), a French play debuted in Zurich way back in 2006. It has since been adapted into English, playing at London and New York. In 2009, the play was given the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, and won Best Play at the 2009 Tony Awards.
And it's now playing in Malaysia. For more details, go to PJ Live Arts.
What brought the four characters together is the incident of an 11-year-old boy, Benjamin, has hit another boy, Henry, in the face with a stick at a playground. Alain and Annette, Benjamin's parents, played by Will Quah and Lina Teoh, are visiting the apartment of Michael and Veronica, the victim's parents, played by Megat Sharizal and Maya Tan Abdullah, to work out a way in which an apology might be made.
It all seemed fine and dandy at first, until the discussion delved into issues such as politics, work, money, and humanity among the four of them.
The cast. I think they did a great job. I especially liked Maya and Megat. Megat…was….HILARIOUS and was such a natural too 🙂 (I saw on youtube the original actor who played Michael, he wasn't as funny) I had the most fun watching Megat, especially when he started letting loose. He did look like a boring character at the begining, but like they all say, never judge a book by its cover. In fact, all characters turned out to be what they weren't , except maybe for the cynical Alain and the idealist Veronica.
Lina Teoh's voice projection. I thought she did it very well. I don't know, but I personally find it a very difficult skill to acquire. Maybe I just don't have it haha And my, does she vomit ever so skillfully! LOL My bro enjoyed the 'tau fu fa' because he was seated right at the front! 😀
Alain's handphone – the phone with a attitude! I like its character haha It also set a kind of anticipation whenever it rang, especially when the conversation went from Alain and his assistant to Veronica and Annette.
Definitely the conversations. Laugh we did, yes. But was it only because they were funny or also because they were true and we could relate to what they said, especially about parenting, marriage, politics, work, 'murder', and relationships?
My take away message
There were other serious issues being discussed in all that puke-y mess, chair/bag-hurling havoc and hamster-killer argument, but what appealed to me most that night, was what Annette said; her rather, last minute epiphany, 'There is wrong on both sides'. I was just saying this to my colleague that afternoon. It takes two hands to clap; there's no way a conflict can arise with just one party being on the wrong. As you can see in this play, everyone is playing the blame game, and there was no end to it. They didn't even solve the problem, not even come to a conclusion.
We're always too caught up in wanting to be right, wanting to look righteous, wanting to be heard, but not wanting to take up responsibilty for own doings and not wanting to care about others. Nobody gives a 'rat's ass' about what the other says or thinks. In other words, selfish-lah…
It also made me realise, that we adults still have those childish emotions in us, don't you think? 😉 It was fun seeing celebrities like Lina Teoh and Will Quah behaving like kids haha What an adorable couple on stage! 🙂
What I didn't quite like…
The ending. Felt 'hanging' because nothing was decided. So the ending didn't feel like an ending to me.
Would it be funnier had it been adapted to a Malaysian setting, with our local accent and slang? Hmmm…
And why so much emphasis on the clafouti? Any implications? Hmmmm….
My verdict? 7/10
If you haven't seen this play, a word of advice: DON'T SIT AT THE FRONT 🙂
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Yeah it's still big, but not like, Noctua NH-D15 big
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Thermalright might not be the most predominant name in PC cooling, but the company has been making cooling solutions since 2001. Today, the company revealed the Peerless Assassin 120 Black, which is a new dual-tower CPU cooler that's just 157 mm tall.
Of course, that's not super-compact, but using only 120mm fans, it's a lot smaller than something like Noctua's NH-D15, a cooler that pretty much sets the benchmark in the category but is rather sizeable in pulling off that achievement.
So while you won't get the same cooling performance, you'll still get pretty close with two cooling towers and 120mm fans. The assembly measures 125 mm wide, 135 mm long and is 157 mm tall, featuring six, 6 mm heatpipes to bring heat to the 53-fins on each fin stack. The base is made from nickel-plated copper, and the cooler weighs a total of 750 grams.
Thermalright installed two TL-C12B fans on the unit, which can spin at a speed of up to 1550 RPM, when they produce 25.6 dBA of noise, 66 CFM of airflow, and generate 1.53mm of static pressure. They feature an S-FDB bearing and can make use of PWM signals so you'll be able to run them quietly when needed.
The Peerless Assassin 120 will work on all modern CPU sockets including LGA 1200 and AMD's AM4 sockets, though there is no word on pricing or availability just yet.
Niels Broekhuijsen
Niels Broekhuijsen is a Contributing Writer for Tom's Hardware US. He reviews cases, water cooling and pc builds.


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Iwan Asen II (bułg. Иван Асен II) – car bułgarski w latach 1218-1241. Syn Asena I. Objął tron w 1218 roku, po obaleniu swego kuzyna Boriła. Jego panowanie stanowi okres największej świetności drugiego państwa bułgarskiego. Dzięki umiejętnej polityce wewnętrznej i dyplomatycznej doprowadził do rozkwitu gospodarczego państwa. W 1230 roku w wyniku zwycięstwa pod Kłokotnicą nad cesarzem Tesaloniki włączył do swego państwa rozległe tereny w Tracji, Macedonii i Albanii. W wyniku zabiegów dyplomatycznych uzyskał podniesienie metropolity bułgarskiego do rangi niezależnego patriarchy. Niepowodzeniem zakończyły się podjęte w ostatnich latach panowania starania o podporządkowanie sobie łacińskiego Konstantynopola.

Życiorys

Początki
Iwan Asen pochodził z bułgarskiej dynastii Asenowiczów. Był synem Asena I, jednego z twórców drugiego państwa bułgarskiego. Jego matka Helena, mogła pochodzić z serbskiej rodziny królewskiej. Wczesne lata życia, znaczone zamordowaniem ojca w 1196 roku, stryja Teodora, walkami o władzę, a następnie znakomitym panowaniem drugiego stryja Kałojana Iwan Asen spędził w Bułgarii. Dopiero zamordowanie Kałojana w 1207 roku przez kuzyna Boriła i objęcie przezeń rządów zmusiło Iwana Asena do opuszczenia wraz z bratem Aleksandrem Bułgarii i schronienia się najpierw za Dunajem u Kumanów, z którymi Asenowiczów łączyły więzy pokrewieństwa, a następnie na Rusi Halickiej. Po kolejnych niepowodzeniach Boriła opozycja przeciw jego rządom porozumiała się z przebywającymi na wygnaniu Iwanem Asenem i Aleksandrem. W 1217 roku Iwan Asen wkroczył z oddziałami ruskimi do Bułgarii, opanował większość terytoriów i obległ cara w Tyrnowie. Po siedmiu miesiącach oblężenia w 1218 roku obrońcy stolicy skapitulowali. Borił został schwytany i oślepiony.

Polityka wewnętrzna

Objąwszy władzę Iwan Asen II musiał się uporać z silnymi tendencjami odśrodkowymi reprezentowanymi przez wielkie bojarstwo. Umiejętnie wykorzystał przeciw wielkim feudałom poparcie drobnego bojarstwa i duchowieństwa. Podjął też starania o uzyskanie poparcia u mieszczan. Podjął tolerancyjną politykę wobec prześladowanych za panowania Boriła miejskich gmin bogomilskich. Dbał o prawo do używania własnego języka przez Greków stanowiących element dominujący w wielkich miastach nad Morzem Czarnym i na południu w Macedonii i Tracji. Ustabilizowanie sytuacji wewnętrznej i prowadzenie pokojowej polityki zewnętrznej zapewniło szybki rozwój gospodarczy i rozkwit życia miejskiego. Dzięki małżeństwu z Anną Marią Węgierską, córką króla węgierskiego Andrzeja II odzyskał utracone przez Boriła ziemie belgradzką i braniczewską. Utrzymywał też przyjazne stosunki z Serbami.

Zwycięstwo nad Teodorem Angelosem
W 1225 roku Iwan Asen II zawarł przymierze z władcą Epiru Teodorem Angelosem wydając za niego swą córkę Marię. Teodor rok wcześniej zdobył Tesalonikę likwidując Królestwo Tessaloniki, w 1225 roku opanował łaciński Adrianopol i szybkimi krokami zmierzał do zajęcia dominującej pozycji na półwyspie. Najprawdopodobniej w 1227 koronował się na cesarza Romejów, zgłaszając tym samym pretensje do sukcesji po Cesarstwie Bizantyńskim. W 1228 roku zmarł cesarz łaciński Robert de Courtenay i z Konstantynopola zostały podjęte rozmowy z carem Iwanem Asenem na temat przekazania regencji w okresie małoletniości cesarza Baldwina II carowi. Iwan Asen II był spowinowacony poprzez węgierski dom panujący z rodziną de Courtenay, a związki te miały zacieśnić dodatkowo zaręczyny córki carskiej Heleny z młodym cesarzem. Nie czekając na objęcie regencji przez cara, wiosną 1230 roku Teodor Angelos wkroczył od strony Adrianopola na ziemie swego sojusznika. Car wyruszył na spotkanie najeźdźcy przytwierdziwszy do sztandaru pergamin z pogwałconym przez Teodora traktatem. We wspomnienie czterdziestu męczenników, 9 kwietnia, w bitwie pod wsią Kłokotnica, armia grecka została rozgromiona. Cesarz Teodor został pojmany, uwięziony w Tyrnowie i oślepiony.

Rozległe połacie państwa Teodora padły łupem Iwana Asena II. Wojska bułgarskie w krótkim czasie, nie napotykając oporu opanowały Trację Adrianopolską, Macedonię Wardarską i Egejską aż do Olimpu, Albanię od gór Pindu do Jeziora Szkoderskiego. W ręku uznającego jego zwierzchnictwo brata Teodora, Manuela car pozostawił Tesalię i Epir z Tesaloniką. W strefie wpływów Iwana Asena II znalazła się również Serbia. Zięć Teodora Radosław został zdetronizowany, a jego miejsce zajął brat Władysław, który poślubił córkę Iwana Asena.

Finanse, handel, budownictwo

Zwycięstwo przyniosło też zmiany gospodarcze. Około 1230 roku pojawił się pierwszy bułgarski pieniądz. Car bił monety w dużych ilościach, przeważnie srebrne (aspry). Monety były częściowo wzorowane na monetach Wenecji, z którą Bułgarzy za panowania Iwana Asena II utrzymywali ożywione kontakty, trochę przypominały białą monetę cesarzy Trebizondy. Bito też piękne monety złote przypominające wklęsłe bizantyńskie nomisma.

Car zadbał również o ożywienie handlu w granicach jego rozległego państwa. Sieć dróg, chociaż przypominających w większości zwykły wiejski gościniec, łączyła Tyrnowo z Dyrrachionem i Raguzą (Dubrownikiem) nad Adriatykiem, a także z Warną, Nesebyrem i Burgas nad Morzem Czarnym. Inny szlak prowadził przez przełęcz Szipka w stronę Adrianopola i Konstantynopola. Ponieważ południowo-zachodnia granica Bułgarii oparła się po zwycięstwie kłokotnickim o Adriatyk Iwan Asen II nawiązał stosunki z kupcami dubrownickimi. W 1230 roku car wydał dla Raguzy przywilej swobody handlu we wszystkich jego ziemiach. Przyniosło to w następnych latach intensyfikację bułgarskiego eksportu zboża, drewna, skór, wosku i miodu oraz napływ towarów luksusowych: drogich tkanin, wyrobów ze złota i srebra, klejnotów, oręża i soli. Iwan Asen II okazywał kupcom z Raguzy szczególną łaskawość, jako mającym wiele krwi słowiańskiej. Gwarantował im liczne przywileje i nazywał bardzo kochanymi i najwierniejszymi gośćmi.

Na nowo wytyczonej południowej granicy swego państwa, w Rodopach, Iwan Asen II wzniósł łańcuch twierdz idący w poprzek głównej drogi z Płowdiwu na południe górami do Morza Egejskiego. Na południe od Stanimachos została wzniesiona niedostępna twierdza Asenowa Krepost. Iwan Asen II nakazał wykuć na skale inskrypcję: W roku 6739 od stworzenia świata (1231), czwartej indykcji, człowiek wyniesiony przez Boga, Iwan Asen II, car Bułgarów i Greków i innych ludów, ufortyfikował ten zamek i jako dowódcę osadził tu Aleksisa Sebastosa.
Dla uczczenia zwycięstwa Iwan Asen II wzniósł też w swej stolicy w Tyrnowie, u stóp wzgórza Carewec, cerkiew ku czci patronów dnia zwycięskiej bitwy Czterdziestu Męczenników z Sebasty. W cerkwi umieścił granitowy filar chana Omurtaga i marmurową kolumnę z napisem sławiącym odniesione zwycięstwo i wymieniającym zdobyte ziemie – czyniące cara Bułgarii panem ziem greckich, albańskich i serbskich od Adrianopola po Dyrrachion, od którego zależni są nawet Frankowie władający Cesarstwem Łacińskim. Frankowie dzierżą jeno miasta tuż obok Konstantynopola i sam Konstantynopol, ale nawet oni są pod berłem mego imperium, nie mają bowiem innego cara poza mną I dzięki mnie jedynie żyją nadal, bo tak się spodobało Bogu.

Sojusz z Niceą – patriarchat tyrnowski
Wszakże gdy niebezpieczeństwo ze strony Teodora Angelosa znikło, a potęga Bułgarii zanadto wzrosła w Konstantynopolu zrezygnowano z przekazywania regencji Iwanowi Asenowi II i wybrano na współcesarza sędziwego Jana de Brienne, tytularnego króla jerozolimskiego. Z inspiracji łacinników sojusz z Bułgarią zerwali również Węgrzy i dwukrotnie w latach 1232 i 1233 najechali ziemie bułgarskie opanowując część Banatu z ośrodkiem w Sewerinie (obec. Banat Rumuński).

W tej sytuacji Iwan Asen II poszukał zbliżenia z cesarzem nicejskim. W 1235 obie strony zawarły układ polityczny i kościelny w Gallipoli. Wkrótce potem odbyły się w Lampsaku zaślubiny następcy tronu cesarskiego Teodora II Laskarysa z córką Iwana Asena II, Heleną, przyrzeczoną wcześniej cesarzowi łacińskiemu Baldwinowi. Car spodziewał się dzięki zawartemu sojuszowi uzyskać część wschodniej Tracji, w zamian za pomoc w zdobyciu Konstantynopola. Najdonioślejsze skutki przyniosło zawarte porozumienie w sferze stosunków kościelnych. Car zerwał utrzymującą się dotąd nominalną zależność kościoła bułgarskiego od Rzymu. Biskupi nicejscy zgodzili się natomiast na utworzenie w Tyrnowie prawosławnego patriarchatu niezależnego od kościoła w Konstantynopolu, choć jak się wydaje uznającego starszeństwo kościoła nicejskiego. Metropolita tyrnowski Joachim został wyniesiony do godności patriarchy. Jednocześnie jednak w modlitwach liturgicznych w miejsce papieża zaczęto wymieniać patriarchę greckiego rezydującego w Nicei i uiszczać na jego rzecz przepisane opłaty.

Zmienne sojusze
Do przymierza bułgarsko-bizantyńskiego przyłączył się też w 1235 roku Manuel Angelos Dukas Komnen, brat więzionego przez Iwana Asena II, Teodora, władca Tesaloniki i Tesalii, po 1230 roku uniezależnił się bowiem od jego władzy Epir. Jesienią 1235 roku sojusznicy przystąpili do oblężenia, które wkrótce przerwało nadejście zimy. Kroki wojenne wznowiono w 1236 roku. Miasto trzymało się wspierane przez flotę wenecką, sytuacja była jednak na tyle krytyczna, że Baldwin II udał się na zachód szukać pomocy. W 1236 pomocy udzielił mu tylko książę Achai).

Niespodziewanie jednak największej pomocy udzielił oblężonym car bułgarski zmieniając w trakcie wojny sojusze. Iwan Asen II doszedł najprawdopodobniej do spóźnionego lecz słusznego wniosku, że upadek Cesarstwa Łacińskiego wyjdzie na korzyść Cesarstwu Nicejskiemu, a Bułgarii przysporzy groźnego sąsiada aspirującego do odzyskania utraconych ziem greckich. Nawiązał więc zerwane kontakty z łacinnikami. W 1237 roku wypuścił z więzienia w Tyrnowie Teodora Angelosa. Ślepy cesarz jeszcze w tym samym roku usunął swego brata Manuela z Tesaloniki i przywrócił do istnienia, pod opieką Bułgarii, Cesarstwo Tesaloniki, przekazując koronę swemu synowi Janowi. W 1237 roku oddziały bułgarsko-kumańsko-łacińskie obległy Tzurulon – główny punkt oparcia sił nicejskich w Tracji.

W Bułgarii wybuchła w tym czasie zaraza, w czasie której zmarli: żona i syn Iwana Asena II oraz patriarcha tyrnowski Joachim. Złamany nieszczęściem car uznał to za znak gniewu Bożego za złamanie przysięgi złożonej Janowi III Watatzesowi. Wycofał się z przymierza z łacinnikami i zawarł pokój z Watatzesem. Zmarł cztery lata później 24 czerwca 1241 roku.

Związki rodzinne
Drzewo rodziny Iwana Asena II

Przypisy

Bibliografia

 Николов, А. Место и роль Болгарии в средневековой полемике православного Востока против католического Запада (на основе славянских переводных и оригинальных текстов XI-XIV вв.) – В: XVIII Ежегодная богословская конференция Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета. Т. 1. Москва, 2008, 123-127

Władcy Bułgarii
Asenowicze
Zmarli w 1241

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Head to this mountain hangout for post-fourteener beers and bites on the patio.
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För vapentypen se Oxtunga (svärd). Även Gullviva har i vissa bygdemål detta namn.

Oxtunga (Anchusa officinalis) är en art i släktet oxtungor och familjen strävbladiga växter.

Beskrivning
Oxtunga är en ört som kan bli upp till 60 cm hög. Kronbladen är violett-blå, sällsynt vita. Blommar juni-augusti.

Habitat
Oxtunga är allmän i stora delar av Europa,  i Sverige främst i Götaland och östra Svealand, men finns sparsamt även utefter Norrlandskusten.

Finns på några ställen i USA, men är inte ursprunglig där.

Utbredningskartor
 Norden
 Norra halvklotet

Biotop
Växtplatser är vägkanter, gamla åkrar och ruderatmark.

Bygdemål

Referenser

Externa länkar
Den virtuella floran

Strävbladiga växter
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Dragan Bender: Suns' Troy Daniels 'more natural shooter' than Devin Booker
Devin Booker is the defending NBA 3-point shooting champion, but Suns teammate Dragan Bender believes Troy Daniels is the best shooter on the team.
Dragan Bender: Suns' Troy Daniels 'more natural shooter' than Devin Booker Devin Booker is the defending NBA 3-point shooting champion, but Suns teammate Dragan Bender believes Troy Daniels is the best shooter on the team. Check out this story on azcentral.com: https://azc.cc/2NXnGHh
Duane Rankin, Arizona Republic Published 5:00 a.m. MT Oct. 1, 2018 | Updated 5:35 p.m. MT Oct. 1, 2018
Phoenix Suns 7-footer Dragan Bender talks shooting, Igor Kokoskov's offense and team expectations for the 2018-19 season. Duane Rankin, Arizona Republic
Suns head coach Igor Kokoskov high-fives Troy Daniels during an Open Practice at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Ariz. on Sept. 29, 2018.(Photo: Patrick Breen/azcentral sports)
Devin Booker has become one of the league's top shooters.
The defending 3-point shooting champion shot a career-best 38.3 percent from distance last season.
Yep, he's a shooter, but Dragan Bender doesn't think Booker's the best one on the team.
"I'd have to go with Troy (Daniels)," Bender said after the final day of training camp Friday at Northern University. "He's a natural shooter. He comes into the gym and can make many 3s in a row with ease. I'd have to go with Troy."
Daniels did lead the Suns last season in 3-pointers made (183) and 3-point percentage (40). He played in 25 more games than Booker, but still shot a higher percentage despite attempting 74 more shots than him from long range.
Based on those numbers, Bender is correct, but when asked if he thought Daniels was really a better shooter than Booker, the third-year pro from Croatia adjusted his opinion based on injury.
"Right now definitely, without Devin's hand," said a smiling Bender about Booker, who still has a splint on his injured right shooting hand after having surgery on it Sept. 10.
Nice recovery.
Booker still can't use his right hand, but he looked darn good shooting lefty in camp. He's certainly a quality shooter, but Bender ultimately gave Daniels the nod for the title of team's best shooter.
Suns forward Dragan Bender shoots during a July practice. (Photo: Rob Schumacher/The Republic)
"Devin and Troy are right there, but I'd say Troy is a more natural shooter," Bender said. "A guy that can knock it down at any time."
Now the 7-footer can knock it down from deep, too.
A career 34.5 percent 3-point shooter, Bender shot 36.6 percent from distance last season. With Phoenix adding Trevor Ariza and Ryan Anderson to improve its 3-point shooting, Bender figures to be a part of that perimeter mix to create matchup problems this season.
"It's a great system, a system for shooters," said Bender, the fourth overall pick in the 2016 draft. "It suits us as a team. Like I said, we have a lot of people who can shoot the ball well from the outside. We value that and we're trying to play off our strengths. We definitely have a lot of people who can go downhill and create for others, kick the ball out. We just have to be ready to shoot the ball."
First-year coach Igor Kokoskov talks to the media after the conclusion of Phoenix's four-day camp in Flagstaff. Duane Rankin, Arizona Republic
Suns first-year coach Igor Kokoskov acknowledges Bender's shooting ability, but wants him to do more.
"He's got to find a way to guard people," Kokoskov said. "To contain the ball better. To be more involved and have more a presence under the basket when it comes to rebounding, rim protection."
Bender was third on the team in blocked shots last season with 53, but he averaged less than one a game in 82 games. He managed just 4.4 rebounds a game last season.
So as good Bender can shoot, the Suns could use more blocks and boards from him.
"It's coming with age, but he's got to grow up fast," Kokoskov said. "We felt him at camp. He brought energy. He brought a presence, that voice. He's grown and that's his transition from being a boy to a man."
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Q: R Custom Function - include argument value in title I've written a basic custom function to produce some charts:
gw_chart <- function(variable) {
hist(variable, prob = T)
lines(density(variable, na.rm = T))
rug(jitter(variable))
qqPlot(variable, main = ("QQ-Plot"))
}

when I type gw_chart(age), where age is a variable in a dataframe, the function produces two charts, but the title of the histogram is based on the default of hist()  --> "Histogram of variable", and the xlabel is variable.
How do I get the value of variable - in the case : age - to be displayed instead?
And I'd like to customise the title of the qqplot as well.
Thanks

A: gw_chart <- function(variable) {

  lab <- deparse(substitute(variable))
  hist(variable, prob = T, main= paste("histogram of", lab))
  lines(density(variable, na.rm = T))
  rug(jitter(variable))
  qqPlot(variable, main= paste("QQplot of", lab))

 }


A fun new Christmas dessert – Frozen Peppermint Cheesecake!
Merry Christmas, Nerdlets! It's my very favorite time of year and I'm thrilled be here again to share what I'm bringing for Christmas dessert this year: Frozen Peppermint Cheesecake. It's a creamy, crunchy, rich, smooth and all-around perfect dessert.
Our whole family was invited along to attend my husband's work party (how cool is it that they included us all?!?) and we were asked to bring food to share. I brought my tried and true appetizer, Warm Swiss Sweet Onion Dip (which you should totally check out after you finish reading this post) and this new dessert. I discovered two things about Frozen Peppermint Cheesecake that I love: you can make it ahead and check that off your to do list AND this recipe makes two pies! TWO! I brought one to the party and the other one is sitting in my freezer waiting for Christmas day to roll around.
Note: to make this REALLY easy buy the OREO crusts in the pie tins at the grocery store. For the work party I did this so I didn't have to worry about bringing home a pie plate. You'll need two crusts for this recipe.
To make the crusts, crush the cookies in a zipped bag or using a food processor. You don't need to remove the creme filling.
In a medium bowl, mix the cookie crumbs and melted butter until evenly coated. Press in two 9 inch pie plates, making sure to get the crust up the sides as well. Place in refrigerator until ready to fill.
Whip the heavy cream until stiff peaks form. Set aside.
In another bowl, mix the cream cheese, condensed milk and crushed candy canes until well combined. Gently fold in the whipped cream.
Pour the filling into the two pie crusts and freeze until solid (at least 4 hours) .
When ready to serve, remove from freezer, sprinkle with chopped peppermint crunch chocolates and serve immediately.
Be sure to really crush your candy canes up so that you get small chunks in your cheesecake and not huge that will hurt your teeth! 🙂 The added texture to an otherwise creamy dessert is really a great treat, and the peppermint flavor is perfect for Christmas or even New Year's Eve.
If you are looking for other holiday desserts like Frozen Peppermint Cheesecake, here's another one I think you'll like!


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After months of development, the 2022 edition of Music Direct's iconic catalog is finally complete, and it's now being shipped to customers. We couldn't be more excited!
Our catalog cover photo this year is an amazing shot of legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen, captured by photographer Ross Halfin. As you flip through the catalog's 300+ full-color pages, you'll find exciting new gear, revised layouts, and the return of many of our top-selling and best-reviewed products, as well as special deals. And, of course, we've got a gigantic inventory of music pressed on vinyl to spin to your heart's delight.
As always, there is an enormous array of products to peruse, so here's a small taste of what you'll discover when the catalog arrives in your mailbox:
VPI's superb turntables are perpetually among our best-selling products, and the U.S.-based company extends its heritage with upgrades to its Scout 21 and Prime Signature 21 models. While the Scout gets a simple update with the addition of new isolation feet to further enhance its sonic performance, the Prime Signature 21 now sports a gimbaled, VTA-adjustable tonearm. With higher quality components and bearings, the new arm design is a significant update, replacing the well-regarded 3D-printed Unipivot arm. And, like the Prime 21, it can be shipped with a cartridge pre-installed to ensure easy setup at home.
Fans of Music Hall Audio will want to take a close look at the company's latest rig, the precisely engineered Stealth Turntable. This direct-drive 'table comes with a bounty of beguiling features, including Ortofon's popular 2M Blue cartridge, mounted to a well-built, nine-inch, S-shaped tonearm with on-the-fly adjustable VTA. At 24 pounds, isolation is key, but so too are the deck's 4-pound platter and dampened feet. It's a far cry from the company's multi-plinth designs, and it marks a new level of engineering that could only come from the mind of Roy Hall.
Elsewhere in the catalog, we've rolled out the red carpet for new phono stages from Balanced Audio Technology. Featuring dual-mono architecture, BAT's VK-P90 offers an all-tube, zero-feedback design that combines the benefits of balanced operation with complementary vacuum-tube current sources. It also features BAT's innovative, third-generation SuperPak in its power-supply design. Featuring a hybrid construction that incorporates two capacitors built and potted into each individual shell, SuperPak delivers super-silent performance, with low-level detail conveyed in a crystal-clear manner, revealing previously unheard nuances. Also new from BAT is the VK-P80, which uses a similar gain stage configuration, and along with dual-mono construction, employs 6C45 vacuum tubes to achieve wide-open transparency. Both phono preamplifiers deliver engaging sonic sweetness and naturalness, from top to bottom.
Transimpedance takes center stage with the latest arrival from Ron Sutherland's namesake company, Sutherland Audio. The elegantly compact, musically impressive TZ Vibe really swings hard among modestly priced phono stages. The excellent TZ Vibe allows you to enjoy Sutherland's sonic innovations at a more accessible price, as it utilizes technology from the KC Vibe as a foundation, adding a second gain stage, and circuitry borrowed from the Little Loco Mk2 for the transimpedance (TZ) input gain stage.
Cambridge Audio has certainly elevated the status of the streamer/amp category, thanks to its Evo 75 and Evo 150 integrated amplifiers. The launch of those two products has been remarkable, to say the least. With an all-new amplifier design and a user-friendly app, the Evo products have added to the explosive growth of this category.
Similarly, the upstart HiFi Rose RS201E Integrated Amplifier & Network Streamer not only offers impressive power and easy operation, but it offers an innovative touch screen to access audio content as well as stream music-centric video up to 4K. For the die-hard pure streamer/server user, the Aurender N30SA Music Server represents the manufacturer's most state-of-the-art design — the culmination of years of research in digital audio playback. On the flipside, iFi's revised Zen DAC Signature V2 represents the best in budget-focused gear, and its popularity has not waned one bit. This variant of their popular compact DAC has been improved to offer a purer listening experience.
Rotel gets two gorgeous pages devoted to 11 models of gear, including the last models Ken Ishiwata designed for the Japanese brand — the A11 and CD11 Tribute components — while Parasound rocks out with 14 products spread over three pages, including its powerful and feature-packed HINT 6 Integrated Amplifier.
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Rega's dominance in all things analog continues with its all-new Aethos Integrated Amplifier, an impressive dual-mono powerhouse with 125Wpc plus Class A discrete circuitry throughout its front end. Other remarkable engineering aspects include a fully discrete FET-based line amplifier, polypropylene capacitors, K-Power reservoir capacitors, and a high-current output stage comprising four 160-watt Sanken output transistors per channel.
JBL has entered the category with its limited-edition SA-750 Integrated Amplifier, which graces our new catalog. Inspired by its incredible amplifier designs of the '60s and '70s, the SA-750 blends old-school aesthetics with modem circuit design. This teak wood-paneled jewel was developed to celebrate JBL's 75th anniversary. It strikes a balance by nodding to its storied past while simultaneously featuring cutting-edge technology, with onboard Ethernet and WiFi connectivity to a home network. The built-in phono stage is adjustable for MM or MC cartridges, and its internal DAC is Roon-Ready and can process full MQA decoding.
In our assortment of loudspeakers, JBL comes out of the gate again with two new models that evoke the heritage of its iconic L100. Starting with the all-new L52, this unusually compact two-way bookshelf speaker is similar to its "big brother" in performance, right down to its 5¼" paper-cone woofer and titanium tweeter.
If you want to really see something that catches your eye (and your ear), check out the JBL L75ms Music System, which represents the ultimate merger of style, size, and performance. This brilliant re-imagining of the hi-fi system features an integrated streaming engine that provides both wired and wireless network audio capabilities via Ethernet, Google Chromecast built-in, Apple AirPlay 2, and Bluetooth. A 32-bit/192kHz high-res DAC, an MM phono stage, an HDMI ARC input, and more features round out this brilliantly executed gem.
Equally impressive is the arrival of JBL's Studio Series 6 speaker models, each espousing the "engineered in California" feel, yet surprisingly affordable via the entry-level model, the Studio 620. With its critically acclaimed HDI Waveguide, the 620's complementary compression driver aids the 5 1/4" Polyplas woofer for a room-filling soundscape.
Celebrated around the world for its turntables, Technics has introduced a pair of speakers, each featuring the company's advanced Phase Precision Driver technology. The SB-C600 Bookshelf Speaker is a smart two-way bass reflex design with a unique 5.9" coaxial drive unit, while the SB-G90 M2 Tower Speaker offers a more dynamic sound with the inclusion of two 6.3" woofers to aid a large 6.3" coaxial driver.
Mind you, this is only a hint of what's between the pages of one of the most beautiful catalogs we've ever published. But just don't take our word for it: Check your mailbox, and let our team know that you have received your copy. If you're not on our mailing list, call our team at 800-449-8333 to request a copy of the 2022 catalog.
VPI - Scout 21 Turntable (Black) Turntables
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BAT - VK-P90 Phono Stage with Gen 3 SuperPak Phono Preamps
Sutherland - TZ Vibe Transimpedance Phono Preamplifier Phono Preamps
Cambridge Audio - Evo 75 All-in-One Player Integrated Amp
Cambridge Audio - Evo 150 All-in-One Player Integrated Amp
HiFi Rose - RS201E Integrated Amplifier & Network Streamer Network Player
Aurender - N30SA Music Server Network Player
iFi - ZEN DAC Signature V2 DAC
NAD - C 700 BluOS Streaming Amplifier Integrated Amp
Rega - Aethos Integrated Amplifier Integrated Amp
JBL - SA750 Integrated Amplifier Integrated Amp


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Q: ReSharper uninstall - Visual Studio no longer shows correct error highlighting I've been trying out ReSharper and decided that I'd like to uninstall it.  However, after doing so, Visual Studio no longer shows red underline highlighting that it normally uses to identify the location of errors in the code.
This has happened on two of our PCs so far. I've tried a reinstall and a repair, but no luck. Any ideas how I can restore the highlighting in Visual Studio?

A: Go to tools -> options and under Environment select the Fonts and Colors node.
Choose to show the settings for Text Editor and in the Display items listbox look up the item "Syntax Error" and fix the setting.
Another option might be to use the "Use Defaults" button on top of the same options form.

A: Go to Tools → Options → Text Editor → C# → Advanced, check the following options:

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*Underline errors in the editor

*Show live semantic errors

A: In fact, Resharper (as of 8.1) clobbers more than just the Error highlightinng settings. For instance, autocomplete for XAML files is broken, after the uninstall; and accord to Resharper support, various other key bindings are broken as well. I strongly suspect that Visual Studio 2012 is thoroughly broken by the uninstall in all kinds of ways.
In visual studio 2012, the solution seems to be to RESET all of your Visual Studio settings to default value.
Go to the Tools menu, select "Import and Export Setings...". Select the "Reset all settings" radio button, and click "Next".
After clicking "next", you will be prompted for a location in which to save current (broken) settings. Interestinglly, the default directory for the Export Settings dialog points to a directory that has been orphaned by the Resharper installer; and there just happens to be an export file there already. It might be iteresting to try restoring that settings file. The date on mine appears to be at or about the time that I installed Resharper. I suspect it's a save file generated by their installer (but ignored by their uninstaller).
Anyway. The reset worked for me. If you're brave, you might experiment with the export file left by the Resharper installer.
General complaint (because I am so annoyed by all of this.... 11,000+ views to this page on StackExcange so far, 3 years after the thread was started). Resharper tech support has a FOUR year old bug report covering damage done by the uninstall. Four years later, it's still not fixed. By my rough back-of-the-envelope calculation, I'm going to guess that the Resharper uninstall for their demo version has trashed Visual Studio for somewhere in the neighborhood of 30,000 developers. And it is trashed. Let there be no mistake. Although not immediately apparent, major features of Visual studio have been left disabled, and the result is an instance of Visual Studio that is utterly unusable for development. Shoddy.

A: I had a similar problem - not sure if it was brought on by Resharper uninstall - and it got fixed by installing VS 2008 SP 1.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=FBEE1648-7106-44A7-9649-6D9F6D58056E&displaylang=en


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Pericles' funeral oration, one of the most famous passages in Thucydides' book History of thePeloponnesian War, is the clearest expression of the myth of Athens. The oration articulates ancient democratic theory, and the picture of democracy it describes serves as a model for democratic States even today.In a seminal piece of work, Clifford Orwin has argued in his book, The Humanity of Thucydidesthat Pericles' third speech, delivered to the Athenian populace after the outbreak of the plague represents Pericles' true funeral oration. Orwin argues this because the plague represented a real crisis. The link Orwin makes between these two speeches is illuminating and casts a new, unprecedented light on Pericles' later speech. This paper will argue that the connection Orwin articulates between the two speeches is essential for a proper understanding of both; however, he misrepresents the relationship between the speeches. Pericles' final speech is not the true funeral speech, but rather represents a pragmatic instruction manual for how the Athenians can embody the myth of Athens, as articulated in the funeral speech proper. This is demonstrated by examining the traditional understanding of Pericles' funeral oration, Orwin's argument and the common themes in both speeches. Understanding the relationship between these speeches is essential for understanding the role of political myth in democratic states.
The Virgilian patterns that Shakespeare refigured for Prospero's role place The Tempestdirectly in the line of earlier imitators of the Aeneid. Following the practice of Tasso, who, like Homer, was understood to have used two different characters to present the images of the public and private man,Shakespeare created the private man, Ferdinand, primarily from patterns in the Dido and Aeneas love story. But he constructed Prospero in such a way that he embodies the idea of rule associated with Aeneas in and after book 6 that is, Aeneas as one who will be an ideal governor, and also so that he carries, but transforms, the ideas of wrath, revenge, and destruction associated with the Troy story in Aeneid 2 and 3. Thus, in the part of Prospero, as in other instances in The Tempest, Shakespeare conflates widely separated sections of Virgil's text.
Method dominates the composition of Prospero's first scene (1.2) where he, like Aeneas in Aeneid 2 and 3, speaks a long narration of the past that establishes him as the figure that holds the memory of the culture and is haunted by its tragedies. Virgil does not mention what kind of tree harbors the golden bough. But just after Aeneas has found the bough and before he and the Sibyl reach the ferryman Charon, they pass through a forest in the midst of which stands an elm, where "false Dreams hold here and there".
Though the dialogue is retold by the narrator, Socrates, one day after it has occurred, the actual events unfold in house of Cephalus at the Piraeus on the festival day of the goddess Bendis .Once Polemarchus and several other men catch up to Socrates and Glaucon after the celebratory procession, Polemarchus, desirous of Socrates' delightful conversation, compels him to join their company at his home. There Socrates encounters Polemarchus' father, Cephalus, an old man, and the two men speak candidly about aging.
The Republic written by Plato examines many things. It mainly is about the Good life. Plato seems to believe that the perfect life is led only under perfect conditions which are the perfect society. Within the perfect society there would have to be justice. In the Republic it seems that justice is defined many different ways. Analyzing what the dialogue format does in some of Plato's writings inevitably raises the problem of the border between philosophy and literature. Thus, in some respect, this paper touches the issues of what makes a text philosophical or fictional. Nevertheless, this very question about the border between philosophy and literature might be misleading, especially in the cases of the two writers analyzed. For one of them uses literary forms to better express a theory that would negate itself, overtly stated, while the other employs philosophical concepts and theories as pieces to obtain with their combination a literary effect, mainly irony. Whereas notions of fictionalized representations appear basic to all known human communities and clearly predate any written records those peoples may have developed, it may be adequate to begin our consideration of classical Greek poetics with Iliad and Odyssey. These are two rather extensively developed "epic" poems attributed to Homer (c700 BCE).
Iliad and Odysseyare intense, adventurous, and complex accounts of people's experiences as they attempt to deal with matters of group life, personal honor, and physical survival, amidst an assortment of super beings and very human and mortal others. Iliadis developed around the experiences of a Greek warrior/champion, Achilles, a mortal superhero who encounters dramatic battlefield challenges with the Trojans. Still, Achilles also faces the tasks of coming to terms with the interests and maneuverings of a set of immortal gods as well as Achilles' own, less than honorable, but very human Commander-in-chief, Agamemnon.
Presumably taking place after the Trojan War, Odysseyrevolves around the trials and triumphs of a Greek King Odysseus who following a shipwreck initiated by the gods, finds himself thrust into a series of highly novel but mortally perilous adventures. After a series of incredible adventures, Odysseus eventually makes his way home. However, given his prolonged absence during which time he is presumed dead, Odysseus now has to deal with those who have tried to take advantage of his queen and his position during his voyage. While among the first extensively preserved, written Greek texts, these two volumes depict a great many aspects of community life, both through author account andextended character dialogue. Situated within developmental sequences or processes, the human interchange depicted in Iliad and Odysseyrevolves around the matters of adversity, deliberation, agency, deception, affection, loyalty, morality, persona, mortality, and ongoing adjustment. Thus, whereas Iliad and Odysseynot only have inspired a great deal of classical Greek literature and have been treasured on a variety of literary bases by scholars familiar with their contents, these texts also represent particularly significant reference points for those embarking on scholarly considerations of things "human."
It is generally accepted that the tragedians of the 5th century BCE i.e. Sophocles were influenced by the tragic element in Homer's Iliad. With respect to this tragic element, Achilles is often likened to a tragic hero akin to Oedipus in Oedipus Tyrannus or Antigone in Antigone. Analyze and discuss this characterization of Achilles. Agree or disagree and defend your stance.
Achilles is the greatest warrior in the Achaian army. The Iliad is about the Trojan War, but it is primarily about the war as it is affected by Achilles' wrath, or anger. Achilles is the main character, and his inaction, or withdrawal from the fighting, is crucial to the plot. He is a complex warrior who sometimes ignores the cultural norms of his society because he sees through some of its fallacies in particular, he sees many of the faults in the often narrow and contradictory heroic code. Achilles is also the greatest warrior and fighter among the Achaians. He is invulnerable, except on the heel because his mother dipped him in the River Styx as a baby. Furthermore, no warrior comes close to being his equal as a fighter. He finds out why the plague is killing hundreds of Achaian soldiers, but in the process, he creates disorder when it is revealed that Agamemnon is responsible for the deadly plague. Thus, Achilles' attempt to return order to the Achaian camp does little, ultimately, to establish order. Apollo lifts the plague, but after Achilles withdraws himself and his troops from the Achaian army, disorder still remains among the Achaians.
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I look at these photos of the sun setting on a lake last weekend, it seems a lifetime ago. We were away for a family break and had a wonderful weekend together. We were so fortunate with the weather it was glorious, which made outdoor activities, alfresco dining and long walks a huge part of our weekend.
I took these photos overlooking a lake just as the sun was starting to set. Water has such a calming effect doesn't it? I could spend ages just watching and reflecting.
Stunning shots, looks so wonderfully peaceful there!
Beautiful photos, the duck one is gorgeous. Watching lakes and water really is so calming. We love going to the lakes just to sit and chill out a bit sometimes.