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D.C. Clemens
Chapter Twenty-Nine
In a rare occurrence, time was kind to us. The sound of an approaching engine could be identified well before I could waste all my energy treading water. Of course, it made more than a few become frightened on hearing its grumble, and I would be lying if I said the same did not happen to me, but where the noise arose, we saw a hovercraft emerge from the horizon. Other boats followed her lead. It was soon clear they carried noble intentions when they began fishing out the stranded. It was as if a Spirit of Grace and her legion of helpers were liberating us from the desolate abyss, even if they were only to lead us into the gates of a dank dungeon. With a closer scrutiny, I thought the hovercraft to be the same one that rescued us from the island base, but I suppose they all looked alike.
The five of us were picked up by the primary rescuer and once my feet felt the haven of its surface, I felt myself become disoriented from exhaustion. What brought me back to some semblance of feeling was the vision of the crystal blue ocean lapping around us, but I had to shut my eyes from its beautifully placid view, not wanting to turn the seascape into something I would grow to hate. It too should not be defiled by the ones who made us grieve so much. I could then sense a cool, salty draft already begin drying my soaked skin. When the hovercraft filled with as many stranded as it could hold, our ride turned north, where I eventually saw the shoreline, growing wider with each passing second. No voices were heard for much of the short trip. Silence said more of what we had endured than anything comprised with words. Dayce by now was awake and no longer bleeding. His cut was shallow and he told me it only tingled a little, though I was afraid he was ailing from a concussion, since he still acted fairly dazed.
It was only after our tender feet touched the softness of the empathetic sand did conversation begin among us. The highest ranking soldier, or I assumed him to be so, ordered us to remain where he left us, while the vessels returned to the crash site to retrieve more stranded. I would call them survivors, but that would be redundant, and perhaps incorrect. More exchanges ensued after the engines of the hovercraft and its fellow vessels faded away. These interactions never went as loud as murmurs. There was something coarse in the tightly wound air that even made the wind too afraid to breathe naturally. I saw my mother perusing all the faces in the crowd. I knew she was looking for Delphnia and Bervin, for I was guilty of doing the same. There was no success, which, I'm sad to confess, I was only too prepared for, but that didn't stop my mother from continuing the quest. Near where the sea caressed the land, sat Eloram. She had collapsed on the sand and allowed the low tide to come to her as it may, her eyes fixated toward some incoming navy boats. She was drained no doubt, as it took all of my own strength to not let my legs fold beneath me, and I was surprised that she was able to sit up at all. I slinked through the crowd and came closer to where she rested. When I was beside her I noticed that her weariness came second to the anguish glimmering in her avid eyes, the sun's rays impressing their brilliance on them. She was on the verge of crying.
"Why?" I heard her ask in a near whisper. "Why would our own kind attack us?" I don't believe she was talking at any one in particular and I even distrusted that she heard her own words.
Her question was the main topic of discussion taking place on this stretch of the coastline. It had also been stirring in my wrecked head since the moment Siena informed me of the saboteur.
"Roym?" said my mother. She had followed me, as well as Siena, to check on Eloram. "Do you think the Injectors controlled the ship?" Her voice was timid, knowing, no matter my answer, it would not bring us comfort.
"Probably not," I answered. "At least, not directly. All this started when someone sabotaged the engine. Psychologically snapping is one thing, but for it to coincide with another ship arriving to collide with us? It obviously points to a plan, and one that would do the most damage to both ships." When I saw Siena's eyes widen, I knew she realized what I was starting to imply.
"Why would they want to damage their own ship?" a voice behind me probed.
I turned around to see an old male sailor, who had evidently listened in to the launch of my explanation, along with the four others that were with him. They all had turned their attention to me, staring vacantly at me as they waited for my answer.
After faltering, I said, "Because, much like the soldier who sabotaged the engine, they weren't really in control of their actions."
"What do you mean?" asked the same interrogator.
"I mean, the only explanation that makes sen… that answers everything, is that the Injectors were able to control them using their nanotechnology. They didn't want to betray us, they were forced to."
"So they can control us?!" said the horrified sailor. "Like fucking puppets?!"
Another one of his fledgling comrades investigated further by asking, "So, even now, an Injector could tell us to go crazy and there's nothing we can do about it?"
"It's only a theory," I explained somberly, "but, hypothetically, if we were exposed to enough of their nanotechnology, then it's possible."
My theory was quickly unfurled across the group and largely treated as a legitimate fact, as there was no better justification to most of the actions and complications to what we had experienced. The more it propagated, the more I bemoaned being the designer. The possibility that our nigh invulnerable enemy had yet another trick in their arsenal gave many faces a new coat of tension. Nonetheless, if there was any trifling consolation that came from this dark hypothesis, it was appreciating that we were not deliberately betrayed by our own.
Before we were allowed to grieve or have a moment where we could lament our woes and say our prayers, the static-filled sounds and shouts of more chaos arose. Being released from numerous radios, we could hear a battle brewing from where the Tower fell as clearly as though it was happening before us. A large force was still there and we listened to their days painfully come to a close. Adding credence to my supposition, since there were no reports about any Injectors or infected in the area, they were fighting amongst themselves. If able to muster enough courage and resolve to heed the calls coming forth, it was made known that the nanotechnology's treacherous influence was not restrained to only a few, but wrought to a significant percentage of the forces there. Yitro was there. Was he too among those attacking his brothers and sisters, whether from self-defense or delivered madness?
The shore was met with an influx of freshly arrived men and women after several more drop-offs by the rescue teams, giving the beach over a thousand salvaged stranded by the end of the hour. As our resplendent star started her descent, I saw a growing cloud of dust approach the beach from the barren northwestern vista. Before I could derive a guess as to its source and decide whether I should be glad to see it or begin to wish I had not parted with the sea, I perceived the ever familiar and bumpy hum of diesel engines. The caravan of mostly military vehicles had already begun lining themselves at the edge of the beach. Without a word or command that I could hear, many had begun pouring into them, as though this was by now set as their routine. I myself become reawaked by a sailor who urged me and my assembly to follow their lead. I ended up sitting in the passenger seat of a jeep with Dayce in my arms, having never let him go since we were retrieved. He looked to be soundly sleeping, but I knew no one could have sound slumbers anymore. The girls were in the rear seats and, with a glance at each of them, I saw them as mere shells of their former selves, knowing that they were thinking the same of me. On the driver's seat of the jeep was a young male soldier. He was too young, I believed. I wondered if he was even old enough to drive, seeing as his eyes had too much depth for them to properly make out was right in front of him.
"Do you know where we're going?" I asked the driver.
He seemed to be contemplating, but of what, I was unsure of. "There's a town not too far from here," he presently said. "We've
been using it as a base of operations. We're falling back there."
His voice caught my attention, more so than his words. Even though it was strained and weak, it still carried such great weight that, regardless of the jeep's idling engine, I could hear it as clearly as though we were in a hollow cave. I was certain if his voice held on to all its strength, it would have sounded just as authoritative as any of the highest-ranking generals. We began our trek northward once the convoy had gathered all those it could. Though the fleet kept in its single file order, there were no other vehicles on the desolate two-lane motorway we reached. Watching the parched wasteland we were now in, with barely the skeleton of a shrub to break the bare and boundless fields of sand, it was easy to think that not only might we be the lone survivors left on this world, but the last living beings in all the cosmos.
Miles lapsed, our voices in reserve for most of them. The only conversations I could catch in these deserted miles were those that flew from the radios. I would have preferred not to hear anything at all, as nothing was said that we did not already know, including the forsaken cries begging for help. Ten miles we crossed before I saw the outlying formations of squat buildings, followed by a sign coming into legible view. It welcomed us to the town of Dekulo and read that it had a population of 16,500. A military checkpoint was just ahead, which I wanted to make me feel protected, but it did no such thing. After a brief wait in line, as most vehicles seemed to know where to go, our driver told the soldier at his post that he was transporting civilians.
"Follow Rusee Road." stated the frontier soldier. He had his shades on, but it could not hide his fatigue. "Then turn at Inway and go on until you reach the center"
Deeper and deeper we journeyed into the environs of Dekulo. None of the buildings were particularly tall, as was the case for most constructions found in the deep northern and southern deserts, and it was obvious that many of the buildings had not been built in the last century. For the fleeting moments when a modern building was absent from view, I deemed we had entered a portal and were traversing an antique kingdom shaped by the Evon Spirits themselves. A majority of the architecture consisted of thick stone structures that had seen their share of battles with the weather over the years, for there was enough wear and tear on them for a thousand years, but they were all impregnable and fixed solidly in their place, eager for a thousand more. All comprised the feature of rounded corners that I knew to be for the purpose of gaining improved resistance from the powerful sandstorms that were oftentimes a daily occurrence in these parts. Fortunately, there was no sign of a dust cyclone on this day, in fact, we seemed to be the only ones moving in this static region, and, before long, even we had stopped. We parked in front of a wide one-story building. It was encased in stone like the others, but it was not as bruised and had some contemporary flares, such as a thin coat of white plaster on the lower sections, and more windows, though these were boarded up. Labeled in white, bold letters in the front above the doorway were the words 'Dekulo Community Center.'
"They'll help you out in there," said our escort, more out of habit than anything else. "Good luck."
Once we walked through the double doors of the center, we were greeted with the rush of something that reunited me with the concept of comfort, the cooling waft that could only come from an air conditioner. There were also working artificial lights in the small lobby we entered, something I had not seen in the other buildings we passed, though I did not know if that was due to a deliberate regulation or if it meant a generator was powering the impromptu crisis dwelling. Behind the counter to our left was an elderly gentleman, his features shadowed as he looked down while he penned something on a small white pad. He didn't seem to realize we came in, for he continued to write without any diffidence. Only by standing directly in front of him did he lift up his stern face, looking as weather worn as any of the buildings.
"More refugees, eh?" he said under his breath. "Welcome to Dekulo, I guess. If you don't mind, jot down your names on the clipboard in case anyone comes looking for you." He casually pointed to the clipboard that rested on the counter, then he resumed his writing.
Siena took the clipboard from the table and had begun the process of signing everyone's names. I attempted to discreetly see whatever it was the old man was inscribing, curiosity getting the better of me, but my pursuit ended without triumph, as the old man shielded much from my sight.
As Siena gave the clipboard back him, he briefly looked over it, then proceeded to say, "All right, did you see that red truck right outside? We'll hop in that and I'll take you to your assigned house. Just let me get my replacement."
"We're not staying here?" asked Siena, as she watched him rise from his chair and place his documents in a drawer.
"No room," was the only answer he gave before he turned and went through a door that led him deeper into the offices of the center.
After hearing the old man's steps dwindle away behind the door, which closed behind him using its own momentum, I heard some chatter coming from within, but they were too indistinct to make anything out. The footsteps resurged themselves less than thirty seconds later, being accompanied by another pair. The door opened to reveal the already familiar old man's uninviting face followed by one that was even older and crustier than the previous. His countenance was not as grim, but he paid no heed to any of us, merely walking to the chair his companion had left and instantly began to write on his own pad, mirroring the first author. While he was occupied in that furtive endeavor, the other brought a case of water bottles with him, which he carried with only one hand, making it look as light as the pen he had held. He walked past us to go outside and we trailed his tracks. He handed each of us a water bottle as we entered the truck's bed, not allowing anyone to actually enter the passenger seats. We all drank the cool bottles with great greed, not realizing how long it had been since the invigorating nectar last trickled down our throats. We were soon on the road.
Only a splinter of the sun could be seen breaking through the horizon. The moons were coming out of their new phase and the stars were just as scarce as the modern homes in the remote town. Only by passing the occasional military vehicle was I reminded that we were still not entirely alone, for no home emanated light or activity. We stopped in front of a hefty two-story building in what seemed to be the oldest neighborhood. It was also the oldest building I had seen yet, excluding the new garage added alongside it. Charmingly, there were chiseled carvings of desert creatures and Spirit emblems hemming the stone walls, though the details were difficult to make out with the shadows prevailing and time wearing off much of their protrusions. Spoiling my appreciation of the picturesque view was the jarring blare of the truck horn that the old man took full advantage of more than once.
"Just do what the girl tells you," he said with a coughing grunt.
As his words were spoken, the heavy wooden doorway of the abode creaked open. Through it came out a girl around Eloram's age. Unlike Eloram, I thought she had not yet lost her innocence that this vile world had so cruelly taken away from so many. I began to see her more clearly as she strode closer. She was quite beautiful and looked to me like a young Liz, the one I first saw while she sat on a campus bench near some golden flowers that were no match for her eyes, but perhaps I was only imposing Liz on her. As we exited the vehicle, she jogged up to the driver's side to meet the old man, who had not stirred from his station.
"Are you staying this time?" she expectantly asked the old man.
"Sorry, sweetheart," he replied, at least I believed it to be him, for his attitude was completely different in her presence. "I'm needed at the center. I'll try tomorrow, okay? Now show these people inside."
She lightly kissed his cheek and gave him a sweet farewell smile. She turned to us as the truck was beginning to vanish in the darkness and her smile grew even more amiable and welcoming. "This way," she said as she began
to stroll to the door. "My name is Sendai and that was my grandfather, Hernan Kay, since I'm sure he didn't tell you any of that."
We introduced ourselves in return. Dayce was awakened by the ride, but still groggy and unable to announce himself. She opened the door to invite us all into the home. Stepping within the household, I was immediately met with the quaint sight of its living room, simply lit by a lamp in the corner. Although it was not diminutive in size, it appeared much smaller than it actually was, there being four corpulent couches that occupied the room. Also there to play a role in the deception were the many people who were seated on the couches and chairs, all of whom were women and children. Most granted us a quick eyeball before returning to their quiet contemplations or feeding the children.
"How many others are in the house?" my mother asked our benign hostess, while we continued to advance toward the stairway of tanned stone on the right side of the living area.
"Fourteen, including myself," she answered. "But there's still enough space and sleeping bags for the five of you on the second floor."
Once we climbed up the rough stairs, I found an open bedroom to my right. Inside it laid a small, artfully ornamented chandelier hanging from the center of the ceiling and below that were three small children playing a board game on the floor. The room was completely painted in a soft purple and it was attractively decorated with various painted desert blossoms. Sendai came to the door at the end of the hall and unlocked it to expose another bedroom, considerably bigger than the other I saw, but by no means as ostentatious. The scent that met us as the door swung open told me it was her grandfather's room.
"He'll hate his room being used by strangers, but…" Sendai paused while walking into the room, gazing from the floor to the ceiling. Spinning back around to face us, she said, "He's a good man, he's just traditional. Anyway, I'll get your sleeping bags."
While I handed Dayce to my mother, I said, "Siena and I will help you."
"Is it just you and your grandfather?" Siena queried our hostess as we exited the bedchamber.
"It's usually just my grandfather here, at least since my grandmother died a few years back. Actually, I was visiting when everything started happening."
"I haven't seen any men here," Siena noted, making it sound more like a random thought than it actually was.
"Gramps is a bit distrustful of most men beyond the age of thirteen around me. I was actually surprised to see he allowed you in the house, Mr. Rosyth. He's a good judge of character, you know. I suppose he had a good feeling about you."
I was roused in my sleeping bag by the prickly sound of many miniscule taps on the darkened window, but that was all I remembered, for I instantly fell back into a deep sleep with the aid of the tranquilizing beats. I awoke the next morning by the same sound, though it was not as overt. A little investigation confirmed we were in a sandstorm. According to Sendai, it was the first one in nearly a week, which evidently meant it could last for two or three days. Though I knew it was foolish to feel so, I felt safer shrouded by the tempest of sand. The strength of the storm fluctuated throughout the day and it was during one of the lull periods in the afternoon that Sendai's grandfather reappeared. Keeping the assurance he had made to her the night before, he stayed in the house.
While eating some canned rations in his dining room later that evening, I thanked him for sharing his home with us.
"You're welcome," he said without any coldness from the day before. "I never imagined I'd ever have to share this home with this many people, or this town, for that matter."
"My granddaughter hasn't told you about the history of this house?"
I shook my head.
He sighed and smiled wearily to himself. "I ask as if there's nothing important going on. I forget myself sometimes. This building is what's known as a Dekulo house, named after the town's founder. There were six others like this one spread throughout town, including the Spirit Temple. Dekulo was an ancient spirit priest who traveled the world helping to spread the Spirits' Message. In his later years, he discovered the ancient nomadic desert people here and settled with them. It's said the Spirits blessed his efforts by giving him the warping ability, which he then used to help build the town."
"Then the Dekulo buildings were personally warped by him?"
"Yes. Over twenty-five hundred years old they are, and without any significant restoration to the main structure. As you can presume, the sacred buildings are revered by the people here. It's an unwritten rule that only those with old connections with the town are allowed to live and maintain the homes, even outsiders are discouraged from staying long. I know these are trying times, but I still can't help but feel a tinge of blasphemy. My family has held this house for eleven generations without fail. My only son preferred the modern hustle and bustle of city life, but his daughter showed promise of returning. It's one of the reasons she was visiting. Ah! You don't want to hear an old man babble about shit that doesn't matter, right? How 'bout a little reward for listening?"
"I'll give you my left arm if it has alcohol."
"Don't bother, I wouldn't have a need for it." He opened a high cupboard, pulled out two glasses, and grabbed a large liquor bottle already two-thirds empty. "Emergency ration."
Thanks in large part to the sleeping aid I was bestowed with, I was able to tumble into an impermeable slumber that I had not experienced in weeks.
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Can the Cowboys 'Micah Parsons follow in Jevon Kears' footsteps all the way to the Super Bowl?
FRISCO, Texas – Jevon Kearse could not remember the exact Dallas Cowboys game he saw, but while watching his nephew, Jayron, play, his eyes were fixed on Micah Parsons.
"This No. 11, he has that engine," Kearse said, nicknamed "the Freak" during his 11 NFL seasons. "When I see him pass urgently, it's like he's doing all the right things. When you think he's going outside, he goes in. When you think he's using speed, he's using force … .He has the total package.If he lined up after every game, he would probably have broken down [Michael] Strahan's record. "
And if Parsons had broken Strahan's single-season record of 22.5 sacks, he would have first beaten Kearses' record for sacks by a rookie (14.5).
Parsons' pursuit of Kears' record fell short in part because the Cowboys' rookie linebacker spent the last regular season game on the reserve / COVID-19 list. But his final numbers were just as influential for the Cowboys 'success as Kearses's for the Tennessee Titans' success 22 years ago, when the defensive end was named Defensive Rookie of the Year.
Parsons finished with a Cowboys rookie record of 13 sacks, along with 84 tackles, 42 quarterback pressure, three forced fumbles and three passes. He had 20 tackles for losses, third most in the league.
He is the favorite to win the Defensive Rookie of the Year award and should be in the mix to become Defensive Player of the Year. The only rookie to win the latter award was linebacker Lawrence Taylor of the New York Giants in 1981.
Micah Parsons set a Cowboys rookie record with 13 sacks. Richard Rodriguez / Getty Images
As the Cowboys begin their playoff trip this week against the San Francisco 49ers at AT&T Stadium on Sunday (16:30 ET, CBS), the Parsons, who are expected to disappear from the reserve / COVID-19 list soon, will try to make it . something else Kearse did as a rookie – helping lead his team to a Super Bowl.
The Titans lost Super Bowl XXXIV to St. Louis. Louis Rams, but Kearse had three more sacks in the off-season and a tackle for losses.
Tennessee had a mostly veteran defense in Kearse's rookie year, unlike Dallas, but his influence went beyond statistics.
"It was unique because he just loved everyone he loved to practice, loved to compete," said former Titans coach Jeff Fisher. "He was happy all the time. He never complained about anything. And he was just really, really good. Such one of them, 'Is this too good to be true?' A lot of it infected the guys. "
Parsons had a similar impact on and off the field for a Cowboys defense that was cruel a year ago, allowing a franchise record of 473 points. His arrival (draft No. 12 overall) coincided with schematic changes and an energy boost from new coordinator Dan Quinn, who saw the defense allow 358 points, seventh-least in the NFL, and record a league-best 34 takeaways.
• 80 tackles and 13.0 sacks this season, the first player to hit both points since DPOY winner JJ Watt in 2012
• ESPN Metrics / NFL Next Gen Stats: Leading NFL Pass Pass Winning Rate (29.2%)
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Unlike Kearse, Parsons lined up everywhere. According to Pro Football Focus, Parsons' 902 defensive snaps shaped like this: 498 on linebacker, 374 on defensive line, 29 on cornerback, 1 on safety.
"We've been playing here for a long time and we've had some excellent edge rushes, so for a guy to have that kind of production when you're not playing the position full time, I think it's talking about where his future goes. tackles for losses and sacks and punches, "said Quinn." We've been planning to be an excellent player here for a long time and I thought it's been a remarkable start to it, just to kick it off. way for him.
"He's hungry for it, which's nice because not everyone can handle that kind of versatility and not just on any part of your career, but especially as a beginner. So I'll definitely tip the hat for him."
Parsons was about 4 months old when Kearse recorded his first NFL sacks, three against the Cleveland Browns in September. 19, 1999. In addition to the 14.5 sacks, Kearse had a league-leading eight forced fumbles, 15 tackles for losses, nine passes, a fumble recovery and a touchdown.
Parsons knew about Kearse and did some Google searches while also talking to his teammate, Jayron.
"His stats were extremely rare for his rookie year," Parsons said. "I asked JK about him. He said the same thing. Really good player. He was really successful in the league. "
Parsons wonders what his sack total would have been if he were solely a pass-rusher.
"You look at the statistics, guys can have four or three more sacks than me, but they can have 300 or 400 more pass-rush attempts than me," Parsons said. "It's a lot about the explosiveness I can add to the game. I can come at any time. And it says a lot about how I get used. I never know if I'm a spy, if I'm coming – but they always came to account [for] I. So it really opens up opportunities for other people.
"Sometimes people always try to look at statistics and say if this person is having a good season. Sometimes it's really not about statistics, it's about how this person affects the game. I believe that every game, I'm creating an effect. "
Tennessee Titans' DE Jevon Kearse set the rookie record for sacks with 14.5 in 1999. Allen Kee / Getty Images
Jayron Kearse was 5 years old when his uncle ruined games as a rookie, so he does not remember that season other than what people told him. He knows Jevon played free safety in high school and moved to linebacker in Florida before going on the defensive end with the Titans. And of course he remembers the nickname.
"He got a lot of it from his hands," said Jayron Jevon's hands, which measured 11.63 inches at the combine. "His hands are wildly large, so he was a specimen."
Jayron, who led the Cowboys in tackles (101), is in his sixth NFL season and has been surprised by Parsons' season.
"I've never seen a rookie perform like he's performed – in no way, shape or form have been a part of it," Jayron said. "… Can play off-ball linebacker and can be a top five off-ball linebacker. Can get on the edge and be a top five pass-rusher. I have great respect for many guys in the league who do well, regardless whether it's Bobby Wagners, TJ Watts. It's just crazy that he can get off the ball and play as well as a Bobby Wagner, or he can get on the line and be as good as a TJ Watt. from many people, especially because he's a rookie. He's only 22 years old. He wants to keep getting better. "
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Никола́й Ива́нович Большако́в (Артамо́нов-Большако́в) (1872 — ) — российский журналист, писатель, издатель-редактор, черносотенец, один из учредителей Союза русского народа; после смерти, в 1912 году, Святейшим синодом объявлен сектантом-иоаннитом.

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Николай Иванович Большаков — крестьянин, 27 лет служивший в банях Петровых в Санкт-Петербурге.

Известен прежде всего как один из учредителей в 1905 году, вместе с Иоанном Кронштадтским и другими лицами, монархического, черносотенного, антисемитского Союза Русского Народа, а также как редактор-издатель крайне правой, черносотенной газеты иоаннитов «Гроза». Помимо этого Большаков известен как редактор-издатель журналов «Кронштадтский маяк», «Свет России». Периодические издания, редактором которых был Большаков, в 1912 году Синодом объявлены сектантскими. Большаков автор обширной монографии об Иоанне Кронштадтском «Источник живой воды» (1909), духовным чадом которого он был; книга была дополнена и издана в 1910 году, последнее издание было переиздано в 1999 году по благословению митрополита Санкт-Петербургского и Ладожского Иоанна и в 2000 году. Николай Иванович Большаков являлся иоаннитом, уже после смерти Большакова иоанниты Синодом были названы сектантами. В секте Большаков получил имя «Енох». Большаков был во главе стройной организации книгонош, которая занималась распространением литературы иоаннитов; к концу 1908 года под его руководством 618 книгонош продавили книги в 45 губерниях. Большаков принял самое активное участие в запрете постановки пьесы В. В. Протопопова «Черные вороны», которая по его мнению порочила Иоанна Кронштадтского и иоаннитов. В частности он писал от имени редакции журнала «Кронштадтский маяк» черносотенцу епископу Гермогену (Долганёву), после того как последний выступил за запрещение пьесы:

4 ноября 1909 года 27 наиболее видных руководителей иоаннитов, в том числе Большаков, М. Уткин, Пустошкин, обратились к Санкт-Петербургскому митрополиту Антонию (Вадковскому) с прошением, в котором они отрицали свою принадлежность к какой-либо секте и назвали подозрения их в хлыстовстве несправедливыми и жестокими. Издание газеты иоаннитов «Грозы» в ноябре 1909 года по цензурным соображениям властями приостановлено.

Умер скоропостижно  года; похоронен на Митрофаниевском кладбище. Новым издателем газеты «Гроза» после него стал Жеденов.

В 1912 году Святейший Синод, принимая во внимание угрожающий для мира Церкви характер пропаганды «иоаннитов», впредь распорядился именовать в официальных церковных актах и в миссионерской полемике с ними «хлыстами киселевского толка» или просто «хлыстами-киселевцами», журнал «Кронштадтский Маяк» с приложениями к нему и изданные редакцией названного журнала, особенно за подписями Н. И. Большакова и В. Ф. Пустошкина, брошюры: «Правда о секте иоаннитов», «Как нужно жить, чтобы богатому быть и чисто ходить», «Прошло красное лето, а в саду ничего нет», «Голос истинной свободы», «К свободе призвал нас Господь», «Ключ Разумения», «XX век — о кончине мира и Страшный суд», «Той земли не устоять, где начнут уставы ломать» или «Церковь Христова в опасности», «XX век — отчего разрушались царства», «Еще днем закатится солнце», «IV Всероссийский миссионерский съезд и современные ревнители православия», «Подражайте в вере Божьей о. Иоанну Кронштадтскому», «Мысли последователей о. Иоанна Кронштадтского», «Наши стражи благочестия», «Суд иоаннитов» и все другие брошюры, проводящие те же взгляды, а равно кощунственный «акафист» И. А. Пономарева предать осуждению, как содержащие в себе и защищающие кощунственное, богохульное и еретическое учение секты хлыстов киселевского толка.

Сочинения
 В защиту отца Иоанна Кронштадтского. - Санкт-Петербург : И. Генералов, 1905. - 13 с. ;
 Правда о секте иоаннитов : Взгляд рус. народа на о. Иоанна Кронштадтского : Беседа В.Ф. Пустошкина с Н.И. Большаковым / [Н.И. Артамонов-Большаков]. - Санкт-Петербург : тип. М. Михайловой, 1906. - 71 с
 Золотой век, или Счастливые минуты : [Проповеди]. № 1-4 / [Николай Большаков]. - [Санкт-Петербург] : тип. М. Михайловой, [1906]. - 4 листовки ;
 Вера и власть. - [Санкт-Петербург, 1906]. - [1] с
 XX век. О кончине мира и страшный суд / Собрал Н. Большаков. - Санкт-Петербург : ред. журн. "Кронштадт. маяк", 1907. - 39 с
 Истинное православие в Синедрионе XX века, или на миссионерском съезде в Киеве / [Николай Большаков]. - Санкт-Петербург : Ред. журн. "Кронштадт. маяк", 1908. - 31 с
 Наши стражи благочестия. - Санкт-Петербург : Ред. журн. "Кронштадт. маяк", 1908. - 16 с. ;
 Ложная защитница православия и "Черные вороны" : (Подроб. и полез. для зрителей разъяснение причины постановки пьесы В.В. Протопопова) / Н. Большаков. Вып. 1. - Санкт-Петербург : ред. журн. "Кронштадт. маяк", 1908. - 16 с
 Сборник стихов в разное время посвященных настоятелю Кронштадтского Андреевского собора митрофорному протоиерею о. Иоанну Ильичу Сергиеву / Собрал Н. Большаков. - Санкт-Петербург : тип. М. Михайловой, 1907. - 32 с. : портр. ;
 Сборник стихов в разное время посвященных настоятелю Кронштадтского Андреевского собора митрофорному протоиерею о. Иоанну Ильичу Сергиеву / Сост. Н.И. Большаков. - Санкт-Петербург : тип. М. Михайловой, 1908. - 48 с.
 Сборник духовных стихов / Сост. Н. Большаков. - Санкт-Петербург : Ред. журн. "Кронштадт. маяк", 1907. - 31 с. ;
 Сборник духовных стихотворений посвященных в честь Богоматери. - Санкт-Петербург, 1908. - 48 с;
 Ключ разумения : Разъяснение Св. Апокалипсиса и его распорядка. Начало и конец о семи печатях и о семи трубах : Продолж. книги: "XX век. О кончине мира и о страшном суде". Ч. 1-. - Санкт-Петербург : ред. журн. "Кронштадтский маяк", 1908
 Письма редактора-издателя журнала "Кронштадтский маяк" и "Свет России" Николая Ивановича Большакова [архиепископу Антонию]. - Санкт-Петербург : ред. журн. "Кронштадт. маяк", 1908. - 32 с. ;
 Святой Николай, Мирликийский чудотворец : Его жизнь и чудеса / Сост. Н.И. Большаков. - Санкт-Петербург : Ред. журн. "Кронштадт. маяк", 1908. - 32 с. : ил. ;
 Сборник духовных стихотворений, посвященных в честь Спасителя / Сост. Н.И. Артамонов-Большаков. - Санкт-Петербург : Отеч. тип., 1908. - 64 с. ;
 "Российская слава" : Прот. о. Иоанн Ильич Сергиев (Кронштадтский) / Сост. Н.И. Большаков. - Санкт-Петербург : Ред. журн. "Кронштадт. маяк", 1908. - 88 с. : ил., портр. ;
 Ключ разумения : Разъяснение Св. Апокалипсиса и его распорядка. Начало и конец о семи печатях и о семи трубах Продолж. книги: "XX век. О кончине мира и о страшном суде". Ч. 1-. Ч. 1 1908
 Ключ разумения : Разъяснение Св. Апокалипсиса и его распорядка. Начало и конец о семи печатях и о семи трубах Продолж. книги: "XX век. О кончине мира и о страшном суде". Ч. 1-. Ч. 2 1908
 Источник живой воды. О. Иоанн Ильич Сергиев (Кронштадтский) / автор Николай Иванович Большаков. - Санкт-Петербург : Изд. авт., 1909 (Печ. Графического института Э. П. Лукшевица). - III, 416 с. : ил., портр., факс.;
 Источник живой воды: Описание жизни и деятельности о. Иоанна Кронштадтского. — Санкт-Петербург: тип. «Граф. ин-т» гр. Лукшевиц, 1910. — 2, 856 с. : ил →
 Источник живой воды : Жизнеописание святого праведного отца Иоанна Кронштадтского / Сост. Н. И. Большаковым. - [Репринт. изд.]. - СПб. : Царское дело, 1995. - 855 с. : ил.; 21 см. - (Серия "Духовное возрождение Отечества").; ISBN 5-7624-0007-7 (В пер.) : Б. ц.
 Источник живой воды : Жизнеописание святого праведного отца Иоанна Кронштадтского / Сост. Н. И. Большаковым. - [Репр. изд.]. - СПб. : Царское дело, 1997. - 855 с. : ил.; 22 см. - (Серия "Духовное возрождение Отечества").; ISBN 5-7624-0007-7 (В пер.) : Б. ц.
 Источник живой воды : Жизнеописание святого праведного отца Иоанна Кронштадтского / Сост. Н. И. Большаковым. - Репр. изд. - СПб. : Царское дело, 1999. - 855 с., [1] л. портр. - (Духовное возрождение Отечества : Серия).; ISBN 5-7624-0046-8

Примечания

Ссылки
 Гроза врагов русского народа
 Н. И. Большаков. Источник живой воды. СПб., 1910, стр. 766

 Полетаева Т. А. К истории одной секты.

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Q: HighCharts (highstock) - data will not display I am experimenting with the HighStock API and am experiencing an issue displaying the data returned from my Server.
The javascript query is as follows:
var displayOHLCChart = function () {
    var $input = $(this);
    var listedId = $('[data-field="Id"]').val();
    var url = '/ListedSecurities/GetChartData/' + listedId;
    $.getJSON(url, function (data) {
        $('#ohlc-container').highcharts('StockChart', {
            rangeSelector: {
                selected: 2
            },

            title: {
                text: 'AAPL Stock Price'
            },

            series: [{
                type: 'ohlc',
                name: 'AAPL Stock Price',
                data: data,
                dataGrouping: {
                    enabled: false
                }

            }]
        });
    });
};

$("#ohlc-container").each(displayOHLCChart);

My call to /ListedSecurities/GetChartData/1 returns the following JSON
Edit: Copy and paste left off some commas
[{"date":"1/07/1996","DayOpen":2.95,"DayHigh":2.97,"DayLow":2.89,"DayClose":2.89},
{"date":"2/07/1996","DayOpen":2.91,"DayHigh":2.99,"DayLow":2.91,"DayClose":2.99},
{"date":"3/07/1996","DayOpen":3.00,"DayHigh":3.00,"DayLow":2.95,"DayClose":2.97},
{"date":"4/07/1996","DayOpen":2.95,"DayHigh":2.96,"DayLow":2.90,"DayClose":2.96},
{"date":"5/07/1996","DayOpen":2.96,"DayHigh":2.98,"DayLow":2.95,"DayClose":2.96},
{"date":"8/07/1996","DayOpen":2.95,"DayHigh":3.00,"DayLow":2.93,"DayClose":2.98},
{"date":"9/07/1996","DayOpen":2.98,"DayHigh":2.98,"DayLow":2.95,"DayClose":2.96}]

When the page renders I see the Chart Title, zoom buttons, timeline scroller but no data.
If I look at 'data' in my java script, it says that is contains 7 objects (one for each date above), and I can drill down to see the actual elements.  If the issue is 'data' is return objects inside objects, how do I change the following LINQ query to return the correct JSON?
public ActionResult GetChartData(int? id)
    {
        var EODData = _unitOfWork.Repository<EODSecurityData>()
            .Query()
            .OrderBy(q => q
                .OrderBy(c => c.EODDate))
            .Filter(x => x.ListedSecurityId == id)
            .Get().ToList()
            .Select(r => new { date= r.EODDate.ToShortDateString(), r.DayOpen, r.DayHigh, r.DayLow, r.DayClose });
        return Json(EODData, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
    }

Thanks.

A: There is a problem with the json, the last two items in the collection are not separated by a comma.
This (line 5 & 6):
[{"date":"1/07/1996","DayOpen":2.95,"DayHigh":2.97,"DayLow":2.89,"DayClose":2.89},
{"date":"2/07/1996","DayOpen":2.91,"DayHigh":2.99,"DayLow":2.91,"DayClose":2.99},
{"date":"3/07/1996","DayOpen":3.00,"DayHigh":3.00,"DayLow":2.95,"DayClose":2.97},
{"date":"4/07/1996","DayOpen":2.95,"DayHigh":2.96,"DayLow":2.90,"DayClose":2.96},
{"date":"5/07/1996","DayOpen":2.96,"DayHigh":2.98,"DayLow":2.95,"DayClose":2.96}
{"date":"8/07/1996","DayOpen":2.95,"DayHigh":3.00,"DayLow":2.93,"DayClose":2.98}
{"date":"9/07/1996","DayOpen":2.98,"DayHigh":2.98,"DayLow":2.95,"DayClose":2.96}]

Should be this:
[{"date":"1/07/1996","DayOpen":2.95,"DayHigh":2.97,"DayLow":2.89,"DayClose":2.89},
{"date":"2/07/1996","DayOpen":2.91,"DayHigh":2.99,"DayLow":2.91,"DayClose":2.99},
{"date":"3/07/1996","DayOpen":3.00,"DayHigh":3.00,"DayLow":2.95,"DayClose":2.97},
{"date":"4/07/1996","DayOpen":2.95,"DayHigh":2.96,"DayLow":2.90,"DayClose":2.96},
{"date":"5/07/1996","DayOpen":2.96,"DayHigh":2.98,"DayLow":2.95,"DayClose":2.96},
{"date":"8/07/1996","DayOpen":2.95,"DayHigh":3.00,"DayLow":2.93,"DayClose":2.98},
{"date":"9/07/1996","DayOpen":2.98,"DayHigh":2.98,"DayLow":2.95,"DayClose":2.96}]

Here is a jsFiddle with the corrected data:
http://jsfiddle.net/hutchonoid/99DUu/
Update
I think the date has to be represented in milliseconds.
If you see the example jsFiddle here:
http://jsfiddle.net/gh/get/jquery/1.9.1/highslide-software/highcharts.com/tree/master/samples/stock/demo/basic-line/
It represents the data as follows, millisecond date and plot
...
/* May 2006 */
[1147651200000,67.79],
[1147737600000,64.98],
[1147824000000,65.26],
[1147910400000,63.18],
[1147996800000,64.51],
[1148256000000,63.38],
[1148342400000,63.15],
[1148428800000,63.34],
[1148515200000,64.33],
[1148601600000,63.55],
[1148947200000,61.22],
[1149033600000,59.77],
...

A: I found it was related to the way my data was being passed back through the JSON object. Props to hutchonoid whose jsfiddle examples pointed me in the right direction.
To get the correctly formatted JSON result I needed to generate a generic object with the relevant properties and also had to modified the DateTime element to a Javascript datetime element. The code has ended up looking like this.
public ActionResult GetChartData(int? id)
    {
        if (id == null)
        {
            return Json(null);
        }
        var EODData = _unitOfWork.Repository<EODSecurityData>()
            .Query()
            .OrderBy(q => q
                .OrderBy(c => c.EODDate))
            .Filter(x => x.ListedSecurityId == id)
            .Get().ToList()
            .Select(r => new { date= r.EODDate, r.DayOpen, r.DayHigh, r.DayLow, r.DayClose });

        List<object> output = new List<object>();
        foreach (var dataElement in EODData)
        {
            output.Add(new object[] { ToJsonTicks(dataElement.date), dataElement.DayOpen, dataElement.DayHigh, dataElement.DayLow, dataElement.DayClose });
        }

        return Json(output, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
    }

    public long ToJsonTicks(DateTime value)
    {
        return (value.ToUniversalTime().Ticks - ((new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc)).Ticks)) / 10000;
    }

Notice the looping through of the Entity Framework results to add each to an Object list and the conversion of the DateTime property with the ToJsonTicks method.

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Q: Ionic splash screen not loading I have checked and double checked Stack Overflow for an answer on this and i really can't find one. I am building an app using the ionic framework and although i have never had this issue before, for some reason the splash screen will not work. I'm just getting a completely white screen followed by a delay before the initial view loads. Here are the steps i have taken so far.
I have generated the ionic resources by adding in the splash.png and icon.png images and using the 'ionic resources' command in the terminal (This works fine and generates the assets, icon does work)
Usually this would be enough for it to display the splash screen based on the default ionic framework set up, but no luck.
My config xml file looks like this
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<widget id="com.ionicframework.app" version="0.0.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets" xmlns:cdv="http://cordova.apache.org/ns/1.0">
  <name>App name</name>
  <description>
        An Ionic Framework and Cordova project.
    </description>
  <author email="you@example.com" href="http://example.com.com/">
      Your Name Here
    </author>
  <allow-navigation href="http://*/*"/>
  <content src="index.html"/>
  <access origin="*"/>
  <access origin="tel:*" launch-external="yes"/>
  <access origin="mailto:*" launch-external="yes"/>
  <preference name="webviewbounce" value="false"/>
  <preference name="UIWebViewBounce" value="false"/>
  <preference name="DisallowOverscroll" value="true"/>
  <preference name="android-minSdkVersion" value="16"/>
  <preference name="BackupWebStorage" value="none"/>
  <preference name="ShowSplashScreen" value="true"/>
  <preference name="SplashScreen" value="screen"/>
  <preference name="SplashScreenDelay" value="3000"/>
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All of the paths to the images are correct i've double checked. Im not getting any errors during my build and none when i emulate. I just cannot get anything to show. The white screen does show for 3 seconds, so i'm pretty sure its an issue with the app finding the relevant splash images.

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*go to: /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic/node_modules/ionic-app-lib/lib/resources.js

*change cacheImages property to false

*remove android platform

*re-add android platform

*regenerate resources

And in config.xml make sure the code is configured as follows:
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A: You need to change the <platform> section to have file names as screen.png as shown below. Your path for screen.png is incorrect Whenever you use any name for SplashScreen other than splash you need to update the config: https://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.1.0/cordova/splashscreen/splashscreen.html#android
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I've just listened to the interview in its entirety and I loved it all. I'm looking forward to reading your memoir. I do particularly enjoy the way you bring a sharp intellect to all that you do and simultaneously speak and write in such an accessible style. Thank you.
I've just finished listening to it Anne, and like Sandra, I loved it. I think your quality of mind and thought and reflection is remarkable. Also, you have a very beautiful voice - I could listen to you for hours and hours.
I heard your interview yesterday and will now follow your blogs and look forward to your memoir.
So much of your current experience reminds me of my mother's widowhood from the age of 59 until she was killed in a car accident at 73 years of age. It is so vital that we speak of our journeys so that we process the turmoil of emotions and so that others might draw some comfort, reassurance and assistance from them.
I love Harvey's "This piece of earth". It found me when I was in a particularly tough patch following Mum's death and in the midst of health issues for me. I am a gardener but not as devoted as Harvey was. I think of him often when a Tui sings in our tree.
I send you very warm wishes.
I live and work in the Middle East and should be retired but love my work and living here so... just one more year. I tune into either Kathryn Ryan or Kim hill most days - it helps me to keep in touch with beautiful New Zealand. Thank you so much for sharing your touching story yesterday with me via Kathryn. She was so gentle and understanding, and you were just lovely. I hope you enjoy your garden. Many times over the years in NZ I escaped to my garden for solace. There I could share my tears with the plants and hammer away at the soil, and go back inside feeling as though I had been 'kissed' better. Thankyou for sharing with us - it is kiwis like you I love hearing Kathryn and Kim talk to. Your blog is great too.
I see NZ is ecpexting very heavy rain - will this be good for your garden?
I just listened to your interview - I had downloaded it along with other RNZ interviews. Thank you for sharing the reality of your life. I wish you all the best.


When Pretty Little Liars premiered just over five years ago, it was a story of five friends, one of whom, Ali, went missing. Following her disappearance, the four remaining girls, Spencer, Aria, Emily, and Hannah, began getting threatening and cryptic messages from someone calling him or herself "A." The four banded together to fight back against A, get answers about Ali and her disappearance, and hide a few secrets of their own.
While the show has never been one with rainbows and butterflies, it has certainly had its lighter moments. Caleb and Hanna's shower scene, Aria and Ezra's bar make-out session in the pilot episode, Adam Lambert randomly performing on a Halloween train, and Caleb and Toby's bromance are examples of the moments that made PLL a fun show to watch rather than a depressing and terrifying one.
As PLL is nearing the end of the A mystery — it is confirmed that we will 100% know who A is at the end of Season 6A and that 6B will jump ahead to the young women in their post-college years — the lighter moments seem to be fewer and further between. Halfway through Season 6A, the liars have escaped from A's underground prison where they were held for weeks, some subjected to psychological torture (A made them think that they were hurting each other). Spencer has again struggled with addiction to prescription drugs, Hanna destroyed her entire room in an attempt to forget the replica of it in which she she was held, Aria has lied to the cops and become obsessive about Andrew, and Emily has struck up an awkward and likely short-lived friendship with Sarah Harvey (the girl who was held in A's prison for two years). In perhaps the most shocking and scary twist, the liars have discovered that A, recently revealed to be Charles DiLaurentis, is actually Charlie, Jason's "imaginary" (or apparently not-so-imaginary) friend from childhood.
Though ABC Family has never really been a family network, these topics and themes are typically geared at people in their late teens, not the tween audience from which PLL draws a large fan base. Personally I know girls as young as ten who watch, and are obsessed with, the show. The producers might think that, since the show is five years old, its fans have grown up with it and thus the show can grow up, too. I was sixteen when the show first aired and that certainly was the case for me — it sometimes felt like I was experiencing an elongated version of high school along with its main characters. At 21, I obviously feel ready for, and truthfully a bit old for, these themes that are starting to make an appearance. However, the tweens who are starting to binge PLL on Netflix likely won't be prepared for the dark turn that the show has suddenly taken.
Granted, PLL has been dark before. Spencer ended up in the psych ward, Hanna got run over by A when she found out too much, Emily was nearly drowned by her sometimes-girlfriend Paige, and Aria was trapped on a ski lift with Ezra who appeared to be A at the time. The difference now is that the dark aspects of the show are becoming more than passing moments where little is actually revealed; they are becoming major plot points that are meant to tie up the entire series and give the fans the answers to questions we've been asking for five years. In other words, you can't cover your eyes and miss the dark parts — the darkness is the show now.
With only six episodes of the A mystery left, we can't wait to see how dark the show is willing to go and what else the liars will have to endure before their stalker/torturer is revealed.
You can catch up on past seasons of Pretty Little Liars on Netflix, the current season on ABC Family's website, or watch it live Tuesdays at 8/7c.


I recognized the couple immediately. Attractive African American lady and dapper gentleman sitting next to me at Rick's Diner.
They sat next to me a couple of weeks earlier when, while departing, my attention was diverted by another diner asking if she could read the newspaper I left on my table. With my motorcycle gear I almost knocked a chair over turning around to answer her. So I ended up walking right out of the restaurant without paying, only to remember late that Sunday night.
I returned at 7 am the next morning when Ricks opened and paid the tab. Not an uncommon occurrence the person behind the register commented…but rare that people come back.
When I saw the couple again I kidded them that they should have reminded me to pay.
The lady laughed and said that had happened to her with some friends one time at another restaurant. She called the restaurant immediately when she got back to her office and was told not to worry at all and to come back when she could.
She did immediately, only to find out that in the meantime, they had reported her to the police by her tag number and sure enough, she received a visit a short time later from a uniformed cop.
Was the humiliation a coincidence or was it because she was Black? It would have been very easy to report me with a motorcycle and all. Different restaurants, different approaches. Or are some people treated differently than others because of the color of their skin and other characteristics?
I certainly don't know the intent of the people involved but I could feel in the moment she told me the story, even with a laugh, the humiliation this lady felt and also how differently we each had been treated. And her playful reminder as she left to remember to pay my bill has played over and over in my mind.
People who happen to be African American are treated differently in very subtle and not so subtle ways just because of the color of their skin. Anyone like me who mixes and socializes with people of many ethnic groups might still not pick up on it and many others are in denial. Racism may be too harsh a term but the impact on the individual is just the same.
Those of us with different colored skin will never know exactly how racism, no matter how subtle, must feel. But even today, it clearly scars individuals and undermines society.
As an Black American, I can attest that often the differences in treatment are subtle. I was recently in a Whole Foods and the white couple before me paid with a $20 bill. When it was my turn, I also paid with a $20 bill. The difference? The cashier made a point to check the authenticity of my $20 bill using a verification pen. These are the little things that we encounter endlessly. It still hurts.


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Дрежник је делимично очувани замак код Дрежник Града, североисточно од Плитвичких језера у републици Хрватској.

Историја

У поседу хрватске властеле
Тврђава се први пут помиње у 13. веку, као средиште истоимене Дрежничке жупе, у поседу далматинских кнезова Нелипића и Бабонића. У периоду од 1323. до 1592. град је био у рукама кнезова Франкопана.
Утврђени град био је четвороугаоног облика са округлим донжоном, опасан зидом с две четвртасте куле. Имао је посаду од 20 до 40 војника. Турци су га освојили почетком априла 1578. Код Дрежника су трупе Ивана Ференбергера, врховног капетана Хрватске војне крајине, 22. маја 1578. разбиле турски одред од 5.000 људи који се враћао са провале у Крањску, и нанеле му тешке губитке. Током Кевенхилеровог похода у Поуње, крајишке трупе су повратиле град 28. августа 1578, али су га Турци поново заузели 1592.

Под Турцима
Отада па све до 1788. Дрежник је био турско гранично упориште које је у 17. веку генерал Ј.С.Херберштајн у два маха заузимао и палио. 1697. крајишке трупе су га поново освојиле, али Карловачким миром 1699. припао је Турцима и у 18. веку био у саставу острожачке капетаније.

У војној крајини
Огулински крајишки пук напао је град и после дужег бомбардовања савладао је турску посаду (75 људи) фебруара 1788. Каснији покушаји Турака да га поврате остали су безуспешни. Град је обновљен и одржаван као крајишко упориште до 1869.

У републици Хрватској
Главна кула града обновљена је 2016. средствима општине Раковица и министарства за културу Републике Хрватске.

Види још
 Битка код Дрежника (1578)

Референце

Тврђаве у Хрватској
Општина Раковица (Кордун)


A Eugene company is proposing to build a bioenergy plant off Highway 99 near Junction City that would turn waste straw, vegetable and fruit waste, and manure into electricity. The plant would compost the waste and burn off the resulting gas to generate electricity.
The plant, proposed by Green Lane Energy Inc., is the topic of a public hearing to be held by the state Department of Environmental Quality on Tuesday.
The DEQ is proposing to issue a solid waste treatment facility permit for the project.
Green Lane is headed by Dean Foor, a Eugene engineer and consultant with expertise in biogas plants. The plant would be built on several acres of farmland on the east side of Highway 99, about halfway between Eugene and Junction City.
The land is owned by members of the Posner family, who also own Lane Forest Products, a Eugene mulch, compost and landscaping materials firm.
The state is proposing to let the facility accept dairy manure, ryegrass straw, used cooking oil and grease, food processor residue and food waste from companies and homes.
Efforts in Eugene and elsewhere to collect and compost food wastes, rather than dump them in a landfill, have been increasing steadily. Eugene earlier this year launched a program for the collection of food waste from commercial establishments for composting. Lane Forest Products and Eugene-based Rexius are taking the food waste and using it in compost.
It was not immediately clear whether the Green Lane Energy plant would be using Eugene�s food scraps.
Foor and the Posners did not return phone calls seeking comment.
The plant would have a waste material intake and storage area, concrete tanks where material would be mixed and would decompose and produce methane gas, and a burning unit that would use the gas to generate electricity, according to the DEQ�s analysis. The electricity would be fed into an existing nearby line in the electric grid. The plant would generate some liquid and solid wastes that would be sold as fertilizers or compost, the DEQ analysis said.
The state�s analysis states that the plant would operate on average more than 23 hours a day, seven days a week, and that much of the daily operation would be automated.
The bioenergy plant would sit next to an existing Lane Forest Products yard-waste compost plant, where Junction City�s leaves and other yard waste are composted, according to the DEQ. That plant has been in operation since 2006.
Details of the bioenergy plant � including its cost, how it would be funded and who would buy the power � were not immediately clear.


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Home Consultations CONCEPT – Towards a common conceptualization of the third sector in Europe
Concept CONSULTATION
CONCEPT - Towards a common conceptualization of the third sector in Europe
We are pleased to announce a 'common core' definition of the third sector in Europe. A key objective of the TSI project is to address the lack of clarity about the types of entities that form the third sector, who belongs and who doesn't. With our conceptualization we hope to contribute to a coherent overview of the third sector's scope and impact and to strengthen the sector's overall policy voice.
Please share your thoughts on this definition that represents a broad 'common core', taking into account different regional realities and the enormous diversity of the sector!
Does it make sense to you?
Does it reflect the third sector in your country?
Any doubts if your organization is in or out?
Here are the main features in nutshell. For more detailed background reading please refer to the TSI policy brief and working paper on defining the third sector in Europe.
"The third sector consists of private associations and foundations; non-commercial cooperatives, mutuals, and social enterprises; and individual activities undertaken without pay or compulsion primarily to benefit society or persons outside of one's household or next of kin."
The third sector embraces both INSTITUTIONAL AND INDIVIDUAL components:
In-scope INSTITUTIONAL components of the third sector must be:
Organizations, i.e., involve groups of people, whether legally constituted or not, who interact according to some understood procedures and pursue one or more common purposes for a meaningfully extended period;
Private, e., institutionally separate from government and able to dissolve themselves on their own authority;
Self-governing, i.e., in control of their basic mission and purpose formulated through their own internal governance procedures;
Non-compulsory, e., engaging people without compulsion or coercion on the basis of free choice; and
Totally or significantly limited from distributing any profits or surplus they may earn, e., either completely barred from distributing profits or under some legal or contractual obligation requiring them to limit this distribution in at least four of the following five ways:
By adhering to an explicit social mission that frees them from the obligation to maximize profits;
By limiting any distribution of profit to 50 percent of any surplus earned;
By adhering to a "capital lock" on any retained assets;
By employing or serving a significant share (e.g., at least 30 percent) of persons with special needs; and
By adhering to a prohibition on the distribution of surplus on the basis of capital invested or fees paid.
In-scope INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY components of the Third Sector must:
Be undertaken without compulsion, e. on the basis of free will;
Be unpaid, e., without compensation except for reimbursement of costs;
Produce benefits for others or for society, and not primarily for the person doing them or for members of that person's household or their next of kin (i.e., children and parents);
Be carried on for a meaningful period of time, usually defined as at least an hour in a particular reference period.
TSI Working Paper No. 2: The Third Sector in Europe: Towards a Consensus Conceptualization
TSI Policy Brief No 1: What is the third sector?
BARRIERS – Autumn is hot in Bruxelles: what agenda for civil society networks?
MEASUREMENT – The third sector has been invisible in European statistics for too long. Join the statistical revolution


We speak with hundreds of people in any given week and hear a similar trend that it is just too hard to eat healthy today.
At Vivace Nutrition we believe that it all starts with a simple idea.
Eat more of the good things and less of the bad.
Ever heard of keep it simple. Well this is a good way to start. Pick a meal that you struggle with and start there.
For the next 30 days work to change your diet at this meal.
You will be amazed at how even this simple change will get you on the road to eating healthy at more meals..
You have to start somewhere and when you have a habit of snacking throughout the day replacing this with something healthy is a great place to start.
For example take a simple bag of cut carrots and use this as a snack to beat back the cravings.
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We created our Protein Powder with this in mind. To allow for a quick healthy satiated alternative.
You will be surprise at how this satiates your hunger.
Why not start with eliminating all fried food?
It is the little steps that create the great momentum.


Jacob Stephen had a Bank Holiday Monday to remember…and not just because it was the hottest on record! Christian showed up at his house in Coventry with the stunning Range Rover Sport P400E, worth £74,000!
After starting a family a couple of years ago, Jacob's wife has been nagging him to get a more appropriate car than the 10 yr-old Audi TT he currently drives…and the P400 is the perfect fit! Better still, Christian then revealed £20k cash in the boot to go along with this monster of a car – congratulations Jacob!


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Curious Travellers
Thomas Pennant
Life and work of Moses Griffith
Tours of Wales and Scotland, 1760-1820
The Letters of Thomas Pennant
Bibliography of Pennant's Scottish and Welsh Tours
Walkers' Blog
Robert Ker Porter in Wales, 1799
On 11 July 1799, the 22-year-old Scottish painter (later traveller and diplomat) Robert Ker Porter (1777-1842) arrived in Shrewsbury, ahead of a walking and sketching tour of north Wales. Porter had for company his friend and fellow artist Thomas Underwood (1772-1835), on a month-long and roughly circular tour that took them across Wales to the western coastline (Dolgellau, Barmouth), then up to Snowdonia, and back through the Vale of Clwyd to Chester and the Peak District.
Art was almost certainly the spur to this trip. Porter frequently mentions drawing, and notes how he and Underwood met up with other artists, including Louis Francia and one of the Varley brothers (probably John Varley), during their tour. These men were part of a busy network of young artists in late-1790s London that also included JMW Turner and Thomas Girtin. Porter's closer, more immediate group of artist friends was known as 'the Brothers'; formed in May 1799, the group included Underwood and Francia and met (as Francia noted on the back of one of his sketches) in order to draw scenes of 'Historical landscape, the subjects being original designs from poetick passages'. By July 1799, Porter, Underwood, Francia and others were in Wales in order to sketch not from poetry but real life.
While art might have taken him to Wales, Porter's tour is also a highly readable account of several weeks on the road, characterised by a lively and often dryly funny narrative voice, and by neatly chosen detail. At times he finds fault with his surroundings, loses patience with the unsettled weather or with his companion, but always sounds human. He's a sharp observer of people and places, while his artist's eye comes to the fore in sections on the sublimity of Cader Idris and Snowdonia. The sketches Porter made on this tour are not known to have survived, except for four small drawings – all of people – within the manuscript notebook. However, several watercolours by Thomas Underwood, held at the Tate, including two paintings of Caernarfon (below) and several unnamed coastal and mountain scenes, may well date from the 1799 tour.
Thomas Richard Underwood
'Carnarvon Castle', watercolour on paper (n.d.), 127 x 188 mm
Available under a CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0 (Unported) licence
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/underwood-carnarvon-castle-t09273
'Carnarvon Castle and Estuary', watercolour and graphite on paper (n.d.), 198 x 300 mm
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/underwood-carnarvon-castle-and-estuary-t09267
The following extract, presented with the original spelling and punctuation, represents around a tenth of the manuscript, and shows Porter narrating the early part of the tour. In this passage, the tourists have reached Mallwyd in mid Wales, where Underwood's 'gallantry' results in the pair losing their room for the night to 'three heaven formed fairs': Porter's textual eye-roll at his friend's behaviour is impossible to miss.
Robert Ker Porter, Journal of a Tour in North Wales (1799). Source: National Library of Wales MS 12651 B
[Mallwyd]
July 15th.
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Unfortunate mortals – . It rains like Devil [sic], 9 o clock in the morning and no prospect of seeing a fingers length in front. went into the church yard where are now existing a few ancient Yews large in circumference, and vast in observance. My friend Underwood conscious they are not Less aged than one thousand 12 months. our Host said the Largest is 7 and 20 feet round – few of the people speak English, yet all the tombstones are in that Language: one thing I have forgot to remember almost ever since the commencement of this truly venerable recital of circumstance, which is that instead of the Elegant goat, every animal is [a] Pig, at every turning there is a Pig in every house there is a Pig, nay every body is a Pig — .
at 1 o clock it cleared up and we ventured forth to draw. Made the first coloured sketch from Nature looking towards Dinas Mowddy. on our return to the Inn, there came a group of four pedestrians fatigued famished and filthy. they seemed men very thick upwards and were bound for Birmingham. – Underwood thought them buckle formers. Was our gallantry equal to Tommy Underwood's – !!!! the distant sound of a Carriage roll'd in redoubling sounds across the winding Mountains, a few moments and the vehecle [sic] was at the door of the Cross Foxes (Poetic Sign!) the night was far advanced the lowering clouds gathered low
and dark in the Bosom of the Valley the coming storm, which threatened instant destruction to the houseleeks traveller, produced a concattenation [sic] of circumstances truly critical. There was at this moment not a vacant room either with or without a bed, this doleful intelligence was communicated to the content, of the gay Machine by our civil Hostess. the consternation such horrible news created on the minds of three heaven formed fairs was not of long duration, for the alert and elegant minded Underwood, sprang to the side of the Charriot [sic], and in the accents of a Chesterfield proffered his bed and dwelling, his words
were mine, so they now possess of a good resting place for the night and we were shoved in among the Birmingham Buckle formers. the modest but amiable Bashfullness of my friend so overpower'd his memory, that on their accepting his heroic offer, he Left the Carriage door – – . They found the way out themselves – and he rejoined me. what I ought to have done I will not say. – 10 o clock the Buckle Makers are gone to rest the exchange of beds was not for the better. but then the satisfaction we had rendered ourselves and the comfort to others rendered our rest more pleasant than had we been poked into a garret [?divested] of such occurences [sic]. at 10 this morning we saw the fair charrioteers [sic] off, then the Buckle Makers, and next ourselves. Our walk this day (16th July) was through Dinas Mowddy. it raining extremely hard. however notwithstanding this we managed to draw a Picturesque water mill about a mile from Dinas, continuing our Journey for some miles the Country varied little from that hitherto. only the Outline of the Mountains became somewhat bolder and more broken by rock. about a mile before the View of Cader Idris opens from the narrow vale of the Mallwyd road; there presents a most exquisite mountain both in shape and colour, and which we made a slight memorandum
[Dolgellau] of called Cwy Avon. after the ascention [sic] of the opposite hill; journeying onward some certain distance, the stupendious [sic] Cader rises in vast piles of chaotic grandeur, surrounded on every side by lesser heaps of cloud on shadowed hills. as we nearer drew to the Town of Dolgelly on [the] right we discovered the Mountains of Beddhellert [sic] and Snowdon. This is a Magnificent assemblage of dwellings for wales, which as they are so called are termed a Town, which is strangly stragling [sic] and oddly connected. here we arrived at five determining to stay a few days, but the beastlyness [sic] of the Inn totally upsett [sic] all our plans, and after a sleep incomodious and uncomfortable we arose July 17 and
started at 10. persueing [sic] our way through a country more delightfull [sic] than conception can conceive.
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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, ili Oblivion, je računalna i videoigra za jednog igrača s temom fantazije i orijentirana na akcijsko igranje. Razvila ju je Bethesda Game Studios i izdao Bethesda Softworks i Take-Two Interactive i to je četvrti nastavak u Elder Scrolls seriji. Puštena u prodaju u ožujku 2006. za Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 platformu, prodana je u preko 1,7 milijuna primjeraka do 10. travnja 2006. i preko 3 milijuna primjeraka do 18. siječnja 2007.

Oblivion su kritičari dobro prihvatli, osvojio je mnoge nagrade s prosječnom ocjenom od 94 %. Verzija za PlayStation 3 je izdana 20. ožujka 2007. u Sjevernoj Americi i 27. travnja 2007. u Velikoj Britaniji. Kasnije su izdana i dva dodatka za igru, Knights of the Nine i Shivering Isles, uz dodatke manjih plug-inova i dodataka za igru, koji su dostupni na stranicama izdavača i na Xbox Live Marketplace. Kompilacija s obje ekstenzije igre Oblivion: Game of the Year Edition najavljena je 9. srpnja 2007., s planiranim datumom izlaska u rujnu.

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Priča igre je fokusirana na bivšeg zatvorenika uvučenog u plan gospodara Daedre da pokori zemlju smrtnika. Vrata paklenog svijeta Obliviona/Zaborava(prevedeno) su otvorena, kroz koja mnoga paklena bića ulaze u svijet smrtnika. Igra nastavlja tradiciju prijašnjih nastavaka Elder Scrolls sage, dopuštajući igraču da putuje u bilo koji dio svijeta u igri u bilo koje vrijeme, uključujući opciju ignoriranja ili odgađanja glavnoga zadatka bez vremenskog ograničenja.

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I had a wonderful time in Los Angeles working with The Almond Board to promote healthy eating. I also had so much fun meeting so many of you at the book signing at Erewhon! Finally, hanging with my parents was great and very relaxing. Many delicious salads were made together and much fresh California fruit was consumed. Great trip all around!
Here's my recipe for homemade goat cheese. Enjoy!
I am delighted to have discovered your website -- a seemingly endless treasure of recipes that actually work for me!
My goat cheese was just a tad less firm than the kind you can buy at the store, though I think if I had strained it longer I could have gotten it more firm.
I'm sure you can make yogurt without all the gadgets I mention above, though you'll probably need to do an Internet search for some alternative directions –this is my method and the one that I am familiar with. If anyone else has other methods, feel free to chime in with a comment.
I am so glad you have your website. One can learn so many things. Thank you so very much for all your hard work. Your site makes me so happy.
When I make yogurt cheese I like to use a Clever Coffee Dripper, lined with 2 coffee filters. If you're opposed to using plastic, there is a stainless steel version. I've never tried cheese cloth because this method is so easy and space saving in the refrigerator. I look forward to trying your goat cheese recipe.
Can you do in instant pot??
I am delighted to have discovered your website — a seemingly endless treasure of recipes that actually work for me! I've recently begun using goat yogurt as my smoothie base. I would welcome ideas for integrating goat kefir into my diet. I am a little intimidated. Thanks.
I just now, years later, saw this post about goat cheese. I'd you want a thicker cheese, instead of lining a colander worth cheese cloth. Let our sit in said colander for a couple of hours. Then gather up the corners of the cloth and tie together. Slip a wooden spoon under the knot so the bundle of cheese hangs from the spoon. Now lay this spoon across a bowl so it catches the dripping. Put it back in the refrigerator.
I just made some apricot chutney, plenty of them this year, and it would go great with this cheese!
Second, you can make yogurt by putting the mixture in a glass jar and setting right next to an incandescent 60 w (or stronger) light bulb. Turn the jar from time to time so it gets heated more or less evenly. If you let it take for 24+ hours, this means the light will be on overnight, so use a reliable fixture.
Third, you make an easy cheese strainer by lining a plastic coffee pour-over filter support with a paper filter, filling the filter with the yoghurt, covering it, and setting the whole thing over a recipient (jar or bowl) in the fridge. Yes, the longer it stains, the thicker the cheese will get.
Four, you can use this soft cheese in recipes that call for cream cheese.
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I clicked on Yogourmet Yogurt Starter, but in amazon it is ot avilablen no more. Can you tell me where can I found it?
This recipe looks delicious. Just a quick note though…in order to sterilize milk and prevent dangerous bacteria from growing, it must be heated to 180 degrees and then cooled to 110 to enable sub-culturing.
This makes me wish my great-uncle's goats would stand still to be milked by hand! Tasty!
I wanted an, hopefully, easy recipe for homemade goats cheese…and you had it. I make regular yogurt but heating the milk to 'blood temp' then adding starter. Leaving it bundled up on the counter overnite. So, will try this the same way. I kept looking thru all your recipes. Always trying to find healthier ways of cooking for my diabetic husband and growing son. Can not wait to get started on your breads and snacks. I will have to work around some of the ingredients as we live in Pakistan. Thanks a million for your hard work on all the recipes.


Hey, what's up, fiesta friends?! Since my summer break started a few days ago, I've been sleeping. So I have no clue as to what's going on in the world.
But today is going to be different. Today I'm going to go pick blueberries. Maybe some sour cherries as well. And then maybe I can make pies or something. I really have to get my act together.
I do own a food blog in case you haven't noticed. But where's the food, right?! I've been delinquent!
But you know, catching up on your sleep is very important! Is there such a thing as too much sleep? Just wondering.
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Welcome to summer Angie, and a very well deserved rest. Looking forward to reading more about your garden and summer cooking. I am honored to co-host this week.
I love to sleep. Saturday is my day. At least as much as a mom can sleep in, right? Enjoy your summer!
Great party – thanks for hosting. The cake from cat is beautiful!!
Omg, thanks for letting me know! Darn autocorrect! I'll edit right now.


Understand the customer experience of luxury brands at before purchase stage and investigate the way to enhance this experience.
The importance of customer experience is enhancing significantly, especially on luxury brand. Customer experiences can be discussed from the decision making process model. In this paper, it will focus on luxury brands and investigate relative attributes which will influence customer experience at the before purchase stage. There are some elements like personal attributes and environmental atmosphere. The information from 2 focus groups was used for data analysis in the paper. The results indicate that these elements can have lead to customer experiences. Furthermore, focus group interview findings show that five store factors including layout, general interior, innovation, product display and signs and human variables have positive effect on consumer experience of luxury brand at the before purchase stage. On the other hand, personal attributes show that goal, memory, involvement and attitude also contribute to increase customer experiences. This paper also mentioned about managerial implication, research limitation, and provided suggestions for further research.