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Tuczno (niem. Tütz) – miasto w północno-zachodniej Polsce, w województwie zachodniopomorskim, w powiecie wałeckim, siedziba gminy miejsko-wiejskiej Tuczno. Położone na Pojezierzu Południowopomorskim, ok. 5 km na wschód od Drawieńskiego Parku Narodowego.

Według danych z 31 grudnia 2013 r. miasto miało 1974 mieszkańców.

Prywatne miasto szlacheckie lokowane w 1395 roku położone było w XVI wieku w województwie poznańskim.

Położenie
Tuczno jest położone we wschodniej części Równiny Drawskiej, będącej mezoregionem Pojezierza Południowopomorskiego. Tuczno położone jest nad trzema jeziorami: Tuczno, Lubiatowo (są w granicach miasta) oraz Jeziorem Zamkowym.

Miasto znajduje się w południowo-wschodniej części woj. zachodniopomorskiego, we wschodniej części powiatu wałeckiego.
Według danych z 1 stycznia 2014 powierzchnia miasta wynosi 9,21 km².

Miasto leży w odległości:
 Człopa – 12 km
 Mirosławiec – 20 km
 Wałcz – 25 km
 Piła – 40 km
 Gorzów Wielkopolski – 83 km
 Poznań – 133 km
 Bydgoszcz – 137 km
 Szczecin – 138 km

Położone na ziemi wałeckiej Tuczno początkowo było grodem obronnym na obszarze Krajny, od czasu podboju przez Bolesława Krzywoustego należy do Wielkopolski. W latach 1946–50 miasto administracyjnie należało do woj. szczecińskiego, w latach 1950–75 do woj. koszalińskiego, a w latach 1975–1998 do woj. pilskiego.

Historia
Pierwszym oficjalnym dokumentem, stwierdzającym, że Tuczno było już wówczas miasteczkiem, jest akt sprzedaży ziemi przez Wedllów. Transakcja została zawarta w 1306 r. Dokument stwierdza, że Wedell, dziedzic na Tucznie ("Dominus haereditalis in Tuctz"), sprzedaje mieszczaninowi w Tucznie (urzędnikowi miasta Tuczna) Krzysztofowi Boltenowi ("fa-moso viro Christophero Bolten famulo nostro civi in Tuetz") majątek Strzelno o pow. 7 Hufen za cenę 60 Marek Finkelaugen (moneta pomorska).
Drugi z kolei dokument nosi datę 24 II 1331 r., mocą którego bracia Ludwik i Dambrecht Wedllowie nadają miastu prawo magdeburskie. Dokument ten jest sporządzony w języku niemieckim (Plattdeutsch). Dokumentem tym przyznają równocześnie miastu obszar 175 Hufen, względnie łanów na własność, przy czym podano nazwy jezior i strumieni, które weszły w obręb przyznanych obszarów oraz określono bliżej położenie lasu, przydzielone-go do tego miasta. Istniejącym czterem cechom przyznano prawo magdeburskie i tym cechom, które w przyszłości mogą powstać. Zatwierdzono prawo do polowania na przydzielonych obszarach, ustalono prawo wybierania własnego burmistrza i członków magistratu z tym, że wybory musiały być zatwierdzone przez zamek. Sekretarz magistratu otrzymał obowiązek nauczania dzieci w skromnej szkółce miejskiej. Dokument został podpisany przez wymienionych nadawców prawa oraz przez świadków: Henryka i Jana v. Wedell, sekretarza Mikołaja i wasalów Henryka Wolfsbeutla, Henryka i Reinekego Woltersdorpów oraz Abla Runge; a ze strony radnych podpisali: Piotr Woocke, Claus Dessen, Heine Marquart, Pribemow, Jan Schreder i Piotr Hagedom oraz kilku pomniejszych mieszczan.
W 1338 roku powstała najstarsza budowla, istniejąca po dziś dzień – Zamek Wedlów. Zaczątkiem dzisiejszego miasta była prawdopodobnie słowiańska osada. Tuczno w 1331 roku otrzymało prawa miejskie na prawie brandenburskim, do 1336 wybudowano umocnienia drewniano-ziemne. W 1409 miasto opanowali Krzyżacy, ale już rok później wróciło ono do Korony. Ponownie Krzyżacy zaatakowali Tuczno w 1458, ale wkrótce zostali stąd wyparci.

W 1606 roku w Tucznie miało miejsce jedno z najsilniejszych odnotowanych trzęsień ziemi na terenie Polski.

Od wcześniejszych już lat, miasto było prywatną własnością rodziny Wedlów, której przedstawiciele byli ważnymi osobistościami w ówczesnej Wielkopolsce. Ich rządy trwały do połowy XVIII wieku, kiedy ród Wedlów-Tuczyńskich całkowicie wygasł. Wtedy Tuczno i okoliczne miejscowości przeszły pod władanie różnych osób, aby w 1772 roku przejść w wyniku I rozbioru Polski pod władzę pruską. W 1807 w czasach napoleońskich chłopi pod dowództwem proboszcza księdza Riebschagiera przepędzili kosami Prusaków, miasto zajął pułkownik Franciszek Garczyński. Tuczno jako jedno z nielicznych miasteczek wielkopolskich nie powróciło do odrodzonej Polski po 1918, lecz dopiero w 1945 roku.

W latach 20. i 30. XX wieku władze niemieckie poleciły wybudować w mieście i okolicach olbrzymie umocnienia, które w czasie II wojny światowej weszły w skład Wału Pomorskiego. Bunkry te po wojnie zostały w większości wysadzone w powietrze przez żołnierzy 47 Armii Radzieckiej. Tuczno zostało zajęte przez żołnierzy radzieckich 11 lutego 1945 roku. Zabudowa miasteczka legła w gruzach, straty sięgnęły 80%.

Miasto zostało ponownie włączone do Polski, zaś jego ludność wysiedlono do Niemiec. Po wojnie nastąpiła odbudowa i rozbudowa miasta, jednak utraciło ono swój pierwotny charakter architektoniczny. Do 1999 roku Tuczno było najmniejszym miastem województwa pilskiego. Obecnie jest jednym z mniejszych miast województwa zachodniopomorskiego.

Demografia
 Piramida wieku mieszkańców Tuczna w 2014 roku.

Zabytki

Miasto wskutek działań wojennych znacznie ucierpiało, w gruzach legło 80% zabudowy miasta. Wobec tego nie ma tu wielu zabytków, a turystów przyciągają zamek, kościół oraz jeziora. Do zachowanych zabytków należą:
 Zamek Wedlów
 Kościół Wniebowzięcia NMP – znajduje się w południowo-zachodniej części Tuczna. Wybudowany w stylu gotyku pochodzi z XV wieku. Do niewielkiego kościoła dobudowana jest ogromna wieża zwieńczona wąskim hełmem. Wewnątrz można zobaczyć barokowe wyposażenie (ambona, ołtarz, organy, dzwon) oraz XX-wieczne polichromie. Kościół wybudowano w 1522 roku, a w latach 1636 i 1640 zawaliła się wieża kościelna. W 1834 zawalił się kościelny dach. Obecnie jest to kościół parafialny.
 Kuria – dom zwany Kuria pochodzi z XVIII wieku, mieści się przed bramą wjazdową do Zamku
 Kapliczka św. Jerzego – zbudowana w I połowie XVII wieku, znajduje się na niewielkim wzgórzu w południowej części miasta.
 Układ urbanistyczny dawnego miasta – pochodzi z XIV wieku
 Kompleks umocnień Wału Pomorskiego – pochodzi z lat 1922–1939

Gospodarka
Tuczno obecnie stara się o statut gminy uzdrowiskowej, toteż nie ma tutaj uciążliwego przemysłu. Większymi przedsiębiorstwami są , Zakład Gospodarki Komunalnej i Mieszkaniowej, fabryka słodyczy "Ludwig Czekolada" Sp. z o.o., produkująca wyroby pod marką Mauxion, Fritt i Trumpf. Istnieją stacja benzynowa, poczta, ośrodek zdrowia, zajazd, hotel, gościniec, bary, sklepy, restauracja, punkty usługowe i handlowe.

Ochrona przyrody

 obszar chronionego krajobrazu "Puszcza nad Drawą"
 rezerwat przyrody "Mszary Tuczyńskie"
 rezerwat przyrody "Leśne Źródła"
 rezerwat przyrody "Nad Liptowskim Jeziorem"

Kultura
W mieście działa Świetlica Miejska, Biblioteka Publiczna Miasta i Gminy. Organizowane są liczne imprezy jak chociażby Powitanie Wiosny, "Kraszanki, pisanki, malowanki" warsztaty twórcze dla dzieci i młodzieży, Dni Tuczna, Turniej tenisa stołowego, wieczór wróżb, Przegląd piosenki dziecięcej czy Konkurs recytatorski im. Jarosława Rymkiewicza. Od roku 2008 jest organizowany Festiwal Sztuki Audiowizualnej MISIETUPODOBA.

Turystyka
W mieście działa hotel "Zamek" z restauracją i ośrodek wczasowy "Nad Zatoką". Nocleg oferują również Ośrodek Leśny przy ul. Staszica, Ośrodek Kempingowo-Wypoczynkowy "Biesiada" przy ul. Jeziornej oraz kwatery prywatne. Niedaleko miejscowości znajduje się Stanica Harcerska Hufca ZHP Łódź-Polesie.

Komunikacja

Leży ono przy trasach:
 droga krajowa nr 22 (Gorzów Wielkopolski – Elbląg) – 8 km
 droga krajowa nr 10 (Szczecin – Bydgoszcz) – 18 km
 droga wojewódzka nr 177 (Wieleń – Czaplinek)
 Linia kolejowa nr 403 Piła Północ – Ulikowo pociągi pasażerskie w relacji Szczecin Główny – Piła Główna

Do miasta można dojechać autobusami PKS i WTP.

Administracja
Miasto jest siedzibą gminy miejsko-wiejskiej. W Radzie Miejskiej w Tucznie zasiada 15 radnych. Organem wykonawczym jest burmistrz. Siedzibą władz jest Urząd Miejski przy ul. Wolności.

Burmistrzowie Tuczna:
 Krystyna Stysińska
 Eugeniusz Saryczew (1996–2002)
 Teresa Łuczak (2002–2010)
 Krzysztof Hara (2010–2020)
 Piotr Pierzyński (pełniący obowiązki, 2020–2021)
 Krzysztof Mikołajczyk (od 2021)

Mieszkańcy Tuczna wybierają posłów na Sejm z okręgu wyborczego nr 40 (siedziba Koszalin), senatora z okręgu nr 99 (siedziba Koszalin), a posłów do Parlamentu Europejskiego z okręgu wyborczego nr 13.

Władze miasta współpracują z niemiecką gminą Märkische Heide. Współpraca działa na płaszczyznach kulturalnej, oświatowej, gospodarczej i w ramach wspólnej promocji turystycznej.

Zobacz też
 Cmentarz żydowski w Tucznie

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Tuczno, wyd. Burmedia, 2001 .
 Pojezierze wałeckie, wyd. DarPress, 2004 .
 Pomorze część zachodnia na weekend, wyd. Pascal, 2002 .

Linki zewnętrzne
 Strona internetowa miasta i gminy Tuczno
 "Tuczno – Tütz" – Historia miasta Tuczno (strona prywatna)

Krajna
Miasta w województwie zachodniopomorskim
Prywatne miasta szlacheckie I Rzeczypospolitej (województwo poznańskie)
Miasta w Polsce lokowane w XIV wieku


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Power Control Startup Gets Strategic Support
LONDON -- Powervation Ltd. (Cork, Ireland), a fabless semiconductor company that produces digital control chips for power converters, has announced the closing of a Series C round of financing led by Semtech Corp. and with support from Enterprise Ireland
The latest round, worth $7 million, is intended to fund business growth and the adoption of its digital power control chips by makers of data center and communications infrastructure equipment, the company said. The funding reportedly brings the amount invested in Powervation to $27 million.
Semtech (Camarillo, Calif.), a supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor chips and software for consumer, computing, communications and industrial applications, invested in Powervation alongside existing investors, Intel Capital, Scottish Equity Partners, VentureTech Alliance and Braemar Energy Ventures.
Enterprise Ireland, the Irish economic development agency, joined the funding round with an R&D investment intended to allow Powervation to strengthen its design team and accelerate product development. The amount of money Enterprise Ireland is contributing was not disclosed.
Powervation, founded in 2006, has a product called Intelligent Digital Power that provides adaptive compensation of power supplies to optimize performance under different load conditions. The company also provides a graphics-based design tool called PowerSmart to allow customers to program the digital control logic.
The company said it has momentum in the communication and server computing markets where its PV3201 controllers are being adopted.
"This funding round will help fuel that market momentum and enable us to accelerate our commercial build-out as a company," said Mike McAuliffe, CEO of Powervation, in a statement.
"Powervation's singular focus on realizing the opportunity of digital power management is one that we are glad to further invest in. Their digital controllers also support the Intel VR12.x specification which requires a highly flexible architecture aimed at delivering system performance and efficiency gains," said Damien Callaghan, investment director at Intel Capital, in the same statement.
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Backstage with an unlikely golfer, Lewis Black
I don't remember how I learned that comedian Lewis Black -- he of the explosive rants and overly flexible index finger -- is a golfer. But as a fan of his bawdy, boisterous, and badass bits on life in modern America (politics, technology, entertainment, etc.), I couldn't let the opportunity pass. So I called his publicist and proposed sitting down for an interview about his game and whatever else was in his fertile, fantastical mind. And the good folks at Golf Digest have a better sense of humor than I might have suspected: They urged me on, saying that a Q&A would fit in -- somewhere.
A date was set to meet in our mutual hometown, New York City. When Lewis isn't on the road -- about a third of the year -- he lives close to the theater district, which makes sense as he began his career as a playwright, including a graduate degree from the Yale Drama School. The comedy came later, partly as a result of hosting revues on a small stage below a restaurant owned by a friend. We met in that same theater, chatting over a small table surrounded by upturned chairs as the photographer set up on the stage for the photo shoot to follow.
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Among us we were able to pack an awful lot of work into a few hours: an extensive interview, photography both indoors and on the packed streets near Times Square, and a few minutes of video. Turns out he is not only funny but indefatigable, a good trait for a stand-up.
Before the interview, I'd only seen him on "The Daily Show" and his frequent HBO specials. So when the chance came to see him perform live, I jumped again. Just days before the June issue of Golf Digest -- with the interview -- hit the newsstands, I drove from NYC up to the Turning Stone Resort and Casino in upstate New York, not far from Syracuse.
My plan was to see Lewis perform, stay over, and play one of the resort's terrific golf courses (there are five -- three 18s and two par-3s) the next morning. I even had a half-hearted "maybe" from Lewis that he'd tee it up with me if he wasn't too tired and didn't have to leave early on the tour bus and head east to Worcester, Mass., site of the next night's show.
His act was hysterical, although he didn't talk about golf. He did go on for about 90 minutes on everything else and had the packed auditorium of 1,500 hooting and hollering, especially when he gave it to politicians on both sides of the aisle. And there were a few of his trademark tirades, the index finger gesticulating madly, wiping his brow on his sleeve, sputtering and nearly losing it.
He made the hard work look easy, and certainly funny. He's still on the road -- somewhere out west, I think, heading to Vegas -- then the "Running On Empty" tour as he calls it takes a break before heading back on the road later this summer, crisscrossing the country into early next year. He told me he's planning to play some golf along the way, and when he gets to Phoenix he hopes to hook up with Peter Kostis, who has given him some lessons in the past. Lewis talks about Kostis in the interview, although it doesn't sound like the great teacher has been able to do much with that pupil. I'd like to see the Konica Minolta Bizhub Swingvision of that swing!
I strongly suggest you catch Lewis wherever and whenever you can: on the road, on the tube, and certainly in Golf Digest. As you catch his act, and his ever-ready-to-explode persona, remember: "This guy plays golf." Or so he says.
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Zdeněk Svěrák and Jaroslav Weigel. Photo from Divadelní noviny.
I've decided to focus not only on places but also on people in my blog. Unfortunately, this post takes the form of an obituary as Jaroslav Weigel passed away September 5, 2019 in a Prague hospital at the age of 88. I saw Weigel act in many of the 15 plays performed at the theatre I love to frequent, The Jára Cimrman Theatre. This theatre is unique because it only showcases plays about the fictional character Jára Cimrman, who lived during the Austro-Hungarian Empire. All 15 plays take place at the end of the 19th century or beginning of the 20th century. The comedies employ witty and often history-related jokes as well as language-oriented puns.
Jaroslav Weigel from the play Africa. Photo from style.hnonline.sk
They all center on the genius Jára Cimrman, whose talent remained undiscovered until his posthumous papers were unearthed in a cottage in the Jizera Mountains of north Bohemia during 1966, according to the playwriting duo of Zdeněk Svěrák and Ladislav Smoljak, two of the creators of the Cimrman legend. Cimrman was a man of many trades: an inventor, a playwright, a collector of fairy tales, a traveling dentist, a composer of operas, a gynecologist, a criminologist and a world traveler, to name just a few of his professions. The tales of Jára Cimrman have become national folklore that to no small extent defines the country's culture.
Over the years, this theatre has helped me deal with stress and hardships, making me laugh when I dearly needed a reason to smile. Seeing the performances allows me to achieve a mental balance in my life, so that I can think more clearly and solve problems more easily.
Miloň Čepelka and Jaroslav Weigel in The Act. Photo from zpravy.aktualne.cz.
Back to Jaroslav Weigel. Ever since I started attending performances some years ago, I have been fascinated by Weigel's accomplishments, by his stellar resume of talents and achievements. While I thought of him as an actor, he also made a name for himself as a painter, graphic artist, scene designer and costume designer. He was a member of the theatre ensemble since 1970. His association with the theatre started in the 1960s, when he worked as an editor with the influential magazine Mladý Svět (Young World). There, he came across a story by a young Zdeněk Svěrák, who co-founded the theatre. That marked the beginning of cooperation that would span five decades.
Weigel studied to be an art and history teacher at Charles University, and one of his mentors was the acclaimed Cyril Bouda, a much-acclaimed illustrator and painter. The talented student sometimes visited Bouda at his unique family house in the functionalist Baba quarter, a section of Prague six through which I often take walks. I sometimes try to imagine a young Weigel walking with a determined gait through the streets of Baba on the way to see his professor.
Jaroslav Weigel designed the Secession-like covers of the DVDs of the plays.
Weigel designed the theatre's distinctive Secession style publications such as the DVD cover of České Nebe or Czech Heaven. Photo from mksvyskov.cz.
Weigel's talent as a graphic artist has greatly influenced the theatre's artistic image. He designed all the printed matter for the theatre, including posters and programs, which have a charming and elegant Art Nouveau quality and are artistic works themselves.
However, his contributions did not stop there. He also designed the costumes and the stage sets, which bring the stories to life, helping to shape a fictional world in which the spectators can become engrossed.
Jaroslav Weigel and Zdeněk Svěrák in Lijavec. Photo from topky.sk.
Weigel also designed postage stamps dedicated to Jára Cimrman, one of which celebrates the 50th anniversary of the theatre that took place several years ago. It shows Cimrman's practically featureless bust.
The artistic guru also acted on television and in films written by Zdeněk Svěrák, including Svěrák's first screenplay, Run, Waiter, Run! He last appeared on the big screen during 2007, when he had a role in the much-acclaimed Empties, directed by Jan Svěrák and written by Zdeněk Svěrák.
The long-time actor's achievements do not stop there. He also designed covers for records and illustrated books and magazines as well as calendars. He even co-designed a comic strip with Kája Saudek.
What I will remember Weigel for most is his acting. Over the decades, he had performed in all 15 plays, taking on roles as the baron leading an expedition to Africa in a hot air balloon and as the 15th century religious martyr Jan Hus, who was burned at the stake in 1415. In Messenger from Liptákov, Weigel played major roles in two short plays. In the Messenger of Light, he played the father of a son who decides to turn his parents' home into a factory to make flashlights, with plans to have his parents walk 30 kilometers to a retirement home in the mountains. Weigel's character, who often acts confused, winds up outsmarting his son, hitting him over the head with a flashlight. Then the mother and father make sure their son will not be able to ruin their lives.
Jaroslav Weigel in Messenger from Liptákov
In the other play of Messenger from Liptákov, Weigel played Hlavsa, who sees into the future by peering into his huge wood stove. A coal baron named Ptáček asks him to find out which suitor is right for his daughter, and Hlavsa tells the wealthy man that he sees the name Petr Bezruč on the gate of one of Ptáček's mines. The baron, played by the very talented Miloň Čepelka, assumes he sells his mine to the poet Bezruč, not realizing that the mine will be taken away from him during the totalitarian era and that Bezruč's writings will become a mouthpiece for the Communist regime.
Jaroslav Weigel as Jan Hus and Petr Brukner as Saint Wenceslas in Czech Heaven. Photo from Třebíčský deník.
The character of Smrtka, personifying death, wears a black suit with black hat and holds a scythe. He waits for Weigel's character to finish his prophesies in order to lead him to Heaven because it is the day that Hlavsa is scheduled to die. It turns out that Smrtka misses his chance to take Hlavsa to Heaven as the designated time passes, and he has to hurry to his next customer. Smrtka tells Weigel's character that he has two more years before another younger Smrtka comes along to escort him to Heaven.
I guess that September 5 was the appointed time for Jaroslav Weigel to go on his last journey, ending an illustrious career that helped form the image of the Jára Cimrman Theatre and that helped the ensemble survive more than 50 years.
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Jaroslav Weigel designed the cover of the collected plays
A stamp celebrating the 50th anniversary of the theatre ensemble, designed by Jaroslav Weigel.
The book celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Jára Cimrman Theatre. Cover designed by Jaroslav Weigel.
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Pozzuoli is an Italian municipality of 81,856 people, and part of metropolitan city of naples, in Campania.
It is the forth municipality of the region for its population.
Situated on the gulf of the same name, Pozzuoli sits in a volcanic area, the Phlegraean Fields (that is burning fields), which includes a still active volcano, the Solfatara.
A big part of the territory is hilly, including several volcanic craters, among which the Astroni and the one that contains the Averno Lake.
From here, the land descends fairly quickly southward (Gulf of Pozzuoli), while more gradual is the descent westward, where lies a flat area close to the Domitian Coast.
A typical geo seismic phenomenon of this city and the entire area of the Phlegraean Fields is the bradyseism, or the raising or the lowering of the crustal plate due to the increase of the underground pressure. The fast raising of the sea level affected the port in the eighties, which was relocated about 50 meters ahead from the previous position.
It is one of the few cities in the world hosting two Roman Amphitheater, along with Rome, Budapest, Ruins from the Roman Era are numerous, often situated within the residential areas of the city. In particular, is worth to mention the so-called Temple of Apollo, by the Averno Lake.


CONWAY -- One University of Central Arkansas fan bellowed a loud warning.
"Don't let him shoot from right there," she shouted repeatedly while sitting near the court.
"Him" was University of New Orleans junior guard Bryson Robinson. "From right there" was where Robinson did plenty of damage Wednesday: from the three-point line.
Robinson burned the Bears for 28 points on nine made three-pointer, but one man wasn't enough to topple the red-hot Bears, who defeated New Orleans 76-71 on Wednesday night at the Farris Center.
"They had to hit some incredible shots just to stay in the game," UCA Coach Russ Pennell said. "They had 19 offensive rebounds. If we had rebounded better it should've been a double-digit win. But we didn't."
The Bears (10-10, 5-2 Southland Conference) have won four games in a row, and joined Sam Houston State and Abilene Christian as the third Southland team with five league victories.
"We're kind of rolling," UCA sophomore center Hayden Koval said.
Other than Robinson, who finished with 15 first-half points by making 5 of 8 three-pointers, New Orleans was ice cold early Wednesday.
The Privateers (9-9, 4-3) started 0 of 10 from the field, and UCA darted off to a superb start.
The Bears opened on a 5-0 run, then nurtured it into a 17-6 lead before the Privateers called a timeout with 13:24 on the clock because nothing was working against the Bears.
On one end, UCA converted on 3 of 6 three-point attempts during its blazing start.
On the other, Robinson caught fire. He cut UCA's lead to 32-28 after hitting a deep three-pointer from the left wing with 4:53 to go in the half.
The Bears, which once led by 11, held a lead for 18:35 of the first half.
New Orleans senior guard Ezekiel Charles made a free throw with 2:27 remaining in the half to tie the game 34-34. UCA held a 38-34 lead at halftime after senior guard Thatch Unruh connected on two buckets in the final 1:47.
"We felt like it should be 10 or 12 [points]," Koval said. "We had to step on it."
If Robinson wasn't scorching the Bears from outside, the rest of New Orleans' offense typically fell flat.
The Privateers struggled finding opportunities near the rim because Koval, a 7-footer, was a problem. He tied his career high with 22 points and tallied a season-high seven blocks.
"When you've got the big fellow batting stuff out of the sky, that gives you a lot of confidence, too," Pennell said.
New Orleans' only offensive threat was the deep ball, although no player other than Robinson made a single one. Robinson finished 9 of 15 from beyond the arc while his teammates missed all 6 of their attempts.
The Privateers made 27 for 74 from the floor (36.5 percent) and shot 13 for 37 (35.1 percent) in the second half.
"If it's in the 30-35 [percent] range, that's really good," Koval said.
UCA held a lead for the entirety of Wednesday's second half, but Robinson never cooled off.
He buried a deep three-pointer with 39 seconds remaining to begin New Orleans' last-chance surge. In the final 10 seconds, he made two more three-pointers, with the last one cutting UCA's lead to 74-71 with two seconds remaining.
Sophomore point guard DeAndre Jones, Koval and Unruh combined to make 5 of 6 free throws in the final 15 seconds to keep New Orleans at a distance.
Unruh scored 15, Jones chipped in 13 and freshman forward Eddy Kayouloud had 10 for the Bears.
Kamry Orr scored a team-high 20 points, and Hannah Langhi added 11 points and 10 rebounds as the University of Central Arkansas (7-10, 2-5 Southland Conference) held on for a victory over the New Orleans Privateers in New Orleans.
The Sugar Bears used a 7-0 run over a 3:10 span in the first quarter to build a 16-8 lead after Orr hit a three-pointer with 1:33 left in the quarter. Kayla Thomas hit a three-pointer with 5:55 left in the first half to cut the lead to 20-19, but UCA maintained its lead and took a 33-28 lead into the halftime break after a three-pointer by Antonija Bozic.
After Vaquela Pimpton hit one of two free throws to tie the game at 37-37 with 5:29 left in the third quarter, UCA went on another 7-0 run later in the quarter to take a 48-40 lead with 1:38 remaining. Orr's layup with 7:38 left in the game gave the Sugar Bears a 54-45 lead, but the Privateers cut the lead to 54-50 with 4:46 remaining after a Thomas layup.
Orr scored on an old-fashioned three-point play to push the lead to 57-50, but the Privateers fought back to trail 59-58 with 1:36 remaining after an Alyssa Quixley three-pointer. Orr hit a jumper with 49 seconds left to give UCA a 61-58 lead before the game was decided at the free-throw line.
Thomas scored 20 points to lead the Privateers (5-11, 1-6), while Shania Woods had 13 and Quixley finished with 11.


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Random Media Announces the Acquisition & Release of 'FLASHOUT'
Random Media has acquired the U.S. rights to the sci-fi film 'FLASHOUT', starring Lorynn York (Dear White People), Maya Stojan (Castle), Malea Rose (Kidnap), Jonathan Goldstein (Drake & Josh), Gerard Downey (Because I Said So), and Alison Dunbar (Criminal Minds). The film will release on-demand and on all digital platforms on March 26th.
Inside a space habitat in a parallel universe, three young women play a blind date reality-collapsing game in order to experience the euphoric, sensory releasing FLASHOUT. Unexpectedly they find themselves trapped on unfamiliar planet Earth by an alien realty repairman assigned to preserve the Multiverse by destroying their pleasure-filled game. They encounter a jogger, a rocker, a biker, the exploitative owner of an escort service, a radio telescope supervisor, and others vulnerable to their ecstatic FLASHOUT. Surviving confrontational clashes with the awkward repairman, the women finally find a pathway to a larger game played among all alternate universes.
Official Trailer: https://vimeo.com/296040589
The film, which scooped up several film festival awards including; 'Best Narrative Feature Film' at the 2018 Los Angeles Film Awards, 'Best Feature In All Genres' at the 2018 Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards, 'Best Science Fiction Feature Film' at the 2018 Oniros Film Awards, also stars Blythe Auffarth (Keeping the Faith), Vedette Lim (The Good Doctor), John Patrick Jordan (The Affair), Brittany Faith Rosoff (Criminal Minds) and Cheryl Francis Harrington (Grey's Anatomy). Directed and produced by Richard Lerner 'FLASHOUT' releases on-demand and on all digital platform's March 26, 2019.
About Random Media:
Random Media is a content company that acquires and distributes films on a worldwide basis through movie theatres, digital platforms, cable and satellite companies, television networks and conventional brick and mortar retailers. Random Media's library includes such acclaimed films as Escape From Tomorrow, The Visit, Killswitch: The Battle To Control The Internet and The Landing.


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Half a world away Athens is gearing up for the Summer Olympics, which open Aug. 13. Those who feel they can't wait can whet their appetites now with a new exhibit of vintage Olympics posters at Sherman's library. Consider it the appetizer before the main event.
Approximately 30 posters are on display, including originals from 1932 in Los Angeles, 1964 in Tokyo, 1968 in Mexico City and 1996 in Atlanta. On loan from a private collector who wishes to remain anonymous, they'll remain there through the end of August. The posters were collected from all over the world, over a period of about 15 years.
Clay Cope . "Sherman is a young town full of soccer moms and dads, and sports play a big part in our community."
The exhibit features amazing posters, Cope says. Hopefully it might inspire a budding artist or a young athlete.
Included in the artworks are official posters Olympics organizers used to promote the Games, as well as Olympics-related posters that were sold commercially. Since the first modern Olympics in 1896, posters have been created for use by the Olympics Committee before and during the Games, for use by railroads and airlines to promote travel to the games, and for sale as souvenirs.
Posters were also designed to market films made during the games, including Leni Riefenstahl 's "Olympics 1936." Also on display are three unique bamboo scroll posters from the 1932 L.A. Games showing Olympic Stadium, Los Angeles Town Hall, and the Liberty Bell. These commercially-printed scrolls were sold as mementos of the games.
A poster that came out after the 1964 Tokyo Games was created for the film, "Tokyo Olympics." The French poster shows scenes of the opening ceremonies and various events with the title "More than 100 Cameras Capturing the Greatest Human Adventure of All Time."
Athletics-related and general art posters were created for the Olympics in Mexico City, Munich and Atlanta.
The Mexico City Games committee of 1968 exclusively used Mexican motifs and artists for its art series, a collection of six large pieces that reflect the time and culture then while incorporating the Olympics' symbol of five interlocking rings.
A 28-poster "art series" was created for the Munich Games , which owes it diversity to the freedom given to the artists to create a poster without constraints put upon the subject matter. As a result, the series goes from the very abstract of a blue square by Josef Albers to a realistic scene of track and field racers by Jacob Lawrence.
Another 23 posters were created to portray specific events under the direction of Otl Aicher, who decided each poster should begin with a photograph of the sport featured. The photograph was then stylized with bright graphic colors. Posters from both series are on exhibit.
The Olympics in Atlanta were commemorated with a series of posters by graphic designer and artist Hiro Yamagata . Highly styled images of athletes in various events are the common theme in his posters.
The Olympics offer athletes from all countries, large and small, the chance to compete on equal ground. And though the action will take place thousands of miles away, this local exhibit offers a rare glimpse into the history and culture of all that the Olympics embody.
The exhibit is open during library hours, Tuesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Sherman Library is at 1 Sherman Center For more information, call (860) 354-2455.


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Beyond, Season One, Episode Ten: Into the Light
Into the Light, marks the season finale of Beyond, and I have to say that I want the ten hours I spent watching this back. We still don't know what the hell the Realm is, or how it's connected to our world. Into the Light, confirmed that Holden is indeed the super special chosen one but that's something we known all along.
With Willa alone in the Realm, and Luke being held captive, Holden feels he has no choice but to give in to Frost's demands and take him into the Realm. Frost makes it clear that if anything happens to him, Luke is going to die. He assures Holden that he wants the best for Willa because she's his daughter, a fact which surprises Holden. The two make their way into the Realm and end up on the outer edges, in the middle of a snowstorm. Holden is pissed that this is the chosen landing area because it hasn't been mapped.
Luke actually manages to make his own escape from the room that he's locked in, only to run right into Tess. Luke quickly realises that his last meeting with Tess was not an accident and accuses her for preying upon peoples sadness. Tess makes it clear that she may not believe in heaven or an after life but she has a firm belief in making money.
At this point, Luke is completely feeling himself believing that there's nothing that Tess can do to stop him. Of course, Tess alerts security and they are quickly surrounded. Tess then takes Luke to the machine so that he can see Holden.
After little chat with pastor Ian, Diane has begun to feel concerned about Hollow Sky and so she pays a visit to Tom. Diane suggests that they go to the police together for the safety of their children and makes it clear that she is not consenting to a rekindling of their relationship.
Frost and Holden reunite with Willa in a safe zone. Frost is determined to make his way across the bridge so that he can reunite with his long dead wife. He explains that she promised to wait for him there. Frost makes it clear that if Holden doesn't continue to help out, he will have his own group of dead ones to mourn. The three make their way to where the bridge is supposed to be but there's no bridge. Frost demands that Holden do something and Willa, full of support and encouragement, tells Holden that he can do it.
Arthur has been out of the loop since he refused to help Willa free Holden from Hollow Sky. At this point, he's feeling a little down and so he receives a pep talk from Daniel. It's Daniel who encourages Arthur to fix his machine, explaining that Arthur needs to secure his own legacy. Daniel believes that Arthur's big mistake was his dependency on others and that he can do this all by himself.
Holden starts to build the bridge but the effort quickly starts to effect his health. In the real world, Luke watches in horror as the machine starts to short circuit. Luke demands that Holden be released but Tess is all about getting her paper, so the experiment keeps running. Holden remembers being taught by Arthur that the pain he feels in the Realm is a memory of the pain he felt in real life. When Holden gets a hold of his emotions, he manages to build the bridge. A woman appearing to be Willa's mother appears on the bridge and Frost goes running, relieved to be with his wife again. Willa watches in fascination, seeing her mother for the very first time. Just as Willa is about to approach her mother, Holden pulls her back. That's right, the woman Frost is about to kiss isn't actually is long dead wife but some creature from the the Realm with a rotting face. They watch in amazement as Frost begins to kiss the creature and it's Willa who realises that Frost is only seeing what he wishes to see.
Diane and Tom make their best pitch to the cops that something is not kosher about Hollow Sky but all they have to present are Jeff's theories which come across like conspiracy theories. Diane finally admits that she confronted Pastor Ian about the organisation and that he scared her. Sheriff Dayton isn't convinced but he agrees to look into it.
Creatures akin to the monster Frost is in a lip lock with begin to swarm the bridge and Holden and Willa realise that they need to destroy the bridge. Holden is reluctant to do so because he realises that the vision he head of Willa dying when the bridge was destroyed was a prophesy and not something that happened in the past. Willa and Holden join hands and she promises not to let go if destroys the bridge. Holden does what he has to do.
Willa is the first one to come out of the coma and she struggles to wake Holden up. Eventually, Holden awakes in time for Jeff to burst in. Now that everyone is free, it's time to get the hell out of the Hollow Sky compound. They manage to steal a car and head to one of the two exists. Unfortunately for the crew, a car is driving right towards them in an attempt to block their escape. Holden tells Jeff to keep going and uses his power to pick up the vehicle travelling towards them up and throw it behind them. This is the first time that Luke has gotten to see his brother's powers.
With everything settled, it's time to say goodbye to Willa and Jeff for now. Willa promises Holden that he'll never be alone again but warns that he cannot explain everything to his family if he wants to keep them safe. Before heading inside the house, Holden tells Luke that he's exactly the same and that he will do his best to keep the family safe. The two brothers enter the house and sit down for a family meal with their parents.
Yellow Jacket (who still doesn't have a damn name) pays Charlie a little visit. Charlie keeps her cool even when he brings up her step sister. Yellow Jacket explains that he's not there to kill Charlie, he wants her to do a job for him. Yellow Jacket then hands Charlie a slip of paper. I would bet money that Tess's name is on that paper.
Holden starts packing up his various trophies, clearly ready to put the past behind him and move on. At the police station, the sheriff looks through Jeff's pictures and after a few moments of thought, picks up the phone to call the feds.
Arthur works on his machine and manages to get it to power back up.
Holden has a dream about being in a different world and it's completely destroyed. A kid appears to him and asks Holden what he thought was going to happen when he built and then destroyed the bridge. The kid warns that this is what happened to his world and that Holden's is next. Holden wakes up to find himself alone in the woods. When he pulls out the compass, the dial is moving wildly.
The best that I can surmise is that the Realm is something which connects other worlds. By making the bridge, Holden allowed the creatures who live in the Realm to have access to alternate worlds. At this point, we don't know who the kid is that Holden spoke to but I suppose he's another super special one who survived a coma. It's worth noting that this kid is also White. I guess that means that chosen ones in Beyond can only be white for some racist reason.
Frost may be done, having died on the bridge but Tess is still roaming free. Given her love of money and power, I doubt that we've seen the last of her. I suspect that Yellow Jacket is going to use Charlie to go after Tess but am not sure how big of a role that will have in the next season what with Frost gone and Hollow Sky feeling pressure from its investors.
I'm a little curious about Daniel. He told Willa that he's an ex con that Arthur took a chance on but it feels like he knows more than he's said. It's Daniel who gave Willa the location of Hollow Sky and Daniel who encouraged Arthur to rebuild his machine. That seems like some pretty blatant manipulation to me.
In terms of inclusion, Beyond hasn't been great. There hasn't been a single GLBT character and the women have largely featured as love interest and mother. Jeff really never rose about the level of side kick, there to pull Holden's ass out of the fire. Jeff and Tess are the only two characters of colour to make it through this season and they feel like ridiculous tokens at this point.
The entire narrative of cis, het, white dude saves the world has been done to death and it looks like Beyond plans to double down on that next season with the revelation that Holden's world is now in danger of destruction. None of this is aided by the fact that Holden is about as interesting as overly dressed limp lettuce.
Finally, we should talk about just how anti science this whole thing has become. The narrative makes it seem that science leads to human overreach and that there should be limits to human discovery. It flies in the face of the fact that scientific research is directly responsible for the world that we live in today. It's all extremely heavy handed with absolutely zero nuance.
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Chatting is the most popular way to communicate and get things done today. Seriously, does anyone still make calls or send emails in the era of messengers?
We enjoy chatting for several reasons. It's natural because we use language to type or record messages. It's simple because chats typically have plain and clear interfaces that we can grasp within minutes. Finally, it's instant because messages get delivered immediately. That's it. As we can get things done just like that, it's no wonder that the number of people using WhatsApp, the world's most popular messaging app, is close to 1.5 billion.
However, although chatting is incredibly easy from the users' side, it hardly comes to anyone's mind as to how complex chats are on the inside.
However, if you've ever wondered what hides behind the Black Hole, seize your chance to find out here. Let's imagine that we're sending a GIF with a cat to a friend of ours and we follow it step by step to see how the chat architecture is organized. Here we go.
Every chat consists of two parts: Chat App and Chat Server Engine.
The Chat App is a desktop, web, or smartphone chat application. It is responsible for receiving user data, such as messages and files, storing them locally, transferring to the backend for further processing, and displaying them to users. In other words, the Chat App acts as a mediator between the user and the backend.
Users interact with the Chat App via the Chat User Interface (Chat UI). It includes various components and widgets that are used to send text and voice messages, share files, display dialogs, contact lists, etc.
The Chat Server Engine is a pool of external servers responsible for the chat performance. The Chat Server Engine does all of the dirty work that is not visible to the users: obtains user messages from the Chat App, processes them, and delivers to the recipient. The Chat Server Engine falls into several components, each of them having their own responsibility: user files storage, message processing and delivery, etc. We'll be covering all of them a bit later in this article.
To get deeper into the chat architecture, let's send our cat out on an adventure. Сlick an Attach button in the Chat UI, select the GIF with the cat from the device Media Gallery — and voila! The cat's journey has begun.
To make sure that the cat is not captured by some other cat lovers along the way, it gets encrypted with a security key so that no one but the recipient can decrypt it. Furthermore, the encrypted cat is transferred to the Chat Media Storage — a server where static data, such as user files, are stored (Amazon S3, Cloudinary, etc). The cat gets there via the Chat Media Storage Client — a Chat Client Engine component responsible for uploading data on the Chat Media Storage.
After the cat finds itself a cozy place in the Media Storage, a link to where it is located is generated to be further sent to the recipient.
SPOILER: You might have noticed that when you get a message with a picture attached, the picture sometimes has a Download indicator in the middle (like in Telegram and Viber) and is blurred (like in WhatsApp). That's because you didn't receive the picture itself but rather the message with the link to it inside. To be viewed, the picture has to be downloaded from the Chat Media Storage Client and decrypted first.
At this step, a message is created and the link to the cat's location is attached to it. The message is transferred to the Chat Device Storage, which is, actually, a user's device storage where all messages are located. It allows users to access them anytime even if there is no Internet connection.
At the same time, the message gets dispatched to the Chat Server Engine via the Chat WebSocket Client.
After the message reaches the Chat Server Engine, you can see the first check mark appear in your message. This is a system message notifying that the cat has been successfully transferred to the server — but not yet delivered.
As soon as the message with the cat reaches the Chat Server Engine, it appears in the Chat Message Queue — a queue consisting of ALL of the messages waiting to be delivered at the moment. The messages are handled by Chat Workers, which are the server threads that take messages from the Queue and try to deliver them to the right recipients.
After the worker takes the message from the Queue, two scenarios are possible.
If the recipient is offline, the message can't be delivered immediately. In this case, the message just stays in the Queue until the user goes online.
If the recipient is online, the message is delivered through the Chat WebSocket or VOIP Push message and removed from the Queue. Then, the message gets decrypted and goes to the internal data storage on the recipient's device. At the time, the second check mark appears in the message, notifying that the message has been successfully delivered — but not yet read.
Meanwhile, a notification pops up on your friend's device, stating that there is an unread message. As soon as your friend opens the Chat App, the message stored in the Chat Device Storage is displayed in the Chat UI. At once, both check marks on your device change color, thereby notifying that the message has been read.
Now let's take a look at what the chat architecture looks like in its entirety.
Well, that was a brief (yeah, truly brief:) ) and simplified description of chat architecture and its components. Further on in the series, we will get into more detail about how each of the components works as well as share some tips and life hacks from our own chat building expertise. Stay tuned!
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Il miracolo eucaristico di Offìda secondo la tradizione cattolica sarebbe avvenuto nel 1273 nella città di Lanciano (città abruzzese oggi nota per il più antico miracolo eucaristico che sarebbe avvenuto nell'VIII secolo).

Appartiene al cosiddetto ciclo dei Miracoli dell'Ostia rubata. Secondo la tradizione una donna di nome Ricciarella di Lanciano, su invito di una fattucchiera cui si era rivolta, gettò un'ostia consacrata sul fuoco, ma la particola si sarebbe trasformata in carne, da cui sarebbe sgorgato sangue abbondante. Le reliquie sono ancora visibili nel santuario di Sant'Agostino di Offida. Dal 2016 a causa del terremoto in Umbria, le reliquie sono state trasferite con la Santa Croce nella Chiesa collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta di Offida.

Storia

Secondo la tradizione, i fatti avvennero nel 1273, in una stalla del palazzo di Giacomo Stasio ricco mercante a Lanciano (precisamente nel rione Lancianovecchia): una donna chiamata Ricciarella, volendo riconquistare l'amore del marito Giacomo, come recita un'epigrafe posta dentro al cappella di Santa Croce dove avvenne lo stesso Miracolo, si rivolse ad una fattucchiera (secondo alcune versioni un'ebrea), che le consigliò di cuocere sul fuoco un'ostia consacrata, che avrebbe preso alla Santa Messa dalla vicina chiesa di Sant'Agostino. Ricciarella nascose l'ostia presa durante la messa; giunta nella cucina del palazzo, mise un coppo sul fuoco e vi pose dentro l'ostia che, improvvisamente, si sarebbe tramutata in carne e avrebbe cominciato a grondare sangue. La donna, terrorizzata, cercò di spegnere il fuoco gettando della cenere, ma vedendo che nulla otteneva, nascose tutto sotto un cumulo di sterco della stalla e corse a casa.

Tuttavia Ricciarella non riuscì a tenere il segreto a lungo: allarmata anche da strani presagi (pare che l'asino del marito si rifiutasse di entrare nella stalla e si inginocchiasse sulla soglia, come riportato anche in una tela devozionale conservata nella cappella di Santa Croce a Lanciano), dopo un'attesa di 7 anni confessò tutto al priore del convento agostiniano di Lanciano, fra Giacomo Diotallevi, che si recò sul posto, e vide che nonostante il perdurare del letame, il coppo con l'ostia dentro avvolta nella tovaglia era conservata intatta e immacolata. Dunque il frate portò le reliquie in chiesa.

Recatosi ad Offida, suo paese natale, nel 1280, portò con sé le reliquie, decise che fossero custodite in un'artistica croce d'argento dorato, appositamente realizzata da un orafo veneziano nel XIV secolo. Sempre la tradizione racconta che l'orafo quando toccò il coppo con l'Ostia, cadde malato gravemente, e il frate gli domandò se fosse in peccato mortale; l'orafo che aveva peccato ammise le sue colpe, e immediatamente guarì. Papa Bonifacio VIII confermò il possesso delle reliquie  alla chiesa Agostiniana di Offida. Un altro miracolo della tradizione, attesta che il Doge di Venezia era venuto a sapere dell'esistenza delle reliquie, e inseguì la navicella del frate con le sue galee, ma una provvidenziale tempesta di mare fermò le navi del Doge, permettendo al frate e alle reliquie di salvarsi.

Alla fine degli anni '90, Monsignor Enzio d'Antonio dell'Arcidiocesi Lanciano-Ortona, l'avvocato De Giorgio e una delegazione di Lanciano si adoperò presso la Diocesi di Ascoli Piceno, affinché una porzione delle Reliquie tornassero a Lanciano, presso la cappella di Santa Croce, eretta nel luogo della stalla; nel 2003 alcuni frammenti sono tornati ed esposti in un reliquiario.

Le reliquie furono conservate nel Monastero di Sant'Agostino di Offida, noto anche come il Santuario del Miracolo eucaristico; dal 2016 a causa dei danni del terremoto dell'Umbria, le reliquie sono state trasferite nella vicina Chiesa collegiata dell'Assunta.

Tuttora, nella cittadina marchigiana, si commemora l'evento ogni 3 maggio con una grande festa religiosa e l'esposizione delle Sacre Reliquie: la croce con frammenti dell'Ostia e il coppo con la tovaglia di Ricciarella.

Le Reliquie a Offida
Le Reliquie consistono nella Croce santa lavorata in argento, rivestita di lamine, ritraenti Cristo, i busti dei Quattro Evangelisti, i volti della Madonna Addolorata e San Giovanni apostolo, e due angeli; sono presenti nella Croce reliquiario dei frammenti dell'Ostia rubata.

Presso l'ultima cappella della navata destra della Collegiata di Offida, si conserva la reliquia del Coppo e della tovaglia di Ricciarella, risalente al XIII secolo, con ancora conservati dei tipici ricami. Il Miracolo e la sua storia sono ritratti anche in pannelli presso la chiesa degli Agostiniani di Offida, e un ciclo di affreschi di Ugolino di Prete Ilario, presso il Museo del Duomo di Orvieto, del 1357; affreschi riscoperti nel 1916, di cui si conservano il riquadro della donna che getta l'Ostia nel fuoco, il secondo riquadro danneggiato che illustrerebbe la Ricciarella che nasconde l'Ostia nella stalla; il terzo riquadro di Ricciarella che si confessa con il frate agostiniano; il quarto riquadro che mostra il rinvenimento della Reliquia nella stalla.

Cappella della Santa Croce del Miracolo a Lanciano

Nel luogo dove era situata la stalla di Ricciarella a Lanciano, fu costruita una cappella, dedicata alla Santa Croce, tuttora esistente e visitabile in via dei Frentani. La chiesa risale al 1583 ed è composta da un piccolo edificio attaccato agli altri palazzi rinascimentali del rione Lancianovecchia: possiede facciata semplice con finestrone e portale in pietra, con elementi classici nell'architrave e nei capitelli in stile greco. Il campanile a vela collega in un arco la chiesa a un palazzo,  e funge da ingresso a un vicolo che porta al ghetto ebraico di San Lorenzo.

L'interno a navata unica con altare centrale, ha alcuni dipinti barocchi raffiguranti il miracolo "de lu Frijacrìste" (come è detto in dialetto) e l'altare centrale con l'ostensorio delle reliquie e un quadro con Sant'Agostino.

In questo luogo sono stati riportati alcuni frammenti delle Sacre Reliquie, precisamente nel 2003. Una vasta documentazione è riportata nel retro cappella, dietro l'altare, stanza voltata a crociera, con privilegi, bolle papali e vescovili, e ricognizuoni di storici e scienziati.

Testimonianze
Tra i documenti che testimoniano l'evento, si conservano le bolle redatte da alcuni papi: Bonifacio VIII, Giulio II, Pio V, Gregorio XIII, Sisto V, Paolo IV, Pio IX, i quali concessero anche indulgenze particolari.
Tra i doni votivi, ci sono anche due anelli pontifici, donati dai papi Pio II e Paolo II.

Note

Bibliografia
L. Carducci, Il miracolo eucaristico di Offida e il santuario, Grafiche Angelini, Ascoli Piceno, 1995
Sergio Meloni e Istituto San Clemente I Papa e Martire, I miracoli eucaristici e le radici cristiane dell'Europa, ESD Edizioni Studio Domenicano, 2007
Catalogo della Mostra internazionale "I MIRACOLI EUCARISTICI NEL MONDO", Prefazione del cardinale Angelo Comastri, Edizioni San Clemente, 2006
Renzo Allegri, Il sangue di Dio. Storia dei miracoli eucaristici, 	Ancora Editrice, 2005
Raffaele Iaria, I miracoli eucaristici in Italia, Edizioni Paoline, 2005
Nicola Nasuti, L'Italia dei prodigi eucaristici, Edizioni Cantagalli, 1997

Voci correlate
 Miracolo eucaristico
 Offida
 Lanciano

Collegamenti esterni

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Q: Super thinks it is not the first constructor in a statement I can't seeem to get this code to work. I have several different classes listed out, and they extend each other. The code for the box super, however, tends to not think it is the first constructor.
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A: public void Box(int l, int w, int h)

I'm sure your code works if you change that line to
public Box3(int l, int w, int h)

A: Your code doesn't have constructors defined. The method public void Box(int l, int w, int h) is not a constructor for a Box3 class, and therefor use of super(..) is invalid. The same goes for the methods public void Cube(int l, int w, int h, int d) and public void Rectangle(int l, int w)
Instead you need to define a constructor in Box3:
public Box3(int l, int w, int h) {
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}

Notice the lack of void and the fact its name is identical to the class name.
Note that the above constructor will not work, because Rectangle3 doesn't have this constructor. So for Rectangle3 you need to use:
public Rectangle3(int l, int w) {
    // initialise instance variables
    length = l;
    width = w;
}

And the same goes for Cube3:
public Cube3(int l, int w, int h, int d) {
    //super call
    super(l, w, h);
    //initialization of instance variable
    depth = d;
}

See also the Java Tutorial "Providing Constructors for Your Classes".


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After this fish stone was left at Jospeh K. Clarke's place on South King Street for many years after being brought from Makapuu where this stone was placed in those days before the arrival of the missionary teachers to Hawaii nei, it was returned to Makapuu Point by George A. Beazley, the keeper of the lighthouse of Makapuu, a haole watchman of the lighthouse for the past 11 years, and to Beazley went the care of this fish stone after Mr. Clarke passed the care to him, and also because he was going back to Maui. Mr. Beazley and several Hawaiians returned the fish stone to Makapuu. A very famous stone from ancient times was Kuula, and from the old stories of the kuula, the fish diety of Hawaii, is where this stone came from.
Kuula was looked upon by Hawaiians as a fish god presiding over all the fish of the sea, and it was at Hana, Maui, that he lived with his wahine. He had the body of a man but he possessed supernatural powers to rule over all of the fish of the sea, according to the old stories. Kuula spent all of his life at fishing. He built a fishpond and filled it with all types of fish. He constructed a house of leaves [hale lau] in a single day and completed it in a single day, and dwelt in it for a single day, and within that hale lau, he placed a fish stone which he called after his own name, "Kuula." It is said that at the time he set up this hale for the god which he believed had power over all things, that was the reason he built the hale lau as a place to make offerings to that stone god and to feed it with awa. After the hale lau was built, according to the story, all types of fish schooled at the shore near where this stone was placed.
A child was begotten by Kuula and he called him Aiai, and like the mana that Kuula had, so too was the mana of this fish child, Aiai, and from Aiai spread the knowledge and the occupation of fishing amongst the Hawaiians though Aiai's teachings, and after that, a great many hale lau were build on Maui, Kahoolawe, Lanai, Kauai and Molokai, and each place that he built a hale lau was marked with a stone.
Aiai travelled from Molokai on to here on Oahu and he landed at the Cape of "Malei." This was a stone goddess, and the uhu fish of the sea was the predominant fish of the area, as seen in the Hiiaka story. It is said that from the time of Aiai built this site for the fish stone, it was from that time that the uhu would swim in procession from Makapuu to Hanauma Bay. Is this a fact?
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke LIX, Helu 10, Aoao 4. Maraki 11, 1921.
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Ma ke mele a Hiʻiaka i unuhi ʻia ai ka "u[h]u kai o Makapuu" he "uhu of Makapuu which swim in procession" a kuhi ana kēia ke noʻonoʻo ʻia nei ka uhu mākaʻikaʻi ma kēia unuhi.
Eia naʻe, ma ka hopena ua unuhi ia ka "uhu kai" o ia ka "uhu fish of the sea" a laila, ma hope iho kamaʻilio ʻia "ke kaʻi o ka uhu." He koho wale nō paha ia, a i ʻole he kumu nō kāu i ke koho ʻana i ia ʻano unuhi?
Mahalo i ka hoʻomanawanui i kuʻu wahi nīnau. He pūnua wale kēia ma ia mea he unuhi a ua hoihoi i ke aʻo. Mahalo!
Thank you for your interest. These are not translations, but works in progress. If I had been diligent, I would have indeed changed the final "uhu kai" to "the uhu that swim in procession" or something like that, and not the uhu of the sea!
Mahalo a nui i kāu pane ʻolu ʻana mai. Nanea hoʻi au i ka heluhelu i kāu mau moʻolelo a pau!


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The Macan, Porsche's new junior SUV, impresses with its road and off-road ability on a ride with its test team
Elements of the Porsche 911's styling can be seen in the Macan
Prices are expected to start at around £36,000
Porsche intends to grant the Macan considerable off-road ability
We joined Porsche's test team in the US to ride in the new Macan SUV
Underpinning the Macan is VW Group's next-generation MLB platform
The car is set to launch in 2014, and is both lower and larger than the Cayenne
The interior of the Macan is still being kept under wraps
Audi has been heavily involved with shaping the Macan's platform development...
... because the same platform will also be used in the next Q5
The engine range will be crowned by a new twin-turbocharged V6 with around 370bhp
The Macan Turbo aims to carve out a niche as a faster, more dynamic alternative to the Range Rover Evoque
A Macan hybrid is also planned for the future
Porsche predicts the Macan will become its biggest seller
Porsche insiders say sales of the Macan could hit 75,000 units per year
The Macan could also transpire to be the first four-cylinder Porsche since the 968 if industry rumours are true
The Macan has been engineered to be the most sporting SUV in this size
A concept version of the Macan was first shown in 2011
The Macan aims to become the Cayman of the SUV world, and from what we've seen here it's more than capable
Remember the sensational turn of events surrounding the launch of the Porsche Cayenne?
It was shortly after the turn of the millennium, and the company whose very existence was based upon a line of legendary sports cars was about to do something that its boss at the time had earlier pledged would never happen. Namely, add an SUV to its line-up.
The decision was met with varying degrees of scepticism among loyal fans. Some even went so far as to suggest that it marked the beginning of the end for Porsche.
A decade or so on, that controversial decision to diversify the Porsche model range to include an SUV is now viewed as a masterstroke. Successful beyond even the most optimistic sales predictions of the time, the Cayenne has established itself as the fastest-selling Porsche model of all time.
The Cayenne – worldwide sales of 77,822 last year alone – has provided Porsche with the scope for record annual sales, along with a solid financial foundation for further growth that has included new halo models such as the 918 Spyder.
Inevitably, given the profits that it has stashed away in recent years, it's no surprise that we now have a second Porsche SUV, the new Porsche Macan.
This time around, though, the purists are notable for one thing only: their silence. To be unveiled at the Los Angeles motor show next month, the Macan is slightly smaller, more keenly priced and, says Porsche, more car-like in character than the Cayenne.
The suggestion is that it will ultimately prove more successful than its larger sibling and, given that it is tipped to be priced from £40,000 in the UK, this line of thinking sounds entirely plausible. Before its public debut, though, we have been invited to sample the new SUV on public roads during a final validation test with its project leader, Hans-Juergen Woehler, in California.
A size that matters
From a distance and without any other cars to reference for size, it is very easy to mistake the Macan prototypes with their Cayenne support vehicles.
The two share a common design language that remains clear, despite the light disguise worn by the prototypes that Porsche's test and engineering team has brought to North America. Love it or loathe it, you can't deny that it is eye-catching.
One feature that immediately raises interest is the bonnet, a clamshell affair that features cut-outs for the headlamps and sides that wrap well down into the flanks below the top of the front wheel arches, similar to the Mini hatchback.It has been adopted to improve airflow within the engine bay, according to Woehler.
Despite looking like a scaled-down version of the Cayenne, the Macan uses quite a different base. The Cayenne shares its underpinnings with the Volkswagen Touareg, the Macan with the Audi Q5. From launch in the UK next May, Porsche intends to offer three engines and a choice of either a standard six-speed manual or optional seven-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox, which has been chosen over the Cayenne's eight-speed automatic on the grounds that it provides the new SUV with a more sporting feel, says Woehler.
Four-wheel drive – a Torsen torque-sensing system that apportions power with a distinct rearward bias – is standard across the range, as are features such as automatic stop-start and a coasting function that idles the engine on a trailing throttle for added fuel savings.
Although Porsche is quick to play down the engineering links between the Macan and Q5, you don't have to delve very far to discover that they share the same 2807mm wheelbase. Overall, the Porsche is 70mm longer, 44mm wider and 29mm lower than the Audi, which is now in its fifth year of production.
Even those who don't love the Porsche Cayenne should be impressed by its dynamic ability
The Macan's chassis is also a development of that found in the Q5, with a combination of multi-links front and rear. In keeping with its sporting brief, it receives conventional steel coil springs along with adjustable dampers and regular anti-roll bars, although the finer details are being kept under wraps until its unveiling in late November.
Wheel sizes start at 17 inches and go all the way up to an optional 21-inch design. The steering, an electro-mechanical arrangement, is described as a Porsche development with unique components and mapping.
I jump into the heavily contoured passenger seat of the Turbo model that is set to lead the Macan line-up. It is powered by a twin-turbocharged version of Porsche's 3.6-litre V6 direct-injection petrol engine that, until now, has been offered in naturally aspirated guise only.
The adoption of forced induction, a complex cooling system fed by those substantial front air ducts and other associated internal modifications have raised output by a significant 100bhp, bumping it to 395bhp – the same figure touted by the naturally aspirated 4.8-litre V8 in the Cayenne S, no less. There is an even bigger increase in torque, which climbs by 110lb ft to a sturdy 406lb ft. By comparison, the most powerful Q5, the SQ5 sold in North America, uses a supercharged 3.0-litre V6 petrol engine with 354bhp and 347lb ft.
A glance around the interior reveals similarities in materials, switches and controls to that of the second-generation Cayenne, suggesting that quality will be well up to levels of other recent Porsche models. The driving position is quite sporting – more so than in the Cayenne – with a neatly proportioned, multi-function steering wheel that is not quite vertical and a high-set centre console. The cabin is very spacious. There's lots of legroom and headroom for four adults, and five at a pinch.
Then we're off, up the ramp of the car park and on to the streets of Los Angeles to a secret canyon road and then farther inland for some off-road driving later on.
Porsche is yet to reveal any weight figures for its new model, but Woehler suggests that a number of weight-saving measures, including the use of aluminium in the body, will allow the Turbo to hit the scales at under 1700kg. Nevertheless, there are sufficient reserves to provide it with more than just brisk performance.
In lower gears, it possesses serious pace away from the lights and truly impressive in-gear acceleration. Final performance figures are yet to be validated. My money is on a 0-62mph time of below 5.0sec and top speed of more than 160mph – enough to bury the SQ5, for sure.
Impressive performance, dynamic handling
As we hit the highway, it becomes obvious that the Turbo possesses quite long gearing at the top of its 'box. With its optional seven-speed PDK gearbox left in automatic mode, it rarely requires more than 2000rpm to remain with the flow of traffic. Mechanical refinement is superb, with only a faint growl of exhaust on part-throttle.
Together with the gutsy twin-turbocharged 3.6-litre V6 in the initial top-of-the-line Turbo, Porsche will offer the Macan with at least two further Audi-sourced 3.0-litre V6 engines from the outset of UK sales. Porsche has confirmed a supercharged petrol engine with 335bhp and 339lb ft in the Macan Sand a common-rail turbodiesel with 254bhp and a heady 428lb ft in the Macan S Diesel.
The Macan is also scheduled to receive a limited range of four-cylinder engines, making it the first Porsche to do so since the demise of the 968 in 1995. Nothing is official but, sourced from parent company Volkswagen, a turbocharged 2.0-litre petrol unit with 225bhp and 258lb ft and a 2.0-litre turbodiesel with 177bhp and 280lb ft are likely candidates for the price-leading petrol and diesel models.
Along with the focus on straight-line speed, Porsche's engineering team was tasked with endowing the Macan with what Woehler describes as "the most dynamic handling in its class".
What strikes me most about its on-road characteristics, once we leave the wide boulevards of Los Angeles behind, is its sheer agility. The Macan corners with all the eagerness of a well sorted sporting estate, displaying sharp turn-in, remarkably little body roll and an ability to accept lateral forces without any discernible understeer, even at the limit. There appears to be abundant levels of mid-corner grip, and the four-wheel drive system ensures that there's always loads of traction and, in combination with the Turbo's deep reserves of torque, terrific drive out of low-speed corners.
But if you're looking for a more definitive verdict, you'll have to wait until we can drive the new Porsche for ourselves. There is no doubt that the Macan has the ability to mount a series challenge to the BMW X3 for pure dynamic ability on the bitumen. From the passenger seat, it displays all the dynamic hallmarks needed to make it the Cayman of the SUV world.
And what's really surprising is that, despite running 21-inch wheels shod with 265/45 rubber, the ride is totally acceptable. There is a firmness to its springs, but it copes with a wide range of irregularities – from small and medium-sized intrusions to larger potholes and speed bumps – with a degree of suppleness that would embarrass the Q5 on the same combination of wheels and tyres.
Like the Cayenne, the Macan has been conceived predominantly for on-road driving. However, Woehler is full of praise for the ability of the new SUV in tricky off-road conditions, suggesting that it can hold its own against every conceivable rival in the rough stuff, despite the absence of anything as hardcore as low-range gearing.
Inevitably, it isn't too long before we leave the relative security of the bitumen and begin charging down a series of narrow gravel roads in the mountains behind Los Angeles. Despite its sporting slant and a lot of talk from engineers about efforts to keep the centre of gravity as low as possible, the Macan possesses greater ground clearance than the Q5.
It also has more accommodating approach, departure and ramp angles than the Audi. And after some serious circle work, I can assure you that the sportiness is not only confined to on-road driving.
Has the gamble paid off?
Porsche's ambition with the Macan was to produce an SUV that would appeal to a wide range of customers – from school-run mothers to dyed-in-the-wool enthusiasts and those seeking more than a modicum of off-road ability. And in this respect, it has achieved its goal.
At least, that's the feeling we got after a day in the passenger seat of the Turbo version. Its breadth of ability is quite stunning, underpinned by a heroic engine, fantastically efficient driveline and a chassis that appears to have been sprinkled with more than a pinch of Porsche magic.
The exterior won't be to everyone's taste, but the interior is classy, spacious and very inviting. Best of all, there is absolutely no hint of its links with the Q5. New class king? At the moment, it looks that way.
Yoshi Kimura
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frenchpress 14 October 2013
Great review thanks. Probably out of my price range, but if I was in the market to afford an expensive SUV, I would opt for the Macan over a Q5 (3.0 l diesel of course)
Beastie_Boy 10 October 2013
I'd love a Macan over the Evoke any day
But sadly I couldn't afford a new one...
Maybe in 5 or 6 years I could afford a used one and judging by my friends recent experiences with 5 or 6 year old Discoverys and Range Rovers being hopeless money pits, I'd choose the Porsche.
david RS 9 October 2013
A FWD 4 pots Diesel lorry :
A FWD 4 pots Diesel lorry : totally the Porsche philosophy.