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Dhs Terminates Tps For El Salvador
By Hubbs Law
On January 8, 2018, the Department of Homeland Security made the decision to end TPS, or Temporary Protected Status, for citizens of El Salvador. The termination date was delayed until September 9, 2019 for the purpose of allowing immigrants an orderly transition back to their home country. USCIS will provide updates in the future for the reregistration period for current TPS beneficiaries.
What is TPS?
TPS is short for "Temporary Protected Status". The purpose of TPS is to protect immigrants that fear return to their home country due to conditions in the country that temporarily prevent the country's nationals from returning safely, or in certain circumstances, where the country is unable to handle the return of its nationals adequately.
The Department of Homeland Security May designate a country for TPS status if there is ongoing armed conflict, an environmental disaster, or based on other extraordinary and temporary conditions. El Salvador was first designated for TPS status in 2001 after the country was devastated by several earthquakes. Since that time, beneficiaries of TPS in the United States have been granted permission to stay in the United States and obtain a work permit.
What are the consequences for citizens of El Salvador that have TPS?
The decision to end TPS is devastating to citizens of El Salvador who are present in the United States. El Salvador is one of the most dangerous countries in the world. According to the 2016 Human Rights Report for El Salvador, more than 1 out of 5 families report being victims of violent crimes. Some of this violence is due to the government's inability or unwillingness to deter gang activity.
There are approximately 200,000 citizens of El Salvador currently in the United States that have been granted TPS. Under the recent decision by the Department of Homeland Security, each individual would be required to leave the United States by September 9, 2019 unless they qualify for some other type of immigration relief. If these individuals do not leave the United States by that date, they will more than likely be placed in removal proceedings and could be subject to an order of deportation.
What can citizens of El Salvador do to remain in the United States prior to the expiration of their TPS?
Individuals from El Salvador should know that they may be entitled to other immigration benefits that could help them remain in the United States. It is important for these individuals to contact a qualified immigration attorney well before their termination date for TPS. Some clients could be eligible for a green card.
Recently, in the 2017 case of Ramirez v. Brown, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that beneficiaries of TPS were eligible to adjust status despite previous inadmissibility issues. The Court held that a TPS beneficiary is deemed to be lawfully inspected and admitted into the United States even if they had illegally entered before. Before this decision, certain TPS beneficiaries would be ineligible to adjust status because of their prior illegal entry.
Therefore, citizens of El Salvador with TPS are currently eligible to adjust status to a legal permanent resident based on a family based petition, certain employment visas, and other types of immigration relief. If are a citizen of El Salvador and you currently have TPS, give Hubbs Law a call. You may be eligible for a free consultation to see if you are eligible for immigration benefits.
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Q: Window.open ignoring height and width when noopener is included in the option I've been trying to specify the width and height of a popup window via window.open function. However, as soon as I include noopener in the option the width and height are ignored on Chrome.
Here's the code I'm using, https://jsfiddle.net/v0otu1kq/ in this case the window opens with specified dimensions.
However, once I include noopener in the option e.g. https://jsfiddle.net/1eqtLsnr/ it ignores the dimension set.
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    'https://facebook.com',
    'facebook-window',
    'width=600,height=400,scrollbar=yes,noopener' // <-- this
  );
});

A: I took a deeper look into the documentation of the window.open function, and i finally found a workaround:
let fbWindow = window.open(
    '',
    'facebook-window',
    'width=600,height=400,scrollbar=yes'
);

fbWindow.opener = null;
fbWindow.location = 'https://facebook.com';

This works as follow:

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*We create a popup window with desired properties and blank URL

*Programatically, we change the property opener of the created popup window to null

*After everything is done, we change the location of the window to the desired one (if we did this before, we would come across a cross-origin error)

PS: Notice that this won't work on JSFiddle, since it is sandboxed.

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The community at the centre
The author of designs intended to get us to slow down, reflect and then move on with more awareness, Matali Crasset tells us about a new approach to the space in which we live. Universal and shared, where nothing will be the same as before
Interweavings of life and art
On show at the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris paintings, photographs, pieces of furniture, drawings and textiles by Anni and Josef Albers
"Our aim is to give a new sense of magic to the places where we walk, meet and talk," say Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec. Their latest project involved new indoor and outdoor furnishings for the Bourse de Commerce in Paris
A blade of glass in Paris
Designed by the Renzo Piano Building Workshop, the new headquarters for the Paris Bar Association is one element of the broader Clichy-Batignolles development project, creating a link between the much larger volume of the new Palais de Justice and the historical fabric of the French...
Convertible student housing
At the edge of Paris, the Bruther and Baukunst studios have designed a large, hybrid building uniting student housing and parking for the new Saclay campus
Steyerl and technological nightmares
The Centre Pompidou hosts a major retrospective of the work of the German artist Hito Steyerl, exploring technology's hidden effects in our lives
Le Corbusier's barge
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Canada Revenue Agency, other government departments take some services offline due to security 'vulnerability'
A number of government departments have taken some services offline as a preventative measure following the discovery of a software flaw that Defence Minister Anita Anand says "has the potential to be used by bad actors."
Groups using the popular system Apache should "pay attention to this critical, internet vulnerability affecting organizations across the globe," Anand said in a statement.
"Given the critical nature of this vulnerability and reports of active exploitation, we are urging Canadian organizations of all types to follow the recommended guidance," she said, adding any incidents should be reported to the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, part of the Communications Security Establishment.
On Friday the Canada Revenue Agency took some services offline as a precaution after it learned of a global security vulnerability. It says there is no indication its systems have been compromised or that there was any unauthorized access to taxpayer information.
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Éric Caire, Quebec's minister for government digital transformation, said Sunday there is no indication the government was the victim of a successful cyber attack.
"Out of an abundance of caution, some departments have taken their services offline while any potential vulnerabilities are assessed and mitigated," said Anand.
"At this point, we have no indication these vulnerabilities have been exploited on government servers."
'People are scrambling to patch'
The vulnerability — located in open-source Apache software used to run websites and other web services — has been described as one the worst computer vulnerability discovered in years.
Unless it's patched, it allows grants hackers access to impose code, meaning they could steal valuable data and unleash malware.
"The internet's on fire right now," Adam Meyers, senior vice president of intelligence at the cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike, told The Associated Press.
"People are scrambling to patch," he said, "and all kinds of people scrambling to exploit it."
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John was born on 26 Apr 1851 in Henry County, Virginia. He moved with his father to Cabell County as a baby in the early 1850s, and around 1869 at 18 he moved with the family to Cooke County, Texas. But John left his father's home in Texas in the mid 1870s, and returned to West Virginia where he married Margaret Adelia Burgess on 4 Oct 1877. John died in November of 1939.
According to his son, George Harvey Draper, John told his children the family descended from George Draper, whose sons settled Draper, Virginia, in Pulaski County, not far from where John's father, William Franklin Draper, was raised. Most if not all of the children passed on this story, but it wasn't true and John should have known where he was born and where his older brother lived for awhile.
John's oldest brother, Samuel, stayed in West Virginia when the family migrated to Texas, but around the time John was returning to West Virginia from Texas, Samuel moved east to his birthplace, Henry County, Virginia, where his grandfather lived and where he met and married his wife. There were no other Draper relatives around John in West Virginia. He doesn't seem to have ever visited Henry County, but must have known about his grandfather or his uncle by the same the name.
John's son, Walter Draper, paid a genealogist to trace the line and he actually proved connections to the revolutionary war. But he wouldn't share the results with the rest of the family, who apparently didn't know how they connected with ancestors. It's now assumed he linked John to the proper family and the rest would not believe him. Walter died without children, and his research is lost.
Margaret's parents were Fleming Cobb Burgess and Adelia Margaret Wood Burgess. Margaret was born on 28 June 1860, and gave birth to their first daughter in West Virginia in 1878. Two years later in 1880, the three were located in Red Willow County, Nebraska (District 8), but their next two daughters died there by 1882. They are not shown as residents in the 1885 Nebraska State Census, and apparently returned home. Ollie was born in 1886 in West Virginia.
John doesn't appear in the 1900 census since these West Virginia census records are missing, or perhaps he spent some time in California after his father died. But in 1910 he is located in the Teays Valley area of Putnam County, West Virginia. Again he is not identified in the 1920 census, and none of his family who might still be living with John is identified, but his son Homer included John as his nearest relative on his draft registration in 1917, as living in Hurricane, [Putnam County] West Virginia.
According to a Teays Valley newspaper article printed in the 1970s, John owned two farms in the valley: one was in later years known as the Holstein Farm and the other stood where the Hurricane High School was built during the last half of the 1900s. His large family was considered prominent in the Teays Valley area.
Except that his brother Samuel seems to have joined John in West Virginia for a period of time before joining his mother in California around 1900, there was no other link to extended Draper families or to the past that could relate the knowledge of Draper ancestors. And within a generation memories of actual ancestors seem to have been replaced by fanciful stories of shared blood with the more famous Draper family of Putnam County, Virginia. They fought Indians in the early 1700's, and one was kidnapped but escaped years later. It's still considered history up on Draper's Mountain. But that's not our family. No clear connection with any member of that family was ever established, and Samuel had returned to Henry County earlier and knew his background. But this was not passed on to the next generation of Drapers.
In 1930 John and Margaret were living alone in the Hurricane area. He was 78, with $2000 and no occupation. John died on 17 Nov 1939 at the age of 88, and Margaret lived until 21 May 1947. Margaret lived 87 years, giving birth to 14 children over 27 years. Her last child, Otis Boyd, was born when Margaret was 45. Both John and Margaret spent their last years living the the Oddfellows Home for the Aged in Hurricane, West Virginia. One of the last photos of the widowed Margaret is of her standing on the steps of the Home.
JOHN H. DRAPER, 89, prominent retired farmer died yesterday at his home at Hurricane. He was born April 26, 1851 at Griffithsville, Lincoln County. [Actually born in Henry County, Virginia] The body will be taken from the Allen mortuary in Hurricane at 3 p.m. today to the home. Services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Mt. Vernon Baptist church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The Odd Fellows lodge will be in charge.
The Charleston Gazette, Saturday, November 18, 1939, page 5.
The Charleston Gazette, Friday, 23 May 1947 page 5.
MRS. MARGARET DRAPER - Service will be at 2 p.m. today at the Allen Mortuary chapel in Hurricane. R. McCord and W. B. Moyer will officiate. Interment will follow in the Mount Vernon cemetery near Hurricane.
Mrs. Draper 87, died Wednesday at her home.
The Charleston Gazette, Saturday, 24 May 1947 page 5.
John Harrison Draper at 26 years of age in 1877, the year he married Maggie Burgess.
Margaret Adelia Burgess on the porch of the Teays Valley farm in an undated photo .
The Teays Valley farm in Hurricane, West Virginia, in an undated photo.
Hurricane, West Virginia, in Putnam County's Teays Valley around 1910. Click to enlarge.
Maggie Draper poses on the steps of the Goodfellow's Home shortly before she died in 1947. She is standing with her son Frazier and his wife.


Helping you find the right equipment for your wireless network.
Advising you about the cost of the hardware that will suit your need.
Configuring the WiFi card or USB WiFi Adapter for your WiFi Network.
Testing the connection to make sure its all working.
Choosing your wireless access point and your wireless router, we will also help you configure and troubleshoot them, should you happen to loose connection to the internet or connectivity between computer systems.
Helping you add an antenna to your access point to extend the range of your wireless connection.
We will also help you secure your wireless network.
On the road you can often find locations with Wi-Fi broadcast devices that your laptop computer can talk to. Such a broadcast device is also known as an access point, hotspot or an AP.
With your access point located, you're ready to sit right down, establish a wireless connection, and start reading your email and surfing the Web, right? Not so fast, partner.
It's really important to understand that being able to "talk" with a wireless access point just means that you can "talk" with a wireless access point. It doesn't mean that you can connect to the Internet unless the wireless access point is itself connected to the Internet.
So if Starbucks or whoever wants to provide you with the chance to surf on their turf while you sip that latte, Starbucks needs to provide an Internet connection. Generally, this connection is wired, and uses a cable or DSL (digital subscriber line) telephone line for high speeds.
A high-speed wire brings the Internet to the location, and a Wi-Fi access point broadcasts the wireless Internet connectivity to wireless devices (in techno geek-speak, the wireless devices are generically referred to as clients).
Between the Internet connection and the Wi-Fi access point, there also needs to be some hardware designed to connect with the Internet and share the connectivity. There are a whole lot of different ways this can be done, depending on many factors. For example, is a wired network also involved?
The use of an encryption key (WEP) is the basic to secure your wireless connectivity.
Most routers have a default administrative password that you need to change as soon as possible.
You can also turn off the broadcast name (this is the name associated to your access point to make it easy for the wireless users to connect to it). It's also known as SSID broadcasting.
When you are not using the wireless access point (WAP) then turn it off.
Changing the default SSID can enhance your security.
Each network device has got a unique ID which is called "MAC address". So you can use the wireless access point to choose who you want to allow onto your wireless network.
You can create a secure zone to isolate the wireless network from the rest of the LAN (local area network).
You always have the option of controlling the wireless signal strength; you might not want it too strong when not needed.
And finally you can transmit on a different frequency. As most WAP have got a default frequency on which they communicate with the wireless devices.


When I moved into the house in Dhaka where I lived in 1993, I noticed there was no wastebasket in my room. On my first trip to the market, I bought one – and soon discovered that throwing things "away" meant something different in the capital of Bangladesh than back home. What I threw into the trash quickly resurfaced in the community, put to another use. My blue flowered deodorant container turned up on a neighbor's living room shelf as a vase for real flowers. A small boy stuck rods through my empty hair conditioner bottle and attached wheels, making a toy car he pulled around on a string.
The potential for reuse is everywhere. It's like that folk tale many of us were read as kids. Joseph's grandfather turns his favorite blanket into a jacket. Joseph wears it out, so Grandpa turns the jacket into a vest. The vest becomes a handkerchief. The handkerchief becomes a tie. The tie becomes a button. Finally the button is lost. Even Grandpa can't make something from nothing – but the lesson about how Stuff can be repurposed and reused again and again is clear.
Makers of luxury cars know this – they proudly refer to their used models as pre-owned. At the other end of the economic scale, the streets of Havana are filled with American cars from the 1950s that Cubans care for meticulously to keep running.
What if we all adopted this attitude, so that used or secondhand became a badge of honor, rather than a term associated with economic necessity? It's cool to reuse stuff – it means our Stuff has had adventures before coming to us. And it means that we're reducing our footprints – using less energy and materials and making less waste.
Companies should commit to making Stuff that lasts longer. Our end of the deal is committing to use our Stuff for a long time. We need to use it, reuse it and reuse it again. We can share it, donate it, trade it, sell it, Freecycle it, join a group like the Fixers Collective in New York or The Repair Cafe in Holland – whatever, just keep it out of the dump.
Clothing is a prime commodity for reuse. The average American throws away 68 pounds of clothing a year. If it's Patagonia gear you're ready to pass on, check out the used Patagonia storefront on eBay. From eBay to garage sales to charity donation programs to dinner party clothing swaps, there are plenty of opportunities to share instead of waste.


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Tales from Institut für Sexualwissenschaft
Alex DiFrancesco
1. The Impersonator
When I walked into the police station, her face was red, fading into blotched purple in places. Her makeup was smeared and ruined by tears, spit, hands. She told me her name was Leonore. A chosen name always tells us more about someone than a given one. Leonore: foreign, other. The name she had given herself.
I wrapped my coat around her shoulders. The police looked away, angry, embarrassed, powerless, now, that a doctor and scholar stood before them and offered her kindness. Such is the way of petty cruelty: it always withers when it understands it is no longer the strongest thing.
Her red nails dug into the tweed coat, and her tears started anew. I sat with her, and, with the police watching, looking away, watching, I explained that I had come for her. I explained the experimental procedure. I explained that, with it, there would be no more charges of impersonation. She cried silently as I spoke.
A few days after the surgery, I wheeled her out of the institute myself, to the waiting car. Her face, puffy with anesthesia and the bodily trauma of medical intervention, reminded me of that night, of her tears. There was something underneath the swelling of her body, behind the odor of mending flesh, something bright that had not been there before. She waved as the car pulled away and — —
2. The Prayer of Mawu-Lisa
Dear gods, of which we are two, of which we are one, brother and sister creator, dear gods, dear god. The world created as we are created, disparate parts linked in benevolence, before Plato's wandering halves, before the pale man's fire and terror, before the world torn asunder the world brought together: the gentle moon and the bright sun's light in tandem. Ah god, ah gods, the fire — —
3. The Treatment of Venereal Disease
The patient presented with late-stage syphilis. We have had a known cure for syphilis for years.
He had wandered, aware, through the early stages of sores, hair loss, rashes on his palms. He wept as he told me of clandestine encounters in bathhouses and motels, of how many men he assumed he had given it to: many. His wife, with whom he never had sex, had been spared, and for that he was grateful.
When the symptoms seemed to abate in later stages, as they do while moving inward, causing havoc with the organs, the beginning blindness he was now experiencing, the thick fog of confusion as the virus ate the brain, he at first assumed it was a cure from God from praying his sexual tendencies into submission. He wept through his dimming eyes.
There was nothing we could do, by this point. The disease had taken its course.
When he left the institute, with full knowledge he would soon die — —
4. The Flower Prince's Benediction
After the dream flowers comes the trial; after the trial comes the light; after the light comes this, the benediction:
Head raised in ecstasy, the veil of the world torn asunder, a new vision — you, my broken flowers, of which I am the patron, you see this way alone.
While walking through trial and darkness, one must remember to bathe in oils, to put flowers in one's hair, to eat though eating seems like an embracing of the endless chaos this vessel has brought you, to keep one's body of water in water. One must care for the vessel through the trials.
My benediction, my gentle devotees: now that you have walked through the fire — —
5. The Flagger
I saw his red tie. He saw mine. The look in his eye, matched by my smile. And oh, how we burned that night, and the burning — —
6. The White Horse's Lament
When your mother prayed for a boy and the gods gave her a girl, she wept and entered the deception of those who know only possibility. Her will became your reality. As you grew, your clothes stayed on, your naked body a mystery. And when she prayed again, she cited all the examples of her case in the pantheon, a lawyer of spirituality. You had no choice, your choices were made for you. But the gods took pity on your weeping mother and your growing body, adding, taking away, giving you your new surname, "to grow." Little White Horse, did you have a choice, or did the gods choose for you? And, still, when the women lay at your altar before marriage, the flame in their eyes — —
7. The Broken
In the late '90s and early 2000s, an instillation of The Institute's remaining legacy wandered through North America. It made stops at universities, LGBTQ+ conferences, other institutions which may or may not still exist. Cardboard with pictures and the few, unburned files. It seemed a shy student's history report, so small, so few panels, so little left.
Through the paltry alleys created by the little pieces of cardboard wandered the broken, the lost, those still trying to bring all that was burned back into the world. There were onlookers, too, those for whom the history was the draw, not the content.
But the broken, the breaking, those burned or burning, they are the ones whose eyes lay on their lost ancestors. They are the ones we follow through the tiny aisles through the paltry remains. They are the ones for whom these fragments exist, fragments they still attempt to weave into something, anything, whose shards shine in their palms, whose snapped cords they tie tightly.
Alex DiFrancesco is the author of Pscyhopomps, All City, and the forthcoming short story collection Transmutation. They live in Cleveland, Ohio, and ride a pink Vespa.


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Dreamers CD
Dreamers is the 2013 national debut release from the worshipful electronic pop rockers Shine Bright Baby. None of the members of Shine Bright Baby had the lifelong mission to be part of a band, yet when local reception grew so strong that major festivals and record labels were showing interest, they had no choice but to notice God's plan for the band. "We all come from church backgrounds, all leading worship at church at various points of life," says Karl. "Anytime we're on that stage, our goal is to glorify God and worship through our instruments and voices, and hopefully in turn, help others be able to draw closer to God." Shine Bright Baby soon found themselves headlining shows as well as opening for acts like The Classic Crime, Ivoryline and Manic Drive, then quickly graduating to playing the major festivals with very little promotion. Soon after, they signed with BEC Recordings. The first radio single from Dreamers is the redemptive tune "Beautiful Love".
Record Label: BEC Recordings


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Yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps; commonly cultivated; SYN. bear's ear, Primula auricula.
Species of primrose Primula auricula, a plant whose leaves are said to resemble a bear's ears. It is native to the Alps but popular in cool-climate areas and often cultivated in gardens.
ETYM AS. cűslyppe, cűsloppe, prob. orig., cow's droppings. Related to Slop.
Early spring flower common in British isles having fragrant yellow or sometimes purple flowers; SYN. paigle, Primula veris.
European plant Primula veris of the same genus as the primrose and belonging to the family Primulaceae, with yellow flowers. It is native to temperate regions of the Old World. The oxlip P. elatior is closely related to the cowslip.
ETYM Old Eng. primerole, French primerole, a derivative from Late Lat. primula, from Latin primus first. Related to Prime.
Any plant of the genus Primula, family Primulaceae, with showy five-lobed flowers. The common primrose P. vulgaris is a woodland plant, native to Europe, bearing pale yellow flowers in spring. Related to it is the cowslip.
Any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads; SYN. primula.


We have a dog and we like to travel. Combine the two and we've thrown another layer of anxiety on the usual pre-departure hysteria. Our Mickey is a spry 13 ½ year old miniature poodle who we love to pieces. Sadly, he's slowed down quite a bit, and like a cranky old coot, he hates being boarded at the vet. So we bring in friends for him, aka our daughters' old high school pals, so he can sleep in his own bed aka the couch.
Unfortunately in February Mickey needed to have seven teeth pulled. Yes, I know, bad doggie dental care. Please don't yell at me. I'm Jewish and the guilt has been killing me all year.
On top of that, it seems that while our girls have outgrown their less than charming teenage years, our dog has become a picky toddler. He turns down much of the food we put in front of him, takes it out of his bowl and throws it on the floor and is no longer consistent in his potty training.
Not exactly making housesitting duties easy for neighborhood sitters. Perhaps his food issue would strain the limits of even struggling college students in need of cash. I was getting nervous as our departure day approached.
See, missing so many teeth, we could no longer feed him kibble. And thus began the dark days of haunting the dog food aisles at PetSmart to solve the problem of feeding our new old man.
Purina, Beneful, Trader Joe's - I don't know how many different brands of canned food we tried.
We made boiled chicken for him and mixed it with white rice we made for us. The vet said it wouldn't be nutritious enough in the long run, with a judgmental tone in her voice. I wanted to tell her "yeah, but it will give him more nutrients than starving."
We steamed and smashed up green peas. We peeled, chopped and boiled carrots and then resorted to little jars of organic sweet potatoes from the baby food aisle.
Most distressing for me was the Shabbat Challah Incident. Mickey was a true connoisseur who would turn up his nose at mediocre loaves. The first time we lit candles, said prayers and handed him a piece and then watched him drop it, uneaten, I thought I would burst into tears.
the bowl, take a sniff and walk away as if to say, what is this new crap you're feeding me? Which one of you threw up in my dish?
Sometimes we thought we'd solved it. We would come back to find the dish empty and him licking the last morsels. We'd be overjoyed until a few meals down the road when he'd go all day without so much as a nibble.
How could we go away and let our daughters' friends housesit with a picky eater? If we couldn't figure it out, how could we expect them to?
We kept a stack of labels from each brand that he showed some interest in. Conversely, we kept note of the ones he'd leave in the dish, unnibbled. We began to wonder if he was withholding food from himself because he had cancer, an ulcer, some kind of doggie heartburn.
My husband, an ex-pharmacist, consulted with the vet and got human Pepcid, breaking it into poodle size dosage. This was like having a sick enfant. Neither dog nor child could tell you what was bothering them.
Then last week, the tide turned. Mickey slurped up some food. We held our breath. Breakfast went down easily. He savored his dinner repast. This happened for a week with specific brands which went on the Most Wanted List. He'd grown less picky. Why? Who knows, who cares, he's eating again.
report - Mickey is eating again – and still peeing around the family room. But that, at least, has a solution.
Much like overpaying for babysitting our human kids, who refused to go to bed and expected to be played with till the sitter collapsed with exhaustion, we are willing to throw money at the incontinence issue. Going over budget may not work for the government, but for crazed parents, I'd vote for anything that would let me see a movie on Saturday night or get on a plane out of LA.


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Ned Parker, the nice younger brother of Stuart and Steve Parker, is gullible and truthful. His nice personality allows himself to be thrown easily into plots and he doesn't like people who lie.
Ned Parker entered Neighbours in 2005 and came early to surprise his
brother- Stuart. He unfortunately ended up into the house of Lynette Scully, and Janelle Timmons caught him inside her house, wearing no more than just a towel draped around his hips. Janelle freaked out and Ned quickly caught up, and moved quickly into Stuart's house. Unfortunately, he wasn't in time to surprise him.
Ned surprised the boys from the House of Trouser. He was very exposive and didn't mind changing in public- even in front of a girls, which he once was about to do in front of Serena Bishop, Connor's girlfriend at the time. His unawareness when girls started flirting with him shocked Jarrod "Toadfish"
and at once Jarrod came to the assumption that Ned was gay.
Ned turned out to be very annoying for Stuart. He continuously asked Stuart about Sindi (Stuart's sick wife) and even pushed Stuart into a lake, after Stuart had just been to hospital. It was then, Ned started to take more responsibility for his actions. He turned things around, even with the many obstacles in his way: Jarrod assuming that he was gay, Connor continuously avoiding him and Stuart's depressing nature.
Ned, being a country-boy and working in his parent's farm for many years, also turned out to be very helpful. He didn't mind helping the old men at the cofee shop and even ocassionally hung around at the Starlight Bar, serving drinks. He was working there one night, when he came across Elle Robinson. Elle Robinson overheard him talking to Paul Robinson on the phone, and at once started questioning him. Ned answered them, and even when the boys from the House of Trouser came along, he didn't notice that Elle was flirting with him!
Elle lead Ned, Stuart, Jarrod and Connor into her hotel room at Lassiters, and Ned spent the whole night there, unaware of Elle's flirtatious guestures. It was later on in that day, he realised, when his brother told him!
Ned found it hard to get along with Elle, who was consistently asking him out. He started to get attracted to Isabelle Hoyland- Elle's beautiful step-mother, after Paul asked Ned if he could look after Isabelle for her.
Ned ended up kissing Isabelle, but she pulled away and told him to leave.
Later on, he started a conversation about this to Isabelle, Elle ended up hearing this and a drama was at once on it's way!
After the whole confusion was cleared, and Isabelle made it dead straight that she loved Paul. Ned started to get interested in Elle. He ended up kissing her on finale week, and they got together.
It was in 2006, when Ned's work went upside-down.
Ned and Elle started to plan to move to Tasmania, Paul was shocked and told her not to do. He got so depressed over it, that Isabelle ended up scheming to get Elle and Ned to break up. That way, the whole trip to Tasmania would be over. She cornered Ned into her office at the Scarlet Bar and kissed him.
Ned was amazed and dumped Elle. Isabelle ended up seeing Ned more times that she could bare and decided to get rid of him for good.
Ned was told by Isabelle, to go to Sydney to try out his talent in a musical. Ned told her she would have to come with him, so she did. She then faked Paul's sickness and they ended up back in Erinsborough. Isabelle then told him she couldn't come to Sydney with him, and that he would need to follow his dreams without her.
Ned was sad, but he still went. He won the place in the musical, but came back to Erinsborough, telling Isabelle that his love for her was far too great. He ended up hearing the truth from Paul and turned on Isabelle.
Isabelle let him down and he decided to get his revenge on the Robinsons by the easiest way possible.
He took up a job with the police as a ticket-officer, giving tickets to cars. He gave Paul and Isabelle twice as many tickets as he did to anyone else, and decided to change his personality from friendly to mean. He has recently recovered from his mean-phase, gotten over Isabelle and has started to sing in the Scarlet Bar.
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The Great Barrier Reef is recognised for it's amazing beauty and the huge amount of wildlife it is home to. The reef and its surrounding areas are one of the most complex natural systems on Earth. In and around the waters of Australia's reefs, there are well over 10,000 species of animals and most are unique to Australia.
2018 is the International Year of the Reef and as part of these celebrations, everyone is encouraged to consider actions they can take to reduce the impacts of warming ocean temperatures and broader climate change effects on reef ecosystems.
The theme for this year's Science Week is Game Changers and Change Makers. One of these Game Changers that has been involved in looking at marine life for many years is Sir David Attenborough. Sir David Attenborough is an English broadcaster and naturalist who has been documenting wildlife since the 1970's.
Here is a video that celebrates all of his amazing achievements over his career. For an awesome turtle's eye view of the reef, watch this video. Here is a short video about Australia's Great Barrier Reef, narrated by Sir David Attenborough.
For Science Week, we are asking all of the students to make a model of a reef animal to help celebrate the amazing diversity there. This model has at have at least one moving part. We are asking that they make this model together with their buddy. They can work individually with your buddy, or in groups or even make one big model as a class!
To help celebrate Science Week and the International Year of the Reef, we will be hosting a whole school assembly on Monday 20th August at 2.30pm where the students will share their creations.


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Is Neotame a Neurotoxin Like Aspartame?
Back to Neotame Toxicity Info Ctr / Back to Health Page.
Neotame has similar structure to aspartame -- except that, from it's structure, appears to be even more toxic than aspartame. This potential increase in toxicity will make up for the fact that less will be used in diet drinks. Like aspartame, some of the concerns include gradual neurotoxic and immunotoxic damage from the combination of the formaldehyde metabolite (which is toxic at extremely low doses) and the excitotoxic amino acid. Given all of the suffering being caused by Monsanto's aspartame, the prudent course would be to start out with the assumption that it may cause toxic damage or cancer from long-term exposure and conduct many thorough, long-term, and independent human studies to see the effects.
Even Monsanto's own pre-approval studies of neotame revealed adverse reactions. Unfortunately, Monsanto only conducted a few one-day studies in humans rather than encouraging independent researchers to obtain NIH funding to conduct long-term human studies on the effects of neotame.
It is obvious to anyone who has thoroughly read the scientific literature on aspartame that 1) nearly 100% of the independent studies found problems with aspartame (Monsanto's studies never showed problems); and 2) that industry-funded studies bordered on fraudulent research (and a Grand Jury was convened because the officials wanted to pursue fraud charges). Much of industry-funded research related to other Monsanto products such as rBGH and toxic carpeting is similarly deceptive and poorly designed. In addition, a "research" organization led by one of Monsanto's close business parters was caught hiding a reaction-causing substance in beverages given to control groups in double-blind studies. (They did this for 13 years!)
Given all of the problems with aspartame industry research and scientific abuse, it is clear that any neotame research that Monsanto, industry groups, or consultants or research friends of Monsanto have any part of should be rejected until which time more trustworthy, independent research can be conducted. Such experiments should include independent animals studies and especially long-term (e.g., 4-5 years+) human studies in various susceptible population groups.
What is likely to happen, however, is:
Monsanto's subsidiary, the FDA, will accept Monsanto research as if it were legitimate.
Monsanto will given money to their research consultants at various institutions (rather than NIH funding of truly independent researchers) to repeat poorly designed tests and "confirm" neotame safety. This is what they did with aspartame so that they could claim safety.
The FDA and Monsanto will claim that "comprehensive" research [by Monsanto consultants] at various institutions proves that neotame is safe. There will be alot of press releases, PR statements from their friends in the research community, and from organizations they fund (e.g., IFIC, ADA, etc.). This will be a time of a massive PR blitz. Please see "Toxic Sludge Is Good For You" for information on these techniques.
The FDA will claim to track adverse reaction reports. But they made the same claim when they told people that had received only 16 aspartame toxicity reaction reports in 1996, but refused to tell people that they stopped taking such adverse reaction reports in early 1996.
Fortunately, by the time neotame is approved, a very large percentage of the population will have switched to healthy sweeteners, gotten off unhealthy or toxic sodas and made a unwavering decision not to become a guinea pig for another one of Monsanto's toxic sweeteners no matter what organizations or trade groups Monsanto can pay $$$ to get their approval. I sincerely hope you are amongst those who will move toward health as opposed to chronic disease and misery.
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USS MacLeish (DD-220/AG-87) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Lieutenant Kenneth MacLeish.

Construction and commissioning
MacLeish was laid down 19 August 1919 and launched 18 December 1919 from William Cramp & Sons; sponsored by Miss Ishbel MacLeish, sister of Lieutenant Kenneth MacLeish; and commissioned 2 August 1920.

Service history
After brief duty with the U.S. Pacific Fleet, MacLeish sailed 5 June 1922 from Philadelphia to join the U.S. Naval Forces in Turkish waters. Until June 1924, she operated in the Black Sea and in the eastern Mediterranean, protecting American interests and assisting in the evacuation of refugees. In October 1922 members of her crew participated in the landings at Smyrna, Turkey. Joining the Scouting Fleet in 1924, the destroyer visited various ports in Europe before returning to the United States in July.

Shortly after arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, MacLeish departed for United States West Coast duty. On 7 May 1925 she sailed for the Asiatic Fleet, arriving at Shanghai 21 June. Operating between ports in China and the Philippines, the destroyer patrolled and trained while protecting American interests. In 1925, while on this station, members of her crew joined a force which landed at Shanghai during the civil disorder following shooting of Chinese students by municipal police. MacLeish remained in Asiatic and Pacific waters until 11 March 1938, when she was decommissioned and entered the Reserve Fleet at San Diego, California.

World War II
With the outbreak of hostilities in Europe in 1939, MacLeish recommissioned 25 September 1939. Assigned to the eastern sea frontier, she was ready for sea by 1 February 1940 and engaged in maneuvers and patrol duty in the Caribbean before being rearmed in preparation for convoy duty. By the end of January 1941, with new armament and additional fuel tanks, and following intensive training, she escorted several convoys on coastal voyages. In July, she was transferred to North Atlantic patrol and convoy operations, and continued this duty after the United States entered the war. In the spring of 1942, she was reassigned to coastal patrol and on 2 May was credited with a probable kill off the Florida coast. By February 1943, MacLeish had safely escorted 12 convoys between Norfolk, Virginia and Key West and 9 between New York and Guantanamo Bay.

With the Allied offensive in north Africa calling for an ever-increasing flow of supplies, by February 1943, every available escort was assigned to transatlantic duty. MacLeish made two voyages between New York and Casablanca. In June she joined one of the first escort carrier groups, and for the next 7 months steamed over 50,000 miles covering the Norfolk - Casablanca convoy route. On the second trip, in July, planes from MacLeishs group made three probable sinkings.

MacLeish served the first 3 months of 1944 as a target ship for marine torpedo planes off Key West. Following overhaul, she returned to convoy duties, departing in May for ports in the Mediterranean as flagship of TF 63. After D-Day, MacLeish escorted one more convoy across the Atlantic, this time to Cherbourg. Next she served as target ship for submarines, passing through the Panama Canal on their way to the Pacific. At Boston on 5 January 1945, she was redesignated AG-87 and her topside armament was removed. Following conversion, she returned to Panama to resume duties as target ship, training 25 submarines before steaming for Rhode Island to tow targets for naval aircraft.

Decommissioned 8 March 1946, MacLeish was struck from the Navy list 13 November, sold 18 December to Boston Metals Company, Baltimore, Maryland, and scrapped.

Convoys escorted

Awards
MacLeish received one battle star for her World War II service.

As of 2019, no other ships have been named MacLeish.

References

External links
http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/220.htm

Clemson-class destroyers
World War II destroyers of the United States
World War II auxiliary ships of the United States
Ships built by William Cramp & Sons
1919 ships

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List of publications > IDEST: International Database of Emotional Short Texts
IDEST: International Database of Emotional Short Texts
List of Authors: Kaakinen J.K., Werlen E., Kammerer Y., Acartürk C., Aparicio X., Baccino T., Ballenghein U., Bergamin P., Castells N., Costa A., Falé I., Mégalakaki O., Fernández S.R.
Publisher: Public Library of Science
Journal: PLoS ONE
Journal name in source: PLoS ONE
Volume number: 17
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274480
URL: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274480
We introduce a database (IDEST) of 250 short stories rated for valence, arousal, and comprehensibility in two languages. The texts, with a narrative structure telling a story in the first person and controlled for length, were originally written in six different languages (Finnish, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, and Turkish), and rated for arousal, valence, and comprehensibility in the original language. The stories were translated into English, and the same ratings for the English translations were collected via an internet survey tool (N = 573). In addition to the rating data, we also report readability indexes for the original and English texts. The texts have been categorized into different story types based on their emotional arc. The texts score high on comprehensibility and represent a wide range of emotional valence and arousal levels. The comparative analysis of the ratings of the original texts and English translations showed that valence ratings were very similar across languages, whereas correlations between the two pairs of language versions for arousal and comprehensibility were modest. Comprehensibility ratings correlated with only some of the readability indexes. The database is published in osf.io/9tga3, and it is freely available for academic research.
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I know it initially sounds kinda weird coming from someone who has a history of self-injury, but looking at the photo they used to advertise a piece on scarification gave me the creeps. At first glance, I thought it was an all-red tattoo (huh, really cool-looking). Then I read the topic of the link (my back started to itch and tingle and shivers ran through my body). Ugh. I guess that just points back to some of the differences between self-injury and body modifications. For many, self-injury is a release or a punishment or a grounding tool, but the key part of that phrase is self. Scarification and body mods often require it to be done by another (hopefully competent and professional) person. It is also generally done for aesthetic purposes, and not for any emotional balancing. There's no controlling the pain. There's no private ritual to it. It's just not done for the same reasons. And I doubt I could ever get anything more than a few piercings or my tattoos done. The thought of someone else carving into my flesh, or burning me in a manner to create significant scarring brings me back to one of my recurring nightmares as a little kid… I doubt I could ever get it done without some serious trauma symptoms developing after the fact. That, and I don't think I could stand the pain… I feel no pain when I self-injure (if/when I do, I stop as soon as it starts).
One of the most hated questions I get from anyone is: were any of your piercings or tattoos done in lieu of self-injuring? My answer is always No. While I can see how it could possibly be a more socially acceptable method to getting a similar endorphin-rush, I have not experienced it ever having the same emotional benefits. It's just not even in the same league for me. My body art is purely for aesthetic purposes (and because my tats all mean something to me). I never try to hide any of that. My scars on the other hand, I am embarrassed by. I hate when anyone notices them. It makes me very uncomfortable to have to show them to anyone or have anyone see them. At the time that I was actively cutting, I wouldn't even change in front of my wife. To me, self-injury is a very private and personal thing. It serves a very specific purpose for which nothing else has been able to take over. Body art will never serve that purpose.


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Bazylika Świętego Piotra w Watykanie (; ) – rzymskokatolicka bazylika na Wzgórzu Watykańskim, zbudowana w latach 1506–1626, na miejscu starszej bazyliki wczesnochrześcijańskiej, fundacji cesarza Konstantyna Wielkiego, jedna z czterech bazylik większych Rzymu oraz jedna z wielu bazylik papieskich (dawniej patriarchalnych), sanktuarium, jeden z najważniejszych ośrodków pielgrzymkowych.

Wedle tradycji bazylika stoi na miejscu pochówku św. Piotra, uznawanego przez katolików za pierwszego papieża – jego grób leży pod głównym ołtarzem. Świątynia jest nekropolią papieży, w tym świętych m.in. Leona Wielkiego, Leona III, Grzegorza Wielkiego, Piusa X, Jana XXIII i Jana Pawła II. Miejsce obrad dwóch ostatnich soborów Kościoła katolickiego – Watykańskiego I i Watykańskiego II.

Czołowe dzieło architektury renesansu i baroku, z bardzo bogatym wystrojem wnętrza, gdzie znalazły się również zabytki pochodzące z dawnej konstantyńskiej bazyliki zbudowanej w tym miejscu (m.in. brązowa figura św. Piotra Arnolfa di Cambio). W okresie nowożytnym swoje dzieła sztuki wykonali tu Michał Anioł (Pieta Watykańska), Gianlorenzo Bernini (m.in. ołtarz świętego Piotra z baldachimem, Cathedra Petri, nagrobki papieży Aleksandra VII i Urbana VIII, figura św. Longinusa), Alessandro Algardi, Antonio Canova, Bertel Thorvaldsen.

Bazylika watykańska jest drugim co do wielkości kościołem na świecie (powierzchnia 23 000 m²; większą świątynią jest tylko bazylika Matki Bożej Królowej Pokoju w Jamusukro o powierzchni 30 000 m²) i jednym z najważniejszych świętych miejsc katolicyzmu. Usytuowana jest przy placu Świętego Piotra, do którego prowadzi z centrum Rzymu Via della Conciliazione.

Historia budowli

Bazylika wczesnochrześcijańska
Pierwotna bazylika została zbudowana przez Konstantyna Wielkiego około 324 roku jako świątynia memorialna nad grobem Świętego Piotra. Była to duża (122,0 × 64,0 m), pięcionawowa bazylika zakończona poprzeczną nawą – transeptem z przylegającą do niej absydą w osi nawy głównej. Od wschodu poprzedzało ją duże atrium z fontanną umieszczoną w jego części centralnej (z fontanny zachowała się rzeźba szyszki pinii umieszczona w niszy na dziedzińcu Szyszki).

Bazylika, położona poza murami Rzymu, stała się miejscem pielgrzymek dla wyznawców chrześcijaństwa. Po jej ograbieniu przez arabskich piratów (w 846) papież Leon IV podjął decyzję o otoczeniu bazyliki i przylegających do niej budynków murem obronnym. W ten sposób powstało tak zwane miasto leonowe.

Nowa bazylika
Na początku XVI wieku Juliusz II podjął decyzję o zburzeniu grożącej zawaleniem bazyliki z czasów Konstantyna i zbudowaniu w tym miejscu nowej świątyni. W czasie burzenia zniszczono wiele zabytków sztuki, grobów świętych. Zadanie powierzył Donato Bramantemu, który zaprojektował świątynię na planie centralnym krzyża greckiego z kopułą nad przecięciem naw. Budowę rozpoczęto w 1506. Po śmierci Bramantego (1514) budowę kontynuował Rafael Santi wraz z pomocnikiem Bramantego – Giuliano da Sangallo. Rafael zaproponował zmianę w projekcie z planu centralnego na bazylikę z podłużną nawą główną. Prace przerwała jego przedwczesna śmierć w 1520. Na jego miejsce pojawił się Baldassare Peruzzi, który ponownie zmienił koncepcję bazyliki, wracając do układu budowli centralnej. Musiał się również zmierzyć z innym problemem – układ kolumn pod kopułą okazał się zbyt słaby i zaczął pękać. Peruzzi rozwiązał to przez pogrubienie kolumn i dostawienie dodatkowych filarów. Również jego kariera, jako budowniczego bazyliki, skończyła się dość szybko, bo w 1527, ze względu na Sacco di Roma, fundusze przeznaczone na budowle kościelne mocno stopniały. Po kilku miesiącach budowniczym został Antonio da Sangallo. Sangallo młodszy chciał jednak zmienić koncepcję bazyliki, wydłużając całość w jedną stronę oraz wprowadzając elewację dwuwieżową.

Kolejnym budowniczym bazyliki został Michał Anioł (1546), który stworzył nowy (i w znacznym stopniu ostateczny) późnorenesansowy projekt kościoła, mający najwięcej wspólnego z projektem Bramantego z 1505. W porównaniu z Bramantem projekt Michała Anioła cechuje większa zwartość i jednolitość planu oraz monumentalizm elewacji, zdradzający związki z architekturą starożytnego Rzymu. Po objęciu kierownictwa Michał Anioł rozpoczął budowę trzech absyd i kopuły. Prace prowadził do śmierci, czyli do 1564. W tym czasie ukończono budowę absydy z lewej strony bazyliki oraz bęben kopuły.

Dzieło Bramantego, Rafaela i Michała Anioła było kontynuowane przez architektów Pirro Ligorio, Vignolę, Giacomo della Portę (który w 1590 ukończył kopułę według projektu Michała Anioła), Domenico Fontanę, Giovanniego Fontanę i Carlo Maderno (od 1605). Ten ostatni na polecenie papieża Pawła V zmienił plan kościoła na krzyż łaciński dobudowując podłużną nawę od wschodu oraz zaprojektował obecną fasadę od strony placu św. Piotra, utrzymaną w duchu baroku. Za pontyfikatu papieży Urbana VIII, Aleksandra VII i Klemensa IX Gianlorenzo Bernini wraz z zespołem uczniów i współpracowników wykonał zespół dzieł architektury i rzeźby tworzących spójną całość, zarówno w obrębie bazyliki i na zewnątrz, aż po rzekę Tyber. Most Aniołów otrzymał figury anielskie trzymające arma Christi. Poprzedzający bazylikę plac otoczył portyk w kształcie elipsy i trapezu, zwieńczony figurami świętych. Wnętrze bazyliki otrzymało bogaty wystrój w postaci m.in. baldachimu nad grobem św. Piotra otoczonego z czterech stron monumentalnymi figurami świętych Andrzeja, Weroniki, Longinusa i Heleny oraz zamykająca prezbiterium Cathedra Petri.

Bazylika św. Piotra została konsekrowana 18 listopada 1626 przez papieża Urbana VIII. Przez wiele lat był to największy kościół chrześcijański.

Wymiary
Wymiary bazyliki
 długość zewnętrzna – ponad 211,50 m
 długość wewnętrzna – 186,00 m
 długość nawy poprzecznej – 137,50 m
 szerokość nawy głównej – 27,00 m
 wysokość nawy głównej – 46,00 m

Wymiary kopuły
 masa całkowita – ok. 14000 ton
 wysokość zewnętrzna (od poziomu ulicy do wierzchołka krzyża na kopule) – 133,30 m
 wysokość wewnętrzna (od posadzki do brzegu latarni): 117,57 m
 średnica zewnętrzna – 58,90 m
 średnica wewnętrzna: m 41,50

Bazylika z zewnątrz

Fasada
Fasada bazyliki jest dziełem Carlo Maderny, który wykorzystał jako budulec trawertyn, pochodzący z Tivoli. 10 lutego 1608 został położony pierwszy kamień pod jej budowę. 21 lipca 1612 większość prac została zakończona, jednak kolejne dwa lata trwało ozdabianie fasady ornamentami. Jej szerokość to 114,69 m, a wysokość 48 m. Na belkowaniu fasady, wielkimi literami wypisana jest po łacinie inskrypcja: "IN HONOREM PRINCIPIS APOST. PAULUS V BURGHESIUS ROMANUS PONT. MAX. AN. MDCXII PONT VII", co znaczy "Na cześć Księcia Apostołów. Paweł V Borghese, rzymianin, papież, w 1612, siódmym roku swojego pontyfikatu".

Na fasadzie znajduje się dziewięć okien z balkonami. Centralne (nad wejściem głównym) nazywane jest Lożą Błogosławieństw. Stąd ogłaszany jest światu wybór nowego papieża, z tego też miejsca nowo wybrany papież udziela swojego pierwszego błogosławieństwa Urbi et Orbi. W czasie uroczystości kanonizacyjnych w oknach tych umieszcza się wizerunki nowych świętych.

Tuż pod Lożą Błogosławieństw znajduje się płaskorzeźba wykonana przez Ambrogio Buonvicino, przedstawiająca Chrystusa, wręczającego św. Piotrowi klucze do Królestwa Niebieskiego.

Fasada skrywa w sobie dwie niepełne wieże, które nigdy nie zostały ukończone, wbrew pomysłom twórców. Prace musiano przerwać ze względu na osiadanie gruntu pod wieżami. Kolejna próba także zakończyła się niepowodzeniem ze względu na powstałe w wyniku prac pęknięcie fasady bazyliki. Ostatecznie zamysł budowy wież porzucono w 1790, gdy na ich szczytach umieszczono dwa zegary, których twórcą był Giuseppe Valadier.

W wieży po lewej stronie znajduje się Brama Dzwonów, gdzie zawieszonych jest 6 dzwonów, z których największy waży 8 ton. Jest to dzwon św. Marka, którego głos obwieszcza śmierć lub wybór papieża.

Na szczycie fasady ustawionych zostało 13 posągów. Miejsce centralne zajmuje postać Jezusa Chrystusa Odkupiciela otoczonego przez 11 apostołów. Brakuje wśród nich św. Piotra. Nie znajdziemy tu również oczywiście Judasza, jego miejsce zajmuje wybrany przez samego Boga, jak podają Dzieje Apostolskie, św. Maciej. Apostołom towarzyszy także św. Jan Chrzciciel. Rzeźby mają 5,7 m wysokości. I tak, patrząc od lewej widzimy: Tadeusza, Mateusza, Filipa, Tomasza, Jakuba Starszego, Jana Chrzciciela, Chrystusa Odkupiciela, Andrzeja, Jana Ewangelistę, Jakuba Młodszego, Bartłomieja, Szymona i Macieja.

Przed czołem fasady znajduje się 8 kolumn.

Przedsionek
Kościół poprzedza przedsionek (narteks), którego głębokość wynosi 13,0 m. Front kościoła to 13,0 m fasada przedsionka zaprojektowana przez Carlo Maderno. Nad wejściem znajduje się sala połączona z pałacem papieskim. Ze środkowego balkonu tej sali papież udziela błogosławieństwa Urbi et Orbi – Miastu i Światu.

Fasadę wieńczą rzeźby przedstawiające 11 apostołów (brakuje tylko św. Piotra), Jana Chrzciciela oraz ustawiona w części centralnej, figura Chrystusa. Na sklepieniu przedsionka, w środkowej części, umieszczono mozaikę Giotta Navicella pochodzącą z pierwszej bazyliki. Mozaika przedstawia Chrystusa ratującego łódź apostołów na wzburzonym morzu.

Po bokach przedsionka zlokalizowano dwa pomniki konne. Pierwszy z nich znajduje się obok wejścia na Scala Regia prowadzących do reprezentacyjnych sal Pałacu Watykańskiego. Zarówno schody (lata 1663–1666) i pomnik rzymskiego cesarza Konstantyna Wielkiego (1670) zaprojektował Gianlorenzo Bernini. Po przeciwległej stronie przedsionka znajduje się pomnik cesarza Karola Wielkiego z 1725 dłuta Agostino Cornacchini.

Z przedsionka do wnętrza bazyliki prowadzi pięcioro drzwi, z których środkowe ozdobione płaskorzeźbami ze scenami z życia i śmierci św. Piotra zostały wykonane na polecenie Eugeniusza IV, w XV wieku przez Filarete do pierwszej bazyliki. Drzwi skrajne po prawej stronie to Święta Brama otwierana z okazji roku świętego. Zdobią je płaskorzeźby ze scenami z Ewangelii oraz przedstawienie otwarcia bramy w 1950 przez papieża Piusa XII. (Brama została wykonana przez Vico Consorti na zamówienie Piusa XII o otwarta po raz pierwszy 24 grudnia 1949). Brama od strony bazyliki jest niewidoczna, zasłania ją mur, który zostanie zburzony a brama otwarta dopiero po ogłoszeniu kolejnego jubileuszu roku świętego. Drzwi skrajne po lewej stronie to Brama Śmierci, wykonana przez Giacomo Manzu w 1964.

Wnętrze bazyliki

Wystrój wnętrza jest harmonijnie dopasowany do renesansowej i barokowej architektury bazyliki. Aranżacja wnętrza stanowiła zamknięcie długoletnich prac budowlanych sięgających czasów pontyfikatu Juliusza II i trwała jeszcze długo po konsekracji bazyliki w 1628. Program ideowy jest dziełem współpracy między papieżem Urbanem VIII Barberinim z artystami, głównie z Berninim, odzwierciedla ambicje potrydenckiego Kościoła do ukształtowania symbolicznych form dla władzy papieskiej, która w dobie kontrreformacji zmierzała do supremacji zarówno na obszarze sakralnym i świeckim. Znaczącą część wystroju tworzą dzieła rzeźby głównie z XVII wieku i z następnych stuleci, głównie pełnoplastyczne wizerunki świętych oraz monumentalne pomniki nagrobne papieży, dla których watykańska bazylika jest najważniejszym miejscem pochówku. Barokową dekorację rzeźbiarską uzupełniają liczne kartusze z herbami papieży oraz figurki putt i aniołów.

Korpus nawowy

Nawa główna
Nawę główną bazyliki przykrywa sklepienie kolebkowe ozdobione kasetonami. Wypełnia je XVIII-wieczna dekoracja ornamentalno-roślinna powstała za pontyfikatu Piusa VI, którego herb widnieje na sklepieniu.

Pomiędzy parami pilastrów znajdują się w dwóch strefach nisze mieszczące pełnoplastyczne figury świętych, wykonane w XVIII-XX w. Wraz z posągami umieszczonymi w obrębie ramion transeptu i prezbiterium tworzą cykl świętych założycieli zgromadzeń zakonnych. W obrębie nawy głównej znajdują się m.in. XVIII-wieczne posągi Filipa Neri, Wincentego a Paolo, Teresy z Ávili wykonane przez twórców rzeźb fontanny di Trevi – Giovanniego Battisty Mainiego, Pietra Bracciego, Filippa Della Valle, autorem figury Ignacego Loyoli jest Camillo Rusconi. Postać Jana Bosco wykonał Pietro Canonica. Na bogato dekorowanej posadzce zaznaczono długość największych kościołów chrześcijańskich. W połowie długości nawy widnieje odległość 103,5 m odnosząca się do jedynego, uhonorowanego w ten sposób, polskiego kościoła – bazyliki Mariackiej w Gdańsku.

Nawy boczne i kaplice
Do naw bocznych przylegają kaplice. W pierwszej od wejścia po prawej stronie kościoła (północnej) jest kaplica świętego Krzyża, gdzie znajduje się Pietà watykańska. Od czasu uszkodzenia rzeźby przez szaleńca osłania ją kuloodporna szyba. Rzeźba została wykonana w 1498 przez 24-letniego, nieznanego jeszcze wtedy Michała Anioła. Na szarfie widnieje ledwo widoczny napis: Michael Angelus Bonarotus Florentinus faciebat ("wykonał Michał Anioł Buonarroti Floreńczyk"). Napis został umieszczony przez samego mistrza, który zorientował się, że jego dzieło przypisywane jest innym twórcom, a jego nazwiska nikt nie zna. Naprzeciw tej kaplicy umieszczony jest pomnik królowej Szwecji – Krystyny Wazy, która po abdykacji przeszła na wiarę katolicką, osiadła w Rzymie i po śmierci (1689) została pochowana w podziemiach bazyliki.

W kaplicy świętego Sebastiana znajduje barokowy ołtarz ze sceną Męczeństwa św. Sebastiana, pędzla Domenichina, datowany na lata 1628–1631. Pod ołtarzem znalazł się nagrobek papieża św. Jana Pawła II, przeniesiony tu z Grot Watykańskich po beatyfikacji. Za tą kaplicą, w nawie bocznej do filarów przylegają pomniki Innocentego XII (Filippo della Valle, 1746) oraz Matyldy z Canossy, dzieło wykonane po translacji ciała margrabiny w 1634, na zlecenie Urbana VIII. Płytę sarkofagu zdobi relief z przedstawieniem upokorzenia cesarza Henryka IV przez Grzegorza VII w Canossie. Dzieło wykonał Bernini; stojący ponad sarkofagiem posąg Matyldy wyrzeźbił Andrea Bolgi.

Kaplica Najświętszego Sakramentu jest miejscem całodziennej adoracji i prowadzi z bazyliki do pałacu papieskiego. Ołtarz zdobi obraz z Trójcą Świętą pędzla Pietra da Cortony oraz brązowe, częściowo złocone tabernakulum zaprojektowane przez Berniniego w formie budowli centralnej nakrytej kopułą. Otaczają ją niewielkie figurki dwunastu apostołów. Jako wzór posłużyło dzieło Donato Bramantego – Tempietto przy kościele San Pietro in Montorio.

Najbliżej wejścia po stronie lewej (południowej) znajduje się kaplica Chrztu, którą zaprojektował Carlo Fontana. Tradycja baptysterium przy bazylice watykańskiej sięga pontyfikatu papieża Damezego w V w. Obecna chrzcielnica pochodzi z XVIII w. Jej pokrywę zdobią pozłacane rzeźby dłuta Giovanniego Giardoniego z wizerunkiem Baranka w otoczeniu aniołów. W ołtarzu z 1722 obraz ze sceną Chrztu Chrystusa w Jordanie przez Jana Chrzciciela pędzla Carla Maratty, namalowany w latach 1696–1698. Tematykę baptyzmalną kontynuują XVIII-wieczne mozaiki na ścianach ukazujące chrzest centuriona Korneliusza (ściana zachodnia) oraz świętych Procesjusza i Martyniana (ściana wschodnia) przez św. Piotra. Na kopule sceny m.in. chrztu św. Piotra przez Chrystusa, cesarza Konstantego Wielkiego przez papieża Sylwestra I.

W nawie bocznej, za kaplicą barokowy pomnik Marii Klementyny Sobieskiej, wnuczki Jana III Sobieskiego z rzeźbami Pietra Bracciego oraz klasycystyczny pomnik jej męża Jakuba Stuarta i dwóch ich synów: Karola Edwarda i Henryka Benedykta, kardynała. Dzieło włoskiego rzeźbiarza Antonia Canovy.

Kolejna kaplica dedykowana jest Prezentacji Marii w świątyni, co obrazuje malowidło pędzla Romaneliego z lat 1638–1642 umieszczone w barokowym ołtarzu. U stóp ołtarza spoczywa papież św. Pius X. Jego pomnik znajduje się w nawie za kaplicą, dzieło Di Fausto & Pietra Astorrich.

Obok renesansowy pomnik Innocentego VIII, którego twórcą jest Antonio Pollaiolo. Pochodzi z dawnej konstantyńskiej bazyliki, przeniesiony do obecnego miejsca w 1621. Składa się z dwóch wykonanych z brązu części, tumby z wizerunkiem leżącego na wznak papieża odzianego w strój pontyfikalny. Powyżej znajduje się kompozycja rzeźbiarska w formie tryptyku zwieńczona półkoliście. Pośrodku pełnoplastyczny wizerunek tronującego Innocentego VIII udzielającego błogosławieństwa, dzierżącego w lewicy grot włóczni Longinusa, który przebił bok Chrystusa. Po bokach reliefy z personifikacjami czterech cnót kardynalnych (roztropność, męstwo, sprawiedliwość, umiarkowanie), na zwieńczeniu relief z personifikacjami cnót teologicznych (wiara, nadzieja, miłość).

Kolejna kaplica dedykowana jest Niepokalanemu Poczęciu NMP, co obrazuje obraz pędzla Pietra Bianchiego. W dziele tym ukazano Matkę Bożą otoczoną aniołami i adorowaną przez świętych Franciszka z Asyżu, Antoniego z Padwy oraz Jana Chryzostoma.

W nawie za kaplicą dwa barokowe pomniki: Leona XI (Alessandro Algardi, 1644) oraz Innocentego XI (Pierre-Étienne Monnot, 1698).

Obejście
Za korpusem nawowym znajduje się obejście, które obiega ze wszystkich stron skrzyżowanie naw i prowadzi do transeptu i prezbiterium. Do ścian potężnych filarów dźwigających kopułę przylega osiem ołtarzy, naprzeciw ich usytuowano we wnękach nagrobki papieży. W narożach obejścia znajdują się kaplice.

Perspektywę lewej nawy bocznej (południowej) zamyka ołtarz Przemienienia Pańskiego z XVIII wieczną kopią obrazu Przemienienie Pańskie pędzla Rafaela Santiego. Oryginał znajduje się w Pinakotece Watykańskiej. Na obrazie ukazano scenę Przemienienia Jezusa na górze Tabor, w asyście proroków Mojżesza i Eliasza. Na wierzchołku góry leżą oślepieni blaskiem apostołowie Piotr, Jakub Starszy i Jan Ewangelista. Za wzgórzem widać świętych Felicissimusa i Agapita, diakonów papieża Sykstusa II. Poniżej ukazana jest scena przyprowadzenia do uczniów epileptyka, któremu towarzyszy tłum ludzi. Naprzeciw nich, po prawej stronie kompozycji znajdują się pozostali apostołowie, którzy próbują uzdrowić chłopca.

Południowo-wschodnia część obejścia mieści kaplicę Klementyńską urządzoną w 1600 na zlecenie papieża Klemensa VIII z okazji Roku Jubileuszowego. Dominantą marmurowego wystroju jest ołtarz św. Grzegorza VII, z obrazem pędzla Andrei Sachciego, u jego stóp znajduje się sarkofag świętego, przeniesiony tu w 1606. Wschodnią ścianę kaplicy zajmuje nagrobek Piusa VII dzieło Bertela Thorvaldsena. W części ambitu pomiędzy kaplicą Klementyńską i południowym ramieniem transeptu obrębie obejścia mieści się nagrobek Piusa VIII dłuta Pietra Teneraniego, vis-à-vis ołtarz Zaparcia się świętego Piotra z obrazem pędzla Cristofora Roncalliego z 1604.

Za transeptem w dalszym ciągu ambitu ołtarz Najświętszego Serca Jezusowego z XX-wiecznym obrazem pędzla Carla Muccioliego przedstawiającym objawienie Jezusa świętej Małgorzacie Marii Alacoque. Vis a vis w niszy umieszczony jest monumentalny pomnik modlącego się Aleksandra VII. Poniżej umieszczono symboliczne postacie uosabiające m.in. śmierć i prawdę. Jest to dzieło Berniniego.

Południowo-zachodnie naroże obejścia mieści kaplicę Marii Matki Kościoła. W ołtarzu jej dedykowanym mieści się fresk pochodzący z kolumny pierwszej, konstantyńskiej bazyliki, z postacią Marii zwanej Matką Bożą z Kolumny. Tytuł Matki Bożej Kościoła został nadany w 1964 przez Pawła VI. Wmurowany tu wtórnie przez Giacoma della Portę i ukoronowany w 1607. Obok ołtarz Świętego Leona Wielkiego ozdobiony reliefem z połowy XVII wieku, wykonanym przez Alessandra Algardiego przedstawiającym spotkanie Leona I z Attylą pod Rzymem. Podstawę ołtarza zajmuje nagrobek Leona I, pierwszego papieża pochowanego w bazylice konstantyńskiej. Za kaplicą w obejściu, przy zachodniej ścianie XVIII-wieczny pomnik Aleksandra VIII, naprzeciwko barokowy ołtarz św. Piotra, uzdrawiającego chromego, z obrazem pędzla Francesca Manciniego.

Za prezbiterium w dalszym ciągu zachodniego ramienia ambitu ołtarz św. Piotra podnoszącego Tabitę z wykonanym w 1757 obrazem Placido Costanziego. Naprzeciw ołtarza w niszy barokowy pomnik Klemensa X, dzieło Mattia de' Rossiego.

Północno-zachodnie naroże transeptu mieści kaplicę świętego Michała Archanioła, którego wizerunek ukazany został na ołtarzu. Pierwotny obraz pędzla Guido Reniego, ukazującego archanioła zwyciężającego szatana przekazano do kościoła Santa Maria della Concezione, w miejsce jego wstawiono mozaikową kopię z XVIII w. Nim powstał ołtarz dedykowany archaniołowi, 14 kwietnia 1606 umieszczono obraz ze św. Anną z Marią i Dzieciątkiem pędzla Michelangela Merisi da Caravaggio, ale został stąd usunięty po dwóch dniach. Również XVIII wieczna kopia (obrazu Guercina) mieści się w sąsiednim ołtarzu dedykowanym św. Petroneli, który mieści relikwie translatowane z Katakumb Domicyli w 750. Święta ta była czczona przez wizytujących w konstantyńskiej bazylice królów Francji.

Za kaplicą, w północnym ramieniu ambitu ołtarz Navicelli (Okrętu Kościoła) z kopią obrazu Giovanniego Lanfranco, ukazującym dryfujący okręt z apostołami na pokładzie i Chrystusa chodzącego po wodzie do którego biegnie św. Piotr. Naprzeciwko ołtarza klasycystyczny pomnik papieża Klemensa XIII dzieło Antonia Canovy.

Za transeptem w dalszym ciągu północnego ramienia ambitu późnobarokowy pomnik Benedykta XIV dłuta Pietra Bracciego, naprzeciwko późnobarokowy ołtarz świętego Bazylego z obrazem ukazującym świętego podczas odprawiania mszy.

Północno-zachodnie naroże transeptu mieści kaplicę Gregoriańską mieszczącą klasycystyczny pomnik Grzegorza XVI dzieło Luigiego Amiciego, obok barokowy ołtarz NMP Nieustającej Pomocy mieszczący niewielki XII wieczny fresk z wizerunkiem Matki Bożej z Dzieciątkiem, odkuty ze ściany oratorium świętego Leona mieszczącego się w bazylice konstantyńskiej. Poświęcony przez papieża Gregorza XIII. W dolnej części ołtarza urna ze szczątkami Grzegorza z Nazjanzu.

Za kaplicą, we zachodnim ramieniu obejścia ołtarz świętego Hieronima z XVIII wieczną kopią obrazu Domenichina, którego oryginał znajduje się w Pinakotece Watykańskiej. Pod ołtarzem umieszczono ciało św. Jana XXIII. Ołtarz ten zamyka perspektywę prawej nawy bocznej (północnej).

Skrzyżowanie naw
W okresie renesansu skrzyżowanie naw z kopułą stanowiło centralną przestrzeń całej świątyni, sam środek zajmowała konfesja św. Piotra. Po rozbudowie bazyliki w dobie baroku zachowano w tym miejscu ideowe centrum poprzez wzniesienie przez Berniniego potężnego baldachimu uzupełniającego konfesję pierwszego papieża. Konfesję otoczono czterema miejscami kultu świętych (Andrzeja – brata św. Piotra, Weroniki, Longina i Heleny) oraz Męki Pańskiej (relikwii chusty, krzyża i lancy). Miejsca te oprawiono bogatą dekoracją architektoniczno-rzeźbiarską

Kopuła
Cztery masywne filary podtrzymują kopułę o średnicy 42 m. Jej wnętrze podzielone zostało na ułożone promieniście pola i ozdobione mozaikami Cavaliera d'Arpino. Pod gzymsem, u nasady okrągłego tamburu z 16 oknami figuruje łacińska inskrypcja napisana rzymską antykwą:
TV ES PETRVS ET SVPER HANC PETRAM AEDIFICABO ECCLESIAM MEAM ET TIBI DABO CLAVES REGNI CAELORVM (Ty jesteś Piotr (opoka) i na tej opoce zbuduję Kościół mój i dam Ci klucze Królestwa Niebieskiego). Królestwo Niebieskie jest głównym wątkiem programu ikonograficznego mozaik. We wnętrzu latarni ukazany jest Bóg Ojciec, niżej krąg anielski, następnie Chrystus, Maria i apostołowie oraz święci i papieże. Na pendentywach ukazano wizerunki Czterech Ewangelistów.

Na kopule bazyliki św. Piotra znajduje się taras widokowy, który udostępniony jest dla turystów. Można się tam dostać po 551 schodach lub wyjechać częściowo windą, a następnie pokonać jeszcze 320 schodów. To jeden z najlepszych punktów widokowych na Rzym.

Rzeźby w niszach filarów
Każdy z czterech potężnych filarów charakteryzuje się podziałem na dwie strefy, niższą, gdzie znajdują się nisze i wyższą mieszczącą balkony, które zdobią płaskorzeźby i flankujące je pary spiralnych filarów, które są spoliami przegrody za którą znajdowało się prezbiterium dawnej konstantyńskiej bazyliki. Balkony służyły do uroczystego wystawiania relikwii najwyższej rangi: chusty św. Weroniki, drzewa z krzyża Chrystusowego, fragmentu włóczni oraz głowy św. Andrzeja. Postacie te zostały ukazane w formie monumentalnych, pełnoplastycznych figur, których inicjatorem i fundatorem był papież Urban VIII, zaś projektantem całości był Gianlorenzo Bernini (on sam wykonał w 1639 jedynie posąg św. Longina). Figura św. Weroniki z 1632 jest dziełem Francesca Mochiego, św. Andrzeja Apostoła wyrzeźbił Francois Duquesnoy w 1640, posąg św. Heleny (matki Konstantyna Wielkiego) z 1646 wykonał Andrea Bolgi.

Pod figurami św. Longina i św. Andrzeja znajdują się zejścia do Grot Watykańskich, w których znajdują się sarkofagi papieskie i kaplice.

Po prawej stronie ołtarza papieskiego znajduje się XIII-wieczny brązowy posąg Błogosławiącego św. Piotra, dzieło Arnolfo di Cambio.

Konfesja Świętego Piotra
Pod kopułą, znajduje się konfesja świętego Piotra. Znajduje się ok. 7,0 m nad grobem patrona bazyliki (według badań archeologicznych przeprowadzonych w latach 1939–1950) znajdującej się w specjalnej krypcie, do której wejście prowadzi przed ołtarzem. Sam ołtarz tzw. papieski stanowi prosta, pozbawiona dekoracji marmurowa mensa, na której usytuowany jest srebrny krzyż z parą trzech świec po bokach, co jest typowe dla potrydenckiej tradycji aranżacji ołtarza.

Konfesję zdobi wielki, wykonany z brązu barokowy baldachim zaprojektowany przez Berniniego na polecenie papieża Urbana VIII. Ostateczny całokształt baldachimu, powstał w 1633, po szeregu nieudanych prób realizacji ambitnego projektu artysty. Kontrowersje wzbudził fakt, iż brąz, który został zużyty do budowy baldachimu, pochodził z przetopionego na rozkaz Urbana VIII antycznego wystroju rzymskiego Panteonu, na co kanonik Carlo Castelli zareagował słowami Quod non fecerunt barbari, fecerunt Barberini (Czego nie uczynili barbarzyńcy, tego dokonali Barberini).

Cztery kolumny podtrzymujące baldachim o wysokości 28,0 m. mają korynckie głowice i spiralne trzony. Ponad masywnym belkowaniem cztery pełnoplastyczne figury aniołów. Ażurowe nakrycie wieńczy wielki pozłacany krzyż na globie. Baldachim nawiązuje do długiej rzymskiej tradycji cyboriów, tego typu założenie istniało również w bazylice konstantyńskiej. Wygląd dawnej konfesji obrazuje malowidło Giulia Romano ze sceną "Donacji cesarza Konstantyna" (Sala di Constantino w Pałacu Apostolskim w Watykanie). Dawną konfesję otaczała przegroda z kolumnami o korynckich głowicach i charakterystycznych spiralnych trzonach. Trzony te wedle tradycji są spoliami ze Świątyni Salomona w Jerozolimie. Stały się wzorem dla filarów zdobiących rozmaite dzieła rzymskiej architektury (m.in. krużganki przy bazylikach – św. Jana na Lateranie, czy św. Pawła za Murami), a także dla berniniowskiego baldachimu.

Prezbiterium
Prostokątne, jednoprzęsłowe prezbiterium jest zamknięte półkolistą absydą, którego konchę wypełnia stiukowa dekoracja ornamentalna z XVIII w. dzieło Luigiego Vanvitellego i Giovanniego Battisty Mainiego. W trzech okrągłych polach znajdują się płaskorzeźby: pośrodku scena przekazania kluczy św. Piotrowi przez Jezusa (na wzór gobelinu Rafaela), po bokach męczeństwo św. Piotra (wg obrazu Guido Reniego) i męczeństwo św. Pawła wg srebrnego reliefu Algardiego.

Poniżej znajduje się majuskułowa inskrypcja o treści "O Pastor Ecclesiae, tu omnes Christi pascis agnos et oves" (Jako pasterz Kościoła, karmisz wszystkie baranki i owce Chrystusa).

W niszach bocznych ścian w dolnych strefach znajdują się XVIII-wieczne figury: proroka Eliasza, św. Dominika oraz św. Benedykta i św. Franciszka. W górnych strefach XIX wieczne figury świętych Franciszka Salezego, Franciszka Caraccioli oraz Franciszki Rzymianki i Alfonsa Marii Ligouriego.

Cathedra Petri
Cathedra Petri – wykonana z marmuru, brązu i stiuku kompozycja rzeźbiarsko-architektoniczna, w której wyeksponowano tron (katedrę), symbolizujący władzę papieża nad całym Kościołem. Wewnątrz siedziska umieszczono drewniany tron pochodzący z przełomu XII-XIII wieku (jak ustalono podczas badań wykonanych w 1974). Według tradycji miał to być jednak tron używany przez samego św. Piotra. Katedrę otaczają rzeźby przedstawiające Ojców Kościoła zarówno wschodniego i zachodniego: św. Ambrożego, św. Augustyna, oraz św. Atanazego i św. Jana Złotoustego. Powyżej, w owalnym oknie umieszczono witraż z gołębicą Ducha Świętego otoczonego promienistą glorią. Dzieło zostało wykonane w 1665 przez Berniniego i jego współpracowników.

Tron flankują dwa monumentalne nagrobki papieży Pawła III (Guglielmo Della Porta) i Urbana VIII (Bernini).

Galeria

Archiprezbiterzy bazyliki watykańskiej

Zobacz też

 lista najwyższych kościołów na świecie
 Bazylika Matki Boskiej Królowej Pokoju w Jamusukro
 Fabryka Świętego Piotra

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne
 Strona oficjalna bazyliki św. Piotra
 Bazylika św. Piotra
 Wycieczka w wirtualnej rzeczywistości do bazyliki św. Piotra autorstwa Boštjana Burgera

Watykan, bazylika
Piotra na Watykanie
Kościoły w Watykanie
Zabytki Watykanu


This course covers how to choose portable tools and use them safely, how to maintain portable tools in good repair, how to sharpen a drill bit, and the uses of the various types of drill bits. Edumine and HumEng International are collaborating on the delivery of online courses for mechanical maintenance, electrical maintenance, and conditional monitoring for mining applications.
Portable tools are used to cut, drill, and finish parts. Using portable tools entails risks that must not be underestimated. Thus, these tools can seriously injure those who use them or are close by. Since these tools are powered by electricity or compressed air, their operators can be placed at risk if they do not pay attention to the task at hand, or are not sufficiently knowledgeable.
This course covers how to choose portable tools and use them safely, how to maintain portable tools in good repair, how to sharpen a drill bit, and the uses of the various types of drill bits.
Maintain the various portable tools in good repair.
Identify and describe the uses of the various types of drill bits.


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Texas Redistricting
Redistricting in Texas has been an issue of significant controversy since 2000 ( and even before but not as dramatic and consequential).Â? First read some of the issues involved in 2000 and then read the issues involved in 2010 redistricting controversies including court cases responding to all questions concerning both separate but in many ways very connectedÂ? cases, incidents and processes. Redistricting is a highly partisan activity mandated indirectly by the required reapportionment of the constitution every decade. The House of Representatives state member allocations is dependent on an accurate population count and subsequent redistricting. "The primary reason for taking the census is to comply with the U.S. Constitutional mandate for data needed to reapportion the 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. With the census data tapes in hand, states swiftly began to draw a seemingly infinite number of state legislative and congressional district plans to use in theÂ? elections. In 2001-2004 following the 2000 mandated censusÂ? redistricting in Texas adopted and thenÂ? re adopted redistricting plans in an unusual manner.Eventually, state legislators adopted plans that were carefully crafted to satisfy a wide range of criteria including compliance with one-person one-vote, the federal Voting Rights Act and traditional redistricting principles such as compact and contiguous districts. In addition, legislators meticulously designed plans to further political goals without violating federal and state statutes. A couple of states, New Jersey and Virginia, had to draw plans for 2001 elections and almost all states had plans in place for the 2002 elections with the exception of Maine and Montana where redistricting is done prior to the 2004 election." (NCLR) However, Texas re drew its districts at least twice. The first redistricting effort was under the direction of the courts and the other instance and latest with a new republican majority in the legislature. This action of redistricting has been litigated in the Supreme Court (as often Texas legislation and policies are—with many found unconstitutional). The Supreme Court has ruled that much if not most of what TexasÂ? enacted Â?duringÂ?Â?the 2000 decade was in fact constitutional but with one exception also a violation of minority voting rights. The process with a little less drama repeated itself in 2010 but with different relevant Supreme Court rulings and a new interpretation of the voting rights act. 2010 again was the beginning of a decade in whichÂ? Texas attempt to redistrict was again found incongruous with minority voting rights. Discuss, after conducting your own research on the issues involved, that decision and the process in the U.S. Supreme Court. REMEMBER that the decisions and opinions of the Supreme Court change . Should the last ( following the 2010 census)Â? redistricting of Texas congressional seats by the Texas legislature have been found in violation of the constitution and civil rights laws?Â? The most recentÂ? 2010-2012 process did in fact result in the plan being rejected over and over and over again. Outline the current (2010-2012 rejection of Texas redistricting efforts) and determine the fatal flaws and underlying values which undermine that process.Â? What could be done toÂ? prevent this from occurring again? The process is again heating with disputes still over data and boundaries and maps regarding current congressional ( and state legislative) districts. The basic argument again focuses on denial of minorities ( particularly in these cases Latino) voting rights. see below: https://www.texastribune.org/2017/08/18/brief-aug-18/ https://www.texastribune.org/2017/08/18/paxton-redistricting-filing/ You must show depth in your arguments and demonstrate your research so very long and many paragraphs with numerous academic citationsÂ? are expected. You do not have to discuss wither redistricting or reapportionment but focus on the Texas process and the aftermaths of recent census on that process.


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José Luis Bonet
Ricardo Miguelañez. Agricultural Engineer. @rmiguelanez
José Luis Bonet Ferrer, Chairman of Freixenet Group, is the focus of our Who's Who profile this week. Bonet Ferrer, born in Barcelona in 1941 into a family of entrepreneurs, is married and has 12 children.
He graduated in law from the University of Barcelona with an extraordinary degree award in 1962, and he graduated Cum Laude with a PhD in law from that same university, with an extraordinary PhD award 1967/1977.
He was Professor of Political Economy and Public Treasury at the University of Barcelona's Law School for 28 years, from 1984 to 2012.
Bonet Ferrer has an ample CV and an extensive professional track record, and during the course of his career he has held more than 40 major posts.
He was named Chairman of Freixenet Group in 1999 (a position he still holds today), replacing his uncle, José Ferrer. He has been President of the Leading Brands of Spain Association and of the Association to Promote Agri-Food Development since 2002, and has chaired the Alimentaria trade fair, held every two years in Barcelona, since July 2000.
He received the Medal of Merit in Commerce from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness in 2013. In 2014, he was named the first President of the Official Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Services and Navigation in Spain, responsible for promoting SMEs, self-employed workers and entrepreneurs through specialized support and assistance programs.
Century-old cava company
Freixenet has seen three different generations at its helm, and annual revenues amount to over 500 million euros. It is one of the few companies that is 100% family-owned, a distinguishing characteristic, and its members are well-known for always having been a tight-knit group.
It was founded in 1861, when Francesc Sala Ferrés created the first brand of wine for exporting in Sant Sadurní d'Anoia (Barcelona). The company shifted to cava in 1914 thanks to Pere Ferrer, who owns La Freixenada, a 13th-century estate in Upper Penedès. One century later, Freixenet currently has 18 wineries in 7 countries on 3 continents.
Although it's clearly in his genes, José Luis Bonet has an undeniable instinct for business and, in 1986, Nueva Empresa magazine ranked him among the Top 500 Executives with an impact on Spain's Economy.
As for details about his personal life, he is very discrete, but it is well-known that he loves classical music, reading, movies and soccer and, like any good Barcelona native, he's an enthusiastic supporter of FC Barcelona.
He has spoken out in opposition to Catalonia's independence in recent years, a move which has surely earned him some enemies in the region, as well as many supporters in the rest of Spain, on both a personal and business level. He is a person with very clear ideas which he conveys through the company he runs.


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Xi's China Is More Authoritarian at Home and More Assertive Abroad, Argues Elizabeth Economy in New Book
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The 2019 season finale from the Sydney Youth Orchestra brings together young love, a testimony to friendship, and heart-stopping action in a program directed by SYO Chief Conductor Alexander Briger.
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet has been channelled into countless musical adaptations from operas (Gounod) to symphonies (Berlioz) to musicals (Bernstein's West Side Story), but the tragedy of young love framed against the violence of warring families bearing 'ancient grudge' in the streets of fair Verona has never had a more visceral musical setting than Prokofiev's classic ballet score of 1938.
A huge orchestra draws upon a vast sonic palette to describe the grandeur and pomposity of nobility, the heart-stopping cut-and-thrust of the street swordfights, and a Balcony Scene of pure sound that transcends the Bard's immortal words. Prokofiev's moving response to the story has been danced by many balletic stage legends, but SYO demonstrates that even without the presence of a Fonteyn or Nureyev the music loses none of its impact, especially in the hands of orchestral players identical in age to Romeo and Juliet themselves.
Earlier in the program, SYO mystery posed by Edward Elgar in his famous set of Variations on an Original Theme from 1899, known ever since as the 'Enigma' Variations. Coded allusions to friends are arrayed like frames on a Facebook page around the 'enigma' theme, its provenance still debated by musicologists. The so-called 'Nimrod' variation from the set has been used in countless films and documentaries, all drawing upon its sense of end-of-Empire melancholy.
Once again, the SYO's younger companion the SYO Philharmonic will open the concert with conductor Brian Buggy in music that celebrates the end of the school and university year: the Academic Festival Overture of Brahms.


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SO MANY PERFECT DAYS IN MY LIFE
By Brave-Heart , February 16, 2015 in Funny Stuff
Brave-Heart
Some days are just perfect and I have had quite a few. In fact there was just a report that South Florida usually reports higher temperatures than the rest of the USA 75 days a year including Winter. Today was such a day like right now at 6PM the temperature is 72 degrees with a 10-15 mile cool breeze off the ocean. (This was written a week ago before we got a 'cold wave' with a temperature of 48 degrees one morning and highs only in the 60s. Now don't laugh--this is Fort Lauderdale where the average high during winter is 77 degrees!)
It is not only the temperatures that I am talking about. This week alone I will be going to see a Broadway touring company, two movies, which means at least 3 meals eating out, which I love to do.
Whether sitting on a bench overlooking the inter-coastal, watching the yachts, canoes, paddlers, kayak or fish jumping out of the water or seeing a school of manatees swimming to their breeding area or just reading the paper or a magazine life just feels right.
Seeing and/or talking with neighbors or the ladies in the office, and now joined by Robert our new social worker, just adds to a pleasant way of living.
Wish I could share today with everyone I know.
A COUPLE OF VIDEOS I MADE WALKING AROUND WHERE I LIVE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeQzUPoNMAA&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mITc-LmoBnw&feature=youtu.be
JACK'S BAR-B-QUE FORT LAUDERDALE RESTAURANT REVIEW
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LA BAMBA--RESTAURANT REVIEW--FT. LAUDERDALE
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2 GIRLS & A GRILL--RESTAURANT REVIEW FORT LAUDERDALE FLORIDA
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COCO ASIAN BISTRO AND BAR-- REVIEW--A WINNER FORT LAUDERDALE
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