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Book Review: 'Above the Battle: An Air Observation Post Pilot At War'
March 10, 2017 March 10, 2017 nzcrownminesLeave a comment
Title: Above the Battle: An Air Observation Post Pilot At War
Author: Roland, Lyell, Munro
In war, necessity is frequently the mother of invention, a fact attested-to by this volume. It records the origins of that arm of aviation now commonly-known as 'Battlefield support' and the author's role in applying the concept while in Europe during World War II.
At its most basic, this volume is a family's homage to a now-deceased soldier (the author having died in 2002). However, it is much more than that. The introduction to the narrative notes that the author '…First wrote about his experiences… partly for his children and partly … to make sure that what he and his comrades… achieved would not be forgotten'. As such it is both autobiographical, and a reminiscence, the manuscript being finally published through the joint efforts of the author's children, a nephew and an unnamed editor. As the work covers a largely unknown area of military endeavour, historians have cause to be thankful for their efforts. There is however even more, as the work is also a history of the development of the Air Observation Post concept of artillery support for the British Army. In that context, it details the evolutionary steps which ultimately led to the establishment of the Army Air Corps as a separate and stand-alone part of the British Defence Forces.
The main part of this book consists of nine Chapters, together with four Appendices. Maps, a Bibliography and an Index are also provided. An introduction and Forward to the Original Manuscript give background and provide detail of the some-what convoluted path that the volume followed to its eventual publication. Where relevant to the narrative, parts of romantic correspondence between the author, and the lady whom he subsequently married appears within the volume. The work is well-illustrated, and includes two of the author's 'in-field' sketches. Numerous photographs are provided, although these are small in size. Several of the photographs are noted as being from the Imperial War Museum, but the majority appear to have been from the authors own collection, although this cannot be stated with certainty. No mention of either photographs or sketches appears on the Contents page. Where necessary, Source Notes appear within each chapter. These are of the Endnote variety, are numbered sequentially, with the appropriate reference appearing at the end of each chapter. Curiously, asterisks are used on several pages to provide additional detail; this information appearing as footnotes on the relevant page.
The author has an understated sense of humour and tells his tale well, with the various sketches and images contributing to the over-all enjoyment. The insertion of additional detail by the volume's editor provides background information, and adds to the reader's understanding.
This reviewer enjoyed reading this work, and believes that it is likely to appeal to a variety of interests. These could include military historians; and those with a specific interest in British Army history. Aviation enthusiasts are also likely to find the information it contains of interest, while 'generalist' students of World War II, and especially the D-Day landings and the Invasion of Europe will probably find it informative. Military and aviation modellers may also find it useful.
On a Rating Scale where 1: Very Poor, 10: Excellent, I have given it a 9.
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BOOK REVIEW: 'Monitors of the Royal Navy: How The Fleet Brought the Great Guns to Bear'
March 3, 2017 March 3, 2017 nzcrownminesLeave a comment
Title: Monitors of the Royal Navy: How The Fleet Brought the Great Guns to Bear
Author: Jim Crossley
Total No. of Printed Pages: 232
Rating Scale (1: Very Poor, 10: Excellent) 5
Within naval circles, Monitors were a small and odd group of ships that carried very large-calibre guns and were used for the bombardment of land-based targets. They were of an unusual design, at variance with well-established naval practice, and with idiosyncrasies that did not endear them to those used to more conventional vessels. The type was however extremely effective in its role and contributed significantly to Allied successes during both World Wars. Due to advances in technology, the monitor-type warship is now obsolete.
The author of this volume is an enthusiast on his subject and has written a highly detailed account of the type's activities with the Royal Navy. While so-doing he describes the origins of the 'Monitor' type vessel, events relating to its development and construction, and Monitor service with the Royal Navy during the World Wars. Their post WWI activities in support of 'White' Russian forces makes especially interesting reading. Because of such detail and information, this work is likely to be of value to students of the Royal Navy, sea-going artillery, general military history and European inter-war politics. Twelve maps are included. These depict the areas where the Royal Navy's monitor-type ships served.
Despite being well-researched and informative, the volume is not without its faults. For clarity these will be dealt with under individual headings:
Photographs: Although it contains 10 photographs (located in the centre of the work), there is no 'Photographic' section listed in the Table of Contents. To this reviewer, this omission limits the work's usefulness, and reduces the authority of the Table of Contents. As the latter can influence a purchase decision, not listing this section could result in lost sales. The photographs themselves are sourced from the Imperial War Museum, and although this source is acknowledged, the location where the acknowledgement appears is remote from the images, rather than underneath them in conformance with contemporary practice
Drawings / Figures: A section designated Line Drawings appears within the Table of Contents. This contains 10 'Drawings', seven of which depict the various classes of vessels appearing within the volume. These are excellent and detailed. However, the names of vessels within each class are not listed below these drawings, somewhat negating their usefulness, As a result, the reader is required to continually move between image and text when attempting to determine which class or vessel is being referred-to.
Three other 'Drawings' are also included. These depict respectively a hull cross-section, a proposed modification to be used for landing troops onto a beach and a system for finding targets at night. The images within the Line Drawings section are numbered 1-10 with no differentiation between ships and 'technical'. Regrettably two of the drawings (9, 10) are in reverse order and image No.2 is variously a 'Drawing' (p.24) and a 'Figure' (p.9).
Glossary: The volume contains no Glossary, the writer evidently believing that purchasers of this work would be familiar with nautical and naval terminology. For those who are not (this reviewer included), the presence of a Glossary, with simple explanations of the terminology used, would have been appreciated, and could possibly have widened the potential audience.
Sources /Bibliography: Although containing an Index, and an Acknowledgements section, the volume contains neither bibliography nor sources. and indeed states that 'There are many other useful source books… on the First World War and… on the Second World War'. To this reviewer this is sloppy and reduces the volume's value and usefulness still further.
Appendix: The volume contains a single Appendix. This is in a very small font, making reading difficult. In addition, several of the section's columns are located close-to or actually on the centre binding. For some readers, accessing this information could require the breaking of the binding itself; an undesirable outcome for a recently-purchased volume.
Proof-Reading / Editing: Regrettably, the work abounds with extremely long sentences, into which the author sometimes introduces additional information or concepts. The reading of these becomes both tedious and an act of endurance, a fact not helped by spelling inconsistencies. For this reviewer, better proof-reading and editing would have considerably improved his reading experience.
In precis, this work is admirably researched and records the activities of a little known (and now extinct) type of naval vessel. As already noted, it is likely to be of value to those interested in the Royal Navy, sea-going artillery, general military history and European politics between the two World Wars. Unfortunately it is badly let down by the faults previously described, especially in regard to the photographs. In this reviewer's opinion, had more care and attention to detail been exercised, this volume could have been so much better. In its current form, it is, at best, mediocre.
On a Rating Scale where 1: Very Poor, 10: Excellent, I give it a 5.
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Book Review: 'Armoured Trains: An Illustrated Encyclopaedia 1825-2016'
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Title: Armoured Trains: An Illustrated Encyclopaedia 1825-2016
Author: Paul Malmassari
Total Number of Printed Pages: 528
To the general public, the idea that trains could be weapons of war is preposterous. Trains carry freight, they do not carry and use guns, and they definitely do not engage in hostile actions against an enemy, especially not in the Twenty-first Century. This volume proves otherwise.
It is very evident that the author of this volume knows and loves his subject. Originally published in France in 1989, this revised and upgraded English-language version is well researched and, due to the depth of information, is likely to become the authoritative work on armoured trains. The book covers the development and use of the armoured train as a military device. In most of the instances described within this volume, the armoured train was essentially a very mobile 'fortress on railway tracks'. As such it could carry the battle to the enemy and cause havoc as a result. It was not as mobile as aircraft (which were invented later), but was a definite improvement over its horse-based contemporaries. The major European and Asian powers were inevitably the largest users of armoured trains and as such their trains form the largest section of the volume. It does not however ignore smaller conflicts and combatants, and includes and describes all and any situations where vehicles running on railway tracks were involved in aggressive military activities.
The volume describes itself as an "encyclopaedia' and as a result is more suited to 'dipping into' rather than a straight 'cover-to-cover' read. An Introduction provides general background details, and precedes the largest section of the work. This consists of 72 sections (aka 'Chapters') arranged by country and appearing in alphabetical order. Within each section information is given concerning the armoured railway vehicles that operated in or were owned by, that specific state. To this reviewer however, some of the inclusions are at best tenuous, and he considers the inclusion of New Zealand as the owner of an 'armoured train' while part of British Forces in the Middle East during World War II to be drawing a very long bow. At least one image (frequently more) appears within each section, while numerous line drawings are included. Drawn to HO scale (1:87) these are of both rolling stock and locomotives. Two Appendices are included; one containing numerous art-works of armoured trains, the other '… Original Factory Drawings of Armoured Trains and Trolleys'. An Index and an Acknowledgements section are also provided. Sequentially-numbered Footnotes are used within each section while a Sources sub-section replaces a designated Bibliography. No maps of any sort are provided.
Unfortunately, this reviewer has two major concerns with this volume. One is with the complete lack of maps within the work, a situation which means that, unless they are geo-politically aware, a reader will have absolutely no idea as to where the trains actually operated. As several of the nations within the volume have also changed their names, this puts the reader at a major disadvantage. The other concern relates to the Index. Although the names of specific countries (for example, France, Russia, United States of America, South Korea, Georgia) are listed as Section (Chapter) Headings on the work's Contents page, a random search within the Index found no evidence of either these or any other 'country' names within that section. While it could be argued that a Contents-page listing is sufficient for the purpose, and that most readers will turn to the Contents before the Index, observation indicates that although purchasers of such a volume will initially only peruse the Contents page, they will eventually seek additional information within the Index section. The absence of specific 'country' names makes such searching at best very difficult. To this reviewer, this is a major failing as in his opinion, the seeker of specific information needs to be able to quickly and positively identify that train X belongs to country Y (or vice versa). For this reviewer, being unable to do so, considerably-reduced the value of both the Index, and the volume.
The limitations outlined above notwithstanding. this volume is likely to appeal to several different groups. Railway historians and enthusiasts will probably find it of interest, especially if they are interested in military railways, while both general and military historians could also find it informative. Irrespective of the scale they work in, model-railway enthusiasts could also find it useful, especially if their interest is in military railways.
Due to its specialisation, this volume is likely to become the authoritative one on its subject. The lack of both maps and an incomplete Index do however reduce its value considerably. On that basis, and on a Rating Scale, where 1: Very Poor, 10: Excellent, I would give this volume a 7. It should have been higher.
Book Review: 'British Battlecruisers 1905-1920'
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Title: British Battlecruisers 1905-1920
Author: John Roberts
Compromise can sometimes have unexpected consequences, with 'theory' not being supported by actual experience. So it proved with the 'Battlecruiser-type' warship. In theory a warship which was fast enough to overtake its opponents and (by being equipped with very heavy gun armament), be able to then destroy them, was an excellent idea. The reality was somewhat different, and as with many compromises, it was ultimately unsuccessful in its application.
This volume was originally published in 1997, and revised and reprinted in 2016. It covers the rise and fall of the battlecruiser-type warship within the Royal Navy. Unlike many other works on such vessels, this book concentrates on the technical aspects of the type. Numerous Photographs, Tables, Drawings, Plans and Diagrams, contribute to the narrative. In addition, a set of Original Plans In Colour of HMS Invincible appear in the middle of the work. Looking suitably nostalgic by virtue of the colours employed, these include a fold-out section and are supplemented by an additional monochrome plan (that of HMS Queen Mary, 1913). This resides in a specially-designed pocket inside the back cover.
The volume consists of 16 un-numbered sections. A Preface to New Edition [sic] section is followed by one titled Abbreviations which is devoted to the abbreviations used throughout the work. An Introduction provides details of the World War I operational service of Royal Navy battlecruisers. Three other sections cover the history, development and construction of the battlecruiser-type vessel within the Royal Navy. Additional sections provide detailed analysis of the machinery, armament and armour that such vessels carried. A Summary of Service section details the naval service of most of the vessels referred-to within the volume, although HMS Hood is conspicuously absent. A Sources section serves as a Bibliography. Within each chapter, sequentially-numbered endnote markers are used to provide additional source information. The relevant sources appear in a separate Notes section. An Index is provided. The existence of the previously-mentioned Photographs, Tables, Drawings and Diagrams is not mentioned within the Contents section, while the Index states only that 'Page references in Italics denote photographs / diagrams'.
To this reviewer, this volume's title implied a full history of the battlecruiser type of vessel. Such was not the case. He found instead a work that concentrated almost exclusively on the technical details of the type, and ignored all post-World War I service of its subjects. He was especially surprised to find no mention of HMS Hood (the ultimate, and most famous British battlecruiser) in the volume's Summary of Service section; this despite photographs and technical details of this vessel appearing within the work. As the loss of this ship forms a major part of Great Britain's recent naval history, this is a major omission which reduces the volume's authority.
This volume is likely to appeal to several groups. These could include those seeking technical information concerning Royal Navy battlecruisers per se'. Those interested in sea-going artillery and naval design and Historians with an interest in World War I or in naval, and military matters may find it worthy of inspection. Warship modellers seeking details about specific vessels may also find it a useful source of information. Those seeking details of the post-World War I service of these vessels, and of HMS Hood in particular, are however, likely to be disappointed.
On a Rating Scale (1: Very Poor, 10: Excellent), I give it a 6.
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BOOK REVIEW 'The Fatal Fortress: The Guns and Fortifications of Singapore 1819-1956'
Title: The Fatal Fortress: The Guns and Fortifications of Singapore 1819-1956
Author: Bill Clements
According to well-held popular opinion, the fall of the British possession of Singapore to the Japanese in 1942 was largely the result of 'The guns facing the wrong way; out to sea, when thy should have faced 'inland'; towards the (then) British colony of Malaya (now Malaysia)'. But was this in fact the case?
In this well-written and exhaustively-researched volume, Bill Clements seeks to clarify the situation. His narrative consists of two parallel themes; 'Political' and 'Military'; the former providing 'the reasons why', the latter, the military response.. The tale that results is one of conflicting orders, evolving and changing international policies, self-important experts, technological development and unnecessary expense. An inability to think beyond very fixed perceptions, also contributed to what eventuated. The miracle is that despite all the foregoing, some of the heavy artillery on Singapore was in fact able to contribute to its defence. The unfortunate aspect is that these guns could have done so much more. The facts are presented objectively and in impressive detail. The post-World War II era is also covered. A subsection in the final chapter lists what remains of the fortifications in 2016 and would be a useful guide for any visitor wishing to view what little is left.
The main part of this work consists of 11 Chapters, and three Appendices. Several chapters contain subsections which relate to specific topics within the larger chapter. End-notes are used throughout the book and these are listed in a separate Notes section at the back of the book. A Glossary, Bibliography and Index are also provided. Although Maps and Photographs appear throughout the volume, the Contents page carries no indication of their existence.
For this reviewer, this volume was something of a mixed bag. As already noted, it is well written and researched, the author's enthusiasm for his subject being very evident. The facts are presented in an objective way and the technical details are both comprehensive and informative. There are however some serious omissions in respect of the volume's format. Several chapters contain subsections intended to provide additional information not covered within the main body of that chapter. Their existence (and that of both maps and photographs) is not noted in the Contents section. As a result, should a specific subsection, map or photograph be required, frustrating and time-consuming searching has to be undertaken. As this Reviewer expects the Contents page of a work to accurately reflect what is within its pages, such omissions are unacceptable.
There can be no doubt that this work is authoritative, the quality of the information it contains being such that it may become the standard reference on the subject of Singapore's defences between 1819 and 1956. Purchasers seeking details about the ordnance used during this period will no doubt find it very useful. Military historians seeking a more generalist overview of the island and the battle which resulted in its surrender, are also find likely to find it helpful. Students of World War II, Japanese military history and the history of British South East Asia are also likely to find it informative.
In precis, this work is a well-researched and written history of both Singapore Island and the guns that were intended to defend it when it formed part of the British Empire. As such, it is of high historical value. Unfortunately, the omission of important information from the Contents page, together with the existence of unrecorded maps and photographs within the work itself, serves to reduce the volume's value. Were that it was not so.
On a Rating Scale (1: Very Poor, 10: Excellent), I would give it a 7.


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Q: Sending out alerts when a certain option is chosen on a Sharepoint form I have a SharePoint list, with two different views when creating a item in that list. Let us call these views, "regular user view" and "Approver user view" and the two views differ because one of the fields is hidden in the "regular user view" and is shown in the other view. Let us call this hidden form field "Approved or Decline". The particular group that the field is shown for, will come in after the regular user creates a new item and either changes the value of the "Approved or Decline" form field to either Approved or Declined based on if that person wants to accept or decline the request. How do I set up a alert, so if the "approver" declines a request, a notification is sent to the person that initially made that request?

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Will We Walk Across Lake Erie?
On our endless journey to cement our legacy as high-octane people we are always brainstorming stunts. Our most recent being scheming a walk across Lake Erie. No, not like Jesus did in the Bible but on ice. Yes, you read that correctly, we have been scheming a walk across Lake Erie if it were to freeze over completely.
This has been done before but it is very rare, as it takes extensive survival and cold weather training. In fact, one of the latest attempts resulted in a helicopter rescue in the middle of the lake. Walking across the lake is a feat so rare and renowned that it would certainly cement our legacy in Erie, PA, as the two individuals who were rescued received recognition from the U.S. House of Representatives for even trying!
The shortest route from the shore of Erie, PA to Canada is 24.3 miles. Some may see this number and immediately back out. But it's people like us who take the time to assess the true viability of attempting such a stunt. Keep in mind, were not only putting on stunts to promote a spiked protein company but also to someday have "Badass" in our Wikipedia descriptions.
First things first, we are all capable of walking 24.4 miles in a day. If we were to average 25 minutes a mile, we could complete the walk in just over 10 hours, giving us ample time to not have to walk in the dark. Next, comes the consideration of the terrain of a frozen lake that spans such a large distance. When such a large body of water freezes over a long period of time it allows structural compromises to be frozen in, such as cracks or hollow dunes. Conditions like this is why the coast guard strongly advises against such a stunt. So, before our walk we will have to learn different ice condition and what to watch for before we go.
While we remain full prepared to set across a frozen lake, this stunt is unfortunately contingent on the entirety of Lake Erie having at least 4 inches of ice across it. With 80% of Lake Erie currently covered in ice and no end in sight to the sub-freezing temperature, we might be looking at a real chance to walk across Lake Erie and live to chug Spiked Protein afterwards.
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The cucumber diet is the answer to your question "How to lose these extra pounds without trying too hard?" and it represents 7-10 days long diet and all you have to do is stick to it and be more active.
The key is to consume as many cucumbers as possible. Eat them with every meal, when you feel hungry and it is time for a snack. It will do wonders for your body like a complete detox, cleaning of your intestines, speed up your metabolism and digestion. It can also help in clarifying your face from redness and acne as it removes the toxins gathered in there.
For breakfast prepare low-fat, sugar-free yogurt and add 200 g of sliced cucumbers. Mix them well. If you haven't satisfied your hunger, just slice two peaches or one apple and eat them.
The potatoes could be either boiled or baked, it's up to you. Eat them with some rye bread or cucumber and as dessert, you could eat some fruits to satisfy your hunger. It is also allowed to drink coffee or tea without any sugar.
Eat the potatoes or rye bread (choose only one) with some tuna or sliced cucumber. However, if you prefer meat, grill it without any grease and eat with boiled eggs.
Blend the apple, spinach and cucumber but don't peel them before you do that. Add some ginger and that's it!
Decorate the glass with almonds and walnuts and drink it while it is fresh. This shake is a powerful source of all kinds of vitamins.
Simply make a fruit salad of about 300 grams and enjoy.
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My name is Tiffany, and this is Jake, our little mutt. We found Jake just over 2 years ago as a very skinny stray who stole mine and my Fiancé's heart! We were just going to hold on to him until we could find him a home and we all know how that goes… anyways as he started getting more comfortable with us we started to see his issues come out of the woodwork. He was very scared of people , mostly men and if someone stuck there face too close or gave any eye contact he would snap.
He was very reactive to people and dog's on leash. We couldn't walk by anyone without him lunging and snarling. He also was a giant jerk to dogs off leash, and due to the fact he is a herding breed and needs to run this caused a lot of issues. We still took him at first but he fought with every dog he met, so we had to start taking him at quiet times or outside of the city. But we always had that fear we would run into somebody.
At this time we knew nothing about dog training except for what we saw on Cesar which ended up making our lives so much worse. We followed Cesar's "directions" and every time Jake reacted he got alpha rolled or corrected which just made him fight and react worse. He actually bit a woman on the street during one of his outbreaks. So I started looking into training and thank god we found dogma!
We signed Jake up for Resolving Reactivity with Megan, and not even a week after our first class and changing how we were treating him, we saw a huge difference in him! Jake was just a scared little dog who acted out because this world was super scary! So all this time he was reacting because he was scared and we punished him for it. It still breaks our hearts knowing we put him through that and didn't have too! Anyways we took Jake through 6 weeks of Resolving Reactivity and by the end he was able to take treats from men and would even wag his tail coming into class!
Next we registered for Reactivity Agility and this is where we saw the biggest change. From the first day where we had to coax him to do anything to the last class where he could run off leash in a room full of dogs and finished the course in the fastest time – I for sure teared up! We also completed Reactivity Agility 2 and Resolving Reactivity Outdoors. After working with Jake through dogma and at home he is now such an amazing boy. We go off leash and he loves all dogs! He now jumps up in people's faces to give kisses, he is totally non reactive to anything on a leash (maybe not squirrels but getting better) and even goes to daycare sometimes. I can't thank Megan & dogma enough for what they have done for us and Jake! She taught me how to cure Jake's fears not punish them out and I will always be grateful!
Note from Megan: It makes our jobs very easy and so rewarding when we deal with such dedicated and committed parents like Tiffany and Trevor. We just coach and give the information and they do all the work. It makes us so happy to see such results and what can happen when we spend the time to understand and work with, not against, our dogs' behavioural concerns. Good job!


This is one of our most famous photographs that we never tire of looking at.
It was captured during dinner at Vikesh & Vejal's engagement. The couple were not really given any time to come out for this photo so we had to work very fast to capture it.
We wanted to show the great architecture above the doors. The Natural History Museum is one of the most iconic buildings in the city of London and we had to show it off in this portrait shot.
We used off camera flash that was fired remotely from behind the couple that lit them up nicely and added some light on to the building.
Giving enough light balance was important so that we could still see the ambient light and flames.
It was really funny as the couple posed, many guests kept coming out through the doors either to go to the car park or to have a smoke. This was another reason we had to be quick in taking this photograph.
All in all one of our favourite shots. Love it, love it, love it!!


There are many different types of residency visas available in Uruguay.
To apply for residence in Uruguay you must be in the country, this is perfect for those that try out the country and decide to stay.
Uruguay's Dirección Nacional de Migración (DNM, or Immigration) is the government office that deals with residence matters.
The complete process for obtaining permanent residence takes 12 and 24 months in addition to the time it takes to obtain the necessary documents.
Early in the process, when all your documentation has been submitted, you will receive a cédula (ID card) which will give you access to everything as if you were a permanent resident.
To gain residence in Uruguay you must submit a copy of your passport with a letter of intent to Immigration and obtain approval, get your police background check, a medical exam, and provide evidence of you financial means. Then you receive a temporary cédula while waiting for your final approval.
There are many different types of visas available.
The Rentista Visa requires an income considered adequate to support you and your family. While there is no specific amount, generally, an income of $1,500 per month will suffice for a single applicant.
An Employee Visa requires the presentation of a work contract or commitment from your employer in Uruguay. Notarized data about the company, your salary and your term of employment will also be needed.
Independent entrepreneurs will need a sworn notarized declaration about your business including its Uruguayan registration data, as well as your income.
Religious workers need certification from your church, identifying you and assuming responsibility for your financial support. A church certification is used in lieu of a notarization.
Students will need a notarized certification from your school showing that you are a student there, what you will be studying, and where you will be living. You will also need to prove that you have adequate financial support.
Before leaving your home country you should gather all the required documents that need to be obtained and apostilled (a kind of stamp) outside of Uruguay. They are your birth certificate, marriage certificate, and police record.
The birth certificate, marriage certificate and non-U.S. police records must be legalized at a Uruguayan Consulate in the country where they were issued. An official public translator must also translate them into Spanish once you arrive in Uruguay.
If you are a U.S. citizen an F.B.I. background check is needed instead of a police report. You can bring a legalized copy from the U.S., or start the process from the Interpol office in Montevideo.
A certification of your income is prepared for the Immigration office by a professional in Uruguay, called an escribano, after verifying your income.
Within 90 days of entering Uruguay as a tourist you need to petition immigration for a change in your immigration status. The request must be in writing and state your desire to change status from a tourist to that of a resident.
The letter must contain your name, place and date of birth, address and phone number in Uruguay, a copy of your entry card and a statement of your reasons for wanting to reside in the country.
Once the change in status is approved you may stay in the country without limitation. If your parent or spouse are citizens or legal residents you still need to request a change in status.
Once you've received approval for change of immigration you can assemble and submit the visa application package. This visa package must contain a current passport-sized photo, a copy of your passport, health checkup certificate, copy of the entry/exit card, criminal history check and documentation on how you intend to support yourself in Uruguay.
After you have turned everything in you are a residente en trámite and you can get your temporary cédula. Your cédula will be your photo ID that identifies you as a resident of Uruguay. To get this you will need two documents.
Certificado de Ilegada which means 'certificate of arrival', you will receive two of these once you become a residente en trámite. One will be addressed to the Dirección Nacional de Identificación Civil (DNIC) where you will get your cédula. You will also need a legalized copy of your birth certificate. The Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores must certify that your birth certificate was legalized at one of their consulates.
On gaining approval for residence you will once again be given two certificado de Ilegada. Take the one for DNIC to their office and they will give you a permanent cédula.
To gain a second passport you must go through the naturalization process. Uruguayan law allows you to apply for citizenship and to hold dual citizenship. Obtaining this status will take between three and five years, after you have become a resident.
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Timothy Garton Ash () este un scriitor și istoric britanic. Domeniul său de cercetare este istoria europeană. În anul 2017 a fost distins cu Premiul Carol cel Mare.

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Looking for the most fun and cheerful cultural activity in the Utrecht centre? Museum Speelklok is one of the typical Dutch sights which is a definite must-see! Museum Speelklok will take you through the wonderful world of self-playing musical instruments, surprising its visitors every day with the cheerful tunes sounding from all corners of the museum. A fun day out in Utrecht for children and adults.
During a visit to the typical Dutch Museum Speelklok, cheerful live music will surround you from centuries-old self-playing musical instruments. The history of these instruments started back in 16th century in the Netherlands with the use of church carillons. Over the centuries, the general desire of people to be surrounded by music, led to the invention of all sorts of self-playing musical instruments: musical clocks, musical boxes, orchestrions (self-playing orchestras) and the traditional Dutch street organs. All of these instruments, including the famous street organ named Arabier and the so-called 8th world wonder the Violina, can be admired and heard during the lively museum tour. Thanks to the highly skilled Restoration Room, the collection is kept playing and this craft can be passed on from this generation to the next.
A recent addition to the museum is the Museum Expedition. Discover at your own leisure the magical stories, technical craftsmanship and remarkable music of the different musical instruments. Organ monkey Toon takes children on a treasure hunt throughout the museum halls on a quest to find their favourite tune.
The free tour is given hourly, at half past the hour, in Dutch and English. The Restoration Room is open for visitors every first Wednesday of the month. Reservations for the Restoration Room can be made via info@museumspeelklok.nl. During the Dutch holidays, the museum is also open on Mondays and regularly hosts special activities for children and/or adults. Museum Speelklok is located in the centre of Utrecht, housed in The Buurkerk, one of the largest and oldest parish churches of Utrecht.
Tuesday to Sunday from 10.00 to 17.00. During public holidays also open on Monday.
Closed on mondays. The museum is open on monday during school holidays.


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Guarantee paid sick days to ALL workers to help stop the spread of the coronavirus
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The COVID19 pandemic is spreading at an alarming rate, with over 136,000 cases worldwide and a heartbreaking death toll.[1]
Things could get much worse very quickly if we can't make sure that all workers can stay home when they're sick without worrying about lost pay.
The Trudeau government took a step in the right direction this week by waiving a one-week waiting period to access employment insurance (EI) benefits — but it only covers 40% of the workforce.
That means 60% of workers -- including people who work part-time, in casual positions, or on contract -- could be forced to keep going to work even if they're sick. It could send the virus outbreak out of control. [2]
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This heavy-duty Display Dress - Top Hanger features transparent body, anti-slip shoulders, integrated notches & strap hooks as well count with sturdy polished chrome hook.
This versatile merchandising hanger is a good option for organizing blouses, dresses, satin nightwear, tops and delicate garments with straps.
There assortment of plastic hangers that certainly will reduce display expenses & beautify garments appearance.
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I'm using Varnish Cache to achieve pretty awesome performance (over 4K reqs/sec with hardly any resource hit), remarkable, considering the puny resources of the cheapo VPS this site is hosted on. Because Varnish won't cache SSL reqs, to maximize responsiveness, I try to limit use of HTTPS to authenticated sessions -- 99.9% of traffic on this site is anonymous and doesn't need to be encrypted.
So, first requirement is to prevent search engines from publishing HTTPS links.
The above adds a meta tag that tells web crawlers (e.g. bots, spiders) to not index the page the metatag appears on and to not follow any links. I think this is a safe and correct way to do this and should work with crawlers that follow rules.
I used to have some HTTPS links appear in the Google index, but after using the combination of these two methods for a while, they're all gone.
The only pages I want indexed are each unique post. I don't want categories, for instance. So, the mysql category page, shouldn't get indexed, while every individual post that belongs to the mysql category (e.g. this or this, etc) should.
I care about this in part because I'm using Google Custom Search to provide search functionality for my site, and I can't stand getting pages and pages of search results that all point to the same page.
So, the next requirement is to only index the front page and individual posts or pages.
For this, I'm using a combination of two methods. First, is the generic robots.txt approach, second is application specific.


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'Armageddon only happens once, you know. They don't let you go around again until you get it right.'
From the pens of literary wizards Sir Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman comes an adaptation like no other… Good Omens, featuring Michael Sheen and David Tenant is available to watch now on Amazon Prime. And, we're delighted to announce that Good Omens won Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form at the 2020 Hugo Awards.
You can watch Neil Gaiman's acceptance speech below, where he pays a moving tribute to the books co-author, Sir Terry Pratchett
Aziraphale and Crowley, of Heaven and Hell respectively, have grown rather fond of the Earth. So it's terrible news that it's about to end. The armies of Good and Evil are amassing. The Four Horsemen are ready to ride. Everything is going according to the Divine Plan…except that someone seems to have misplaced the Antichrist. Can our heroes find him and stop Armageddon before it's too late?
Explore the world of Terry Pratchett


Taking the stairs instead of the lift at work could save your life, claim Swiss researchers.
Banning the use of lifts and escalators led to better fitness, less body fat, trimmer waistlines and a drop in blood pressure, a study of 69 people found.
This translates to a 15% cut in the risk of dying prematurely from any cause, calculate the University of Geneva team.
The results were revealed at a meeting of the European Society of Cardiology.
Before the study, the 69 participants had what the researchers described as a sedentary lifestyle, meaning they did less than two hours of exercise or sport each week and climbed fewer than 10 flights of stairs each day.
Over the 12 weeks of the study, the volunteers, who were hospital employees at the university, were asked to use the stairs exclusively at work instead of taking the lift.
On average, the number of flights of stairs - classed as climbing up or down one storey - rose from five per day to 23.
After the three months of the trial, tests showed they had better lung capacity, blood pressure and cholesterol measurements.
Their weight, body fat and waist measurements also dropped, and their capacity for doing aerobic exercise improved.
Taken together, this equates to a 15% reduction in the chances of dying young, say the investigators.
Lead researcher Dr Philippe Meyer, said: "This suggests that stair climbing can have major public health implications."
He said the findings now needed to be confirmed with larger studies.
Professor Adam Timmis, consultant cardiologist at Bart's and The London NHS Trust, said: "It's a small study but valuable because it provides a practical way for busy working people to increase their exercise capacity.
"Although the amount of exercise appears small, the benefits were clear in improving physical fitness and reducing body fat and blood pressure."
June Davison, cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation, said: "Taking the stairs regularly is an excellent way to increase your physical activity and it can be easily incorporated into your daily routine.
"Carrying out regular physical activity can halve the risk of dying from coronary heart disease."
In the UK, half of people meet public health guidelines by doing at least 30 minutes activity on five days or more each week.


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by Belva Plain
Few authors have understood the tender intricacies of relationships better than the incomparable Belva Plain. For three decades her deeply moving epics have captivated the hearts and imaginations of readers everywhere. Now, in her final novel, she comes full circle with the themes she took up in her very first work, Evergreen, bringing us this unforgettable story of family and friendship, love and marriage, the challenges of life and the true secret of happiness.
Though Iris Stern considers herself a modern woman, with a successful academic career and a happy marriage, she still holds steadfast to her old-fashioned sensibilities. But as the mother of three adult children, each with their own lives and burdens to bear, she often finds those sensibilities called into question when confronted with the choices her children have made.
For one of Iris's daughters, it's the choice of a fresh start in New York City—and a last chance to save her troubled marriage. While Laura and Robbie cope with an impending separation and its effect on Iris's young granddaughter, Iris herself must come to grips with the discovery of a long-held family secret. But it's an emotional parting of another kind that looms most prominently on Iris's horizon—as neither her beloved husband, nor the solidity of her own marriage, is immune to the ravages of time.
Through separations and reunions, the changes we cannot avoid and the love that sustains, Iris will weather whatever lies ahead with a faith that cannot be shaken. Like the inmost rings of a tree that abide through the generations, she will be as strong as heartwood.
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Fiction Literature Romance
Belva Plain - Author


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Alston Named Top 20 Under 40
We proudly share these photos from the "official reveal" of the 2018-2019 SC Black Pages Edition! The event introduced the 4th Annual Class of 20 Under 40. Congratulations to our President Euleta Alston!
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Renaissance Quarterly (6)
The British Journal for the History of Science (1)
Renaissance Society of America (6)
American Society of Church History (1)
BSHS (1)
Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World (2)
Cambridge Companions (2)
Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics (2)
Sharon Gregory and Sally Hickson, eds. Inganno — the Art of Deception: Imitation, Reception, and Deceit in Early Modern Art. Visual Culture in Early Modernity. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2012. xi + 204 pp. $104.95. ISBN: 978-1-4094-3149-7.
Ingrid D. Rowland
Journal: Renaissance Quarterly / Volume 67 / Issue 3 / Fall 2014
Print publication: Fall 2014
31 - Roma Aeterna
from Epilogue
By Ingrid Rowland
Edited by Paul Erdkamp, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Book: The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Rome
Print publication: 29 August 2013, pp 558-574
By Gregory S. Aldrete, Andreas Bendlin, Wim Broekaert, Christer Bruun, Elisha Ann Dumser, Catharine Edwards, Paul Erdkamp, Shawn Graham, Alexandre Grandazzi, Cameron Hawkins, Elisabeth Herrmann-Otto, Benjamin Kelly, Ray Laurence, A. D. Lee, Jinyu Liu, J. Bert Lott, Thomas A. J. McGinn, Michael MacKinnon, R. Don Miller, Claudia Moatti, Neville Morley, Nicholas Purcell, Beryl Rawson, Ingrid Rowland, Leonard V. Rutgers, Michele Renee Salzman, Walter Scheidel, Glenn R. Storey, Steven L. Tuck, Robert Witcher, Adam Ziolkowski, Arjan Zuiderhoek
Print publication: 29 August 2013, pp xiv-xix
Samuel Y. Edgerton, The Mirror, the Window, and the Telescope: How Renaissance Linear Perspective Changed Our Vision of the Universe.Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2009. Pp. xvi+199. ISBN 978-0-8014-7480-4. £16.50 (paperback).
Journal: The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 43 / Issue 4 / December 2010
Harald Siebert. Die große kosmologische Kontroverse: Rekonstruktionsversuche anhand des Itinerarium exstaticum von Athanasius Kircher S. J. (1602–1680). Boethius: Texte und Abhandlungen zur Geschichte der Mathematik und der Naturwissen-schaften 55. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag. 384 pp. index. append. illus. tbls. bibl. €76. ISBN: 978-3-515-08731-5.
Ingrid Rowland
Journal: Renaissance Quarterly / Volume 61 / Issue 2 / Summer 2008
Print publication: Summer 2008
William Stenhouse. Reading Inscriptions and Writing Ancient History:Historical Scholarship in the Late Renaissance. Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies 86. London: Institute of Classical Studies, 2005x + 204 pp. index. append. illus. bibl. $100. ISBN: 0-900587-98-9.
Book 8 - Water
Edited by Ingrid D. Rowland, Southwestern University, Texas , Thomas Noble Howe
Book: Vitruvius: 'Ten Books on Architecture'
Print publication: 28 June 1999, pp 96-106
1. Thales of Miletus, one of the Seven Sages, declared that water was the first principle of all things. Heraclitus said that fire was; the priests of the Magi, water and fire; and Euripides, a follower of Anaxagoras, that philosopher whom the Athenians called "the actor," proposed air and earth, and said that the latter, inseminated by intercourse with heavenly rains, had conceived all peoples and all living things as her offspring in the world. He said as well that when her progeny dissolve, compelled by time's necessity, they return to her, while those things which have been begotten of air must return to the regions of heaven; they do not admit annihilation but rather revert, transformed by their dissolution, to their original characteristics. But Pythagoras, Empedocles, Epicharmos, and the other naturalists and philosophers proposed that the first principles of matter were four: air, fire, earth, and water, and that their adhesion to one another by natural formation creates the qualities particular to each type of substance.
2. We observe, indeed, not only that all creatures have been begotten of these elements, but also that none can be nourished without them, nor grow, nor sustain themselves. Without the infusion of breath, bodies cannot have life, not unless inflowing air creates continuous respirations and contractions. And if there were not a proper supply of heat for bodies, they would not have vital spirit nor firm uprightness, and the energy of food would be unable to attain the temperature of digestion. If the parts of the body are not nourished by earthly food, they will fail, for they will be deprived of their proper component of the element earth. 3. If animals lacked the powers of water, they would dry out, bloodless, sucked dry of their liquid element. Therefore the divine intelligence decided that those things which were truly necessary to the nations would be neither difficult nor expensive to obtain, not like pearls, gold, silver, and the other things that neither the body nor nature requires.
LIST OF MANUSCRIPTS SEEN
Print publication: 28 June 1999, pp 19-20
Book 9 - Sundials and Clocks
Print publication: 28 June 1999, pp 107-118
1. To the illustrious athletes who had won the Olympic, Pythian, Isthmian, and Nemean Games, the forebears of the Greeks awarded such great honor that not only are they given palms, garlands, and praises as they stand before the assembled public, but also, when they return home victorious to their cities, they are carried in triumph in four-horse chariots through their city walls to their homes, and at public expense they enjoy the rest of their lives on a pension. Now when I observe this, I am amazed that the same honors – or honors greater still – are not bestowed on writers, who provide every nation with endless utility for everlasting ages.* For this would have been a much more worthy institution to have set up, because athletes make their own bodies stronger by exercising, whereas writers strengthen not only their own wits, but indeed everyone's, by preparing books for learning and the sharpening of minds. 2. What good does it do humanity that Milo of Croton* was undefeated, or the others who were champions of this kind, other than that, so long as they were alive, they held distinction among their own fellow citizens? The valuable precepts of Pythagoras, on the other hand, of Democritus, Plato, Aristotle, and the other sages, cultivated by daily industry, not only produce ever fresh and flourishing fruit for their own fellow citizens, but indeed for all the nations. And those who from an early age enjoy an abundance of learning develop the best judgment, and in their cities they have established civilized customs, equal justice, and those laws without which no community can exist safely. 3. Since so many private and public gifts have been prepared for humanity by the wisdom of writers, I conclude that more than palms and garlands should be awarded them – indeed triumphs should be declared for them and to them it ought to be decided to dedicate thrones among the gods.
Illustrator's Preface
Print publication: 28 June 1999, pp xv-xvi
The illustrations of this project are designed with two principal purposes in mind: first, to investigate the possibility of a consistent design approach in Vitruvius; and second, to illustrate the relation of this approach to the broad principles of liberal knowledge that constitute approximately half of the material in the Ten Books.
The latter intent is more difficult to achieve within the scope of this project because a full commentary and illustration of the background knowledge of Vitruvius would almost constitute a complete panorama of Hellenistic liberal and technical knowledge. But any successful attempt to interpret Vitruvius must deal with the most salient feature of the Ten Books: that over half the material does not deal with architecture per se, but with other, supposedly supportive, fields of knowledge, like astronomy, geography, and natural philosophy. As Frank Brown has asserted, the mission of Vitruvius is to present architecture as a liberal art, based on a Hellenistic belief of the unity of knowledge. The Ten Books must be read therefore with at least a general knowledge of the numerous fields that Vitruvius touches upon, and also attitudes toward religion and cultural tradition.
The references to scientific knowledge in particular can appear digressive, fragmentary, and even bizarre to the modern reader (e.g., fish, being "dry," can live in water, whereas humans, being "wet," can live in air; 1.4.7). In fact, virtually every illustrative digression is a fragmentary reference to a large and coherent body of knowledge, of which Vitruvius is more or less a firm master. Our example refers to the Empedoclean chemical theory which asserts that bodies are stable when they are a tempered balance of the four elements (earth-air-fire-water) and unstable when there is excess or lack of one. They are stable when complemented by their environment and are corrupted when there is an excess or lack of an element in the conjunction of body and environment. Hence fish must be "dry" because, living in water, their lack is complemented by their environment, and they are corrupted in air because they then have an excess of air and a lack of water.
Book 6 - Private Buildings
1. When Aristippus,* the Socratic philosopher, had been washed up on the shore of Rhodes after a ship-wreck, and noticed that geometric diagrams had been drawn there, he is said to have exclaimed to his comrades: "Let us hope for the best; I see human footprints" and forthwith he headed for the city of Rhodes. He came straight upon the gymnasium, and after discussing philosophy there was rewarded with gifts sufficient not only to outfit himself, but also to allow him to provide clothing and the other necessities of life to those who were with him. When later his companions wanted to return home, they asked him what messages he would like to have relayed back. This, then, is what he ordered them to report: that children should be furnished with the sort of possessions and travel money that can even survive a shipwreck in one piece.
2. For the real safeguards of life are those that neither the cruel storm of fortune nor political change nor the ravages of war can harm. Taking the same argument further, Theophrastus* put it this way, when he urged that people be well educated rather than relying on money: an educated person is the only one who is never a stranger in a foreign land, nor at a loss for friends even when bereft of household and intimates. Rather, he is a citizen in every country, and may look down without fear on the difficult turns of fortune. He, however, who thinks that he is fortified by the defenses of good fortune rather than learning will find himself a wanderer on shifting pathways, beleaguered by a life that is never stable, but always wavering.
3. Indeed, Epicurus says much the same thing: that fortune grants very little to wise men, but what she does grant are those gifts that are greatest and most necessary, namely to be governed by the contrivances of mind and imagination. Many other philosophers have said exactly the same things.
THE TRANSLATION
Print publication: 28 June 1999, pp -
Book 5 - Public Buildings
1. Those, Imperator, who have set out their own thoughts and their researches in volumes more lofty than these in style, have contributed the greatest and most outstanding authority to their writings. So, too, with our own enterprise, the subject will obviously prove to be one whose authority would be enhanced by more elevated presentation, but this is not so easy to do as people think. Architectural writing is not like the writing of history or of poetry. Histories by their very nature maintain the interest of their readers; they present the ever-changing anticipation of learning something new. With poems,* on the other hand, it is the meters, the feet, and the elegant placement of words, as well as the varieties of expression adopted by various readers as they take their turns in reading aloud,* that carry our interest along to the end of the composition without a misstep. 2. This is not possible for architectural writing because the terms that have been devised to meet the needs of this art inflict the obscurity of their unfamiliar language on our senses. To begin with, then, these words are neither obvious in themselves nor are their names clear from common use. Furthermore, unless the wide-ranging writings of authorities on this subject have been condensed and expressed in a few, crystal-clear sentences, the density of the prose, not to mention the sheer length of it, confuses readers' minds.
Therefore, as I employ these esoteric names and the proportions derived from the components of architectural projects, I shall explain them briefly so that they may be memorized. In this way, readers' minds shall be able to absorb the information more quickly. 3. And no less emphatically, because I have observed that the city is thronged with people wholly engrossed in their business, public and private,* I have decided that it is better to write concisely, so that people reading in their restricted leisure time may understand these points quickly.
Book 2 - Building Materials
1. Dinocrates the architect,* full of confidence in his ideas and his cleverness, set out from Macedonia for the army in the days of Alexander's rise to power, ambitious for royal favor. From home he carried letters of recommendation from neighbors and friends, addressed to the king's generals and highest court officials, in order to facilitate his access to them; when these generals received him, he asked them courteously to present him to Alexander as soon as possible. Despite their promises, they were slow to do so, waiting for some suitable occasion. And thus Dinocrates, supposing that they were playing games with him, sought help in his own resources. He was a very tall man, handsome, with a fine face and immense dignity. Trusting, then, in those gifts of Nature, he went back to his inn, undressed, and thoroughly oiled his body. Crowning his head with a poplar wreath, draping his left shoulder in a lion skin and brandishing a club in his right hand, he strode before the tribunal where the king was hearing petitions. 2. When the crowd began to take notice of this novelty, Alexander, too, looked Dinocrates's way. Impressed by the young man, the king ordered the crowd to make way for him to approach the tribunal, and asked who he was.
"Dinocrates," he answered, "an architect of Macedon, who brings you ideas and plans worthy of your renown. I have, for example, a project to carve all Mount Athos into the image of a man. In his left hand I have represented the walls of a spacious city; in his right, a libation bowl where the waters of all the rivers that run on that mountain will gather together and plunge into the sea" (Figure 28).
3. Alexander, delighted with the idea, inquired immediately about the nature of the plan – were there farmlands to furnish this city with a regular supply of grain?
Print publication: 28 June 1999, pp xi-xii
Book 3 - Temples
PREFACE: JUDGMENT OF ARTISTIC SKILL
1. Apollo of Delphi proclaimed in an oracle of the Pythian priestess that Socrates was the wisest man of all. Socrates, in turn, is recorded as having said, sensibly and knowledgeably, that human hearts should have been transparent and open, so that their feelings are not hidden, but rather open for inspection. Indeed, if only Nature had followed his advice, and had made them clear and open to view! In that case, not only would the praiseworthy qualities and the shortcomings of human souls be observable at close range, but, in addition, knowledge of the various disciplines, set out before our own eyes, would no longer be put to the test by uncertain judgments; instead, the truly learned and truly wise would acquire a preeminent, unshakable authority.
Yet because things have not been set up this way, but rather according to the will of Nature, it is not possible for men to judge the state of the knowledge of the arts that lies hidden within, because talent is concealed in darkness in men's breasts. Although artists themselves might profess their good judgment, if they are not wealthy, or well known because their shop is of long standing, and are unequipped with influence in the Forum and skill in public speaking, they cannot muster such authority with regard to their skill that what they profess to know will be believed.
2. We can observe this above all in the case of the ancient sculptors and painters, because those among them who had conspicuous position and the benefit of patronage are the ones who have been eternally commemorated to posterity, those like Myron, Polycleitus, Phidias, Lysippus, and the rest who achieved fame through their art.* As they executed their works for great cities, or kings, or prominent citizens, so, too, they acquired their great reputations.
Book 4 - Corinthian, Doric, and Tuscan Temples
1. When I had become aware, Imperator, that many writers had left behind them precepts and volumes of commentaries on architecture that were not set in proper order but taken up instead as if they were stray particles, I thought it would be a worthy and most useful contribution, first to set out the whole of such an excellent discipline in its full order and then in each volume to explain the particular qualities of each type of subject. And so, Caesar, in the first volume I told you about the duties of an architect and the subjects in which an architect ought to be well educated. In the second I discussed the supply of materials from which buildings are constructed. In the third volume, then, I offered instruction about the design of temples, and about the variety of their types, which species they have and how many, and what the distribution of the various components ought to be according to type. Of those three types whose proportions exhibit the most intricate modular systems, I taught the conventions of the Ionic. Now, in the present volume, I will speak about what have been set up as the Doric and Corinthian principles, and explain their distinctness and their special characteristics.
CHAPTER 1: THE DISCOVERY OF SYMMETRIES*
1. Except for the capitals, Corinthian columns have proportional systems like those of Ionic columns. The height of the Corinthian capital, however, makes these columns appear proportionately taller and more slender, because the height of the Ionic capital is one-third the diameter of the column, whereas that of the Corinthian measures the entire diameter of the shaft. Therefore, because the Corinthian capital is taller by two-thirds of a column diameter, its appearance, with this added height, is more slender (Figure 55). 2. The rest of the elements that are placed over the columns may be designed either according to Doric symmetries or Ionic conventions, because the Corinthian type itself has not had its own set rule for the cornices or for the rest of its ornamentation, so that the building may either be designed with the arrangement of triglyphs and mutules for the cornice and guttae along the epistyle, in the Doric fashion, or it may be designed according to Ionic rules* with a sculpted frieze, dentils, and moldings.
Book 1 - First Principles and the Layout of Cities
1. So long as your divinely inspired intelligence and your godly presence, Imperator Caesar,* were engaged in taking possession of the world, your enemies leveled one and all by your invincible might, so long as citizens were glorying in your triumph and in your victory, with all the subject peoples awaiting your command, so long as the Roman People and Senate, freed from fear, were piloted by your far-ranging deliberations and plans, I dared not, in the midst of such concerns, publish my writings on architecture, even though these had been formulated according to extensive researches,* for fear that by intruding at an inappropriate moment I might incur the disdain of your keen spirit.
2. When, however, I perceived that you were solicitous not only for the establishment of community life and of the body politic, but also for the construction of suitable public buildings, so that by your agency not only had the state been rendered more august by the annexation of entire provinces, but indeed the majesty of the Empire had found conspicuous proof in its public works – then I thought that I should not miss the opportunity to publish on these matters for you as soon as possible, given that I was first recognized in this field by your Father [Julius Caesar]* and was a devoted admirer of his qualities. Thus when the council of the Olympians consecrated him among the abodes of immortality and passed his sovereignty into your own jurisdiction, this same devotion of mine, fixed upon his memory, naturally transferred allegiance to you. And so I was put in charge, along with Marcus Aurelius and Publius Minidius and Gnaeus Cornelius, of outfitting catapults as well as the repair of all the other sorts of war machines, and along with these men I received a stipend, first awarded by you, and continued at the recommendation of your sister.*
3. Therefore, because I had been put in your debt for the favor whereby I will never harbor the fear of want for the rest of my life, I began to record these matters for you.
Print publication: 28 June 1999, pp ix-x
Book 7 - Finishing
1. Our ancestors, not only wisely but also usefully, established the practice of transmitting their ideas to posterity through the reports of treatises, so that these ideas would not perish, but instead, as they grew with each passing age and were published in books, they would arrive, step by step, at the utmost refinement of learning. Thus it is not moderate, but infinite thanks that should be given those who did not jealously let their ideas pass in silence, but rather took care to hand on to memory their thoughts of every kind, preserved in their writings. 2. Indeed, had they not done so, we could not have known what deeds were done in Troy, nor what Thales, Democritus, Anaxagoras, Xenophanes, and the other physicists had thought about Nature,* nor what rules for living had been set down for humanity by Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Zeno, Epicurus and the other philosophers,* nor what deeds Croesus, Alexander, and the other kings had done,* and for what reasons – not unless our ancestors, in compiling their precepts, had published them in treatises, commending them to the memory of all for posterity.
3. And just as thanks are due to these authors, those who, by contrast, steal the writings of these others and pass them off as their own should be censured, and those who do not rely on their own ideas in their writings, but rather, with envious character, do violence to other men's work and glory in it, these people are not only to be criticized, but, because they have lived impiously, should even be prosecuted as criminals. Nor indeed are these matters said to have been lightly punished by the ancients. It is not out of place to explain what outcomes such cases had before a court of law, when they have been handed down to us. 4. The Attalid kings, introduced to the manifold charms of literature, had established the great library of Pergamum* for the delight of all; then, likewise, Ptolemy, with boundless zeal and spurred by ambitious desire, had striven with no less passion to compete by establishing the library at Alexandria.


The Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, in partnership with interdisciplinary performer Hélène Lesterlin of Studio Reynard, presents a short-term exhibition highlighting artworks created at the Byrdcliffe Art Colony between 1903 and 1918 as well as artifacts, publications and objects from the collection of the Historical Society of Woodstock. On view from February 27 through March 1 at Byrdcliffe's Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, the exhibition provides the visual context for the premiere of Overlook, a solo performance by Lesterlin. A choreographer, director, and dancer, Lesterlin uses an amalgam of voices, historical accounts, dance, and local folklore to bring to life stories from Woodstock's past. Her performance, at 8:00 pm on Saturday February 28, will be preceded by a wine and cheese reception during which visitors will be able to explore the rarely-exhibited works from Byrdcliffe's permanent collection as well as a visual installation designed by Lesterlin. Wine will accompany a Q & A period after the performance. This weekend of Woodstock history will open with a free screening of Don Freeman's lush documentary film, Art House, taking viewers through 12 artist-made homes including Byrdcliffe's White Pines.
Cost: Exhibition free to the public // Reception and Performance cost: $20 ($18 for Byrdcliffe members).
Tickets can be purchased at the door on the evening of the performance.
Overlook plays with the format of a lecture, examining Woodstock's history as an art colony while musing on themes of aging, art-making, utopia and the magnetic pull of Woodstock on its long-time residents and the popular imagination. The title evokes the Catskill's Overlook Mountain, from which artist-mountaineer Bolton Brown first spied the locale that would become the home of Byrdcliffe, the second-longest continuously operating arts colony in the U.S. Using the rich archives of the Historical Society of Woodstock, Byrdcliffe, as well as interviews with local elders connected to Woodstock as an art colony, Overlook blurs the lines of personal narrative, history, folklore and fantasy.
During gallery hours throughout the weekend, visitors are invited to explore and even contribute to a visual installation and audio station designed by Lesterlin from some of the historical materials and interviews that inspired the solo performance. Lesterlin will be on hand to discuss the work, elicit impromptu stories, encourage a contributed note or drawing, and/or serve a cup of tea, "I see this aspect of the exhibition as a 'living archive.' Many of these archival materials are usually hidden from view, and yet I find them incredibly evocative and personal on their own terms. The installation is an aesthetic experience of raw history, with first-hand sources, period photographs, objects, and interviews set in counterpoint. The history of Woodstock is ideal for that: it's full of wild characters who embodied major cultural and artistic shifts in the early part of the 20th century with gusto and courage," says Lesterlin. "Both the Historical Society of Woodstock and Byrdcliffe have been instrumental partners in this work."
Over the course of this 3-day event, the Kleinert/James' multi-use exhibition and performance space will also display 22 works of art from Byrdcliffe's permanent collection. These objects, including work by Eva Watson-Schütze, Zulma Steele, Ralph and Jane Whitehead, and Jessie Tarbox Beals, have been on loan for study purposes to the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art since 2007. With the 8-year loan period now coming to its terminus, the Hudson Valley community is invited to admire the skills of Byrdcliffe's founding artists before these significant pieces are returned to safe storage. Overlook / Homeward takes Lesterlin's performance and the homecoming of Byrdcliffe's historical objects as a point of departure to celebrate the intensive intellectual history that forms the underpinning of what is today called the Woodstock Art Colony. The exhibition is co-curated by Lesterlin and Derin Tanyol of the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild. The Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild is grateful to the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, State University of New York at New Paltz, for stewarding these objects from our collection, and for graciously donating framing services to this exhibition.
Don Freeman's Art House, to be screened in the gallery at 7:30 pm on Friday, February 27, traces the trajectory of the American artist-designed home from its 19th-century roots, exploring houses created by 12 artists from diverse disciplines. The film, which has also been screened at The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, reveals the inventiveness derived from the dialogue between each artist's practice and the construction of their handmade homes. Each of the private domains featured in Art House, including Ralph and Jane Whitehead's Byrdcliffe home White Pines, is deeply imbued with the unique vision of its creator, and a physical embodiment of what it means to be an artist, to live an integrated life dedicated to art. Freeman is a photographer and filmmaker renowned for the painterly quality of his still lifes and architectural work.


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La chiesa di Sant'Andrea è la parrocchiale di Sforzatica quartiere di Dalmine in provincia e diocesi di Bergamo; fa parte del vicariato di Dalmine-Stezzano.

Storia
La prima citazione della chiesa posta nella località di Sforzatica risale al 1155, indicata nella bolla pontificia di papa Adriano IV come lunga ben 22 metri e larga 8 completa di una sacrestia definita piccola e umida. Nel Cinquecento divenne sede vicariale con ben 17 chiese dipendenti ma inserita nella Arcidiocesi di Milano. Nell'autunno del 1575 ricevette la visita pastorale di san Carlo Borromeo arcivescovo di Milano dalla cui relazione di desume che non era conforme alla disposizioni liturgiche, fu infatti ordinato di effettuare l'adeguamento con l'obbligo di spostare l'altare maggiore. Documentato nel 1598 un processo della santa inquisizione nella chiesa a carico di un certo Bartolomeo Locatelli, agricoltore e falegname con l'accusa di avere aggredito l'allora parroco.

L'edificio con il tempo non rispondeva più alle necessità della popolazione fu decisa l'edificazione di una nuova chiesa con il consenso dell'arcivescovo Benedetto Odescalchi e del Doge della Repubblica di Venezia, la ricostruzione doveva essere fatta a spese delle comunità e delle offerte delle famiglia più importanti del territorio su progetto di Giovan Battista Caniana. La nuova chiesa fu edificata in prossimità del paese su un terreno donato con la posa della prima pietra il 27 ottobre 1732. I lavori richiederanno quasi trent'anni, venendo consacrata il 4 aprile 1754.

Nel triennio tra il 1784 e il 1787 la chiesa passò dall'arcidiocesi milanese a quella di Bergamo. Il primo atto fu l'autorizzazione dell'amministrazione comunale, della sacra Congregazione Concistoriale, e poi la bolla pontificia del 13 novembre 1786 di papa Pio VI. Il cambio di diocesi fu ufficializzato nel 1787 dalle autorità episcopali di Bergamo. La chiesa rimase unita a Verdello fino al 1957 con la formazione della nuova parrocchia di Dalmine.

Nel 1922 la chiesa fu smembrata dalla parrocchiale di Dalmine, mentre la località di Sforzata divenne nel 1927 frazione del nuovo comune di Dalmine.

Con decreto del 27 maggio 1979 del vescovo di Bergamo Giulio Oggioni, la chiesa fu inserita nel nuovo vicariato di Dalmine-Sforzatica. Nel XXI secolo la chiesa fu oggetto di lavori di ammodernamento e manutenzione straordinaria.

Descrizione

Esterno
L'edificio di culto preceduto dalla camminata in ciottolato, è divisa da una cornice marcapiano in due sezioni, e tripartita da otto lenese complete di zoccolatura e capitelli ionici. Nella sezione inferiore vi è centrale il portale completo di due colonne con capitelli che reggono il timpano curvilineo. La seconda sezione ha centrale una grande apertura con cornice in arenaria atta a illuminare l'aula. La facciata presenta le grandi statue opere di Antonio Maria Pirovano di san Carlo Borromeo, sant'Andrea, sant'Ambrogio la Madonna Assunta e angeli. La statua della Vergine presenta la scritta Solve Vincla Reis.

Interno
L'interno sovrastato da due cupole, a pianta rettangolare anticipato della bussola linea si presenta in stile neoclassico a navata unica. Lesene stuccate a lucido dividono la navata e in campate complete degli altari dedicati. La cupola maggiore è decorata con affreschi opera di Bernardino Galliari di Andorno raffigurante Gloria del Santo Protettore.
Il presbiterio preceduto dal grande arco trionfale e rialzato da tre gradini presenta lateralmente due cantorie lignee che ospitano l'organo Adeobato Bossi-Urbani.

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Collegamenti esterni

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Spotted lanternfly detected in Ohio
Ohioans urged to be on the lookout for the invasive pest, which could devastate the state's agricultural economy.
Posted by Julianne Mobilian
The Columbus Dispatch has reported that the invasive spotted lanternfly (SLF) has been detected in Ohio. Read the article, below:
It was a flickering neon light that may have attracted it. It's likely the red and grey distinctive spotted fly hopped from a nearby rail car, which routinely runs about 50 feet away from the shop's window.
Jason Kopras, an auto glass shop owner, found the spotted lanternfly on the windowsill of his business JK Auto Glass, in Mingo Junction.
It marks the first documented case of the spotted lanternfly in Ohio. If, and when, the invasive species becomes entrenched in Ohio, experts say it will have a devastating ripple effect on state growers.
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Vita Farms receives MPS A+ certification
The production facility in Guatemala achieves an A+ rating in the MPS-ABC registration system for its sustainable production methods.
Vita Farms, a 50-acre nursery (with an additional 185-acre expansion underway) and part of the ForemostCo Family, started the process of obtaining the MPS-ABC certification in late 2019. The MPS A+ certification is an official recognition of Vita Farms' continued commitment towards running an ecologically sound operation.
"Social responsibility and sustainable production has always been a guiding principle at Vita Farms," said Luis Pacheco, general manager of Vita Farms. "Obtaining MPS certification was a natural step forward towards lowering our burden on the environment and assures that we are in compliance with market requirements. We are delighted to have received the A+ rating, the highest attainable qualification, and will continue to implement best practices to reduce our footprint on the environment."
MPS-ABC is a registration tool to keep track on consumption of crop protection agents and fertilizers as well as energy consumption and waste management. Compliance with market requirements can be demonstrated using the quarterly reporting tool as a management instrument.
Visit https://www.foremostco.com/index.php/vita-farms/ for more information.
UF/IFAS: Florida urban tree canopy saves $4 billion a year
Researchers share that tree canopies not only provide shade and oxygen, but provide a host of financial benefits, too.
Researchers from UF/IFAS have discovered that urban tree canopies have a range of benefits on cities, from providing oxygen and shade to effectively providing mass revenue to the state. Read the blog post below:
Trees give us shade to cool off and oxygen to breathe — and they provide Florida cities with $4 billion in benefits a year, collectively, UF/IFAS researchers say.
These include savings in air pollution removal, stormwater runoff and carbon sequestration and storage, said Andrew Koeser, UF/IFAS associate professor of environmental horticulture.
To reach their findings, UF/IFAS researchers surveyed tree canopies in Florida's metropolitan and micropolitan areas, defined as distinct economic regions having one or more core cities. Florida has 29 such regions, spread out over 51 of its 67 counties. Scientists define tree canopy cover as the percent of a land area covered by leaves and branches when viewed from above.
"Florida is known for its natural resources and beauty, and its urban forests are the most direct connection to nature most of the state's residents have," Koeser said. "As such, this work is an important first step in monitoring and valuing some of the many things trees do to enhance our lives."
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TPIE announces cancellation of its 2021 show
Online sessions will replace the physical event next year, and the next TPIE will be held January 19-21, 2022.
Posted By Sierra Allen
The Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association (FNGLA) reached a reluctant decision to cancel Tropical Plant International Expo (TPIE 2021) that was scheduled for January 20-22, 2021 in Tampa, Florida.
Although show organizers tried to make it happen, and wanted to make it happen, it was no longer feasible to hold the annual industry trade show with coronavirus numbers dramatically spiking, and exhibitor and buyer participation in TPIE became increasingly questionable. It's challenging for many international buyers and exhibitors to travel to the U.S. and many corporate buyers remain on travel restrictions. Rather than offer the industry an event which is not to FNGLA's high standards, it was decided to forgo this year's show. The next TPIE will be held in Tampa, Florida on January 19-21, 2022.
Becoming increasingly concerned over the recent and alarming increases in coronavirus cases across the country and within Florida, show organizers determined FNGLA could not assure the positive and rewarding experience attendees and exhibitors have come to expect and enjoy each year at TPIE. "We knew a level of unease would get in the way of face-to-face business meetings and in-person networking," says Linda Adams, TPIE show manager and FNGLA's chief operating officer. "With so many enthusiastic TPIE exhibitors and attendees, cancellation is a big disappointment, yet FNGLA appreciates everyone's understanding of this final decision."
FNGLA will soon send out information to exhibitors and supporters on several meaningful ways to keep the TPIE connection between buyers and exhibitors strong and active, especially at a time when interior and tropical plant demand is so high. Attendees who pre-registered for TPIE will be refunded automatically.
2021 online sessions to come
Save the TPIE 2021 dates (January 20-22) as TPIE will deliver online the TPIE Opening Session with Max Luthy, and the educational sessions which were to take place at the show. TPIE will continue to serve as a conduit between buyers and exhibitors, offering targeted information on plant availability, showcasing exhibitors and their plants and products, and more.
"Salutes go to our amazing 2021 TPIE exhibitors and sponsors for their continuing generosity and unwavering commitment to FNGLA," says Martin Hackney, FNGLA president. "And, a special tip of FNGLA's cap to our TPIE Committee volunteer leaders and FNGLA professional staff, all of whom once again poured their hearts and souls into building what would have been a phenomenally successful international show."
Adams adds, "FNGLA's volunteer leaders and staff hope you, your families and employees are faring well and you carry within you a resolute determination that we will prevail through this pandemic. With FNGLA protecting and promoting the future of Florida's nursery and landscape industry, we will push through these challenging times and emerge with a bright future ahead."
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Sponsors of New and Talented Artists, Inc. (SONATA) held its annual Scholarship Luncheon Fundraiser on June 11, 2016 at Savannah State University in the King Fraizer Ballroom. The audience was entertained by the Teddy Adams Trio, which featured Laiken Williams. The master of ceremony was the charming Kim Gusby from WSAV News. Sophomore Thomas Schandolph on trombone, one of SONATA's scholarship recipients, performed the National Anthem. Ms. Marie Hall, a SONATA board member, did the invocation and blessing. Guests and supporters enjoyed a delectable lunch while being entertained by performers.
The second session featured some of SONATA's students: "Apres un Reve", Faure, performed by Soraya Brooker on violin; "Gia il Sole Dal Gange", Alessandro Scarlatti song by Kelina Momperouse and Danse De La Chevre, Arthur Honegger performed by Jacobi Dortch on Flute. Destiny Reed, one of our SONATA Alumni, Berry College '16, performed "Your Daddy's Son" from "Ragtime" by Slaherty and Ahrens; we are so proud of our students, they did an excellent job.
by Shameka Smalls; Educator of the Year (Terry Staten, Band Director at Hubert Middle School) presented by his former student Destiny Reed; The Ben Tucker Lifetime Achievement Award (James Thompson, Sr., a retired band director) presented by Anna Watson; The Lillian Ellis Legacy Award (Emma Conyers, President of BRAVO Music Company, Inc.) presented by Lillian Ellis, the Co-Founder and President of Emeritus.
SONATA President, Somi Benson- Jaja, made a special presentation to Norfolk Southern Railroad who has been a major sponsor of SONATA for years. On April 20, 2016, they made a large donation of $3,000.
Special thanks to Teddy Adams Trio for performing, Kim Gusby, Master of Cermony from WSAV, SONATA Board Members, students and parents, Savannah State University, The Hodge Foundation, Tim S. Moore and the Savannah community for providing special funding for SONATA's Music Scholarship Program and Private Music Lessons.
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Michael Verhoeven was born in Berlin in 1938 into an acting and directing family. He studied Medicine in Berlin and Munich and qualified as a doctor in 1969. He appeared as an actor on the stage and screen in the early 50s and 60s and has been working as a screenwriter, producer and director since 1967. His award-winning films include: Dance of Death (Paarungen, 1968), O.K. (1970), A Terrific Exit (Ein unheimlich starker Abgang, 1973), Sunday Children (Sonntagskinder, 1979), The White Rose (Die weisse Rose, 1982), The Nasty Girl (Das schreckliche Maedchen, 1989), My Mother's Courage (Mutters Courage, 1995), Zimmer mit Fruehstueck (TV, 1999), Uncovering of a Marriage (Enthuellung einer Ehe, TV, 2000), The Unknown Soldier - What Did You Do in the War, Dad? (Der unbekannte Soldat, 2006), and Human Failure (Menschliches Versagen, 2008).
Human Failure (Menschliches Versagen)
My Mother's Courage (Mutters Courage)
NASTY GIRL, THE (SCHRECKLICHE MÄDCHEN, DAS)
Unknown Soldier, The - What Did You Do in the War, Dad? (unbekannte Soldat, Der)
VERHOEVENS, THE (VERHOEVENS, DIE)
WELCOME TO GERMANY (WILLKOMMEN BEI DEN HARTMANNS)


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Cody Parkey Missed Field Goal Leads To Misdirected Venmo Payments
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Chicago Bears placekicker Cody Parkey attained instant sports infamy Sunday when his missed field goal in the final seconds caused his team to lose to the Philadelphia Eagles at home in the NFC wild-card playoffs by a score of 16-15.
Parkey's miss, which later video replay showed was partially blocked, as reported previously by Inquisitr, led to the early end of what had been a hugely successful season for the Bears, who went 12-4 and won the NFC North. But even stranger things began to happen in the aftermath of the game.
First, Eagles center Jason Kelce claimed in a postgame interview, per NBC Sports Philadelphia, that he hadn't realized until after the game that the Bears' kicker was Parkey, even though Parkey played for the Eagles for two years and Kelce was his teammate during that time. Then, Wikipedia locked Parkey's page, due to "persistent vandalism," per a Twitter post from Madeline Kenney of the Chicago Sun-Times.
And then, Eagles fans started expressing their appreciation to Parkey in an unusual way- by sending him money via Venmo.
Also according to NBC Sports Philadelphia, a group of Eagles fans discovered Parkey's Venmo page and began sending him payments in appreciation for his missed kick allowing the Eagles to advance in the playoffs. It's not clear exactly how much money Parkey received on the page, or if he will keep it.
And after that, reporter Will Brinson noticed several Venmo users changed their names to "Cody Parkey," so as to "accidentally" receive payments meant for the actual Parkey. As demonstrated in the replies to Brinson's tweet, at least a few people fell for this ruse.
Random Eagles fans all started Venmo'ing Cody Parkey money for the missed FG so a ton of people created fake Cody Parkey Venmo accounts trying to get paid by random Eagles fans. pic.twitter.com/ohTvRZsYtd
— Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) January 7, 2019
After defeating the Bears, the Eagles will play the New Orleans Saints in the NFC divisional playoffs, next Sunday afternoon. The winner of that game will face the winner of Saturday's matchup between the Los Angeles Rams and Dallas Cowboys on the following Sunday.
"I feel terrible. I let the team down," Parkey said in the Bears' locker room after the game, as quoted by ESPN. "That's on me. I have to own it. I have to be a man. Unfortunately, that's the way it went today… There's really no answer to it. I didn't make it. I take that loss on me. The sun is going to shine tomorrow, but unfortunately, this one is going to sting for a while."
The Bears will now have to decide whether to keep Parkey or find a new kicker in the offseason.