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Doomburger
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[color=#00CC00]First Name:[/color]
[color=#00CC00]Last Name:[/color]
[color=#00CC00]Gender:[/color]
[color=#00CC00]Age:[/color]
[color=#00CC00]Background:[/color]
[color=#00CC00]Medical Problems:[/color]
[color=#00CC00]Relevant Skills:[/color]
[center][size=13pt][b][color=#CCCC00]Out of Character[/color][/b][/size][/center]
[color=#CCCC00]Steam Name:[/color]
[color=#CCCC00]Age:[/color]
[color=#CCCC00]Country:[/color]
[color=#CCCC00]Timezone:[/color]
[color=#CCCC00]How long have you been roleplaying:[/color]
[color=#CCCC00]How long have you been with HGN:[/color]
[color=#CCCC00]Are you in any other factions:[/color]
[color=#CCCC00]Have you played any of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games:[/color]
[color=#CCCC00]Do you have any previous Military experience:[/color]
[color=#CCCC00]Who is in charge of the Military?[/color]
[color=#CCCC00]Bans on record:[/color]
« Last Edit: 29-03-2013 by Lent23 »
INA7HAN
Catapult-Man
Re: |105th| 'Blackfire' Applications
First Name: Kirill
Last Name: Sidorov
Background: Kirill's family had been fighting in wars since world war 2 with his grand parents taking part in major battles such as the retaking of Moscow on 7 January 1942. Kirill enjoyed hearing stories from his grandparents about the war and how Russia beat back the Germans and took Berlin.
Kirill's childhood was different to others, he didn't have many friends and spent most of his spare time studying for exams and reading up on battles and the Russian military. He left school with good grades thanks to the help of his teachers and his family and went on to a military univercity to learn all he could about being a loyal and effective soldier in the field.
He excelled in his academic work and was one of the top students in the field exercises and was one of the favourites of the instructors.
This didn't get him many friends and many of the students hated him for his success. This didn't bother Kirill as all he wanted to do was to serve in the military and make his family proud.
After passing all his tests at the top of his class he wanted to do a specialists course but couldn't figure out what to do. A while passed and he heard about a new regiment in the Military being sent into the zone. The fact that the zone facinated him and he could go there with the military to do his service at the same time excited him.
He joined a course which taught the new recruits for the regiment all they needed to know about the zone and warfare involved in the zone, he was taught about anomalies, radiation and mutants.
Now that he has completed the course he awaits the response to his application by the Officers in charge.
Medical Problems: None
Relevant Skills: Knowledge on the zone, Extensive military knowledge and tactics, Good marksmenship and basic medical skills
Age: 16 (17 in 20 days)
Country: United Kingom
How long have you been roleplaying: 3 years
How long have you been with HGN: Roughly a year
Are you in any other factions: Ecologists still I believe
Have you played any of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games: All of them
Do you have any previous Military experience: Arma2 tactical realism unit, Darkest hour tactical realism unit, Mount and musket regiment, Napoleonic wars regiment, being part of the Army cades for 2 years and I was in Duty for a while on SRP
Who is in charge of the Military? Doomburger
Bans on record:None
« Last Edit: 03-11-2012 by Doomburger »
SRP: Nicolai 'Thunder' Lagunov - Loner - Alive
Re: |105th| 'Blackfire' Applications - OPEN
We have THREE openings for people in American time zones.
Meanwhile outside of Leshiy's door.
Adam 'Sporadic' Dominika - Alive | Squirrel - Alive | Jordan Redmond - Alive | Njal - MIA | Bowie - MIA
darkzerxx
First Name:Scarlet
Last Name:Stroik
Scarlet was born and raised in the city of Kiev with her family of five, an older brother & sister, and her two parents. She always wanted to be a doctor since the day she went to see her grandmother who was one of the survivors of the Chernobyl disaster and has had medical problems ever since, at the time scarlet was only eight and all she understood was that the doctors were the ones helping her grandma and she wanted to become just like them. Sadly her grandmother passed on as she turned 10, after getting over the grief she had she was determined to learn all she could so she can help people like the doctors who did their best to help her grandmother.
So as she entered high school she focused most her time on her science and English classes, by the end of her time in high school she had taken and scored high grades in her biology, chemistry, anatomy, forensics and her English classes. At the time her older brother had left to join the Ukrainian military, while she was in college she was going for her medical degree to become a doctor. She was always in contact with her older brother at the time and actually enjoyed the conversations and story's he gave her, Sadly he was caught in a explosion and was crippled from the waist down and sent home. At that time he was sending money to her and her family to help with bills and her schooling. So she was forced to drop out of college after one year of going for her doctors degree and she decided to join the military to help her family as well.
As she started her time in the military she became one the best medics on her battalion and went to the shooting range to practice her shooting in her free time. Then she soon got in trouble with her CO for back talking him for telling her she wasn't good enough because she was a woman, which ended with her slapping him. The CO soon had her papers filled out to be sent to one of the worst places to be stationed from the story's she heard, she was sent to the zone. Soon enough she found her self on one of the bases out side the zone waiting for her paper work to be filled out and for her to get the okay from the leading CO in the zone Maj.David isidor and to start her new life in the zone under his command.
Medical Problems:N/A
Relevant Skills:Skilled in medical field dressing, Basic surgical skills, Skilled in shooting.
Callsign (optional):'Fox'
Preferred Specialization (optional):Medical skills and Sharp shooter.
Steam Name:Darkzerxx
Timezone:GMT-5
How long have you been roleplaying:Four years, two with hgn.
How long have you been with HGN:Two
Are you in any other factions:N/A
Have you played any of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games:All three.
Do you have any previous Military experience:Still planning on joining air force and have studied some about all branches.
Who is in charge of the Military?Thanatos
Bans on record:0
Accepted as a Soldier.
I'll be watching.
« Last Edit: 04-02-2013 by Thanatos »
Ex-Duty-converted Monolith:|Draco 'Dice' stellem|Decease
Stalker/Trader:|Dracovich Raka|Alive
Eco:|Dr.Richard L. Vangraff|In zone
Stalker:|Scarler 'becca' Owen|Alive
Ex-freedomer-duty:|Levi'Fox'Krillen|Alive
Stalker:|Taylor 'trinity'|Alive
Sucker:|Hunter|Alive
Military:|Scarlet Stroik|alive
HitMan5523
Cursed by the northern winds.
First Name:Alex
Last Name:Ikalo
Alex Ikalo was born in Yalta, Ukraine. His parents both worked and left Alex to stay in day care. During his time there, he learned to count on himself for years to come. When it was finally time to go to school, Alex excelled in History.Yet, he didn't seem to grasp any of the other subjects. Alex couldn't boost his grades for any of the other subjects and decided that his life was going to go nowhere if he stayed in school. He decided to drop out at age sixteen. Alex also ran away from home, deeming that it was holding him down in life. Alex Ikalo deemed it necessary for himself to stay a loner in the crime world. He preferred working alone rather than working in groups since he thought it would get him caught faster than if he worked alone.
Alex Ikalo continued his robbing sprees until he just turned 18. He was robbing a bank at the time and got arrested. While in jail, he was giving a chance to get the death penalty for all the crimes he has done or join a special penal army group. Alex obviously chose the option that would let him survive a little bit longer and so he joined the penal army group. He was shipped off into training and had no special skills except for hand to hand combat and working with the AKs74u. After training Alex was shipped off onto a weird, distant place in a helicopter with a batch of other new recruits.
Medical Problems:None.
Relevant Skills:Hand to hand combat, Knife combat, short range combat, scouting.
Callsign (optional):Wolf.
Preferred Specialization (optional):CQB.
Steam Name:☺(H C)HitMâñ☺ -:)SSK(:-
Timezone:Eastern Time Zone.
How long have you been roleplaying:Seven or so years. Lost count.
How long have you been with HGN:Almost two years.
Are you in any other factions:Team Adex
Have you played any of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games:Yes, all three.
Do you have any previous Military experience:None.
Who is in charge of the Military?Mentos.
Bans on record:Too many to count.
I'm hip! What are you talking about!
Lent23
A Stalker Until The End
First Name: Sasha
Last Name: Zolnerowich
Background: Sasha Zolnerowich had an average life. Growing up, he was introduced into the military environment by his father. His father, a Captain in the Soviet Union at the time, was tough on Sasha. He would train Sasha as if he was one of his own men. He would continuously push Sasha through tough training, even as a young boy. Sasha was always a very athletic kid, as his father made him stay in shape, in hopes that he would one day join the military and follow in his footsteps. Shortly before the collapse of the Soviet Union, Sasha's father retired from his position as a Major, a position he shortly held before he was injured in a car crash.
A few years after his father's injury, at the age of Eighteen, Sasha decided to join the Ukrainian Military. With the training regiment his father put him through when he was younger up until even recently, (he followed it without his father's instruction; it turned into his way of life) he was able to pass the basic recruitment phase with no problems. After being put on what he considered a series of "guard duty jobs" for the longest time, he was eventually - at the age of thirty - sent into "the Zone" with a small group of his peers. Sent as the leader of what was essentially a scout squad, he was excited to finally see a bit of action, though he had matured much more since the time of a hot-headed eighteen year old he once was.
In the zone, his squad was ambushed with things they had never seen before; invisible creatures stalked them at night. One by one, his team died. He, along with one of his privates by the name of Mikhail Grekov were the only survivors of the mission, lasting an amazing fourteen days in the Zone before they were able to find their way out. they had only been inserted less than a fourth of a kilometer into the Zone, away from the Cordon. The mission was a complete failure. After being injured by one of the mutants he had encountered, he was unable to continue active duty, and was honorably discharged and took a half year leave. Unable to stay away from the Military - as it was practically his life - he took courses on equipment management. Everything from ordering equipment for a regiment to keeping their weapons clean and set up. Finally able to operate again, Sasha is finally ready to once again enter the Military and finally prove to his father that he can do it, that his life is not a waste, that he is the soldier he was trained to be.
Medical Problems: Previously broken right leg. No continued signs of injury prevalent, fit enough for duty.
Relevant Skills: Equipment management.
Callsign (optional): Supplier
Preferred Specialization (optional): Equipment management.
Steam Name: Brandon Lent
Timezone: EST (GMT-5)
How long have you been roleplaying: A good six or seven years.
How long have you been with HGN: Two to three years. (?)
Are you in any other factions: No.
Have you played any of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games: All three, though I only truly "Completed" Call of Pripyat.
Do you have any previous Military experience: I was in it twice thus far; Once under Doomburger, once under TheAndyShandy.
Who is in charge of the Military? Thanatos.
Bans on record: None.
Accepted, I'll be watching for activity.
"Mommy, when is Daddy coming home?"
"Here, Alex.. Daddy sent us a package.. The soldier told us that it.. might be a while until Daddy's done with his service. Don't worry, you'll see him soon, Alex.."
"He's always gone! I never get to see him!"
Lt. Taylor
First Name: Adrik
Last Name: Mihailov
Adrik began his life in a small town, living with a poor family. No father to put bread on the table, his mother worked multiple jobs and left him to his own devices. He grew up a little awkward but eventually fit in well enough with the other kids. He often had a fascination with the medical practice, though his limited resources didn't allow him to take it very far. As soon as he could he was doing odd jobs and working where he could to pay the bills. Grew up strong, always working hard, he studied a little bit here and there about the human body. Learned a few things by the time he got out of his secondary schooling, barely passing with little motivation to do the book work; he was left with little energy to do it with after he finished his shift at work.
At the age of 19, Adrik's mother died of internal bleeding after getting in a terrible car crash, leaving him alone to fend for himself. He was able to pay the bills for a few years with the small amounts his mother had saved up combined with the work he could get. Though eventually, the work slowed down and the bills piled up. With less work available, he took to reading more in the few medical books he managed to obtain. They were somewhat outdated, and all of it was theory to him. Eventually he was being evicted from his home, and ended up on the street. Evaluating his options, he decided to take a look into the Military, and after a few days he was recruited and sent off for training. The offer of a warm bed, three meals a day, and hopefully a chance to do what he's always wanted to was temptation enough.
He trained to be a combat medic and was deployed to The Zone shortly after. He worked his way through a couple of ranks in his position until the location was later abandoned. There he made fast friends with Checkorav, or Checky for short. They were usually on the same shifts and missions, depending on one another's ability to keep them alive. After relocation to a separate part of The Zone, Checky and Adrik were soon sent on a Patrol near a now-known Monolith hide-out. Several, less experienced squad mates were killed in the crossfire. The NCO radioed in a retreat; however Adrik refused to leave a wounded recruit to die. Before he could get 5 feet, a ricochet round pierced his lower leg and he toppled down with the recruit on top of him. Checkorav rushed to his aid while the NCO continued to bark orders at them over the radio. The squad's designated marksmen took up position on a ridge nearby and forced the Monolith into a retreat. Adrik was protected by the recruit's body; however his leg's muscles were too damaged to return to combat at that time. In the next half hour, Adrik was taken by a Helicopter to a military hospital nearby. Checky went as well for a psyche evaluation and several small wounds from grenade shrapnel.
After 6 months of healing and physical therapy, Adrik was ready to be sent back to the front lines of The Zone. Checkorav having fully completed a thorough psyche evaluation after putting himself in a suicidal situation, left with his friend Adrik at his side on the next transport into The Zone. They were placed in a different regiment, and demoted for not following orders from a NCO.
Medical Problems: Recently came out of being treated, needs to build muscle mass.
Relevant Skills: General medical skills.
Callsign (optional): N/A
Preferred Specialization (optional): Combat Medic
Steam Name: Lt. Taylor
Timezone: -5:00 Eastern US
How long have you been roleplaying: More than 4 years.
How long have you been with HGN: Almost 3 years.
Are you in any other factions: No
Have you played any of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games: All three
Do you have any previous Military experience: Been with the Military several times in the past under the leadership of Doomburger, and before that Radek.
Who is in charge of the Military? Doomburger Thanatos
Bans on record: A short one from Goose a long time ago for a misunderstanding. Might not even be notable, but I realize it should be included.
Pending. Speak to me in Steam.
darthgreen0000
center]In Character[/center]
First Name:Timka
Last Name:Barsukov
Background:Timuka was Born in Pripyat 1984 before the Chernobly disaster Happened His father was a shop keeper in pripyat before the disaster happened and his family lived in the city for Two years before the Chernobly disaster Happened and when they started evacing the city his father was left behind in the city and only Timuka and his mother Mariya and they moved to the outer area of Kiev. After evacing pripyat with all the over citizens in the city where Timuka lived. He went to school for the next 10 years of his life at age 12 his mother stared dating a man in the Russian military Tolyan Isyanov for the next two years when Tolyan soon became his stepfather.
Timuka rarely gots to see his stepfather since he is normaly of on missions since he is part of a spetnaz squad for the Infantry military and always told Timuka stories about missions he was on when he came home and it made Timuka think he should join military and follow in his stepfather footsteps at age 23 timuka started not hearing anything about his stepfather and his mother soon got a letter saying he die on a mission a few days before his family got the letter and a 2 years later they moved to a small apartment in Poltav Ukraine and days later Timuka signed up and joined the Ukraine military like his stepfather. Where he was in trained in Kiev for a month and served in the Military Police in Kiev for the next 11 years. In 2011 he was shipped to the zone at age 36 and that is where he is today.
Medical Problems:Some breathing issues
Relevant Skills:Some military knowledge from the stories his stepfather told him.
Callsign (optional):
Preferred Specialization (optional):
Steam Name:Darthfreeman
Timezone:Central
How long have you been roleplaying:2 years
How long have you been with HGN:Since before gmod13
Are you in any other factions:Not yet.
Have you played any of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games:All 3 stalker games
Do you have any previous Military experience:I read military books most of the time.
Who is in charge of the Military?I heard the're working on a new leader.
Bans on record:One on tnb srp and here when I first got gmod and didn't know any better.
Pending - Your backstory does hold a lot of information that seems like it was researched ahead of time which does show creativity and effort, however I did notice some grammatical errors as well as some issues with the story itself - mainly the father being in spetsnaz -. I'll give you a chance to fix up the story a little bit and I'll recheck it. --Rebel
« Last Edit: 27-04-2013 by darthgreen0000 »
liamrew
First Name:Valery
Last Name:Belyakov
Valery was born in pripyat his dad was part of the military while his mother was a doctor. He never got along with other kids, just by himself a lot sitting under a tree.
He would always listen to his dad a lot and mom because his dad wanted him to be in the military. At the age of 16 his dad started to teach him to work with a rifle, how it was built, how to clean it. When he turned 18 his dad let him fire a rifle for the first time, getting the hang of it he really became a good shot. Once he turned 20 he signed up for the military and they sent him off to training. Doing well he still needed a lot of work with his rifle handling. He trained as hard as he could and was working hard in medical training. After training they sent him to an outpost.
At the outpost he was doing little patrols and helping them with medical issues while getting more training in. After being in the outpost for almost a month of nothing happening, but learning tactic work, they told him there is a mission that needs doing. There was a squad at a factory who were stuck with injured people and he needed to go there to help them. He went off to find them with another soldier, after walking through mud and trees they found the injured people, he helped them as much as he could bringing them back to the outpost Bandaging there legs, after doing that he was sent back to the training outpost to take the test. After taking the test they said to him that he did good on the test and said he needs to be sent to a place called the zone where there is danger in every corner. so he packed up and went in to a helicopter on his way to the zone.
Medical Problems:None
Relevant Skills:Medical training
Preferred Specialization (optional):Combat Medic
Steam Name:Caboose (Lemon Shoe)
Country:Australia
Timezone:(CST)
How long have you been roleplaying:A year
How long have you been with HGN:A year
Are you in any other factions:Yea freedom
Have you played any of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games:SOC
Do you have any previous Military experience:Ive never been in the military before
Who is in charge of the Military?Brandon Lent
Bans on record:Never
Accepted - Thanks for fixing your application up. --Rebel
« Last Edit: 26-02-2013 by Rebel6609 »
|105th| 'Blackfire' Applications - [Semi-]CLOSED
Congratulations, Military roster's full for now. Feel free to write an app for if spaces ever clear up in the Military, which may be soon if soldiers don't get their asses on.
IceFire
|105th| 'Blackfire' Applications - [Semi]-CLOSED
Reply #10 on: 09-03-2013
First Name: Valeriy
Last Name: Alexandrov
Valeriy grew up with his Mother for the first ten years of his life where until his parents decided to have another child, his sister.
Valeriys' interest in the military came from his father who was a Lieutenant and in the military for 24 years. He always told great heroic stories of how he fought in great battles and defeating the bad guys. His father always used to teach him things that he had leant in the military and they took weekends out camping in the woods.
Valeriy always wanted to join the military from since he could remember. And he was prepared to leave his Mother and Sister as soon as he came of age to join the military with his father.
At the age of 17 Valeriy received the tragic news that his father had fallen in the field of combat. A great ceremony was conducted to celebrate the life of such a great soldier. This news saddened Valeriy but it brought more strength to Valeriy than anything that had ever happened. This news however did not have the same affect on his Mother. After the death of Valeriys' father his mother was never the same. She became depressed and was no longer independent.
Valeriy had to drop out of school to feed and look after the family as his Mother was no longer capable, and his sister at the age of 7 was not capable of looking after herself. Valeriys' dream had fallen out the sky. He wouldn't be able to join the military at the age of 18, he would have to wait until his sister could look after her mother.
Until Valeriys' sister became 16 he was the man of this house. He was not too happy that he had to look after his family but it was what his father would've wanted him to do.
Valeriy was still very determined to join the military when he was able to. He trained every single day for the 9 years to ready himself for this military. Valeriy managed to become as fit and as healthy as his father ever was, he also tried to discipline himself with daily routines which would give him the best possible start to the military. Valeriy was going to become a hero just like his father.
The day came when his younger sister hit the age of 16, when he could finally leave to join the military. He had sent off his application off months before and now was the time to become a true man.
Medical Problems: N/A
Relevant Skills:Basic Military tactics, Survival Skills, Arms Training, Good Trapping Skills.
Preferred Specialization (optional):Sniper/ Ranger/ Scout
Steam Name:Icefire/Jon
Country:UK
Timezone:GMT+0
How long have you been roleplaying:7/8 years
How long have you been with HGN:4/5 years
Are you in any other factions:Eco Merc, and Duty.
Have you played any of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games:All 3
Do you have any previous Military experience:Duty.
Who is in charge of the Military? Brandon
Bans on record:I was banned 4 years ago. Although I have matured greatly since then.
Accepted. I hope to see activity and good roleplay. Be on at least once every two days and we won't have a problem. You're being dropped off into Aegis Squad with AndyShady and INathan. Good luck, Soldier.
Apps are Open again. Big surprise.
First Name: Alexei
Last Name: Vasilev
Alexei grew up with his family for the early stages of his life and always did what he was told as a young child. His perspiration in life was to become a Commando in the Military after his grandfather had passed away when Alexei was 13. His Grandfather told him many inspirational stories about his trips to other countries and fighting in wars which made him proud and his country proud of him. Alexei was part of a local group of people that came together every week and practiced survival skills such as 'Lighting a Fire' or 'How to survive the night in a forest' which Alexei took great interest into. While at the club, he learnt lots of military techniques and strategies which he though would give him the best possible chance of him getting picked to join the Military.
Years went by and Alexei was 18 with the same dream he had while he was a child. The memories of his grandfather still flowing through his head as though they were being told yesterday to him. His Parents were both supportive of his decision to join the Military and felt that his Grandfather would be very proud of him looking down over Alexei. However, Education and Income were very important to Alexei parents as well as they wanted what was best for Alexei and wanted to keeps his paths open if the Military career didn't go to plan. Alexei wanted to make his parents happy so he carried on with his education and at the age of 20 he had a degree in Mathematics and a qualification in Physical Education. He applied to become a Officer at the club that he was apart of because his age was to high for him to work with the rest of the other children that attended the club. His role as a Officer was to teach the children many activity's and skills that he had learnt as a 'cadet' in the club. Alexei enjoyed teaching the children drill because it was a very important to him as a parade was conducted for his grandfather when he passed away.
Alexei was now 25 and his dream of being apart of the Military was bigger than it had ever been. He had served 5 years as a Officer at his local community cadet club and was now ready to look into a Military career. Alexei loved to keep himself fit and in shape because when the time had come for him to apply, he would be at the top of the competition and hopefully have a better shot over the other men.The day arrived for Alexei to live his dream in the Military and meet lots of new people that he will become friends with and also watch die beside him. His family were sad to let him go but they knew that it was for the best of Alexei Vasilev.
Medical Problems: None Known.
Relevant Skills: Survival Skills, Fire Armed Trained, Confident Drill
Callsign (optional): 'Eagle'
Preferred Specialization (optional): CQC (Close Quarter Combat), Commando
Steam Name: |HGN| TingoUK
How long have you been roleplaying: Almost 3 Years
How long have you been with HGN: Just Over 1 Year
Are you in any other factions: Player Faction
Have you played any of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games: Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl and Call of Pripyat
Do you have any previous Military experience: Live in Military Family, Air Cadets (Fieldcraft/Rifle Trained), Drill Instructor at Cadets.
Rarr
First Name:Ivan
Last Name: Sokov
Ivan grew up in a small town that was known for its military behavior. Many people from the village signed up to join the military at young ages as familes within village had been serving in the military for decades. At the young age of Fourteen, Ivan and his friends use to simulate combat with Airsoft rifles and they spents days camping out and enjoying themselves. As Ivan grew up, He came fit and healthy and learned many skills of survival.
At the age of Nineteen, Ivan decided to sign up for the military at the near by Recruitment Camp. There he trained for 6 months. The Training was tough but Ivan Pulled though as one of the best Soilders out of his Squad. Two months after completing the training, he was station at a Small base Just outside the Zone. His Duty was to protect the border from Unwanted Guests who tried to hop in or out of the Zone. This Job was too easy for Ivan, and too boarding. After an extra three weeks of the job, he knocked on the his officer's door and slowly appoched. He asked that he could be stationed maybe somewhere within the Zone as he was excited to wittness what he was protecting. He was then stationed in the Zone.
After two years of Hard brual Warfare. The Military outpost he was stationed in was attacked by a group of Master Bandits which destoryed their APC. The commanding officer exploded into rage sending out all forces to track down this bandit team, Ivan was in the death Squad. They searched the whole sector until they came to a house. It was crawling with bandits as they busted in slaughing everyone in sight. As Ivan took point up the stairs, he was spreyed down apond by a bandit armed with An AKM, he hit the floor bleeding out as his Buddy Arkady dragged him out. The fight carried on for hours.
Ivan then later woke up in a medical bay. After 3-5 months of recovering from his wounds he got back onto his feet and was ready to fight again. He asked if he could be stationed with his old unit but they had been wiped out a few weeks ago. So he checked to see if anyone was still alvie and J-Sgt Arkady Renko was still alive. He asked if he could be transfered into this unit....
Medical Problems: None.
Relevant Skills: Cooking (Was a Cook),Using a Rifle.
Preferred Specialization (optional): Scout.
Steam Name: (WBA Inf.)Pvt.Rarr
How long have you been with HGN: 4 years
Are you in any other factions: Freedom
Have you played any of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games: All of them.
Do you have any previous Military experience: Uhh not really.
Who is in charge of the Military?: Brandon Lent
Accepted. Don't let me see you goofing off even once, or I'll remove you. Be active and stick with your squad - Overwatch Squad with AndyShandy and IceFire.
Darth Nappa
SWRP Manager
First Name: Vladimir
Last Name: Sokolev
Background: Vladimir was born in Kiev, Ukraine. As a child he surrounded in a military environment after he met his grand father who was in the Army. After meeting his grand father, Vladimir knew he wanted to become a soldier. As a kid in school, he'd talk about joining the army and becoming a soldier some day, although people have been skeptical of his abilities. After graduating high school, Vladimir took time off from his goals to join the military to find a job in the civilian world, to very little success. After three years Vladimir finally talked to a recruiter and went to the nearest processing station to become enlisted in the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Relevant Skills: Other than things learned at basic training, pretty much nothing.
How long have you been roleplaying: Atleast three to four years. Give or take.
How long have you been with HGN: I've been back and fourth during that time.
Are you in any other factions: Just a loner. Although I don't think that counts so no.
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Family, fans of Natalie Cole react to 'disrespectful' Grammys tribute
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- The Recording Academy is under fire by fans and family of late singer Natalie Cole after the Grammy award ceremony failed to produce a "respectful" tribute to the late songstress.
Although Cole was mentioned during the Memorium segment of the awards ceremony, the 9-time Grammy winner did not receive a musical tribute.
David Bowie, B.B. King, Glenn Frey and Lionel Richie all were given their own dedication performances during Monday night's event.
Speaking with Entertainment Tonight, Cole's sisters, Timolin and Casey Cole said the brief clip of Natalie Cole singing "Unforgettable," during the Memorium slideshow was "sadly a forgettable," one.
"Words cannot express the outrage and utter disappointment at the disrespectful tribute, or lack thereof, to a legendary artist such as our sister."
Cole's son, Robert Adam Yancy, also chimed in, saying "Here is a woman who has been in the business for four decades, had 21 Grammy nominations and won nine Grammys. She deserves more than [to be part of] a minute-and-a-half tribute."
"It was shameless the way they minimized her legacy," he said. "We will find solace in her legacy as well as her endless fans around the world."
Fans and other celebrities also voiced their disapproval of the treatment of Cole at the awards show.
"We lost so many greats but Natalie Cole 1st African American to win Best New Artist deserves a tribute," actress Holly Robinson Peete wrote on Twitter.
We lost so many greats but Natalie Cole 1st African American to win Best New Artist deserved a tribute #Grammys #BHM pic.twitter.com/tKMbrUtBkL
— Holly Robinson Peete (@hollyrpeete) February 16, 2016
"Natalie Cole... 9 Grammys and only gets a photo in remembrance montage. David Bowie...1 Grammy and he received a 7 minute tribute," wrote CNN correspondent Chris Witherspoon on Twitter.
Natalie Cole... 9 Grammys and only gets a photo in remembrance montage. David Bowie...1 Grammy and he received a 7 minute tribute. #GRAMMYs
— Chris Witherspoon (@WitherspoonC) February 16, 2016
Natalie Cole, daughter to late R&B singer Nat King Cole, died on Dec. 31 of lung disease. The "Unforgettable" singer was 65 years old.
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Roman persecution of Christians was depicted in paintings such as "The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer" by Jean-Leon Gerome.
Christ was persecuted, but what about Christians?
CNN examines the tumultuous early years of Christianity in a special narrated by Liam Neeson. Watch "After Jesus: The First Christians," Sunday at 8 p.m. ET.
By John Blake, CNN
(CNN) - She walked into the Roman arena where the wild beasts awaited her. She trembled not from fear but from joy.
Her name was Vibia Perpetua. She was just 22, a young mother singing hymns as the crowd jeered and a lion, leopard and wild cow encircled her.
One of the beasts attacked, hurling her to the ground. She covered an exposed thigh with her bloody robe to preserve her modesty and groped in the dust for her hair pin so she could fix her disheveled hair.
And when a Roman executioner approached Perpetua with a sword, her last words before collapsing were aimed at her Christian companions: "Stand fast in the faith, and love you all one another and do not let our sufferings be a stumbling block to you."
Millions of Christians worldwide will celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus on this Easter Sunday. But the story of how the church rose to prominence after Jesus' death is being turned upside down.
According to a belief passed down through the centuries, the church grew because of Roman persecution. The blood of Christian martyrs such as Perpetua became "the seed of the church," said third-century church leader Tertullian. It's the Hollywood version of Christianity reflected in epic biblical films such as "Ben-Hur" and "The Robe." Vicious Romans relentlessly targeted early Christians, so the story goes, but the faith of people like Perpetua proved so inspiring that Christianity became the official religion of Rome, and eventually the largest religion in the world.
But that script is getting a rewrite. The first Christians were never systematically persecuted by the Romans, and most martyrdom stories - with the exception of a handful such as Perpetua's - were exaggerated and invented, several scholars and historians say. It wasn't just how the early Christians died that inspired so many people in the ancient world; it was how they lived.
"You had much better odds of winning the lottery than you would have becoming a martyr," says Joyce E. Salisbury, author of "The Blood of Martyrs: Unintended Consequences of Ancient Violence."
"The odds were pretty slim. More people read about martyrs than ever saw one."
Do Christians have a martyr complex today?
The debate over exactly how many Christians were persecuted and martyred may seem irrelevant centuries later. A scholarly consensus has indeed emerged that Roman persecution of Christians was sporadic, and that at least some Christian martyrdom stories are theological tall tales.
But a new book by Candida Moss, a New Testament professor at the University of Notre Dame, is bringing that message to the masses.
Moss says ancient stories of church persecution have created a contemporary cult of bogus Christian martyrs. She says too many American Christians are acting like they're members of a persecuted minority, being thrown to the lions by people who simply disagree with them.
Professor Candida Moss, author of "The Myth of Persecution," says most stories of Christian martyrs were fabricated.
She cited former Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum. Romney claimed last year that President Barack Obama was waging a "war against religion," and Santorum said the gay community "had gone out on a jihad" against him. Other Christians invoke images of persecution when someone disagrees with them on controversial issues such as abortion or birth control, says Moss, whose "The Myth of Persecution" was recently released.
The problem with invoking persecution is it implies your opponents are evil - and no common ground can be found with evil, Moss says.
"When someone is persecuting you" she says, "there is no room for dialogue."
Others say Moss' claim is dangerous.
People such as Perpetua did die because of their beliefs. The first Christians were tortured, reviled and held in contempt by Romans - and their example helped the church grow, they say.
The Rev. Robert Morgan, author of "On This Day in Christian History: 365 Amazing and Inspiring Stories about Saints, Martyrs and Heroes, " says it's true that some of the accounts of martyrdom were "undoubtedly embellished" and that many of the persecution stories were "handed down in an atmosphere of confusion and pressure."
Still, being a Christian in the first century was a risky move - persecution was significant. Jesus and most of his apostles were executed, he says.
"To deny the history of the movement is a way of attacking the movement," Morgan says.
Some opposition to contemporary Christians is indeed evil, Morgan says. Christians are being killed today in places such as Nigeria and North Africa.
"Christians do not have a victim's mentality," Morgan says. "They take their stands, they know what they believe and they do good in this world. They are the ones who have established orphanages, hospitals and charitable institutions. For some reason, there's this animosity against them."
Hatred of Christians is woven into much of the New Testament. Jesus constantly warned his followers to expect persecution. The Apostle Paul wrote many of his epistles from jail. And the death of the first Christian martyr, Stephen, is dramatically recorded in the New Testament book the Acts of the Apostles.
The Easter message itself is a story of martyrdom - Jesus, unjustly executed by the Romans. The idea that Christians are at war with demonic forces in the world is reflected throughout the New Testament, says Bryan Litfin, a theology professor at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago.
"If Jesus was just a soft moral teacher who taught us to love one another and petted little babies, the Romans wouldn't have crucified him," Litfin says. "Jesus is a polarizing figure, then and today. The early Christians weren't foisting a narrative out of the blue about being martyrs. "
'Like the action heroes of the ancient world'
If the first Christians pictured themselves as waging war against the world, the martyrs were their version of the Navy SEALs. They were the elite Christians who inspired and united others of their faith.
There was a purpose behind spreading stories of persecution: Nothing brings a new group closer together than a common enemy, Moss says.
"The idea that you are persecuted forges a concrete identity," Moss says. "It really solidifies your sense of group identity."
The stories of Christian persecution were so popular that they spawned a market during the first centuries after the crucifixion. The places where martyrs were born and died became early tourist stops. Towns competed with one another to draw rich pilgrims seeking martyr memorabilia, Moss says.
"People would go and buy the equivalent of a T-shirt," Moss says. "You'd have all these little combs with saints on them that people would buy, and lamps with saints on them. People would also buy fruit from trees that grew in the vicinity of martyrs' graves. Of course, the prices were completely jacked up."
Church leaders began to embellish and invent stories of martyrdom to inspire the faithful but also to settle theological feuds, Moss says. If, say, a bishop wanted to denounce a rivals' theology, he spun a story in which a martyr denounced the same doctrine with his last breath, Moss says.
"Martyrs were like the action heroes of the ancient world," Moss says. "It was like getting your favorite athlete endorsing your favorite brand of soda."
But how often did Romans force Christians to endure torture or die for their faith? Christianity took roughly 300 years to conquer Rome. The emperor Constantine converted to Christianity in 312 and gave Christians religious freedom. Christianity became the official religion of Rome by the end of the fourth century, scholars say.
For the first 300 years of the church, Christians were often ridiculed and viewed with contempt. But Roman leaders spent about "less than 10 years" out of the first 300 actually persecuting Christians, Moss says. There are only six reliable cases of Christian martyrdom before A.D. 250 out of "hundreds of stories," including Perpetua's, she says.
Many scholars have greeted Moss' contention that Roman persecution of Christians was exaggerated with a shrug. They say it was common knowledge in the academic world.
"There weren't that many Christians who were persecuted," says Gail O'Day, dean of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity in North Carolina. "When you actually read the Roman historical records, the Christians just weren't that important to them. Most Christians just got along with empire."
When Roman persecution did occur, though, it was vicious. The Emperor Nero covered fully conscious Christians with wax and used them as human torches. Other Christians were skinned alive and covered with salt, while others were slowly roasted above a pit until they died.
Perpetua's passion
One of the most famous martyrs was Perpetua.
She lived in Carthage in North Africa (modern-day Tunisia) and was arrested in March 203 with four others as they prepared for baptism. The Roman Emperor Septimius Severus had decreed that any new conversion to Christianity would result in death.
History remembers Perpetua because she kept a diary during her imprisonment. It's called "The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity" (Felicity was a slave girl arrested with Perpetua). It's the oldest-surviving document from a Christian woman. The emotion in the diary is almost unbearable. Perpetua describes the pain of leaving her infant son, who she was still nursing. She describes a prison visit from her weeping father, who kissed her hands while trying to get her to renounce her faith.
Perpetua's father visited her in prison, begging her to think of him and renounce her faith.
A narrator picks up the story in the diary after Perpetua was sent to her death. He says in the diary that Perpetua's faith was so inspiring it caused the prison's warden, a man called Pudens, to convert. The narrator also describes Perpetua's death.
While she was imprisoned, Perpetua says God gave her visions to reassure her. After one, she wrote:
"I understood that I should fight, not with beasts but against the devil. But I knew that mine was the victory."
You can't discount the power of such stories, even if persecution "wasn't extremely common," says Litfin, the Moody Bible Institute professor.
Persecution was central to the rise of the early church, he says.
"How many people in your church would have to be pulled out and executed and tormented for it not to have a tremendous effect for many years on your memory and self-perception," Litfin says. "The early Christians are not foisting a narrative out of the blue about being matyrs."
The early Christians' secret weapon
Other scholars say it wasn't simply persecution that helped the church grow. Instead, they say, Christians had a secret weapon.
The martyrs may have gotten all the press, but it was ordinary Christians who got it done by the way they treated friends and strangers.
Life in ancient Rome was brutal and nasty, says Rodney Stark, author of "The Triumph of Christianity." Stark's well-regarded book gives one of the most detailed descriptions of the early church and ancient Rome.
Forget those antiseptic portraits of Roman cities you see in biblical moves such as "The Robe." Roman cities were overcrowded, raw sewage ran in the streets, people locked their doors at night for fear of being robbed and plagues were rampant. Soap had not yet been invented, Stark says.
"The stink of the cities in the summertime must have been astounding," Stark says. "You would have smelled a city miles before you got to it."
Christians stood out because they created a "miniature welfare state" to help the less fortunate, Stark says. They took in infant girls routinely left for dead by their parents. They risked their lives to tend the sick when plagues hit and others fled in terror. They gave positions of leadership to women when many women had no rights, and girls as young as 12 were often married off to middle-aged men, he says.
Ordinary Romans might have thought Christians were odd but liked having them for neighbors, Stark says.
"If people had really been against them, I don't think they would have grown like they did," Stark says.
Christianity became so popular that when Rome did unleash one of its sporadic waves of persecutions, the empire couldn't stop the church's momentum, Stark says.
"If you knocked off a bishop, there were 20 guys waiting to be bishop," Stark says
Christian belonging, not blood, is what drew many people, another scholar says.
The Easter story of a risen savior wasn't distinctive in Rome's competitive religious marketplace. Dying for one's beliefs wasn't considered heroic; it was expected in the Roman world, says Selina O' Grady, author of "And Man Created God: A History of the World at the Time of Jesus."
The early church, though, was radically inclusive. First-century Rome was undergoing globalization. The peace of Rome had made travel easier. People left homes and tribal ties for Rome. The empire was filled with rootless and excluded people: immigrants, traders, slaves.
The Christian message offered guidelines for living in this strange new world, she says.
"Its universal message, its proclamation of equality, unconditional love, offered everyone in the Roman Empire a new family, a new community, and a way to live," O'Grady says.
Roman rulers eventually found reasons to support the church, she says.
The Christian message of obeying earthly masters - "Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's and unto God what is God's" - reduced the potential for social unrest, O'Grady says.
"Christianity told the poor and lowly that their status was noble and that there would be recompense in the afterlife," O'Grady says. "It was a wonderful recipe for creating good, obedient Roman subjects."
A turning point for the early church was the conversion of Constantine. Scholars still debate Constantine's motive. By that time the empire was rife with division, and Christians had become a major political bloc with members in the highest reaches of Roman society, says Stark, the sociologist.
"Constantine was interested so much in church affairs for the rest of his life, but I don't think there's a reason to not think he was a sincere Christian," Stark says. "But he was also an egomaniac and an emperor."
The growth of Christianity was too complex to be attributed to any one factor - whether it be Constantine, persecution or Christianity's message of compassion and inclusion, Stark says.
"I don't think there was a primary reason," he says. "It was a collection of things. It was all part of a package."
Wrapped in that package, though, were the persecution stories of people such as Perpetua.
Today, churches have been named after Perpetua; films and graphic novels have been made about her life. She is considered a saint.
Her words still inspire. People still read her diary. There's probably a Christian somewhere in the world now facing danger who is taking courage from Perpetua's ordeal.
One passage in Perpetua's diary is particularly luminous.
Perpetua stopped keeping her diary just before she was sent into the arena. No one knows for sure what she felt when she faced her moment of death, but she did write what she expected to see afterward.
She wrote that God gave her a reassuring vision while in prison. In the vision, she saw a great bronze ladder ascending to heaven. At the foot of the ladder was a great serpent surrounded by swords and knives.
Perpetua said she ignored the serpent and climbed the ladder. When she arrived at the top, she saw a great garden and a white-haired man in shepherd's clothing milking a sheep. He was flanked by thousands of others Christians dressed in white.
"And he raised his head and beheld me and said to me: Welcome child."
The man gave Perpetua curds from the milk of the sheep, and she said it tasted sweet.
She then wrote:
"And I took it with joined hands and ate it up: and all that stood around said, Amen."
Centuries later, millions of people who look to Perpetua are still saying amen.
John Blake - CNN Writer
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People today have the belief that their respective choices are better than the other. Religion is also one's choice. Persecution is a subject to be studied. Many people are killed today in the name of religion. 'Scholars and professors' need to travel around the world to really study how people are maimed and/or killed in the name of religion. 'Live and let live'.
Yes, people are killed and tortured in the name of religion. Sadly, that's not what US Christians are referring to when they say they are persecuted. What they mean is that we won't let them use tax dollars to teach about Adam and Eve is state run schools...such is their utter lack of perspective on the realities of the world.
Edweird69
When I think of victims, Christians are the first people that pop into my mind... NOT !
When I think of victims, I think of the people that are the victims of their own decision not follow Jesus Christ that will be in hell for all eternity.
@Christian7 – I will walk in proudly! At least I didn't drown little babies in a Great Flood. I'd rather burn for being a non-believer, than spend eternity with a baby killer.
The real Tom
Why don't you use the same name you've had in the past, Christian7? Why the need to change monikers every day you're here? Or is it every hour?
How ironic? CNN attacks Christians on their holy Easter Sunday and then questions if they are persecuted.
Joe Giardina
It's only a matter of time before they disappear.
CNN Hits 20-Year Monthly Rating Low In May
By DOMINIC PATTEN | Wednesday May 30, 2012
The news just went from bad to worse at CNN. After the cable news network delivered its lowest-rated month in total viewers in over a decade in April, May became CNN's worst month in primetime among total viewers in over 20 years. From April 30 to May 27, the cable news network attracted an average of 389,000 viewers in primetime. It was also CNN's second-lowest-rated month in primetime among the 25-54 demographic (114,000) since October 1991.
agreed. And the liberals lack of understanding and tolerance are appalling
McLovin, that would be the rethugs, honey. Not the liberals. Liberals don't care what your religion is so long as you butt out of everyone elses lives.
Wow, Joe, a year old story about mainstream media losing its market share in the face of growing internet news options. Pure genius; you must be the first person who ever noticed this trend!
Holy is a another false premise.
"CNN's second-lowest-rated month in primetime among the 25-54 demographic (114,000) since October 1991."
They are still doing better than Fox rating on March 26, 2013
Nielsen Cable Network Coverage Estimates (as of July, 2012)
CNN/HLN: 99.727 million HHs
CNBC: 97.497 million HHs
FNC: 97.981 million HHs
MSNBC: 95.526 million HHs
Fox Business: 68.407 million HHs
RichardSRussell
We know from their actions of today how Christians think they're being "persecuted" if they can't festoon their religious holiday decorations all over everybody's property and make everybody else recite Christian prayers at all public occasions or stamp their theology on our money and insert it into our pledge of allegiance. And, of course, they whine like crazy when we don't build their dogma into our laws, like the ones on abortion or gay marriage.
Yeah, that's the deal with Christians — the world's most massive persecution complex, shielding what, in all honesty, we should recognize as an inferiority complex.
I have often been interested in watching Christians say they are under attack as a cover for attacking others. It is no surprise the Republican party has adopted the same techniques over the past decade.
Arrggghhh! Republicans! Must... wash... away... stench. unclean!
Pliny
I'm curious to know what Moss says about Pliny the Younger and his discussion with Trajan regarding the persecution of Christians. This isn't some discussion regarding one or two Christians...
Pliny...AD 111...seems pretty clear.
Geesh
I was wondering the same thing. She is an educator and she negates secondary sources? I think her arguement is weak from a historical perspective
*sigh* people have known for decades if not centuries at least that the numbers of Christians martyred was exaggerated. However Christians still were martyred, in public in the Roman empire in the thousands. Its a fact and the events of their martyrdom was a key part of the spread of Christianity, along with the example the early Christians lead with how how they lived. The martyrdom of the early Christians was key because it is what convinced the Roman elites, men and women who would avoid suffering at all costs, that the resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ was true. When you see someone die painfully for something they believe in it is very convincing, and their is nothing that can discount that. It did not need to be tens of thousands or thousands of martyrs, but just enough for society to see it and be aware of it.
And? So were many thousands of others of other religions. That doesn't make christians special. Heck, most of the holiday christian covet so much is pagan in nature and they don't even know it.
I am merely pointing out that this "new" information has been around for 200 years and the claims that these people are making that martyrdom was somehow not important to the rise of Christianity is false. What is your point?
Dubhly
then when those christians gained power they took their turn at killing people that did not beleive the same way they did. Look to the trials of heretics ( other christians), the burnings at the stake of "witches"( read pagans), or the crusades.
it is a blood thirsty religion that likes to hide behind a veil of peace loving. Most (90%) of the christians i have ever met are hypocrites saying one thing and doing quite the opposite. There have been a few who are actually what they claim to be, and those few have earned my respect. They are far and few between though, and in general are not the "in" crowd in churches.
Melissa. You fail to understand that there are a lot of people who are Christian but do not adhere to many of the popular "pagan" rituals and beliefs you speak of. Christianity is something that is very personal and defined within each individual. I never have a problem with what people believe about Christianity until naysayers decide to make it their business to attach ill perceived beliefs to everyone who claims to be Christian. There are a lot of examples of people who are bad Christians. There are even more examples of people who live and breathe being good Christians. The secret is to know the difference and not to be all inclusive of the labels.
Peace Lilly, no what I understand are that christians are hypocrites. And no, it's not as personal as you make it. Because they persist in persecuting anyone that isn't christian. If they did, they would understand that others don't agree with them and learn to butt out.
But Melissa...it is YOU who is butting into a conversation about religion. So it is YOU who needs to butt out with your disbelief. This whole article is about religion and yet you read it and are shoving your lack of belief down others' throats. Isn't that what you are accusing Christians of doing? Thought so...you, too, are a hypocrite! Face it. Humans are notorious for stomping their feet to be heard but never willing to do any listening. You are wrong about who I am just like you are wrong about religion.
No, honey. You thought you were living in a nation where people aren't allowed to disagree with your beliefs, but you were mistaken.
"The martyrdom of the early Christians was key because it is what convinced the Roman elites, men and women who would avoid suffering at all costs, that the resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ was true."
So you don't think it had anything to do with a belief that said 'be excellent to one another" rather than the capricious Graeco/Roman Gods?
Why would anyone want to spend eternity with something they had to be saved "from"? This god of theirs would gladly throw them into a lake of fire, for the horrible crime of "not believing something".
Here's the thing though... nowhere does it say that their god will. It says its a sin for any god to be above their god, but it doesn't address the fact that there are atheists who don't worship any god so can't be held to that. Christians just don't like to admit it. They like feeling superior.
Ilkham Silhav
Wow! Why is everyone so mean here? This comment section smells of hatred. I guess CNN's writers being out the worst in everyone.
Because people who comment to the articles on CNN and sound hateful get their entertainment from being hateful. They are "stoking the fire" so to speak. When I read the hatred, especially for Christians, on places like this I ask myself one question. Why do those who spout hatred in forums like this for another's opinion expect their own opinion to be taken seriously? The answer is alluded to in my first sentence but goes a bit further, I think. People who create upheaval and controversy anonymously can simply sit back and watch the fireworks and smile at their handy work. I dare say these same people are probably very different in the light of being known to others. I have never heard such controversial and hateful language in a public setting. So the answer to why so much hatred here is simply the rantings of people who are 1)ashamed for people to know what they really think when surrounded by their peers, or 2)they just want to see just how passionate and nasty people can get when provoked, i.e. entertainment.
Sense0326
To the Christians who are so upset this was published on Easter: you're proving her right. You have a martyrdrom complex.
And the connection to the article is???
Wow. Spambot.
Athy, I can guarantee you a vast majority of the comments posted here today will have nothing to do with the article. Some people will use it to comment on politics; others will simply use it to spread hate. If CNN required an intelligence test before anyone was allowed to post a comment, this forum would have a very limited number of responses.
I, for one, don't believe Christians today are persecuted but to suggest it didn't happen two thousand years ago, is naive and ludicrous.
Always amazed me the Christian god hates the exact same people Christians hate... what are the odds?
XDrifter
Christ came to serve, not to be served. He also said "If any man come after me, he should pick up his cross and follow me". Christians, especially the Prospertiy Gospel Christians keep forgetting that it is "not about us". Jesus said that the greatest commandment is "Love the Lord your God with all of your heart, mind, body, and soul". The second greatest commandment is "Love your neighbor as yourself".– On a lighter note my brothers and sisters in Christ should stop acting like 2 year olds whose parents are trying to take their Pixie sticks away.
"He" didn't say a damned thing. "He" is a construct based on may previous mythological figures who were "born of a virgin", "was resurrected", etc...
@xdrifter, ever seen those late night grifters selling "no evil" oil and prayer cloths? religion is a money making scheme.
not a single word supposedly uttered by the fabled jesus was written down within decades of his death, yet there are thousands of direct quotes attributed to him in the bible. all very likely complete fiction.
DavidE7
The societies of 2000 years ago were much more authoritarian than today. Resistance to power could be fatal. It was in this context that Christianity gradually gained strength in the loyalty of its members to an authority whose kingdom was not of this world. Jesus was asked by Pilate if he was "king of the Jews". The determination of Christians to be loyal to their Savior above all other concerns was what was responsible for the persecutions and martyrdom. Whether there were fewer martyrs than previously thought seems to me to be an irrelevant detail.
Religion is a cancer upon the planet.
Mr Dalloway
Christians we're not thrown to the lions simply because lions don't eat garbage.
Actually, they were. And so were thousands of others.
Jesus is a myth- hail Enki!
niviusvir
If the Christians weren't persecuted, then the "Holocaust" was a hoax.
FreeFromTheism
and how are the two supposed to be connected at all?
@niv, that is a fantastic leap of illogic.
@snow, Of course it is logic. The evidence indicative of persecution of the Christians is certainly as strong as the case for the Holocaust. How could one be denied while the other would cause an uproar like no other?
Is this an example of Christian logic? If so, it is no wonder why the chruches are losing members.
Let's try another one: if creationism isn't true, then science isn't true. How about if the Sun doesn't go around the Earth, then the Moon doesn't exist. Why think? Babbling like an idiot is so much easier.
Yeh, we saw how wonderful Christians were, when they stood in long lines at Chick-Fil-A to punish the gay parents of children. Gee...I felt their love that day... hypocrites.
How do you know they were Christians. ....you don't. Try growing up
"Bestest"? Learn to spell you troglodyte. Your prophet was a pedophile and a murderer. Islam is garbage.
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Model wymagań-kontroli-wsparcia (ang.  job demand-control-support, DCS) –  model teoretyczny wyjaśniający związki między stresem zawodowym a zdrowiem pracowników. W ciągu ostatnich 20 lat zdominował badania empiryczne w tej dziedzinie. Powstał na bazie modelu wymagań pracy-kontroli pracy Roberta Karaska, gdy Johnson i Hall zaproponowali dodanie czynnika wsparcia społecznego. Jest praktyczny, a także oszczędny i łatwo go testować w badaniach. Z tych powodów cieszy się dużą popularnością wśród profesjonalistów w dziedzinie higieny pracy i projektowania stanowisk pracy. Model ten podkreśla, że stresogenne nie są tylko czynniki fizyczne pracy, ale też kładzie nacisk na to, że stres ma społeczny charakter, nie wynikający jedynie z predyspozycji osobowościowych jednostki. Ponadto pozwala na wyodrębnienie stresu pozytywnego, który ma znaczenie w miejscu pracy w równie wielkim stopniu, co stres negatywny.

Model JD-C

Model wymagań pracy-kontroli pracy (ang. job demand-control, JD-C) został wprowadzony przez w 1979 roku, a następnie rozbudowany i zweryfikowany empirycznie przez Karaska i Toresa Theorella. Głównymi źródłami stresu według modelu JD-C są psychologiczne wymagania pracy oraz swoboda podejmowania decyzji. Te pierwsze odnoszą się obciążenia pracą, natomiast swoboda decyzji, zwana też kontrolą pracy, to zdolność osoby do kontroli aktywności związanej z jej pracą.

Gdy ludzie wykonują pracę o wysokim poziomie wymagań i niewielkiej swobodzie podejmowania decyzji, występuje wysokie napięcie. Wówczas pojawiają się najsilniejsze reakcje stresowe, takie jak choroby układu krążenia czy wyczerpanie. Natomiast niskie napięcie ma związek z niewielkimi wymaganiami i znaczną swobodą podejmowania decyzji. W takiej sytuacji prawdopodobnie wystąpi niższy niż przeciętny poziom reakcji stresowych.

Drugi wymiar modelu to "aktywna/pasywna praca". Określenie "aktywna praca" ma związek z założeniem, że motywacja, uczenie się i rozwój osobisty jednostki pojawiają się wtedy, kiedy zarówno wymagania pracy, jak i swoboda podejmowania decyzji utrzymują się na wysokim poziomie. Warto zaznaczyć, że wówczas mamy do czynienia z pojęciem "dobrego stresu", zwanego "eustresem". Stres ten jest zjawiskiem pozytywnym, ponieważ oddziaływanie stresorów przekłada się bezpośrednio na skuteczne rozwiązywanie problemów. Wskutek tego nie pojawia się napięcie lub jest ono niewielkie. Natomiast pasywna praca ma związek z zanikaniem umiejętności i zdolności, co przypomina zjawisko "wyuczonej bezradności".

Dodatkowy wymiar
Rozszerzony model DCS w porównaniu do pierwotnego modelu zawiera również dodatkowy czynnik "wsparcie społeczne w miejscu pracy", który wiąże się z atmosferą w pracy oraz wspólnie wypracowanym zaufaniem wśród współpracowników itp. Został on dodany przez Johnsona i Halla w 1988 r. Dodatkowymi zmianami wprowadzonymi do modelu jest także uzupełnienie go o dwie inne determinanty: izolację i zbiorowość. Model ten ma na celu integrację trzech czynników, z których najbardziej niepożądaną kombinacją jest połączenie wysokich wymagań, małej swobody podejmowania decyzji i niewielkiego wsparcia społecznego. Mamy wówczas do czynienia z tzw. izo-napięciem.

Podstawowa hipoteza rozszerzonego modelu mówi o tym, że typy pracy, gdzie wymagania są wysokie, a kontrola niska, są też ubogie we wsparcie społeczne (wysokie izo-napięcie) i przynoszą największe ryzyko chorób. Zostało to empirycznie potwierdzone w licznych badaniach nad chronicznymi chorobami. Dodanie wymiaru wsparcia społecznego jasno potwierdza, że istnieje potrzeba jakiejś teorii stresu pracy z uwzględnieniem relacji społecznych w miejscu pracy. Wsparcie społeczne buforuje (osłabia) obciążenie (napięcie) psychologiczne i może zależeć od stopnia społecznych i emocjonalnych integracji oraz zaufania między współpracownikami a kierownikami itp. – "społeczno-emocjonalne wsparcie". Dodanie trzeciego wymiaru czyni perspektywę modelu wymagań-kontroli bardziej użyteczną w przemianach pracy. Zmiany w relacjach społecznych między pracownikami (np. autonomicznymi grupami pracowników) i zmiany w swobodzie podejmowania decyzji są niemalże nierozłączne w procesach przemiany pracy.

Liczne badania nad przewlekłymi chorobami potwierdziły hipotezę o tym, że rodzaje prac, gdzie występuje wysokie izo-napięcie (wysokie wymagania, niska kontrola, ubogość wsparcia społecznego) podwyższają ryzyko chorób. Wsparcie społeczne osłabia psychologiczne napięcie i zależy od stopnia zaufania, jakim darzą się pracownicy, kierownicy itp. oraz od występowania społeczno-emocjonalnych integracji między nimi. Uwzględnianie wymiaru wsparcia społecznego w modelu DCS sprawia, że będzie on bardziej użyteczny w przemianach pracy. Całkowite, teoretyczne ujęcie wpływu trzeciego wymiaru na czynniki stresujące w pracy wymaga dalszych badań, ponieważ jest to bardzo złożony problem.

Hipotezy badawcze
Po przyjrzeniu się bliżej badaniom empirycznym modelu JCDS, okazało się, że nie testują wszystkie tej samej hipotezy. Przyjmują dwa odrębne punkty widzenia, co może być jedną z przyczyn krytyki modelu. Można wyodrębnić dwie hipotezy centralne, formułowane w większości badań. Hipoteza napięcia zadaje pytanie czy pracownicy w sytuacji wysokiego napięcia (wysokie wymagania-niska kontrola) doświadczają najgorszych negatywnych efektów psychologicznych. Hipoteza pośrednicząca dotyczy interakcji między wymaganiami a kontrolą, wskazującej na pośredniczący efekt kontroli wobec negatywnego wpływu wymagań na psychologiczne samopoczucie. W przypadku modelu JCDS wystarczy je odpowiednio zmodyfikować, np. hipoteza pośrednicząca w tym przypadku dotyczy pośredniczącego efektu wsparcia wobec negatywnych skutków psychologicznych napięcia, a druga hipoteza nazywa się hipotezą izo-napięcia.

Metody pomiaru
Jednym z możliwych instrumentów pomiaru wymiarów modelu DCS jest Kwestionariusz Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ). To narzędzie samoopisowe zaprojektowane przez Karaska i in. do mierzenia społecznych i psychologicznych aspektów pracy zawodowej. Powstał w oparciu o 26 pytań zapożyczonych z Quality of Employment Survey (QES). W swojej pełnej, zalecanej wersji składa się z 49 pytań i następujących skal: swoboda decyzji, wymagania psychologiczne, wsparcie społeczne, wymagania fizyczne i niepewność pracy. Pierwsze trzy mierzą konfigurację modelu: wysokie wymagania-niska kontrola-niskie wsparcie. Wszystkie skale zawierają od 2 do 6 podskal, z tego względu można ich użyć do sprawdzania hipotez n.t. aktywacji, motywacji pracownika czy satysfakcji z pracy oraz innych specyficznych jej aspektów. Kwestionariusz używa prostych pytań, by zminimalizować efekt subiektywnych percepcji na rzetelność obiektywność wyników i zapewnić możliwość udzielenia odpowiedzi ludziom o różnym poziomie edukacji. Konstruowano go z myślą, że odpowiadający powinien zadawać relację ze swojej pracy, a nie ją oceniać. Przykładowo stwierdzenie: "presja czasu to dla mnie zbyt wiele" może być zastąpione "mój zawód wymaga ode mnie szybkiej pracy". Narzędzie jest wykorzystywane do szeroko zakrojonych badań warunków pracy w Stanach Zjednoczonych, Kanadzie, Europie czy Japonii.

JCQ nie znajduje się w domenie publicznej, ale twórcy udostępniają go badaczom, którzy o to poproszą i poprą swoją prośbę odpowiednią dokumentacją. Jedynie osoby prowadzące badania wykorzystujące próbę większą niż 750 uczestników muszą uiścić opłatę za uzyskanie narzędzia. Kwestionariusz został przetłumaczony na ponad 20 języków za pomocą procedury tłumaczenia wstecznego i posiada także polską wersję.

Żołnierczyk-Zreda i Bedyńska przeprowadziły na próbie 2626 osób badanie sprawdzające psychometryczne właściwości 29 pytań polskiego JCQ. Skale wykazały akceptowalną rzetelność oraz trafność prognostyczną. Autorki wnioskują, że polska wersja 29 pozycyjnego JCQ jest wystarczająco rzetelna i trafna by oceniać warunki pracy w polskiej populacji.

W wielu krajach i badaniach nie używa się oryginalnego 49 pozycyjnego JCQ, ale zastępuje się go krótszymi lub podobnymi wersjami. Przykłady obejmują: The Leiden Quality of Work Questionnaire, Swedish Demand–Control–Support Questionnaire, Thorell Questionnaire czy Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire. W Polsce w latach 90. utworzono także podobne narzędzie, składające się z aż 103 pozycji, które trafnie i rzetelnie mierzyło stres związanych z pracą w różnych zawodach.

Krytyka modelu
Najwięcej danych, na podstawie których można uznać użyteczność wyżej wymienionych modeli, a w szczególności potwierdzających słuszność założenia dotyczącego napięcia, pochodzi z badań prowadzonych na dużych próbach. Jednak nie znajduje empirycznego potwierdzenia drugie założenie, opierające się na tym, że silniejsze reakcje wywołuje połączenie psychologicznych wymagań, swobody podejmowania decyzji oraz wsparcia społecznego. Znacznie częściej obserwuje się odrębne oddziaływanie każdego z tych trzech czynników na zmienne zależne niż ich wzajemne wzmacnianie się, czyli tak zwany "efekt synergii". Zastrzeżenia co do wspomnianego modelu to jego skupianie się na właściwościach sytuacji pracy w oparciu o samoopisowe kwestionariusze. Nie uwzględniono również różnic indywidualnych, takich jak umiejscowienie poczucia kontroli czy style radzenia sobie.

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FERC late Friday narrowly rejected two proposals by PJM Interconnection to help the grid operator address state subsidies for uneconomic coal and nuclear power plants.
FERC's decision came after a leaked memo showed that the Department of Energy (DOE) is considering using its authority under two federal laws to compel the nation's grid operators to purchase electricity or power generation capacity from faltering coal and nuclear plants at the expense of other resources, including natural gas.
Merchant generators have faced stiff competition in the open market, but it has intensified with an increasingly diversified resource mix. In recent years, renewable sources have become more competitive and an abundance of low-cost natural gas has caused electricity prices to plummet, undermining coal and nuclear plants in the process. The subsidies have also suppressed auction clearing prices.
The other proposal would have extended PJM's Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR), which currently only applies to new generation sources, by requiring a subsidized generation resource to remove the effect of the subsidy from its offer into the capacity market. This method, PJM noted, could result in subsidized units failing to receive a capacity commitment.
While the Commission rejected both proposals, it consolidated PJM's docket with a complaint filed by Calpine Corp. against the grid operator's existing MOPR, which Calpine argued is "unjust and unreasonable" because it does not address the impact of subsidized existing resources. The Commission has set the consolidated proceeding for an expedited hearing in which stakeholders will consider applying the rule to all new and existing resources that receive out-of-market payments, or subsidies.
FERC, which expects to have a decision on the consolidated proceeding by January, advocated for the elimination of existing exemptions for resources supported by renewable portfolio standards, federal tax support and the Zero Emissions Credit programs that have passed state legislatures to support nuclear power.
In more pointed comments on social media, Glick said the Commission should not use its power to limit state efforts to address climate change.
LaFleur, meanwhile, said she would have rather seen the Commission better use PJM's proposals as a blueprint to be further refined and built upon by stakeholders. She also suggested that an expedited hearing is ill-advised considering the magnitude of the changes being considered and how it might affect the capacity market.
PJM is the nation's largest grid operator, serving 65 million people in all or parts of 13 states and the District of Columbia, including shale-rich Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
Clearview Energy Partners LLC said the Commission's plans could foreshadow how it might address the impact of potential contracts if the DOE moves forward with a bailout for coal and nuclear plants.


There are many causes of ST segment elevation in multiple leads in electrocardiogram. Differentiation is based on history, clinical examination and most importantly on electrocardiogram features like nature of ST segment elevation, leads specific ST segment elevation, reciprocal changes, presence or absence of Q wave, PR segment depression and ST/T wave ratio in V6. We report a case of 57 year male, presented with acute coronary syndrome in form of ST elevation inferolateral myocardial infarction and subsequently on day 3rd he developed chest pain, the diagnosis of post myocardial infarction pericarditis was made based on specific electrocardiogram findings.
Pericardial inflammation after myocardial infarction can be either acute seen after 3 to 10 days after large transmural myocardial infarction, termed as peri-infarction pericarditis or immune mediated inflammation after 1 to 8 weeks termed as post myocardial infarction syndrome (Dressler Syndrome). The pain of pericarditis may be confused that resulting from post infarction angina or recurrent infarction. Characteristic nature of pain, presence of pericardial rub helps to differentiate these conditions but sensitivity is low. Electrocardiogram is a valuable tool for differentiation.
57 year old male with no previous co morbidity presented to our department with history of acute onset crescendo angina of duration 8 hours. At time of presentation his blood pressure was 104/70 mmHg, pulse rate 104/min. JVP was not raised and in chest there were no crepts. His ECG (Figure 1) showed 3 mm ST segment elevation in lead I, II, III, aVF and in lead V4,V5 and V6. There is reciprocal depression in lead V1, V2 and V3.His cardiac troponin T was positive. The diagnosis of ST elevated inferolateral myocardial infarction was made and he was thrombolysed with streptokinase and then started on dual antiplatlets, beta blockers, statins and anticoagulation. His repeat ECG (Figure 2) after thrombolysis revealed ST segment elevation of only 1mm and T wave inversion in inferior leads and in lead V6. 2D echocardiography revealed hypokinesia of inferolateral wall with ejection fraction of 42% and there was no evidence of mechanical complications. On day 3rd, he was again complaining of chest pain, which was increasing on coughing, on deep inspiration and on lying down. His blood investigations including complete blood counts, liver function tests, renal function tests and Chest X ray were normal. There was no pericardial rub and repeat ECG (Figure 3) revealed diffuse concave ST segment elevation in all precordial and limb leads except avR which showed ST depression. Initially possibility of reinfarction was kept in new territory. Pain was not relieved with nitrates. On close inspection of ECG there was diffuse concave ST segment elevation except avR which showed ST depression, PR segment depression seen in precordial leads along with PR segment elevation in lead avR and ST/T ratio in V6 was greater than 0.25. All these features are suggestive of pericarditis. His echo done again which revealed mild circumferential pericardial effusion of thickness 3mm. Anticoagulation was stopped and he was started on aspirin 600 mg 6hourly. He responded to treatment and discharged on 6th day. At the two-week follow-up visit, the patient was doing well.
Figure 1. ECG on day 1st, showing 3mm STsegment elevation I, II, III, aVF and in lead V4,V5 and V6 along with reciprocal ST depression in lead V1, V2 and V3.
Figure 2. ECG after thrombolysis, showing 1mm ST segment elevation with T wave inversion in lead I, II, III, aVF and in lead V6.
Figure 3. ECG showing diffuse concave ST segment elevation in all precordial leads and all limb leads except avR, which showed ST depression. Note PR segment depression in all precordial leads (best seen V2,V3 and V4) and PR elevation in Lead avR. ST/T ration in V6 is more than 0.25. All these features are characteristic of acute Pericarditis.
Post-MI pericarditis also termed as peri-infarction pericarditis is a common complication (25-40% of patients with MI) and occurs early, within 3 to 10 days after the MI. Pain of pericarditis is central, increased on deep inspiration and on lying down, relieved on sitting and leaning forward, characteristically radiates to trapezius ridge and not relieved by nitrates. Physical examination may reveal the pathognomonic finding for pericarditis: the pericardial friction rub but at times, the rub may be evanescent . It is important to distinguish pericarditis pain from pain of recurrent infarction as management differs in both.
ECG is valuable tool to differentiate between these two conditions. Changes on ECG classically occur in four stages. Not all cases of pericarditis include each of these four stages [2,3].
Stage I- typically occurs during the first few days of pericardial inflammation and is mainly characterized by diffuse ST-segment elevation. This stage may last up to two weeks.
Stage II- is characterized by return of the ST segments to baseline and flattening of the T wave and may last from days to several weeks.
Stage III- usually begins at the end of the second or third week and is characterized by inversion of the T waves in the opposite direction of the ST segment; this stage may last several weeks.
The most sensitive ECG change characteristic of acute pericarditis is ST-segment elevation, which reflects the abnormal repolarization that develops secondary to pericardial inflammation. There may also be ST-segment depression in leads aVR and V1. Typically, there are no changes during depolarization, so in the absence of underlying cardiac disease, the P wave and QRS complexes are normal. Depression of the PR segment is very specific of acute pericarditis and is attributed to subepicardial atrial injury and occurs in all leads except aVR and V1. These leads may exhibit PR-segment elevation [1,4].
The pattern of ST-segment elevation is important in the diagnosis of acute pericarditis. The ST-segment elevation that occurs during acute pericarditis is usually "concave," compared with the "convex" appearance of the ST segment that occurs during the acute injury stage of a myocardial infarction. Another important feature of acute pericarditis is the widespread ST-segment elevation not corresponding with any specific arterial territory, which usually occurs in association with acute myocardial infarction . Also, reciprocal changes are absent in acute pericarditis, although they are frequently found with acute myocardial infarction. The ST segments in acute pericarditis return to baseline in a few days and are followed by diffuse T-wave inversion, in conjunction with the ST segment at baseline .
Another feature that may aid in differentiating acute pericarditis from acute myocardial infarction is the absence of Q waves and the absence of T-wave inversion at the time of ST-segment elevation, both of which classically occur with acute myocardial infarction. Loss of R-wave progression may occur with acute myocardial infarction, but this feature is not present with acute pericarditis .
Early repolarization is another benign variant associated with diffuse and concave ST segment elevation that occurs commonly in young males, especially blacks, and does not evolve with the stages of acute pericarditis . Early repolarization is distinguished by ST-segment elevation limited to the precordial leads, elevation of the ST segment in V1, an isoelectric ST segment in lead V6, notching of the terminal aspect of the QRS complex, and a shift to baseline of the ST segments with exercise . Another useful clue in differentiating acute pericarditis from early repolarization is the ST/T ratio in lead V6. This is calculated by dividing the millimetres of ST-segment elevation by the millimetres to the tallest point of the T wave. Each value is measured from the isoelectric point. An ST/T ratio of greater than 0.25 in lead V6 suggests acute pericarditis . Table 1 illustrates major differences based on ECG in between acute pericarditis, recurrent infarction and early repolarization variant.
Table 1. Shows common differentials of diffuse ST segment elevation in ECG and there differentiating features. *This is calculated by dividing the millimeters of ST-segment elevation by the millimeters to the tallest point of the T wave. Each value is measured from the isoelectric point. An ST/T ratio of greater than 0.25 in lead V6 suggests acute pericarditis.
Treatment involves discontinuation of anticoagulation only if there was presence of pericardial effusion, asprin 650 mg every 4-6 hourly. Steroids and NSAIDS should be avoided because they interfere with myocardial scar formation .
Diffuse concave ST segment elevation in all leads except avR, absent reciprocal changes, absent Q wave, PR segment depression in precordial leads and ST segment depression along with PR segment elevation in avR are important diagnostic clues for acute pericarditis.
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Q: Google AppInvite Реализовал в приложении Google AppInvite:

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*прописал в build.gradle (project level)

*прописал в build.gradle (app level)

*добавил java код в класс

*создал ключ в Console Google Developer

*скопировал *.json файл в директорию /app своего проекта

Запустил приложение и получил APPINVITE_CLIENT_ID_ERROR.
Или, если быть точным, то
E/AppInviteAgent: Get suggested invitees failed due to error code: 3
                No Android client ID is found for package name <MY_PACKAGE_NAME>. (APPINVITE_CLIENT_ID_ERROR)

E/AppInviteAgent: Create invitations failed due to error code: 3
                No Android client ID is found for package name <MY_PACKAGE_NAME>. (APPINVITE_CLIENT_ID_ERROR)

Гуглил проблему, на enSO в одном только вопросе было сказано, что ошибка в том, что ключи разные (SHA-1 в приложении и в Console). Но они не могут быть разными, я же *.json файл в проект скопировал, а его мне Google сгенерировал.
Подключил LogCat, словил такое: onActivityResult: requestCode=0, resultCode=3
Это отображается, если отправка не получилась.

A: Сгенерируйте *.json еще раз. У меня такое было

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