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The new look, new blend, new factory Fonsecas will begin arriving at stores next week.
My Father Cigars, Inc.—which purchased the U.S. rights to the Cuban brand from Quesada last year—will begin shipping its version of Fonseca next week. The six-vitola line, formally Fonseca by My Father, is a Nicaraguan puro that uses a shade-grown corojo 99 rosado wrapper.
Fonseca by My Father Belicosos (5 1/2 x 54) — $10.60 (Box of 20, $212)
Fonseca by My Father Cosacos (5 3/8 x 42) — $7.75 (Box of 20, $155)
Fonseca by My Father Petit Corona (4 1/4 x 40) — $7 (Box of 20, $140)
Fonseca by My Father Robusto (5 1/4 x 52) — $9.50 (Box of 20, $190)
Fonseca by My Father Toro Gordo (6 x 55) — $11.20 (Box of 20, $224)
Fonseca by My Father Cedros (6 1/4 x 52) — $11 (Box of 20, $220)
Like the Cuban-made Fonseca brand, the cigars will be wrapped in tissue paper with the exception of the Cedros size, which will be wrapped in cedar. Unlike the Cuban size, the My Father-made version will leave the top of the cigar uncovered, as opposed to wrapping the entire cigar in tissue paper.
The Cosacos size is also being offered in five-count tins though those are not scheduled to begin shipping next week.
Patrick Lagreid contributed to this story.

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Marion's Main Street is lined with historic buildings, churches and the courthouse. This small town sits at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains near popular attractions like Mt. Mitchell (30 miles) and Linville Falls (25 miles).
Downtown Marion has really blossomed during the last couple of years! Some highlights include:
McDowell Arts Council Gallery & Theatre (50 South Main Street)
Refinery 13 Taproom brewery (13 N. Main)
Spillway Bridge (93 S Main St): a new music venue and taproom with 20 beers on rotation, and their first craft brewery.
Flavors On Main General Store (49 S. Main Street)
Shucks Pearls (53 S. Main Street)
Mica Town Brewing (25 Brown Drive)
Downtown Marion Tailgate Market: Stop by during the growing season every Tuesday 3-6 PM for the freshest produce, meats, cheeses, flowers, baked goods, and locally-made crafts. The market is located at the intersection of West Henderson Street and Logan Street, admission and parking are free.
Keeper's Cut Meadery
New Additions:
Downtown's "310 District": The Miller Building (29 Logan Street) is a new indoor shopping space and home to Marion Wing Factory, Toonez Chop House, Marion Hot Wheelz (indoor skating rink), Chances of Sprinkles Bakery, and retail shops.
Keeper's Cut Meadery: Offering wine-style and draft mead by tasting, flight, glass, and bottle in their large tasting room. Also enjoy mead cocktails, charcuterie & cheese boards, desserts, snacks, and soft drinks. (175 West Henderson St)
Carson House: Built in 1793, this house museum is one of the oldest standing structures in western North Carolina, having served as a stagecoach inn and stopping point for important historical figures. Read much more.
Joseph McDowell Historical Catawba Greenway: Walk or bike this new, one-mile recreational trail, picnic area, fishing pier, wildlife observation deck, and access to the historic Round Hill cemetery. The greenway's entrance road (Sam Phillips Drive) is located off of US 70 West, just past Lowe's and next to Table Rock Quarries.
Catawba River Outdoors (2334 Hwy 221 Business North) offers tube and kayak trips with shuttles to drop-off points upriver, ending at their location in town.
Mt. Ida Wilderness Area: This 36-acre park features a picnic shelter and a one-mile roundtrip hiking trail with views of downtown Marion from the top. The trail is open to the public from sunrise to sunset.
Founders' Art Walk: This new public outdoor art exhibition downtown showcases local iconic places.
Woods Mountain: One of the most challenging hiking/mountain biking trails in western North Carolina, this 24.9-mile single-track loop crosses the Mountains-to-Sea Trail.
Go to Blue Ridge Traveler's website.
Directions to Marion: It's located 36 miles east of Asheville along I-40. Some of our other favorite small towns nearby include Old Fort (12 miles), Little Switzerland (17 miles), Morganton (22 miles), Black Mountain (20 miles) and Rutherfordton (24 miles).
Marion Attractions & Lodging
Catawba Valley Wine Tour
Visit wineries in the foothills of the Catawba Valley located east of Asheville, between Marion and Morganton. Three of them (Silver Fork, South Creek and Lake James Cellars) are along a 15-mile drive near I-40, so very convenient!
This 80-ft., two-tier waterfall is accessed via an easy hike in Pisgah National Forest (near US Highway 221) north of Marion. It's a great hike for families. One of the few waterfalls with an accessible trail and observation deck for those with walking challenges.
Blue Ridge Travelers Guide
Order this free, print guide for Marion, Little Switzerland, Linville Falls, Old Fort and Lake James areas of McDowell County - east of Asheville.
Carson House Museum, Marion
Tour one of the most interesting house museums in the state, dating back to 1793, with a big collection covering 200+ years on three floors.
Linville Falls Lodge & Cottages
Enjoy a relaxing getaway featuring lodges & cottages suitable for families and large groups who want to enjoy the outdoors. Centrally located ½ a mile from the Blue Ridge Parkway with nearby attractions like Linville Gorge, Grandfather Mountain and Tweetsie Railroad. The beautifully landscaped grounds include stone fire pit, native... read more
Linville Caverns
North Carolina's only natural limestone caverns feature stalactite, stalagmite formations and an underground stream. Guided tours.
Lake James State Park
This state park has a wide beach with a nice pavilion with changing rooms, open for swimming May-September. Also enjoy hiking, mountain biking, fishing and more.
Mount Mitchell
Drive to the top of the highest peak east of the Mississippi River, located along the Blue Ridge Parkway. This state park has an observation tower, plenty of hiking and a restaurant. Be prepared for much cooler temperatures at the top. Open year-round (except snowy days in the winter).
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Marion Festivals
Mountain Glory Festival
Celebrate fall beauty in the mountains with three blocks of festivities along Main Street in Marion, including 140 arts and crafts, food vendors, live entertainment, children's activities, a 5K walk/run, quilt show, and so much more. Free admission. 9:30 AM-6 PM.
Carolina Christmas Show
Friday, December 16, 2022 to Sunday, December 18, 2022
This Broadway-style show in Marion features live music, dancing, and comedy sure to put you in the holiday spirit! There are four performances to choose from throughout the weekend. Tickets are $12-25.
WNC Bigfoot Festival
Friday, May 19, 2023 to Saturday, May 20, 2023
A quirky festival that celebrates the legendary Sasquatch, held in downtown Marion 36 miles east of Asheville. In addition to Bigfoot-themed items and local crafts, talk with sighters from across the country with evidence that it exists. Calling contest too!
Liver Mush Festival
Line up for your free Hunter's liver mush sandwich while enjoying live music, hog calling, eating contest, and more in downtown Marion, 5-9 PM.
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Black Mountain, North Carolina
Black Mountain is a quaint village that "rocks" with 40+ shops, 30 restaurants and three breweries. Some of our favorite shopping stops are the Town Hardware & General Store, Take a Hike... read more


In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, banks started making consumer financing stricter. Cheap, quick funds became challenging to acquire. Some consumers found it difficult to get financing even though they had a good credit history. The environment of scarce funds and lengthy approval process became an opportunity for the alternative finance market, resulting in the growth of the peer-to-peer (P2P) financing space.
P2P financing utilizes online platforms to connect investors and SMEs, solving the issue of costly and time-consuming credit approval. The business model offers a cheaper and more accessible alternative funding solution. P2P financing has grown worldwide and has become one of the fastest growing areas of alternative finance. But will this growth continue in the future?
P2P financing connects individuals with surplus money to invest with those seeking funds. Add technology and alternative data utilization to the mix and you have a powerful new financing solution.
What was once a form of alternative finance is now entering the mainstream. The P2P financing industry is transitioning from its startup phase into adolescence and is moving fast towards becoming a high growth, mature, and stable market, which will bring significant benefits to consumers of financial services.
Globally, the market has shown tremendous growth. While the P2P financing industry has not fully matured, the situation has created enormous investment opportunities worldwide due to financing gaps and increased interest in P2P financing services.
In different parts of the world, P2P financing is looked at differently. In Canada and the UK, for example, P2P financing platforms are regulated as an intermediary, while in Germany and France, regulators regard P2P financing as similar to banks. In the United States, regulations vary from state to state. India has a significant estimated worth of P2P financing volume in just two years while China's P2P market has grown exponentially over the past few years. The above shows how far P2P financing has grown since 2005, when the first P2P platform began operating in the UK.
As good as the P2P financing market appears right now, there's still a long journey ahead to tackle. The P2P financing market hasn't yet reached its full potential. There are many out there who still aren't comfortable enough with the relatively new business model to use its services.
Additionally, there are several factors that will determine the future growth of P2P financing. If interest rates rise, the number of defaults may also increase. Leading P2P financing platforms need to work around this or risk having the bubble pop. Either way, if the economy is overall doing well, the number of defaults would remain stable.
Another factor is competition from banks and other financial institutions. As P2P financing platforms gain mainstream attention, financial institutions have begun to take notice. However, many banks have chosen to partner with strong P2P players to widen their reach to the underserved segment at a lower cost.
So, will P2P financing continue to grow in the future? All signs point to "yes" – as any market experiences a transition to reach maturity, new risks will emerge. But so long as platforms continue to guard and innovate against such risks, the future of P2P financing is bright.


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Immortal - LORNA SHORE
Oh man, this is a difficult one. Everything was set up so perfectly for LORNA SHORE to return with an explosive third album and leap a few rungs up the deathcore ladder to somewhere near the very top. On the evidence of "Immortal", that still may happen, and it certainly deserves to in light of ...
SCORPIONS guitarist Matthias Jabs spoke to Meltdown of Detroit's WRIF radio station about the band's upcoming studio album. Tentatively due before the end of the year, the disc will mark the German hard rock legends' first release since 2017's "Born To Touch Your Feelings - Best Of Rock Ballads", which was ...
RATT singer Stephen Pearcy has commented on the passing of Neil Peart, who died on January 7 in Santa Monica, California after a three-year battle with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. The iconic RUSH drummer was 67 years old. Pearcy spoke about Peart's passing in a new interview with "The Blairing Out With ...
TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick has paid tribute to Neil Peart, who died on January 7 in Santa Monica, California after a three-year battle with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. The iconic RUSH drummer was 67 years old. Speaking to "The Blairing Out With Eric Blair Show" at the NAMM show in Anaheim, California, ...
STONE SOUR has released a demo version of the song "Idle Hands". The track originally appeared on the band's self-titled debut album, which came out in 2002. In a statement accompanying the YouTube release of the demo, STONE SOUR guitarist Josh Rand wrote: "Back in 1995 I was discouraged with where I thought the music ...
In one of his first interviews since announcing his Parkinson's disease diagnosis, Ozzy Osbourne discussed his feelings about life and death. Ozzy had neck surgery to correct an old injury that he aggravated early last year, forcing him to stay off the road for all of 2019. He received his Parkinson's diagnosis last February, around ...
Following a stellar inaugural year with results including job placement rates exceeding 90%, the Metallica Scholars Initiative has confirmed a second year of its support of community colleges and their career and technical education programs — featuring the expansion of the program from 10 to 15 schools, as well as the addition of matching grants ...
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE Announces Summer/Fall 2020 U.S. Tour
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE has announced a summer/fall U.S. tour. The trek will kick off on September 9 in Detroit, Michigan and end on October 11 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The tour includes a headlining appearance at the Aftershock festival in Sacramento, California, where they will play in between METALLICA's two headlining shows. They will also ...
BLACK SABBATH Announces 'Black Sabbath' 50th-Anniversary Album Listening Sessions 'In The Dark'
Thunderous metal bells are about to toll as BMG and Pitchblack Playback prepare to kick off the 50th-anniversary celebrations of the band who invented heavy metal. 1970: four guys from Birmingham, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward and Geezer Butler released their debut self-titled album and single-handedly created what would become known forever as "heavy ...
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Pays Tribute To REED MULLIN: He Was 'A Badass Drummer'
The remaining members of CORROSION OF CONFORMITY have paid tribute to their drummer Reed Mullin, who died on Monday, January 27. He was 53 years old. Earlier today, the CORROSION OF CONFORMITY social media channels were updated with the following message: "A badass drummer: Reed could play all of the metal stuff, cymbal grabs, proto ...
FEAR FACTORY's DINO CAZARES: 'We've Always Talked About Basic Futuristic Concepts That Pretty Much Came True'
Alex Haber of Heavy New York conducted an interview with guitarist Dino Cazares of veteran industrial metallers FEAR FACTORY at this year's NAMM show in Anaheim, California. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On his 2020 plans: Dino: "Definitely ASESINO [his grindcore side ...
OZZY OSBOURNE Shows Off 'Amputations' In New PETA Ad
Showing off the "bloody stumps" of his fingers, Ozzy Osbourne — whose new album, "Ordinary Man", drops in February — screams out a heavy metal message for cat guardians in a new PETA ad: never declaw. When cats are declawed, their claws and part of their toes are amputated. Veterinarians equate declawing with cutting off ...
SIXX:A.M. Releases Music Video For 'Talk To Me'
"Talk To Me", the new video from SIXX:A.M., can be seen below. The track, originally released last September, invites each of us to take the first step toward mutual understanding and healing using the power of conversation. "Talk To Me", written by MÖTLEY CRÜE founding member and Global Recovery Initiative Foundation board member Nikki Sixx ...
DEF LEPPARD To Release 'The Early Years 79-81' Box Set In March
DEF LEPPARD will release a new box set, "The Early Years 79-81", on March 20 via UMC/Virgin. "The Early Years 79-81" box set represents the band's first two albums, "On Through The Night" (1980) and "High 'N' Dry" (1981), and has been prepared in conjunction with singer Joe Elliott who has acted as executive producer ...
BREAKING BENJAMIN To Perform In 'AdventureQuest 3D' And 'AQWorlds' Video Games
A virtual version of BREAKING BENJAMIN will perform in the multiplayer video games AdventureQuest 3D and AQWorlds. The musicians will appear as avatars who will play a "battle concert" in the game over a two-week period starting February 18. The publishers say that the performance will take place in a "new dimension" and be the ...
STYX Is 'Pretty Well Into' Writing A New Album, Says TOMMY SHAW
STYX vocalist/guitarist Tommy Shaw recently appeared on "PodKats!", a podcast hosted by John "Kats" Katsilometes of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On living in Nashville: Tommy: "There's a Southern way of life — Southern attitudes. It's a ...
Ex-QUEENSRŸCHE Singer GEOFF TATE Is 'Amazed' And 'Humbled' At The Staying Power Of 'Operation: Mindcrime'
Former QUEENSRŸCHE vocalist Geoff Tate recently spoke with Australia's Silver Tiger Media. The full conversation can be streamed at SilverTigerMedia.com.au. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On his favorite track from "Operation: Mindcrime" to sing live: Geoff: "I don't necessarily have a favorite. I'm really ...
TOOL's DANNY CAREY On NEIL PEART: 'The Way He Played Was A Big Influence On What I Wanted To Do'
TOOL drummer Danny Carey spoke about Neil Peart's influence on his style backstage after he accepted the band's Grammy on Sunday night (January 26) for "Best Metal Performance". According to The Pulse Of Radio, he said: "Neil was so defined and he was such a precise composer in the way he played that that was ...
RATT: 'The Atlantic Years 1984-1990' Box Set Due In March
A CD box set containing the five albums RATT recorded for Atlantic Records will be released on March 27 via Cherry Red Records' HNE Recordings. The collection, titled "Ratt: The Atlantic Years 1984-1990", is housed in a clamshell and includes several single edits as bonus tracks. Taking inspiration from AEROSMITH and VAN HALEN, RATT originally ...
MEGADETH Joined By DAVE MUSTAINE's Daughter ELECTRA For 'À Tout Le Monde' Performance In Paris (Video)
Electra Mustaine, the 21-year-old daughter of MEGADETH frontman Dave Mustaine, joined the band on stage earlier tonight (Tuesday, January 28) Le Zénith in Paris, France to sing a duet with her father on the classic MEGADETH song "À Tout Le Monde". Fan-filmed video footage of her appearance can be seen below. Back in 2013, then-15-year-old ...
In a brand new interview with BBC Radio 6 Music presenter Mary Anne Hobbs, SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR singer Corey Taylor spoke about his long history of drug use and eventual recovery. He said: "You get to the point where you realize that what you do means so much to you ...
PANTERA's social media manager has shared a graphic indicating that the band has surpassed one billion streams across Amazon, Apple, Deezer, Google and Spotify. An accompanying caption reads: "Thank you all for listening!" Drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott and his brother, guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, formed PANTERA in the mid-eighties in Texas. The band recorded four ...
BREAKING BENJAMIN founder/frontman Ben Burnley was recently interviewed by Andy Hall of the Des Moines, Iowa radio station Lazer 103.3. You can listen to the entire chat via the SoundCloud widget below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the release of "Aurora", a collection of reimagined versions of the band's biggest and most ...
Two leaders of hardcore industrial music, Tim Sköld (ex-MARILYN MANSON, SHOTGUN MESSIAH) and Nero Bellum (PSYCLON NINE), combine forces on this debut album for their brand new project, NOT MY GOD. The pair are no strangers to working together, having both served as live bandmembers for the other's projects — Sköld as the guitarist for ...
DRAGONFORCE guitarist Sam Totman spoke to the "Scars And Guitars" podcast about the band's latest addition, bassist/vocalist Alicia Vigil (VIGIL OF WAR). Asked if she is a permanent replacement for DRAGONFORCE's longtime bassist Frédéric Leclercq, who left the band last August, Totman said: "Well, we're gonna try it out. You don't ...
BODY COUNT Films 'Bum-Rush' Music Video
BODY COUNT, the metal band fronted by hip-hop legend, actor and director Ice-T, has just finished filming a music video for the song "Bum-Rush". A couple of photos from the video shoot can be found below. "Bum-Rush" is taken from BODY COUNT's seventh studio album, "Carnivore", which will be released on March 6 via Century ...
Bassist MIA WALLACE Says She Was 'Forced' To Leave ABBATH
Mia Wallace, bassist for TRIUMPH OF DEATH and NIRYTH, has announced has departure from ABBATH, the solo project of former IMMORTAL frontman Abbath. Wallace broke the news of her exit from ABBATH in a social media post earlier today. She wrote: "It is with sadness I have been forced to part ways with ABBATH. "It ...
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TOM KEIFER Releases Music Video For 'Hype'
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My whole life collapsed…doors closed…chapters disappeared…words dispersed in empty pages, forming foreign languages that I could not recognize anymore. My life's book annilihated its existence into nothing.
I became dust for a while. An invisible flame that some strange gods composed consumed me from within, as they ripped one by one the layers of my old skin in sacred, ancient rituals orchestrated by an otherworldly drum.
Suddenly I realised my past was gone, so I collected the remains in a box and threw it away like old books. I grieved…I cried, I wept, I rolled myself on the cold floor staring at the colorless ceiling of my room for hours.
Then, when tears got dry and my mind came back…I went out, found a lake and threw the ashes of my past in it. I cried again, I mourned…I yelled to the dancing emptiness between my eyebrows, then I left.
I could smell the fragrance of my past still following me like a ghost in the air until its shadow got lost, and I found my feet slipping away into the stares of a plane with a ticket in my hands that read "to New York".
I don't know yet if I chose New York or New York chose me to start building a new life into a new frequency out of a new me…October 7th, 2017, just five days after my 35th birthday. I landed at JFK airport in New York with a tourist visa in my hand and anxiety in my stomach. I knew that this time around, I was divorcing from my country of origin with no fight or cries. We both signed the papers of "goodbye" and parted ways in silence.
So here I am, in the middle of New York, alone, family left behind and with no friends yet. With no map to nagivate the life here but with a fierce inspiration that refuses to be tamed or silenced and that screams out of my throat like a bullet, demanding to be thrown out in this new world through words that I pour in the air as wishes — and that come back to me as an echo of a new reality.
I have no papers or documents to legally live or work here yet, but I met with a lawyer and I am working as a cashier or server in restaurants day and night to make enough money to pay the lawyer, who is promising to win the case he is about to open for me so I can legally live here.
This is not a so-called "American dream" for me…it is much more than that. It is a new life being born from the ashes like the Phoenix…and I am lucky to start it off in New York City.
And, I am happy here, you know? I rented a cheap room which I share with a roommate, who is also an immigrant from another corner of the world. I go to a gas station every morning and I prepare my own favorite hazelnut-roasted dark coffee, my favorite American kind of coffee. And I go to libraries whenever I have time. I sit and I watch people — I watch myself. I get on the buses, then on the trains and on the ferry, to explore this new city of wonder, beauty, and mess.
I don't watch TV, I don't read the news. I'm not interested in politics yet I am sensitive enough to feel the vibes of the current American government. As an immigrant, I don't always feel secure, but I trust in the heart of this city and its benevolent beauty that I will find my way here slowly…one step at a time, like many other immigrants have done before me.
New York speaks a language not everyone can understand, but me and New York have a long way to go together because I am being built again, with it, in it…and because of this city of water, seagulls, and words.
I am the new Phoenix in New York City.


It's almost closing day. The recent blast of high-pressure shows no signs of retreat, signaling the inevitable; another ski season come and gone. After 110+ days on snow, I feel it in every part of my body.
Standing in the start, waiting to explode from the gate. Staring down your line, getting ready to drop. Before time slows down and your surroundings blur in the periphery, – before, "5, 4, 3, 2"… you reach down with purpose and snap each buckle into place, the boot wrapping around your foot and lower leg.
Cameras from all over the world are fixed on the Russian city, capturing the 22nd Winter Olympic Games. It's 2:00pm. The time of the men's skier cross final, one of the youngest and most spectacular Olympic disciplines. The world of skiing meets the world of pugilism. The kingdom of speed and aggression. On the start line, three Frenchmen and one Canadian. Three teammates, one opponent.
Heading for Japan and its powder snow to ease himself back into its pleasures having broken both heels two years ago, the freerider was back on the right track, the one which will lead to Alaska at the end of the season. In his luggage was half a century of Lange expertise to put him at his ease so he could be at one with his boots and with his aim to get back to skiing, pleasure and living.
Jackson Hole. Set against the jagged, iconic peaks of the Teton Mountain Range, this legendary town instantly conjures images in the minds of skiers around the world. It's a mountain that intimidates as much as inspires. A land of cowboys and home-town heroes. Dishwashers who ski 150 days a year and iconic athletes that have made their names pushing the limits of the sport. It's a playground that tests the nerves and skills of anyone who visits. A resort littered with "bucket-list" lines and access to unforgiving backcountry terrain. If you think you're good; you probably haven't been to Jackson.
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Four things you should know about justice in healthcare
by Will Rogers
Justice in healthcare can take many different forms. It is a vital subject that every provider and practitioner needs to grapple with. In this post, we'll cover a few of the common questions that will come up over the course of a healthcare provider's work.
We'll look at justice in healthcare as it relates to a time of a pandemic, social determinants, mental health considerations, and health disparities that often arise and exist when there is injustice in healthcare.
#1 We must understand justice in healthcare during a pandemic.
Dr. David Stevens wrote about this topic in A Christian Healthcare Worker's Response to COVID-19. Justice in healthcare is a tough topic, but it's compounded during a pandemic, and it quickly becomes way more difficult to discuss. Allocating limited resources raises the ethical issue of justice—how do you treat patients fairly? How do you care for people—especially when so many more people need life and death care—and quickly?
Dr. Stevens offers the following advice: First, you always want to be as impartial as the situation allows. Second, do the best you can for the most people with the resources you have. Third, without enough time, personnel, supplies, or supplies, at some point you will be forced to decide who gets and who doesn't get your limited resource. You have the moral obligation to be constantly working to get the resources you need, so you won't have to continue to make utilitarian decisions. Lastly, be sure to continue reading for more wisdom in the area of healthcare during a pandemic.
#2 We must understand social determinants of health.
According to Healthy People 2020, "Social determinants of health are conditions in the environments in which people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks."
This is an issue of justice in healthcare because professionals must be committed to looking at the whole person, not just the malady. If a person is born and lives in an area with pollution, crime, violence, a poor education system, and few job opportunities, their health concerns will stem from those social determinants. Hospitals, clinics, doctors, and practitioners must be prepared to address these social issues if we want to see widespread improvements in health.
#3 We need to understand mental health.
Undiagnosed and untreated mental health disorders can lead to an array of serious ramifications including substance abuse, homelessness, interpersonal violence, and more.
Ensuring that patients can access healthcare is vital. This might look like hiring community health workers to help navigate difficult systems or accepting patients who are uninsured or underinsured. Helping those who have difficulty navigating complex healthcare systems is a way to ensure that there is justice in healthcare.
#4 We must consider health disparities.
Another way to focus on justice in healthcare is to concentrate efforts on eliminating the health disparities we see that are based on race in the US. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "Community- and faith-based organizations, employers, healthcare systems and providers, public health agencies, policymakers, and others all have a part in helping to promote fair access to health."
The population health impact of COVID-19 has exposed longstanding inequities that have systematically undermined the physical, social, economic, and emotional health of racial and ethnic minority populations and other population groups that are bearing a disproportionate burden of COVID-19.
According to the National Institutes of Health, although significant progress has been made in narrowing the gap in health outcomes (NCHS, 2016), the elimination of disparities in health has yet to be achieved. Despite overall improvements in health over time, some health disparities persist.
For example, while national infant mortality rates decreased overall by 14 percent from 2004 to 2014, Native Americans and Alaskan Natives have an infant mortality rate that is 60 percent higher than the rate for their white counterparts (HHS, 2014) and in 2013, infants born to African American mothers experienced the highest rates of infant mortality. Sadly, African Americans were 30 percent more likely than whites to die prematurely from heart disease in 2010, and African American men are twice as likely as whites to die prematurely from a stroke. Addressing these persistent health disparities in every way that you can is another way to fight for justice in healthcare.
There are so many more issues facing us when it comes to justice in healthcare. However, trying to learn and start to address these four areas, from how we handle these issues in a time of a pandemic, social determinants, mental health considerations, and health disparities, we'll begin the process of creating a world where there truly is justice in healthcare.
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Ezekiel 28:1 And the word of Yahweh came, unto me, saying Ezekiel 28:2 Son of man, Say to the Prince of Tyre, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh-Because, lofty, is thy heart, and thou hast said, A GOD, am I, In the seat of God, have I taken my seat, In the heart of the seas; Whereas, thou, art a man, and not a GOD, But hast set thy heart as the heart of God: Ezekiel 28:3 Lo! wiser, thou, than Daniel,—No secret, have they hidden from thee: Ezekiel 28:4 In thy wisdom and in thine understanding, hast thou gotten thee wealth,—And hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasuries: Ezekiel 28:5 By the greatness of thy wisdom and by thy traffic, hast thou multiplied thy riches,—And thy heart, hath become lofty, in thy riches, Ezekiel 28:6 Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh,—Because thou hast set thy heart as the heart of God, Ezekiel 28:7 Therefore, behold me! bringing upon thee aliens, The terrible ones of the nations,—And they shall unsheathe their swords over the beauty of thy wisdom, And profane thy splendour: Ezekiel 28:8 To the pit, shall they take thee down,—And thou shalt die the deaths of one thrust through, In the heart of the seas. Ezekiel 28:9 Wilt thou, really say, God, am I, before him who is slaying thee; When, thou, art a man and not a God, in the hand of them who are piercing thee? Ezekiel 28:10 The, deaths of the uncircumcised, shalt thou die, by the hand of aliens,—For, I, have spoken, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.
Ezekiel 28:11 And the word of Yahweh came, unto me, saying: Ezekiel 28:12 Son of man, Take thou up a dirge, over the king of Tyre,—And thou shalt say to him, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Thou, wast of finished proportions, Full of wisdom, and, Perfect in beauty: Ezekiel 28:13 In Eden, the garden of God, thou wast, Of every precious stone, was thy covering—Sardius, topaz, and diamond, Chrysolite, beryl, and jasper, Sapphire, carbuncle, and emerald,—And, of gold, was the work of thy timbrels and thy flutes, within thee, In the day thou wast created, were they prepared: Ezekiel 28:14 Thou, wast the anointed cherub that covered,—When I appointed thee, in the holy mount of God, thou wast, Amid stones of fire, thou didst walk to and fro: Ezekiel 28:15 Complete, wast thou, in thy ways, from the day thou wast created,—Until perversity was found, in thee. Ezekiel 28:16 By the abundance of thy traffic, they filled thy midst with violence, And thou didst sin,—So I cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God, And destroyed thee, O covering cherub, from amid the stones of fire: Ezekiel 28:17 Lofty, was thy heart, in thy beauty, Thou didst corrupt thy wisdom, because of thy splendour,—Upon the earth, did I cast thee, Before kings, did I set thee, That they might look at thee: Ezekiel 28:18 Owing to the abounding of thine iniquities, In the perversity of thy traffic, Thou didst profane thy sanctuaries,—Therefore brought I forth fire out of thy midst, The same, devoured thee, And I turned thee to ashes on the ground, Before the eyes of all beholding thee: Ezekiel 28:19 All that had known thee among the peoples were astounded over thee,—A terror, hast thou become, And, art not, Unto times age-abiding.
Ezekiel 28:20 And the word of Yahweh came, unto me, saying: Ezekiel 28:21 Son of man, Set thy face towards Zidon,—And prophesy over it; Ezekiel 28:22 and thou shalt say—Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Behold me! against thee, O Zidon, Therefore will I get myself glory in thy midst,—And they shall know, that, I, am Yahweh, When I have executed against her judgments, And hallowed myself in her. Ezekiel 28:23 So then I will send against her, pestilence and blood in her streets, And the wounded shall fall, in her midst, by the sword upon her from every side,—And they shall know, that, I, am Yahweh.


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As the New Year started the most prominent story was that of the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities are certainly huge as they may only be completely resolved by replacing the processor of a device. A story that wasn't given as much prominence but is a huge development is the cancellation of a deal between AT&T and Huawei.
The deal between the two companies would have meant AT&T selling Huawei's Mate 10 Pro phone within the US and the deal's collapse is the most recent in scuppered Chinese buys including Ant Financial's buyout of Moneygram; and a buyout of Lattice Semiconductor by an investment group with mostly Chinese finance behind it.
On initial inspection it may seem like the cancellation of these deals is due to a harsher foreign policy by the Trump administration, but it was under the Obama administration when the acquisition of AIXTRON by Fujian Grand Chip Investment Fund was called off, again due to national security issues.
A recent increase in frequency may well be due to a stance taken by the new administration but when viewed more broadly, these events are part of a trend that is occurring in nations around the world and not only with deals involving China.
Shortly before Christmas guidance was issued by the NCSC that recommended ceasing use of all antivirus software created by Russia-based companies, as it could not be certain that the companies making the software were not under the influence of the Russian state.
Concerns about foreign nations interfering in the infrastructure of another are not new. When BT proposed their 21CN (Twenty-First Century Network) project with the aim of updating their network to be an IP based system. One of the suppliers they chose as part of this was Huawei and this caused concern from a number of MPs and areas of government at the time. As Huawei increased its marketshare in telecoms infrastructure one way the UK Government responded was to create the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre (HCSEC) whose job was to examine, in detail, the hardware and software in Huawei products.
US-aligned governments are not the only ones that hold concerns regarding other nations products with the Russian government pressuring foreign companies for greater access to the details of their products and North Korea even going to the trouble to create a custom operating system for use in the country (Red Star OS).
These concerns are only likely to grow in future as technology is integrated with even more areas of daily life and the reliance on them increases. In my opinion it is right that these concerns be taken seriously. Major western nations have faced a significant length of time since our last major conflict and it can often feel as though the peace created will last forever. This may not however be the case.
In the event of conflict breaking out one adversary may take advantage a previously planted vulnerabilities to cause a major disruption. This could range from using vulnerabilities in surveillance devices to provide reconnaissance, taking control of a self driving car to bring harm to the passenger or even seizing control of a nuclear power station to shut it down or cause a catastrophic event.
Governments should think carefully about the long-term benefits of planting exploits in exported software and hardware as this could create a race-to-the-bottom where a foreign government will think they're doing it, so why shouldn't we, causing the issue to spiral to the point where no foreign hardware or software can be trusted.
After witnessing the aftermath of Battle of Solferino, Swiss businessman Henry Dunant proposed a treaty that would provide a universal standard for the protection of victims of armed conflict, the Geneva Convention. Perhaps it is time for the world's powers to come together and develop a new convention for the digital age.
It is expected that the European Union will agree that a cyber attack can be considered an act of war; likely in response to recent events such as WannaCry, and so a response attack with conventional weapons can be authorised "in the gravest circumstances". Who decides what constitutes the "gravest circumstances"; should WannaCry, which had no directly attributable deaths, require an air strike. Perhaps the recent US power plant breaches require a no-fly zone to increase deterrence.
Being able to say with a significant level of certainty who was responsible for an attack is far more difficult with a cyber attack than conventional one. Many attacks have been linked to different actors at different points in time, being able to state with one hundred percent certainty that a cyber attack was performed by a specific nation state is incredibly risky. The barrier to entry for carrying out a cyber attack is a lot lower than conventional attacks. It's incredibly unlikely that a teenager has the capability to orchestrate the blowing up of a portion a nations rail network solely from his bedroom, but cyber attacks can be, and are, committed by individuals with a low amount of resources. Should an entire nation-state be held responsible for this possibility?
Questions like this can only be answered by governments; both allied and adversarial, working together and adapting to the new reality created by cyber attacks but I think it will be a number of years before this happens.


Time for a flashback™ with lots of important characters™ Batman! Thanks for reading!
Fun note: This city is still underground in the abyss, the dark sky is perpetual and artificial!
Ah, yes. I could never forget the day as a little girl when the terrorists came to down. Good times, good times.
Well... We can say that Tara has been through hell.
The abyss is a very interesting place. Learning more about Tarantula is always welcome, she's very likable.


Samsung will unveil its new flagships on February 20, and the brand seems to acknowledge we already know nearly everything about these devices, so much as to let you pre-order them now. The videos reveal some key information about the Galaxy S10 like in-display fingerprint sensor, OIS-enabled selfie camera, and reverse wireless charging support. The leak confirms that the secondary rear camera on the Galaxy S10e and S10 will be an ultra-wide angle one, while the Galaxy S10+ will feature a third 12MP telephoto sensor. The front cameras come with features like live focus, dual pixel, AF, UHD selfie and depth.
Across the board, all three models will be powered by an Exynos 9820 processor and it comes with at least 6GB of RAM. For selfies, the Galaxy S10 will sport a 10-megapixel (f/1.9) camera. As per the render images leaked so far, Galaxy S10 trio will come with a punch-hole screen to host a front-facing camera.
Hopefully, this design won't be the norm when buying a Samsung Galaxy S10 screen protector. The Samsung Galaxy S10e is expected to come with a side-mounted fingerprint sensor to unlock the phone. For specific markets like the US, Samsung will be utilising Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 855.
Samsung Galaxy S10e moniker has officially been confirmed by the company's French website. Both could have a bigger 6.7-inch display as well.


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The Virginian The Virginian is Owen Wister s classic popular romance and the most significant shaping influence on the Western genre This edition includes Wister s neglected essay The Evolution of the Cow Pu
Title: The Virginian
Author: Owen Wister
The Virginian 1902 is Owen Wister s classic popular romance, and the most significant shaping influence on the Western genre This edition includes Wister s neglected essay, The Evolution of the Cow Puncher 1895 and an introduction highlighting the social, gender, and political implications of Wister s mythic West in the context of its actual economic history and WisteThe Virginian 1902 is Owen Wister s classic popular romance, and the most significant shaping influence on the Western genre This edition includes Wister s neglected essay, The Evolution of the Cow Puncher 1895 and an introduction highlighting the social, gender, and political implications of Wister s mythic West in the context of its actual economic history and Wister s patrician career About the Series For over 100 years Oxford World s Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up to date bibliographies for further study, and much .
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This novel , The Virginian, the first real western book published, in 1902, began the genre , as a popular art form in America, the wild cowboy and the schoolmarm, cattle rustling, the lynchings, Indian attacks, an explosive card game, the deadly shoot out between the good guy, and the villain in the streets of a little, isolated, dusty town in the lawless, mostly empty , Wyoming territory of the 1880's, when cattle was king and vast cowherds roamed free on government lands, without any fences . [...]
I cannot believe that I sat in American Lit reading Hawthorne when I could have been reading this. If you have never heard of this book, then I am not sure why; just as I am not sure why I had never heard of it. It is surely Romantic, and sometimes Heroic, but there is a depth of emotion, wit, and thought in this work which made me question how American it could be.Of course, the author spent some schooling-time in Europe, and holds a dear enough place for Austen and Shakespeare not to descend i [...]
The western genre isn't one that I'm very familiar with, having read (in my impressionable early teens) some of my uncle's Tabor Evans Longarm series paperbacks. And let me just say for the record that the only thing the main character Longarm wasn't riding was a horse.Consequently, my only reading forays into western literature haven't been along the lines of Zane Gray's Riders of the Purple Sage so much as Evans' "Rider of the Purple-Nippled Wench" (my title, not his). As a result, I've been l [...]
I have been meaning to get to this book for years, literally. It's one of the novels I'm sure my dad read and he wasn't really a reader, at least not when I knew him.I'm sure that some of you will like this book far better than I do. I think that it's an exceptionally well written novel. The prose is at times almost musical, "in it's way". There are two things that caused me to have a struggle with my interest now and then.First this novel is predominantly a romance. It is indeed a western with [...]
The Virginian, Oh What a Man! Wow, this was so good; I could not put it down. The Virginian is the most incredible, honest, honorable, handsome (sigh) hero to come along the pike in a long long time. And what a scamp, LOL at his plot to switch the babies (clothes and all) around, so that the parents took home the wrong kids, had to come back to the Judge's ranch, leaving Molly the new teacher alone for him to call on! Lots of love, laughter and excitement as the Virginian falls for the new teach [...]
I don't often read westerns, but this is a classic. The virginian is your typical cowboy in the white stetson, he's even nice to his horse.There's the usual characters, the baddie, the innocent dupe and the tenderfoot who is also the narrator.Plus it adds another state to the trip around the USA.
THE VIRGINIAN. (1902). Owen Wister. ****.	This was another book on my pile of "guilt" novels – one of those classics that I kept meaning to read but never got around to doing so. I finally did. It was well worth it in a sad0-masochistic way. What you have here is the grand-daddy of all cowboy novels. It was the inspiration for all succeeding novels, plays, movies and TV shows that came after that featured cowboys of the Old West. It was immensely popular at the time, going through fifteen [...]
This surprised me with how awesome it was, and the whole reason I picked it up in the first place is because Nancy had to explain to me a weird Owen Wister reference in The Art of Fielding.The first piece of news is that this does not take place in Virginia. (I NEVER SAW THE MOVIES!) It takes place in Wyoming. Considered by some to be the first Western (or so the internet tells me), this is a series of related stories about the Virginian of the title, who is apparently so impressively manly that [...]
I only saw ebook editions of this, although I have an old hardback at home & downloaded the audio book from the library. I read this as a teen, maybe 40 years ago & liked it a lot better. I have a feeling I skimmed through a lot of the first part. Listening to it just got to be a drag.It's told in a rather odd way by a guy that knows the Virginian, a third person limited, but then it slips into third person omniscient in other places. That didn't harm the story at all, though. It was als [...]
Written in 1902, The Virginian is the original western novel from which we get many of the cowboy stereotypes and famous lines that would become staples, such as "Smile when you call me that." and "I'll give you till sundown to leave town."I enjoyed it almost as much as Zane Grey's Riders of the Purple Sage, with which it has a lot in common, namely a hero, his love interest, a villain and cattle rustling.
It's a shame to have a book on my favorites shelf and never get around to reviewing it. This book is credited with being the first true Western written The tale of the Virginian and how he made good in the West. He was from Virginia, hence the nickname (in a land where men were often known more by their handle than their Christian name)—only once, near the end, do we hear what that name is. Then there is the matter of the Eastern lady schoolteacher who comes out with high ideals of bringing ci [...]
To think that the western movies, TV shows, space westerns, etc. were merely the shadows of this book, published in 1902. The impetus to read this book came from listening to Teddy Roosevelt's biography. The west made a big impression on TR and this book and Owen Wister were largely responsible for his, and our, romantic images. Lots has been written on this. Gun fights. High Noon. Dramatic and memorable music. Moral dilemmas did not exist within the code of the west. Good was clear, simple and [...]
A friend told me, before I read this book, that it was one of the most romantic books she had ever read. What did she mean by romantic, I wondered? Was it the Regency swash-buckling, bodice-ripping type, or something more meaningful? My friend was correct. This was, perhaps, the ultimate romantic novel. It skillfully weaves a story of the Adam and Eve type, where man yearns for what he lacks and finds it in the woman who completes him. Having been married for 25 years myself, I have learned and [...]
A funny thing happened while I was reading The Virginian. The book was nothing but cliches, and yet it seemed fresh and alive. This surprised me. How was that possible?Then it hit me. Wister invented the cliches. This is where the cliches of the Western came from. Every dusty Western town and literary cattle drive since has borrowed something from this book.Yet Wister's Old West isn't the Old West of later books. The narrator of the story is an Easterner who goes west on various trips over a per [...]
The Virginian was the inspiration for The Shopkeeper. The inspiration didn't come from the main character of the novel, but from the life of Owen Wister, the author of this classic. Originally published in 1902, Wister visited the Old West in the late nineteenth century and wrote from personal experience. Although the Virginian can be a somewhat difficult read today, I liked it because Wister wrote from the personal experiences he recorded in his journal. I've never seen the journal, but I've re [...]
Written in 1902, "The Virginian" is considered the first Western. It has also been voted among the best. It is a true Western with all of the cowboy stories and a fair share of muted violence, but it is also a textbook Romance with a school teacher from Vermont as the object of the Virginian's affections.The book is quite well written and the description of the landscapes is magnificent. The pacing can seem quite slow at times, but all episodes lead up to the ending. I listened to the first 75% [...]
For anyone fascinated by how the myth of the Western hero came into being, this is the book to read. Published in 1902, it became hugely popular for decades and inspired movies (a version with Gary Cooper in 1929) and a long-running TV series (1962-1971). A modern reader could easily guess the storyline without reading a synopsis - the classic elements are all there: tall, dark, handsome cowboy hero; pretty schoolmarm from back East; the villain who must finally face justice at the end of a gun. [...]
This classic is considered by many to be the first 'Western'. It certainly has most if not all the tropes now considered to be standard for that genre! The hero, whose name we never learn, is a young man of about 24 when the story opens and at that time, he has already been on his own for 10 years and has traveled and worked in most of the West. The descriptions of life in Wyoming in the period after the Civil War (~1870s) was well drawn and the romance between the cowboy and the schoolteacher f [...]
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My enjoyment of this one was rather uneven; there were parts where I couldn't put it down, and other parts where I just had no interest at all. It was a nice change from the types of novels I normally read, though.
Beware of the Frog! This is what, as I would recommend, should be put as a warning appendix to the title of Owen Wister's famous Western novel "The Virginian", which was first published in 1902 - because, as I felt, one third of the novel in some way or other centres on the preparation and consumption as well as the "harvest" of our amphibious friends. "The Virginian" is commonly regarded as t h e literary forebear of the western, next to James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales, and it pro [...]
A most excellent western. ---Reread January 2012 in preparation for upcoming TJEd "Face to Face" seminar. I am not sure where my critical capacities were the other times I've read this book. This time I pulled way more out of it than ever before. Sure, some of the metaphors are a little far-fetched, the way the author spells out the Virginian's drawl gets old, but all in all, this is a wonderful book. The moralizing is mostly well embedded but when it's not, it's told in a reasonable and [...]
This book, published in 1902, has been hailed as the first Western. The Virginian of the novel is the forefather of Hondo and Shane and every other strong but silent cowboy found in films. Here's a snippet:The Virginian's pistol came out, and his hand lay on the table, holding it unaimed. And with a voice as gentle as ever, the voice that sounded almost like a caress, but drawling a very little more than usual, so that there was almost a space between each word, he issued his orders to the man T [...]
How have I never read this book before? It's a little bit The Count of Monte Cristo, a little bit A Pair of Blue Eyes, and a little bit Little House on the Prairie, with a dash of High Noon and (I'm going to say it) Twilight thrown in. It's not a perfect book - the pacing is uneven sometimes and while I liked the way the narrator elbowed himself into the story every few chapters, it wasn't always clear how he knew some things but not others. Is there such a thing as a semiscient narrator?But it' [...]
This book may turn some off because its style of writing is over 100 years old. I enjoyed it thoroughly, however, and feel that it is an American classic. As many have stated, it is the consummate western, yet owes much to books that have come before it. It has a strong romantic strain reminiscent of an Austin novel, but can also be tough and gritty. The book is also quite philosophical and is a great source for quotes.Someone who is looking for a L'Amour western should steer clear of "The Virgi [...]
I put read, but that's not technically right. I only got part way through the first chapteror something like that, before I gave up. So I can't really give it a rating. ButI love the TV show made after it (it's probably my favorite). The reading was just a little too slow, a little too old for me. But my Granddaddy (who told me I should read it and loaned me the book) said it was a good read, mostly because it showed in a literal sense how proper romance was conducted back then. So, having said [...]
I definitely enjoyed it. It is certainly slow moving by modern standards and with many asides that don't pertain to the main thrust of the story, but most of those were interesting reading and often quite funny. Wister had a witty way of writing. You can defnitely see how the conventions of the western novel were developed in this one, and The Virginian is a prototypical western hero. Overall, I enjoyed it quite a lot.
I listened to this as an audio book from my library. It was wonderfully written. The stories had me laughing out loud or holding my breath waiting to see what was going to happen next or sobbing. The story of the baby swap was my favorite. I grew up watching the old TV show from the 1960s with James Drury and Lee J. Cobb. I could still see all of their faces as I listened to Gene Engene read the book to me. Perfect!
The titular Virginian is propably the most badass character ever created in fiction. The country teacher can't help falling in love with him, and the author obviously couldn't help it too - the manner in which he describes the Virginian and his actions are hilarious and awesome at the same time.
I had watched some of the TV series before I read the book and knew that there would be differences, but wow I wasn't preparedJudge Garth: Know as Judge Henry in the book. He's married (yeeeep) and is just kindaere. He has no real personality.Mrs. Garth: Very awesome and she's great. I'm bitter she wasn't in the book more.Trampas: In the TV show, he's the Virginian's right hand man; in the book, Trampas is hella evil. So very evil.Molly: The Virginian's love interest in the book. I have strong f [...]
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La disfida di Pradaglia fu uno scontro cavalleresco tenutosi il 12 giugno 1487 nei pressi di Castel Pradaglia nella Vallagarina, non lontano dalla città di Rovereto, fra un cavaliere italiano, Antonio Maria Sanseverino, e un cavaliere svevo, Johann von Sonnenberg. Dopo un intenso duello la vittoria andò al combattente tedesco.

Antefatti
Nel 1487, in seguito a pressanti richieste da parte dei nobili trentini, Sigismondo, conte del Tirolo, dichiarò guerra alla Repubblica di Venezia, che a quel tempo controllava l'intera Vallagarina, con la città di Rovereto, il porto di Riva del Garda e gran parte della Valsugana. L'obiettivo di Sigismondo era di condurre una rapida guerra che si concludesse con l'annessione di questi tre territori ai domini del Tirolo.
Forte di oltre 3000 soldati, fra cui molti temibili Lanzichenecchi, l'esercito tirolese arrivò il 23 aprile sotto le mura di Rovereto. Lo comandava il capitano generale Gaudenz von Matsch, mentre i contingenti bavaresi erano capitanati da Alexander Marschall von Pappenheim e da Hans Pinzenauer.

L'assedio
Immediatamente le truppe tirolesi posero Rovereto sotto assedio, iniziando a erigere terrapieni e bastioni per isolare la roccaforte. Mentre lo scontro si protraeva, continui rinforzi giungevano da nord, portando il numero egli assedianti a quasi 10000 uomini.
Dopo due violentissimi assalti e una sortita, prontamente respinta, la città si ritrovò completamente isolata e priva di rifornimenti. Nel pomeriggio del 30 maggio i difensori furono costretti a capitolare, dopo un mese di resistenza.

I Veneziani
Nel frattempo, la Repubblica di Venezia si affrettava a radunare il suo esercito per lanciare un contrattacco. Al comando delle truppe fu posto Roberto Sanseverino d'Aragona, un esperto condottiero veterano di numerose battaglie. Questi, resosi conto che il tempo giocava a suo favore, poiché i tirolesi erano già a corto di denaro, si accampò nei pressi di Verona.

I preparativi
La disfida nacque per iniziativa di Antonio Maria Sanseverino, figlio quartogenito del comandante veneziano, che si trovava nell'accampamento veneziano, dove mal sopportava l'attesa ed era smanioso di combattere. Il 7 giugno egli inviò il suo scudiero a Rovereto, dall'esercito tirolese, con il compito di lanciare una sfida. All'epoca l'evento suscitò gran clamore, poiché duelli di questo genere erano ormai piuttosto rari e di sapore medievale. Comunque la sfida venne accolta e come campione si offrì il conte Johann von Sonnenberg, provveditore di Waldburg nel Württemberg e, secondo alcune dicerie, figlio illegittimo del duca di Baviera. Questi, reputato un valido comandante e un abile guerriero, si era unito all'esercito durante l'assedio di Rovereto.
Dopo che un'apposita commissione ebbe stabilito il luogo dello scontro, la data venne fissata il 12 giugno.

La disfida
Il giorno stabilito, i due cavalieri, seguiti da una corteo di sessantaquattro cavalieri e otto trombettieri, si recarono sul luogo del torneo. Il duello era diviso in quattro parti, rispettivamente con mazza, lancia, mazza e stocco.
Dopo aver pregato ed essersi omaggiati in segno di rispetto, i contendenti montarono a cavallo. Sanseverino fu il primo a partire alla carica, colpendo Sonnenberg, ma senza riuscire a disarcionarlo. A finire disarcionato fu invece l'italiano, che si risalì immediatamente in groppa sguainando la spada. Non appena anche l'avversario, gettata la lancia, ebbe afferrato la spada, iniziò un intenso duello, al termine del quale, afferrando il destriero nemico per le briglie, Sonnenberg riuscì a ferire Sanseverino ad un braccio. Questi cadde da cavallo, ma la medesima sorte toccò all'avversario, che perse la mazza. A questo punto si passò direttamente al duello con lo stocco, che infuriò violento per qualche minuto. Alla fine Sonnenberg cadde a terra trascinando con sé l'italiano, che rimase incastrato con un braccio sotto l'armatura del tedesco. Rapidissimo, questi puntò lo stocco alla gola del nemico, che si dichiarò sconfitto.

Conseguenze
Come precedentemente stabilito, lo sconfitto, Antonio Maria da Sanseverino, seguì i tirolesi a Rovereto come ostaggio. Tuttavia venne trattato come un ospite e fu rimandato a Verona il giorno seguente. In segno di cavalleria, Johann von Sonnenberg rifiutò mille ducati di risarcimento (che lo sconfitto avrebbe dovuto pagare) e invece gli fece dono di un prezioso destriero. In cambio Sanseverino gli regalò a sua volta un cavallo e un'armatura da torneo. Quest'ultima venne inviata a Waldburg, dove rimase per alcuni anni, prima di essere regalata al duca di Baviera.

Bibliografia
Gino Onestinghel, La guerra tra Sigismondo Conte del Tirolo e la Repubblica di Venezia nel 1487, Ed. anast. - (Calliano, TN) : Comune di Calliano, 1989. Scheda catalografica a cura della Biblioteca Civica di Rovereto.

Voci correlate
 Battaglia di Calliano (1487)
 Castel Pradaglia

Storia del Trentino
Battaglie che coinvolgono la Repubblica di Venezia

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Ouch! David McCullough Jr., the son of the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and a longtime English teacher at Wellesley High School, gave his students a reality check at their graduation this year. Read his speech below, via The Swellesley Report. Plus, watch the video.
"But, Dave," you cry, "Walt Whitman tells me I'm my own version of perfection! Epictetus tells me I have the spark of Zeus!" And I don't disagree. So that makes 6.8 billion examples of perfection, 6.8 billion sparks of Zeus. You see, if everyone is special, then no one is. If everyone gets a trophy, trophies become meaningless. In our unspoken but not so subtle Darwinian competition with one another–which springs, I think, from our fear of our own insignificance, a subset of our dread of mortality—we have of late, we Americans, to our detriment, come to love accolades more than genuine achievement. We have come to see them as the point—and we're happy to compromise standards, or ignore reality, if we suspect that's the quickest way, or only way, to have something to put on the mantelpiece, something to pose with, crow about, something with which to leverage ourselves into a better spot on the social totem pole. No longer is it how you play the game, no longer is it even whether you win or lose, or learn or grow, or enjoy yourself doing it… Now it's "So what does this get me?" As a consequence, we cheapen worthy endeavors, and building a Guatemalan medical clinic becomes more about the application to Bowdoin than the well-being of Guatemalans. It's an epidemic—and in its way, not even dear old Wellesley High is immune… one of the best of the 37,000 nationwide, Wellesley High School… where good is no longer good enough, where a B is the new C, and the midlevel curriculum is called Advanced College Placement. And I hope you caught me when I said "one of the best." I said "one of the best" so we can feel better about ourselves, so we can bask in a little easy distinction, however vague and unverifiable, and count ourselves among the elite, whoever they might be, and enjoy a perceived leg up on the perceived competition. But the phrase defies logic. By definition there can be only one best. You're it or you're not.
None of this day-seizing, though, this YLOOing, should be interpreted as license for self-indulgence. Like accolades ought to be, the fulfilled life is a consequence, a gratifying byproduct. It's what happens when you're thinking about more important things. Climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air and behold the view. Climb it so you can see the world, not so the world can see you. Go to Paris to be in Paris, not to cross it off your list and congratulate yourself for being worldly. Exercise free will and creative, independent thought not for the satisfactions they will bring you, but for the good they will do others, the rest of the 6.8 billion—and those who will follow them. And then you too will discover the great and curious truth of the human experience is that selflessness is the best thing you can do for yourself. The sweetest joys of life, then, come only with the recognition that you're not special.


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Metro Trains Melbourne Pty Ltd, i vardagligt tal kallat Metro, är ett samriskföretag som sedan 2009 bedriver Melbournes pendeltågtrafik. Ingående i samriskföretaget är MTR Corporation, John Holland Group och UGL Limited. Metro Trains Melbourne ägs i sin tur av konsortiet Metro Trains Australia där John Holland Group och UGL Limited äger 20 procent var och resterande 60 procent ägs av MTR Corporation. 2009 tilldelades Metro Trains Melbourne kontraktet MR3 Trains, med ett uppskattat värde på 3,793 miljarder australiska dollar, för att bedriva Melbournes pendeltågtrafik fram till 2017. Den 12 september 2017 skrevs ett nytt antal som förlängde Metro Trains Melbournes driftperiod till 2024, med möjligheten till förlängning av detta kontrakt i som mest tre år. Raymond O'Flaherty blev den 1 juli 2018 företagets VD.

Metro Trains Melbourne vann 2016 utmärkelsen Large Employer of the Year Award vid Australian Training Awards.

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If you blink, you might miss it. Pristimantis dorado, may not sound like a golden frog, but the brand new species has just been discovered on the outskirts of Bogotá, in Colombia. The whole nation is rich in frogs, especially this genus, with 205 of the tiny clickers . The males call for the girls in the extremely diverse Andean cloud forests with unusual clicks. Then development proceeds directly, with no tadpole to worry about in the terrestrial habitat and therefore no water needed. At 2650 m (8700') in the Cordillera Oriental, you are likely to find even more species, going by the current rate of discovery.
Mauricio Rivera-Correa, Faride Lamadrid-Feris and Andrew J. Crawford of the Universidad del Atlántico in Barranquilla (and US connections with the active Smithsonian Institute in the area) publish their paper in Amphibia-Reptilia. There is a kind of competition between Colombia and Brazil in counting their species of Amphibia. At the moment the soccer equivalent would have a score of 5-4 to Brazil, and it isn't half time yet!
5 years ago Ines Morales helped us to publicise the chytrid fungus disease that has made many species such as the Panamanian golden frog, Atelopus zeteki. She wrote about The fungus that killed frogs. We can only hope that lab. breeding of the Panamanian and many of these newly-discovered species will conserve some of the animals for the future, as habitat disappears as well as their wild conspecifics. If you blink, you will miss some of these newly discovered and wonderful animals!


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Q: curtain effect on text only - text showing from middle to outer edges I am trying to create a curtain effect on some text. I want the text to be hidden at first and then have an animated reveal from the middle of the text to the outer edges. I want this to work even if there is an odd number of letters. In other words, breaking up the string would not work. If there is only one giant character in the string I want it to reveal from the center of the character to the outer edges of the character. I do not want a curtain effect on the background, since I don't know what I want to have for a background yet. I want it only on the text.
Here is what I have so far:
HTML

The Incredible Houdini

CSS
body {
  margin: 0;
}

.container {
  position: relative;
  font-size: 3vh;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100vh;
  background: lightblue;
}
.my-name {
  position: absolute;
  left: 50%;
  top: 50%;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
  font-size: 2em;
  font-weight: bold;
  color: darkblue;
  width: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
  white-space: nowrap;
  animation: showName 5s linear 3s forwards;
}
@keyframes showName {
  from {
    width: 0;
  }
  to {
    width: 15ch;
  }
}

The overflow:hidden and the width from 0 to 100 give me what I want in terms of the individual characters gradually being revealed instead of popping in like a typewriter. The problem is that it generates from the left to the right. Is there any way I can start expanding the width from the middle to the outer edges?

A: Firstly, you would need a keyframe to auto width which you can't do. I'd suggest rethinking your methodology.
I'd go with animating a clip path

body {
  margin: 0;
}

.container {
  position: relative;
  font-size: 25vh;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100vh;
  background: lightblue;
  display:flex;
  justify-content:center;
  align-items:center;
}
.my-name {
  font-weight: bold;
  color: white;
  overflow: hidden;
  padding: .25em;
  background: rebeccapurple;
  clip-path: inset(0 100% 0 100%);
  animation: showName 5s linear forwards;
}

@keyframes showName {
  0% {
    clip-path: inset(0 100% 0 100%);
  }
  100% {
    clip-path: inset(0);
  }
}

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Let music fill your heart, and live the rock and roll dream, with this jazzy little number!
Cheeky little starbugs abound on this beetle-inspired design. It's a coleopterist's dream!
Irish eyes will be smiling when they spot this lucky charm!
It's no trick, treat your dog to these pretty Pumpkins!
You'd be batty not to buy one of these!
Be the belle of the bauble with a bit of festive bling!
Spruce up your pooch with these beautiful Christmas trees!
Fancy dressing your dog up for Christmas?
Every snowflake is unique, and your dog will be too!
Rudolph with your nose so bright, won't you guide my walk tonight!
Show you have good taste with these Christmas Candy Canes!


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Q: What are all the requirements for replacement application icons for windows phone 7 apps? I'm trying to create new icons for my windows phone 7 app. Whenever I run the app I get the default icons. This has been my process.

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*I created a 200 px x 200 px icon in photoshop.

*I exported 62 px, 99 px and 173 px square versions as PNG files.

*I copied these to the images folder in my project and then ADDed them as existing files in Visual Studio 2010.

*I selected each image and changed their properties to "Content" and "Copy Always".

*I right-clicked properties and selected the appropriate icons for Icon and BackgroundImage.

*Cleaned the solution and uninstalled previous installations from the phone.

*Rebuilt the project and checked the WMAppManifest.xml to be sure the proper PNGs were listed.

*I redeploy the app and the default icons continue to show in the emulator and the device when either type of deploy is tried.

Any suggestions as to what I'm missing?

A: There are three images that are automatically added in your WP7 project - ApplicationIcon.png, Background.png and SplashScreenImage.jpg. These are the three images you need to change (directly, not a copy). The names are important as well, since WP7 will look for those filenames in particular.
ApplicationIcon.png is the small tile you see when you slide to the right of your home screen and see the list of apps.
Background.png is the tile that gets shown when pinned to your homescreen.
SplashScreen.jpg is the splash screen that gets shown when your app is first launched.
The 200x200 (and other image sizes you created) don't have to be part of the application itself. They're used for your Marketplace submission. Depending on how the user is browsing the marketplace, the relevant sized tile will be shown. You don't need to include those in the XAP as you'll be asked to upload them when you submit your app. Only the three files mentioned at the beginning need to be in the XAP.

A: The art files you add to your project need to be in the root directory of your project with your App.xaml. At least this is what fixed it for me. When I added the new art to the images directory they showed up in the properties panel and I could select them. However they did not get used when deployed. I did try changing the path manually in the manifest but that didn't work (or I typed it wrong). Moving the icon art to the root fixed the issue.


Come Joun us for Holy Week & Easter Sunday!
¡Venga y acompáñenos esta Semana Santa y Domingo de Pascua!
* 1st and 3rd Friday of the month: 7:30am Mass in the Chapel followed by Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Adoration.
Ministerio Hispano para el Hombre Catolico de hoy "SAN JOSE OBRADOR"


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Midway Newcastle, San Diego face closure by end of June
Exclusion from $33m Warner offer leaves bleak future for studios
Midway's studios in Newcastle and San Diego face closure by the end of June unless they are bought or can secure investment.
The two studios were not included in Warner Bros. USD 33 million offer for troubled Midway last month, and as a result face an uncertain future.
"The heartbreaking thing for me is having people come to me and tell me they are talking to another company about a job because of the situation, but they don't want to leave the studio, and if the studio goes forward they will stay," said Newcastle studio head Craig Duncan, speaking to The Guardian.
"I think given the severity of the situation all you can be is honest with the staff about what is happening to the company. You have let them know how the situation is likely to play out, how it affects them and what we are trying to do as a management team to help. Good leadership is crucial in difficult times," he added.
Midway Newcastle's most recent release was the poorly received Vin Diesel project Wheelman, but despite the looming closure, the team is still at work on a new title.
Midway creditors agree $1 million pay-off
Lump sum will settle outstanding claims against Sumner Redstone
By Phil Elliott
Midway games removed from XBLA
Publisher rights issues lead to games being taken off service
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robert troughton Managing Director, Coconut Lizard12 years ago
"despite the looming closure, the team is still at work on a new title"
... this should really be:-
"despite the possibility of closure, the team is still at work on a new title"
The way it's written above, it's almost as though the writer is surprised that we're bothering... I'll tell you this, though - a studio that continues work despite the possibility of being closed has a much better chance of being bought than one whose staff just sit and wait for the inevitable.
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Fran Mulhern , Recruit3D12 years ago
Quite. I'll still be absolutely stunned if Newcastle doesn't get bought out. Good set up, some very good people. Personally I'd have thought Ubi would have bought you and merged you and Reflections, just goes to show how little I know:)
Best of luck, Robert.


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Facebook teamsup with Africa Check and adds 10 new local African languages on its language support programme
A swahili woman. (matadornetwork)
Facebook's fact-checking programme relies on feedback from the Facebook community, as one of many signals Facebook uses to raise potentially false stories to fact-checkers for review.
Third-Party Fact-Checking programme helps to assess the accuracy of news on Facebook, and aims to reduce the spread of misinformation.
It was launched in 2018 across five countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and Cameroon.
On Wednesday 14th 2019, Facebook, with Africa Check announced that it has added new local language support for several African languages as part of its Third-Party Fact-Checking programme - which helps to assess the accuracy of news on Facebook, and aims to reduce the spread of misinformation.
"We continue to make significant investments in our efforts to fight the spread of false news on our platform, whilst building supportive, safe, informed and inclusive communities. Our third-party fact-checking programme is just one of many ways we are doing this, and with the expansion of local language coverage, this will help in further improving the quality of information people see on Facebook. We know there is still more to do, and we're committed to this." Said Kojo Boakye, Facebook Head of Public Policy, Africa.
Kojo Boakye, Facebook Head of Public Policy, Africa. (eventbrite)
Local articles will be fact-checked alongside the verification of photos and videos. If one of Facebook's fact-checking partners identifies a story as false, Facebook will show it lower in News Feed, significantly reducing its distribution.
Also read: Here's all you need to know about the upcoming Kenya Population and Housing Census that is set to cost $185 million
Africa Check.
Noko Makgato, executive director of Africa Check, Africa's first independent fact-checking organization, expressed joy at the partnership.
"We're thrilled to be expanding the arsenal of the languages we cover in our work on Facebook's third-party fact-checking programme. In countries as linguistically diverse as Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya and Senegal, fact-checking in local languages is vital. Not only does it let us fact-check more content on Facebook, it also means we'll be reaching more people across Africa with verified, credible information," said Makgato.
Launched in 2018 across five countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and Cameroon, Facebook has now added these local African languages on its database.
Yoruba & Igbo
Nigeria's Yoruba and Igbo now joins Hausa which was already supported.
Kenya's national language, Kiswahili is now on Facebook's language support.
Senegal's Wolof is now on Facebook's language support.
Zulu and a host of South Africa's languages
South Africa's Afrikaans, Zulu, Setswana, Sotho, Northern Sotho and Southern Ndebele have now been added on Facebook language support.


Jewelry – something a girl can never have enough of. My favorite jewelry to wear? Earrings. So today I'm sharing 8 affordable pieces that range from simple to statement, as well as a few of my favorite jewelry retailers.
My style: Huge statement pieces aren't my thing, and I prefer smaller and minimalist earrings. The less details the earrings have, the more you can fake a high-end look without the high-end price tag. Also for me, 99% of the time jewelry is meant to complement the overall outfit, not to steal the show (unless I'm rocking diamonds, then heck yes), so less is definitely more.
A combination I've been obsessed with lately. Sometimes pearl studs alone can look matronly and geometric jewelry can look too simple, but combine the two elements and the chicness goes up tenfold.
I bought mine during Taobao's 11/11 sale, but combined shipping can be a pain so I recommend Kooding with free worldwide shipping. These are also available on 4xtyle for $6.90 but shipping costs extra and can be slow, so it's only worth it if you place a big order. Anyways, I love this twist on traditional hoop earrings, it's such a great everyday piece that's just a little more exciting than your ordinary studs, but still not too ostentatious.
Another great everyday piece, and the one I get compliments on the most. The design is minimal, but not too basic as to still be interesting. WConcept has frequent sales (details here), so I'd definitely wait for one if you want to buy this.
No pearls or any bling, these are just your standard geometric earrings. I reach for these over the gold + pearl ones when I need something a bit edgier and less feminine. To be honest they will work with almost any outfit, which is why they're my most reached for earrings.
For me statement earrings are pieces with any bit of bling, but still with a simple silhouette. In case I do want something bigger with serious sparkles, I make sure to shell out a bit more $$, as the cheaper big pieces can come off looking, well, cheap.
One of my favorite purchases from 4xtyle, it's just a really pretty piece and looks more expensive than $12! When I need something a bit fancier than my geometric earrings I reach for these.
Bought this + 2 other pairs from an eBay seller in New York that carries Korean jewelry, and this was my favorite pair by far. The quality is great for the price, and I love the pave details – again, looks more expensive than $12.
4xtyle – The shipping cost isn't too bad if you place a large order, and even if you don't, the prices alone are definitely the best I've seen online. Selection is excellent (borderline overwhelming) and the quality is pretty good. Of the 12 pairs I ordered, only one ended up breaking, plus they included a few gifts with purchase! Shipping is slow, took about 2+ weeks to receive my order.
Kooding – A great Korean fashion retailer with free worldwide shipping. They've got a great jewelry selection, albeit more expensive and limited than 4xtyle, but if you're looking to buy more than jewelry, this is a great option.
WConcept – They carry a range of pieces from independent designers and while I love them for their coats, their jewelry selection is also quite nice. Price points are higher, but with frequent sales + free global shipping it's worth checking out.
Wanderlust + Co – Not mentioned in this post but I adore their layerable necklaces! Also they're look books are very inspirational, as in I want to buy every piece shown on there.
What are your favorite places to buy jewelry? Like I said, a girl can never have enough in her wardrobe! Hope you all have a great week ahead!
This post was created in collaboration with Nakturnal, however my opinions are always 100% honest and my own. This post contains affiliate links, and each purchase helps cover the cost of running this blog, so I appreciate each click! For more information please read my disclosure policy.
I had no clue you had your own boutique, the pieces that you showcase there are adorable! I pretty much stopped wearing jewelry when the kids were small, as they would tug on everything, but it is about time I start again.
You have great style! I see so many simple pieces that would look awesome with any outfit!
I have a new found appreciation for these sort of earrings after reading this post. You look amazing with every pair! Honestly I never bat an eyelid to these earrings whenever I see them but I will definitely pick up a couple of pairs soon.
All of these pieces look so charming, and the way you presented them was perfectly.
I'm in agreement with you, I prefer minimalist earrings because of their versatility when it comes to different outfits.
Loving the unique designs of these earrings dear, so cute on you!
Oh they all look beautiful!
Nice post! i love everything!!
Hey thanks for the heads up on all these great sites to buy jewelry. I need more jewelry in my life. I also want to get my ears re-pierced. I let them close up as a teen as I could only wear gold but at the time I only liked silver. But I think it is high time to get them done again.
These pieces are awesome, and they're affordable!
I love all of these earrings. I normally like to wear big one – mainly hoops – but these smaller ones are so amazing looking that I am gonna have to try out smaller pieces now!
Love these earrings! So easy to dress up or dress down for any occasion.
Beautiful options! I am crazy about the first pearl tree like pair. Geometry is my personal fave, I often wear similar styles as a statement.


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The meaning of Apostolic Age in the Bible
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1. The Mission:
(1) When the disciples realized that they had seen the risen Christ for the last time and that it had now become their duty to spread His message, they gathered themselves together and restored the number of "witnesses" to the appointed Twelve. Immediately afterward the outpouring of the Holy Spirit gave them the signal to begin work. At first this work was rigidly centered in Jerusalem, and the first journeyings were the result of forcible dispersion and not of planned effort (Acts 11:19). But pilgrims to the feasts had carried away the gospel with them, and in this way Christianity had been spread at least as far as Damascus (Acts 9:2, Acts 9:19). The dispersion itself widened the circle to Cyprus and to Antioch and marked the beginning of the Gentilework (Acts 11:19-20). Here the extreme prominence of Paul's ministry in the New Testament should not obscure the success of the other missionaries. When the apostles began their journeys we do not know but at the time of Galatians 1:19 only Peter represented the Twelve in Jerusalem. Paul mentions their extended work in I Corinthians 9:5-6 and it seems certain that Peter was in Rome shortly before his death. The troubles caused Paul by the Judaizers at least give evidence of the missionary zeal of the latter. Barnabas and Mark worked after their separation from Paul (Acts 15:39) and GentileChristianity existed in Rome long before the latter's arrival there (Romans 1:13). By the year 100 it appears that Christianity extended around the Mediterranean from Alexandria to Rome (and doubtless farther, although data are scanty), while Asia Minor was especially pervaded by it. (2) Many factors cooperated to help the work: Peace was universal and communication was easy. Greek was spoken everywhere. The protection given Judaism sheltered from civil interference. The presence of Judaism insured hospitality and hearers for at least the first efforts to convert. The Jews' own proselytizing zeal (Matthew 23:15) had prepared Gentiles to receive Christianity. And not the least element was the break-up of the old religions and the general looking to the East for religious satisfaction. (3) For the methods, Paul's procedure is probably typical. Avoiding the smaller places, he devoted himself to the cities as the strategic points and traveled in a direct route, without side-journeys. In this way a "line of fire" (Harnack) was traced, and the flame could be trusted to spread of its own accord to each side of the road. So as fruits of Paul's work at Ephesus there appear churches at Colosse and Laodicea some hundred and twenty miles away (Colossians 2:1; Colossians 4:16). The churches founded needed revisiting and confirming, but when the apostle felt that they could shift for themselves, he felt also that his work in the East was over (Romans 15:23).
2. Jerusalem Church:
The members of the earliest Jerusalem church thought of themselves simply as Jews who had a true understanding of the Messiah and so constituting a new "way" or "party" (hardly "sect") in Judaism (Acts 22:4, especially). At first they were suffered to grow unmolested and their right to exist was apparently unquestioned, for the Sadducean actions of Acts 4:1; Acts 5:17 were in the nature of police precautions. And it is significant that the first attack was made on a foreigner, Stephen. He seems to have angered the crowds by preaching the impending destruction of the Temple, although he was martyred for ascribing (practically) Divine honors to Jesus (Acts 7:56). Yet the apostles were not driven from the city (Acts 8:1) and the church was able to continue its development. In 41 AD, the Roman representatives gave way to the Pharisaically inclined Agrippa I and (for reasons that are not clear) persecution broke out in which James was martyred and Peter delivered only by a miracle (Acts 12). With the resumption of Roman rule in 44 AD the persecution ceased. Some peaceable mode of living was devised, as appears from the absence of further allusions to troubles (compare Acts 21:17-26) and from the accounts of Josephus and Hegesippus of the esteem in which James the Lord's brother was held. His martyrdom (in 62 AD?) was due to the tension that preceded the final revolt against Rome, in which the Christians of Jerusalem took no part. Instead, they retired across the Jordan to Pella (Revelation 12:13-17), where they formed a close, intensely Jewish body under the rule of the descendants of Christ's brethren according to the flesh. Some mission work was done farther to the east but in the 2nd century they either were absorbed in normal Christianity or became one of the factors that produced Ebionism.
3. Judaists:
Many members of this body (and, doubtless, other Jewish Christians outside it) showed various degrees of inability to understand the Gentile work. The acceptance of an uncircumcised Christian as "saved" offered fairly slight difficulty (Galatians 2:3; Acts 15). But to eat with him was another thing and one that was an offense to many who accepted his salvation (Galatians 2:12-13). The rigorous conclusion that the Law bound no Christian was still another thing and one that even James could not accept (Acts 21:21). At the time of Galatians 2:9, the "pillars" were as yet not thinking of doing Gentilework. Paul's controversies are familiar and probably the last friction did not end until the fall of Jerusalem. But the difficulties grew gradually less and I Peter is evidence that Peter himself finally accepted the full status of Gentiles.
4. Relations with Rome:
From the Roman power Christianity was safe at first, as the distinctions from Judaism were thought too slight to notice (Acts 18:14-16; Acts 25:19). (Troubles such as those of Acts 17:9 were due to disturbance of the peace.) So the government was thought of as a protector (II Thessalonians 2:7) and spoken of in the highest terms (Romans 13:1; I Peter 2:13-14). But, while absolute isolation was not observed (I Corinthians 10:27), yet the Christians tended more and more to draw themselves into bodies with little contact with the world around them (I Peter 4:3-5), so provoking suspicion and hostility from their neighbors. Hence they were a convenient scapegoat for Nero after the burning of Rome. It is uncertain how far his persecution spread or how far persecutions occurred from his time until the end of the reign of Domitian (see PETER, THE FIRST EPISTLE OF), but in Revelation, Rome has become the symbol for all that is hostile to Christ.
5. "Hellenism":
Influence of the "pagan" religions on Christianity is not very perceptible in the 1st century. But syncretism was the fashion of the day and many converts must have attempted to combine the new religion with views that they held already (or that they learned still later). Apparently little attention was paid to this attempt, if restricted to entirely minor details (I Corinthians 15:29?), but in Col. 2:8-23 a vital matter is touched. The danger is more acute in the Pastorals (I Timothy 1:4; I Timothy 4:3; Titus 3:9) and in Rev. 2 great harm is being done. And Jude, 2 Peter, and I John contain direct polemics against the systems so arising, the beginnings of what in the 2nd century appeared as Gnosticism.
For further details see the separate articles, especially MINISTRY; NEW TESTAMENT CANON; and (for life in the Apostolic Age) SPIRITUAL GIFTS.
See the separate articles. Works with the title Apostolic Age are by Gilbert (brief), Bartlet (useful), Purves (very conservative), Ropes, McGiffert, and Weizsacker. The last three are for critical study.
Burton Scott Easton