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Victor Sjöström's The Wind marked the end of not one but several eras. It was the last major silent film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, one of Hollywood's most powerful studios. It was the last silent film starring Lillian Gish, one of the first actual movie stars who also helped invent a distinctly cinematic style of acting in opposition to the overly theatrical mode that dominated film's earliest years. Finally, it was the last silent film directed by Sjöström, one of the great filmmakers of the silent era both in his native Sweden and in America where he made films under the anglicized name "Victor Seastrom."
It follows the fate of Letty Mason, an ingenue of the mold Gish herself helped popularize, moving to rural Texas to live with her cousin Beverly (Edward Earle). Before she even leaves the train station she's beset by the affections of not one but three potential suitors, the most alluring being Wirt Roddy (Montagu Love), an overly friendly cattle buyer. After she's bullied by Beverly's jealous wife who suspects her of loving her husband, she runs away to marry Wirt only to learn he's a scoundrel who only wants her for a mistress. Reeling from shock, she allows herself to be wooed and married by one of her original suitors, Beverly's neighbor Lige Hightower (Lars Hanson). Their marriage quickly dries up as Letty's coldness drives Lige to bitter resentment. And all the while the screaming Texas wind howls and bangs at the windowpane of Letty's mind.
Though his visual style was nowhere near as extreme as German Expressionism, Sjöström still transformed the desolate wilderness of the Mojave Desert into a screenscape as eerie and otherworldly as anything by Murnau or Wiene. The film contains some of the most striking images of his career: a white demon horse bucking in the clouds, a tornado rushing towards a crowded barn, a psychologically shattered Gish going insane while trapped alone in her house during a wind storm.
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[[Image:Constantine XI Palaiologos.jpg|right|thumb| Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos.]]
'''Constantine XI Palaeiologos''', or '''Palaeologos''' (Gr: ''Κωνσταντίνος ΙΑ' Δραγάσης Παλαιολόγος''), was the last reigning Byzantine Emperor of the [[Palaiologos Dynasty]], born 1404 AD in [[Mystras]], and ruled from 1449 until his death in [[May 29]], 1453, at the [[Fall of Constantinople]]. He is also referred to as '''Dragases'''.
'''Constantine XI Palaiologos''' (Gr: ''Κωνσταντίνος ΙΑ' Δραγάσης Παλαιολόγος'', also '' '''Dragases''' ''), was the last reigning emperor of the [[Palaiologos Dynasty]] as well as the last of the Roman Emperors. Born in 1404 AD in [[Mystras]], he ruled from 1449 until his death on [[May 29]], 1453, at the [[Fall of Constantinople]].
== Brief history ==
Constantine was the son of Emperor Manuel II. He was trained as a soldier and in 1441 conquered the Morea Peninsula of Greece. It had long been under the Frankish principality of '''Achaia''' <ref> '''Achaia''': A state established by the Crusaders. </ref> Constantine was crowned Emperor [[January 6]], 1449 AD succeeding his brother and a little less than five years in 1453 AD was killed during the final assaults by the Turkish Sultan, Mehmed II on Constantinople. Constantine, with some 8,000 Greeks, Venetians, and Genoese, had faced 150,000 Turkish besiegers under the Sultan, and after almost two months of heroic defense, directed by the emperor, the city and the empire fell. Constantine died fighting with the last of his men.<ref>[http://www.answers.com/topic/constantine-xi Columbia Encyclopedia: Constantine XI].</ref>.
Constantine was the son of Emperor Manuel II. He was trained as a soldier and in 1441 conquered the Morea Peninsula of Greece. It had long been under the Frankish principality of 'Achaia' <ref> 'Achaia': A state established by the Crusaders. </ref> Constantine was crowned Emperor [[January 6]], 1449 AD succeeding his brother. A little less than five years later in 1453 AD he was killed during the final assaults by the Turkish Sultan, Mehmed II on Constantinople. Constantine, with some 8,000 Greeks, Venetians, and Genoese, had faced 150,000 Turkish besiegers under the Sultan, and after almost two months of heroic defense, directed by the emperor, the city and the empire fell. Constantine died fighting with the last of his men.<ref>[http://www.answers.com/topic/constantine-xi Columbia Encyclopedia: Constantine XI].</ref>. Going back to Augustus and the ancient Roman Empire, he was the 138th and last Roman Emperor.
Image:Constantinos XI Palaiologos.jpg|Constantine XI Palaiologos
Image:CPalaeologos.JPG|Statue of Constantine XI Palaeiologos, Mystra, Greece
Image:CPalaeologos2.JPG|Close up of Statue
== Saintly Status ==
::Eastern Orthodox and Greek-Catholics consider Constantine XI a [[saint]], but he has not been officially recognized as such. One of the reasons for this was that in the centuries of Ottoman rule, any effort on the part of the Orthodox Church to officially glorify Constantine XI as a saint would have been seen as an act of rebellion, and hence decidedly ill-advised. After the [[w:Greek War of Independence|Greek War of Independence]] (1821-1831), when the Greek Orthodox Church once again had freedom to act, an official act of glorification was thought to be superfluous, on account of longstanding veneration as a saint and martyr, specifically, a national martyr or ethnomartyr, (Greek: Eθνομάρτυρας). However, the erection of the statue of "Saint Constantine XI the Ethnomartyr" in the square in front of the [[w:Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens|Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens]], with the formal blessing of the Church authorities, appears to be a semi-official act of recognition. His feast falls on [[May 29|29 May]].<ref>[[w:Constantine_XI#Unofficial_saint|Constantine XI: Unofficial Saint]] at Wikipedia.</ref>.
Orthodox do not consider Constantine XI a [[saint]], though there are some who incorrectly, personally consider him so because of their love of the Byzantine (Roman) Empire. However, the last Emperor has never been recognized as a Saint due to his heretical beliefs and his compromising of the Faith in order to gain material aid from Latin lands. When the Empire was in need, he sought Latin military aid by reaffirming the heretical statements of the Council of Florence.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_XI_Palaiologos].</ref>. And it is said that he defiled the Church of Agia Sophia the day/night before the Fall with a blended Divine Liturgy and Latin mass. <ref>https://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/viewFile/14639/3803].</ref>
In attempting to preserve an earthly Empire, he lost a Heavenly Kingdom. In contrast, there is Tzar [[Lazar of Serbia]], who gave up an earthly Kingdom for the Heavenly. The Faith is always more important than earthly possessions.
The Russian Menologion indicates commemoration days for the Emperor on [[May 29]] and [[May 30]]. The entry under May 30 is as follows: '''On this day we commemorate the suffering of the right-believing Emperor Constantine under the ungodly Turkish King, who himself became ruler.''' The entry for May 29 reads simply: '''Emperor Constantine, who suffered under the Turks.'''<ref>[http://rumkatkilise.org/statusconstantineXI.htm A Special Note Concerning the Status of Blessed Constantine XI]. Society of St. John Chrysostom of Ayatriada Rum Katoliki Kilise.</ref>.
* UNESCO World Heritage site of '''[[Mystras]]'''
* St. '''[[Ipomoni]]''', ''Born as'' '''Helen Dragases''' ''before becoming a nun and assuming the name Ipomoni. She was the mother of Constantine XI Palaiologos''. She lived a monastic life for over 25 years, after entering into the habit after the death of her husband. She died 1450AD and is commemorated by the church [[May 29]]. The relics of her skull and her icon are found at the Monastery of St. Patapios, Loutraki of Korinthos, Greece.
* St. '''[[Ipomoni]]''', ''Born as'' '''Helena Dragaš''' <ref>Before becoming a [[nun]] and assuming the name Ipomoni, Helena was the mother of Constantine XI Palaiologos. She lived a [[monasticism|monastic]] life for over 25 years, after entering into the habit after the death of her husband. She died 1450AD and is commemorated by the church [[May 29]]. The [[relics]] of her skull and her icon are found at the Monastery of St. Patapios, Loutraki of Korinthos, Greece.</ref>
== Further Reading ==
* [[w:Donald Nicol|Donald M. Nicol]]. ''[http://books.google.ca/books?id=lnSmnmL984YC&pg=PP1&dq=The+Immortal+Emperor#PPP1,M1 The Immortal Emperor: The Life and Legend of Constantine Palaiologos, Last Emperor of the Romans]''. Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 0521894093, 9780521894098 (174 pp)
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Image:CPalaeologos.JPG|Statue of Constantine XI Palaeiologos, Mystra, Greece
Image:CPalaeologos2.JPG|Close up of Statue
== External Links ==
* [[w:Constantine XI|Constantine XI]] at Wikipedia.
* [http://rumkatkilise.org/statusconstantineXI.htm A Special Note Concerning the Status of Blessed Constantine XI]. The Society of St. John Chrysostom of Ayatriada Rum Katoliki Kilise.
* [http://www.economicexpert.com/a/Constantine:XI.htm Constantine XI]. EconomicExpert.com.
* [http://rumkatkilise.org/constantineXI.htm Great Martyr and Emperor Constantine XI]. The Society of St. John Chrysostom of Ayatriada Rum Katoliki Kilise.
*[http://penelopecoins.com/index.php?p=item&cid=3&id=14 Coinage of Constantine XI:]
*[https://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/viewFile/14639/3803]
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Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos.
Constantine XI Palaiologos (Gr: Κωνσταντίνος ΙΑ' Δραγάσης Παλαιολόγος, also Dragases ), was the last reigning emperor of the Palaiologos Dynasty as well as the last of the Roman Emperors. Born in 1404 AD in Mystras, he ruled from 1449 until his death on May 29, 1453, at the Fall of Constantinople.
2 Saintly Status
Constantine was the son of Emperor Manuel II. He was trained as a soldier and in 1441 conquered the Morea Peninsula of Greece. It had long been under the Frankish principality of 'Achaia' [1] Constantine was crowned Emperor January 6, 1449 AD succeeding his brother. A little less than five years later in 1453 AD he was killed during the final assaults by the Turkish Sultan, Mehmed II on Constantinople. Constantine, with some 8,000 Greeks, Venetians, and Genoese, had faced 150,000 Turkish besiegers under the Sultan, and after almost two months of heroic defense, directed by the emperor, the city and the empire fell. Constantine died fighting with the last of his men.[2]. Going back to Augustus and the ancient Roman Empire, he was the 138th and last Roman Emperor.
Constantine XI Palaiologos
Statue of Constantine XI Palaeiologos, Mystra, Greece
Close up of Statue
Saintly Status
Orthodox do not consider Constantine XI a saint, though there are some who incorrectly, personally consider him so because of their love of the Byzantine (Roman) Empire. However, the last Emperor has never been recognized as a Saint due to his heretical beliefs and his compromising of the Faith in order to gain material aid from Latin lands. When the Empire was in need, he sought Latin military aid by reaffirming the heretical statements of the Council of Florence.[3]. And it is said that he defiled the Church of Agia Sophia the day/night before the Fall with a blended Divine Liturgy and Latin mass. [4] In attempting to preserve an earthly Empire, he lost a Heavenly Kingdom. In contrast, there is Tzar Lazar of Serbia, who gave up an earthly Kingdom for the Heavenly. The Faith is always more important than earthly possessions.
UNESCO World Heritage site of Mystras
St. Ipomoni, Born as Helena Dragaš [5]
Donald M. Nicol. The Immortal Emperor: The Life and Legend of Constantine Palaiologos, Last Emperor of the Romans. Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 0521894093, 9780521894098 (174 pp)
↑ 'Achaia': A state established by the Crusaders.
↑ Columbia Encyclopedia: Constantine XI.
↑ [1].
↑ https://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/viewFile/14639/3803].
↑ Before becoming a nun and assuming the name Ipomoni, Helena was the mother of Constantine XI Palaiologos. She lived a monastic life for over 25 years, after entering into the habit after the death of her husband. She died 1450AD and is commemorated by the church May 29. The relics of her skull and her icon are found at the Monastery of St. Patapios, Loutraki of Korinthos, Greece.
Constantine XI at Wikipedia.
Constantine XI. EconomicExpert.com.
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'''
A module to contain code flow analysis for envi opcode objects...
'''
import copy
import traceback
import envi
import envi.memory as e_mem

class CodeFlowContext(object):

    '''
    A CodeFlowContext is used for code-flow (not linear) based disassembly
    for an envi MemoryObject (which is responsible for knowing the
    implementation of parseOpcode().  The CodeFlowContext will optionally
    notify several callback handlers for different events which occur during
    disassembly:

    self._cb_opcode(va, op, branches) - called for every newly parsed opcode
        NOTE: _cb_opcode must return the desired branches for continued flow

    self._cb_function(fva, metadict) - called once for every function

    self._cb_branchtable(tabva, ptrva, destva) - called for switch tables
        NOTE: Return False to stop iteration of pointers

    Set exptable=True to expand branch tables in this phase
    Set persist=True to never disasm the same thing twice
    Set recurse=True to automatically code flow to nested functions
    '''
    def __init__(self, mem, persist=False, exptable=True, recurse=True):

        self._funcs = {}
        self._fcalls = {}
        self._mem = mem
        self._cf_noret = {}     # noret funcs
        self._cf_noflow = {}    # va's to stop on

        # A few options to the codeflow object
        self._cf_persist = None
        if persist:
            self._cf_persist = {}

        self._cf_recurse = recurse
        self._cf_exptable = exptable
        self._cf_blocks = []
        self._dynamic_branch_handlers = []

    def _cb_opcode(self, va, op, branches):
        '''
        Extend CodeFlowContext and implement this method to recieve
        a callback for every newly discovered opcode.
        '''
        return branches

    def _cb_function(self, fva, fmeta):
        '''
        Extend CodeFlowContext and implement this method to recieve
        a callback for every newly discovered function.  Additionally,
        metadata about the function may be stored in the fmeta dict.
        '''
        pass

    def _cb_noflow(self, va, tva):
        '''
        Implement this method to receive a callback when a given code
        branch is skipped due to being in the noflow dictionary.
        ( likely due to prodedural branch to noreturn address )
        '''
        pass

    def _cb_branchtable(self, tableva, ptrva, destva):
        '''
        Extend CodeFlowContext and implement this method to receive
        a callback for every conditional branch in a discovered
        "branch table" ( think jump/switch cases ).
        tableva     - The base address of the table
        ptrva       - The address of the pointer for this index
        destva      - The destination address (deref of ptrva)

        Return False to stop table iteration.
        '''
        pass

    def _cb_dynamic_branch(self, va, op, bflags, branches):
        '''
        if codeflow finds a branch to a non-discrete value (eg. to a register)
        we handle it here.  by default, we simply track the dynamic branch in a global
        VaSet which is added to every workspace.
        '''
        '''
        When code-flow analysis runs into an indirect branch it doesn't know
        what to do with, the architecture can take a crack at it.
        '''
        for cb in self._dynamic_branch_handlers:
            cb(self, op, self._mem, bflags, branches)

    def addNoReturnAddr(self, va):
        '''
        Add a virtual address to the list of VAs that are non-returning
        procedural branch targets.
        '''
        self._cf_noret[ va ] = True

    def addNoFlow(self, va, destva):
        '''
        Add a va->destva no-flow entry which will prevent codeflow from
        continuing to destva as a result of va ( destva may still be
        decoded as a result of being reached some other way... )
        '''
        self._cf_noflow[ (va, destva) ] = True

    def getCallsFrom(self, fva):
        return self._fcalls.get(fva)

    def addFunctionDef(self, fva, calls_from):
        '''
        Add a priori knowledge of a function to the code flow
        stuff...
        '''
        self._fcalls[fva] = calls_from

    def addCodeFlow(self, va, arch=envi.ARCH_DEFAULT):
        '''
        Do code flow disassembly from the specified address.  Returnes a list
        of the procedural branch targets discovered during code flow...

        Set persist=True to store 'opdone' and never disassemble the same thing twice
        '''
        opdone = {}
        if self._cf_persist != None:
            opdone = self._cf_persist

        calls_from = {}
        optodo = [ ((0, va), arch), ]
        startva = va
        self._cf_blocks.append( va )
        cf_eps = set()
        while len(optodo):

            todo,arch = optodo.pop()

            if self._cf_noflow.get( todo ):
                self._cb_noflow( *todo )
                continue

            pva, va = todo
            if opdone.get(va):
                continue

            opdone[va] = True

            try:
                op = self._mem.parseOpcode(va, arch=arch)
            except envi.InvalidInstruction, e:
                print 'parseOpcode error at 0x%.8x: %s' % (va,e)
                continue
            except Exception, e:
                print 'parseOpcode error at 0x%.8x: %s' % (va,e)
                continue

            branches = op.getBranches()
            # The opcode callback may filter branches...
            branches = self._cb_opcode(va, op, branches)

            while len(branches):

                bva, bflags = branches.pop()

                # look for dynamic branches (ie. branches which don't have a known target).  assume at least one branch
                if bva == None:
                    self._cb_dynamic_branch(va, op, bflags, branches)

                # add block as part of our call stack
                self._cf_blocks.append( bva )

                try:
                    # Handle a table branch by adding more branches...
                    if bflags & envi.BR_TABLE:
                        if self._cf_exptable:
                            ptrbase = bva
                            bdest = self._mem.readMemoryFormat(ptrbase, '<P')[0]
                            tabdone = {}
                            while self._mem.isValidPointer(bdest):

                                if self._cb_branchtable(bva, ptrbase, bdest) == False:
                                    break

                                if not tabdone.get(bdest):
                                    tabdone[bdest] = True
                                    branches.append((bdest, envi.BR_COND))

                                ptrbase += self._mem.psize
                                bdest = self._mem.readMemoryFormat(ptrbase, '<P')[0]
                        continue

                    if bflags & envi.BR_DEREF:

                        if not self._mem.probeMemory(bva, self._mem.psize, e_mem.MM_READ):
                            continue

                        # Before we update bva, lets check if its in noret...
                        if self._cf_noret.get( bva ):
                            self.addNoFlow( va, va + len(op) )

                        bva = self._mem.readMemoryFormat(bva, '<P')[0]

                    if not self._mem.probeMemory(bva, 1, e_mem.MM_EXEC):
                        continue

                    if bflags & envi.BR_PROC:

                        # Record that the current code flow has a call from it
                        # to the branch target...
                        nextva = va + len(op)

                        if bva != nextva: # NOTE: avoid call 0 constructs

                            # Now we decend so we do deepest func callbacks first!
                            if self._cf_recurse:
                                if bva in self._cf_blocks:
                                    # the function that we want to make prodcedural
                                    # called us so we can't call to make it procedural
                                    # until its done
                                    cf_eps.add(bva)
                                else:
                                    self.addEntryPoint( bva )

                            if self._cf_noret.get( bva ):
                                # then our next va is noflow!
                                self._cf_noflow[ (va, nextva) ] = True

                            calls_from[bva] = True

                            # We only go up to procedural branches, not across
                            continue
                finally:
                    self._cf_blocks.pop()

                if not opdone.get(bva):
                    optodo.append( ((va, bva), bflags) )

        # remove our local blocks from global block stack
        self._cf_blocks.pop()
        while cf_eps:
            fva = cf_eps.pop()
            if not self._mem.isFunction(fva):
                self.addEntryPoint(fva, arch=arch)

        return calls_from.keys()

    def addEntryPoint(self, va, arch=envi.ARCH_DEFAULT):
        '''
        Analyze the given procedure entry point and flow downward
        to find all subsequent code blocks and procedure edges.

        Example:
            cf.addEntryPoint( 0x77c70308 )
            ... callbacks flow along ...
        '''
        # Check if this is already a known function.
        if self._funcs.get(va) != None:
            return

        # Add this function to known functions
        self._funcs[va] = True
        calls_from = self.addCodeFlow(va, arch=arch)
        self._fcalls[va] = calls_from

        # Finally, notify the callback of a new function
        self._cb_function(va, {'CallsFrom':calls_from})
    def addDynamicBranchHandler(self, cb):
        '''
        Add a callback handler for dynamic branches the code-flow resolver
        doesn't know what to do with
        '''
        if cb in self._dynamic_branch_handlers:
            raise Exception("Already have this handler (%s) for dynamic branches" % repr(cb))

        self._dynamic_branch_handlers.append(cb)

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Richard Evelyn Byrd, son of Richard E. and Eleanor Bolling Byrd and younger brother of Senator Harry Flood Byrd, Sr., was born in Winchester, Va., 25 October 1888. After graduating from the Naval Academy 7 June 1912. Byrd was assigned to battleship South Carolina (BB-26), and subsequently served in Kentucky (BB-6), Wyoming (BB-32), Missouri (BB-11), Washington (ACR-11), and Dolphin (PG-24). He was retired 15 March 1916 because of a leg injury.
On 24 May 1916 he was recalled to active duty, limited service, and acted as Instructor-Inspector of Naval Militia, Providence, East Providence, Bristol, and Newport, R.I. After the United States entered World War I, he organized a commission on training camps.
Following flight training at Pensacola, Fla., he was designated Naval Aviator No. 608 on 17 April 1918 and served during the remainder of World War I as Commanding Officer, U.S. Naval Air Stations in Canada. In planning and executing antisubmarine patrols, Byrd pioneered in night and all-weather flying, designed improved navigation instruments, and devised a plan for a transatlantic flight, which resulted in the NC-4 flight, the first crossing of the Atlantic by air. After studying in England at the Royal Air Force School of Aerial Navigation, Byrd helped to establish naval reserve air stations throughout the United States.
In 1924 he was ordered to Washington for a proposed flight of the lighter-than-air craft Shenandoah (ZR-1) over the North Pole, but when the craft was damaged in a storm, the expedition was canceled.
Byrd then turned his thoughts to flight over the North Pole by heavier-than-air craft. He obtained funds from private sources to pay for the expedition and borrowed equipment such as planes, tractors, and ships from government agencies.
In the fall of 1925 Byrd's first story appeared in the National Geographic Magazine, beginning a valuable association with the National Geographic Society which continued over the next three decades.
Byrd and Floyd Bennett took off from King's Bay, Spitzbergen, 750 miles from the Pole, 9 May 1926. After 7 hours of flight they were over the North Pole. Byrd, the first man to fly over the Pole, was second only to Peary to reach that point.
In 1926 Byrd acquired an improved three engine Fokker and named it America, and prepared for a nonstop transatlantic flight to establish the feasibility of regular passenger service across the Atlantic. However, while bad luck delayed Byrd, Charles Lindbergh took off from New York on 20 May 1927 and landed at Paris 33 hours later. The America departed New York 29 June 1927, found Paris fogged in, and so landed in the ocean just off the French coast. Byrd and his three crewmen were rescued, taken to Paris, and then returned to an enthusiastic welcome in New York.
Byrd's first Antarctic expedition, consisting of City of New York and Eleanor Bolling, departed the United States 28 August 1928; steamed via the Panama Canal and New Zealand; and, on 1 January 1929, established a base on the Bay of Whales, Antarctica, named Little America. Byrd and three companions took off from Little America 28 November 1929 in the ski-equipped trimotored monoplane, Floyd Bennett, and headed for the South Pole where they dropped an American flag. When Byrd returned to the United States, he was promoted to rear admiral.
In 1933-35 he led a second expedition to Antarctica. Living at an advanced base to record weather data during the long winter night, Byrd nearly died from carbon monoxide. Although rescued in time, he suffered from the ill effects of the poisoning for the rest of his life.
Byrd's third expedition consisted of the Navy commissioned and manned Bear (AG-29) and Department of the Interior's North Star. Two wintering over bases were established and scientific investigation was intensified.
During World War II, Admiral Byrd studied and reported on their suitability for airfields.
After the war ended, Byrd resumed polar exploration. During Operation "Highjump" he led an expedition of 4,700 men and modern support equipment in 13 ships to the Antarctic. They explored much of the little known continent and added greatly to man's knowledge of the region.
In 1954 the Secretary of Defense agreed to furnish logistic support for American scientists in the Antarctic for the International Geophysical Year which would begin on 1 July 1957. President Eisenhower appointed Byrd, Officer-in-Charge of U.S. Antarctic programs.
Admiral Byrd remained active in exploration of Antarctica until he died in his home at Boston on 11 March 1957.


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    m,
    'we accept pull requests',
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More Biographies
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BLACK HISTORY: BIOGRAPHIES
By The Gale Group
CBN.com – Booker T. Washington was born a slave in Hale's Ford, Virginia, reportedly on April 5, 1856. After emancipation, his family was so poverty stricken that he worked in salt furnaces and coal mines beginning at age nine. Always an intelligent and curious child, he yearned for an education and was frustrated when he could not receive good schooling locally. When he was 16 his parents allowed him to quit work to go to school. They had no money to help him, so he walked 200 miles to attend the Hampton Institute in Virginia and paid his tuition and board there by working as the janitor.
Dedicating himself to the idea that education would raise his people to equality in this country, Washington became a teacher. He first taught in his home town, then at the Hampton Institute, and then in 1881, he founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama. As head of the Institute, he traveled the country unceasingly to raise funds from blacks and whites both; soon he became a well-known speaker.
In 1895, Washington was asked to speak at the opening of the Cotton States Exposition, an unprecedented honor for an African American. His Atlanta Compromise speech explained his major thesis, that blacks could secure their constitutional rights through their own economic and moral advancement rather than through legal and political changes. Although his conciliatory stand angered some blacks who feared it would encourage the foes of equal rights, whites approved of his views. Thus his major achievement was to win over diverse elements among southern whites, without whose support the programs he envisioned and brought into being would have been impossible.
In addition to Tuskegee Institute, which still educates many today, Washington instituted a variety of programs for rural extension work, and helped to establish the National Negro Business League. Shortly after the election of President William McKinley in 1896, a movement was set in motion that Washington be named to a cabinet post, but he withdrew his name from consideration, preferring to work outside the political arena. He died on November 14, 1915.
Source: The African American Almanac, 7th ed., Gale, 1997.
Reprinted by permission of The Gale Group.
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Finally a camera app made for the outdoors! CameR is made to take in sunlight and adjust it to make your photos AMAZING!
Also it works great indoors to take the lighting and evenly distribute it throughout the picture.


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I've also tried to open the layout preview like below, but it doesn't work.
View ->Tool Windows -> Preview

A: Try this:
Go to View ->Tool Windows -> Preview
Also, Invalidate caches and Restart Android Studio

A: Try Changing your parent in Styles as :-
parent="Base.Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar"

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<style name="AppTheme" parent="Base.Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
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Minneapolis – January 19, 2010 – Publicity coach Dan Janal was quoted extensively in "Celebrity Leverage" a new book published today by Jordan McAuley . This is the 69th book that has featured Dan Janal, who is widely regarded as one of the most highly regarded thought leaders in publicity and the Internet.
The citations range from testimonials, short quotes, lengthy interviews, screen shots of his websites, as well as acknowledgements and thank you's.
Janal continues to help authors and thought leaders get publicity by combining coaching, consulting and mentoring into a uniquely helpful one-on-one consultation program.
Dan's coaching helps people get an outside perspective from an acknowledged expert in the industry. He has helped clients outline chapters for books, think of story angles that reporters will write about, and get clear on their marketing goals.
Janal also operates the PRLEADS.com service that helps authors and small businesses get quoted in top daily newspapers, magazines and leading online websites.
Based in suburban Minneapolis, Dan understands publicity as only a former newspaper reporter can. As an award-winning daily newspaper reporter and business news editor, he interviewed President Gerald Ford and First Lady Barbara Bush. Dan Janal is one of the most respected teachers, visionaries and entrepreneurs in the publicity community. He has written six books about Internet Marketing for John Wiley & Sons, and has been an in-demand, international speaker for nearly 20 years.
Dan was on the PR team that launched AOL and wrote one of the first books about Internet Marketing in 1994. He taught the first Internet Marketing class at Berkeley and also taught Internet Branding classes at Stanford. Corporate clients include IBM, The Reader's Digest and American Express. He has spoken at conferences for the National Football League, Credit Union Executive Society and many others.
He has created innovative ways for people to get publicity, including the Cool Book of the Day site to help authors get publicity for books; and the Free Publicity Tools.com site to help entrepreneurs find resources to help promote their businesses.
Celebrity Leverage (Jordan McAuley, Mega Niche Media; January 11, 2010; Paperback Original; $19.95) reveals how to get free and low-cost celebrity endorsements, product placement, celebrity buzz, and more.
Each chapter includes Insider Interviews with today's top marketing and publicity experts like Joe Vitale of The Secret, Dan Kennedy of The No B.S. Guide to Marketing to the Affluent, Jake Halpern of Fame Junkies, Donna Cutting of The Celebrity Experience, Rick Frishman of Author 101, Yanik Silver of Maverick Business Adventures, Robyn Spizman of The Giftionary and others.
Jordan McAuley's record spans more than a decade in publicity, marketing, entrepreneurship and events.
Known as the "King of Celebrity Contacts," his Contact Any Celebrity service is one of the most respected publicity resources in the world, with a blue-chip roster of marketers, publicists, nonprofits and media clients who rely on it to get endorsements, donations, interviews, and more.


Three women climb the stairs of a beautiful Victorian in San Francisco. They hold nothing in their hands, but they bring a precious gift. These women are members of the Threshold Choir, and the home they are visiting is the Zen Hospice Project. They sing to people at the last threshold of life, and today, when they reach the second floor, they find Luca Sager, a 38-year-old chef with terminal brain cancer.
Kate Munger founded the Threshold Choir in Marin County and the East Bay 16 years ago. She says it grew out of her own experience of sitting with a friend of who was dying of AIDS back in the '90s.
The Threshold Choir has spread since then -- across North America and to other countries. It is devoted to lifting others up, to creating a place for reflection, especially for people who may be outside the traditional reaches of religion. The singers speak of the healing quality of music and the power of the human voice to soothe and to make beautiful the process of dying, which is so often accompanied by great fear.
Choir singer Katharine Rose Kirner says she knows what it is like to lie powerless in bed facing the fear of death. In 2001, as the country was reeling from the 9/11 attacks, Kirner faced a different kind of threat, a brain tumor the size of a grapefruit. She says she was gripped by fear of death and feelings she had not done what she needed to do in her life. She vowed to do something "important" if she recuperated.
When she did eventually heal, she learned of the Threshold Choir and became a devoted member singing at least once a week. She says being part of the choir has given her a chance to see how gentle dying can be.
Singer Peggy Cadbury, a retired nurse, saw a fair amount of death while working in hospital settings. But as a member of the choir, she has the chance to tend to the dying with a different intention.
Cadbury says singing quietly and softly the simple songs written by choir members is much like singing a lullaby to a child.
"It is like a gentle caress, and it feels right," she says.
Sager, the patient, says the singing not only helps bring him emotional calm, but it also reduces the physical pain he has in his head around the tumor.
Research suggests that listening to live music can help reduce pain in palliative care patients. A 2012 study found that patients found that patients who had the harp played to them for 20 minutes -- along with breathing exercises and visualization -- reported a significant decrease in pain compared to a control group.
Registered nurse and certified music therapist Kathy Jo Gutgsell at University Hospitals in Cleveland was lead author of the study. She believes music "may awaken the body's own endorphins" -- those much-chased-after chemicals that make us feel better about the world.
The Threshold Choir singers say they, too, are helped by the act of singing together and for a person in need. "You see them calm, and then you calm, and it's a reciprocal thing," Cadbury says.
Kirner says singing in the choir is one of the best things in her life. "I get a sense of purpose." Choir singers may benefit in other ways. A growing body of research finds that people who take part in choral singing have a better sense of wellbeing than those who don't sing.
The research suggests that singing itself can raise levels of oxytocin, the hormone associated with trust and bonding. So people who sing in chorus may feel a strong bond with those they sing with together. Right now in San Francisco, a five-year study is underway looking at both the possible physical and emotional benefits of choral singing for seniors.
Sager, the patient, says he believes as human beings our purpose in life is to be givers however we can. He says he did that as a chef, serving homemade nourishing food. He says he is proud of the Threshold Choir for offering their songs as a gift, "to receive that gift is an act of love and support, an act of care, which is what I need most in my life right now."


When the final school bell had been rung for the season and students were released for the summer, along came the daunting decision of what to do first with our free time. Each June the unencumbered days would stretch before us filled with all sorts of possibilities. For me, there was the dilemma of choosing between playing in our yard or playing inside our house. Most days the choice was dictated by the weather and maternal decree. If the sun was shining my mom pretty much wanted to make sure that I got some time in the fresh air and sunshine.
My favorite place to be was the beach – it was then, and it remains so to this day. During the work week, however, it was impossible to get there. That was when I made good use of the inflatable kiddie pool, a brightly colored beach ball, and a small tin pail and shovel. My favorite outfit was a bright, coral-colored swimsuit. Of course mom made sure I had some suntan lotion on (we didn't call it sunblock back then and we hadn't heard of an SPF factor).
The weekend was when we got to go to the real beach. For us that was Seaside Park in Bridgeport. Between packing/unpacking the car, going for long walks along the shore to collect seashells in my tin pail, and eating a wonderful lunch mom had packed the day was over way too soon. In my really early years we would often be accompanied by a grandparent or two who enjoyed sitting on a blanket in the park across from the water.
Another special summer pleasure was going to see a first-run movie at the Center Drive-In; located off of Division Street it was called the Passion Pit of the Valley by the time I was in my teens. However, as a young girl I was thrilled when my parents took me there as a treat. We would usually arrive before dusk on a Saturday evening. Dad would maneuver the car down the dusty rows trying to find the perfect spot: center of the screen, in front of the concession stand, but not too close to the front of the drive-in. Once he jockeyed the car into position we had to hook up the speaker – a square metal box that hung from the rear window of the car and put out more static than sound.
If there was enough time before the movie started dad and I would go into the concession stand and buy popcorn, a treat my mom loved. Once the popcorn had been safely delivered to her, she enjoyed a few moments of quiet time while dad walked with me to the small playground at the front of the drive-in, literally at the foot of the huge screen. We would spend maybe fifteen or twenty minutes there then head back to the car. Some nights there would be mosquitoes buzzing through the air and dad would buy one of those citronella coils that you light up and blow out. The remaining smoke was supposed to dispel the nasty critters but most often that didn't work.
On an average, I would remain awake through the cartoon and part of the first feature. By the time full dark was upon us I would be slumped over in the back seat and sleeping soundly on a blanket that my mom had so thoughtfully brought along. I truly don't remember any of the movies I saw there until I was in my teens but I do remember waking up the next morning, safe and snug in my own bed and scratching at the mosquito bites I'd received the night before.


The exhibition is on the subject of observing others from a position of a ˝neutral watcher˝. It is realized through works done in various media by 23 international artists.
A poster has a peep hole in the middle allowing an observer to peek and observe others. It contains the exhibition introduction text, the concept, as well as all the authors and exhibition details.
It is posted on glass doors of book shops in the city and public ad spaces. The posters are also sold to the visitors, where they can use them in creative ways.


What is it like to work at Rodnunsky & Associates?
The people are nice and easy to work with! The least enjoyable thing about the job, is the long hours, often 8.5 or more a day sitting at your desk. The most enjoyable part of the job is the culture, we celebrate holidays, go on outings, and maintain friendships.
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