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A mohácsi csata (1526)
Author(s): Lajos Négyesi / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 03/2019
On 29 August 1526, in the battle that took place south from Mohács, Suleiman I triumphed over the armies of the Hungarian Kingdom, which also lost its king, as Louis II drowned in the flooded Csele stream while trying to escape. Posterity associates the loss of the Hungarian kingdom with this tragic event, although it would probably still have taken place due to the political processes. Nevertheless, many historians regard this battle as a fateful clash that the Hungarian army had no chance of winning due to their lack of expertise and preparation. The careful analysis of the contemporary sources reveals that the fight was not already lost from the beginning, but due to the lack of military preparedness.
A nagybányai önkormányzati testület szerkezete a 16–18. században
Author(s): Kálmán Zsolt Süto / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 1/2018
The aim of the study is to present the structure of the local government of Baia Mare. During the 16th–18th centuries the free royal mining town of Baia Mare was led by an inner and an outer council. The outer council was made up of sixty members. They elected the judge and the twelve jurors of the inner council. The first and the second juror were called consul jurors, they acted as the judge's substitutes. From the end of the 17th century the central power was trying to narrow the self-government of the town.
A nonadorantizmus két kelet-közép-európai módozatáról a 16. században (Martin Seidel és Szymon Budny)
Author(s): Mihály Balázs / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 2-3/2017
The international literary history focusing on the antecedents of the enlightenment era has a particular interest in nonadorantism, the most radical branch of antitrinitarianism. This article focuses on research about Martin Seidel (?–?, 16–17th century) and Szymon Budny (1533–1593). In Seidel's case new documents have been discovered in the archives which reveal new relations and connections in his work life which make it possible to date the origins of nonadorantism to a significantly earlier time. The article sums up the English, German, Spanish, Polish and Italian papers, and while doing so, Budny and Seidel are repositioned on the Eastern-Central European religious map. The article sketches the relations between the works of Budny and Seidel, as well as those of Francis David (Dávid Ferenc) (1510?–1579), Jacobus Palaeologus (1520?–1585) and Matthias Vehe-Glirius (1545?–1590).
A Pécsi Disputa útja nyugatról keletre. Erdélyi–baranyai unitárius érintkezések a 17. században.
Author(s): Dávid Szigeti Molnár / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 3/2019
This article focuses on Unitarian relationships between Transylvania and Baranya in the 17th century. It presents relevant new data, for example, it comes to light that at the synod of Kolozsvár in 1609, the Unitarian bishop Máté Toroczkai (1553–1616) delegated four ministers to Baranya. Maybe this is related to the passage of exemplars of the Disputation of Pécs from west to east, from Baranya, the western periphery of the Unitarian Church to its eastern periphery (where the Sabbatarians lived). Th e article interprets a 1632 letter from Valentinus Radecius (cca 1550–1632) to the ministers of Baranya together with other historical documents, and concludes that Baranya had more freedom in the 17th century than Transylvania. The ministers in Baranya were not bound by Transylvanian dogma and the indifference of Transylvanian Unitarians contributed to the freedom experienced there.
A procancellariusi tisztség a Báthoryak korában (1571–1602)
Author(s): Tamás Fejér / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 1/2016
The aim of this paper is to present the office of procancellarius of the Transylvanian princely chancellery during the Báthory era on the basis of archival sources. This new office appeared at the end of the year 1575, and first was held by Márton Berzeviczy, previously princely councilor and secretary of the chancellery. Then it was taken over by Ferenc Sulyok, formerly protonotarius, respectively by the cubicularius Miklós Bogáthi. Since this solution was used to coordinate the activity of the chancellery only when the office of chancellor was vacant, the office did not become a permanent one. Usually the duties of procancellarius were similar to those of the chancellor's. Based on the examined charters and other sources my research revealed that they fulfilled tasks concerning diplomatic correspondence, countersigning documents, verification of princely mandates, opening letters of report, and supervising the libri regii.
A small region in Transdanubia under Ottoman rule: Bonyhád and its surroundings in the 16th century
Author(s): Géza Dávid / Language(s): English / Issue: 1-2/2008
The Ottomans occupied Bonyhád and its surroundings probably during the imperial campaign of 1543. The first survey of the region was made in 1546, followed by three additional ones during the 16th century (1552, 1570 and 1579). The territory under investigation first belonged to the sancak of Mohács, later to that of Pécs. Nearly all studied settlements could be found in all four defters . Thus some 20 places were categorised according to various criteria. It turned out that as far as population, the amount of taxes paid and wine-production are concerned, the market town ( oppidum ) Nádasd was the most significant. Though only a village at the time, Bonyhád also ranked among the first in several respects. The examination of settlements with mills, fairs and markets and of the number of priests yielded new results, modifying in part our knowledge of the Middle Ages.
A szászok és a fejedelmi tábla a 16. században
Author(s): Zsolt Bogdándi / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 1/2019
This study analyzes the relationship between the Transylvanian central court of law, the so-called Royal/Voivodal/ Princely Table (Tabula) and the privileged Saxon community of Transylvania in light of the archival sources. The Princely Table adjudicated the cases appealed from the Universitas Saxonum, which resided in Szeben (Sibiu, Hermannstadt). The Saxons did not have their own court session, their cases were determined by the Table during the congregations of the Transylvanian estates, held on different locations. From the Princely Table their actions could be transmitted to the court of personal presence (personalis presentia). Cases between Saxons were appealed rarely to the Table, in most of the cases one of the litigants came from the nobility of the neighbouring counties or from the Székely community.
A székelyudvarhelyi Jézus-kápolna
Author(s): András Sófalvi / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: VIII/2013
The Jesus Chapel is located at the south entrance of the town Odorheiu Secuiesc. This ecclesiastical building belongs to the group of four-lobe chapels with analogies in the west and north of the Carpatian-basin and Transylvania. Traditional belief dated the building of the Jesus Chapel to the 13th century. The chapel was mentioned in the written sources for the first time in 1602. There are no carved stone elements in its structure. The special technical components of its altar date from the end of the 17th century – beginning of the 18th century. The central picture of the altar, representing Jesus with His bleeding heart and the lamb, are strongly connected with the Jesuit order which appeared in Odorhei at the end of the 16th century. The painted wood ceiling was made in 1677, originally the chapel was probably vaulted. The archaeological researches made in 1973 and 2011 have also given postmedieval dating. Stratigraphical data proved the building of the chapel post quem the middle of the 15th century. The stone and brick crypts discovered in the centre of the building are directly linked to the foundation of the chapel, which was probably a miraculous healing. Although it has been used later as a burial chapel, there are no written documents concerning the founder's person or their family. The chapels in Gheorgheni (Szent Anna/Saint Anne Chapel) and Sânzieni (Szent István/Saint Stephen Chapel) are in Szeklerland the closest architectural analogies of the Jesus Chapel. Their newest research dated them to the 17th century and marked them as being votive or private chapels.
A szigeti Bartos család: társadalmi felemelkedés az erdélyi fejedelmi hivatalnokság alsó rétegében a 16–17. század fordulóján
Author(s): László Glück / Language(s): Hungarian / Publication Year: 0
The service of the king played a particular role in upward social mobility in premodern Hungary, as the monarchs – thanks to the specific sovereign rights – had opportunities not comparable with that of the other members of society to reward subjects dear to them. Many commoners also managed to acquire nobility or seigneurial rights in the 15th and 16th centuries, thanks to their erudition (literacy and proficiency in Latin) which made it possible for them to be employed in the monarchic administration. The government of the Principality of Transylvania, a new state that emerged in the eastern part of Hungary in the mid-16th century, played a similar role. The present study gives the history of a family as an example of this.The father lived in Sziget, a small town in the north-eastern region of Hungary, and his profession possibly was that of a saddler. His sons were given an education. Péter started working at the Princely Treasury as an auditor (rationista), György supposedly served in the Princely Chancellery as a scribe, and István had been the private secretary to lords, and then worked as a scribe of the Princely Chancellery. The father already had been ennobled by a charter (this was usual among craftsmen from the end of the 16th century), and his sons were granted exemption for their plots in Sziget by the Prince. After the untimely death of the two elderly brothers, only István remained alive; he was awarded with estate donations as well by the Prince, and then entered into a marriage with a noblewoman from a well-to-do seigneurial family, inheriting landed properties by his marriage as well. After all, he used the cash from his father's heritage or his court service to purchase the landed properties from different landlords being in difficulties. He attached great importance to good farming on the acquired landed properties. Old seigneurial families immediately accepted him, the homo novus, as one of them: this is clearly shown by the marriages of István and his children.
A Szilágyság és a Wesselényi család (14–17. század)
Author(s): / Language(s): Hungarian / Publication Year: 2012
This volume contains the edited texts of the papers presented at the conference "Sălaj (Szilágy) Region and the Wesselényi Family in the 14–17th centuries" held between 7 and 8 September 2012 in Cluj (Kolozsvár). The essays deal with the estate system and the political and economic history of the medieval Sălaj (Szilágy) region (Middle Solnoc/Szolnok and Crasna/Kraszna counties), as well as with the history of the Wesselényi family archives and the early modern history of the Wesselényi family.
A sződi uradalom 1517/1518. évi számadásjegyzéke (Adatok a Gersei Pető család dél-alföldi birtoklásáról)
Author(s): Elek Szaszkó / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 04/2017
As medieval sources of the southern Great Hungarian Plain are scarce and limited, every little crumbs of information should be cherished by the researcher. This is especially true, when one stumbles upon an especially rare type of medieval source related to the region, which, in our case, is the registry of the revenues and expenses of the Sződi manor in Arad County obtained by Gersei Pető János and György from 1506/07. The luckily survived document from 1517/18, according to which the castellan of the manor was able to record 335 forints of revenues, provides a great insight into the nature of the incomes and the forms of revenue utilizations ranging from Pető János and his family's personal expenses, through the costs of running the manor, the cookhouse, the salary of the retinue and other military expenses to the purchases of various types of simple clothes. The analysis of the registry is preceded by the summary of how the Gerseis gained a foothold in the region which intends to highlight the steps and the circumstances of the acquisition of the possessions known as the former Pósafi estates. Also, while investigating the actual size of the Sződi manor and the southern assets, the study attempts to examine the Gerseis' relationship with their lay and clerical, prestigious and less significant local neighbors as well.
A Taste of Diplomacy: Food Gifts for the Muscovite Embassy in Venice (1582)
Author(s): Laura Mesotten / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2017
A vital factor governing early modern diplomatic relations was the practice of hospitality. To assure that the embassy began amicably, ambassadors had to be received with generosity. The nature and extent of diplomatic hospitality differed according to the host state, but it often included the offer of housing and victuals. This critical edition of a primary source aims to shed new light on the characteristics of diplomatic hospitality by carefully examining a list of expenses drafted by the Venetian office of the Rason Vecchie. This archival document provides a detailed account of all the food that was supplied to host a Muscovite delegation that visited Venice in 1582. In the first place, the article unravels the qualities and dynamics of Venetian food gifts by contextualising and comparing the source with additional Venetian records. Furthermore, it argues that the type of foodstuffs offered, the amount of money spent on them, and the splendour of festive banquets all communicated strong symbolic and political messages. By focusing the analysis on lists of expenses, the relevance of these documents for the study of diplomatic practices is illustrated. Overviews of financial transactions might seem static and dry accounts at first sight, however, when analysed closely, they reveal a great deal about the day-to-day operation of early modern diplomacy.
A Territory of Grace: Lampedusa during Early Modern Times
Author(s): Simon Mercieca,Joseph Muscat / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2013
A török béke kérdése a Dózsa-féle parasztháború idején
Author(s): Sándor Papp / Language(s): Turkish,Hungarian / Issue: III/2016
The essay tries to highlight the circumstances that undermined the successful signing of a peace treaty between the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in 1514. It examines the system of the relationships for both sides. The Kingdom of Hungary wanted to maintain the diplomatic practice that had developed previously, in which a peace treaty signed with the Sultan would include other Christian European states as well, such as Venice, Ragusa, Moldova, Wallachia and Poland, as well as in this case the Holy Roman Emperor. On the other hand Sultan Selim I wanted each Christian state to petition him separately for the peace. For Venice it was of crucial importance that the Holy Roman Emperor would not sign a peace treaty with the Sultan, because that would have precluded Selim I from providing mercenaries for Venice in exchange for money in their fight against the Holy Roman Empire. After the Ottoman Sultan's successful negotiations with two of Hungary's neighbors, in October 1513 the Peace of Venice was signed, and between the 16th and 27th of May the treaty was ratified by the Polish ambassador in the Anatolian town of Akşehir. On the other hand the Sultan refused to sign the treaty with the Hungarians, and imprisoned the Hungarian legation in Konya. Due to the long distance, the Hungarian leaders did not found out, but felt that the Ottoman Empire had developed peaceful relations with their neighbors, while the negotiations with them had become prolonged. As a result, the voivode of Transylvania, János Szapolyai ( John Zápolya) crossed the Lower Danube between May 12th and June 3rd 1514 and broke into the Bulgarian territories, but, because under the leading of György Dózsa the peasants gathered for the anti-Ottoman crusade turned against the nobility, the campaign ended quickly and Szapolyai had to withdrew his forces. Based on the circumstances presented, the study concludes that Selim I was not afraid of the Kingdom of Hungary, which was left on its own, and despite of the possibility of an eventual Hungarian assault, he attacked Iran and defeated the Persian Shah Ismail. While the peasant uprising of Dózsa had stopped the attack of the Hungarian armies against the Turks in 1514, Szapolyai took advantage of the Sultan's absence and attacked again in the spring of 1515, besieging the Turkish fortress of Avala (Havale/Zsarnó) across Belgrade. From the report of Süleyman (later Sultan Süleyman I), the heir to the throne, who was guarding the western frontier, we know the precise chronological order of the Hungarian attack and the story of its successful Turkish relief. The two Turkish documents, both in their original language and in Hungarian translation, are included in the appendices of the study.
A Turkic clan in Mughal India: The Qaqshals in Akbar's service
Author(s): Benedek Péri / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2007
After the establishment of the Mughal Empire, in Hindustan "guest workers" of Turkic origin started to move to India. They came from various places and represented all walks of life: Uzbegs from Transoxania, Afshars, Baharlus, Bayats from Iran, people from the various Turkic tribes of Khurasan. The Qaqshals, members of a clan of Turkic (Turkmen) origin who played an important role in early Mughal conquests came somewhere from the central parts of modern Afghanistan. They joined the retinue of Humâyûn and Bayrâm Khan in Kabul when the emperor set off to reconquest his realm and fought in almost all important campaigns of Akbar. Though they rebelled in the 1580s those members who repented were eventually pardoned. The present article tries to explore the origins and ethnic background of the Qaqshal clan and trace down the career of the clan's most illustrious members in contemporary sources.
A wittenbergi egyetem a 16. század első évtizedeiben
Author(s): Gábor Ittzés / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 03/2014
The study surveys the first decades in the history of the University of Wittenberg. It examines the processes whereby a provincial, modestly conservative late medieval college developed into the flagship of German higher education and a leading university by European standards. The analysis approaches the institutional changes primarily on a structural level, reconstructing the process of transformation through a series of microanalyses made possible by the available sources. The University of Wittenberg was one of the most important scenes of the German Reformation in the 16th century, yet the institution did not owe its existence to the Reformation. Its foundation predates the start of the reform movement by some fifteen years. The university's primary task was to provide the Electorate of Saxony with an expert bureaucracy. What emerges from the early sources is a picture of an institution whose intellectual outlook was determined by moderate Scotism. Key faculty positions were filled by professors with ecclesiastical benefices, i.e. canons, friars and monks. Although Humanism was present at Wittenberg from the outset, its role long remained subordinate to that of Scholasticism. Humanism had a limited presence in the course offerings, and remained virtually absent from the examination requirements. The reform of the university unfolded between 1518 and c.1526 in three phases. First, the Elector established seven new Humanist chairs at his own expense. In the wake of the Reformation, interest in the traditional lectures declined while student enrollment increased. Thus, in the second phase of the reform, in the early 1520s, both course offerings and university finances had to be profoundly reorganized. Traditional – Scholastic – courses were mostly removed from the curriculum. Consequently, however, degree requirements became impossible to meet, and by 1523 the old educational system had practically collapsed. In the third phase of reforms, between 1523 and 1526, the whole order of study was renewed in terms of both methodology and requirements under the direction of Melanchthon. Whereas previously Wittenberg merely followed the example of more prestigious universities or responded to changes within its own ranks, with the third wave of reforms it set the course for a transformation in the spirit of the Reformation not only for its own citizens but also for the entire system of German higher education. Although the next decade brought about further changes, in the light of the previous transformations these must be seen as minor corrections or the consolidation of the reforms. The Fundationsurkunde issued by the Elector in 1536 secured previous achievement and created the framework needed for a successful continuation of the university. Through an examination of the curriculum and the network of professorial chairs, the study analyses institutional structures, explores the mentality and educational program renewed under the influence of Humansim and Reformation, and also reconstructs the changing system of the university's financing. It considers the role of the Electoral court, reflects on the teaching personnel, and discusses, in addition to the Faculty of Arts, which offered basic instruction, the transformation of the higher Faculties of Theology, Law and Medicine.
Abraomas Kulvietis Liuveno universitete
Author(s): Dainora Pociute / Language(s): Lithuanian / Issue: 09/2007
The article presents new facts about the studies of the pioneer of Lithuanian Reformation Abrahamus Culvensis (Abraomas Kulvietis Ginvilonis, Abrahamus Culvensis Gynvilonis, about 1510–1545) at the University of Leuven and analyses the cultural ambience of the university at the period. Although the early reconstructions of the activity of Culvensis were written in the 16th century, there still remained many unconfirmed facts about Culvensis's studies in Western universities. The information about Culvensis's studies at the University of Leuven presented in the Oratio funebris (1547) by Iohannes Hoppius was challenged by the 20th century researcher Vaclovas Biržiška. Culvensis's studies at Leuven were confirmed by the record book of the University of Leuven preserved in the Belgium National Archive in Leuven. Culvensis was inscribed as Abraham Lithfanus, matriculated in April of 1533 in the University of Leuven. Although the record book does not elaborate on the faculty, other secondary sources prove he had studied in the famous Collegium Trilingue Lovaniense. Later Culvensis was known as an expert in classical languages (homo trium linguarum) and had been invited to hold the position of professor of classical languages in the University of Königsberg.
ABRAOMO KULVIEČIO IR STANISLOVO RAPOLIONIO BIOGRAMOS XVI MAGDEBURGO CENTURIJOJE
Author(s): Jolanta Gelumbeckaite / Language(s): Lithuanian / Issue: 19/2017
1. Matas FlacijusIlyrasir Magdeburgo centurijos . Hercogo Augusto biblioteka Wolfenbüttelyje (vok. Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel, toliau – HAB ) garsėja ne tik didžiausia XVI ir XVII a. vokiškai kalbančiuose kraštuose išspausdintų knygų kolekcija, bet ir gausiais šių amžių rankraščių rinkiniais. Braunschweigo- Lüneburgo hercogas Henrikas Julijus (vok. Heinrich Julius, 1564–1613) 1597 m. į savo biblioteką įtraukė liuteronų teologo ir protestantiškosios Bažnyčios istoriografijos pradininko Mato Flacijaus Ilyro (lot. Matthias Flacius Illyricus, lotynizuota kroatiškoje Istrijos pusiasalio dalyje gimusio Matija'o Vlačićo vardo forma, 1520–1575) rankraštinį ir spausdintą palikimą – nuo Škotijos iki Konstantinopolio surinktus rankraščius bei spaudinius, kuriuos Flacijus sukaupė savo rengiamai Bažnyčios istorijai.1556 m. Bazelyje, Johanno Oporino spaustuvėje, Flacijus išleido ikireformacinės pontifikatą kritikuojančios literatūros rinkinį Catalogus testium veritatis, qui ante nostram aetatem reclamarunt Papae, kuriame pateikė Bažnyčios istorijos rašymo koncepciją. 1559 m.
Academia ca for științific suprem: originile sale în lumina modelului oferit de Italia secolelor XV-XVII
Author(s): Veronica Turcus / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 56/2017
The Italian Peninsula, through its well developed and institutionally highly organized cities, had offered a shining example for the setting up and supporting the academy, as a space for literary, philosophical, historical and scientifically debate. Their large number, most often in the same city, indicated the enhanced interest of the urban patriciate for literature, art and science, becoming a model for other European territories and societies of the Modern Era. The study systematically shows the efforts to create and preserve the academies in the Italian Peninsula, providing informative and historical documentary material on them. The entire reconstruction and debate intend to bring, by highlighting the evolution in time, notable contributions to the knowledge of a prestigious institution toward which were targeted the efforts of the society's elite in the early Modern Era.
Acta Jakšićiana. Documents Regarding the Jakšić of Nădlac Family in Romanian Archives
Author(s): Adrian Magina / Language(s): English / Issue: 6/2018
The nobles of the Jakšić family were among the most representative members of the Serbian elite from late medieval Hungary. The Jakšić brothers took refuge in Hungary and settled near the Mureș River in Nădlac (Csanád County). Later, King Matthias donated to them various estates in several counties of his realm, including Transylvania. Although Transylvanian archives contain a substantial amount of data on the family, this has not been thoroughly researched. Documents presented in this study have not been previously published, except for the one from April 1559. They are found in the archives in Sibiu, Cluj and Oradea and they chronologically cover the period of the 16th century, containing information on both branches of the Jakšić family. Documents from the Romanian archives do not fundamentally change the established view on this family, but they supplement our knowledge and cast light upon some controversial or less known aspects of the history of the noble Jakšićs in medieval and early modern times.


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Garoppolo outduels Brees as 49ers down Saints
December 8, 2019, 10:11 PM UTC
Robbie Gould (right) is congratulated after after kicking the game-winning field goal for the San Francisco 49ers against the New Orleans Saints at the Superdome (AFP Photo/Chris Graythen)
Los Angeles (AFP) - Jimmy Garoppolo threw four touchdowns as the San Francisco 49ers defeated the New Orleans Saints 48-46 with a last-gasp field goal in a high-scoring battle of potential Super Bowl contenders on Sunday.
Niners quarterback Garoppolo finished with 349 passing yards from 26 completions as San Francisco rallied superbly with a late drive after Drew Brees had helped the Saints take a 46-45 lead with less than a minute left.
Garoppolo showed great composure as the seconds ticked down, converting a do-or-die 4th & 2 with a short pass to find tight end George Kittle.
Kittle then charged forward, shrugging off the attentions of two tacklers to advance 39 yards and take the 49ers within field goal range.
It was left to veteran kicker Robbie Gould to deliver the decisive field goal, the 37-year-old nailing his kick from 30 yards to silence the Superdome in dramatic fashion.
The other standout of a scintillating win was Niners receiver Emmanuel Sanders, who finished with 157 yards from seven catches and a touchdown. Sanders also tossed a 35-yard touchdown pass on a trick play in the second quarter.
The win sees the 49ers improve to 11-2 to regain first place in the NFC West division, although Seattle would reclaim top spot with victory over the Los Angeles Rams later Sunday.
The Saints meanwhile fell to 10-3 with the defeat, potentially complicating their route through the playoffs as they chase a berth in the Super Bowl in Miami in February.
Saints quarterback Brees meanwhile finished with five touchdowns and 349 yards with no interceptions in a flawless display.
Brees had started the game in imperious fashion, quickly helping the Saints into a 27-14 lead early in the second quarter with four touchdowns.
But the 49ers rallied to lead by 28-27 at half-time and came back into the game as their defense finally got a grip on the New Orleans scoring.
With the fourth quarter ticking down, Brees looked to have hauled the Saints into a winning position after finding Tre'Quan Smith who skipped through some feeble scoring for a touchdown to make it 46-45.
Crucially however the Saints missed the two-point conversion, allowing Garoppolo and the 49ers a chance to win via Gould's field goal.
In other early games on Sunday, the Baltimore Ravens sealed their playoff berth with a 24-17 defeat of the Bills in Buffalo.
Lamar Jackson threw three touchdowns but ended with only 145 yards and 16 completions on a day when neither offense managed to fire on all cylinders.
The Ravens now lead the AFC North on 11-2.
At Lambeau Field, Aaron Rodgers threw for 195 yards and a touchdown as the Green Bay Packers defeated the Washington Redskins 20-15.
The Packers improved to 10-3 with the win to tighten their grip on the NFC North.

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When Pleasant Gap Elementary School student Sami Nedrow grows up, she wants to be a meteorologist. After all, the soon-to-be fifth-grader said science and math are her favorite subjects, and tries her best to learn as much about them as possible. That's why when she heard about Bellefonte Area School District's STEM Camp at Pleasant Gap Elementary, she knew she had to sign up. "It's just really fun and interesting, and I go to school here so know a lot of the other kids and teachers so it feels like home," Sami said. "I'm not sure what's my favorite yet, but I really liked learning about some mixtures and seeing what reacts with other (compounds), and mixtures that can turn a dull penny into a shiny one." She was among about 80 students who participated in the first year of the camp from June 25-28 that aimed to promote STEM subjects – science, technology, engineering and math – in a fun and educational way. "The past couple years the district has been trying to promote science in the 21st century to help build skills students need when they leave here," teacher and STEM Camp Coordinator Stacey Miller said. "It's about trying to provide these opportunities for the kids." Teachers have volunteered to teach and facilitate lessons and activities with help from three high school volunteers Abby Harper, Abby Lohr and Keeli Pighetti. The students, going into first- to sixth-grades, have been learning about plants and animals, chemistry and the science behind why a volcano erupts. They have also been making modeling clay like Play-Doh, bottle rockets and more.


TIVERTON, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man has been ordered to get rid of the unwashed clamshells that have been giving off a sickening stench since he used them to repave an access road.
The Tiverton man's neighbors say the smell has been making them ill since shortly after he dumped the shells on the access road two weeks ago. The putrid smell is caused by the meat on the shells decomposing. Video shows maggots crawling all over the road.
A Tiverton police officer hand-delivered a cease-and-desist order to the property owner on Friday. He has until the end of the week to remove the shells. Town officials say he could be charged with a misdemeanor if he does not comply.
The property owner has refused to comment.
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From No Uncertain Sound, Sermons that Shaped the Pulpit Tradition, Edited, with an Introduction, by Ray C. Petry, Professor of Church History, Duke University, Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1948; pp. 172-175.
PETER OF BLOIS
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MUCH of the fire and vigor of Peter's letters — some of them so unwavering a mirror of twelfth-century ecclesiastical life — has been infused into his sermons. It is characteristic of this man who warned newly elevated bishops against using their offices to endow their families that he should call people and priests, alike, to stern accounting. The first passage is an excerpt from a lengthy reconstruction of a free-ranging "Sermon to the People." the second is from Sermon LVI — to Priests. MPL 207:752-53, 727-28. Translation of Ne.Mpp. 201-02, 208-09 from Vol. IV of Giles' edition.
CHRISTIAN FEAR THE STEPPING-STONE TO CHRISTIAN LOVE (Sermon LXV. To the People)
But to us worldly men, who are not only in the world, but of the world, — who are set in the midst of a perverse and crooked generation, crooked and perverse ourselves, — who are often intoxicated and sickened with the cup of Babylon, — to us, I say, I think that meditation, which impresses with the fear of the Judge, Who will judge the world by fire, is highly useful and profitable; that Judge by Whom the saints will judge the people, by Whom the miserable daughter of Babylon will have her own retribution returned upon her, — a wretched and eternal retribution. O blessed souls of the saints, who, while yet in the flesh, live above the flesh; while yet men, show forth the life of angels! O truly blessed, whose it is to gather the most sweet fruits of contemplation; whose it is to possess a harbour, as it were, of tranquillity in this great and wide sea; who are neither driven from their course by the rushing wind of fear, nor tossed by the tumult of the stormy ocean! O thrice and four times happy, before whose eyes is the love of their Redeemer, the love of their Father, and of their Country, and that continually; and who know the fear of the Judge and of hell, only at a distance! They, indeed, forgetting the things behind, press forward to the things that are before (Phil. 3:13): they not only despise, but are ignorant of fear; and that dread which at first introduced love, being cast out, they, so to speak, cannot help loving ever since the time that they were first inflamed by such affection. It is for them to be anointed with the oil of the good Samaritan; it is for us to use the wine of compunction: it is for them to draw water with joy out of the wells of the Saviour (Isa. 12:3), to be satisfied with the pleasures of His house, to be given to drink of the water of the wisdom of salvation (Ps. 36:8; D. 35:9); it is ours to mingle our drink with weeping (Ps. 102:9; D. 101:10), to be fed with the bread of tears (Ps. 80:5; D. 79:6), to have the plenteousness of tears which the Lord giveth to drink. They always sit at the banquet with their Father, the Merciful and Gentle, the Giver of all good things with benedictions. Let us continually turn our eyes to the Judge — the severe, the jealous, the strict Examiner, not only into our works, but into every idle word. There is no readier way by which we may obtain their happy 174 condition, no easier access, no more profitable advance. This way is strait in the ingress, more tolerable in the progress, more fruitful in the egress. This is the beginning of the road that leads to our Country; for the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom (Ps. 111:10; D. 110:10).
THE MISERY OF A WICKED PRIEST (Sermon LVI. On the Priesthood)
Certainly a devout and prudent Priest, while he stands at the Divine table, will think of nothing else but Jesus Christ, and Him crucified (I Cor. 2:2). He will set before the eyes of his heart the humility of Christ, the patience of Christ, His Passion and sorrows; the reproaches of Christ — the spittings, the scourging, the spear, the Cross, the Death; he devoutly and solicitously recalls and crucifies himself in the memory of the Lord's Passion. . . . O how awful, how perilous a thing, my brethren, is the administration of your office! because ye shall have to answer not only for your own souls, but for the souls committed to your charge, when the Day of tremendous Judgment shall come! And how shall he keep another man's conscience whose own is not kept? For conscience is an abyss — a most obscure night: and what, then, of the wretched Priest who has undertaken this night, and to whom they cry, Watchman, what of the day? Watchman, what of the night (cf. Isa. 21:11)? What is that most wretched Priest to do who feels himself loaded with sins, implicated with cares, infected with the filthiness of carnal desires, blind, bowed down, weak, straitened by a thousand difficulties, anxious through a thousand necessities, miserable with a thousand troubles, precipitate to vices, weak to virtues? What shall he do — the son of grief — the son of eternal misery — who neither kindles the fire of love in himself, nor in others? Surely he is prepared for the fuel and the consumption of fire! A fire is kindled in the fury of the Lord (cf. Jer. 15:14); and it shall burn even to the nethermost hell. A place is appointed for him with everlasting burnings; the 175 worm is prepared which dieth not, — smoke, vapour, and the vehemence of storms; horror, and a deep shade; the weight of chains of repentance that bind, that burn, and that consume not! From which may that Fire deliver us Who consumes not, but consummates — which devours not, but enlightens every man that cometh into the world. May He illuminate us to give the knowledge of salvation unto His people; Who liveth and reigneth ever with the Father and the Holy Ghost, God to all ages of ages.


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Q: EXEC and PRINT in a job Let's say we have this procedure:
create procedure procDoSomeJob
as
begin
    print 'Step 1';
    exec procStep1;

    print 'Step 2';
    exec procStep2; -- This step raises a primary key violation

    print 'Step 3';
    exec procStep3;
end;

So this procedure calls other procedures, which execute some SQL statements (INSERT, UPDATE).
Let's assume that proc_Step2 raises an error (e.g. primary key violation).
Now, I create a job, and there, this procedure is called like this:
exec dbo.procDoSomeJob;

Now the interesting part:
After the job has run, in SQL Mgmt Studio, I see in the "Job History" that there was an error and the job "failed".
Also, in the description, I see the output

Step 1 Step 2 (--> WITHOUT "Step 3")

But when looking into the data, then actually, the procedure procStep3 has been executed !
So why do I not see the output of
PRINT 'Step 3';

but
EXEC procStep3;

is actually executed ?

A: I could replicate this behaviour with a simple example, executed by a SQL agent job just as you describe:
CREATE PROCEDURE procDoSomeJob
AS
BEGIN
    PRINT 'Step 1';

    PRINT 'Step 2';
    RAISERROR('error!', 16,1)

    PRINT 'Step 3';

END;

It appears that that once an error occurs, the "message" field in the job history stops capturing any further output from the command, even if another error is raised. If this is documented (it's likely that it is) I haven't found the relevant MSDN entry yet.
If you want to be certain that Step 3 was executed, you'd need to insert a message into a log table rather than relying on the output of PRINT.

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Written By: Michael H. Cottman, BlackAmericaWeb.com
The Senate confirmation process for Loretta Lynch to become the first Black female U.S. Attorney General was never going to be a cake walk, but then again, her nomination wasn't expected to be shot down, either.
But this is a Republican-controlled Congress and many of these conservative lawmakers are vehemently opposed to anything President Barack Obama proposes. It's what they do – even if it jeopardizes the quality of life for their own constituents.
So now, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has become the latest Republican to announce his opposition to Lynch's nomination, saying Lynch would be a worse Attorney General than Eric Holder. And the list is starting to grow. A full Senate vote on Lynch's nomination is expected next month.
"Unfortunately Mrs. Lynch, through the course of the entire hearing, refused to acknowledge a single limit on the President's authority under the Constitution," Cruz told reporters.
It's just more smoke-and-mirrors from hateful Republicans who have positioned Holder in the GOP crosshairs from the moment he was sworn into office.
A number of Republican lawmakers have expressed their dissatisfaction with Lynch's offerings during her recent confirmation hearing, particularly about whether she supports the President's recent move to defer deportation for up to five million illegal immigrants. Lynch said Obama was legally on solid ground.
Sen. David Vitter, R-Louisiana, also announced that he would oppose Lynch, saying in a statement that Lynch "has established a clear anti-gun record" and that he "didn't get any clear answers" from her on whether law enforcement resources should be used to "attack the Second Amendment and target legal gun industries."
More than 20 House Republicans have already signed a letter that is being circulated by Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK) calling on Senate Republicans to block Lynch's nomination.
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Film Review: Grand Dame of Photojournalism—Dorothea Lange
"Migrant Mother" by Dorothea Lange. Image from Wikipedia.org
Grab a Hunk of Lightning is Dyanna Taylor's documentary of the life of her grandmother and famous photojournalist, Dorothea Lange.
It reveals Lange's challenging childhood (abandonment of her family by her father and contracting polio at age seven); her dream as a young woman (to leave her hometown of Hoboken, NJ and travel the world); and her unconquerable willpower to never give up.
For example, her dream was sundered when she and her friend were robbed of all their money in San Francisco, CA.
To get out of the situation, Lange got a job at a photography studio in San Francisco and not long after, opened her own portrait studio in the same city.
Her first marriage in 1920 was to western painter Maynard Dixon. He had a daughter and together they had two sons. A major challenge of this marriage was Dixon leaving the three of them for months at a time to paint in the southwest. In 1935, Lange divorced Dixon and married economist Paul Taylor.
And it is with the deep love of Taylor and her own adventuresome spirit that Lange matures into the photojournalist we know today.
Her iconic "Migrant Mother" (shown above) is one of her many heart-wrenching photographs that documented the struggles of migrant workers during the Great Depression.
Other work that is just as moving and which only became known later in her life are her photographs of the relocation and internment of Japanese-Americans. At the time, the US military impounded these photographs as they were considered too critical and disparaging of the US government's decision.
"Grandfather and Grandson at Manzanar Relocation Center by Dorothea Lange. Image from Wikipedia.org.
Throughout her life, Lange struggled with the demands of being a wife and mother; her passion to be a photographer; and health issues such as bleeding ulcers and post-polio syndrome.
Yet, through it all, her indomitable spirit is palatable—from her choice of husbands; to her critical eye and gifted hand that takes us to the depths of injustice and also reveals the hidden beauty and power of individuals; to her courage and unwillingness to let her ill health stop her from her passion of photography; to her love of huge, bold jewelry.
This engaging film is a true tribute to Lange.
Just click on the DVD cover to learn more about this remarkable woman and become privy to a greater selection of her amazing photographs.
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Johnny Depp recreates Jack Sparrow outside the courthouse
Johnny Depp has said that no amount of money will get him to play Captain Jack Sparrow again in a future installment of Pirates of the Caribbean, but that does not mean that he has left the character completely. At least that's how it was shown in a video that has turned the Internet upside down and has unleashed the emotion of millions of fanswho begged for a little more of Jack Sparrow.
The unforgettable moment occurred as Depp headed to court for another round of the libel trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard. The actor brought back his iconic character to the delight of fans. fans waiting for him in a crowd outside the courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia.
In the viral video, uploaded by Bekka Schultz Fontanilla on Twitter, the star of Dark Shadows appears aboard a black van while a sea of fans cheers him in front of the Fairfax County Courthouse in Virginia. Seeing this, Johnny's driver slows down the vehicle to interact with them.
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One of the followers urges the actor to channel his inner Jack Sparrow, because in the midst of applause he tells him that for the public and his fans, he will always be Captain Jack Sparrow. Given this, Depp responds with the iconic voice of his endearing character:
He's still out there somewhere. I see it from time to time. He appears from time to time.
– Johnny Depp
Depp was officially removed from the franchise Pirates of the Caribbean in December 2018. However, it remains to be seen whether or not the actor will reprise his role. Just days before the fifth week of the trial, franchise producer Jerry Bruckheimer stated that Depp would not be playing Sparrow anytime soon and that his future in the series was "yet to be decided."
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Q: Why did the show use a fancy looking Valyrian steel dagger? This question points out that the dagger in the books was actually meant to be plain:

The blade Joff chose was nice and plain. No goldwork, no jewels in the hilt, no silver inlay on the blade. King Robert never wore it, had likely forgotten he owned it. Yet the Valyrian steel was deadly sharp . . . sharp enough to slice through skin, flesh, and muscle in one quick stroke. I am no stranger to Valyrian steel. But he had been, hadn't he? Else he would never have been so foolish as to pick Littlefinger's knife.
  A Storm of Swords, Tyrion VIII

However, in the show the blade is obviously fancy and goes against this description.

In the paragraph above Tyrion describes Joff's own dagger:

The prince's own dagger had a jeweled pommel and inlaid goldwork on the blade, Tyrion seemed to recall. At least Joff had not been stupid enough to use that. Instead he went poking among his father's weapons. Robert Baratheon was a man of careless generosity, and would have given his son any dagger he wanted . . . but Tyrion guessed that the boy had just taken it. Robert had come to Winterfell with a long tail of knights and retainers, a huge wheelhouse, and a baggage train. No doubt some diligent servant had made certain that the king's weapons went with him, in case he should desire any of them.
  A Storm of Swords, Tyrion VIII

Note that GRRM also thinks the dagger is different in the show:

A handsome blade, I think. Though rather completely different from the dagger in the books, which was far plainer (though made of Valryian steel, with a dragonbone grip).

Did the show intend for the Catspaw dagger to actually be Joffery's or did they make a mistake in the props department?
The question is essentially: why was the dagger in the show fancy when in the books it is plain?

A: I would imagine that it was simply to distinguish it from other, regular daggers.
The Valyrian Steel dagger is referenced many times in the first book/ season, and is the catalyst for almost every major political thing that happens until Ned's death.
It is used when attempting to assassinate Bran, it is used as the justification for Catelyn arresting Tyrion, Littlefinger puts it to Ned's throat just as he betrays him.
In the books, it is easy to describe it as a "Valyrian Steel" dagger, which immediately makes it special without us having to see it, yet it being plain allows for the excuse of Joffrey selecting it to order Bran's death.
But for these occurrences to have as much significance in the show, it really can't appear as a dagger that is just a regular dagger unless inspected closely. Otherwise it would be much harder to justify to the audience how it is so recognizable, or have as much of an emotional impact for each of these moments.
If I remember correctly (though I might be wrong), the issue of Tyrion tracing it back to Joffrey is not done in the same way in the show as it was in the book, i.e. realizing that it was Robert's knife and assuming that Joffrey chose it mistaking it for a normal weapon.


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Tamar Heller, PhD, Professor, Department Head, Department of Disability and Human Development (DHD), University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
Andrew J. Imparato, JD, Executive Director, Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)
Carol J. Gill, PhD, Professor, DHD, UIC
Carlene Galanopulo, MSN, RN, CCM, Director at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC)
Paula J. Brown, MBA, Manager, Diversity, Inclusion, Community Employment Liaison, Rush University Medical Center
Robin Jones, OT, MPA, Director, Great Lakes ADA Center
Barry Taylor, JD, Vice President for Civil Rights and Systemic Litigation and Senior Counsel, Equip for Equality
Sarah Ailey, PhD, RN, Professor, Community Systems and Mental Health Nursing, Rush University Medical Center, College of Nursing
Jasmina Sisirak, PhD, MPH, Associate Director of Training and Dissemination RRTCDD, Research Assistant Professor, DHD, UIC
Sheila Fitzgerald, PhD, RN, Director, Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing Program, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health Educational Resource Center
Ellen Thomson, Director of Participant Engagement, Director of Participant Engagement, Unite Here Health
Dina Donohue- Chase, CEO, NorthPointe Resources
Linda Sue Davis, PhD, RN, Professor Emeritus, University of Cincinnati College of Nursing and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Lisa Brosseau, ScD, Professor, Director of Industrial Hygiene, Division of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, UIC School of Public Health, Co-Director Illinois Educational Resource Center
Glenn Hedman, MS, MEng, PE, CPE, ATP, RET, Director, Assistive Technology Unit, DHD, UIC
Clive D'Sousa, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Center for Occupational Safety & Health Engineering
Chia-Chia Chang, MPH, MBA, MPH, MBA, Program Analyst, National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH)
Linda Balsamo, PhD, MBA, Consultant, Program Development, NorthPointe Resources
Jaime Parent, MS, MT, EnAbled Vet Program, Rush University Medical Center
Susan Arup, Disabled Americans Want Work Now (DAWNN), Access Living
Beth Marks, PhD, RN, Research Associate Professor DHD, UIC
Joseph P. Zanoni, PhD, MILR, Director of Continuing Education & Outreach, Illinois ERC, UIC School of Public Health, Division of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences
Marsha Love, Continuing Education & Outreach, Illinois ERC
Promoting Health and Safety for Workers with Disabilities: Realizing the Promise of the ADA
Registration & Breakfast (8:30-9:00)
Welcome: (8:30-9:00)
Morning Keynote Address: Disability, Health, and Employment First Initiative (9:15-9:45)
Plenary: Disability, the Ultimate Out of the Box Lens (9:45-10:30)
Carol J. Gill, PhD, Professor, DHD, UIC and Carlene Galanopulo, MSN, RN, CCM Director at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC)
Break, view exhibits and networking (10:30-10:45)
Workshops (10:45-12:00)
4 repeating workshops (disability related laws; Total Worker Health, case management; UD)
1) The ADA in the Workplace at 25: How Far Have We Come?
Moderator: Paula Brown, MBA, Manager, Diversity, Inclusion, Community Employment Liaison, Rush University Medical Center •Presenters: Robin Jones, OT, Director, Great Lakes ADA Center; Barry Taylor, JD, Senior Counsel, Equip for Equality
2) Protecting Workers and Promoting Worker Health
Moderator: Sarah Ailey, PhD, RN, Rush University College of Nursing; Jasmina Sisirak, PhD, MPH, UIC DHD • Presenters: Sheila Fitzgerald, PhD, RN, Director, Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing Program, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health Educational Resource Center; Ellen Thomson, Director of Participant Engagement, Unite Here Health; Dina Donohue-Chase, CEO, NorthPointe Resources
3) Employment Protection: Changing the Conversation in the Workplace
Moderator: Sue Davis, PhD, RN, Professor Emeritus, University of Cincinnati College of Nursing and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center • Presenters: Carol J. Gill, PhD and Carlene Galanopulo, MSN, RN, CCM
4) Universal Design: Creating Healthy and Safe Work Environments
Moderator: Lisa Brosseau, ScD, Professor, Director of Industrial Hygiene, Division of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, UIC School of Public Health, Co-Director Illinois ERC • Presenters: Glenn Hedman, MS, PE, CPE, ATP, RET, Director, Assistive Technology Unit, DHD, UIC and Clive D'Sousa, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Center for Occupational Safety & Health Engineering
View exhibits and networking (12:00-12:10)
Lunch (12:10-1:00)
Afternoon Keynote Address: Total Worker HealthTM and Inclusion of Workers with Disabilities (1:00-1:30)
Moderator: Lisa Brosseau, ScD, Professor, Director of Industrial Hygiene, Division of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, UIC School of Public Health, Co-Director Illinois ERC Keynote Presenter: Chia-Chia Chang, MPH, MBA, Coordinator for Strategic Partnerships, Office for Total Worker HealthTM, National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH)
Workshops (1:30-2:45)
(repeated from morning)
Break, view exhibits and networking (2:45-3:00)
Sharing Challenges & Successes (3:00-4:1b5)
(workers/management/labor panel)
Moderator: Linda Balsamo, PhD, MBA • Presenters: 1. Jaime Parent, EnAbled Vet Program; 2. Sondra Haney, LCSW, CADC,Disability Resource Coordinator, Workforce Development Department of Lake County; and, 3. John McIlwain, Vice President for Advancement and Marcia Gordon, Vice President of Aspire Careers, Aspire
UIC Continuing Education Program (4:15-4:30)
On Wednesday, June 10, we will have an opportunity to learn about practical applications related to developing, implementing policies, procedures, and universal design to create inclusive, healthy, and safe worksites for people with disabilities, injuries, and chronic conditions.
Health Care: Rush University Medical Center
Non-profit: Access Living – Susan Aarup, Disabled Americans Want Work Now (DAWNN)
Conference Sessions and Site Visits
• Conference sessions will take place on June 9th
• Continuing education credits will be available for completing 7 contact hours.
• Site visits to employers with innovative programs serving workers with disabilities and chronic conditions will take place on June 10th (and will be included at no extra charge and 4 CE contact hours will be available).Conference Location:
Student Center West
828 South Wolcott
Discuss recent legislative changes to recruit, hire, promote, and retain employees with disabilities, workers with chronic conditions, workers with work-related injuries, and workers who may be experiencing age-related changes which impact their work capacity.
Discover how employers in various industries have created safe work environments to support workers with disabilities.
Share successful policies and programs in worker health promotion, worker health and safety protection, and case management serving workers with disabilities.


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Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
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NAME

vgsplit - split a volume group into two

SYNOPSIS

vgsplit

[--alloc

AllocationPolicy]

[-A|--autobackup {y|n}]

[-c|--clustered {y|n}]

[-d|--debug]

[-h|--help]

[-l|--maxlogicalvolumes

MaxLogicalVolumes]

[-M|--metadatatype

type]

[-p|--maxphysicalvolumes

MaxPhysicalVolumes]

[--[vg]metadatacopies]

NumberOfCopies|unmanaged|all]

[-n|--name

LogicalVolumeName]

[-t|--test]

[-v|--verbose]

SourceVolumeGroupName DestinationVolumeGroupName
[ PhysicalVolumePath ...]

DESCRIPTION

vgsplit

moves one or more physical volumes from
SourceVolumeGroupName

into
DestinationVolumeGroupName.  The physical volumes moved can be

specified either explicitly via PhysicalVolumePath, or implicitly by
-n LogicalVolumeName, in which case only physical volumes
underlying the specified logical volume will be moved.

If
DestinationVolumeGroupName

does not exist, a new volume group will be created.  The default attributes
for the new volume group can be specified with --alloc,
--clustered, --maxlogicalvolumes, --metadatatype,
--maxphysicalvolumes and --[vg]metadatacopies,
(see vgcreate(8) for a description of these options).  If any
of these options are not given, default attribute(s) are taken from
SourceVolumeGroupName.  If a non-LVM2 metadata type (e.g. lvm1) is

being used, you should use the -M option to specify the metadata type
directly.

If
DestinationVolumeGroupName

does exist, it will be checked for compatibility with
SourceVolumeGroupName

before the physical volumes are moved. Specifying any of the above default
volume group attributes with an existing destination volume group is an error,
and no split will occur.

Logical volumes cannot be split between volume groups. Vgsplit(8) only
moves complete physical volumes: To move part of a physical volume, use
pvmove(8).  Each existing logical volume must be entirely on the physical
volumes forming either the source or the destination volume group.  For this
reason, vgsplit(8) may fail with an error if a split would result in a
logical volume being split across volume groups.

A vgsplit into an existing volume group retains the existing volume group's
value of vgmetadatacopies (see vgcreate and lvm.conf for further
explanation of vgmetadatacopies).  To change the value of
vgmetadatacopies, use vgchange.

OPTIONS

See lvm for common options.

SEE ALSO

lvm(8),

vgcreate(8),

vgextend(8),

vgreduce(8),

vgmerge(8)

Index

NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

OPTIONS

SEE ALSO

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Q: Double integral of $e^{3+y^2}$ over a triangle Evaluate $\iint_{A}^{} e^{3+y^2}dxdy$ where $A$ is a triangle with vertices $(0,0)$, $(0,-1)$ and $(1,-1)$.
I don't know how to bite that. I tried multiplying it by $e^{x^2}$ and then changing the coordinates to polar, but I was able to compute only one boundary for $\phi$ by writing following inequalities:
$-1\leq y\leq -x \Rightarrow -1\leq r\sin\phi \leq -cos\phi$
and then
$r\sin\phi \leq -r\cos\phi \Rightarrow \tan\phi \leq -1 \Rightarrow \phi\leq -\frac{\pi}{4}$
I don't know how to find the second boundary and how to find boundaries for $r$, but I think it would simply be $0$ and $\sqrt2$ because that's the length of the longest side of the triangle.
Any hints will be greatly appreciated.

A: You don't need to change variables. If you integrate with respect to $x$ first, the upper and lower limits will be $y$ and $0$ respectively. That will give you a $y e^{3+y^2}$ when you next integrate with respect to $y$. You can then use a substitution.


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The Stade de France turns 20
Girls : why not you ?
Monday March 26th, 2018
Share the post "Students are taking our sites by storm"
Students are taking our sites by storm
Bouygues Construction and Welink responded to the Elles Bougent (Girls on the Move) initiative by taking part in the second Girls on the Move Week. From Hong Kong to Cuba, 80 young women were welcomed by 60 women employees to seven of our sites throughout the world. See the images here.
Over the course of a week, through discussions and visits to construction sites, women engineers and technicians introduced 14- to 24-year-old girls, all of whom were local high school and university students, to their jobs. This international event was hosted at several of our locations. In an effort to help increase women's presence in the building and civil works sector, Bouygues Construction advocates for parity each and every day and works to educate young girls about our professions.
Women high school and university students on the Clement Canopy site.
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Women high school and university students on the Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok site.
Bouygues Bâtiment International in Cuba opened the doors of the site of its future headquarters in Havana
Women students on the top of the construction sites for the Casablanca Finance City tower, the Ryad Al Andalous, and the company's headquarters.
Bouygues Construction IT in Morocco hosted visitors at its headquarters.
Bouygues Construction IT in Morocco gave visitors a tour of its headquarters
"Les Faubourgs d'Anfa", a great breakthrough into the Moroccan property market
The Maison des femmes in Saint-Denis: a first in France
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Our series on Bouygues Construction employees who are also high-level athletes continues. This week, read about Thomas, sand yachting champion. Find out the previous portraits of Guillaume and Ludivine.
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Building and Civil Works generates 250 million tonnes of waste per year. Today, only 40% of this waste is reclaimed, yet the Energy Transition Act imposes a threshold of 70%, to be reached by 2020. Transitioning from a traditional, linear economy toward a circular economy means entirely rethinking how we manage a worksite's materials in order to produce in a more sustainable and sensible way.
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Smart Impulse offers large businesses and localities a solution to help them better manage their buildings' power consumption. Discovered by Bouygues Construction in 2012, the start-up has become one of the Group's go-to partners for its business and CSR needs.
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Since 23 June, Nantes residents have been rediscovering the Musée des Beaux-Arts, now named Musée d'Arts de Nantes, after six years of closure and 33 months of work by Bouygues Bâtiment Grand Ouest. The building and its visual treasure trove are an emblem of the city's heritage!
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Intermodality is a key concept for city development, building on an increase in public transport and soft mobility (walking, biking, etc.) Citizens are looking to plan their trips in ways that efficiently combine different means of transport. Applications and interactive terminals allow them to find information, and new players in the sector are offering shared […]
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On Tuesday 19th of June, an epic milestone for the Bouygues UK's UCLH site in central London took place. The cyclotron, the device that will supply the power for the proton beam therapy (PBT) centre at UCLH, was successfully delivered and installed.
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The Ritz, the emblematic hotel on Place Vendôme, has reopened after four years of renovation works led by Bouygues Bâtiment Ile-de-France Renovation Privée. This is a defining moment in our subsidiary's involvement in the luxury hotel market, which has included the remodelling of some major names in French real estate. Let's put the spotlight on […]


During what years did Porsche provide the owners manual and other paperwork in the red paper sleeve with the embossed Porsche logo?
The red paper cover for Owner's manual, etc., was used in 1956 and 1957 T1. In late 1957 model year (May, June & July) there was a transition to start the 1958 model year T2, which used the maroon vinyl style cover. I am not sure when the paper cover was phased out, probably June or July 1957.
I have been researching this folder as I had a very tatty original that came with my 1959 T2 RHD AFN delivered coupe.
Unfortunately 30 years ago I didn't think to save these original items and it got thrown away.
I also know of another 59 car that has it's original folder and documents that came with the car when it was picked up from the factory, so I think Porsche were still using up their stocks through the T2 period.
Here are a couple of pictures of the new folder I have made.
I have found a source in Germany for the original Burgundy leather effect card and have just finished this prototype.
If there is an interest I can make a small batch.
Keep my name, I would like to have a couple, should you make them.
put me on the list as well please.
Hi Guys, thank you for your interest.
I have only produced one prototype and it took me all afternoon, everything is hand cut, creased and die stamped (using my garage hydraulic press) so I'm not sure what to charge.
At that pace I would be thinking of charging £60 but do you think that is too much?
I am going to try making 5 today and see if I can speed up the process.
Very nice product! Regarding your question about price: figure time and materials for yourself, but factor in demand as well and make it fair to yourself. I for one have no idea what it takes to make this, but the folder looks quite smart!
I'd be in for two if you charge $50 American before postage, so please add me to your list as interested in at least one.
60 pounds is around 80 US dollars. I don't think that is too much for a hand made unobtainable item not being reproduced by anyone else.
If your manual is an accurate reproduction in terms of colour, size, creases. etc, then the price is ok.
I can't see the creases clearly at your picture. Could you compare them with the original ones at the picture? Have you used a creaser machine?
Here is a close up of my second prototype (before it has been folded and glued).
Looks pretty close to your original.
I am using old fashioned book binding techniques, all creases are formed using a bone folder and a template with grooves cut into it to give crisp folds.
That looks very good Drew!
I love what Drew is doing. If I could make two improvement suggestions they would be to match the paper color to the originals, more red than purple/maroon. Etienne and I have discussed this in the past and to adjust the artwork on the Porsche crest embossing. Not trying to critique the wonderful work just giving some constructive feedback. I have a large collection of originals so am pretty will versed with them.


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Published On: Thu, Jun 13th, 2019
Thursday Column | By Peoples Daily
June 12: Risen from the ashes (I)
THURSDAY Column with Mohammed Adamu
(08035892325 sms only) | dankande2@gmail.com
Two days ago the President, Muhammadu Buhari assented to the 'Public Holiday (Amendment) Bill' which amended the 'Public Holiday Act' to replace May 29 with June 12, as Nigeria's new 'Democracy Day'. Meaning that, that bland, uneventful date (May 29) chosen by those who wanted us to forget our democratic history, has now been replaced by a grand, historic date, June 12; -a date filled with the story of democratic sacrifice and martyrdom. At last the rejected stone has become the 'head corner stone'. May 29 now ceases to be a holiday even though it retains its –yet unearned- status as a 'handover date'. If you ask me, the Constitution should be amended soonest, to return even this constitutional duty to June 12 so that it also serves as 'hand-over date', in addition to being both a holiday and a day to remember the life of that one, MKO Abiola who, not only won Nigeria's freest and fairest election on that date, but whose tragic State-plotted assassination now symbolizes the struggle which ended military dictatorship and installed a lasting democracy in Nigeria.
Last year also at a grand Special National Honors Investiture at the State House Aso Rock, the late MKO was posthumously conferred with the highest honor reserved only for occupants of the highest office in the land, name the Grand Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic, GCFR. What is now left to complete the national political healing process is to declare him President-elect and to swear him, posthumously again, so that he takes his rightful place as one of the democratically elected leaders of Nigeria. But even if that remains in the realm of future struggle, yesterday's re-naming of the Abuja National Stadium after the late MKO, is a pleasant omen that puts no cap to what Buhari's APC Government is willing to give to heal and to make whole again. As I listened to the President make that announcement yesterday, the only comrade-at-arms that came to my mind was my senior colleague and fellow aide to the late MKO, Mr. Lisa Olu Akerele. There are quite few June 12 comrades I know whose daily preoccupation is to see the political ghost of the late MKO fully pacified and its spirit eternally rested. Mr. Akerele is one of them.
THE CAT WITH LINE LIVES
The British writer Mathew Arnold, was the one who described the 'cat' in the glowing poetic of an animal that is at once "composed and bland" even as it is always "inscrutable and grand". But my concern here is more with the 'composed' and the 'inscrutable' than it is with the 'bland' or the 'grand'. To be composed is not just to be 'cool, calm and calculated', but it is also not to be agitated or distracted. These must have been the feline qualities by which the 'ghost' of June 12 had tarried all through two decades and six, biding its time as morbid ash and hoping someday to rise from the dead and to take its rightful place in the annals of our democratic history. And which it has now virtually done. Former External Affairs Minister Bolaji Akinyemi two days ago on Channel Television put it as I also see it –that President Buhari has brought June 12 from a distant back-burning issue to the front burner of political discourse in Nigeria.
And although the annulment of the election was callous, and the assassination of the winner tragic, the effort especially by successive PDP regimes to bury the memory of June 12 and to prevent the remembrance of its iconic martyr, Abiola, has been nothing but ludicrous. Only a political administration abandoned by 'providence' and rejected by the political gods would fail to have seen the immense political capital inherent in appropriately –even if posthumously- recognizing June 12 and in restoring the late MKO to his rightful place in the political history of Nigeria. Only the politically undiscerning would not have seen that a great electoral watershed such as June 12, no matter how long it tarries like a genie in time forgotten, it is bound someday to come out of the gourd, resurgent. And which is what June 12 has done. It is now self-evident that the ghost of June 12 has not wandered the forest of a thousand demons all this while in the personification of a helpless rotted spirit-person. It has done so as a stealthy cat 'composed and 'inscrutable'. It has proved itself the mysterious 'cat' with the proverbial 'nine lives'. Just when you think you have killed it, you have to prepare to kill it all over again.
And so Mathew Arnold's poetic rendering of the cat as enigmatic reminds of the mystique of June 12 at last rising from the ashes of death to a towering picturesque Eiffel Tower of sort which now commands the attention, reverence and awe of friends and even of foes alike. Once in the checkered history of betrayals and counter betrayals of the June 12 cause, the refrain was either 'On June 12 We Stand' (by proud comrades ready always to put their lives on the line) and 'On June 12 We Sit' (by those who had given up on the struggle). But the worst thereafter were those who proudly –even if shamelessly- began to proclaim 'On June 12 We Eat', suggesting that they had not only abandoned the struggle, they now fed ravenously from betraying it. Some of these included the Afenifere elders that El Mustapha has been threatening to expose.
THE COMRADE'S MILITARY DECREE
No sooner had they created the monster of June 12 than it had to be their abiding preoccupation all through our checkered democratic history to tame its genie and to rewrite the history of our democratic odyssey. Under the contraption which had made a civilian, Ernest Shonekan Head of a so called Interim National Government, ING, and General Sani Abacha the Commander in Chief, the late 'Comrade' Uche Chukwumerije who was that government's Secretary (Minister) for Information, had in fact announced the signing of a one-page Decree outlawing the mere mention of 'June 12' in public places. We were almost on the verge of our own version of a McCarthy era, a period in America's democratic history when its fear of communism led it into a most ridiculous paranoia as a certain Republican Senator, McCarthy, led a mysterious hunt down of alleged communists in the American government. The American playwright, Arthur Miller, caricatured this period of America's democratic history in a play titled 'The Crucible'. Nigeria had almost slipped into her own species of 'communist witch-hunt' with June-twelvers becoming such pariah that we came short only of being lynched on the streets.
In retrospect after the Shonekan-Abacha decree outlawing the public mention of June 12, I remember writing an unpublished piece titled 'To Hell With June 12' in which I satirized Chukwumerije's Military Decree. I suggested that the best way to erase the memory of June 12 was not just to decree it out of public mention, but to yank it completely off our calendar: "yes, let's create our own Nigerian calendar so that from June 11 we just jump straight to June 13. Let's pretend that June 12 never existed. Let it be treasonable henceforth for any printer to produce a calendar bearing June 12. We won't be the first to rebel against the global calendar. The Julian Calendar authorized by Caesar was replaced by the Gregorian Calendar on the authority of Pope Gregory the XIII because the former, as his scientist claimed, was 11 minutes, 14 seconds too long. Besides, the white man because he is superstitious about the number '13', whenever he numbers –especially hotel rooms- he either jumps '13' to '14' or he simply uses '12b'. Someone should tell 'Comrade' Chukwumerije that we can have a Nigerian Calendar that either skips June 12 to June 14 or one that has June 11b in its place.
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