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Horostyta – dawna gromada, czyli najmniejsza jednostka podziału terytorialnego Polskiej Rzeczypospolitej Ludowej w latach 1954–1972.

Gromady, z gromadzkimi radami narodowymi (GRN) jako organami władzy najniższego stopnia na wsi, funkcjonowały od reformy reorganizującej administrację wiejską przeprowadzonej jesienią 1954 do momentu ich zniesienia z dniem 1 stycznia 1973, tym samym wypierając organizację gminną w latach 1954–1972.

Gromadę Horostyta z siedzibą GRN w Horostycie utworzono – jako jedną z 8759 gromad na obszarze Polski – w powiecie włodawskim w woj. lubelskim na mocy uchwały nr 17 WRN w Lublinie z dnia 5 października 1954. W skład jednostki weszły obszary dotychczasowych gromad Horostyta wieś, Horostyta kol., Zahajki wieś, Zahajki kol., Krzywowierzba wieś i Ignaców ze zniesionej gminy Krzywowierzba w tymże powiecie. Dla gromady ustalono 9 członków gromadzkiej rady narodowej.

31 grudnia 1961 z gromady Horostyta wyłączono wieś Krzywowierzba, kolonię Łaskarzyzna oraz osadę Sytyta, włączając je do gromady Kodeniec w powiecie parczewskim w tymże województwie. 1 stycznia 1962 gromadę zniesiono, włączając jej pozostały obszar (wieś i kolonię Horostyta, kolonię Ignaców oraz wieś i kolonię Zahajki) do gromady Wyryki powiecie włodawskim.

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Ballplayer Awaits Call To The Pros; Braintree Slugger, A Star At Trinity, Is Being Scouted
July 14, 1996 /0 Comments/in Frontpage Article, News /by admin
Mike Ranieri is in the midst of his longest waiting game ever.
This time, the slugging baseball player isn't stepping out of the batter's box and playing games with an opposing pitcher.
His wait is for a ring on the telephone at his Braintree home or a knock on the door. You see, Ranieri is on the outside looking in. He is waiting for a call from Major League Baseball.
Four nights a week he puts on a uniform and plays center field for the All-Dorchester Sports League baseball team in the Boston Park League. And he keeps his ears and eyes open.
When they held the free-agent draft a few weeks ago, Ranieri, 22, who completed a starry career at Trinity College this spring, was not selected.
There was talk about how the Chicago White Sox nearly drafted him. "I don't know where you heard that, but I can't really say anything about that."
Ranieri, nonetheless, has high hopes that there is a professional contract somewhere in the near future that requires his signature.
"I've had a couple of private tryouts, a couple of teams have talked to me, but there is nothing substantive," Ranieri said.
His coach for the ADSL is Josh Powell and "he is doing what he can to help me."
A major league scout will show up at one game or another to see him play, but nothing has happened yet.
What is happening is typical for early summer: After the free agent draft, ball clubs are finding out who they can sign and who will be going to college and won't be turning professional. Then, when they have an idea of how many minor league players they need for their farm system, they will make some additional free agent signings.
That's what Ranieri is waiting for.
He won't be waiting forever. "Heck, I'm 22 years old and need to get on with my life," said Ranieri, a former Globe All-Scholastic football player for Braintree High.
He has a degree from a prestigious school in Trinity and there is a good position with Prudential Insurance waiting for him in Hartford come September. That is, if he doesn't give professional baseball a whirl.
Ranieri has played baseball since he was 7. He remembers those first games at Watson Park in the Braintree National Little League and since then he has dreamed of playing professional baseball at Fenway Park.
Ranieri's career at Trinity College was outstanding. The hard-hitting center fielder was named to the American Baseball Coaches Association Division 3 All-America squad as a third-team selection.
He was also a three-time all-New England selection and the first player at Trinity to receive All-America honors since 1980 when first baseman Peter Martin was named to the distinguished team.
Ranieri earned his way on to the squad. He hit a team-high, a league-high and a career-high .449 at the plate. He had four home runs and 19 runs batted in. Ranieri holds 16 Trinity season and career records. This year he set the season records for hits with 61 and stolen bases with 23.
During his four years at Trinity, Ranieri had 180 hits in 435 at-bats for a blistering .413 batting average. He also finished with record totals in runs scored, runs batted in and total bases.
"It was a great time at Trinity," Ranieri said. "It seems like the last few years went by in a flash."
For the third straight year, Ranieri was selected to play in the annual New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association's All-Star Game at Fenway Park in Boston.
Ironically, he has played more times in Fenway Park than he has been there to watch the Red Sox.
"I've always been playing baseball games growing up, and I never had time to go to any games at Fenway," Ranieri said. "For instance, the other night I had tickets for the Red Sox game, but I had to play for ADSL and I couldn't go. It's always been that way."
Last summer, between his junior and senior year, he stayed in Connecticut and played in the New England Collegiate Baseball League for the Middleton Giants. "It's a lot like the Cape Cod League," Ranieri said. "You play with wooden bats, and the league is filled with good college players."
Wooden bats is a transition that all college players must make if they want to play professional baseball. Aluminum bats, standard in college, are illegal in pro ball. "It is easier to hit a ball with a metal bat. There is a large sweet spot," Ranieri said. "The sweet spot on a wooden bat is so small. But practicing with a wooden bat will make you a better hitter." It certainly worked for him.
Trinity head coach Bill Decker is sorry to see Ranieri leave. "Mike is undoubtedly one of the top players in the history of Trinity baseball," said Decker, who has a 103-66 record in six years as head coach. "Mike deserves every accolade and record because of his hard work and dedication to the game of baseball."
With Ranieri on the team, Trinity never had a losing season. But this year's performance was particularly noteworthy. This year, Trinity finished with a 19-15 record — after getting off to a terrible start.
"We had a bad beginning," Ranieri said. "We never got focused when we started the season in Florida, and you are playing so many games, you don't have a chance to fix things."
Trinity played 11 games during its one-week visit to Florida and was 5-11 after 16 contests.
"We finally got it together," Ranieri said, "some of our younger players stepped up and we turned it around."
Trinity certainly did. The Bantams won 12 of their next 15 games. Trinity even scratched its way into the post-season tournament.
In the ECAC Division 3 tournament, Trinity, seeded eighth, defeated No. 1-seeded Babson and fourth-seeded Plymouth State before losing to third-seeded Tufts, 5-4, in the championship game.
"That has been the highlight of my collegiate career," Ranieri said. "A lot of teams would have packed it in after our start, but we didn't, and we were rewarded."
So now Ranieri waits for the telephone call. He still isn't packing it in. It's that determination that has made him what he is.
Copyright © 1996 Boston Globe, all rights reserved. Written by Paul Harber.
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IgA Nephropathy (Berger's Disease) is the most common glomerulonephritis, which happens more in children and youth. Before the onset, upper respiratory tract infections usually occur. Its lesion was characterized by glomerular mesangial hyperplasia, and IgA deposition in the mesangial area was detected by immunofluorescence assay.
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Last week, I arrived at the Congress of Cities in Phoenix, both excited and anxious about meeting our members and working a large conference for the very first time. Would I be in the right place at the right time? Would I have answers for the questions that our members might ask? For the most part, I was scheduled to work within the Green Cities track, helping to coordinate sessions and make sure things ran smoothly. Walking into the Convention Center on that first day, I figured I'd be too caught up in my work to fully listen to and retain information from the wealth of experts that were speaking.
Not only was my anxiety misplaced (the members were extremely welcoming and pleasant) but I was also able to learn an immense amount about sustainability initiatives across the country. There were several moments throughout the conference where I felt excited and inspired by what local governments were doing to actively pursue their sustainability goals.
Let's take the mid-size city of Riverside, Ca. as an example. Their story begins in 2001, when the city made smaller, but crucial strides towards greening their internal operations (changing light bulbs, cutting energy costs, etc.) . Since then, with the support of the community, their sustainability efforts have taken off- within a few years, Mayor Ron Loveridge created a Clean & Green Taskforce; the Taskforce developed a Sustainability Policy Statement in 2007; and this policy statement ended up serving as the guiding framework for the Green Action Plan that the city implements today.
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Clearly something is working in Riverside (as a side note- I happened to speak with a woman from Riverside during one of the sessions who mentioned that even dollar stores in the city have started bagging healthy foods). Listening to Mike, Ryan, and other speakers from around the country made me realize the importance of these creative outreach efforts in propelling a culture of sustainability that resonates with residents. You may never be able quantify the exact effect that branding yourself as a sustainable city, directly communicating your progress to your residents, or creating transparency within and outside of your city operations has on the success of your sustainability efforts. Nonetheless, these are crucial steps towards building a sustainable (no pun intended) and successful repertoire with your residents.
If you didn't get to visit the Riverside booth at the City Showcase in Phoenix, I'd urge you to visit their website (http://www.greenriverside.com/) to get inspired and see what you might be able to take back to your own community. As for me- I'm already excited about the possibility of meeting more sustainability experts at our next conference!
Newly added to the NLC City Showcase webpage is a presentation at the 2011 Congress of Cities & Exposition in Phoenix, where Michael Bacich and Ryan Bullard discuss Green Riverside in greater detail. Watch the video: http://www.elocallink.tv/vp6/spon-fcsa_a.php?sponid=BjNVZA5qBWlUZg==&fvm=1.
Interesting blog. I can see the importance of involving the communities to effectively implement any environmental plans. People need to take ownership and resposibility for their own living areas.


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Shooter Reported at Theater in Antioch, Tennessee (UPDATED)
By Ken MeyerAug 5th, 2015, 3:07 pm
Police in Nashville are responding to a 1:15 P.M. call reporting an active shooter at Carmike 8 Movie Theater in Antioch. Nearby businesses have locked their doors and warnings have been sent out to avoid the area.
Witnesses at a nearby business reported one woman was covered with blood, having been attacked with a hatchet, and others have claimed that theatergoers ran out accompanied by others who are injured.
We shall continue to update the story as details become available.
You can view the livestream here:
UPDATE – 3:10 E.S.T Witnesses have reported hearing police and the suspected shooter exchange gunshots. Tweets on the story are pouring in:
Nashville's Ford Ice Center and Global Mall both on lockdown amid reports of shots fired at Antioch, Tenn., movie theater – @WSMV
— Bev Llorente (@bevllorente) August 5, 2015
Police confirmed shots were being fired at a Nashville movie theater just before 2 p.m. today. http://t.co/lflrZewi3z
— WNEM TV5 (@WNEMTV5news) August 5, 2015
VIDEO: Police are outside a movie theater in #Antioch, TN amidst reports of an active shooter https://t.co/rIaRMeoN5g pic.twitter.com/Nvk704aRQq
— Geofeedia (@geofeedia) August 5, 2015
Suspect reported dead after active shooter situation at theater in Antioch, Tennessee http://t.co/AYHpbNmKuo
— Rob Cohen (@Rob_Coh) August 5, 2015
Active shooter reported at Nashville area theater http://t.co/qJVVehWktG
— Joanna Clay (@joannaclay) August 5, 2015
There's been another #theatershooting, this time in #Antioch #Tennessee. At this time, reports are one person injured, shooter dead.
— Cherie (@leahmesaid) August 5, 2015
#nashvilletheater RT @ShepNewsTeam: Witness who works near movie theater says suspect was white, appeared to be in his early 30s #Antioch
— heykim (@heykim) August 5, 2015
Antioch gunman had 2 backpacks, possibly other weapons. Police investigating. Here's what we know so far:
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— Brittany Nauta (@WVLTBrittany) August 5, 2015
UPDATE – 3:11 P.M. E.S.T The shooter has reportedly died, having been shot by police.
UPDATE – 3:17 P.M. E.S.T Nashville Police's Don Aaron have told CNN that law enforcement engaged the gunmen inside a theater projection room showing Mad Max: Fury Road. Police have confirmed the suspect is dead and say the immediate danger is over, but the bomb squad is examining two backpacks reportedly left at the site.
UPDATE – 3:32 P.M. E.S.T The shooter has been described by witnesses as a white male, who was estimated to be middle-aged.
UPDATE – 3:46 P.M. E.S.T Brian Haas of the Nashville Fire Department said that 3 people, including the woman attacked with the hatchet, were also attacked with pepper spray. Haas described the wound as a superficial bruise, and said no one has been transported to the hospital yet.
UPDATE – 4:00 P.M. E.S.T Aaron held a press conference outside the theater. He said there were three confirmed victims so far: one man who was injured in the neck by the hatchet, and two women who were also hit with the chemical spray. He added that witnesses have said that the suspect was a 51 year old local man who interacted with local businessmen before he entered the theater with his packs.
UPDATE – 5:58 P.M. E.S.T In one of the shooter's bags, police decided to do a controlled detonation on site, saying that they were alarmed by the contents they found inside. Reports indicate that the backpack carried a bomb, but it was actually fake.
UPDATE – 8:42 P.M. E.S.T New indications from Nashville police say that the suspect's handgun was actually a pellet gun.
This is the gun the movie theater suspect had. Although it looks like a real firearm, it is an airsoft pistol. pic.twitter.com/mixi9LGc9Y
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As I sit here in Room no. 18, eating my poached eggs on vegemite toast, I think back to when 'room service' used to be via the 'hole in the wall'. There used to be an outside cupboard with a latch and you would hear the door open while still attempting to wake up around the time you ticked the box. I always had to make sure that where the delivery was to arrive, the view of me in my slumber wouldn't be revealed. I've stayed in many motels (mostly country) and I certainly haven't seen one of those cupboards for a long time. Room service is still an option but we do need to be clothed and feeling half decent to open the door to a fresh smiling face, who stands with the tray and hidden food underneath the metal round cover with a hole. I understand the hole is for the finger to remove the cover but I wonder if it didn't have a hole whether the toast could still possibly be more than warm?
Over the years, hotel rooms have probably not changed that much. If a room has got a modern bathroom basin, it's more than likely that the electric jug won't fit very well under the tap faucet! There has to be a transfer of water to the jug to fill it to your preferred level. Lots of bathrooms now have the 3-in-1 soap dispensers on the wall which is clever but I'm not sure how the shampoo, conditioner and body wash differ from one another. I guess landfill would already have a lot of those mini bottles from motels only half used and the content beginning to dry up.
I've always travelled in my work and visited schools, homes, child care centres, local parks, shopping centres. It's very hard to have a large group of people all with vision impairment in the one place! There can be the one child only that is 2 hours away from anyone else but they too are entitled to be supported.
I used to sit in motels till late at night banging away on the typewriter to ensure I was up to date with my notes and ready for the next day. I still do, with the only difference being that I type away on the laptop. Laptop is quieter and of course, if I do make a typo I can delete and also save copies of what I've written. Learning typing at school was the best thing I ever learnt. I have used it everywhere and anywhere – thanks to Mrs Fry (my typing teacher).
Staying in a motel is an interesting place to be. Once the door shuts, the air-con goes on, TV plays in the background, who would know what goes on in there? By the evening, there can be so many cars outside the motel rooms, some with their branded businesses wrapped all around the vehicle, others with a small company logo and others without signage, which could be a leisurely traveller. And the people are all inside their motel room doing whatever one does in a motel room? If we were to walk past a motel neighbour when unpacking the car, there might be a polite nod or hello but not often much other conversation. We've got to get back into 'the room'.
If you haven't travelled in your job, this experience may be quite foreign. It's all a part of the service I guess. We have to stay somewhere, to support someone, who lives somewhere, further away from the office than a short trip home. Well, now that I have finished my breakfast, re-packed the suitcase, checked the bathroom for a toothbrush left behind, it's time to head up the road a half hour to support a student transitioning to High School next year - Lots of practice and she may feel more confident about her environment when she starts there officially. The school staff and student welcome the visit and the new instruction and experience of the day. I love to see progress and be part of the process in encouraging the student to achieve success. Tonight I will head home to my house that has a few more rooms in it and definitely a few more doors. Probably in the evening, I will get back on the laptop to record the day's events and student's progress once I've spent time with my family and caught up.


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The Scribal Background of the "Menetekel" in Daniel 5
Since Aramaic was introduced as the standard administrative language in Achaemenid Palestine around 500 B.C.E. and dominated scribal training into the early Roman period, its influence on literary production is hardly surprising. Placing such key terms against their original background goes far beyond merely antiquarian interests; it helps uncover new literary subtleties in the biblical text and better assess their theological impact.
For Further Reading: Gzella, Holger (ed.). 2016. Aramäisches Wörterbuch (Theologisches Wörterbuch zum Alten Testament, vol. IX). Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, especially the articles jd, ktb, mnī, prq, and tql.
By Holger Gzella
Professor of Hebrew and Aramaic
The imagery employed in the visions of the Book of Daniel is both grand and mysterious. These qualities have ensured it an exceptionally rich reception history in the visual arts, belletristic literature, music, systematic theology, and even contemporary political discourse. Moreover, they have triggered a long-standing scholarly debate about the relation between Daniel and its broader Ancient Near Eastern cultural backdrop. The latter is still a major issue in present-day exegesis, for even very comprehensive modern commentaries take quite different vantage points: John Collins's 1993 Hermeneia volume, for example, shows particularly great care in establishing links with the apocalyptic compositions from Qumran on the one hand and themes known from the Hebrew Bible (or the underlying Canaanite mythology) on the other, whereas Klaus Koch's contribution to the Biblischer Kommentar series (of which a first volume on chapters 1–4 appeared in 2004), while sensitive to possible connections with Mesopotamian and later Jewish writings, often assumes a considerable influence of Iranian traditions as attested in Zoroastrian compositions.
The underlying scribal tradition of Achaemenid Official Aramaic, by contrast, has, despite its obviousness, received little or no particular attention so far. However, a closer scrutiny of the historical semantics, as proposed by the relevant articles in the recent final volume of the Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament (Aramäisches Wörterbuch, Stuttgart 2016; English edition in preparation), shows that a number of key terms especially in the Aramaic parts of Daniel (2:4b–7:28) are firmly entrenched in Aramaic legal and bureaucratic vocabulary. Since Aramaic was introduced as the standard administrative language in Achaemenid Palestine around 500 B.C.E. and dominated scribal training into the early Roman period, its influence on literary production is hardly surprising. Placing such key terms against their original background goes far beyond merely antiquarian interests; it helps uncover new literary subtleties in the biblical text and better assess their theological impact.
An "Aramaic" reading of the Menetekel in Daniel 5 may serve as a case in point. The eerie scene of a human hand, yet without a body, writing an enigmatic message in fiery letters on a wall at Belshazzar's sinful feast (Dan 5:24-29):
'So from his presence the hand was sent and this writing was inscribed. And this is the writing that was inscribed: mene, mene, tekel, and parsin. This is the interpretation of the matter: mene, God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end; tekel, you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting; peres, your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.'
It is captured most successfully by Rembrandt's famous painting. It is, at first glance, tempting to view the hand as an allusion to the power of God, as often in the Hebrew books of the Bible, or even to compare it to the effect of dismembered body parts in horror movies. Yet a more historically sensitive lexical analysis demonstrates that the narrator's presentation first and foremost evokes legal connotations. The combination of the word yad 'hand' with the verb ktb 'to write' or the noun ketāb 'written document' regularly means 'to sign' or '(personal) signature' throughout all earlier phases of Aramaic (see, e.g., KAI 233:9 [Old Aramaic, Assur Ostracon]; TAD B2.7:17f.; 4.3:21 [Achaemenid Official Aramaic contracts from Elephantine]; 4Q203 8:4 [Qumran]; P. Yadin 1:56ff.; 2:47; 3:51.54; 9:13 [legal documents from the Dead Sea]). That is, even though the writing itself has not yet been deciphered, the depiction of the scene indicates to a reader who is familiar with normal Aramaic usage that it must concern a divine verdict, signed by God's own hand. In doing so, the narrator really racks up the tension right at the outset.
The entire point of the ambiguous message itself, too, is best understood as a scribal wordplay. The consonantal text mn' tql wprsn (Dan 5:25), later vocalized mnē tqēl u-parsīn by the Masoretes (the possible dittography of mn' and the variation between a singular and a plural form for the last word in the individual textual witnesses are of no major concern here), puzzles king Belshazzar and his advisors; only Daniel eventually manages to interpret it—correctly, according to the logic of the text—as a series of three passive participles 'counted, weighed, and divided' (5:26–28; *manē taqīl wa-parīsīn in reconstructed pronunciation) that refer to the king who did not live up to expectations and thus lost his kingship. Various hypotheses have been proposed why the court advisors were unable to figure out the meaning of the verdict. The Talmudic tradition of a secret writing with an unexpected order of letters (bSanh 22a) may have been known to Rembrandt via his connections to the Jewish community at Amsterdam: in his painting, the text does not run from right to left but from top to bottom. More plausibly, it has been suggested some hundred years ago that the bystanders understood the words not as passive participles but as nouns denoting weights, i.e., 'mine, shekel, and half-mine' (*manē teqǝl wa-parasīn in reconstructed Official Aramaic pronunciation), which of course makes no sense here.
Many hundreds of Aramaic documentary texts that have been discovered since the end of the nineteenth century have proved the latter view correct. Scores of attestations of these three nouns show that such an interpretation would come to mind most readily if one encounters the respective terms, without further context, in the consonantal spelling mn' tql wprsn: there are now more than forty certain instances of 'mine', more than three-hundred of 'shekel', and about forty of 'half-mine', as well as several partial ones that can be confidently reconstructed. The fact that the three words all belong to the same semantic field further corroborates this assumption. By contrast, the passive participles of the cognate verbal roots mnī 'to count', tql 'to weigh', and prs 'to divide' are extremely rare, not more than one each of the latter two is attested at all in the whole of Aramaic between the beginning of the first millennium B.C.E. and the early centuries of the first millennium C.E. In addition, tql and prs are written defectively, whereas only the full spellings tqyl and prys would clearly have pointed to basic-stem passive participles.
One can derive two important conclusions from these observations: first, the king's sages are by no means depicted as incompetent; their (assumed) reading of the text as a series of three nouns denoting ubiquitous weights is, in the light of normal language usage, indeed the most obvious one, whereas Daniel's interpretation presupposes possible but extremely uncommon grammatical forms and would thus appear rather far-fetched. Second, the wordplay rests on a fine understanding of what happens when reading unvocalized texts, as any student of Biblical Hebrew or Semitic epigraphy can confirm: the most frequent words come to mind first, and the context then helps to eliminate less likely options. It requires quite some familiarity with the art of reading and writing to appreciate such a sophisticated double entendre (the well-known similarity between qayiṣ 'summer' and qēṣ 'end' in the vision of the basket of summer fruit in Amos 8:2 furnishes another example of the same technique).
There are many more instances of a theological reinterpretation of administrative vocabulary in Daniel and the Aramaic texts from Qumran: the juridical terms pitgam 'edict', gzīrā 'decision', and mēmar 'sentence' occur for divine judgments (Dan 4:14.21; likewise pitgam in 4Q242 1–3:2) and šallīṭ 'legally entitled' refers to God's sovereign power (Dan 4:14; 1QGenAp 20:13; 4Q542 1 i 2f.; 4Q550 7+7a:1; 4Q552 1 ii 6), as does dayyān 'judge' (Dan 7:10.26; 4Q205 1 ix 2 [1 Hen 22:14]) and the corresponding image of the Last Judgment. A less trivial example is the use of the verb prq in Dan 4:24. Contrary to many Biblical Aramaic dictionaries and commentaries, it does not seem to mean 'to break off' here but 'to redeem'. Daniel advises the king to 'redeem' the sin of pride by means of righteous deeds and thus ward off divine punishment. This has a close parallel a Nabataean Aramaic private document from the Dead Sea, according to which the debtor can 'redeem' (P. Yadin 36:23, same verb) the debt note from the creditor by paying off his debt.
The theological reanalysis of administrative terminology in Daniel also has implications for the social background of this book. Chapters 4 and 5 are part of the original core of Daniel, as attested by the different textual tradition of Daniel 4–6 in the Old Greek translation. This suggests that they have taken on their shape some time between the fifth and the third centuries B.C.E. in circles of learned administrators with strong religious affinities, such as the figure of "Ezra the Scribe". An origin in a scribal milieu adequately explains the positive attitude toward expert knowledge in these earliest layers of Daniel: contrary to the later chapters, Daniel's superior insight is not yet associated with religious practice like prayer (2:18; 9:3) and fasting but rather seems to presuppose natural gifts and a rigorous training. Hence "secular" and "divine" wisdom do not contradict but complement each other, and Daniel emerges as a role model for theological exegesis in an academic context.
Thank you for the intriguing essay.
#1 - Jim - 04/29/2016 - 19:06


COLLEGE STATION, Texas - The Mojo was working for Odessa Permian and the tournament's Most Valuable Player, quarterback Shea Smith. Smith, who will be a junior this season, completed 26 of 31 pass attempts and threw six touchdowns as Odessa Permian defeated Burnet 41-27 in the championship game of the Fox Sports Net 7-on-7 State Championship at Kyle Field.
Burnet led 20-19 at the half but could not keep pace with the methodical drives of Permian.
Smith hooked up with all-tournament receiver Drew Peterson 11 times and for one touchdown while completing seven passes to DeCobian Williams for three scores, largely because of a short, controlled passing attack.
After the break, Smith connected with Williams twice in the end zone to help a Permian defense that kept Texas A&M quarterback commitment Stephen McGee and University of Texas receiver commitment Jordan Shipley at bay.
McGee was 18 of 25 passing with four touchdowns and Shipley caught seven passes for one score.
In the consolation final, Southlake Carroll defeated Katy 54-40.


Why choose Siberian Glory kittens?
Hi Tatiana  Aramis is awesome. He seems happy, purring lots, very affectionate. He is eating and sleeping well. Lots of fun! AJ follows us everywhere. And he likes you to be close. Аlways tail in the air too.Vet says he's in good shape and very healthy. He is a very sweet boy. I love him ❤. Kerri.
Here are some pictures of Altai.
He is really happy in his new home. He plays a lot with everything he can find and always follows me when I change room. He is really sweet.
We went to the vet this morning. He visited the hole room without any fear. He charmed the technician and the vet who repeated at least 5 times in 10 minutes that he was so cute.
Hi Tatiana. I am grateful for the information. I want to keep our little guy happy and healthy. He is an indoor cat and will never be outdoors so he will only really be exposed to us for the most part. I will make sure to keep you update while he (Aragorn) grows. He is doing well and is very affectionate and follows us around like a puppy. He loves his tree house and pet mouse toys especially he runs all over the house with them. He is very good with company as well we love him! He is now 4lbs so I guess staying healthy in his growth. He is absolutely beautiful. I'm so glad we got him. Michelle.
Hi Tatiana, Adam is such a nice kitten. He is gentle with everyone and even more with the kids. It is the peace of love. When I come home he is waiting near the door . He follows us everywhere. He went to the vet today for his vaccine and they fall in love with him. They don't see Siberian cats very often. Our family is very happy with him and we like to thank you for everything. Give you some news soon. And pictures too. Mélanie .
He is an amazing cat. He loves the other animals and all get along well. We are really enjoying him. He is such a joy and loves to be around us all the time. Loving him so much!
Also, she is never far from where I am.. she travels in the car with me... doing wonderful. Shirley.
I just wanted to let you know that Cardinal's first week with us was great!
He's stopped meowing at night and has adopted the top of the stairs as his nighttime sleeping place - he waits until the first person wakes up (usually Ollie) and races in to greet him (much to Ollie's amusement).
He torments the dog from time to time by batting him on the head or playing with his tail - I'm sure the dog isn't thrilled, but seems to sleep through most of Cardinal's shenanigans - he certainly tolerates him beautifully which is great.
Daphne is such a princess we absolutely love her . She is so playful and happy kitten. We couldn't ask for a better baby. She is in process discovering the apartment . She did however eat and sleep and used the washroom .
Cassiopeia is doing very well. She is the same here, playing with us and all the cats. Our 14 year old even likes to play with her. When she is in the mood to run around and play she runs from us but when in the mood to be petted she is all over us. She loves a good scratch and she likes to be brushed. She is so sweet and a very good kitten. She loves all the cats and they have not minded her even from the beginning. I think they find her entertaining. AJ plays with her the most. The even wrestle now. He is gentle with her. I think she will be the ruler one day. Lol we don't have her outside yet but I'm sure by next year she will be loving it. AJ wants to be out more than in. We are extremely happy with out Siberians. Amazing cats . So glad we found you. We are impressed with how much you care for your cats and their breeding. We did not have the same experience with our rag doll breeder.
Hi Tatiana, just wanted to update you and tell you, Frost is a remarkable kitten. Such a good boy. He doesn't bite , so good with the kids and just adores my oldest daughter. Eats very well, and uses his litter every single time. Also wanted to say your King and queens are producing some of the most beautiful Neva Masquerade I ever seen, even when comparing around the world and Frost is a perfect example of a gorgeous Neva Masquerade! Got some nice shots of him. He is growing fast.
I hope you are well. Esaul (whom has been renamed Emil in our home) is doing really well. It's fascinating to see his coat's colour darken with time and how much he grows up. He is truly an exceptional cat, as he is both very active and very cuddly. We went to the vet about a week after we got him and the staff were enamoured with him.
We are really enjoying Mavi (Evdokim) since he came home with us. He is almost 4 months old now and he's grown so much! Mostly in FLUFF! We knew we were getting a cute cat, but we had no idea that his personality and temperament would be so lovely as well. He is cuddly and purring in the mornings with me, then when my kids get up he is ready to play! He follows us around from room to room all day to be near us, even if he's just napping. He's a delight! Thank you so much!
Have been meaning to write you. Kittens are adjusting quite nicely. Faradey is perfect! We love him so much! He warmed up to us very quickly. Purring much of the time. Fortuna is exactly what Christine wanted. a real cuddler. She is perfect for her too. Each of the kittens have their own rooms at our homes. Each day they are getting a little more freedom as they are getting to know the house. They are eating & drinking for a couple of days now and using the litter boxes well too. Faradey loves me to brush him. I'm so happy he likes the climber I bought for him. He went to it right away and sleeps all the time on the special bed attached to it. We have arranged for the kittens to get together a couple times now and it has been wonderful for both of them. They will be seeing each other regularly so that will be great fun for them. We can see the kittens have been raised with loving care. Again, l thank you for all you have done. They are such a joy to us. Here now finally are a few pics for you. Enjoy!
Have been meaning to write you. Faraday is doing fantastic, we are really enjoying him. He has settled in great and is a wonderful addition to our family. He has seen Fortuna on several occassions and they have so much fun together. It is truly wonderful to see the beautiful bond which they share. On Monday we met with our new Vet. They made quite a fuss over the kittens. They thought Faraday was very handsome and loved Fortuna's white socks lol. Faraday weighed in at 2.2kg and Fortuna 1.74kg. Both kittens are in excellent health. They have an appt. tomorrow to get their booster shots. Hope they don't mind it.
Here's a little update on Gladiator. He's been doing so well! We loves cuddles in the morning, he's very playful and loves to sneak up on us and pounce. He has us laughing all the time and follows me around everywhere. He's been learning to play fetch and has become pretty vocal, amazingly Rob has not had one allergic reaction! We are so happy with him!
Thank you so much for raising such great cats and kittens!
Hello Tatiana! Wanted to let you know that Illiya and Ivolga are home and are absolutely amazing!!!! They adjusted very quickly and are so friendly. The best thing we did was to get two at the same time! It's hilarious to watch them play. They have used their litter every time and are eating well. They had their first check up at the veterinarian and he said they are very healthy. We absolutely love them! They love their toys (especially the "crinkle tunnel"). I would recommend Siberian Glory to anyone looking to add a perfect addition to their home. Tatiana, you were absolutely amazing to deal with. True to your word, excellent follow ups, and you truly care for the cats and kittens. Here are a couple of pictures of Illiya and Ivolga. We thank you very much and we will keep in touch!!!


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Salute My Sports
The same old sports talk, but different.
By: Anthony April 5, 2019
basketball, Sportsbasketball, college basketball, final four, march madness, ncaa, sports
Which teams should you root for in the Final Four?
Your bracket is destroyed. Your favorite team is out. Zion is out. At this point, you've probably lost interest in the men's Final Four. Of the 4 teams left, 3 of them are in the top 10 in defensive efficiency on KenPom, which could mean some really low scoring, hard to watch games. Although, 3 of them are also in the top 10 in offensive efficiency on KenPom, so it could actually be high scoring, but probably not.1In case you didn't know, KenPom is super nerdy sports stats. Basically this just means the teams are good at offense and/or defense.
That's why it's a good thing we still have the women's Final Four to look forward to. We'll help you figure out who to root for in each Final Four so that if your favorite team or alma mater has been knocked out, you can still have a team to pull for and give you a reason to actually watch college basketball this weekend.
We promise that our logic is sound.
WOMEN'S FINAL FOUR
Baylor is not the team to root for. They are the best team in women's basketball and the overall #1 seed in the women's bracket. No one wants to root for the favorite, especially during March Madness. People only care about seeing upsets and underdogs. No one likes someone hopping on a favorite's bandwagon.2I understand that this whole post is about hopping on a bandwagon, but ignore that for the sake of this argument. They've won the national championship before, as recently as 2012. That's less than 10 years ago, so they will be alright.
Notre Dame are the defending champs. We just saw this and don't need to see it again so quickly. Besides, I'm a UConn fan and they have to play UConn in the Final Four. Therefore, because I like UConn and this is my post, we are following my rules, and that means you can't/shouldn't/won't root for Notre Dame.
Now, you probably think that this means I'm going to tell you to hop on UConn's bandwagon. That's also not happening. As much as I would like to see UConn finally win a championship again,32016 was SO long ago. this isn't their year. That's because this entire year has been about another player.
OUR PICK: OREGON
This is who you should root for in the women's Final Four. It's their first trip to the Final Four, which means they've never won the national championship. They have to play Baylor first and then they would have to play either Notre Dame or UConn in the championship. That would be an incredible run to get their first national championship. Like I said before, this is the underdog of the Final Four and we like rooting for underdogs. But they are underdogs who are also very good at basketball! They went 33 – 4 and their only losses were to teams that made the NCAA tournament.
They also have the best player in the country. She's become one of the most talked about women's basketball players since Breanna Stewart. She was the Zion of women's basketball this year. She set and holds the record for most triple doubles in NCAA women's basketball history.4She's only a junior. Triple doubles are fun. It's like when you tell an ice cream shop that you want a single scoop of ice cream, but they give you 3 scoops instead. She's like Russell Westbrook, but better at shooting. Sabrina Ionescu.
She's very good at basketball. If you need to be convinced further, read this piece from Shea Serrano written for LAST YEAR's tournament. It's their time. You should root for her and the Oregon Ducks to win the championship.
MEN'S FINAL FOUR
This is a little harder to figure out. 2 of the 4 teams are in their first Final Four (Auburn and Texas Tech), Virginia is in their first Final Four since 1984 and have never won a championship, and Michigan State hasn't won a championship since 2000. Therefore, we can't use the same logic we used for the women's bracket.
However, that does mean we can eliminate Michigan State though. Sure, it's been almost 20 years since Tom Izzo and the Spartans have won a national title, but they've been to A LOT of Final Fours. 6 to be exact since the 2000 title. So really, it's their own fault they haven't won a title at any of those Final Fours. They don't need us to cheer for them.
Now that the obvious team has been eliminated, it gets much tougher. We'll start with Auburn, because we aren't going to root for them either. Even though this basketball team is a lot of fun to watch and they have the "win this for the injured player" storyline, they are a football school through and through. They don't need to be good at more than one sport. They don't even actually care about basketball. It's just a holdover until Spring football starts. So enjoy the fact that you made the Final Four and countdown the days until football starts.
Texas Tech is in a similar situation. While they haven't seen the same success as Auburn, they are more of a football school too. They just haven't seen much success in either sport. Like we said earlier, this is their first Final Four. They have the best defense in the country, but they also have the worst offense remaining in the tournament. Offense is way more exciting to watch than defense. We want to see points and lots of them. If we wanted to watch a sport with low scoring, we would watch baseball.5Because even baseball is more boring than soccer. We can't risk having them win and see a game reminiscent of UConn vs Butler in 2011. That one was on accident and this would be on purpose.
OUR PICK: VIRGINIA
I know this goes against my previous argument about Baylor. Hear me out though. Even though Virginia is the favorite to win, the only #1 seed remaining, and has been one of the best teams all year, you should still root for them. They've never won a national championship and have only been to 2 Final Fours before this year, both in the 1980's. We want to see a team that's never won before win, that's always fun. They are also very good at basketball, and very good teams should win championships. They have both a very good offense (top 2 in KenPom) and very good defense (top 5 in KenPom).
Maybe you're wondering why you've heard of Virginia basketball before, even though they've never seen much success in the tournament. Let me remind you:
Yes, that's right. Virginia was the first #1 seed to ever lose to a #16 seed in the NCAA tournament. This happened LAST YEAR! Virginia still has some of the players on their team from the one last year. What a redemption story that would be. They were even losing at halftime against a 16 seed this year, so they've been the butt of jokes for a full year now. Thankfully they won that game and went on to give us one of the most exciting games of the whole tournament, with this buzzer beater in the Elite 8:
We all love a comeback. Could you imagine being completely humiliated in the tournament last year, only to return the following year and win the school's first national title? That's the story we should all root for. Go Cavs!
Who are the winners and losers of Girl Scout Cookie season?
Is Virginia basketball technically a hero?


What finally happened to HB 1311, a bad bill discussed in an earlier column? It would have exempted certain sale/leaseback investments from Colorado's security law.
Bad bills, like bears, hibernate and reappear. HB 1311 by Rep. Lynn Hefley (R) will reappear in 2004 either as a separate bill or as part of another, larger measure.
HB 1311 was introduced Feb.17th and passed out of House State Affairs Committee Feb. 28th. Then it sat on the House calendar, day after day, almost always the first bill on the list and always laid over, hibernating, until finally dying without a substantive vote on May 7th.
Why was it a bad bill? Let's describe a public pay phone sale/leaseback. You buy the pay phone for $50,000. You lease it back to the seller "solely in exchange for a contractually fixed and guaranteed rate of return without any possibility of participation in risk, capital appreciation or earnings."
The problem is a "guarantee" regardless of the ability to make good on the guarantee is no guarantee. The guy with the slicked down hair and thin mustache can disappear, leaving naive but formerly financially stable elderly consumers standing naked in the snow.
Colorado the new capital for all these types of schemes."
Why do I think it will be back? Because it can make a lot of money for a few. And in 2004, the division of securities will be repealed under Colorado's Sunset law, unless continued by the legislature. Right now the Dept. of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) is working on a report of bill recommendations that will likely be made public in October.
The title to the bill will begin with the words "Concerning the Division of Securities". That lays the bill open to all sorts of possible amendments by legislators as the measure moves through the process. My guess is HB 1311 will surface as an amendment to the larger bill.
All Sunset bills in 2004 begin in the House with the subject matter assigned to a committee by the House Speaker, Lola Bradley. After the committee listens to the DORA recommendations and approves having a bill printed, the committee chair decides who will be the chief sponsor. If he or she chooses someone who supports the concept of HB 1311, we will see a bitter battle. In the end perhaps the governor must determine whether HB 1311 becomes part of our securities law.
Colorado has been "here" before. As a Denver Post reporter wrote "In the heady stock markets of the 1980s, Denver penny stocks, gold deals and other investments attracted some of the nation's most notorious swindlers. Much of their success at making millions from unsuspecting investors was blamed on emasculated state securities regulation."
That emasculated law left enforcement of federal and state fraud law to an understaffed U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission whenever the scheme crossed state lines. The securities subsection of the Colorado Bar Association was responsible for part of that law, which law was finally revised in 1990 to restore state control over these frauds.
It would certainly be fitting and proper if the same state bar association came out strongly against adding language from HB 1311 to the Colorado securities statute.


This past weekend I held an iPhoneography workshop. The focus of the class was on the creative process and exploration with apps. We spent a little time on the fundamentals of photography, then talked about some creative edits.
We also took a deep dive into a handful of apps, including some of my faves. I wanted to share the images that I edited, in class, showing off how each app works.
We started with Hipstmatic and Snapseed. Reviewing some of my fave features of both. Then moved on to VSCOcam.
This photo of a car was taken in December when we had the smallest bit of snow in Seattle. I simply found this car adorable! I use the VSCO C1 filter and adjusted the contrast just a bit to really highlight the cool tones.
Then we moved on to Mextures. Mextures is great because you can stack layers within the app + control how much of a given effect you apply.
Here's Picfx in action. I applied one of the film filters and added one of the space filters. As with Mextures you can control the amount of the use of the filter. There's just a nice spot of brightness at the top of one of the skyscrapers that is pretty cool.
And the Seattle skyline. This one edited in Alien Skin Software's AltPhoto App. I used the Daguerrotype filter, at just about 50% to just provide a hint of the border effect.
It was a fun class, I look forward to doing this one again!
Have questions about apps, just let me know!


Circle Eight and Bolgia Eight is the pit of the Evil Counselors. Dante laments Florence, and prophesizes the grief that will befall Florence for its thieves and evil counselors. In this pit are men of moral symbolism, men of gift who abused their genius. The Evil Counselors contrapasso is to move about endlessly, hidden from view inside great flames. Their sin was to abuse their great fists of the Almighty, to steal his virtues for low purposes. And as the Evil Counselors stole from God in their lives and worked in deceptive manners, so are they stolen from sight and hidden in great flames. Just as the sinners sinned by glibness of tongue so to the flames contort into a fiery travesty of tongues.
"Ulysses and Diomede" suffer for their joint guilt in counseling and carrying out many strategies which Dante considers evil. However, a narrator who was less passionately a partisan of the Trojans might have though their actions justifiable methods of warfare. Ulysses and Diomede are in one flame for their joint guilt. However, the flame is divided, which symbolizes the moral that men of evil in the end will have a falling out. They will have a falling out because there is no lasting union except by virtue.
"But if the truth is dreamed of toward the morning, you soon shall feel what Prato and the others wish for you. And were that day of mourning already come it would not be too soon. So may it come, since it must! For it will weigh more heavily on me as I pass my noon" (7-12). There is proverbial expression. It is those dreams that occur just before waking that foretell the future. "Morning" would equal the "rude awakening" and potential for the "dawn of a new day" (6). "Prato" is a neighboring town, which was on good terms with Florence (8).
In 1304, Cardinal Niccolò da Prato, papal legate from Benedict XI to Florence, tried to reconcile the warring factions, but he found that neither side would accept mediation. Since none would be blessed, Cardinal Niccolò da Prato cursed all impartially and laid the city under an interdict. An interdict is to forbid the offering of the sacraments. Shortly after the Church forbade the offering of the sacraments, a bridge collapsed in Florence, and a fire broke out. Both disasters cost many lives, and were attributed to the Papal curse.
Dante "Curb the strain of [his] genius, lest it stray from Virtue's course: so if some star, or a better thing, grant [him] merit, may [he] not find the gift cause for remorse. As many fireflies as the peasant sees when he rests on a hill and looks into the valley (where he tills or gathers grapes or prunes his trees) in that sweet season when the face of him who lights the world rides north, and at the hour when the fly yields to the gnat and the air grows dim―such myriads of flames [Dante] saw shine through the gloom of the eighth abyss when [he] arrived at the rim from which its bed comes into view" (21-33).
Dante considers, "As he the bears avenged so fearfully beheld Elijah's chariot depart―the horses rise toward heaven―but could not see more than the flame, a cloudlet in the sky, once it had risen―so within the fosse only those flames, forever passing by were visible, ahead, to right, to left; for though each steals a sinner's soul from view not one among them leaves a trace of the theft" (34-42).
Elisha saw "Elijah" translated to Heaven in a fiery chariot (35). Later Elisha was mocked by some children, who tauntingly said that he should "Go up" as Elijah did. Elisha cursed those children in the name of the Lord, and bears came upon the children and devoured them.
"Eteocles and Polynices" are sons of Oedipus (54). They succeeded jointly to the throne of Thebes, and came to an agreement whereby each would rule separately for a year at a time. Eteocles ruled the first year and when he refused to surrender the throne to Polynices at the appointed time, Polynices led the Seven against Thebes in a bloody war. In a single combat, the two brothers killed each other. Statius wrote in "Thebaid" (XII, 429 ff.) that their hatred for the other was so great that when their bodies were placed on the same funeral pyre the flame of their burning drew apart into two great raging horns of fire.
Virgil to Dante responds, "Forever round this path Ulysses and Diomede move in such dress, united in pain as once they were in wrath; there they lament the ambush of the Horse which was the door through which the noble seed of the Romans issued from its holy source; there they mourn that for Achilles slain sweet Deidamia weeps even in death; there they recall the Palladium in their pain" (55-63).
"Ulysses and Diomede" suffer for their joint guilt in counseling and carrying out many strategies which Dante considers evil (55). However, a narrator who was less passionately a partisan of the Trojans might have though their actions justifiable methods of warfare. Ulysses and Diomede are in one flame for their joint guilt. However, the flame is divided, which symbolizes the moral that men of evil in the end will have a falling out. They will have a falling out because there is no lasting union except by virtue.
"Ulysses and Diomede" first sin was the strategy of the Wooden Horse (55). The Wooden Horse trick caused Troy to fall, and Aeneas founded the Roman line. Their second sin occurred at Scyros. It was at Scyros that Ulysses discovered Achilles in female disguise, and hidden by his mother, Thetis. Thetis did this so Achilles would not be taken off to war. Deidamia was in love with Achilles. Deidamia and Achilles had a son. When Ulysses persuaded Achilles to sail for Troy, Deidamia died of grief. The third sin was Ulysses' theft of the sacred statue of Pallas from the Palladium. The fate of Troy depended on this statue of Pallas. The theft of the statue of Pallas resulted in the downfall of Troy.
Virgil to Ulysses and Diomede says, "O you two souls who pace together in one flame!―if my days above won favor in your eyes, if I have earned however much or little of your love in writing my High Verses, do not pass by, but let one of you be pleased to tell where he, having disappeared from the known world, went to die" (75-81). Virgil refers to "One of you," and he means Ulysses (80). Ulysses is the figure in the larger horn of the flame, which symbolizes his guilt as a leader being greater than that of Diomede.
Ulysses to Virgil responds, "When I left Circe, who more than a year detained me near Gaeta long before Aeneas came and gave the place that name, not fondness for my son, nor reverence for my aged father, nor Penelope's claim to the joys of love, could drive out of my mind the lust to experience the far-flung world and the failing and felicities of mankind" (86-93). Please note: "Penelope" was the wife of Ulysses (90).
Ulysses continues, "I put out on the high and open sea with a single ship and only those few souls who stayed true when the rest deserted me. As far as Morocco and as far as Spain I saw both shores; and I saw Sardinia and the other islands of the open main" (94-99). The reference to "Both shores" is speaking of the Mediterranean.
Ulysses speaks, "I and my men were stiff and slow with age when we sailed at last into the narrow pass where, warning all men back from further voyage, Hercules' Pillars rose upon our sight. Already I had left Ceuta on the left; Seville now sank behind me on the right" (100-105). The "Narrow pass" is the Straits of Gibraltar, formerly called Pillars of Hercules (101). At that time, they were presumed to be the Western limit beyond which no man could navigate. "Ceuta" is in Africa, and opposite of Gibraltar (104).
Ulysses to Virgil says, "With this brief exhortation I made my crew so eager for the voyage I could hardly have held them back from it when I was through; and turning our stern toward morning, our bow toward night, we bore southwest out of the world of man; we made wings of our oars for our fool's flight" (112-117). The reference to "Morning" and "night" means East and West (115).
Ulysses continues, "That night we raised the other pole ahead with all its stars, and ours had so declined it did not rise out of its ocean bed" (118-120). Please note: "That night [they] raised the other pole ahead" means they sailed south across the equator, observed the southern stars, and found that the North Star had sunk below the horizon (118). The altitude of the North Star is the easiest approximation of latitude. The North Star is nearly directly overhead at the North Pole, which shows an altitude of 45 degrees at North latitude 45, and is on the horizon at the equator.
Ulysses story continues, "Five times since we had dipped our bending oars beyond the world, the light beneath the moon had waxed and waned, when dead upon our course we sighted, dark in space, a peak so tall I doubted any man had seen the like" (121-125). The "Peak" was Purgatory (124). The crew sighted Purgatory after five months of passage. According to Dante's geography, the Northern hemisphere is land and the Southern is all water except for the Mountain of Purgatory which rises above the surface at a point directly opposite of Jerusalem.
Ulysses story completed, "Our cheers were hardly sounded when a squall broke hard upon our bow from the new land: three times it sucked the ship and the sea about as it pleased Another to order and command. At the fourth, the poop rose and the bow went down till the sea closed over us and the light was gone" (126-131).
Alighieri, Dante, "The Inferno," Trans. John Ciardi, Signet Classics, New American Library, a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., New York, New York, 2009, Print.


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Land given to returned soldiers as part of the Benmore Settlement in the Waitaki proved too difficult for many.
Dunedin's soldiers faced many difficulties returning to civilian life following World War 1; difficulties often explained by poor management on the part of the very authorities working to assist them, Clare Sullivan writes.
"Since my return I have been very much impressed with the evidence of the prosperity of the people. Small struggling `cockies' have become motor car-owning farmers, and in place of the old two-room cottage with the lean-to at the back, I have found all sorts of bungalow additions. I was told of great prices of butter-fat and wool, and all-round good times ...
"Everything speaks of prosperity. Now all this is just as it ought to be and I was really glad to see it, but it suddenly occurred to me where do I come in? Where is my motor car? What have I had out of high war prices? I have the feeling I have missed an opportunity. The war is now over, and I am told that the lean years are coming, but I have had no share in the fat years ...
"After thinking it all over I have come to the conclusion that if I had got married and dodged military service as long as I could, I might have had my car and bungalow to-day.''
The above constitutes the majority of a letter written to the Otago Daily Times and published on January 8, 1919, from a returned soldier who signed themselves simply as "Main Body''. The letter received two responses.
The first came from a member of the public who signed themselves, "Ashamed''. They wrote, "It seems to me that no honest patriot could read that letter without a blush, remembering what was said in 1914 and immediately following to the soldiers and knowing how truly `Main Body Soldier' states the position ... It seems to me most reprehensible, in a prosperous country like this, that we should offer these soldiers a small temporary pension, and then turn them loose.''
The second response came from another returned soldier, "Digger'', who wrote to support "Main Body''.
"Of course, it is very pleasant to see everything going so well, but why should we, the returned soldiers, not share in the general prosperity?''
He goes on to explain an encounter with a farmer when looking for property to buy. When asked about a property nearby, the farmer , oblivious to the fact he was a returned soldier, replied, "that place is under offer to the Government, it is no good - a regular swamp; it is only fit for soldiers.''
Obtaining good, workable land does not immediately spring to mind when one considers the difficulties soldiers must have faced upon their return to New Zealand. In 1919, however, Soldier Land Settlements was an issue of prime contention.
The New Zealand Government introduced Soldier Land Settlements across the country as an added incentive for soldiers to return. However, the scheme proved to be a disaster, and the Otago Settlements are no exception to this description. The soldiers had fought for their country. It seemed only just that they be provided with a means to own their own land upon their return.
The Government purchased land to lease out to soldiers looking to establish themselves in agriculture, and gave them the opportunity to eventually buy the land for themselves. In addition, they gave the soldiers capital with which to set themselves up. In theory, this made for a promising scheme. After the war, however, the Government failed to execute it successfully.
The scheme was the first designed to assist soldiers on their return to New Zealand. The Government, frantic to provide enough land for the soldiers, paid excessive prices for most of the properties acquired. In many cases, the quality of the settlements was inadequate and soldiers were left struggling to raise enough to cover the excessive rents.
This was the case at the Clifton Settlement: "The rental of one particular block ... was very high, involving a payment of something like £71 for the first half-year, and on such a basis the soldier settlers were not given a fair chance.''
While this settlement was initially unimproved land with no fencing or housing, the Government purchased it at a rate reflecting neighbouring properties where fencing and housing were included. Furthermore, the sections were far too small for settlers to make a good living.
It placed soldier settlers on the back foot from the very beginning.
The Clifton Settlement was opened in March 1917. By the end of July 1919, the Clutha Leader stated that of the 10 soldiers who had settled, three had already abandoned their sections.
Sir James Allen hands out medals in the Kensington Drill Hall, Dunedin. That was the easy bit. Handing out livelihoods to returned soldiers ran into more difficulties.PHOTO: OTAGO WITNESS
AS EARLY as August 1919, the Returned Soldiers Association had produced a comprehensive report on the grievances of the soldier settlers: "The soldier settlers at present each have to build his own shed, yard, dip, etc., beside part fence, build his house, stable, and shed, and purchase his stock, implements, seed, etc., out of the handsome sum of 750, which this committee, and soldier settler, frankly admit cannot be done.''
Despite this, the Government still expected that soldiers would pay their rent on time: "a soldier has been harassed by letters, evidently from the local Land Board, pushing him for payment, when it is perfectly apparent to the Commissioner that the man has nothing.''
At Clifton, the defining factor in determining the success of the soldier settlers lay in the extent of their own private capital. Those who could draw on their own savings rather than have to rely on the £750 starting capital from the government were less likely to give up trying.
The Benmore Settlement was no better. While rents were not as demanding as at Clifton, because the Government already owned the land, using this land as a soldier settlement sparked great debate.
The government had been warned from the outset of the poor quality of this land, much of it being low-lying and susceptible to being covered in snow so thick sheep could never survive.
One person, who signed themselves W. E. Stevens, had written to Parliament detailing his extensive knowledge of the unsuitability of Benmore as a settlement. In that letter, Stevens made mention of the loss of "about half a million sheep'' in 1895 and the fact that in 1903, snow fell in July and remained at a depth of 3ft (1m) until September. In January 1919 Stevens wrote to the Otago Daily Times: "it seems unbelievable that any body of men could be so foolishly incredulous as to my statement of facts, and, in spite of such evidence read out to them, could do such a cruel thing as to put these settlers on such country, where disaster was bound to overtake them before many years.''
The land provided to soldiers at the Benmore Settlement was poorly subdivided and soldiers were left with no hilly pasture on which to keep their sheep safe when the flat land was covered in snow.
One settler at Benmore, Mr Williams, described his situation in June 1919 to Mr. R. T. Sadd, the Commissioner of Crown Lands: "his section was swamp land and would have to be drained. It was intersected by small creeks in which he had lost 150 ewes, although he had built numerous bridges.''
The RSA committee, which produced the report on Soldier Settlements in August 1919, stated "that the granting of runs similar to Benmore, which is 40 miles from a rail-head and on bad roads, and generally unsafe country for sheep, is nothing short of suicidal''.
The Government refused to acknowledge its shortcomings in this regard for a long time, placing the blame squarely on the lack of expertise on the part of the soldiers. In fact, it took until 1920 for the Land Board to acknowledge the poor subdivision at Clifton.
Unfortunately, the soldiers' difficulties were not confined simply to Land Settlement. A major issue towards the end of 1918 was the case for retrospective allowances. In 1917, the Government decided to increase the rate of pensions and allowances given to the soldiers and their dependants. These increases however, were initially only made effective from January 1, 1918, and thus only applied to those soldiers entering camp after that date.
Official documents recorded the difficulties former soldiers were having. PHOTO: PAPERS PAST
THIS decision met an incredible outcry on the part of the Returned Soldiers' Association, demanding that these increases be made retrospective, to be fair to those soldiers who had given their service since the beginning of the war.
"The association maintains that it is utterly inequitable that the men who offered their services without first demanding the settlement of conditions should be worse treated than those who insisted on definite conditions before entering the camp.''
Pressure on the Government mounted until its hand was forced to make these increases retrospective.
In spite of all this, the soldiers were still treated as heroes by the Dunedin public.
In February 1919, a Mr F. Duncan donated "a crate of Ettersburg No. 80 strawberries'' and "an ample supply of cream'' to the soldiers receiving treatment at Dunedin Hospital.
Sweet Pea Day in January 1919 and Chrysanthemum Day in June 1919 served as fundraisers for the Returned Soldiers' Memorial Club Building Fund, where the public donated fresh flowers to be sold for the cause. Sweet Pea Day managed to raise a sum of £421 for the cause, despite "rather fickle'' weather.
In its coverage of the Otago Winter Show in June 1919, the Otago Daily Times stated "as has been the case for some years past, the show is again furnished with a number of organisations which are devoting their energies to raising money in the interests of the soldiers''.
The war may have ended, but the support of the Dunedin public for the soldiers persisted.
Even as late as a full year after Armistice Day, Dunedin soldiers were still battling against unfair treatment in the process of their repatriation.
Many soldiers returned injured, requiring medical treatment for months following their return. In these cases, they remained employed by the New Zealand Expeditionary Force and received a total of nine shillings a day. These soldiers would only be discharged when their medical condition could be assessed by Military Medical Boards. Once discharged, they would receive a pension of 22 shillings per week and be expected to seek employment to make up the difference.
In November 1919, however, many Dunedin soldiers were discharged from military service while still receiving regular medical treatment. Their conditions and the medical treatments needed made job-seeking difficult as few employers wanted to hire men unable to complete a week's work.
Sir James Allen was asked to reconsider the situation of returned soldiers still receiving medical treatment. Photo: supplied
The case was taken up by the RSA, which decided to withhold information relating to specific soldiers' cases from the Minister of Defence, Sir James Allen.
This was done to present them with greater impact at a general public meeting in protest of such treatment: "At the last monthly meeting things came to a head, and the large gathering of members, after going thoroughly and sanely into the matter, decided it was high time the public was given an opportunity of seeing how the men were being treated.''
This sentiment meant the meeting continued, despite the declaration from Allen that "some of these cases apparently deserve reconsideration, and were it necessary to do so, I would ask the commandant to suspend their discharge from the E.F. pending inquiry''.
The public turned out in full force to attend, "the seating accommodation upstairs and downstairs being fully occupied.''
The public's support of the soldiers was emphasised by the Chairman of the Repatriation Board, Mr James Begg in his address "when such a large public meeting of citizens could be got together by the Returned Soldiers' Association a year after the cessation of hostilities, it showed that the people of Dunedin were determined to see that the right thing was done by their returned men''.
It appears from the coverage throughout 1919 that the difficulties the soldiers faced following their return, with regards to land settlement, retrospective financial assistance and inappropriate discharges, occurred due to poor management on the part of various government departments.
The public, however, remained steadfast in their support of their soldiers and firm in their determination to demonstrate their gratitude.
Clare Sullivan wrote this piece as a University of Otago humanities intern at the Otago Daily Times.
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Later, in W2, iwi lost their men overseas. The Maori Battalion were on the frontline. On return, the same old second class citizenship prevailed. You've got to wonder why.


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For best results: use Stazon Ink for both Stamping and coloring to guarantee no fading, bleeding or running when wet. Other coloring methods may work but you should experiment prior to gift giving to make sure they don't run when wet.
I finally got around to "testing" this project with different designs and types of tiles.
Hi. Not sure if this will respond to anyone, of if anyone will notice this, but the butterfly stamp set is called "Take Flight" and you can find it at www.ginakdesigns.com, click on stamp sets, and click on theme, then bugs and butterflies. I have it and no one seems to be able to find it. :-) Hope it helps.
Really pretty can't wait to try it out!
I watched this about 6 months ago, and asked my DH who has worked for years at the local Home Depot to get me a few of these tiles.... so I asked again tonight LOL. I really hope I can make similar gifts as you did in these super cool video! Thanks again!
I did this project years ago, and I wish I had watched your video! I used a different tile, stazon ink, but colored with sharpies (didn't know about dauber then, but I think the sharpies were compatible with staz on...) and baked and used a sealer. I notice that they aren't holding up over time very well. Another tip would be to tell your recipients not to clean it with a cleaner. Many cleaners will dissolve stazon ink and then all your work is just erased!
I haven't been a member of Stamp TV very long, but have gone online daily to watch your videos and get ideas. I just made these coasters and love them.
I love the saying you used on yours, but cannot find the stamp set. Is it still available and if so where can I find it?
I'm trying these, too...and stamped with BLAZING RED Stazon, and it DID run/smear when I set my glass on it. AND, following the instructions of another artist, I did bake it at 300 for 30 minutes! I tried several others, with NO problems...but the RED did not hold on a LARGE stamped area. Any ideas???
I am a newbie and have been 'lurking' around StampTV checking out all the different techniques, etc. I so appreciate you generously donating your time and talent to all of us.
This is such a wonderfuly idea! I think I'll make quite a few of these so that I always have some on hand for a last minute gift. Wrap them in a pretty ribbon and you're good to go!
Thanks for the demo......can't wait to try it.
I love it! Zoomed to HomeDepot & got the tiles! Thanks so much for such an awesome idea!
I stamped Roosters, came out very nice.


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I'm a fan of the "Dolls of the World" Collection that was produced in the 1980s and 1990s. I'm always interested in other cultures. They are so exiting. I already had several DOTW dolls from the 1990s that I bought back then. I liked them because their look was different in comparison to other Barbie dolls. I'm not such a big fan of traditional dresses but I liked most dresses that the DOTW dolls wore. I'm not informed if these dresses are 100% authentic or not but I think this topic is not so important.
As a German I would never wear a Traditional dress because to me they are not fashionable. It's often hard to do trivial tasks in such a dress like going to cycle. I prefer to wear practical clothes. Nevertheless it doesn't mean that I reject them completely. I really like Traditional dress for the DOTW because it's a thing of understanding other cultures. Morocco has still something mystic… hard to explain… maybe the magic of the orient that fascinates me.


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Q: Send message to Slack channel when Google Sheet column gets updated (Google Script) I'm trying to connect my Google Sheet with a Slack Channel. The use case is as follow:
I have a Google Sheet which looks like this:

There are around 50 so called topics, each of them has internal and external experts listed, also some related files. For now, only the internal experts column of each topic is of interest. Whenever a new person is listed as an internal expert (new cell on the bottom of the column), I want to send out a message to a related slack channel which looks like this:

The message should contain the name or content of the added cell and the name of the Topic he/she was added in as an internal expert (in this case "Topic 1"). The rest is a predefined string. As you can see, I tried to do this with Zapier, and it works. The problem is with Zapier, there seem to be too many limitations when working with several columns. As far as I know, I would have to create a separate Zapier Action for each column, which isn't a really nice solution.
Does anybody can give me a hint how to build this with a Google Script (+ Slack Webhook)? Or if it even makes sense to do so? I'm not an expert in JavaScript + datasets, so I'm struggling a bit on how to start this.

A: I would suggest to take a look at Triggers for Google App Scripts. You can set a trigger to run every time your Google sheet is edited - see onEdit(). Your trigger can than check if the edit is relevant (e.g. new cell at the bottom of a specific column) and send a request to Slack using incoming webhooks.

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